1 minute ago, Finally!! said:

how long its been since your interview got cancelled? Mine got canceled today. If I get the notice, I will update here.

It's been 22 days already.

What curious is that 2 of the cases with the numbers close to mine got the same status that interview is cancelled, but it also says notice is ordered, and 1 day later both of those cases changed to ready to schedule for an interview.

Mine just says interview is cancelled.

My interview is still cancelled without any notice (MSC May filer)  but I can soon apply for citizenship,  is it recommended to apply while ROC is still pending?

Also I heard that I can apply 100% online, is that true?

Thanks for the response.

2 hours ago, NYBEtt said:

What have the in-mail notifications been saying regarding cancellations?

12 days since cancelled but nothing in mail

3 hours ago, HelenaHqz said:

I am an August filer and had Biometrics next Tuesday in California. Our state is in mandatory shutdown. My guess is that some cases will just be approved without biometrics or interview. 

My interview was cancelled 8 days ago without even being scheduled. No notice from USCIS and no approval.

I only see cases in LA being cancelled.

10 minutes ago, TLC said:

Los Angeles

I am Los Angeles too.

2 hours ago, TLC said:

Hi, this morning I just received the same notice as Renegade:

Interview Cancelled

On March 12, 2020, we cancelled the interview scheduled for your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt Number MSC19907XXXXX. We will notify you by mail if the appointment is rescheduled, a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

 

This was confusing because we have never received an interview notice. Been at "Ready to be scheduled for an interview" since June 5th. I called the 800 number and was told that, while an official interview was not scheduled, the Request for an Interview does expire and needs to be refiled to be put the petition back in the queue. This is most likely because they have a back-up in applications and with the other interviews they have to schedule and complete that were in the queue before my husband.

 

At least he confirmed the petition was at my local office. And he thought, maybe, I would be getting a letter from them. Nothing to do but continue to wait.

 

Not super clear, but that was the info I was given. (Sigh)

 

"Never Ending Stooorieeeee, lalala lalala lalala"...

I am still hoping that they just try to approve the strong cases without interview! I am tracking cases with the number +-10 from mine, and there are some that are waiting for the interview notice for 250+ days without cancellation notice, mine was only around 190 days.

What is your local office?

Just now, DiamondEyes490 said:

I saw way back in this thread that some cases one of the other members were tracking had that status before getting approved without an interview. Keep checking! Fingers crossed that happens for you

Oh God that would be great. 

But I also read some horror stories, that people miss the interview notice in their mail, and it's basically a no show.

Because the status says "we cancelled the interview scheduled" but it was never scheduled?

After 200 days of waiting for interview date , I got a cancellation notice today. What is happening guys, I am paranoid :(

Hello dear VJ community, it's my 3rd topic I think but I still can't figure out what to do in my situation.

 

I'm a May filer, as of August 2019 my case is ready to be scheduled for an interview, local office is LA.

Unfortunately things are not going well in our family, we're pretty much separated, my husband was diagnosed with schizophrenia in November, his family is trying to take control of him, he's leaving country at the end of December for long term treatment.

My interview can be in a month or in a 6 months.

Can I write a letter to USCIS along with his medical records that he's undergoing treatment overseas, will they waive the interview/ his presence on the interview?

Don't do anything at this point, wait for the interview and explain all this to the officer? File for divorce now and hope that I'll get my final decree before the interview?

What can I do in this situation? Divorce takes minimum 6 months, RFE respond time is 87 days, he's probably gonna be overseas when my interview is scheduled, I really don't know what to do at this point, we were perfectly happy when we were filing I751 petition in May :((

On 10/12/2019 at 10:04 AM, dwheels76 said:

Our I-751 has been in status "Ready to schedule for the interview"  since May 23, 2019. It doesn't mean you will even get an interview it is a standard template.
You entered in good faith no one is lying. Just don't go playing the happily ever after live together couple. Or file for divorce and if you are called for interview you have the filing or final decree in hand. No big deal.

We are still waiting for the interview, Im scared to file for divorce since in California it takes 6 months to complete, but I've read that they will send you RFE for the final decree but you have only 87 days to reply... ?

1 hour ago, kline19 said:

You applied in May 2019. Chances are your interview won't be scheduled until May 2020. 

