Jack88

Thanks for you reply! 
To answer you question, not anymore. Before october 2017 you could apply for citizenship based on military service after only ONE day of active duty service, because we are in "Period of hostilities" as decreed by the president since 2001. However, this is not longer true. The Department of Defense modified the eligibility requirements for citizenship based on military service, and now the applicant must have at least 180 days (Six months) of active duty service to be eligible to apply (Regardless of whether he/she served during hostilities or not) 
Given the above, time-wise as crazy as it sounds, it would more efficient for me to apply for citizenship through marriage to a US citizen than waiting to have 6 months in active duty to be able to do it based on military service. 

Thanks for you reply! 
To answer you question, not anymore. Before october 2017 you could apply for citizenship based on military service after only ONE day of active duty service, because we are in "Period of hostilities" as decreed by the president since 2001. However, this is not longer true. The Department of Defense modified the eligibility requirements for citizenship based on military service, and now the applicant must have at least 180 days (Six months) of active duty service to be eligible to apply (Regardless of whether he/she served during hostilities or not) 
Given the above, time-wise as crazy as it sounds, it would more efficient for me to apply for citizenship through marriage to a US citizen than waiting to have 6 months in active duty to be able to do it based on military service. 

Making sense of the "18 months extension": So I received the famous 18 months extension letter many CSC I-751 filers are receiving due to the huge delays processing their applications. It is my understanding given the wording of the letter that it extends your residency for 18 months since the expiration of your original I-551 card. Which as you know given the delays and the average time in which people receive the extension letter it had been expired for 12+ months. In view of this scenario, is this so called 18 months letter in reality simply a 6 months extension? And can we infer the conclusion in light of such short extension that all the pending applications they sent them for will be adjudicated within the next 6 months?
 
food for thought.

Hi thanks for your answers Charly. The physical presence won't be an issue because all my training will take place in continental US territory. And as far as the "residing for more than 3 months in the district you file" rule for the N-400 that's not a problem because I was in full compliance of that when I filed. My residency still will be the one where my spouse is and I currently reside even during my training. Anyway I went ahead and applied  notwithstanding. I am still waiting for the Marines to give me a shipping date to start my training, so that's in stand by at the moment. I already got my biometrics appointment by that way, so that was fast. 

Well that's what I thought at first, I know about those monthly updates. However this is the first time I get that date "April 18" every time I got the message it said the last time they worked on my case was either the first time I filed, or when it was "Sent to the local office" that April date is totally new. So I guess I am cautiously optimistic.

Thanks for your answer. I would advice to use your husband impending shipping date as a reason to write your senator they really respect service men, and the fact he's shipping soon should be enough reason to expedite his case. Give it a shot, find out who are your senators and sent that letter.
 
I hope everything works well for you and your husband. Let me know if I can be of any help.
Cheers 

You're right about this. The older processing times were already at October 2016 the current ones only allow you to file an inquire for outside of processing times if the date of filing is after August 2016! They have gotten worse!

Fact chance that they're going to go through each application in detail to cherry pick any "flaw" with them. More likely since they'd be understaffed and under-prepared for such gargantuan task, they'd check for essentials and if it checks out just approved en masse. Thank CSC for that.

Fact chance that they're going to go through each application in detail to cherry pick any "flaw" with them. More likely since they'd be understaffed and under-prepared for such gargantuan task, they'd check for essentials and if it checks out just approved en masse. Thank CSC for that.

Fact chance that they're going to go through each application in detail to cherry pick any "flaw" with them. More likely since they'd be understaffed and under-prepared for such gargantuan task, they'd check for essentials and if it checks out just approved en masse. Thank CSC for that.

Absolutely, the 90 day window is meant for you to know the EARLIEST you can file your N-400. But you can file it ANYTIME after the 90 window starts. NO DEADLINE. Is different from the ROC 90 day window which does have a deadline pertaining the LATEST you can file. 

Don't freak out they are adjudicating the ROC requests of folks who filed in August/September 2016!! That's right 15-16 Months after they filed. So a year is peanuts as far as how long you're actually going to wait before they respond to your application.  Your status as a Permanent resident continues on and is extended for as long as your ROC application is pending so you should not have any problems with respect to your job. If you need to travel abroad or in any way prove your permanent resident status you can get an infopass appointment online to your local USCIS office and request a passport stamp which is basically like your permanent resident card. And normally this constitutes proof of your status for 6 months to a year depending on the validity of the stamp the immigration officer gives you. But you can only do this (per what other people have posted) one or two months before your extension letter expires.  
 
Cheers

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but this is not accurate any longer. According to newly enacted regulations by DOD (October 2017) the requirements for citizenship based on military service were changed. Before, you could apply for citizenship with only one day of active duty service because like you said we are in a period hostilities. However, with the new regulations you have to have at least 180 days (6 months) of active duty service in order to be eligible to apply, regardless of serving during hostilities or anything. So judging by the information he provided he does not have the 180 day active duty requirement given the fact he didn't even complete basic military training which ranges from 8 to 13 weeks depending on the branch.

Hi
 
From what I've learnt, going through other ROC threads, it seems like we shouldn't expect any updates on USCIS website ...until "card is in production" or so... A lot of people don't see any updates if RFE was sent or Interview Notice... So, I wouldn't worry about not seeing anything about your fingerprints - looks like nobody got this info updated...
 

Hi community!


So I've finally received my new EAD on the mail after 90+ days waiting, my EAD was issued in light of a readjustment of status application which is pending stemming from marriage to a US citizen, my previous legal status was OPT student, on a F-1 visa.

Now, I have a question in regard to this new card and this might be a little paranoid of me but I will still ask it.

So, as I was going through my card in order to verify all my information and I see everything seems to be in order, I started also comparing my current new EAD with the expired OPT one just to single out the differences, I notice first that the category number naturally varies for they were issued in light of different immigration status, but also that the USCIS NUMBER had changed as well, now I though this was what is known as the 'Alien Registration Number' and I use it extensively throughout my forms for the readjustment of status application. I got this number the first time though my first EAD for my OPT application, so the QUESTION is: Is it normal for this number to change like this ? Has the USCIS assign me a new USCIS # or Alien Registration number? If so, will my Permanent residence card have the same 'new' number? Or is it not normal and my EAD has an issue?

Thanks for your feedback in advance folks!