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1 hour ago, Prystine said:

Just curious but has anyone that has filed ROC here in April with CSC received their Biometrics appt. letters yet?

Nothing.  Some got a notice that their previous bio will be used.

It has been almost a year since we all filed.  When do you think we will get our ROC interviews/direct approvals?

And nobody got RFEs either..what are they doing with our documents?  Letting those sit there for this long...?

Did anyone who file in Cali receive the biometrics letter? 

1 minute ago, Ash.1101 said:

It just means they can't approve it until the 751 application is approved. I think there was someone here who had their naturalization interview a week before their ROC interview (NOT the norm) and they were put on hold until the ROC approval.

Some people say wait, some people say don't. You can still apply for sure, they will accept it if you meet the criteria for naturalization  but ROC has to be approved for there to be a Naturalization approval.

My local USCIS officers all told me to wait as otherwise it will confuse the workers in charge of reviewing/approving and will cause delays. I know we will wait.

1 minute ago, JohnNHenry said:

Hi guys,

I read on the uscis website, they said that "Application for Naturalization may not be APPROVED if the removal of condition is still pending". By "Approved", do they mean they are going to ACCEPT our application and leave it at pending until they approve the petition of removal condition? Or they will refuse our application at the first place?

 

It's quite confusing or am I thinking too much? lol

 

Any idea, guys?

Thanks

Best to wait til your I-751 is processed before applying for naturalization.

All of us April filers.  When do you think USCIS will finally act on our cases again?

No biometrics info yet.  Filed at CSC in April of this year.  Considering how things are going, when do you think that us April filers will get our permanent Green Cards?  Mid 2019?

8 minutes ago, longuscisprocess said:

Me 💁‍♀️, no biometrics, no email, only NOA for a year first and 18 months later. so far. 

Exactly the same here.  I wonder why they don't at least send us a letter stating whether our previous biometrics will be re-used?

16 minutes ago, OmSaiRam24 said:

Hello @Nid12 - any update for you. I had my biometrics on June 1st and now on  the status it says - cliometrics received on June 25th. Any update you got?

 

Please share

Anyone else from CSC that still has not received a request to do the biometrics?

Lots of changes were implemented this year though 

14 minutes ago, ch3john said:

Interesting, haven't heard that. Where did you hear that?

Local uscis office 

11 minutes ago, ch3john said:

Technically conditions have to be removed before receiving citizenship but that doesnt mean you can't apply before that. You can file 90 days before your third anniversary of your first green card, if marriage based. In doing so, your i-751 and N400 will run concurrently and most likely be interviewed for both at the same time 

Been told that nowadays they want you to have that 10 year GC or the citizenship will take much longer 

On 9/22/2018 at 6:28 PM, RickyP said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/politics/immigrants-green-card-public-aid.html

 

How will this effect us? Also my wife did had Medicaid for first 4-5 months then changed to regular Health insurance. Will this new law effect my wife's process? 

This is scary.  I would hope that this is not yet set in stone.  That article is a little confusing as we don't know whether that really concerns those who already have their temporary cards.

Still no biometrics letter for us CSC folks? What's happening there?

Any CSC April filers got their biometrics letters yet?

5 minutes ago, jackiewackie said:

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-updates-policy-guidance-certain-requests-evidence-and-notices-intent-deny

 

I'm now a little worried about what they mean by little supporting evidence. Our lives barely changed after getting married (We were already living together for 2 years before getting married, had joint accounts but lazily used) and so sent in a lot of repeated information. The only thing that changed was that we got a car & car loan together, another cat, and a bunch of travel tickets and pictures and weddings that we had attended. Obviously all sent in, but it can certainly look minimal under someone's who's looking for mortgage, children, insurance change..etc..

Don't worry.  I am certain they are trying to weed out those who are not serious.

1 minute ago, Pkr said:

Oh really I did not know that and I do not recall reading anywhere that it would be an issue using paper clips . Where did you find this information ?

Staples is what they dont like. Paper clips are easily taken out so paper clips are perfectly fine.

58 minutes ago, jackiewackie said:

I'm not sure what you mean by placeholder an application.

 

We will see I suppose. If people are making use of the system, I don't think it's bad to have more stringent rules in place. However, leaving it to "their discretion" just leaves much to be abused. 

Honestly CNN is most probably the most unreliable news outlet out there. I would be interested in seeing an official announcement from the government, if any.

1 hour ago, Sydney T. said:

We aren't allowed to utilize the google doc as per VisaJourney rules. Been posted about many times in here.  From everything I've gathered, no CSC filers after April 6th have received biometrics.   I've called and was told somethingwould be done and sent to "action"...2 weeks and one day later...still nothing. 

Same problem here: no news about biometrics and got NOA before yours. Called USCIS and they don't provide any clear reply ...anyone else can clue us in?

14 minutes ago, Pkr said:

Yes it is not very clear . I heard that a person  did get their second NOA with the 18 month extension.

Did you call the helpline number to check as to when they  would be sending out the biometric letter ? I filed in VSC in May 2018 and have already completed my biometrics

I called twice and was told "oh yes we are aware of the delays , just wait more".

5 minutes ago, LinJoe said:

My response was regarding the biometric letter. We are at CSC and they received our packet on April 9th and my husband still hasn't received his biometric letter. 

 

Responding to your question, according to the USCIS site they will issue a new NOA that states 18 months. However, I am slightly confused whether it only for those that filed from June 11, 2018 and after because later in the article it says those that still have pending I-751 will also be sent a new letter. Again, confused if we April filers are part of that "pending" or if they mean those that filed last year and are still waiting.

 

re-posting link to article:

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/update-form-i-797-receipt-notices-form-i-751-and-form-i-829

Same, I am confused by their announcement. As per the biometrics, still nothing received when NOA is dated May 18th.

6 minutes ago, Pkr said:

Will they actually be sending a new extension letter or its safe to assume the extension is good for 18 months based on what is updated in their website

I'd like to know as well..why did some get noas with 18 months while some got 12? 

37 minutes ago, Anonymous2018 said:

Just called USCIS customer care.

Perfect. When did you get your NOA?

14 minutes ago, Anonymous2018 said:

I checked with USCIS about it and they raised a query. In response to that query, I got a letter stating they are going to use my old biometrics but will not refund the biometrics fees.

Thanks a lot! Where did you raise your query? Did you just call them?