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20 hours ago, Curve said:

Thank you. I ended up calling, and you're right it was indeed a typo.  Said another one has been mailed. 

Nice to know it's been mitigated and congrats on your oath. I guess at this point the officer forgot to approve my I-751 the very next day as promised, hence causing my already approved N-400 stuck in the system holding my oath ceremony hostage. I had a sinking feeling about this situation the moment he told me he will be approving it the next day. USCIS is notorious for throwing gauntlets on the way and nothing is certain with this agency even the simplest of things. I'll be there next week to make sure they approve it on the spot so I can get this over with agency for good. Can't believe it's been 27 months since December 2016 when this I-751 was filed. 

4 minutes ago, Curve said:

HI, how were you able to schedule your infopass? I tried and there are no appointments available.

Your 8:30pm oath is probably a typo but, anyway you wanna schedule an info pass appointment to straighten this out. Your best time to book an appointment is between midnight till early morning around 4 am because that’s when it resets. They’re spaced weeks apart though so you wanna try to do it ASAP today if you can. I scheduled around early this month and the earliest date I could find was the 19th. If you can’t get a close date I suggest you call a tier 2 officer to sort it out to get a correct date.

57 minutes ago, Curve said:

LOL I read it wrong -- i was so excited, but reading is fundamental🙄.  It actually says I've been placed in line for oath.  The wait continues.

Lol, you’re almost there though at least yours is making progress. All my statuses for both I-751 and N-400 are still same and haven’t changed. I wonder if the I-751 has been approved in the system because I read somewhere there’s a software mechanism in place to prevent oath ceremonies from being scheduled until I-751 is approved in a separate system. Wondering if the officer forgot to approve that the next day as promised. I scheduled an infopass appointment on the 19th though to nudge them a bit if nothing happens before then. Will also be calling a L2 officer to check the status of it as well in the system before I go there in person. Hoping it doesn’t get to that point.

1 minute ago, Wiz_Fit said:

OK thats the site we used last time. Wondering if we put yes/no into currently in process application? Assuming no since our 485 is done, but want to be sure.

You only put yes if you currently have any pending immigration benefit with uscis that you're waiting to be adjudicated. If you have none then your answer is simply no.

3 minutes ago, Ashipa said:

Hey everyone,

I filed my Form i751 in December, 2017,and filed form N400 January 29 under the Immigration and nationality Act INA section 319 under 3 year rule....N400 interview coming up April 3,2019 @ fort Smith Arkansas 

 

My question do I need to call USCIS for a combine I751 and N400 interview or do they automatically schedule both interview?

 

Contribution will be highly appreciated.

No you don't need to call them for anything. They will have all your whole A file records in a big thick folder on the day of your I-751/N-400 interview.

Go to this link https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do and fill out this form AR-11 to do an electronic change of address with USCIS to update your record.

48 minutes ago, kaiotes123 said:

Given that the processing time of i751 is year +  can I apply for citizenship prior to the approval of i751?? (assuming legally married, live together til then etc)

 

if we apply for citizenship, if we were to divorce during that process I'd have to give additional notification on the change in marital status correct?

 

 

Yes you can apply for citizenship while I-751 is still pending once your 3 year eligibility window opens up provided you’re still married to and living with your U.S. citizen spouse. Keep in mind that if you do so your I-751 leave its processing center and be sent to National Benefits Center, where it will stay and wait to be adjudicated together as a joint interview with your N-400 at your local USCIS field on the day of your N-400 interview. In addition you will need to stay married and be living with your spouse during this process and separation will jeopardize it.

You won’t get a 10 year green card and will need temporary I-551 stamps along the way as proof of permanent residency until you naturalize. This option is a good one for those who want citizenship as their end goal and don’t want to wait for their I-751 to be adjudicated first before coommencing with N-400 especially if their field offices have a very long processing time to adjudicate naturalization applications. 

17 minutes ago, kaiotes123 said:

So it will definitely three years after I get the perm GC. Then if I were to apply for citizenship but before that process is finalized and legally divorced I'd have to file amendment and submit additional paperwork/documentation?

Your question is a little confusing but to clear the water let me list your naturalization pathway for you:

First and foremost you must successfully lift your I-751 conditions either through a joint or divorce waiver petition before you can successfully naturalize or even think of naturalizing that's the law. If you lift through a joint petition and are still married to and living with your U.S. citizen spouse, then you qualify to apply for naturalization on your 3rd year anniversary (though you can apply as early as 90 days) of being a lawful permanent resident as of the "resident since" date inscribed on your original 2 year conditional green card.

