4 years of waiting, still no progress (merged)

[Patrick Lee 1]

I live in wisconsin and filed for change of conditional resident status four years now.,after my 2 year green card expired. Its 4 years now and i have not got my 10 years green card. Each time i write USCIS all they say is " we are still conducting background check" what shall i do? Can i apply for my citizenship? Through my attorney I filed for this Nov 6, 2015. Two years green card expired. Each time I wanna travel,I go for an one stamp extension in my passport. Its frustrating to wait 4 years. what should I pals?

Pearl Wilson, Lawyer'

[Just Paul 4,591]

You do not need the 10 year green card in order to file for naturalization. 

[Patrick Lee 1]

I live in wisconsin and filed for change of conditional resident status four years now.,after my 2 year green card expired. Its 4 years now and i have not got my 10 years green card. Each time i write USCIS all they say is " we are still conducting background check" what shall i do? Can i apply for my citizenship? Through my attorney I filed for this Nov 6, 2015. Two years green card expired. Each time I wanna travel,I go for an one stamp extension in my passport. Its frustrating to wait 4 years. what should I pals?

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

11 minutes ago, Patrick Lee said:

I live in wisconsin and filed for change of conditional resident status four years now.,after my 2 year green card expired. Its 4 years now and i have not got my 10 years green card. Each time i write USCIS all they say is " we are still conducting background check" what shall i do? Can i apply for my citizenship? Through my attorney I filed for this Nov 6, 2015. Two years green card expired. Each time I wanna travel,I go for an one stamp extension in my passport. Its frustrating to wait 4 years. what should I pals?

Have you contacted your local Senator/Congressman's office?

 

Why haven't you apply for citizenship yet?

[Thegirl 224]

20 minutes ago, Patrick Lee said:

I live in wisconsin and filed for change of conditional resident status four years now.,after my 2 year green card expired. Its 4 years now and i have not got my 10 years green card. Each time i write USCIS all they say is " we are still conducting background check" what shall i do? Can i apply for my citizenship? Through my attorney I filed for this Nov 6, 2015. Two years green card expired. Each time I wanna travel,I go for an one stamp extension in my passport. Its frustrating to wait 4 years. what should I pals?

You should definitely apply for citizenship you should quality by now assuming you haven't made many long trips outside the US. 

[NYCruiser 423]

8 minutes ago, Patrick Lee said:

I live in wisconsin and filed for change of conditional resident status four years now.,after my 2 year green card expired. Its 4 years now and i have not got my 10 years green card. Each time i write USCIS all they say is " we are still conducting background check" what shall i do? Can i apply for my citizenship? Through my attorney I filed for this Nov 6, 2015. Two years green card expired. Each time I wanna travel,I go for an one stamp extension in my passport. Its frustrating to wait 4 years. what should I pals?

Goodness..that sounds like a long time. I would contact your Congressman and see what they can do (Senator). Are you from Nigeria? They have a lot of AP from certain countries

[afrocraft 313]

On 8/20/2019 at 2:12 PM, Patrick Lee said:

I live in wisconsin and filed for change of conditional resident status four years now.,after my 2 year green card expired. Its 4 years now and i have not got my 10 years green card. Each time i write USCIS all they say is " we are still conducting background check" what shall i do? Can i apply for my citizenship? Through my attorney I filed for this Nov 6, 2015. Two years green card expired. Each time I wanna travel,I go for an one stamp extension in my passport. Its frustrating to wait 4 years. what should I pals?

Assuming you otherwise qualify for citizenship, and intend to apply, do so. Removal of Conditions (ROC) are low-priority petitions for USCIS, so they can delay as long as they want, especially if there's an issue of concern to them.

 

They are more responsive to citizenship applications. Because, by law, USCIS cannot approve your citizenship application until they have decided the ROC, applying for citizenship will (kinda) force USCIS to decide the ROC petition. They'll still do a background check for the citizenship even after this ROC background check (the estimated processing time for citizenship in Milwaukee is currently 7.5-16 months), so make them do both at the same time!

 

Here's what I would do:

• Apply for citizenship now (after you've determined that you're eligible), preferably under the 5-year rule. Meanwhile...
• Contact your Congressional rep for casework assistance with USCIS for your ROC (https://gwenmoore.house.gov/constituent-services/casework/). Ask for expeditious adjudication of your ROC. Articulate the harm (real or potential) the delay is causing you (repeated secondary inspection at ports of entry; costs and effort to go to USCIS to obtain evidence of legal status in the US for travel; potential delays in your citizenship application).
• Contact the CIS Ombudsman for help with your long-delayed I-751 ROC (https://www.dhs.gov/case-assistance). Do likewise as with your Congresswoman.

Good luck!

[RS2016 31]

I would proceed with the naturalization online application and contact your congressman/congresswoman to make an inquiry for you on your current case.

[little immigrant 800]

Will applying for citizenship delay the approval of ROC even further? 

[RS2016 31]

Just now, little immigrant said:

Will applying for citizenship delay the approval of ROC even further? 

Not at all

[Ontarkie 13,925]

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