ben and maria

Hello everyone. I finally got some excellent long awaited news. My i751 was approved. Here is my brief timeline
Filed january 27 2017
Did biometrics about a month later.
Until march of this year there were no updated no my case, no RFE or mail from USCIS. In march i got the case received by local office glitch update like a lot of people on here. Never received an actual letter in the mail though. So to clear confusion i got an infopass to local office and was lucky to talk to an excellent polite USCIS officer. He explained that my case is still in CSC and that service center is really backlogged so he encouraged me to apply for the N400.
So April 25 under the the three year rule i applied for the N400 ONLINE. I have to say that i am very impressed with speed of process for the N400. Within a few weeks I received the notice for biometrics which went pretty smooth. ON july 2nd i received a letter for the interview appointment for the N400 for August 20th. There was no requirement on the notice for me to bring my wife to the interview. So I did a judgement call and brought my wife with me. After a long wait since there were a LOT of people waiting for the N400 at my local office we were called in. Placed under oath we sat down and the officer explained that she would be adjudicating I751 first. She asked me a few basic questions than said to escort me to the waiting room so she could ask my wife a few questions. I probably waited no longer than 10 min when the officer escorted my wife out and called me back in. She proceded to ask questions about i751 mostly about our relationship, the history of us, work ect. Probably no longer than 10 min. After she said we can proceed for the N400. Asked a few question, wrote a sentence and she said I passed. At the end she handed me a letter that had 2 boxes checked, one said i passed the test, the other one said a decission about your case can not be made yet. Disappointed but politely asked what does that mean. She basically said a decission about the N400 can not be made until the I751 is approved. I thank her for a explanation. So after three weeks the dhs.gov site updated that case is approved and card is in production as two separate updates . Uscis.gov site is still not updated. So after this long and very stressful journey I can have a sigh of relief. Will update more when I receive something official in the mail. I know a lot of people here are still waiting, please have faith and patience the finishline is near. I tried to provide as much detail as I remember as I know this website has been very therapeutic and supportive to me by reading other people experiences. Yesterday I received the letter of approval in the mail

Update, i had my combo n400/751 august 21st, got my aproval letter for i751 yesterday

Hello everyone. I finally got some excellent long awaited news. My i751 was approved. Here is my brief timeline
Filed january 27 2017
Did biometrics about a month later.
Until march of this year there were no updated no my case, no RFE or mail from USCIS. In march i got the case received by local office glitch update like a lot of people on here. Never received an actual letter in the mail though. So to clear confusion i got an infopass to local office and was lucky to talk to an excellent polite USCIS officer. He explained that my case is still in CSC and that service center is really backlogged so he encouraged me to apply for the N400.
So April 25 under the the three year rule i applied for the N400 ONLINE. I have to say that i am very impressed with speed of process for the N400. Within a few weeks I received the notice for biometrics which went pretty smooth. ON july 2nd i received a letter for the interview appointment for the N400 for August 20th. There was no requirement on the notice for me to bring my wife to the interview. So I did a judgement call and brought my wife with me. After a long wait since there were a LOT of people waiting for the N400 at my local office we were called in. Placed under oath we sat down and the officer explained that she would be adjudicating I751 first. She asked me a few basic questions than said to escort me to the waiting room so she could ask my wife a few questions. I probably waited no longer than 10 min when the officer escorted my wife out and called me back in. She proceded to ask questions about i751 mostly about our relationship, the history of us, work ect. Probably no longer than 10 min. After she said we can proceed for the N400. Asked a few question, wrote a sentence and she said I passed. At the end she handed me a letter that had 2 boxes checked, one said i passed the test, the other one said a decission about your case can not be made yet. Disappointed but politely asked what does that mean. She basically said a decission about the N400 can not be made until the I751 is approved. I thank her for a explanation. So after three weeks the dhs.gov site updated that case is approved and card is in production as two separate updates . Uscis.gov site is still not updated. So after this long and very stressful journey I can have a sigh of relief. Will update more when I receive something official in the mail. I know a lot of people here are still waiting, please have faith and patience the finishline is near. I tried to provide as much detail as I remember as I know this website has been very therapeutic and supportive to me by reading other people experiences. Yesterday I received the letter of approval in the mail

Interviews for people who filed in July 2016? Usually they don't schedule interviews so late in the process, thats the norm at least. 
I was thinking if they see something wrong they would schedule an interview in advance.
 
Either way, we should get our approvals by April-May next year. 
Absolutely ridiculous USCIS process, so much backlog, just one year has made so much difference. 

Thanks VeraBradley! I'm hoping it all goes smoothly! It's scheduled for 8/29

Congratulations! Awesome news!
 
I am, however,  completely flummoxed as to how you have jumped a six-month queue. Nevertheless, great news for you - good luck! 

Little advice or help if anyone is aware. I checked my status on the website and it is telling me my fee was waived...should I be concerned? 

This popped up on the top of the threads and thought I'd reply, incase you are waiting. Maybe try asking in the recent filing threads (if you filed in January, you can track yours against other members in that thread that also filed around the same time as you). Not sure if you'll get your response here on a thread created in 2012
 
 

Hope I'm posting this in the right place...Sent in our I-751 3/21/12. Check was cashed 4/3/12. No NOA received yet. We are currently out of the country and were only planning to return for the biometrics appointment (which we assumed would be the second half of April judging from others timelines). Meanwhile, GC will expire beginning of June. Staying out of the country without the NOA means problems getting back into the country after June, right? Not sure what to do. I'm not sure what we could accomplish even if we flew back to the US for a week. Can we do anything at a local embassy? Is there any point trying to call someone?

I also did a early walk in today..