i-751 October 2020 filers

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

48 minutes ago, Shoroow said:

So the timeline actually jumped till December on the website today so I went to e request and I tried to file a request for out of normal processing time, as soon as I hit submit, it gets me to a page that says my case is in normal processing and it says that a request cannot be completed. It is clearly outside of processing time and I saw people here that applied even within the processing time and they got an email later on. Do you or anybody else suggest another way to reach out. Plus tried to call but it's always the automated system. Any advise for that too?

They just updated the processing times. Yours is outside processing times. 

[Shoroow 11]

4 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

They just updated the processing times. Yours is outside processing times. 

Exactly! But the website keeps telling me that I am not and for that reason I cannot submit an e request. So now I cannot reach them by website and the phone does not seem to connect me to a representative.not sure what to do next 

Edited June 24, 2021 by Shoroow

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

Just now, Shoroow said:

Exactly! But the website keeps telling me that I am not and for that reason I cannot submit an e request. So now I cannot reach them by website and the phone does not seem to connect me to a representative.not sure what to do next 

Odd. They updated the processing times today. I would give it 24 hours and try again tomorrow. Your approval is probably coming, though. 

[Shoroow 11]

1 minute ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

Odd. They updated the processing times today. I would give it 24 hours and try again tomorrow. Your approval is probably coming, though. 

I will do that. Thanks for the advice and yes hopefully us and everybody else will hear good news soon

[ThomasNC1988 762]

Where my Potomac homies at? Who's going to do N400 this upcoming October and try to skip the 10-year GC all together?

[Seraphys 4]

15 hours ago, Shoroow said:

So the timeline actually jumped till December on the website today so I went to e request and I tried to file a request for out of normal processing time, as soon as I hit submit, it gets me to a page that says my case is in normal processing and it says that a request cannot be completed. It is clearly outside of processing time and I saw people here that applied even within the processing time and they got an email later on. Do you or anybody else suggest another way to reach out. Plus tried to call but it's always the automated system. Any advise for that too?

Use chat through the website 

[dayotutu1 35]

10 hours ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

Where my Potomac homies at? Who's going to do N400 this upcoming October and try to skip the 10-year GC all together?

YSC/Potomac here. After my biometrics were waived in March 2021, it has been dead silent. My marriage is 4 years old. Is it possible to skip 10yrs GC and go for N400 without condition removed from the 2 years GC?

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

5 minutes ago, dayotutu1 said:

YSC/Potomac here. After my biometrics were waived in March 2021, it has been dead silent. My marriage is 4 years old. Is it possible to skip 10yrs GC and go for N400 without condition removed from the 2 years GC?

Potomac here. You can't "skip" the I-751. However, you may file for naturalization as soon as you/re eligible to. Often times, filing for naturalization prompts USCIS to adjudicate the I-751. Sometimes people get a comb I-751/N-400 interview. Not always, though. 

[Chelleyandaaron 511]

SO- out of the blue - having just seen the update processing times yesterday morning, I was prepared for a LONG wait for my GC to come from LIN - and yesterday afternoon a notification appeared on my phone - that my case was approved! 😁

 

This was SO much quicker than I was expecting after having had such long waits with the K1 and the EAD and the AOS.  I will have been in the US for four years next week and married since August 2017.  This bit went so much quicker than the other bits!  I have just spent an hour catching up on your posts and comments here (I started this thread in October) and it is lovely to see the spreadsheet filling up and your posts helping and sharing and celebrating (and commiserating) with each other.  It's so much easier to go through with others who know what you are going through too!

 

So, waiting for the approval notice in the mail - and my Green Card to follow!

[ThomasNC1988 762]

On 6/24/2021 at 5:49 PM, dayotutu1 said:

YSC/Potomac here. After my biometrics were waived in March 2021, it has been dead silent. My marriage is 4 years old. Is it possible to skip 10yrs GC and go for N400 without condition removed from the 2 years GC?

 

On 6/24/2021 at 5:57 PM, USC4SPOUSE said:

Potomac here. You can't "skip" the I-751. However, you may file for naturalization as soon as you/re eligible to. Often times, filing for naturalization prompts USCIS to adjudicate the I-751. Sometimes people get a comb I-751/N-400 interview. Not always, though. 

This is pretty much it. By skip the 10-year GC I mean skip my wife ever being issued one. I would venture a guess that if you local office is processing N-400s faster than Potomac is processing I-751 minus the year in-between you'd stand a good chance. Raleigh is at 7-14 months on N-400 right now and Potomac is at 20 to 22 months on I-751. So 20 minus 12 is 8 which you may know is more than 7 so I feel like there is a good chance at a combo interview because the N-400 would come up first. I'll be honest in saying I haven't researched that part too much.

 

How long you've been married is irrelevant. The date that matters is GC issues date. You could apply for I-751 2 years from that date minus 90 days and you can apply for N-400 at 3 years from that date minus 90 days, hence the 12 months difference. 

[dayotutu1 35]

12 hours ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

 

This is pretty much it. By skip the 10-year GC I mean skip my wife ever being issued one. I would venture a guess that if you local office is processing N-400s faster than Potomac is processing I-751 minus the year in-between you'd stand a good chance. Raleigh is at 7-14 months on N-400 right now and Potomac is at 20 to 22 months on I-751. So 20 minus 12 is 8 which you may know is more than 7 so I feel like there is a good chance at a combo interview because the N-400 would come up first. I'll be honest in saying I haven't researched that part too much.

 

How long you've been married is irrelevant. The date that matters is GC issues date. You could apply for I-751 2 years from that date minus 90 days and you can apply for N-400 at 3 years from that date minus 90 days, hence the 12 months difference. 

 

12 hours ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

 

This is pretty much it. By skip the 10-year GC I mean skip my wife ever being issued one. I would venture a guess that if you local office is processing N-400s faster than Potomac is processing I-751 minus the year in-between you'd stand a good chance. Raleigh is at 7-14 months on N-400 right now and Potomac is at 20 to 22 months on I-751. So 20 minus 12 is 8 which you may know is more than 7 so I feel like there is a good chance at a combo interview because the N-400 would come up first. I'll be honest in saying I haven't researched that part too much.

 

How long you've been married is irrelevant. The date that matters is GC issues date. You could apply for I-751 2 years from that date minus 90 days and you can apply for N-400 at 3 years from that date minus 90 days, hence the 12 months difference. 

Thank you for this information.

[Mark_712 126]

Praise God we have been approved from our interview today. We pray and hope all of you still waiting have a successful outcome and be brave, stay positive and all will go well. 

[Mark_712 126]

On 6/14/2021 at 1:30 PM, skatz said:

I'm not quite sure why you requested an expedite request, some people are waiting way longer than us (October filers) and still heard nothing. Regardless, I wouldn't worry too much if I were you, from what I saw, being transferred to NBC is usually a good thing

we were transferred to NBC in April - May an interview was scheduled- June we are approved after the interview - so I agree transferring to NBC is a great thing. Just be patient and stay positive was our mantra 🙂

[thewaitingame 34]

Do they send out approval letter? I received my 10 year green card on Sat but I still haven’t received the approval letter. Wondering if that’s important 

[skatz 29]

12 hours ago, thewaitingame said:

Do they send out approval letter? I received my 10 year green card on Sat but I still haven’t received the approval letter. Wondering if that’s important 

I also received my GC and only a week or so later, I received the approval notice. I think the card is produced in NBC while the approval is maybe printed in the service center? I don't know, but I think it's not super important anyway