Sean and Kristina

No changes here either. I don't expect to hear from them for another year, honestly! 

Try this other portal, it should give you more current information: https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/
 
I had faith there was a reason. Does make sense now that we know it is a different visa and most of us here are originally from K1 status. Glad we got to the bottom of that.
 

Updated 6/23/2018 California Service Center (45 applicants, 2 approved - 4%) VJName I-751 Date (submission)   NOA 1 Received Biometrics Interview Approved Notes KiRille 2/1/2018   2/5/2018 5/25/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   redstripe54 2/1/2018   2/5/2018 5/4/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics DreamCatcher77 2/1/2018   2/5/2018 5/5/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics MandMB 2/2/2018   2/10/2018 5/11/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics LPK 2/5/2018   2/7/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics Kim&Jeff 2/5/2018   2/12/2018 6/25/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Rescheduled EmilyRosePF 2/5/2018   2/16/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics 3rd 2/5/2018   2/9/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics mjiang 2/5/2018   2/12/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics A--dawg 2/5/2018   2/9/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics starsky 2/6/2018   2/17/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics bonzaigirl 2/6/2018   2/9/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics Slowloris 2/7/2018   2/12/2018 5/11/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics Cosmos22 2/8/2018   2/26/2018 5/25/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   lululola 2/8/2018   2/15/2018 5/25/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Amber&Seba 2/9/2018   2/19/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics mcfrl 2/9/2018   2/20/2018 5/5/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics bms 2/9/2018   2/17/2018 5/25/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   ELJ 2/10/2018   2/14/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics Seebec 2/12/2018   2/20/2018 5/24/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Patchie 2/12/2018   2/26/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics Tux_1987 2/12/2018   2/26/2018 —/—/— —/—/— —/—/—   hrkk 2/12/2018   3/24/2018 —/—/— —/—/— —/—/—   i_love_rain 2/12/2018   2/16/2018 —/—/— —/—/— —/—/—   GerryC327 2/14/2018   2/26/2018 5/18/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Walked-in early Danielle and Jake 2/15/2018   2/21/2018 —/—/— —/—/— —/—/—   ThisIsCat 2/16/2018   2/22/2018 —/—/— —/—/— —/—/—   SigAnd 2/19/2018   2/21/2018 5/14/2018 —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics stevebg14 2/19/2018   2/27/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics Sean and Kristina 2/20/2018   3/2/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics ALIENRJ187 2/20/2018   3/2/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics xvixiiex 2/20/2018   2/24/2018 5/5/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics GT&RAC 2/21/2018   3/12/2018 —/—/— —/—/— 5/23/2018* * Military Starrgirl 2/21/2018   3/9/2018 n/a 6/6/2018 6/20/2018* * B1/B2 visa dosmode 2/22/2018   3/1/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics aka586 2/23/2018   3/2/2018 5/5/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics PerditaD 2/23/2018   3/2/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics molongoque 2/25/2018   3/9/2018 5/11/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics JBEdge 2/26/2018   3/12/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics mikenjan 2/26/2018   3/5/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics robhat 2/26/2018   3/5/2018 5/12/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics mfo2018 2/27/2018   3/7/2018 5/22/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics rramirez313 2/28/2018   3/12/2018 5/7/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics mojzte 2/28/2018   3/7/2018 5/8/2018* —/—/— —/—/— * Reusing biometrics luna_azul0609 2/28/2018   3/13/2018 5/24/2018 —/—/— —/—/—                   Vermont Service Center (30 applicants, 0 approved - 0%) VJName I-751 Date (submission)   NOA 1 Received Biometrics Interview Approved Notes singaporekeith 2/1/2018   2/6/2018 3/26/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Eagles82 2/1/2018   2/10/2018 3/27/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   ollieda1 2/1/2018   2/10/2018 3/15/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Jpheels22 2/5/2018   2/13/2018 3/27/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Fr8dog 2/5/2018   2/16/2018 3/26/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   ChuckandBoram 2/5/2018   2/15/2018 3/27/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Mystik17 2/7/2018   2/12/2018 4/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   jennah 2/8/2018   2/19/2018 4/2/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   arthurc 2/9/2018   2/16/2018 4/5/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   peetee91 2/10/2018   2/19/2018 4/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   vdoshi88 2/10/2018   3/20/2018 4/12/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   JennsenS2 2/12/2018   2/20/2018 4/2/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Farrieress 2/12/2018   2/20/2018 4/3/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   FrenchKat 2/12/2018   2/24/2018 4/5/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   xyuxue 2/13/2018   2/26/2018 4/9/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   LinaHugo 2/14/2018   2/27/2018 4/3/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   leisli 2/16/2018   3/2/2018 4/10/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   AMII 2/16/2018   3/3/2018 4/20/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   fascinating123 2/19/2018   3/5/2018 4/19/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   -Shana- 2/20/2018   3/12/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   diezr.albert 2/20/2018   3/22/2018 5/21/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   klems10024 2/21/2018   3/10/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   BabyJawz 2/22/2018   2/26/2018 4/20/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   ameribrazil 2/22/2018   3/16/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Cross32 2/23/2018   3/16/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   aeviolazo 2/24/2018   3/10/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Memekm 2/24/2018   3/12/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   Unidentified 2/26/2018   3/5/2018 4/19/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   wildnwonderful 2/26/2018   3/10/2018 5/4/2018 —/—/— —/—/—   scubagrl 2/27/2018   3/5/2018 4/18/2018 —/—/— —/—/—  

