N-400 and I-751 combo pending

[J1991 7]

12 hours ago, dilip said:

It seems that USCIS is pushing N-400 before 2020 election.

im just glad that the waiting part is over for now

[dilip 187]

8 hours ago, monicat71 said:

Hello,

 

I filled my I-751 August 20 2018 to California, my case starts with SRC and i did Biometrics back in December along with my kids that are included on my application.

I filled my N-400 Online, July 5th 2019, and my Biometrics letter is on its way.  Also my ROC case was transferred to The National Benefits Center, which does not have estimated time for I-751.  I am afraid to get stuck in limbo, because it is just my luck with everything I have gone trough with USCIS.  Does anyone has a similar experience wit the Missouri center?

Thank you in advance for your help!

You will be fine, when NBC is ready to send your N-400 application to local office for  an interview ( depends on the time line of your local office, check other in your local office for an educated guess), they will send I-751 also and if your I-751 has solid supporting documents, both will be approved together.   

[MK108 17]

15 hours ago, drmo said:

Yes I applied online. Do you mean i use the online messaging system to request for earlier appointment? I tried it once and it seemed that they respond very machine like on there. Do you think they could be responsive to such request?

I have both ROC and N400 pending but I really don't want to mess with this if I'm getting an interview. My application dates are

11/9/2017 applied I-751

11/10/2018 applied N400

Thanks!

I tried it twice and worked once.

 

First one, the one with a positive response was when they had scheduled my N-400 bio appointment on day that I would be out of state. I requested either preponing or postponing the appointment. I had requested them to not postpone it way too far in the future. I did add that as I was visiting my parents whom I hadn't seen for almost 5 years, I didn't want to cut the visit short. They postponed it to 2 days after I was to return home.

 

Second one, the one with neutral result, aka, machine like response. I had made an addresses/date error on my N-400 that I only caught a month after the submission. They said to submit an affidavit detailing what the error was and what was the rectification plus evidence to support that rectification. They also added the IO may not take the added material into consideration. I did all that.

I had my interview for I-751 two days after I did that. I mentioned it to the IO who conducted the interview. He checked it and said it wasn't updated yet. Fortunately, I had taken along a printed copy of the affidavit I had submitted online. He wanted it and he kept a copy for himself and informed me that he had updated my address and dates correctly on my application.

 

I'm not sure if they'll consider your request if they haven't scheduled your interview but once they do, doesn't hurt to try and appeal to them mentioning the prospective job.

 

What field office are you at?

[drmo 6]

2 hours ago, MK108 said:

I tried it twice and worked once.

 

First one, the one with a positive response was when they had scheduled my N-400 bio appointment on day that I would be out of state. I requested either preponing or postponing the appointment. I had requested them to not postpone it way too far in the future. I did add that as I was visiting my parents whom I hadn't seen for almost 5 years, I didn't want to cut the visit short. They postponed it to 2 days after I was to return home.

 

Second one, the one with neutral result, aka, machine like response. I had made an addresses/date error on my N-400 that I only caught a month after the submission. They said to submit an affidavit detailing what the error was and what was the rectification plus evidence to support that rectification. They also added the IO may not take the added material into consideration. I did all that.

I had my interview for I-751 two days after I did that. I mentioned it to the IO who conducted the interview. He checked it and said it wasn't updated yet. Fortunately, I had taken along a printed copy of the affidavit I had submitted online. He wanted it and he kept a copy for himself and informed me that he had updated my address and dates correctly on my application.

 

I'm not sure if they'll consider your request if they haven't scheduled your interview but once they do, doesn't hurt to try and appeal to them mentioning the prospective job.

 

What field office are you at?

Thanks, that sounds working! I agree it wouldn't hurt to try. I am still waiting for the interview scheduled notice! It says 1 day left remaining waiting time, hopefully by tomorrow something updates! 

I'm in San Fernando Valley, CA

 

[Ausa 66]

On 7/15/2019 at 9:01 PM, dilip said:

 Oath was 2 PM.  We all waited inside close to the receptionist area.  1:55 PM, they called all candidates to get into the naturalization hall and they checked the letter and gave a number and then ask to sit.  There were 68 people.  Around 2:30 PM , all guests were in.  Then standard  10-15 talk about citizenship and process and they called each of them to check the Naturalization certificate for correctness and took GC and the letter we received in mail.

 

Then oath, national anthem  and certification given and one minutes video of President.  All done by 3:30 PM.  Very friendly atmosphere.

 

I filled the passport application online and printed it and a copy of both side of the driver licence and one 2 x 2 inches Photo and went to 3000 Chestnut Street US post office and submitted the passport application.  

Congratulations @dilip!

 

Its been super helpful having yourself and @David1987 share your experiences with the Philly office :-)

[Nayda 28]

On 7/16/2019 at 3:01 AM, dilip said:

 Oath was 2 PM.  We all waited inside close to the receptionist area.  1:55 PM, they called all candidates to get into the naturalization hall and they checked the letter and gave a number and then ask to sit.  There were 68 people.  Around 2:30 PM , all guests were in.  Then standard  10-15 talk about citizenship and process and they called each of them to check the Naturalization certificate for correctness and took GC and the letter we received in mail.

 

Then oath, national anthem  and certification given and one minutes video of President.  All done by 3:30 PM.  Very friendly atmosphere.

