Karen&Marile

Hi everyone,
My wife had her I-175 interview yesterday (and 6 days later she was scheduled for the N400 interview).  Some mentioned possibly getting a call the morning of to inform it would be a combo interview, which we did NOT receive.  
The I-175 portion was very relaxed and the officer was friendly and not at all intimidating.  Asked us simple questions about time outside the U.S., vacations we took together, what states we've visited outside Illinois (Chicago), date of marriage and where, how we met and where and then he reviewed new evidence we brought - we're selling our condo, plus new lease, most updated bank statement, plus title of new car bought together, plus recently filed 2020 taxes.  That was it and we asked if it were possible to do the N400 interview since it was scheduled for next week, he said, "oh, you have that next week.... let me see if I can".... a couple minutes on his computer and he says, "sure, I can do it" -- omg!!!!!  Luckily she had been studying the N400 test questions just in case.
 
Civics Questions (she passed with first 6 questions):
1)What is the judicial system set up for?
2)The gov't is based on the idea of self-governance, what are the first 3 words of the constitution?
3) FORGOT
4)What is the political party of the current U.S. President?
5)Who is the current President of the U.S.?
6)For how long is the President elected?
 
English Test- he held up paper, and she had to read aloud the first sentence:  Where is the White House located?  Writing part - he gave her paper and she had to write what he said - "The White House is located in Washington, D.C."  SUPER EASY!  

Then he asked if he could keep the new taxes and our new lease to upload to the file and he approved both cases!  Final step is oath ceremony, which he said could be a couple months, but others I know have finished in a couple weeks.  
Here's our general timeline:
12 April 2017 - arrived in the US with marriage-based conditional Green Card
14 January 2019 - applied for Removal of Conditions
February 2019 - I-751 Biometrics completed
March 2019 - I-751 Ready to schedule interview
24 August 2020 - applied for US citizenship
30 December 2020 - N400 Biometrics reuse notice received
5 March 2021 - I-751 interview scheduled, which we had to reschedule due to being out of country
30 March 2021 - N400 interview scheduled notice
30 April 2021 - I-751 interview date - WHICH in the moment (no advance notice) became a combo interview for both ROC and citizenship
6 May 2021 - N400 interview date
Pending  - oath ceremony
 
I hope this helps everyone.  This has been such an entirely exhausting, daunting, stressful process with the 2 year wait to remove conditions and now with N400 approved, it's just DONE.  HANG IN THERE EVERYONE, YOU WILL GET THERE.

Hi everyone,
My wife had her I-175 interview yesterday (and 6 days later she was scheduled for the N400 interview).  Some mentioned possibly getting a call the morning of to inform it would be a combo interview, which we did NOT receive.  
The I-175 portion was very relaxed and the officer was friendly and not at all intimidating.  Asked us simple questions about time outside the U.S., vacations we took together, what states we've visited outside Illinois (Chicago), date of marriage and where, how we met and where and then he reviewed new evidence we brought - we're selling our condo, plus new lease, most updated bank statement, plus title of new car bought together, plus recently filed 2020 taxes.  That was it and we asked if it were possible to do the N400 interview since it was scheduled for next week, he said, "oh, you have that next week.... let me see if I can".... a couple minutes on his computer and he says, "sure, I can do it" -- omg!!!!!  Luckily she had been studying the N400 test questions just in case.
 
Civics Questions (she passed with first 6 questions):
1)What is the judicial system set up for?
2)The gov't is based on the idea of self-governance, what are the first 3 words of the constitution?
3) FORGOT
4)What is the political party of the current U.S. President?
5)Who is the current President of the U.S.?
6)For how long is the President elected?
 
English Test- he held up paper, and she had to read aloud the first sentence:  Where is the White House located?  Writing part - he gave her paper and she had to write what he said - "The White House is located in Washington, D.C."  SUPER EASY!  

Then he asked if he could keep the new taxes and our new lease to upload to the file and he approved both cases!  Final step is oath ceremony, which he said could be a couple months, but others I know have finished in a couple weeks.  
Here's our general timeline:
12 April 2017 - arrived in the US with marriage-based conditional Green Card
14 January 2019 - applied for Removal of Conditions
February 2019 - I-751 Biometrics completed
March 2019 - I-751 Ready to schedule interview
24 August 2020 - applied for US citizenship
30 December 2020 - N400 Biometrics reuse notice received
5 March 2021 - I-751 interview scheduled, which we had to reschedule due to being out of country
30 March 2021 - N400 interview scheduled notice
30 April 2021 - I-751 interview date - WHICH in the moment (no advance notice) became a combo interview for both ROC and citizenship
6 May 2021 - N400 interview date
Pending  - oath ceremony
 
I hope this helps everyone.  This has been such an entirely exhausting, daunting, stressful process with the 2 year wait to remove conditions and now with N400 approved, it's just DONE.  HANG IN THERE EVERYONE, YOU WILL GET THERE.