I did about a month ago before I received the finger print letter.  I actually shared my experience already 5/10.
You need to have "your expired green card, your pass port, the extension letter."
I was told that someone didn't have one of the three items and had a trouble at the airport.  So, make sure to have all the tree items.
 
At the airport, before kiosk,  you should talk to the staff/officer, directing people where to make a line, about your status with showing the extension letter.
Then the staff/officer will direct you to skip the Kiosk but make a line for officer at the window. The window officer will check all the document and finger print and some mark on your passport such as ARC.   I was fine so you will be fine too as long as you have all right documents. 
 
" I'd like to share my experience very quick. Because I just came back from outside of USA before I did finger print ( I didn't even get the letter about my finger print).
It was very simple. I saw the officer at the window at the SFO airport without doing Kiosk/machine checking first. Maybe this is all different by the case or airport. Not sure about that. Anyhow, It wasn't worry something at all."

MY INTERVIEW APRIL 16 EXPERIENCE
 
Hi guys! I just want to share my interview experience yesterday and hopefully it helps in you preparation in your upcoming interview! Good luck! 
 
My interview was scheduled at 8:00am, I arrived 25 mins early. I was checked in and called by the officer around 7:50am. 
Documents I brought with me
- Interview Letter
- Green Card/ Driver's License
- Passport (expired and renewed)
- Husband's birth cert & passport
- Updated form of recent travels
- Marriage certificate
- IRS we filled joint
I  brought the original &photocopied them as well
 
Documents that the officer asked
- Interview Letter
- Green Card/ Driver's License
- IRS tax that we filled joint
 
I started with the English test and just have to read 1 sentence and then write the sentence he asked me to write. That was it! I then proceed to the CIVIC questions. They gave me this red booklet about the 100 questions to study for Naturalization when I did my biometrics. Everything is on the booklet.  The officer probably asked me 10 questions total. Like how many supreme court justice? What does declaration of the independence entails? Give me one branch of the government? etc. I got them all right. Then we proceed to the next part of the interview...
 
