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Just got an email that my N400 interview has been scheduled but I don't know the date yet? Online account does not show interview notice yet? Still no change in I751 case status yet!

One more thing my I751 status remain unchanged as of Feb 03,2020. I just hope that they would do combo interview for I751 and N400

Just got an email that my N400 interview has been scheduled but I don't know the date yet? Online account does not show interview notice yet? Wondering how long would it take for Interview notice  to appear on account?Also, do I also get papercopy of Interview notice on mail too?if yes, how long would that take too?

2 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do
 

choose the outside normal processing.  They usually estimate 1-2 weeks for an update, but at least it means someone will look into it.

 

You’re likely to get a canned response, but it’s worth a shot.

Thank you.After submitting request ,got a email from USCIS that expect a response by 27 Nov hopefully this will trigger some movement to my case!

19 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Have you tried calling for an infopass for a stamp?  When the person who put the stamp in my passport looked up my file, she was like “oh, yep, looks like it’s just sitting here” and it was a few days later that they scheduled me.  No way Albany is that far behind.  
 

Open a service request online too (at least for the 751).  It’s so infuriating that you’re coming up on 2 years!!

how do I open service request online??

19 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Have you tried calling for an infopass for a stamp?  When the person who put the stamp in my passport looked up my file, she was like “oh, yep, looks like it’s just sitting here” and it was a few days later that they scheduled me.  No way Albany is that far behind.  
 

Open a service request online too (at least for the 751).  It’s so infuriating that you’re coming up on 2 years!!

I had a info pass appointment back in July, 2020 when I had to stamp my passport for extension. The Officer was kinda rude and when I asked him about the tentative schedule for my 751/N400 interview to which he responded that they would send me interview notice when the time comes!I just noticed on USCIS office that Albany field office are relocating to new office from 5-11 Nov which would definitely add up more backlog and more justification for their utter failure. Now that the holiday season is coming up, I don't see they would schedule my interview anytime soon!

Its absolutely ridiculous how one earth Albany, NY field office is not scheduling my N400 interview? I thought Upstate NY USCIS offices would not have that much backlog but boys these ******* making it so difficult for immigrants. People who filed after me getting their cases approved right and left and here I'm stuck with both I751 and N400 since Jan,2019 and Jan,2020 respectively. 

7 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

I think you’re right - I had NO issue when I called in September, so they probably realized it was so simple that they had to go make it impossible again  

I'm glad that you are done with this incompetent federal agency who are good for nothing!so I was able to get hold of someone in Albany field office other day and officer told me since I got permanent residency in 2017 Ill have to wait for 5 years means untill 2022 to be even eligible for applying for naturalization? Obviously Officer has no idea what she was talking about?Can you believe this nonsense?It just showed how they trained their own employees? When I ask can I speak with your supervisor for reference that where did they get that information, the officer declined and asked me to contact USCIS customer service for further information basically she was trying to get away from me when I asked for explanation?

6 hours ago, KatieL said:

Sick and tired of this waiting game. My I-751 was considered outside normal processing times on Sept 7, so I filed a request. They promised a reply by the end of the month, and I never got one. Called back and was put through to a Tier 2 officer. She filed another request on my behalf and said I should get a reply by October 20. Still silence.

 

No movement on either of my cases... I-751 since Jan 2019, and N-400 since Jan 2020. 

how did you even able to speak with real person on USCIS customer service no? I tried to speak with representatives, but computer voice recorder kept on asking if there is anything we can do to help your case, tried many times to say representatives and system would disconnect the call by saying sorry we can not help you. Last month, I had no problem in speaking with representatives but look like USCIS have changed the system. I'm wondering what route did you take to speak with a real person?

8 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Oh yikes!  What a nightmare. I’m sorry your process has been so frustrating.  
 

If you move, your n400 will be delayed because I think there’s a 3 month living requirement to file in a new jurisdiction, but at the rate they’re jerking you around, you might meet that requirement before they even go to ship your file. 
 

I thought they scan everything upon receipt, so sending the physical file seems like a waste of shipping fees.

Thank you for your wishes.I wish you the best as well on October 8 so you are done with this horrendous process

11 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Did you try reaching out to your congressperson?  I think you have an I 751 pending too, right?  I sent an email back when my n400 was scheduled the first time to ensure the i751 got moved from Vermont.  
 

I also called USCIS for infopass to get an ADIT stamp so I’d have something to show status, and when I went in for that, the IO was like “whoa you’re still waiting?” and she typed in something on her screen for a good minute.  
 

This was definitely the longest leg of the immigration journey.  You are almost there!!

I have involved both congressman and senator to intervene in my case and was told by USCIS NBC that my I751 and N400 will be adjudicated at the same time. While I was waiting for congressman/senator response , I had a infopass appointment with local field office in July, 2020 to have a I551 stamp on my passport. The Officer there was kind enough to check on my case and was told that my I751 case is still stuck at NBC since Feb, 2019 and unless they received file from NBC, they cant schedule my N400 which is totally in contrast with what USCIS responded to my congressman/senator in which they specifically mentioned in the letter that once Albany, NY field office schedule N400 to petitioner, only then NBC will send I751 file to local field office. So I don't know who to believe?I contacted the local field office last month to see if they could provide me some inside information as to whats going with my case and was told they are literally waiting on NBC to send i751 file in order for them to schedule me for combo interview so at this point I'm hopeless and helpless. Another challenge that I'm currently facing is that I'm also planning to relocate to Dallas, TX area within few weeks due to my job/family situation so not sure how would it affect my pending immigration case? probably longer wait time?

