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5 hours ago, TZKA said:

Any one knows how long does it take typically take in Atlanta to get informed about your ceremony date after passing your interview? Do you get informed about date scheduled within days? My question is about when you get informed, and not about the ceremony date. 

It was the next day for most people I know

1 hour ago, TZKA said:

Interestingly USCIS website still says : Expected Completion Date May 2020

I think the estimated completion date is just a formality for them. It'll change after your oath ceremony. In fact, it just goes away lol. In my case, my estimated completion date was August 2020 when i applied. But my oath ceremony was last month. My last update was 'we scheduled your naturalization ceremony...' And the day after my ceremony the' estimated completion date' just disappeared from my account:-)

On 9/19/2019 at 11:02 AM, Ofi & Javy said:

Super Sad, Had my interview and passed everything but because I owe back taxes, I was denied my citizenship. I still owe but am on a payment plan. Missed a couple of payments as wife got laid off. i can appeal but it costs over $600 and if that appeal is denied, I can only reapply after 5 more years. 

Did you bring proof of the payment plan? I was in the same position when I applied/interviewed for citizenship. The officer asked me about it and I explained that I was on a payment plan and that the money is automatically deducted from my account every month. I showed him the tax transcripts as well as my bank statements(where I highlighted the IRS deductions) and he was fine with that. 

If I was in your position, I'd appeal. This is assuming that you were denied because of the taxes you owe and not because you missed payments;-(

13 hours ago, RalphT said:

Sounds about right about the Atlanta field office staffs lol.... the IO officer who interviewed me kept yawning.  Can tell they want to get off work ASAP 🤣

 

Anyway, you are almost there!    

Lol! I can imagine the officer yawning as they interviewed you. They all look so tired. 

Anyway, I got the final approval and my oath ceremony is scheduled. Yay!

So I had my interview yesterday. There were so many people, it took 3 hours for me to to see an officer. I did get my interview letter only 4 months after filing so I guess the 3 hour wait was worth it. The officers were all grumpy and I just so happened to get the grumpiest one of them all. Very mean looking, he was telling me how he can't wait to get off work, and hopefully I don't take up too much of his time smh. 

He asked me several questions about my previous marriage so be prepared if you obtained your GC through marriage. At the end he gave me the form saying that my application has been recommended for approval but my status has not been updated yet.

2 minutes ago, glowie85 said:

By the way, does anyone know if you get another notification when the letter is uploaded into my account? or do I need to keep checking? And how long does that normally take? 
Sorry, getting a anxious over here 😊

No notification, you just need to check. Mine took 2 days to show up in the documents section after I received the notification. 

Hi,

I filed my application 3/22 (online) and my interview is scheduled for 8/21. Atlanta office. My estimated completion time is still showing 'April 2020' so I was very surprised when I received the interview letter. 

Interview scheduled for August 21st at the ATL office. 4 months after filing! Things are definitely picking up...

Soo I was shocked when my case was updated with 'interview scheduled'. I applied early April(online) and the estimated completion time was 20 months at the time! My interview is scheduled for mid August. My case was not transferred but something is definitely happening if I went from 20 months to 5 months processing time. 

Atlanta office. 

20 hours ago, Ally86 said:

We are still waiting also. May have to call. We filed on May 12, and case was received May 15 2017. We've had no update since.

Omg. Have you been for an infopass appointment to see what's going on?

20 minutes ago, lesly87 said:

All-

 

I am seeing some people getting approval letters from their local service director and others from the VSC director. Would you mind sharing the name of the person who had signed your approval letter?

 

Thanks,

Lesly87

Mine was signed by 'Gregory Richardson'

In our package we only sent scans of the credit cards showing both names and we were good

Nice to see all these approvals! What a long journey it has been. 

My recent timeline: 

NOA; 5/06/16

Approval; 7/05/17

Card Production; 7/14/17

Card in Hand; 7/21/17

I must say that we were more excited to receive the approval letter than the card itself lol

I agree with the above post. We didn't have a lease or health insurance. Didn't bother explaining either because, why give them more reason to pry? 

Anyway, we got approved without RFE. 

21 minutes ago, Angela256z said:

I-751 received on June 24th. No response and year ext ends on July 21. Have checked for days for an infopass appointment and there are never any available.  Phone line tells me there is nothing they can do.  What happens now? My husband loses his job?

Try checking shortly after midnight. They refresh their schedule around that time. If that fails, you can just walk in for an 'emergency appointment'

21 minutes ago, mcdull said:

ugh,  that means I will be without a green card for a while. so not expecting this.

Meh, that sucks. I was very close to applying for citizenship but I held back for this exact reason. I waited 14 months for my ROC; it was very stressful. I finally got approved and will be filing for citizenship very soon. 

Maybe your local office will approve your ROC way before your N400 interview. Just hang in there! 

44 minutes ago, Hungandnu said:

 

Hi,

2 days ago, I received the approval notice for I-751. But the online status is not updated yet. And how many day you guys receive green card after got the approval notice?

Thanks!

 

Approved on 7/5 and online status just changed today to card production

1 hour ago, Shumai said:

Wow, congratulations!

Thank you for giving us an update. It seems they haven't completely forgotten about us.

I am still waiting and just submitted a service request on the phone.

Thanks! Yours is coming, just hang in there. I don't know if it helped or not, but we called twice and submitted a service request online too. 

Received approval letter today!

Filed 5/9/16

Date of decision 07/05/17

Received approval letter today!

Filed 5/9/16

Date of decision 07/05/17

24 minutes ago, Hungandnu said:

Dear All,

I just received my approval letter today. 

Now I'm waiting for my green card.

Wow congrats! I guess they didn't forget us May filers after all. 

On 7/8/2017 at 10:39 PM, Hungandnu said:

Have you submitted N-400 application yet? I submitted my N-400 on 06/06/2017 and Biometrics was done on 06/21.

I do hope you will get new great updates on your case. 

Regards,

H

Not yet. I don't want to add another year of waiting for N400. I am hoping to get the ROC approval first soon then I will apply.

46 minutes ago, Hungandnu said:

Dear everyone,

There are any I-751 May 2016 filers at VSC still waiting for approval?

My case is 05/19/2016. And I'm still waiting..

Thank you!

Still waiting. 05/06/16

15 minutes ago, Hungandnu said:

Hi all,

My I-751 May 2016 filters.

NOA: 05/19/2016

Bio: 06/23/2016

I am still waiting and I have not seen any new updates yet. Unbelievable, my N-400 was sent on 06/06/2017 and My N-400 Biometrics was completed on 06/21/2017 while I-751 is still processing and waiting as usually.

No words can explain right now.

Me too😣 i haven't filed n400 yet though cos I heard that might add an extra 1 year of waiting 

I guess theyforgot about us. VSC has started processing July cases😐