Combo Interview Decision Delays (I-751 and N-400)

[national 5]

Hello. We had our Combo Interview this month. We filed for I-751 (Removal of Conditions based on US Citizen Spouse) back in May 2023 and 2 years later we finally got our interview scheduled alongside with N-400 (Citizenship). Interview went great, I-751 was recommended for approval by officer but as we were told it had to be reviewed by supervisor. We assume it's due to lack of latest Tax Transcripts (2024) because at the time of filing it was only year 2023. But we brought the 2024 Tax documents with us and passed them over to the officer at the interview. Citizenship interview followed after that and went great, we passed! After the interviews we were told to wait approximately 3 weeks to see the status change and decision. 3rd week date approaching and status still shows “Interview Was Scheduled” with no updates. We assume that the wait will continue beyond the 3 week waiting window. We are on the final part of all the processes and looks like hit the slowdown. 

 

Anyone else was in the same situation?

Is there anything else we can do but waiting?

Can we speed it up or inquire somehow? 

[OldUser 9,962]

Yes, this is pretty typical when I-751 is pending. N-400 cannot be approved without I-751 approved first.

 

You can legally sue (Writ of Mandamus) USCIS 120 days after interview if you don't have decision. Filing lawsuit pushes USCIS to make a decision on N-400.

 

There's no other real or reliable method to expedite it.

 

The other option is just wait.

[Fr8dog 417]

Three weeks is a long time if you're waiting but in USCIS terms it's yesterday.

There is nothing you can do for the N-400. Any pushing you try to do on that will be met with "ineligible due to pending I-751". The AOS has to be approved before anything else and yes, they have a 120 days before they would even consider it out of normal processing time.

 

Keep in mind that the USCIS, just like any other, has a vacation period. So if the supervisor(s) is (are) out of town for a week, then there an easy 2 weeks of backlog that needs to be cleared.

[OldUser 9,962]

8 hours ago, Fr8dog said:

The AOS has to be approved before anything else

You mean ROC?

8 hours ago, Fr8dog said:

Three weeks is a long time if you're waiting but in USCIS terms it's yesterday.

 

That's true

[Fr8dog 417]

10 hours ago, OldUser said:

You mean ROC?

yes