So, Its kinda like adjustment of status interview but w/o my husband. lol. I was asked about our relationship. Me and my husband are together for 4 years and no kids yet. He asked me like maybe 5 times if I have kids. I said "we don't have kids" and I" don't have kids". So he asked for more evidence. Health insurance, bank accounts, life insurance etc. But I didn't bring any with me. Luckily I brought the IRS tax we filled joint 2014-2016  with me so I gave it to him. So that kinda stopped him and then he write notes in his computer. I was then asked about the yes or no questions in the N-400 form that we filled up and questions about pledging loyalty to the United States. I also wanted to point out that the officer also asked me if I have arrested or had any traffic violations. So I kinda paused because I just had a recent one, its obstruction of control/vision. From holding my phone! lol. Anyway I told him that I went to court and pay the fees so I wont get the points. Its my 1st ever ticket. So he put that in his computer again. Kinda freak me out because I thought its gonna be the only reason that I wont be approved. The officer is nice and professional. After that, I was asked to review infos he typed in his computer in this IPAD and signed couple pages. And then he told me Congratulations! I will send recommendation in your case for approval ! He congratulate me 3 times. Yeyyy!!
 
I just checked my status online when I woke up today and it says 
 
We approved your application
Your final step to becoming a citizen is to attend your naturalization ceremony
We will mail you a letter when we schedule your naturalization ceremony.
 
I'm over the moon. I'm gonna kissed the USCIS good bye soon. Over all it was a smooth process. Our field office here is very organize and not so busy. I wont be able to complete this journey w/o my VisaJourney family my no.1 source of information  . 
Let me know guys if you have more questions. Good luck to everyone!!!  

Follow-up Report:
 Regardless of the claim made by the Tier 2 Representative that we spoke to when we called USCIS on April 11, the Officer at the Application Support Center in Aurora Colorado does NOT allow walk-ins for Biometrics. He Requires an appointment letter WITH Bar-code, before he will allow Biometrics to be taken. 
He very kindly took us into his office and entered my wife's A number into his computer and showed us the result. 
The result is that the California Service Center hasn't even scanned our I-751 petition into the system yet.
THAT is why there are no Biometrics appointments being generated at CSC. 
The last action showing on my wife's A number account is the issuance of her green card in April of 2016.
The Biometrics appointment date and letter can Only be generated after the I-751 petition is entered into the USCIS tracking system, Because when they generate the appointment, it creates a special Bar-Code that is associated specifically with Your petition. Without that Bar-Code, there is no way to associate any Biometric data with the petition that is on file.
He further clarified that When the Biometrics appointment letter (with barcode) is generated and sent to the petitioner, If the petitioner happens to be our of country, You can come for your Biometrics (with appointment letter in hand), within an 89-day window past your appointment date. 
We were told that nothing is done to a petitioner's application, just because the biometrics appointment is missed, UNTIL 90 DAYS PAST THE APPOINTMENT DATE. 
So, if any of my fellow CSC filers in 2018 are postponing or delaying an out of country trip because you are waiting for your Biometrics appointment, you are indeed safe to travel. If your appointment letter is delivered while you are gone, you can just walk in to your local ASC office with the appointment letter (within 89 days) after the Appointment Date and STILL get your Biometrics done.

Just wanted to share our experience coming back into the US with 8 days left for my husband's greencard to expire. We were still able to use the automated machines -  the Officer looked at the greencard, he said that it's expiring soon and asked if we applied to remove conditions. We showed him the extension letter and he said looks good to go. Also, he suggested if we travel again we can get the passport stamped.  friendly guy in Houston! 

Sooooo...CSC filers. Who else is mentally preparing to just file N-400 next year with a pending I-751? I've read several other people on different threads doing this and being successful. After all, isn't citizenship the goal for most people here?

@starsky I frequently creep on the Dec 2017 and Jan 2018 filers' threads, too. It's so disappointing to be a CSC filer. In my preparation reading ahead for what to except for ROC, I saw that Vermont used to be the slow center. I thought it was gonna be a positive coincidence that we were moving from Boston to Dallas and getting to switch service centers when we eventually filed. Nope. 

