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Biometrics letter finally imaged in and my husband's appointment is scheduled in the LIC office in NY for January 13, 2020.
 
Now all we have to do is wait....waiting is boring hah

Like this idea! Sadly the husband would benefit more and I was a history major haha.
 
so I’ll refrain from answering

Biometrics letter finally imaged in and my husband's appointment is scheduled in the LIC office in NY for January 13, 2020.
 
Now all we have to do is wait....waiting is boring hah

They don’t have to be certified.  We used ours directly from turbo tax and uploaded as a pdf.

Our application right now is estimated at 10 months.
 
The NOA came the same day with the biometrics letter the second day.  After that it’ll be a while before you get an interview scheduled from what I’m seeing.

Hello fellow filers!
 
Another December one here for my husband.
 
Filed Online: December 27, 2019
Receipt Date: December 27, 2019
Biometrics Appointment Scheduled: December 28, 2019
 
Waiting for the document to upload to find out the date, but it looks like they're working on Saturdays.
 
Also - 1-751 was approved and green card received back in September.
 
Good luck to all!

Hello fellow filers!
 
Another December one here for my husband.
 
Filed Online: December 27, 2019
Receipt Date: December 27, 2019
Biometrics Appointment Scheduled: December 28, 2019
 
Waiting for the document to upload to find out the date, but it looks like they're working on Saturdays.
 
Also - 1-751 was approved and green card received back in September.
 
Good luck to all!

Hey Everyone! 
 
It's been a while but it's finally time for an update on the case.....
 
Application was approved yesterday for the husband!  No interview, notified card is being produced, and located at the Vermont Center.
 
File Date: 9/14/2018
Approved: 9/18/2019
 
Took a year but now it's finally time to move my butt over to an N-400 thread.  Time to get that application sorted.
 
It's been fun!

Hey Everyone! 
 
It's been a while but it's finally time for an update on the case.....
 
Application was approved yesterday for the husband!  No interview, notified card is being produced, and located at the Vermont Center.
 
File Date: 9/14/2018
Approved: 9/18/2019
 
Took a year but now it's finally time to move my butt over to an N-400 thread.  Time to get that application sorted.
 
It's been fun!

Hey Everyone! 
 
It's been a while but it's finally time for an update on the case.....
 
Application was approved yesterday for the husband!  No interview, notified card is being produced, and located at the Vermont Center.
 
File Date: 9/14/2018
Approved: 9/18/2019
 
Took a year but now it's finally time to move my butt over to an N-400 thread.  Time to get that application sorted.
 
It's been fun!

I’m an attorney and work on many immigration cases.  Last week I set up a call with a tier two officer to ask about a client’s green card.  We got lucky and the call back was made from someone in the National service department - not east or west,can’t remember the name (they’re able to clear. a lot of red tape when you want to put in a service request since all requests go to them in the end).  
 
We got to talking about the process of removal of conditions and my husband as we passed the time waiting for him to do something and we talked about a few things.
 
Right now he confirmed Vermont is faster than California with I-751.  
 
We also talked about filing your naturalization papers while you have a pending I-751.  He confirmed that your naturalization paperwork won’t be approved until the I-751 is completed.  He also said that it takes longer to process both applications when they’re both pending because you’ll have two different offices fighting for your hard file which then causes the file to be shipped between one office and another,
 
Mind you this is one viewpoint but he did raise an interesting point.
 
In the end I think it’s luck and who is ultimately reviewing your file.  
 
I am curious to to see whether or not they interview us this time around, his green card was approved without one.

As a warning, if you're filing today the service centers have changed!  It's a good thing I checked--Vermont and California are no longer accepting I-751 applications.
 
The service centers are now Texas and Arizona.
 
If you live in... Then file at... Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
Armed Forces Pacific 
California
Colorado
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Northern Mariana Islands
Oklahoma
Oregon
Palau
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
USCIS
P.O. BOX 21200
Phoenix, AZ 85036
For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: I-751
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034
 
Alabama
Armed Forces Europe
Armed Forced the Americas
Connecticut
Delaware
Washington, District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
U.S. Virgin Islands
Unknown
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
USCIS
PO BOX 660480
Dallas, TX 75266
For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: I-751
2501 S State Hwy 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067
 

Hello fellow September filers!  
 
Looks like I'm going to be hanging out with this crew for the next year biting my nails as we wait for this rollercoaster to end--fun isn't it?
 
As a warning, if you're filing today the service centers have changed!  It's a good thing I checked--Vermont and California are no longer accepting I-751 applications.
 
The service centers are now Texas and Arizona.
 
It's always good practice to verify before you send out.
 
I-751: 9/10/2018
Arriving: 9/11/2018
Texas Service Center

Yeah, it depends, everyone has their opinions on what you should an shouldn't do. 
 
USCIS unfortunately doesn't know its left from its right so you'll hear one thing from one officer and another from a completely different person.  So you never know who to believe lol. 
 
A lot of the cases I handle are I-212 and I-601s, along with I-485 and I-130s.  So when you're at that point, a lot has gone wrong before we can even apply for a green card for our clients.
 
In the end there's no rush for naturalization since the green card will be valid for 10 years.

I'd recommend the lawyer as well, my office has many immigration clients.
 
Waivers can be tricky only because you want to present your case in the best light.  There's the way USCIS sees the facts on paper and what actually happened from your prospective.
 
I wouldn't lose hope though, we've dealt with some really difficult cases in our office and they were granted waivers and the situations were more convoluted then this so stay positive   

Yeah, it depends, everyone has their opinions on what you should an shouldn't do. 
 
USCIS unfortunately doesn't know its left from its right so you'll hear one thing from one officer and another from a completely different person.  So you never know who to believe lol. 
 
A lot of the cases I handle are I-212 and I-601s, along with I-485 and I-130s.  So when you're at that point, a lot has gone wrong before we can even apply for a green card for our clients.
 
In the end there's no rush for naturalization since the green card will be valid for 10 years.

Further update, husband just informed me the reissued NOA arrived today on 10/22
 
So until or if we receive an RFE or an interview notice, we're officially checked out of process for at least a year.
 
See you guys on the other side and good luck to all!

"Resident Since" on the green card.

Good news everyone, hard copy of the NOA came and biometrics scheduled 10/17

Good news everyone, hard copy of the NOA came and biometrics scheduled 10/17

Good news everyone, hard copy of the NOA came and biometrics scheduled 10/17

If you don’t have a receipt number when you call the main line - click to get status and click that you don’t have a receipt number.  Eventually you’ll get a tier 1 agent that will help you once you explain what you’re calling about.  They’ll ask for your A number among other questions to verify your identity. 

Did you create a myaccount though?
 
https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/
 
This is more up to date in terms of status.  But it still takes a week or so for the case to appear online with a status even when an NOA is issued.
 
If there's one thing USCIS teaches us, it is patience lol

On to the next hurdle, waiting for the biometrics letter.
 
Anyone want to make a wager that letter comes before our hard copy NOAs?!? 😂🤣😂

I did and she gave me the receipt number over the phone