msdynamite

My estimated time changed from October 2020 to December 2020. About 3 weeks ago it changed to 2 more month of waiting time before they take action on my case. Waiting waiting waiting...I don’t know why I thought it would be different this time :((

10 hours ago, Dzuliana said:

Mine time estimate is back as well and also pushed one month back, from August to September 2020. At this point I will be grateful and HAPPY if all is finished by then.

Same here. It always was September and stayed at it. I’m also San Antonio office. September would be great as a finish line 🤞

On 3/26/2020 at 1:44 PM, Tabby3 said:

Hi everyone,
I'm a little confused about the name change process. After getting married I took my husband's last name and now all my documents (eg. Green card, driving license, SSN) is under my husband's last name... I just want to change my last name like how it used to be before I got married, simply I'm reverting back to my maiden name. Is it going to be a legal name change? Do I need to go to a judicial oath ceremony  where my name change will be approved by a judge with a court order? Hope I can find some help here, thank you in advance for your time reading this.

Again please correct me if I’m wrong but you either should’ve put your name change request in your N400 application (I believe there is a spot for that on the form), OR you can request a petition for name change when you go for your interview. But I’m not 100% sure about this. You should do a little research. This forum provides lots of good information. Use the search option!

44 minutes ago, leroyleviticus said:

If the USCIS field office closes, how do they let you know? Has anybody been in this situation yet? With Iowa having had their first community transmission of Covid-19, I fear my interview may be cancelled if things continue to get worse 🙁

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-office-closings

2 minutes ago, Neo1 said:

Hi everyone, I was looking at the spreadsheet, and it appears all the persons who filed under the 5 year rule, has been  edited out, myself including. Does anyone know what happened. 

Me too. Plus there are some February filers on there too now. I don’t mean to be dismissive but..wrong group?

5 hours ago, lntdenver said:

Hi everyone!

I was eligible for N-400 since October 2019 but just got too busy with holidays, family visiting, work, gym, new year resolutions, etc. Now I am finally getting ready to file for N-400 and started reading this thread to see what I have to look forward to. LOL. 

There is a lot of good information on this thread (besides all the “update the spreadsheet” yelling). I learned about online filing, IRS transcripts download, and I was happy to see that my Field Office (Cleveland OH) was mentioned as one of the fastest one around. 

I applied to my AOS and ROC by myself without lawyers and never had any problems, so I already know the drill... bank statements, joint leases, mortgage, joint bills, beneficiaries insurance and retirement, etc.  

 

The only thing I am (VERY) concerned about - and I feel like I am the only one (!) - is the civics test! How are you guys preparing for it or have any recommendations??? Flash cards? App recommendations? Books? 

 

I actually called an organization that offers “prep classes for citizenship” listed on uscis website and got turned away. He asked if I was asking for classes for someone else?! Because my English was “too good to benefit from the class”. I was kind of disappointed but decided to take it as a compliment. LOL. 

This is what the app looks like. Should really be easy with it!

5 minutes ago, Fahad86 said:

I am really happy for you!! good luck with the finger prints. its not easy with USCIS. i still havent recieved the notice in mail which i am scheduled for Feb 21. even though i am done with my prints.

Thank you!!! Their postal system is insanely slow. But luckily they have this new online thing now and you were able to print it!!

4 minutes ago, Giovanna024 said:

But you can print out the copy you have in Document Tab on your USCIS account on web site,...

I believe that’s what was done.

@Dzuliana @Fahad86 @Cryssiekins Just letting y’all know that my online status just changed to rescheduled bio appointment. I guess they received my letter after all. I’m so relieved. Thanks so much again for the input. I really appreciate this group. This stuff just makes me anxious 😅

17 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

Oh darn!   
 

Hmm.. you said you’re 1.5 hours away from the office, so that’s 3 hours drive time plus time at the office.  So that’s basically a half a work day.  Is there any chance you can adjust your hours that day?  Or, depending on what you do, swap for a different day?  

I’m a pilot and a have job to fly early Monday morning so it’s a little more complicated  but I guess I’ll have to try to find someone else to fly in my place. Thank all of you though. I appreciate y’all’s answers!!

16 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

Did you just send it regular mail, or certified? 

Regular mail 🙈

Just now, Dzuliana said:

@msdynamite I have noticed that your field office is San Antonio and if that is your closest office I have to warn you that they don't do walk-ins. Here, check it yourself. There is a phone number that might help you though. Good luck!
https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices/texas-san-antonio-field-office

Wow thank you for the warning!! I guess my only option now is wait or trying to go to the actual appointment on Monday! Thanks a bunch!

37 minutes ago, Fahad86 said:

I can understand what you are going through. hopefully you can easily overcome this situation. I did my fingerprint the moment it was available on uscis website. Still havent recieve the letter in the mail. even though it is mailed.

Everything is just always complicated with USCIS. I have never before rescheduled anything but this time it’s harder. The job is early mornings and I live 1.5 hours drive from the USCIS office. I’d miss the entire job that day and that’s no good. But that’s just how it goes sometimes. Hopefully it’s the last time dealing with USCIS. Thank you for your kind words.

1 minute ago, Fahad86 said:

Then you must hope they get the letter in time and they reschedule your finger prints. if not try to talk to your boss and explain the situation that this is important and have to be at the reqiured appointment. finger prints dont take more than 10 mins if it is not busy. even if you take an hour off from work hopefully your boss can understand. 

Yea I guess that’s my last resort. Thanks for your answer though!

12 minutes ago, msdynamite said:

1 minute ago, Fahad86 said:

i would have done walk in biometrics to be on the safe side. They say wednesday is the best for walk ins. 

Unfortunately it’s not that easy with my job. Any advise on what I should do now?