That is EXACTLY what happened to us a few days ago. So disappointing... Ours had a red stamp on the I-797C that said, "ACTION COMPLETED APPROVED FOR FILING" and then someone wrote in their initials and "NBC" and then a black stamp with the date of March 27th. 

USPS return to sender/forward yellow sticker was dated 12/29/17
Red Stamp on outside of envelope that said, "Received Jan 04 2018 National Benefits Center #1"
 
This sure did bounce around quite a bit.

Hello everyone.
 
I had my interview today and passed. Having a pending ROC didn't phase the officer at all. He had a physical copy of my application and said he had already requested that CSC 'port' over the case to him digitally so he could approve it. He said the N400 couldn't be approved without first approving the I-751 but it should only take a few days. I expect my online status will change by the end of the week but will let you know.

This makes me very sad... They don't realize that there are lives, hopes and dreams at stake while they sit on our applications for years and stop our lives from being lived.

Thanks a lot for your support. Yes, I will take care of myself and stay strong, my husband would want me to. I know he is watching over me and protecting me. 

Hey guys, 
I've been reading in this forum for about 2 months now but never wrote here..
 
A little background, I've sent my I-751 on Janurary 2017 and received the "Case was received at local office.." like everybody on 2/25/2018.
Last month I went to my local office (Greer, SC) to get my passport stamp. The immigration officer wasn't knowledgeable at all and after being so rude he did stamp my passport but said I can't get my green card back. I asked him about the message everybody got and he just said "No, your case is still at the service center". We asked if I can go ahead and apply for citizenship and he said "sure". 
So I did in the beginning of this month.
 
I'm just back from my biometric appointment in Greer, SC for my N-400. As soon as I walk in the security guard asked for my green card. I showed him my passport and explained the whole thing but he just said "No. I need your green card" I kept telling him I was there last month and the immigration officer didn't give it back. He then went to ask the other security guard who told him "this is her green card" pointing on the stamp in my passport.
But that wasn't all... Then in the line to the biometric machine.. the older lady asks me where is my green card, so the whole thing starts again! I was so upset at that point cuz then she said "you can't apply to citizenship while you I-751 is pending" I told her that according to their website and their own Immigration officer (!) I can, so she sain "you're walking on a thin line" and started laughing!
 
The other guy there took my fingerprints, picture and signature and I left... but God they made me sick!
Just wanted to share that with all of you, I will creat my timeline here later. What worries me is that in my citizenship interview I will have an officer that doesn't know enough about the 2 applications pending together... 
 

My husband passed away yesterday, I submitted an emergency request to cover the 751 to a waiver application. Very tough times.

I have a very simple solution for you.....
.....there is a Philippines Airlines non-stop to Manila everyday from the USA....TAKE IT!!!

Hi Everyone!!!! I had a combined N 400 and I 751 interview today in Dallas Office.
 
I posted my interview experience here for those who contemplate filing N400 while I 751 pending or if you have already filed N400 while your I 751 was pending..
 
My husband and I arrived early at the Dallas FO. Within 5 mins, an officer called my name. I asked her if it will be just me and she responded both of us. She mentioned that she is glad we came early because she came early hoping we would be there! In her office, I can see lots of stacks with labels N400 and I751 ( guess a lot of people have done the same thing I did ). She explained that I will have 2 interview. She will do the I751 interview and then another officer will conduct the N400. She asked for both our IDs.
 
Questions for my I751 : how long we have been married, how we met, where we work, when we purchased house together, did we have kids, have we lived separately longer than 2 weeks. That's it. I asked if she will need anything else. She said "I don't". Then she said I will not receive my 10 years GC if I pass the N400 test. So during the oath ceremony, I just have to hand over the 2 years GC. The interview lasted for 10 mins tops.
 
Then I did my N400 interview and passed. If you want to read details of my N400 interview, please visit N400 July 2017 Forum. My status in egov.uscis.do/casestatus now said I am in line for the oath ceremony. However my I 751 still said my case was received.
 
