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2 minutes ago, EamanA said:

And that could be because the officer adjudicated both cases at his interview which is the new precedure. One interview for two cases 

Right. But it is their process to adjudicate together. They dont make you wait for ROC they pull it and send both cases together. This is how it was explained to us by USCIS that it would happen and this is the reality of how it happened.

15 hours ago, iulia.matey said:

A positive decision on N400 would nullify the need for ROC, correct? So they won't need an ROC decision before a N400 decision can be made.

"Technically" in their system they have to go in and approve the ROC in order to complete the N400. But it's not an issue because when you do the n400 uscis pulls the ROC case from the service center and sends it together with the n400 to the local office and the two are decided together. Occasionally a disorganized office may not recognize they are doing 2 cases together and you might get 2 interviews...but usually when you go for n400 they do both the same day. Our officer had both cases but when she went to update then as approved she realized they didnt give her update permissions for the ROC so she said that she couldnt update the N400 and schedule the oath until the system closed out the ROC as approved. She said that she was requesting permissions would be resolved in a few days....and it was.

15 hours ago, EamanA said:

My bad I just noticed that you said you already started the removal process inthat case yes but would still have to wait for the i751 process is completed

This is incorrect. We were even advised by a uscis officer that we don't need to wait. Husband was just naturalized and never even receivec the 10 year GC.

15 hours ago, EamanA said:

No you cannot it’s 3 years minus 90 days from when you got your green card which means you have to start the removal of condition process first or else you will be out of status, then most likely would have to get approved before your n400 can be approved even if you get a naturalization interview before your ROC is approved 

We did n400 for my husband before ROC was approved. We applied 90 days prior to the 3 year anniversary of his greencard. We did not have to wait for ROC. They adjudicated the cases together. When he got the appointment for his citizenship interview the officer also had our ROC case as well. 

My husband is eligible to file on October 30th 2017 based on Marriage.

This is 90 Days prior to his 3 year anniversary as a greencard holder.

He arrived in January 2015.

We filed 2015 taxes and 2016 taxes but obviously have not yet filed 2017 taxes. Clearly he has filed tax every year he was required to do so.

What should we send when we file? My fear is having the application rejected due to not having all three years and then being out the application fee but I don't want to have to wait three extra months until after we file 2017 taxes before we file the N400.

Please if you have experienced this, let me know how it was handled. Do they ask for tax return later? Do they just reject the application? Do they require some special explanation of why you don't have three years?

Also, he has not yet received his 10 year greencard. We are November ROC filers. Will this be an issue? I would like to hear from anyone who has filed the N400 prior to being approved for ROC.

Also, Here is the embassy staff page http://tunisia.usembassy.gov/key-embassy-staff.htmlThe consul general is Stephanie Hoostal. Maybe try asking to be transfered to her??? Can't hurt.

She straight up told me that "CO" meant it was delivered to customs. She sounded American not Tunisian.

To make matters even better, I just had him pay for the visa today so I could book the interview online on ustraveldocs, and then I get the notice "there are currently no appointments available." Did you schedule yours online?

When you track the package it shows clearly that it was already transfered out for delivery. Just hold your ground and tell her that she has been misinformed and that the package clearly tracks with the shipper that it has been DELIVERED to their facility.

As for scheduling the interview, we did the CR1 so the scheduling process is different for us. We pay all of our fees BEFORE the NVC even reviews anything and then the NVC schedules the interview before they even ship the case to the embassy.

This was me on the phone at 2:00am calling the embassy tonight.

The best part is she thought she was going to get me off the phone with taking my case number and saying she'd contact my fiance if she had our case. Ha ha ha. I said excuse me, I just stayed up until 2am to call, you better at least pretend like you are going to look for it.

She told me the DHL tracking stamp....."CO Stamp" just means it is received by the immigration. Is that ACTUALLY true? I told her I thought that was BS and they needed to find my case and enter it into their system! I told her I knew about other people who had similar problems and she said oh well other people don't always have the best information! And I said oh yes they do mam!

Ok I needed to vent, I am so annoyed.

This was me on the phone at 2:00am calling the embassy tonight.

The best part is she thought she was going to get me off the phone with taking my case number and saying she'd contact my fiance if she had our case. Ha ha ha. I said excuse me, I just stayed up until 2am to call, you better at least pretend like you are going to look for it.

She told me the DHL tracking stamp....."CO Stamp" just means it is received by the immigration. Is that ACTUALLY true? I told her I thought that was BS and they needed to find my case and enter it into their system! I told her I knew about other people who had similar problems and she said oh well other people don't always have the best information! And I said oh yes they do mam!

Ok I needed to vent, I am so annoyed.

Co stamp means it was received AT THE EMBASSY. That's how they sign for it with the post office.. Tell them you tracked it TO TUNISIA... and TO THEIR FRONT DOOR. Tunisians will tell you anything just to sound like they know what their talking about. You have to be more confident than them. Ask to speak with the consul general.

The CEAC website requires a human to input new data, so it does not always show changes as soon as they happen. Give it a few days.

I had ALREADY given it two weeks from when DHL said they delivered the package. I was asking the question just three days before the interview and when I got to the interview they didn't have our case and sent us away so I was right to have been concerned. Anyone going to the Tunisian embassy should call and verify that it was received before arranging travel to the embassy this has happened to many people.