 

I filled the passport application online and printed it and a copy of both side of the driver licence and one 2 x 2 inches Photo and went to 3000 Chestnut Street US post office and submitted the passport application.  

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🎈🎉🎊 

[santiagosilva 8]

On 2/8/2019 at 7:05 PM, Ptl4511 said:

Anyone has experience filing N400 while i-751 is still pending in Minneapolis, MN?

did you ever get an update? I have N 400 on july 22 while i 751 pending.. and now I find out that i might not even have a combo interview ..just wondering about your case

[Dashinka 23,370]

On ‎7‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 8:30 PM, dilip said:

Except few cases, most of the cases were approved both i-751 and N-400.  If your I-751 has a lot of solid evidence and N-400 with no complication, then filing N-400 online is a good idea to cut down total time to be citizen.  See my timeline.  I am done with USCIS.

I still have not seen any real evidence that filing online makes anything faster.  My wife was less than six months from filing to oath with an I751 pending and she filed paper.

[J1991 7]

another update, interview notice was available online yesterday and interview is scheduled for aug 20 at atlanta field office. cannot believe i got interview 8 months after filing at atlanta field office where the current wait time is between 12 and 22 months.

[dilip 187]

58 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I still have not seen any real evidence that filing online makes anything faster.  My wife was less than six months from filing to oath with an I751 pending and she filed paper.

You are correct there is no concrete evidence that filing online will get approval faster.   My intention was to say that file online to make life easy.

[dilip 187]

54 minutes ago, J1991 said:

another update, interview notice was available online yesterday and interview is scheduled for aug 20 at atlanta field office. cannot believe i got interview 8 months after filing at atlanta field office where the current wait time is between 12 and 22 months.

As I said for some reasons, there is a big push for N-400.  May be election is coming.  Philly is 9-20 months and done with 7.5 months including oath.

[Dashinka 23,370]

27 minutes ago, dilip said:

As I said for some reasons, there is a big push for N-400.  May be election is coming.  Philly is 9-20 months and done with 7.5 months including oath.

So are you implying some sort of nefarious actions?  Frankly, I am glad N400s seem to be moving faster, but I really doubt it has anything to do with the upcoming election.

[frakina 22]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

So are you implying some sort of nefarious actions?  Frankly, I am glad N400s seem to be moving faster, but I really doubt it has anything to do with the upcoming election.

I agree too. I think maybe it has more to do with them trying to simply reduce their backlog - https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-aims-decrease-processing-times-n-400-and-i-485

 

[dilip 187]

5 hours ago, frakina said:

I agree too. I think maybe it has more to do with them trying to simply reduce their backlog - https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-aims-decrease-processing-times-n-400-and-i-485

 

Whatever the reason, N-400 applicants would be happy to see USCIS is working to reduce their backlog and hopefully sharing work-load will not have issues with some applicants. Like when they share work-load for I-751 by transferring to other service centers, it did not help that much.  My two cents

Edited July 17, 2019 by dilip

[rochestergrad 10]

I had my combo interview on July 11th at the Washington DC field office. First of, I thought my interview was at 9:30, and I was late and arrived at 9:40.. Once I got there, I found out that my interview was actually at 9:20 and I missed the call.  I was told to wait some more, and they would try to fit me in. When it was finally my turn again (at around 11am), the officer said they had to do I-751 and N-400 separately, and I wouldn't know if I could have my N400 interview until I was approved for i-751 by the first interviewer...  Well this was different than what I read here from others' combo interview experiences.  Anyways, it's fine.. So we started and she asked the standard questions from the i-751 application form.  I didn't bring any supporting materials as the N-400 interview notification didn't ask for anything other than my husband and my passports/IDs.  But since I just got back from a trip the day before the interview, I was a bit of a mess that day.. I brought my old expired passport, instead of the new one (so she asked for my driver's license instead).  I also told her the wrong year for the date of our marriage (I said 2016, while it should be 2015... 2016 is the year that GC was issued). It also turned out that in the application form, I mistakenly signed in the place where the petitioner (my husband) should have signed... The interviewer had a serious face, didn't smile much, but she didn't make a fuss about it and just told my husband to sign at the right place on the application form, which was very nice of her.  The interviewer also asked us if we brought any new evidence. In response, I told her that we purchased a new house together, but we hadn't received the deed in the mail yet, so all we had was some mortgage document... We also had joint tax returns from the last year -- I told her that they should be within the N-400 application; For the newest 2018 joint tax returns, it was in my dropbox and I didn't have it printed out... She said she would check the N-400 application for the tax return, and that's it.  At the end of the interview, we were told to wait in the waiting room for the decision to be made. my husband asked me why I said we married in 2016, instead of 2015.  Only then I realized that I gave the wrong answer and started panicking... After 10 min or so, the officer came back out and told us that I was approved.  I told her that I accidentally told her the wrong year of our marriage, and she laughed and said it was ok. Afterwards we went back to wait for another 10 min,  a different officer called my name, who was a super cheerful lady. She told my husband to go grab lunch while I had my N400 interview.  That interview was pleasant and I was approved on the spot within 10 min. And that completes my journey here! Sorry about the long story -- I had a potato brain that day and it still went through smoothly! I thought I should share. Thanks and good luck!