Hi everyone. I had to reschedule my bio appointment due to work. Send off the letter Tuesday (the original appointment letter wasn’t in the mail till Monday and it said on the notice to mark to reschedule and send back the original). My original appointment is on Monday the 10th and I haven’t heard back about the rescheduling. What if they hadn’t had my letter until my original appointment and I dont go on Monday? 
In the letter it says they’ll abandon my application if I don’t reschedule or show up. Do I just assume they’ll see my letter eventually? Try a walk in tomorrow? Has anyone had to reschedule before?

4 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

Are you filing online? The system tells you what you need to upload based on your responses. For me (divorced, re-married) they wanted divorce decree, marriage certificate (of current marriage), Greencard front & back. They didn’t specifically ask for taxes but I uploaded them anyhow since it’s needed at interview the latest.

Yes I filed online and it only asked for divorce decree and greencard. Then there was a window for additional evidence but it didn’t specify.And since I’m not remarried I wonder what additional evidence they would need. I submitted it now without adding anything else and will bring whatever to the interview I guess. Suggestions on what “additional evidence”  might be are very welcome  thank you.

20 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

when you file under 5 year rule you don’t file based on marriage and don’t need any proof. You will be asked to upload your divorce decree to show dissolution of previous marriage. Besides that you only provide same documents everyone needs to submit (Greencard front & back, 3 years of tax transcript etc)

Thank you for your answer.. that’s what I’m asking..what, other than divorce decree and greencard, do I need to send them. Tax transcript and what else? 

Hi everybody-

I’m about to file my online n400 and have a question. I’m basing on being resident for 5 years. I have been divorced for two years but my 10year green card has been approved. Other than the greencard and divorce decree what kind of additional evidence should I have to submit? Since I don’t have to proof I’m married anymore. I’m not sure what else they would need!?

thank y’all! And good luck everyone!!

my lawyer had my approval notice in the mail today. Now just waiting for the precious plastic card  very happy. Good luck everybody!!

34 minutes ago, indianshah said:

@msdynamiteI may have to go through the same process as you did. I'll appreciate if you could help me understand whether the proofs I've submitted are enough and what the next steps should be.

 

My USC wife and I got married in good faith (arranged marriage) in Jan 2015 and I received my conditional GC in Jan 2016. I moved to the US on a student visa in 2010 and was on a work visa (H1B) when i got married. We jointly filed my i751 petition in nov 2017 to CSC. When i submitted the joint i751 i had included joint mortgage contracts, financial statements (credit and savings account), tons of photos  - marriage in US and India, vacations, family visits etc., marriage certificate, air tickets from vaca's, joint phone bills, joint car insurance, affidavits from friends and neighbors, my insurance showing her name as beneficiary, joint tax filing documents. We have been having issues since the last few months and have been going for counseling to see whether we can work it out. However, my wife let me know today  that she'll be moving out next week back home (different state) and filing divorce right after that. Even after the counseling sessions, we couldn't reconcile our issues. The processing times at CSC is taking 18-20 months and my application was filed a little over 8 months ago. The last update I received was in May notifying biometric appointment is not required since they have past records and haven't seen any movement on my case since then. I'm not sure what the next steps are - some forums say no action is required until divorce is finalized, however others say to notify USCIS about the situation. In addition to evidences I had provided already I can also provide report from the counselor, 2017 joint tax, photos and itineraries from trips made in 2018, bank statements until next week etc. Any help will be highly appreciated. 

 

Also, is there a forum for i751 divorce waivers for 2017/2018 I can follow?

Im sorry you have to go thru this too. I consulted a lawyer before filing for divorce. But I know that you can probably do all this without a lawyer. Here’s a forum to follow: 

I cant tell you if your evidence is enough or not..To this day I’m not quite sure how uscis works. But it sounds like a lot of evidence to me. I waited until my divorce was final to notify uscis together with my divorce decree. This was with advice from my lawyer since divorces in Texas get processed within 60-70 days if everything goes well. If you’re in a state where divorces take longer I would notify uscis and change my address online if you move. But again I’m not a lawyer and am not really in a position to tell you what to do. Read that forum I posted, it has some good tips in it. If you use the search function on visajour ey you can find advice to almost anything. Good luck.

12 minutes ago, braveheart97xxx said:

WOW !!!  Congratulations !!

Can you at least share if you did receive a letter before this indicating a transfer of some sort to any office?  If YES, When?

 

Just wanted to know our real time table to look at here .  Thank you.  

No I never received anything in the mail. I had that status update “received at local office” in March online, but no letters. My dhs account jumped yesterday to:”we are producing your card and will ship it to you”. I have not yet received the approval letter or anything else that’s why I didn’t update my timeline yet. Wanted to wait until it all arrived.

8 hours ago, Charly2 said:

OMG 3 people approved in 1 day...maybe it's coming for us LOL. In any case, im already 530 day in and 65 days since they transferred me from California to Lee Summit ("Tranfer notice"). I still don't know if I'm suppose to expect for a message that says that they actually DID receive it.

Hang in there. It IS coming! 

My case has been somewhat difficult. Filed married jointly, but then my marriage fell apart. Divorced in december 17 and case changed to waiver. I honestly expected an interview but I guess my proof was strong enough. I won’t believe it until hold that card in my hands 😅 good luck to everybody that’s still waiting. The waiting is extremely stressful and I could’ve never done it without this forum. Thank you all!!

522 days in (thank you case tracker for counting)...I finally got an update. I just updated my dhs account and it had yesterday’s date on it saying they ordered my new card. Uscis account has not updated. I hope it’s legit. Couldn’t be happier

7 hours ago, Rocdoc said:

Most often means an approval is around the corner. 

That would be awesome. I read about it too..just insecure because I actually DO need them to change my name..who knows..i guess I keep on waiting.