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If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

If we check tomorrow . . . and it says March 6th, then we will know  that USCIS is just providing a service in letting us know what  day of the month it is . . . just in case we don't have calendars.

You would get a free airplane ride that very day !!

This might be good news for everyone, except AnGeLxX !!  :-)
Bad news for AnGeLx as for anyone getting RFE.
But good news . . .
USCIS website shows VSC is working on ROCs filed Jan 23, 2017.
But AnGeLxX filed ROC March 20, 2017 and USCIS has at least looked at the file . . . that's how they came to ask for additional info via the RFE.
So does this mean that VSC is about 2 months ahead of what they have posted on  their website?

No, you are misreading.  Nothing in your quote says filing for naturalization cannot be filed while ROC is still pending.
It says that naturalization will not be approved while ROC is pending.
Further it says, that both can be adjudicated concurrently.  Concurrently means 'together at the same time.'

No, you are misreading.  Nothing in your quote says filing for naturalization cannot be filed while ROC is still pending.
It says that naturalization will not be approved while ROC is pending.
Further it says, that both can be adjudicated concurrently.  Concurrently means 'together at the same time.'

Very strange this inconsistency over use of previous fingerprints and biometrics.
 
We all followed a similar time line in the first round of fingerprints and biometrics for the original 2 year Green Card.
 
So now two years later . . . how can some of the fingerprints and bios be 'out of date' and need be repeated (as most of us have already done) . . . and yet others such as Anna's be 'OK for current reuse?'

4. You remain in your current status until it expires or until you receive adjustment of status, whichever is earlier. If your current status expires before your I-485 is adjudicated, it will not disqualify you from adjusting status and you will not be considered accumulating unlawful presence - unless your I-485 gets denied, in which case you will be considered an overstay from the date of expiration of your F1-OPT. You can continue working with your OPT employment authorization card until it expires (or until you receive a green card and no longer need an EAD to work). You should also file I-765 application for employment authorization with I-485: this way, you don't have to pay the I-765 filing fee, and, in about 3 months from filing, you will receive a new EAD bearing the "adjustment of status applicant" codes. It will be valid for a year, can be extended if your I-485 will remain pending 9 months from now; and you can use it either right away - or after your OPT EAD expires. A bit of advice: if USCIS does not call you in for an adjustment interview by the time when you will have only a couple of months left of your OPT, or if you have some other reasons to doubt that your adjustment of status will be granted before your current status expires, talk to an immigration attorney about a possibility to extend your F1/OPT status or to change it to something else - to keep you in status regardless of the outcome of the adjustment process.

Muja, all of us here (or our spouses) have applied in July 2017.  All would be eligible to apply for citizenship in July 2018 and all can apply even without receipt of 10 year Green Card.
 
However, with respect to getting your approval (for 10 year Green Card) 'before that' as you say, you should read the thread for July 2016 applicants.  Virtually none of them received 10 year Green Card by July 2017 . . . so a bit foolish perhaps to think anyone here will get 10 year Green Card on or before July 2018.
 
And another aspect:  As I noted above, we can apply for citizenship in July 2018.  However, again reading thread for July 2016 filers and other months before that . . . it appears that those who do this merely find out that their applications for 10 year Green Card are suspended when citizenship is applied for.  Then you are transferred to the waiting list for citizenship which will probably take another 12-18 months or more.
 
So do we as individuals want to wait something like 14-18 months for 10 year Green Card; or forego the Green Card and wait 24-28 months or more (from July 2017) to get Citizenship.
 
Doing some math:
 
1) Apply for citizenship in July 2018.  Then no 10 year Green Card can be expected and person will be faced with multiple trips needed to get Passport stamped with extensions.  Citizenship might be received by December 2019.
 
2) Wait for 10 year Green Card which  might be received by December 2018, and would probably entail one trip to get Passport stamped with extension.  Then apply for Citizenship which might be received by June 2020.
 
 

Muja, all of us here (or our spouses) have applied in July 2017.  All would be eligible to apply for citizenship in July 2018 and all can apply even without receipt of 10 year Green Card.
 
However, with respect to getting your approval (for 10 year Green Card) 'before that' as you say, you should read the thread for July 2016 applicants.  Virtually none of them received 10 year Green Card by July 2017 . . . so a bit foolish perhaps to think anyone here will get 10 year Green Card on or before July 2018.
 