If successfully lift conditions as a joint I-751 petition then divorce later you no longer qualify to file under 3 year rule and must wait 5 years to apply like everyone else. The 3 year rule is for spouses of U.S. citizens who are still married to and living in marital union with their spouses as of the time of application and adjudication of the naturalization application transitional phase. The 5 year rule will also apply to you if you lift your I-751 conditions using a divorce waiver petition as well. As usual you can apply as early as 90 days prior to your 5th anniversary of being a lawful permanent resident as of the "resident since" date inscribed on your original 2 year conditional green card. The 10 year green card you receive after you successfully lift I-751 conditions retains your original resident since date since you officially became an permanent resident and this is the date you use to count your naturalization clock eligibility.

4 hours ago, ordjnb said:

I'm more than 3 months in. Looks like regardless I'd have to re-apply if they dig into it. If they don't I don't have to but I'll only find out on interview day? Seeing as you're aware of other in this situation what was the final tally of rejections/approvals for folks with a priority day one day less their recieves date? I've read it's at the discretion of some offices. 

 

My application itself has 11/12/2018 dated which is the date I was eligible. Is this something I choose or the system writes in for me? I don't remember. I officlaly did it on 11/11/2018 so I don't know why it shows 11/12/2018.

 

Super annoyed. I even remember just deciding to check my application couple hours before proceeding and seeing it open thought I'd be good to go to apply as it was always closed for me otherwise. What I get for being so trigger happy. 

You're just 3 months in the process it's not still too late to withdraw and reapply so you have no issues with this. This won't look pretty when you're at the end after waiting almost a year long for you to be denied. It all boils down to the day you were eligible to file for naturalization and applied not if the system let you do it. The question you should ask yourself is if the day you submitted your application the same day in your timezone matching your window of eligibility? Your case isn't similar to Hypnos' because you applied 1 day early on the 11th meanwhile your window of eligibility was the 12th. Hypnos' case was different because he applied on the same day he was eligible according to the day and time zone where he resides though he did it at a very odd hour past midnight. That was exactly how he was able to resolve this issue after his denial, even though the computer put his priority date a day early to make it seem as though he applied 1 day early before he was eligible. My advice is withdraw and reapply at least at this point all you're gonna lose is your fees and 3 months of time. It will be worse if you lose your fees and a year worth of time only to start all over again.

19 minutes ago, kaiotes123 said:

So what if we're in the process of submitting the i751. Should we wait til I get the physical perm GC to legally finalize divorce or can we end it after shortly after sending the paperwork? The i751 is taking about a year per the ucsic site.

If you're still legally married to your spouse you can file a joint I-751 petition. If at any moment before the I-751 is adjudicated by USCIS and you divorce your spouse, you must notify USCIS so that your joint I-751 petition should be amended to a waiver petition. At that point USCIS will send you a RFE (request of evidence) for you divorce decree which you will have to submit within 87 days. If you don't notify them and your petition is approved as a joint one meanwhile you were legally divorced your green card will be considered to be procured illegitimately. Your naturalization application will be denied when they find out through your divorce decree submitted at that point, since green card was wrongly issued and your whole immigration status will be in jeopardy. You can successfully waive the joint requirement and remove conditions on you own through divorce provided you have strong bona fide documentation as usual to show your marriage wasn't a sham to procure a green card.

8 hours ago, kaiotes123 said:

I received my permanent resident card via an US Citizen

I divorced the US citizen after receiving my permanent resident card. Will it be an issue for me to apply for citizenship at the 5 yr mark?

 

 

Thanks

Generally it isn’t a problem when your apply for naturalization after 5 years of your being a lawful permanent resident, however; the immigration officer can still pry and ask details about your initial marriage you got your residency from. This is just to make sure the green marriage was bona fide and not merely used to procure a green card though.

Chances are it will probably be your old name unless Seattle office now does name changes which I doubt they do for the aforementioned reasons above. The good news is you can still do it in court even after your naturalization in case it doesn’t get changed here at USCIS. Just make sure you tackle it within the first year. As of the status mine hasn’t changed yet. It still says “we scheduled your interview” on my USCIS account and “interview was scheduled” on egov. That status change is normal before it will update again once oath is scheduled.

58 minutes ago, Curve said:

Geez what a hot mess!

im a little over the disappointment.. I had to remind myself 1 month is nothing compared to the 20 years I’ve been in this country lol.

 

we might end up with the same oath date! 

Tell me about it sister. This road has been a long and trying one indeed for 14 years I've been here. We might indeed end up with same oath date fingers crossed. As for the name change it's hard to tell if Seattle office does it. What I know is most name changes are done at judicial oath ceremonies in court and not USCIS administrative oath ones since name changes have to be approved by a judge.