My husband had his interview today and was approved! Fortunately they found his case quickly and we didn't have to spend any time and money making travel arrangements back and forth to the embassy since it is just right across the street from our apartment. Could have been a LOT worse than just a week delay and a bit of inconvenience.

PS at least your got your package already! We have received Zilch.

That is because the NVC schedules the interviews for the Spouse visas BEFORE the forms even leave the NVC. For the fiance visas the EMBASSY schedules them after they log the packages as received into their system. Once they "find" your case they'll send you your package and should be smooth sailing from there. Who knows, maybe they found your case when they were looking for ours.

Also, I emailed them with the complete DHL information on Friday so that they couldn't keep pointing to the NVC for losing the package. I highlighted for them the part that showed "Received by: CO Stamp" and that it was received in TUNIS, TUNISIA. I also emailed to them the actual DHL tracking number for our package so that they could have no doubt that THEY HAD THE PACKAGE somewhere in their facility.

Looks like they must have found our case. We just received an email from the Embassy with a new appointment date for this Thursday.

Hi, I am in the same situation. Nice to hear I am not the only one. According to DHL, it was sent 12/3/14 and arrived on 12/9/14. When I called the embassy last week I was told they had not received it. When I called though FYI they had someone who normally is in Paris working there because it was around the holidays. Clearly they are just not working a lot over the holiday season.

Then, randomly, two days ago it changed from "in transit" to "at NVC" which freaked me out. So I called NVC, and by that time it had already magically changed back to "in transit." They said they had no idea why....

So it is VERY good to read this thread, thank you for starting it.

Anna, what type of congressman did you get involved? Unfortunately my fiance doesn't know people at the embassy.....

My fiance is heading to Tunisia from Libya on January 25th and not going back because this is the estimate I gave him, I want him to have his interview the first week of February!

UG!!! We live right across the street from the Embassy, it's literally a 15 minute walk for us to get there and we are super frustrated by this situation. How much worse it must be to have to coordinate travel from another country and be turned away.

No.

Well Apparently I should have been even MORE concerned than I was considering I got there and they DIDN'T HAVE OUR CASE.

I've actually read your review before Anna.. That's why I was so nervous when my status didn't change to ready. I also had confirmed the date the NVC sent it out and verified it was the only package sent to tunisia that day AND tracked the package and got the confirmation from DHL of delivery to the embassy and presented that to them too..... AND I'm afraid I made a bit of a scene until the counter man went and got the Consul officer. The Consul officer gave me her direct line and email. They've also requested our datafile and hinted that they may be able to process with just that. It's sad that I watched as other people before me were told that their packages hadn't arrived and that they would be contacted later with an interview date and they just said "ok" and left. Course, none of these guys had their mouthy American wives with them like my husband did HOPEFULLY we won't have to involve my congressman but I will if I have to. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

My case status never updated from In transit to Ready. Four days ago I sent the following email to the embassy: "My husband, xxhuband namexxx DOB xxxxxx Casenumber xxxxxxxx has his visa interview on January 8th. When I check the CEAC website it still says that his visa papers are "In Transit" from the NVC. I just want to check with you to make sure that his documents have arrived from the NVC since his interview is in three days. Also, are there any additional documents that we need to bring to the interview beyond what is mentioned in the instructions in the P4 letter? I just want to make sure we have everything in order and have done everything we need to do before we show up on the 8th. Please advise. "

My email was never answered. I phoned the Embassy and the woman on the phone was snippy with me and said "well do you have an appointment letter?" I said "yes" she said "well then all you need to do is show up"

My husband and I reported for his CR1 interview on Jan 8th. They turned us away because the security guards were on strike so they said nobody van go inside and to come back at the same time tomorrow. We went back today and were told that our interview would be after they helped all the non immigrant visa people... sooooooo four hours later we were the third to last ones left and they called us up and told us that they didn't have the package that contained our case or the other immigrant visa cases and that they'd contact us when they got it.

Thanks to this site I knew this wasn't true as I had already confirmed with the NVC the date the case was sent and I had tracked it with DHL and it was signed for at the embassy. I insisted on something more concrete than "don't call us, we'll call you" so we finally ended up speaking with the consular officer and not just the window guy and the consular officer treated us well and showed concern. They requested our data package from the NVC and she said she'll call us on Monday. HOPEFULLY we'll wind up with an interview next week.

This is just SOOO STRESSFUL Mentally preparing and then getting sent home twice. Mentally, we're just exhausted... and physically too since we couldn't get any sleep either night thinking about the interview. Oh yeah, and We sent ALL originals to the NVC.. so they have lost all of our original documents. lovely.

We went yesterday and they sent us away because the guards were on strike and they weren't let anyone in the building and told us to come back tomorrow. So we went back today and they told us that our case and indeed the entire package of cases never arrived from the NVC and the'd contact us and let us know when to come back. I told them that it was SIGNED for already and that I had tracked it with DHL. I did get to talk with the actual consular officer and she gave me her email and phone number and I emailed her all the tracking information. and she said she'll get back to us next week. GRRRRRRRRRR.

OK Thanks LMT. I'm doing my best to remain calm here!

So it's normal for them not to start any kind of processing prior to the interview?

My husband has his interview at the Tunis, Tunisia embassy tomorrow morning. We received the P4 on December8th. His CEAC status is still IN TRANSIT! I did follow the instructions on this site for tracking DHL and the shipment which should have had our case in it was delivered to the embassy WEEKS ago. I emailed the embassy two days ago but no response. Is this status not being set to "ready" even something I should be concerned about?