At this point, I know a lot of people are saying that filing N 400 will delay your I 751. I guess it just depends on when you filed the I 751 and where you file your N400. In my case, I filed I751 in Sep 2016 CSC. If I had not filed N400, most likely I would still wait for my I 751 until next year. Since my main goal is citizenship, I would say that filing N 400 has helped expediting my I 751. Again, this is my personal experience so I can't say the same for your cases.
 
Good luck to you all!!!! 

yay same here! I've checked our mailbox three times today lol

I think I've seen you on Travel group by Richard - small world. 

We really are following the same timeline.  We shipped our packages out at the same time, got delivered on the same time and checks cashed at the same time.  If you get your NOA I better get one the same day

Check cashed. Appeared in my bank account this morning and marked that it posted yesterday (2/28). Our package was received on 2/23.

For all of you that can't track after the NOA letter - in the letter it states that you will be able to track online after ACS appointment letter.

My online account updated today to show my estimated completion case as December 2019. Fortunately I know from posts here that this isn't accurate, and seems to be just pulled out of the sky by USCIS' automated systems through some arcane ritual likely involving chicken bones and virgin blood.

Interesting point of view and I agree with your second point!!
 
However lets breakdown why I am having hard time keeping up with what USCIS is doing (ofcourse my view lol):
1. I guess the big issue here is the low priority of i-751 applications over the other applications. CSC is still going at slow speed even with i-751 transfer to local field office. So I don't see them processing application any faster.
 
2. Now lets say that USCIS indeed decides to send my i-751 to Dallas field office. As you might be aware that Dallas field office is super slow when it comes to N-400 processing. So where do we see the faster processing here? It looks to me that one service center is overburdening another office. That is why I said mismanagement at its best.
 
3. I agree that life is possible with i-551 stamp. But even with i-551 stamp things will not go as smoothly as you normally would like to. Some examples from personal experience.. A) Secondary inspection at the airport upon arrival from international trip. I had terrible experience. One nice CBP officer admitted me on LPR status without secondary. But as I was about to exit the baggage claim area at the final point, another different CBP officer did not like the fact that I was admitted without secondary (really?). So I was sent into secondary area and had to face one rude officer. He did nothing new that first nice office did not do. On bonus I also had to put all my luggage through scanning machine again to please him.  B) Job change is literally pain as not all people are aware of i-551 stamp. They always give you weird look when they see i-551 stamp and even more hesitant to hire you. C) International travel is painful when you have to travel through European routes to your final destination. You need a transit visa even if you have i-551 stamp otherwise they will not let you board the plane. (If you have valid plastic green card then you are all good. So in their eyes, i-551 stamp is not equal to plastic green card) D) Getting the i-551 stamp appointment at local field office is hard to get. Plus some field offices are asking to come at later date.
 
P.S. Personally what frustrates me is the longer N-400 processing time because citizenship is my ultimate goal. The reason being that I want to make job switch in defense/aerospace field. And all of these jobs require security clearance which you can not get without becoming a US citizen.

I've had success at the state level gettinga DMV employee in trouble (not fired, yet) for refusing to accept my husband's green card as proof of legal presence.  I know that USCIS has no accountability but it doesn't hurt to bring it up, repeatedly, and make them deal with it. During the whole TSC backlog, we successfully got them to transfer the workload to CSC, and they had a stakeholders conference call about their timeline reporting as a result of us, and the immigration lawyer community's constant complaints about their fudging/lying about the "official" timelines that resulted in some notable changes (if not improvements). At a bare minimum, start a complaint in the right place and make it someone's pain in the butt job to formally answer it. I don't expect to see the money but I'm fine with forcing someone to recognize the problem rather than just taking it silently, happy that I'll eventually get my end goal. to each their own.

That is about right. Yes, if your ultimate goal is 400, then it will take about 10 months the minute you file 400 whether the 751 is pending or not.