1 hour ago, Curve said:

I just finished my interview, and I passed!

i checked in at 7:30 for my 8am interview, and was called in at 7:55. Was done at 8:30. I’m very disappointed that I didn’t get the same day oath— it’s because the officer is a junior officer and therefore can’t approve the same day oath 🙁

Congrats! Don't despair you're not alone and almost at the finishing line. Interviews are like rolling a dice and you just never know which kind of officer your case will be assigned to. My case was initially assigned to another officer when this guy opted to pick it up instead from his colleague. It was all good as he had the authority to do combo interviews and approvals, but it had been 6 months since he last logged in on his database to adjudicate I-751 so the system wouldn't let him do it.😭 He tried a couple of times no way so he could only approve my N-400 and promised to approve my I-751 today morning. Even his fingerprint and camera wasn't working so he had to take me to his colleague's office so she could do it for me at her own desk. Yup, that's just how USCIS is always having surprises. For what its worth we should be glad we've at least done the hard part. Now is just a little wait for an oath ceremony not so long.

14 minutes ago, Curve said:

Wow this sounds like an amazing experience! Congratulations!! 

What time did you get there for your appointment? Everyone seems to have 30 people already when they get to the interview.. so maybe I can avoid that tomorrow if I get there super early lol.

Also, thanks for the tip! 

I got there at 12pm but the girl at check in said the system wouldn't let anyone check in until 12:15pm. So I had to chill at the corner till that time and then a little frenzy occurred as new people came in and lines got a little busy as we were trying to check in then. We then had to be rushed to check in and I did check in at 12:27pm before being called around 1:10pm. Of the roughly 30 peeps upstairs with us many were there after already being interviewed sometime earlier, so they were just chilling waiting for final paper work for 2:30pm oath ceremony. The actual number of us waiting to be interviewed at that time was about half of that number.

1 minute ago, robhostein said:

I'm glad you had a pleasant experience at your interview!

 

My interviewer did not say a word to me and definitely did not shake hand as he escorted me out the door. lol

Lol, at least you're done with them anyway. 

27 minutes ago, Curve said:

How was your experience?

Sorry for the late reply anyway I just got back from my combo I-751/N-400 interview and was approved. Interview was scheduled at 12:30 but I ended up being called at around 1:10pm so I knew there was no way I would make the same day 2:30pm naturalization today. There were roughly about 30 peeps upstairs with us. Some were given other forms for their 2:30pm ceremony while some waited to be interviewed like us. The officer apologized and told me the cut off time is 12 noon though for 2:30pm oath. I was interviewed alone though he knew my wife and our son was waiting just outside. I couldn't have asked for a very nice officer to be honest. The guy was spot on relaxing making the process so easy. He's so young probably in his late twenties and was in the peace corps and spent 3 years in Senegal Africa. We were chatting like we'd known each other for years.

We chatted a lot about his experience there, how he loved the food and even speaks their native local language called wolof. He told me whenever he interviews applicants from Senegal, Gambia who speak wolof they do speak like that too for fun. He asked me if I speak French or teach my wife since its' my second language too back home. He also asked if I'm teaching my toddler son as well though and I said a little. The whole interview was more like a conversation. We went through the oath, then started with the I-751 ran through biographic questions about marital status, current job, how I met my wife, what we do for hobbies and where we last travelled together. Told him we do a lot of Netflix shows and he also confirmed he's a fan and asked some shows we watch together. He the finished and confirmed my name, marital status, date of marriage and current address.

 Everything went well then we proceeded with N-400. I didn't have to go through all the biographic stuff again since I'd already done with him in the first interview. I aced 6 civics questions, read and wrote a simple sentence in English, then writing a sentence on the iPad. We then rounded up some of the long security yes or no questions. Lastly we went through the affirmation questions if I'm willing to Pledge allegiance to the U.S. bear arms when required by law etc. We verified name and biographic information as it should appear on the certificate of naturalization, and he printed out the approval receipt and gave it to me after I signed on the iPad. He told me all looks great that he will approve my I-751 first thing tomorrow morning then schedule my oath ceremony as his system in his office was acting up a little since he'd not logged in for almost 6 months. He walked me out to the waiting area where, told me congratulations and nice chatting with me. I shook his hand and thanked him before I left with my wife and son. @Curve just a hint for you tomorrow on your interview try not to touch the screen of the iPad when writing your answer on it 😊 and good luck tomorrow!

Sorry for the late reply anyway I just got back from my combo I-751/N-400 interview and was approved. Interview was scheduled at 12:30 but I ended up being called at around 1:10pm so I knew there was no way I would make the same day 2:30pm naturalization today. There were roughly about 30 peeps upstairs with us. Some were given other forms for their 2:30pm ceremony while some waited to be interviewed like us. The officer apologized and told me the cut off time is 12 noon though for 2:30pm oath. I was interviewed alone though he knew my wife and our son was waiting just outside. I couldn't have asked for a very nice officer to be honest. The guy was spot on relaxing making the process so easy. He's so young probably in his late twenties and was in the peace corps and spent 3 years in Senegal Africa. We were chatting like we'd known each other for years.

