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8 hours ago, Quarknase said:
I’m glad to hear that Bookers Team appears to be helpful. I contacted my Congress person first, with no response after 4 weeks and then contacted Bookers office. Hopefully they’ll be able to trigger some form of action
We had no luck with our congressman either, they never even responded back. Good luck, I hope you hear something soon.
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2 minutes ago, replaysports said:
How did you contact Cory Booker?
His website has a section "need help with a federal agency?" if you click it, it brings up forms to fill out and send back to them about the issue. A case worker reached out via email after we sent the forms and asked us to email all communication sent to us regarding I751 from USCIS. Pretty simple, honestly didn't think anyone would care or anything would come of it, but I was wrong and it worked... Thankfully.
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When we went to N400 interview, Mount Laurel claimed to "not have our I751" or even know anything about its whereabouts, and our N400 couldn't move forward. Mount Laurel and USCIS were both absolutely no help, at all. We finally decided contacted Senator Bookers office for assistance. Two days later our I751 was approved after two years and N400 scheduled for oath.
The entire email exchanged between the senators office and USCIS was sent to us... the I751 was there the entire time, they lied straight to our face and got us all worked up over it being lost. Our I751 was listed as "pending review" with the officer assigned to it for over a year! And the liasion stated she would "let the officer know about the inquiry and encourage the officer to make a decision within 60 days"... So happy this is almost finally over.
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Our I751 was finally approved yesterday. We contacted our senator (made sure it was the one up for election) and two days later our I751 was magically found after being "lost" and approved!!
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55 minutes ago, Sebat4 said:
Hello All and fellow NJ people
I will be filing for my US Citizenship (based on 3 years marrage to a US Citizen) in the middle of the November 2020. I have a question about the filing Should I do a paper application with evidance and proof of marriage, living together and all that amazin stuff that is required or can I apply online and will I be able to submit all the paperwork required online, for example in one big pdf. file or should? I don't know how that works with online. Anyone could advice me? Thank you.
If you apply online you have to scan and upload all the evidence. They literally tell you what evidence to upload and where to do it. Its pretty simple.
We got an RFE to resubmit all the documents we uploaded in paper form so for us I wish we would've just done paper because it made all that scanning and uploading pointless, but Mount Laurel for some reason has been nothing but problems for us.
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We moved too during the process right after filing N400. We went from Philly Office to Mount Laurel, NJ office. Maybe our I751 is still in Philly despite being told it was in NJ? It wouldn't surprise me if it was. I assumed everything would move together too.
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21 minutes ago, Thegirl said:
I can never understand USCIS. I thought we only had one A file. If they have the n400 they should also have the i-751 shouldn't everything always be together. My A file was sitting on the desk at my n400 interview but that office didn't have my i-751 or so they said. My n400 interview was only 2 weeks ago so I'm going to wait for a while and see what happens.
They claimed not to have our I751 file in office either, despite the last update to our case in January was case received at local office and being told it was there a month earlier. We thought everything would stay or link together.
I saw your timeline, your N400 interview was a day after my husbands. What is your local office being the situation is somewhat similar?
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1 hour ago, James120383 said:
USCIS is a crappy mismanaged organization. they will tell you anything to get you off the phone/ enquiry. Honestly you should file a case at a Judge. Its called Writ of Mandamus( google it) asking a Judge to intervene and get USCIS to adjudicate the case
This kind of behavior is very much the norm with USCIS. it is getting worst under the current administration
We considered the Writ of Mandamus. I read that USCIS has 120 days after an N400 interview to make a decision. If we don't hear anything by then, that's the route we'll go. We're sick of this and just want it to be over.
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So, our I751 has been pending since 12/2018. The last update we received was in January 2020 stating that the case was transferred to the local office.
In August, we made an Infopass appointment. We drive 2 hours to the Infopass appointment and they told my husband he could not have a stamp because his N400 interview was scheduled and his I751 would be taken care of the same day. So he went without a license and proof of status for a month.
In September, we go to the N400 interview. Everything goes well, but they tell my husband it can't be approved because they don't know where his I751 is and they can't find the documents. They tell him a few more weeks and send him out the door.
He comes out and tells me (since I wasn't allowed in) and I obviously freak out that they claim to not have or know where the I751 is.
