N-400 May 2020 filers

[Linyahui 103]

20 hours ago, meadowzephyr said:

Good news! To all my Washington DC people:

 

My hubby received his notice for his interview. We checked online. March 16th!

 

So DC folks, things are moving along! Your day is coming soon.

 

6 hours ago, Linyahui said:

Thanks for the update! We filed May 21, 2020 so just a couple weeks behind you. Hopefully, good news headed our way soon, too!

 

Are you still waiting on ROC (filed concurrently with N-400) or just citizenship?

 

I checked hubby's USCIS online account after I read your message and his interview has been scheduled, too! I am so happy!! I think the news is still sinking in for him; when I woke him up at 3:00 am to share the good news, he mumbled 'hooray' and went back to sleep. Ha!

 

His interview is scheduled for March 19, 2021. The notice posted to the online account didn't indicate whether I should attend the interview, too. I assume I should, since he filed the N-400 based on marriage to me, a U.S. citizen. Does anyone know?

 

Also, since his i-751 is still pending, does anyone know if the March 19 interview will be a combo interview? The case status for the i-751 still says "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview," not "interview is scheduled."

Thanks!

 

[meadowzephyr 26]

37 minutes ago, Linyahui said:

 

 

I checked hubby's USCIS online account after I read your message and his interview has been scheduled, too! I am so happy!! I think the news is still sinking in for him; when I woke him up at 3:00 am to share the good news, he mumbled 'hooray' and went back to sleep. Ha!

 

His interview is scheduled for March 19, 2021. The notice posted to the online account didn't indicate whether I should attend the interview, too. I assume I should, since he filed the N-400 based on marriage to me, a U.S. citizen. Does anyone know?

 

Also, since his i-751 is still pending, does anyone know if the March 19 interview will be a combo interview? The case status for the i-751 still says "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview," not "interview is scheduled."

Thanks!

 

Wowww! That's awesome news. Congrats! The letter said that no  one can accompany my husband. But he is not applying based on being married for three years. So it may be different for you. My husband has been a resident for almost 8 years.

 

Hopefully someone who knows will answer.

[Linyahui 103]

8 hours ago, meadowzephyr said:

Wowww! That's awesome news. Congrats! The letter said that no  one can accompany my husband. But he is not applying based on being married for three years. So it may be different for you. My husband has been a resident for almost 8 years.

 

Hopefully someone who knows will answer.

Thanks. His letter said the same, which strikes me as odd. We didn’t have an interview for AOS so I’m not surprised we’re in the queue to be interviewed for ROC. It just seems like I would have to be interviewed, too, for either N-400 or ROC.

 

I’ll do some digging on VJ tomorrow to see if anyone else has posted about this recently. 

[Scandi 4,103]

3 hours ago, Linyahui said:

Thanks. His letter said the same, which strikes me as odd. We didn’t have an interview for AOS so I’m not surprised we’re in the queue to be interviewed for ROC. It just seems like I would have to be interviewed, too, for either N-400 or ROC.

 

I’ll do some digging on VJ tomorrow to see if anyone else has posted about this recently. 

For the N-400 nobody should accompany you unless it's a lawyer, that's always the case no matter if you filed based on marriage or 5 years as an LPR. And now during covid times even interpreters are asked to only be present over the phone, not in person. 

 

But since he has a pending i-751 you should definitely go with him. The i-751 is all about your marriage and they are likely to want to see you there too and also ask you some questions. 👍

[Ismar&Brandy 46]

12 hours ago, Linyahui said:

 

 

I checked hubby's USCIS online account after I read your message and his interview has been scheduled, too! I am so happy!! I think the news is still sinking in for him; when I woke him up at 3:00 am to share the good news, he mumbled 'hooray' and went back to sleep. Ha!

 

His interview is scheduled for March 19, 2021. The notice posted to the online account didn't indicate whether I should attend the interview, too. I assume I should, since he filed the N-400 based on marriage to me, a U.S. citizen. Does anyone know?

 

Also, since his i-751 is still pending, does anyone know if the March 19 interview will be a combo interview? The case status for the i-751 still says "case is ready to be scheduled for an interview," not "interview is scheduled."

Thanks!

 

Nobody can go to the interviews. Hubby is here on. K-1 and me not our little boy can go

[Linyahui 103]

16 hours ago, Scandi said:

For the N-400 nobody should accompany you unless it's a lawyer, that's always the case no matter if you filed based on marriage or 5 years as an LPR. And now during covid times even interpreters are asked to only be present over the phone, not in person. 

 

But since he has a pending i-751 you should definitely go with him. The i-751 is all about your marriage and they are likely to want to see you there too and also ask you some questions. 👍

Is there a way to know if this will be a combo interview, given the pending i-751?