We chatted a lot about his experience there, how he loved the food and even speaks their native local language called wolof. He told me whenever he interviews applicants from Senegal, Gambia who speak wolof they do speak like that too for fun. He asked me if I speak French or teach my wife since its' my second language too back home. He also asked if I'm teaching my toddler son as well. The whole interview was more like a conversation. We went through the oath, then started with the I-751 ran through biographic questions about marital status, current job, how I met my wife, what we do for hobbies and where we last travelled together. He confirmed my name, marital status, date of marriage and current address.

 Everything went well then we proceeded with N-400. I didn't have to go through all the biographic stuff again since I'd already done with him in the first interview. I aced 6 civics questions, read and wrote a simple sentence in English, then writing a sentence on the iPad. We then rounded up some of the long security yes or no questions. Lastly we went through the affirmation questions if I'm willing to Pledge allegiance to the U.S. bear arms when required by law etc. We verified name and biographic information as it should appear on the certificate of naturalization, and he printed out the approval receipt and gave it to me after I signed on the iPad. He told me all looks great that he will approve my I-751 first thing tomorrow morning then schedule my oath ceremony as his system in his office was acting up a little since he'd not logged in for almost 6 months. He walked me out to the waiting area where, told me congratulations and nice chatting with me. I shook his hand and thanked him before I left with my wife and son. @ curve just a hint for you tomorrow on your interview try not to touch the screen of the iPad when writing your answer on it 😊 and good luck tomorrow!

29 minutes ago, killadocg23 said:

My green card has a typographical error(Wrong residence since). Was sending it back to USICS this week. Does anybody know or have real world experience if I can use my EAD to apply for jobs or could I even use my current card to appy for jobs before I send it back?

 

Thanks

Try to schedule an info pass appointment to your local USCIS field office so they can stamp your passport with a temporary I-551 stamp so you can use this for travel and employment purposes. Be sure to take with your proof of an I-90 filed as well for a replacement green card.

1 hour ago, CDN1978 said:

Hello!  

 

Been reading a lot of posts and don’t recall seeing on but my status estimated completed time was just removed from the website and it states that they are taking longer to receive my case then expected. 

 

I files through the Nashville office. Timeline is below:

 

PD - Jan 9

Biometrics appointed - Jan 29th

estimated wait time was 10 months

feb 26 - estimated wait time was removed and advised taking longer to review then normal. 

 

Any my reason why the estimated wait time was removed??  I know it’s a long process and I’m still early in process but not sure why they would have removed the wait time. I have no arrests, one speeding ticket (provided all documentation in my application) that was 5 years ago. 

 

Thanks!

It has nothing to do with your eligibility so don't freak out about it. It's a normal part of the process and status change once you've entered and are about to surpass your estimated completion time. It will stay like that until you get scheduled for interview at that point it will then change to "Interview has been scheduled." This is common especially if your local USCIS field office is taking way longer to schedule interviews. I equally had same experience as well since Seattle office is among the worse in the country taking 13 months on average to schedule interviews at the moment.

16 minutes ago, Curve said:

Good luck on your interview tomorrow.  Looking forward to reading about your experience.

Thank you!

30 minutes ago, DR_UA said:

I was approved! Oath is today at 2:30 pm. Looks like the 10am one is not possible for the same day because the interview was done at 8:05am.

I arrived at the parking lot at 6:40, stayed in the car till 6:55 (looks like I could've come in earlier, my queue number was P9, and there were already about 30 people in the waiting room). Was called in at 7:40. The whole thing took less than half an hour. Very nice and professional officer. I was worried about my exception (I don't bear arms for religious reasons), but it caused no problems, just had to explain in a few words. The sentence to read was Where is the US capital? and I wrote an answer. Don't remember all the test questions, but I answered 6 out of 6 correctly. Be careful when writing, don't touch the screen with your hand

Congrats! My interview is tomorrow 12:30pm and will be a combo interview since my I-751 is still pending. Will see if it will be possible to be squeezed in for 2:30pm same day oath. Have to admit chances are slim though due to the timing but I guess I'll just have to see how it goes.

Just now, DR_UA said:

Thanks, will do. Interestingly enough, my interview is at 7:15am, but USCIS website says their working hours start st 8am 🤔

Ya, those are just general working hours they open way earlier though in many field offices as you can see on your appointment letter. 

@DR_UA Goodluck on your interview tomorrow and don't forget to keep us posted here!

He can definitely travel with the AP as long as it's still valid. If the I-485 gets approved before he gets back in the U.S. he will be admitted as a lawful permanent resident at the port of entry and not a parolee. CBP should be able to verify his status and confirm it there at the U.S. port of entry in such circumstances.