No decision on N-400 due to I-751

[Sailorrmoon 6]

Hi guys! So I had my interview today for n-400. Everything went well. After the interview, the officer said I was very passable but he is unable to make a decision as he does not have my pending I-751. He said my I-751 case is in Nebraska. He said he will request for it. He said two things will happen, either he will receive it and he can approve it, OR they may approve it in Nebraska. 
 

has this happened to anyone else? How long does it normally take? Thanks!!!

Edited August 1, 2022 by Sailorrmoon
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[JMPM 507]

I'm curious on those that have pending i751 did you submit your i751 receipt with your n400?

[Sailorrmoon 6]

1 hour ago, JMPM said:

I'm curious on those that have pending i751 did you submit your i751 receipt with your n400?

Yes I did

[MASH 172]

On 8/1/2022 at 3:16 PM, Sailorrmoon said:

Hi guys! So I had my interview today for n-400. Everything went well. After the interview, the officer said I was very passable but he is unable to make a decision as he does not have my pending I-751. He said my I-751 case is in Nebraska. He said he will request for it. He said two things will happen, either he will receive it and he can approve it, OR they may approve it in Nebraska. 
 

has this happened to anyone else? How long does it normally take? Thanks!!!

That is strange, did u send out a letter or filled out a form that you wished to have a combined interview? 

[OldUser 5,167]

@MASH this is not strange at all. Nobody can guarantee a combo interview. Cases like OP's are all over the forum. It's pretty normal nowadays.

[Sailorrmoon 6]

9 hours ago, MASH said:

That is strange, did u send out a letter or filled out a form that you wished to have a combined interview? 

I just included the I-751 receipt and put it on the cover page of the n-400 application 

[Sailorrmoon 6]

9 hours ago, OldUser said:

@MASH this is not strange at all. Nobody can guarantee a combo interview. Cases like OP's are all over the forum. It's pretty normal nowadays.

Thanks! At this point, I don’t really care. Travel is no issue since I have a UK passport, so the only reason I cared about Nat is to vote and to change my name. At this point, I don’t care if it takes months or years lol. Whatever 

[Sailorrmoon 6]

Just to update this thread. My i-751 was approved 5 days ago in Nebraska service Center without an interview. I am still waiting for my naturalisation which is in the local field office to be approved. Unsure as to when that particular officer will bother to Re look at my file. Hmph

[Mobius1 175]

A few months back, one would submit n400 with a pending i-751, this would "force" ISOs to do a combo interview but recently they have out their foot down and let the i-751 run its processing timeline instead of having it jumped ahead of line.

 Still, I think you will get some news in a a few months or weeks.

 

 

[Sailorrmoon 6]

37 minutes ago, Mobius1 said:

A few months back, one would submit n400 with a pending i-751, this would "force" ISOs to do a combo interview but recently they have out their foot down and let the i-751 run its processing timeline instead of having it jumped ahead of line.

 Still, I think you will get some news in a a few months or weeks.

 

 

Well now my I-751 is approved and my naturalisation is just sat in the local office. He was just waiting on the approval of my i-751. Not sure how he’s going to know that it’s approved since it was approved in Nebraska. Unsure as to what steps to take 

[Mobius1 175]

24 minutes ago, Sailorrmoon said:

Well now my I-751 is approved and my naturalisation is just sat in the local office. He was just waiting on the approval of my i-751. Not sure how he’s going to know that it’s approved since it was approved in Nebraska. Unsure as to what steps to take 

Well I am pretty sure they know when something gets approved since its all within the same branch (USCIS). The real question is when do they get back to processing the case after new information.

[Sailorrmoon 6]

On 10/25/2022 at 11:58 AM, Mobius1 said:

Well I am pretty sure they know when something gets approved since its all within the same branch (USCIS). The real question is when do they get back to processing the case after new information.

Naturalisation approved today after sending in a service request. Woop’

[lightstream19 7]

6 hours ago, Sailorrmoon said:

Naturalisation approved today after sending in a service request. Woop’

Congratulations. Did you wait for 90days before you could send a SR? And did you send a SR online? Or via customer service?

[Sailorrmoon 6]

2 hours ago, lightstream19 said:

Congratulations. Did you wait for 90days before you could send a SR? And did you send a SR online? Or via customer service?

Yes, I waited 90 days. On the 90th day, I called USCIS and had them put in the service request. I tried to do it myself but the USCIS website was down. 

[Sailorrmoon 6]

On 11/2/2022 at 7:09 PM, Sailorrmoon said:

Yes, I waited 90 days. On the 90th day, I called USCIS and had them put in the service request. I tried to do it myself but the USCIS website was down. 

Just fyi, they replied the very next day after I put in the service request