Removing conditions on Residency taking quite a while.. anyone else?

[danl86 0]

Hey everyone, my wife filed the i-751 at least 6 months ago.. in the end of October 2016, she received her i-797 Notice of Action, letting her know that the letter serves as a one-year extension of her green card, while the removal of conditions is processed. The initial processing for her 2-year green card did not take this long, but now it seems like forever.. it is still pending when I check the status online.. and in January 2018, she will be eligible for citizenship..

 

Anyone else experience such a delay?

 

Danny

[Dashinka 23,273]

We filed ours in December and we are hoping to see something maybe in November based on the current progress.  CSC has seemed to slow to a crawl.

 

 

Good Luck!

Edited May 19, 2017 by Bill & Katya

[danl86 0]

Thanks for the info.. I'm just thinking what date will come first.. the day the removal of conditions or the day we can apply for her citizenship lol.. and i'm thinking if I can even apply for her citizenship before receiving the approval for ROC..

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

24 minutes ago, danl86 said:

Thanks for the info.. I'm just thinking what date will come first.. the day the removal of conditions or the day we can apply for her citizenship lol.. and i'm thinking if I can even apply for her citizenship before receiving the approval for ROC..

It can take anywhere from 9-12 months for the ROC to be approved with no hiccups, but lately I have seen a couple cases on here be more than a year and still not approved. 

[Name O Boy 511]

23 minutes ago, danl86 said:

Thanks for the info.. I'm just thinking what date will come first.. the day the removal of conditions or the day we can apply for her citizenship lol.. and i'm thinking if I can even apply for her citizenship before receiving the approval for ROC..

It is better to wait for the 10 year green card then apply for citizenship. You can apply for naturilization with pending 1-751 but it is recommended to wait for the 10 year GC. USCIS is pretty inconsistent and 6 months wait is not that long as compare to the standard 11 to 12 months wait these days. Good luck and i hope you hear from them as soon as possible. 

[danl86 0]

In that case that it isn't approved in time, I have 2 questions:

 

1) The i-797 which we received in October last year only extends the green card by one year, so by end of October this year, the green card is fully expired. What happens if we don't get a response by then?

 

2) If the ROC is not approved by the date we are eligible to apply for citizenship, does this mean that we are unable to file for naturalization, even though the eligibility date has been reached?

 

Thanks to all in advance!

Danny

[charmander 692]

44 minutes ago, danl86 said:

In that case that it isn't approved in time, I have 2 questions:

 

1) The i-797 which we received in October last year only extends the green card by one year, so by end of October this year, the green card is fully expired. What happens if we don't get a response by then?

1 year extension starts from the expiration date of the GC not the date of the letter. If her ROC is not approved before this 1 year extension expires, you will need to make an infopass at your local field office and get a I551 stamp.

2) If the ROC is not approved by the date we are eligible to apply for citizenship, does this mean that we are unable to file for naturalization, even though the eligibility date has been reached?

currently that happens to a lot of people. I was one of them. she could apply apply for naturalization with a pending ROC as long as she satisfies the remaining requirements of the naturalization. Her ROC needs to be approved prior to her naturalization though. This sometimes happens while you guys are waiting for the naturalization interview, this is what happened to me,  or sometimes they do a joint ROC-N400 interview on the same day, there are a few cases this has also happened on VJers.

 

Edited May 19, 2017 by charmander

[smp22sco 0]

I just wanted to add another question to this topic.  We recently completed our I751.  I know it's gonna be a wait till something comes back.  What will come back?  A new Green Card?

 

We received the letter granted an extension of the current visa.  Are we allowed to travel international with this documentation?  Her current Green Card is expired, but with the letter of extension we should be OK to travel right?

[Dashinka 23,273]

1 hour ago, smp22sco said:

I just wanted to add another question to this topic.  We recently completed our I751.  I know it's gonna be a wait till something comes back.  What will come back?  A new Green Card?

 

We received the letter granted an extension of the current visa.  Are we allowed to travel international with this documentation?  Her current Green Card is expired, but with the letter of extension we should be OK to travel right?

To answer your first question, yes, you wife will get a new GC with a 10yr validity.  To answer your second question, yes, you can travel internationally with the expired GC and the extension letter (you will need both).  I suggest you make a few copies of the extension letter, and if your ROC process takes more than a year from the date of the expiration of the 2yr GC, you have to go to USCIS with the expired GC and extension letter and request an I551 stamp in her passport as charmander mentioned above.

 

Good Luck!

[blk 87]

17 hours ago, danl86 said:

Hey everyone, my wife filed the i-751 at least 6 months ago.. in the end of October 2016, she received her i-797 Notice of Action, letting her know that the letter serves as a one-year extension of her green card, while the removal of conditions is processed. The initial processing for her 2-year green card did not take this long, but now it seems like forever.. it is still pending when I check the status online.. and in January 2018, she will be eligible for citizenship..

 

Anyone else experience such a delay?

 

Danny

 

Hi, I applied for my ROC at the beginning of February 2016, I eventually got my approval at the end of April this year. 

It took just over 14 months, in March this year I applied for my citizenship as I was now eligible to do so, I like to think that it helped me get my ROC completed sooner lol.

 

Brian