US Immigration from Thailand

If anyone waiting for interview????
We submitted a visa to children under 21 years old since Nov 2018. Now all documents have been approved since May at NVC. Now we are waiting for the date of interview at consular.We do not know that we can send an e-mail to nvc to inquire, or not?

Hi.

Thought I'd share what happened to us yesterday...

Filed N-400 in March, 2020; 1-751 was still pending at the time.

• 1-751 biometrics scheduled for April 2 (canceled due to COVID)
• 1-751 interview scheduled for April 14 (canceled due to COVID)
• 1-751 approved May 22
• Permanent Green Card received May 28

On August 6 we received notification to appear for I-751 interview. What? Why? 1-751 had been approved on May 22 and green card received on May 28 (with expiration date of May 22, 2030). Very confusing, right? So we called the Call Center...spoke to a very nice supervisor who informed us that it would actually be a combo interview for I-751 and N-400. She explained that since the citizenship application is based on marriage they would need to collect some information that would normally be collected during an I-751 interview and then of course the N-400 interview...so she told us to be prepared for both. So exciting, right?

So we spent the past month making sure we had all the current documentation to supplement evidence submitted for both 751 and 400. We spent time studying citizenship questions and of course feeling anxious but very excited!

Yesterday, 9/2, we arrived at the Raleigh-Durham Field Office at 12:45 PM for the 1:00 PM appointment...went through all the security steps and then checked in for the appointment via i-pad video. Appointment was verified and then we were directed to find our way to Room #8 for the interview, to shut the door and to sit in front of the i-pad and remove our masks and wait for the agent to begin the interview. And so we did. Everything was working very smoothly and very efficiently.

Long story short (and an hour later)...appointment was apparently a mistake. The officer informed us that there was good news and bad news: good news, i-751 has been approved already so no interview required; bad news, N-400 application is not ready for interview. I explained to her that we too were confused by the interview notice so that's why we called the Call Center; I relayed what the supervisor told us. The agent went away for awhile to do some research; she came back to explain that the case shows one task outstanding and that they can't move forward until that task is complete.

So then I shared (as nicely as possible) how frustrating and disrespectful the situation is...time and energy spent pulling together documents, studying for the citizenship test, worrying, taking time from work and school. She commiserated but she explained her hands were tied. She shared that COVID has caused some problems with the systems and processes. And so that was it...we left. And so we continue waiting.

Major disappointment for sure.

A few lessons learned I guess:

1. Call Center can't necessarily be trusted to dispense good/accurate information.
2. USCIS processes are ridiculous...but of course, we all know that don't we? Processes lack compassion and empathy. I'm sure there was a supervisor somewhere at the Field Office who could have taken our case in hand and pushed through some sort of progress while we were there.
3. Our case is just one of how many? So I guess mistakes are going to happen.

--David & Noom

PS...interestingly, just after we left the Field Office we got caught in a 30 minute traffic stand-still due to VP Pence's visit to Raleigh. Felt like the government was really messing with us yesterday!

My wife's I-130 was approved on 9/4/2019. For various reasons we did not have her file sent to NVC right away. For some reason I thought it was approved in late September, not early September. I just filled out her I-824 to have the file sent to NVC and will send it overnight today (9/2/20).

I know the original I-130 will expire after 1 year of no action. My question is, will it expire if I have the envelope postmarked today/received by 9/4 or did I wait too long?

-Very worried...

Thanks

I'm curious...what happens during the N-400 interview? I understand there's the civics/history & language tests, but what else is involved? Thanks for any insight!

--David

Going for the AOS interview next week. In the letter from USCIS it says "If you do not speak English fluently, you should arrange to have an interpreter available by phone".

My wife speaks English, but after reading few stories here we are thinking about getting one. Can we arrange one before our interview with USCIS or we should have our own?

They only say that they can provide one for Sign Language Interpreter. Nothing about other languages.

Thanks