 

My (amateur) advice would be to send a letter to USCIS about switching to Divorce Waiver once you have filed for the divorce. It might be good to have the divorce attorney include his/her opinion in a separate document on the time it would potentially take to finalize divorce. Include that opinion along with your letter to USCIS so that USCIS hopefully would send an RFE for divorce decree according to your timeline.  

What if we're not getting divorced anytime soon?

Hello!

We are still waiting for our interview date, and struggling with our relationship. My spouse developed mental condition (It's been  tough 2 months :() and gonna move to other country to his parents for treatment. He's leaving on December 29, I'm pretty sure my interview gonna be after that.

What are my options?
1) Can I write a letter to USCIS explaining all this (With his medical records copy), will they agree to do the interview only with me?

2) We are pretty much separated (I have a different thread for our issue) so maybe I can write a letter explaining our story (We're gonna get divorce probably next year)

2 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Thanks for the segue.

 

This was from the thread I linked earlier from @Villanelle.

 

Posted December 9, 2017 (edited)

They really should upload an example letter for this situation to the example form section on VJ since it comes up a lot.

 

You just need to write a basic letter in a semi-formal format.

 

USCIS

address

 

RE- LPRS name,

A#

NOA case number

DOB

resident since date

address

phone number

 

date of letter

 

Request to switch to a divorce waiver

 

To whom it may concern:

 

On X date, I, (name), A# filed a joint petition with my spouse (their name) with the X service center (where you mailed it). My case number is X. (from your NOA).  On X date (spouses name) and I legally separated/physically separated/filed for divorce/divorced. Please accept this letter as my request to switch to a divorce waiver. I am/am not attaching the divorce decree. (if you are list date of divorce and court name/if not state it will provided when the court issues it.) I am also attaching X Y and Z for your consideration.

 

Signed

dated

(you can get it notarized but it doesnt have to be)

 

 

Keep a copy for your records and mail it with a tracking number to the same service center you sent the original ROC packet to.

 

Personally I would submit a short basic letter like the above and attach a longer affidavit about the relationship and its breakdown. That statement can be multiple pages long and refer to evidence that you attach. Think 'courthouse' style evidence. You can label the attachments as attachment A, B, C etc and refer to them in your affidavit. Example we had joint bank accounts at X bank (see attachment A) blah blah. We took a trip together to Hawaii (see attachment B-D) etc., 

Edited December 9, 2017 by Damara 

Yes, I was just reading that too!
I guess now I need to have a serious conversation with him.

1 minute ago, kline19 said:

Ok this is just my observation on status updates so take it for what its worth. 

 

Status update " Case ready for interview" doesn't mean that your interview is imminent. There are lots of cases lately (apparently) who are getting this update and then it remains in this status for months.

 

Even if there is an interview you CAN tell the interview officer that you are changing your case to a divorce waiver at the interview.

But it would be better to write a letter to uscis to inform them asap that you are changing your case to divorce waiver. You can tell them the rough time-line for the divorce proceedings to be completed. They will send you an RFE for divorce decree. You can then respond back to RFE with the status of your divorce process in case you didn't have the divorce already granted. 

 

Don't do what your husband is telling you. That amounts to destroying your perfectly legit case and (I believe) committing a crime. 

 

So you're telling that there is a chance that we will get approved without the interview?

I Googled, in California divorce takes on average 15-20 months and I got my extension letter In July for 18 months... I really don't know what to do

5 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I think you need to work out your personal relationship issues first.  What you are going through is very difficult and adding the immigration functions to it just adds more stress.  I assume since you filed for the ROC in May, you received an 18 month extension letter, so you are fine for now relative to status, and even if things drag out longer, you can get an I551 stamp.  My point is that you will not lose your LPR status even if you convert your ROC to a waiver.  You seem to be very worried as to how your spouse will react in an ROC interview, and if you are worried, an IO may pick up on that worry.  My suggestion beyond researching divorce processes in CA is to also research ROC waivers using the VJ search engine.

 

i am sorry you have to deal with this.

 

Good Luck!

Thank you! 
So what are my steps to convert my ROC to a waiver?

10 minutes ago, MorganandMichael said:

No, I don’t think you will get approved without an interview if your status says to schedule an interview. That’s not what I was saying.