And another aspect:  As I noted above, we can apply for citizenship in July 2018.  However, again reading thread for July 2016 filers and other months before that . . . it appears that those who do this merely find out that their applications for 10 year Green Card are suspended when citizenship is applied for.  Then you are transferred to the waiting list for citizenship which will probably take another 12-18 months or more.
 
So do we as individuals want to wait something like 14-18 months for 10 year Green Card; or forego the Green Card and wait 24-28 months or more (from July 2017) to get Citizenship.
 
Doing some math:
 
1) Apply for citizenship in July 2018.  Then no 10 year Green Card can be expected and person will be faced with multiple trips needed to get Passport stamped with extensions.  Citizenship might be received by December 2019.
 
2) Wait for 10 year Green Card which  might be received by December 2018, and would probably entail one trip to get Passport stamped with extension.  Then apply for Citizenship which might be received by June 2020.
 
 

Hi Aqua, you have been misled by the poor grammar of the writer of the I-797.
What's missing is a comma after the word dependents.
 
Only military people and some other government employees and their dependents living outside USA will definitely not have to submit to additional finger printing, etc.
 
However, USCIS has recently seemed to increase the number of non-military applicants who are told by message that they don't have to submit to additional finger printing, etc.

Are you  talking about expecting a final decision, or just bio appointment or what??
 
If you are talking about the final decision . . . you are dreaming and deluding yourself.
 
Look at those who filed a year before us in July 2016 and follow that thread.
 
That will give you an idea of the timing.  Hardly any of them were approved before a full year, and there are several still waiting.
No one who filed July 2017 should be expecting to see anything until July - November of 2018.
To think otherwise is just to give yourself undue anxiety, headaches, etc.
 
Enjoy life for another 9 months or so.
Then would be the time to start heart attacks, ulcers, etc.

Myself and many others have posted on here multiple times to not get lawyers or any third parties involved with this process.
 
No  one except  yourself will be careful enough with entering the correct info.
You all should know from your own actions as employees that you simply are not careful and  conscientious enough when you are doing work for customers, etc.
So the same applies when you are the customers.
 
The forms are not brain surgery or rocket science.
With all the help you can get here, no one should ever need the help of a lawyer.

Hi July 2017 Folks.
 
Just a suggestion here.
 
I have started regularly (once a week or so) going to read the July 2016 thread.
This provides one with a sense of how this process plays out and gives you the idea that it is best for one's sanity to not focus on what is happening to us day to day or week to week.
It is going to take close to a year from now for most of us.
When you get your bios done is inconsequential since no ROC is going to occur for a year anyway.
Stop stressing; enjoy life.

Perhaps what I am going to say is implicit in what some others are meaning in their comments about to file or not to file N-400 at earliest possible time.
 
One year after filing for ROC, most of us will be eligible to file for N-400.
At that point, some will  not yet have received their 10 year Green Card.
Perhaps their 10 year Green Card is just a few days, a few weeks or a few months away from being approved.
Now, they decide to file N-400.
There is  some speculation here that when USCIS gets the N-400 application, they  stop work on the ROC and put the file in line for normal processing of the N-400; in which case the applicant will be in limbo for another year without a 10 year Green Card.
Not a nice situation.
However, the applicant will be forced to go for a one year extension stamp in their passport, since the original one year extension letter will have expired.
This stamp provides for international travel, work authorization, etc., in the same manner as the 10 year Green Card . . . I assume . . . correct me if I am wrong.
So by filing N-400 the person will have to go through the hassle of an Info Pass to get the stamp, and the disappointment of not getting the 10 year Green Card.
But, there is a very big upside to this scenario.
You get citizenship sooner.
If you hold out waiting for 10 year Green Card before filing N-400, you will probably have to get Info Pass appointment to get one year stamp in your passport anyway. 
Then the 10 year Green Card may or may not arrive within the next few months.
But  when it does arrive, and you then file N-400 . . . you will be 2, 3, 4, 5 or more months down the list from those who filed N-400 at earliest possible point.
Now . . . is it important to get citizenship sooner rather than later?
Maybe yes, maybe no.  Depends on each person's situation and desires.
A few examples.
Many university scholarships are restricted to US citizens.
Many (most) Federal government jobs are only open to US citizens.
US citizenship and accompanying passport will get you visa free entry to most countries of the world.
If I am wrong in my above analysis . . . then enlighten me.