I go up to the door and demand to speak to someone since my name is jointly on these applications, I felt I had the right to be told what was going on. The supervisor comes outside and we discussed the issues in front of literally everyone in line (which I felt was inappropriate). He fed us BS lines that the office processing thousands of applications a day, then he told us our I751 was in Vermont, then he said maybe they'll find it later, then said maybe its at the NBC, and even smugly said "if we determine your marriage legitimate we'll approve it". I was very upset and crying. He could not give any explanation about why they told my husband our I751 was missing.
I did a few case inquiries before that stated the I751 was in line for an interview at the local office. We were told it was there a month earlier and well now it suddenly vanished.
We literally had to beg for a stamp so that my husband could renew his license and start working a new job being he just graduated and got his nursing license. I can't believe people have to beg for these stamps...
Anyway, the stamp expires in October 2021... I was guessing we'll be in this situation for awhile. N400 completion date changed to 01/2021 on the account.
Last week I did a case inquiry and the email said the case is "pending decision we can not provide a completion date" at the local office. I feel like they're messing with us. I wrote the senator and got back the same exact thing "pending decision at local office".
I don't really know what "pending decision" means, hasn't it been pending a decision since we submitted it?
I am just really confused as to why they told us the I751 wasn't at the office, when with every inquiry we're told its at the local office. Are we missing something from the story? Are they just not telling us something? Anyone been in a similar situation before?
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9 hours ago, jsilva89 said:
Went to my N400 interview. Received a paper that pretty much says no decision can be made but that I passed the civics test. I drove 2 hours to answer 6 questions and write/read a 3 word sentence for a maybe 10 minute interview.
Just now my account updated “you attended your interview”, but the estimated wait time is 4 months, completion date of 01/2021!?!?! My I751 still not updated since 2018..This process does not want to end. I actually cried when I got back to my car out of disappointment. At this point, just approve or deny it (I’d seriously just go home at this point) but geez dragging it out for this long is border line cruel.
Beyond frustrated, all I’ve read is everyone getting approved and same day oaths, but I get hung up. Life truly is not fair. Better luck to you all!!
They have 120 days to approve after naturalization interview by law so thats probably why the completion date says that.
Was your I751 approved, did you have the interview?
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9 hours ago, jsilva89 said:
Did you interview today? I went today and they told me that no decision could be made and that meant no same day oath...
Interview was on 9/24.
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My husband had his N400 interview and it couldnt be approved because they had "no documentation of I751 on file". We have no idea what to do now and the officers couldnt give us any answers. They made it seem like our case got sucked into a black hole to pend indefinitely somewhere between Vermont and NJ.
They gave us a passport stamp valid until 10/2021. No end in sight, with no idea whats actually going on.
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So, we went to my husbands N400 interview at Mount Laurel and after all the tests and questions they said that they couldn't approve N400 because they had "no documentation of the I751 on file." We demanded to speak to a supervisor because just last month we had an infopass appointment because the extension ran out and they refused to give a stamp because of this appointment, the girl assured us that we'd have no problems because everything we needed was there and good. We were really not expecting this... I even have emails from them that say the case is at Mount Laurel, but now no one there knows anything. The supervisor stated they'd find it later in the office and then said it was in Vermont and then said it was in the office. They really have no explanation and kept giving bs following script answers, no one was any help. It was like they were avoiding answering questions.
They ended up giving us a passport stamp that expires next October.... so I'm guessing we're not seeing the end of this anytime soon.
Idk at what point this becomes too much, I751 has been pending for two years and now no one can even tell us where our file is. Any advice on what to do now? Would a lawyer be any help? We're so frustrated and over this.
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So, we went to my husbands N400 interview at Mount Laurel and after all the tests and questions they said that they couldn't approve N400 because they had "no documentation of the I751 on file." We demanded to speak to a supervisor because just last month we had an infopass appointment because the extension ran out and they refused to give a stamp because of this appointment, the girl assured us that we'd have no problems because everything we needed was there and good. We were really not expecting this... I even have emails from them that say the case is at Mount Laurel, but now no one there knows anything. The supervisor stated they'd find it later in the office and then said it was in Vermont and then said it was in the office. They really have no explanation and kept giving bs following script answers, no one was any help. It was like they were avoiding answering questions.
They ended up giving us a passport stamp that expires next October.... so I'm guessing we're not seeing the end of this anytime soon.
Idk at what point this becomes too much, I751 has been pending for almost two years and now no one can even tell us where our file is. Any advice on what to do now? Would a lawyer be any help? We're so frustrated and over this.