 

Divorce process is something you should look up if you are getting divorced. It’s going to be important to know about regardless of what you do about immigration.

So you're suggesting tell the officer honestly about our situation during the interview, that we're gonna get divorce? What if they deny the petition?

1 minute ago, MorganandMichael said:

How long is the process for divorce in your state? Do you have any mandatory separation periods or any other requirements that may extend the process? I know here in Wisconsin there is a 120 waiting period for a hearing, and the whole process from initial filing to officially divorced averages at about a year.

 

If you are already at the interview stage and have a long wait for divorce, switching to a waiver might be an issue. You need the final divorce papers for that, and if you don’t have them and get an RFE for that, you may not be able to reply in time.

 

I am in a similar situation. We filed for ROC in October of 2018 and things were okay relationship-wise then. Over the past few months things have started to break down. However, Nebraska has approved almost everyone else from around the time we filed, so starting the divorce process and switching to a waiver now when it could take up to a year to get the divorce finalized would be an issue. Our current plan is to hope to be approved without interview soon, and if we get called for an interview bring proof that our relationship was entered into in good faith and be honest about the status of it now. 

I don't think we will be approved without the interview because our status says that there's gonna be an interview. We are in California, and unfortunately I know nothing about the divorce procedures He still tells me that he will help me with interview but I have some doubts, and I think it would be much worse if he says something inappropriate during the interview.

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

In your OP you mentioned you were still waiting for the interview since August.  Did you file the ROC in August 2019?

No, we filed in May, and as of August 2019 our case status is "Ready to schedule for the interview" 
And all this happened in September

4 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I agree with you that you don’t want to try and portray a lie.  If the two of you are planning on divorcing due to the circumstances, then I would proceed that way and do the ROC via a divorce waiver.

 

Good Luck!

How can we do that now when we are already scheduled for the interview without the waiver?

Hi dear community! We are a gay a couple currently waiting for ROC Interview.

We are in difficult situation because my husband became a very religious person that believes that being gay is a sin, he said that he will help me with interview and then we will get a divorce. 
I completely understand and support him, but I am not sure he will make it through the interview, (we need to take an oath), and I don't want to make him lie. I told him that we can get the divorce and go on with divorce waiver (Our 10 year relationship is 100% genuine) or we can explain everything to USCIS?
What can we do in this situation? (We are still waiting for our interview date since August)
Thanks.

1 hour ago, parsha said:

 

my service center is MSC. there are some Feb filers waiting for interview scheduled already, and since we all in Portland, wish you luck!! hope you guys get a good service center as well!!

Wow I am at MSC too! So they are processing I751 in couple of months? Simply unbelievable and exciting.

So is it right that majority of ROC cases end up with interview these days?

14 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

I think it’s just to balance workload.  If you just filed, try not to really think about it, bc this leg is long and you’ll drive yourself mad  

 

Natural to be nervous about things like that (my husband is fretting about an interview and he’s the USC 🤦🏻‍♀️)

If that's the case it would be great!

And thank you so much for encouraging words.

43 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

If OP is considered for a waiver, again it renders the photos unnecessary.  I mean I get it, I included them in mine, just because I put everything but my kitchen sink in that damn box.  Either way, it’s not anything to stress about or waste time

on the phone with “customer service”.  Roc, more than anything, is a burden filing.  The vast majority of them are approved, and the ones that aren’t, wind up being approved at a hearing (albeit that’s a pain in the ###).  

I am reeally really hoping that we will end up approved without the interview because our case is straightforward and we sent lot of primary evidence (lease, bank statements etc.), and our CR1 journey was really fast without any problems.

I don't understand exactly why my case was sent to NBC if we live in LA, but if it's for interview then we are ready, we have nothing to hide.

1 minute ago, Pitaya (火龙果) said:

If you don't want to run the risk of losing all of your photos by just sending them back. I would suggest that you wait for the RFE. The RFE will likely have a unique identification number that you will attach to your evidence when you send back your response. That unique number should enable your response (evidence) to be delivered directly to the adjudicator that is working on your petition and who likely issued the RFE notice. To just send in your evidence without a reference number, may result in the evidence being lost. It is akin to trying to find to matching needles in a very large field of hay.

 

Hang in there, it will all get sorted out. 

Thank you, I think that's what I am gonna do.