Hi everyone,
My wife had her I-175 interview yesterday (and 6 days later she was scheduled for the N400 interview).  Some mentioned possibly getting a call the morning of to inform it would be a combo interview, which we did NOT receive.  
The I-175 portion was very relaxed and the officer was friendly and not at all intimidating.  Asked us simple questions about time outside the U.S., vacations we took together, what states we've visited outside Illinois (Chicago), date of marriage and where, how we met and where and then he reviewed new evidence we brought - we're selling our condo, plus new lease, most updated bank statement, plus title of new car bought together, plus recently filed 2020 taxes.  That was it and we asked if it were possible to do the N400 interview since it was scheduled for next week, he said, "oh, you have that next week.... let me see if I can".... a couple minutes on his computer and he says, "sure, I can do it" -- omg!!!!!  Luckily she had been studying the N400 test questions just in case.
 
Civics Questions (she passed with first 6 questions):
1)What is the judicial system set up for?
2)The gov't is based on the idea of self-governance, what are the first 3 words of the constitution?
3) FORGOT
4)What is the political party of the current U.S. President?
5)Who is the current President of the U.S.?
6)For how long is the President elected?
 
English Test- he held up paper, and she had to read aloud the first sentence:  Where is the White House located?  Writing part - he gave her paper and she had to write what he said - "The White House is located in Washington, D.C."  SUPER EASY!  

Then he asked if he could keep the new taxes and our new lease to upload to the file and he approved both cases!  Final step is oath ceremony, which he said could be a couple months, but others I know have finished in a couple weeks.  
Here's our general timeline:
12 April 2017 - arrived in the US with marriage-based conditional Green Card
14 January 2019 - applied for Removal of Conditions
February 2019 - I-751 Biometrics completed
March 2019 - I-751 Ready to schedule interview
24 August 2020 - applied for US citizenship
30 December 2020 - N400 Biometrics reuse notice received
5 March 2021 - I-751 interview scheduled, which we had to reschedule due to being out of country
30 March 2021 - N400 interview scheduled notice
30 April 2021 - I-751 interview date - WHICH in the moment (no advance notice) became a combo interview for both ROC and citizenship
6 May 2021 - N400 interview date
Pending  - oath ceremony
 
I hope this helps everyone.  This has been such an entirely exhausting, daunting, stressful process with the 2 year wait to remove conditions and now with N400 approved, it's just DONE.  HANG IN THERE EVERYONE, YOU WILL GET THERE.

Two Years since filing Jan. 2019, our I-751 Interview has been scheduled.  Got an email last night and another this morning, but upon login there is no Interview date shown.  Not surprising since USCIS is so out of sync with modern systems, so I guess we'll have to wait to receive the mailed notice to know when the interview is!  Annoying, but it's a sliver of good news.  I don't see any update on her N-400 case status, despite having received an email 3 months after inquiring, that both N-400 and I-751 would be adjuticated together.  So, fingers crossed.
 
 

Zero news in Chicago too.  Filed Aug. 24th and has only said estimated completion: June 2021.  We called USCIS in August for info on my wife's Removal of Conditions filed in JANUARY 2019 (I-751) and 3 months later got an email that both cases will be adjudicated together - who knows if that means in June 2021, or what.  Have since had to get infopass appt for an I-551 passport stamp (they only gave her 6 months validity - annoying), in order to get driver's license and travel to Argentina in February.  Really irritating that there's no rhyme or reason as to who they process and who they let sit for months, or years.  Going on nearly 24 months now waiting for removal of conditions - we thought filing for citizenship might help move things along - wrong.

We scheduled an infopass by calling (and waiting 45 minutes): 1-800-375-5283.  They can only schedule someone to call you back to set up an infopass appt.  Mind you, we waited a week for this scheduler to call and when he did, he said, 'Oh wait you're in Chicago? I can't schedule infopass appts for Chicago, I'm in L.A.".  I almost lost it on this guy.  Luckily someone appropriate called back the next day and scheduled for 2 weeks out.  Got the 6 month stamp last week.  Apparently, if that expires, you can keep calling to get additional stamps.  Let's hope that's not necessary and they just schedule an interview already!

As of April 4, 2019, we are ready to schedule your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt Number MSC1990xxxxx, for an interview. We will schedule your interview and send you a notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. 
Hi All, we filed ROC on Jan. 14, 2019 and did biometrics, never received an RFE, but my wife has had this online status for 14 months now.  2 yr green card expired April 12, 2019 and extension letter for 18 months will expire 10/12/2020.  I know we still have 4 months until 18 months are up and have read here that others who've spoken to USCIS said to wait until 30 days before expiration to call and schedule an infopass appt, but just wondering if anyone has intel on whether interviews are really happing for ROC.  We interviewed in Argentina for AOS before moving to U.S. back in 2017, so I'm really hoping we can just bypass the interview.  Provided tons of evidence (6 months shared checking acct, Bought condo together in both of our names, family health insurance policy, etc. etc.).  Obviously COVID has thrown a wrench in processing times, but we haven't had ANY info in 14 months, which is just completely irritating.  Thanks and good luck to all.