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3 minutes ago, Sam321 said:
I also have my combo interview scheduled for that date. Did the notice specifically say “don’t come with your souse” or it didn’t specify..
mine did not specify to come with anyone.. I’m just checking to see if it’s the generic letter they sent..
We had made an infopass appointment and the office called to cancel it. The officer my husband spoke to said only he and a lawyer (if necessary) can come into the interview. On the appointment notice I believe it says somewhat of the same thing only lawyers would be allowed. So only he will be at the interview.
I plan to go with my husband and wait outside, just in case.
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Our interview has finally been scheduled for 9/24/20 in Mount Laurel, NJ, combo with N400. At that time the I751 will have been pending for over 21 months.
We were informed only my husband will be allowed into the interview for I751/N400 due to Covid guidelines, they’re not even going to interview us together so idk why this couldn’t have been approved months or years ago.
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6 hours ago, zzmr_qzz said:
This is amazing, they start to move forwards, your timeline is same as mine. Hope I can get some update soon. I’m Mt Laurel office as well. Can I ask how can you know if your application is transfered to Philly then to Mt Laurel? (I see ur timeline details for N400...)
We moved to NJ and after we changed our address with USCIS they sent a letter that our case had been sent to Mount Laurel. Originally we lived had lived in the Philly jurisdiction.
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On Monday we got a call from the Mount Laurel, NJ field office cancelling our infopass appointment for ADIT stamp because they said we had an interview scheduled within 30 days and didn’t want people in the office if it wasn’t necessary due to Covid. Today the account updated with the letter and my husbands interview is on 9/24/2020 (which happens to be our 4th wedding anniversary). We were totally not expecting an interview any time soon or even this year,
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1 hour ago, MD1 said:
Congratulations! That's great news! Was your original interview de-scheduled? If so, when was it?
No, this is a new interview.
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2 minutes ago, jsilva89 said:
How are you guys getting infopass appointments? I've called many times and all I ever get is "well *I* don't think that is an emergency" or "there's no appointments" from the person on the phone, but seem you guys at Mount Laurel are getting appointments. What are you saying to them? Please help
Here’s what worked for us, we called many times too. Call the number and when it says “I understand full sentences” say “ADIT stamp”. You’ll wait 30+ mins and when they answer ask if they’re tier 2, the girl told us yes she was. Tell them you need extension for proof of status and tell them you need a drivers license to drive to work or you’ll face financial hardship. They’ll ask if you have proof, just say yes and they’ll say someone will call you back.
The officer who called back didn’t ask any questions and just scheduled the appointment. The first few times we called they said we didn’t have an emergency either with the drivers license. The DMV should’ve sent you a letter stating they won’t renew without proof of status. If you don’t have that email the DMV and they’ll send you an email stating the same. Use that as the “documentation” for asking for a stamp that they say you need.
We talked to some RUDE people at USCIS regarding a stamp and them saying it wasn’t an emergency, but seriously how would they like it to lose their drivers license or not be able to find new employment if they wanted to. Keep trying and don’t give up until someone gives you an appointment.
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2 hours ago, MD1 said:
Hi All, I am new to this forum. I have an n400 interview with Mt. Laurel (April 17) that was de-scheduled but never rescheduled. Anyone had their cancelled naturalization interview scheduled form that field office?
I’ve only seen one person on this site that was rescheduled and was from mount laurel. They had an original March interview that was rescheduled for August, if I remember correctly.
We filed N400 in December of 2019 and when we called to get an infopass appointment the officer said we’d “be waiting quite awhile before getting interviewed”. I don’t understand seems like Mount Laurel is barely interviewing anyone. USCIS reopened June 4th and they’re still rescheduling March and then there’s a furlough coming? We’ll never get interviewed this year at this rate.
N-400 Dec 2019 Filers
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I downloaded the form off the senators website and just explained what happened. We went to N400 interview, but it couldn't be approved because they said they couldn't find our I751 paperwork and had no idea where it was. Also added that I751 had been pending for almost 2 years. Just wrote them the facts, no complaining or opinions.
They emailed back and asked for any official paperwork uscis sent us to be emailed to them so they could track the I751. We did that, they contacted uscis, they sent us the email exchange between them and uscis, and two days later everything was approved.
We contacted two senators and two representatives and only one ever responded so if you go this route make sure you contact everyone you can so you have a better chance of someone actually listening.