[canadanyc 20]

I wanted to update everyone on my N-400 journey, which has been quite enlightening into our federal agencies! I had my interview in SAT on November 4th, and passed the tests etc. However, since we own our own business we filed an extension, and still had not received the official receipt from the IRS of taxes owed, so I told the IO that I owed taxes. I showed him the return transcript, he was very nice and understanding, and said they would send my a notice of continuance (NOC) requesting the updated transcript once the taxes were paid in full. No problem, as I was planning on doing that by the end of the month. 

 

Well - the IRS didn't send the receipt until the beginning of December, and the NOC gave me until January 10th, 2021 to respond. Again, I thought I had plenty of time. Made the payment to the IRS through their Direct Pay portal logged in under my SSN, got the confirmation, and the money was withdrawn 2 days later from my account. About a week later I went to check the updated transcript, but the payment wasn't there - strange. I called the IRS, and the man on the line told me that he couldn't see any payment made, that the confirmation number from Direct Pay actually meant nothing, and that I had to call my bank to see where the money went. I hung up, called Chase, of course knowing that since the money was taken OUT of the account BY the IRS - there was no way they could tell me where it was. 

 

Feeling uneasy about just letting this man tell me I had to figure this out for myself, I got my congressman's office involved. They put me in the queue to work with a Tax Payer's Advocate based out of Houston, who works for the IRS, but whose purpose is to advocate on behalf of taxpayers experiencing delays, hardship or problems with the tax agency (had no idea this even existed). She was wonderful, and explained that unfortunately that man I had spoken with was indeed WRONG. Once the money leaves a taxpayers account and is in the IRS's possession, it is the LAW that the IRS perform a Payment Tracer and take it upon themselves to locate the money. The burden never lies on the taxpayers, especially since I had the confirmation number, and proof of the money leaving my account on my bank statement. 

 

So the deadline passed, because it took the IRS until last week to post the payment to my account. Luckily USCIS has a 60 day grace period extension to reply to RFE's and NOC's. I sent it in, was approved yesterday and am now in line for the oath. I wanted to share this, because it is so important to be a strong advocate for yourself and never believe anything someone on the phone says at face value - do your research, ask questions and back up your points with valid evidence. If any of you have any issues with the IRS I strongly urge you to use your congressional representatives and the Taxpayer Advocate Service - I had to demand it in the end, but I am thankful I kept pushing. 

 

Sorry for the long post! Hope someone might find this helpful for themselves! 

Edited February 12, 2021 by canadanyc
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[Linyahui 103]

 

17 hours ago, Scandi said:

For the N-400 nobody should accompany you unless it's a lawyer, that's always the case no matter if you filed based on marriage or 5 years as an LPR. And now during covid times even interpreters are asked to only be present over the phone, not in person. 

 

But since he has a pending i-751 you should definitely go with him. The i-751 is all about your marriage and they are likely to want to see you there too and also ask you some questions. 👍

 

1 hour ago, Linyahui said:

Is there a way to know if this will be a combo interview, given the pending i-751?

 

Hubby and I just chatted with a USCIS rep through the Ask Emma chat function. Now I'm even more confused. We asked whether his N-400 interview that was just scheduled might be a combo interview since hubby's i-751 is still pending. Agent said no, the interview is just for N-400. We then asked whether the i-751 had to be approved before the N-400 could be approved (as is our understanding). The agent said this (copied/pasted): 

 

To be honest, that is wrong, it really depends on the offices that are process both case. They sometimes don't go in order.

 

Does this sound right??

[Vickyxd 18]

My case was updated on the website that my interview was scheduled. Does anyone know how long until the letter will show up in the mail ?

Edited February 12, 2021 by Vickyxd

[Vickyxd 18]

20 hours ago, Vickyxd said:

My case was updated on the website that my interview was scheduled. Does anyone know how long until the letter will show up in the mail ?

Edit:

Interview date March 17 in Atlanta,GA.

[Outsider 40]

Just a quick update. Last Friday, Feb 12 I got an update on my case that my interview was scheduled. But as today no interview notice under the doc tab yet. 

[AlexUSA 23]

2 hours ago, Outsider said:

Just a quick update. Last Friday, Feb 12 I got an update on my case that my interview was scheduled. But as today no interview notice under the doc tab yet. 

Hope you receive it soon. I'm from Vegas and may I ask when did you file and also get your bio reuse letter?

[Ismar&Brandy 46]

On 2/13/2021 at 1:55 PM, Vickyxd said:

Edit:

Interview date March 17 in Atlanta,GA.

Ours never showed the date in the doc tab. It came in the mail 

[Outsider 40]

1 hour ago, AlexUSA said:

Hope you receive it soon. I'm from Vegas and may I ask when did you file and also get your bio reuse letter?

Filed May 15th, bio reuse on 01/13/2021. A friend of mine filed in April, got his bio reuse on the same day and the interview update on the same day as well. 

[aorich 23]

1 hour ago, Outsider said:

Filed May 15th, bio reuse on 01/13/2021. A friend of mine filed in April, got his bio reuse on the same day and the interview update on the same day as well. 

Thanks for the update! I filed in July and got bio reuse on 2/12.