5 hours ago, MrGeorgeMonopoly said:

Finally someone from NY, even though is not the city, but is something! 🙌

Albany, NY filler nothing since Feb, 2020 biometric appointment. I tried everything I could to expedite my case but nothing worked so now I'm kinda done with all this meaningless and tireless effort and trying not to overthink about my immigration process

3 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Well to add to this roll of USCIS activity - I saw in the USPS app today that I was getting a letter from USCIS.  I checked my case status and both the i751 and the n400 are the same (i751 says “case received” and n400 says “interview de-scheduled (covid)”, so I assumed this was the letter for the infopass appointment I had last week to get an ADIT stamp because 18 months was lapsing (since it never got sent by email), but IT’S the i751 interview notice!  Woohoo!  
 

Last week when I was in the office, the IO doing my stamp did say they try to combine them, so hopefully they’ll just do both at once and save another trip.  I also noticed they were doing individual oath ceremonies and handing over certificates, so I’m pretty stoked that I should hopefully be done with this process for good soon. 
 

Wish me luck!  I’m going to be frantic for the next 17 days while I prep all our evidence, and study the citizenship questions.  

so you have I751 and N400 in 17 days?

4 minutes ago, Mr & Mrs Umer said:

USCIS call center representative will only proceed if your extension letter is expiring within 10 days otherwise they will ask you to call back. They are driving me crazy for a stamp and I really need to travel due to a family emergency and its truly a messed up system due to Covid19. Once you call USCIS, representative tells you to expect a call within 5 business days but in my case they didn't bother to call me back, called them 3 times and every time after hourly long hold, after verifying each and everything they give you same lollipop. When you tell them you were told to expect a call, they tell you,Officer wrote reason for not calling back because there is no appointment available. I was requesting them I can go to any other location if there is any appointment available but they refused that only closest to your postal code can serve you. Now another tier 2 officer will call me in 5 working days and then I have to prove through documents via email that's its an emergency and then within 5 days they would call me back, if TIER 2 approves then that officer would schedule an appointment and then I can get a stamp No walk-ins regardless you have an emergency and no appointment unless you have an emergency and good luck proving them. Feeling so depressed but don't see any other solution except going round and round. Cherry on to (Tier 2s are available only b/w 8 am to 1pm with an average hold time is 1 hour plus.

I was wondering if I travel on expired letter, Would I be able to get a stamp from US Embassy in my home country? By any chance on way back cant they verify my status at airport that I am lawful permanent resident. I need seniors help regarding this emergency travel, do I have any other option? Please help me with your knowledge.

Sorry to hear that you are going through this mess but I never had a issue speaking with Tier 2 and was able to get hold of him within few hours. I also did not have any issue to have a stamp on my passport and Tier2 officer was immediately scheduled me for appointment eventhough I still had a three months of expiration left on my I751. I would highly recommend you to go to your field office and explain them a situation, It will not hurt anything and if they help you well and good if not, you can always reach out to Tier 2. Either way, my best wishes are with you!

20 hours ago, Thegirl said:

Lol

My TL is a little out of whack. My case was originally NYC and my scheduled n400 is in NYC... USCIS is messing up a little bc my case was supposed to be transferred to Albany but they only transferred one case- the i-751 successfully but failed to transfer the N400 so my cases are in two different offices.  So, my timeline doesn't give any info about Albany.  There's a chance Albany is going faster. I have no idea. 

Albany, NY field office is not going fast thats for sure and I 'm afraid it will take another 4 to 6 months before something comes up

23 hours ago, Thegirl said:

Maybe. All I've ever gotten from an outside of normal processing request was for them to tell me where my case is- which office has it- and that they are waiting to schedule an interview. Nothing I didn't already know. Hopefully you get more info. 

 

Good news I guess is that you probably won't need to wait until Sept 29. I always get a response by the next day. 

Hey, I saw your timeline that you have also filed N400 at Albany, NY office in July,2019 and still waiting on interview. it means  that Jan, 2020 filler from Albany, NY office would probably get a interview next year? Oh Lord help us!

3 hours ago, Davadell said:

you betcha 🙂 hopefully yours comes soon enough

lthanks lets hope for the best:)

I don't think I would be able to vote this year with almost zero hopes of having N400 interview schedule within next 2 to 3 months. For folks who have already done with Naturalization process, make sure to vote whoever you think is best for our country and world!

9 hours ago, Nathpuria said:

Hello there, I’m in the same situation as you are. I just got my N-400 interview scheduled for next month. This is what happened to my cases. I-751 was transferred to NBC after I filled for N-400 and stayed there till today. My appointment is on Sep 29. A month ago I called them that my I-751 is outside of normal time and they initiated a request that has not been assigned to any officer for processing. What I gained is that my N-409 is driving these two cases. I called ISCIS today and they said the interview is only for N-400. I immediately called Congressman office to my case officer there. He called the USCIS and called me back. NBC told him that the local office will be requesting my I-751 prior to the N-400 interview that is in a month time and they will be sending the package to local office and YES it will be combo interview. He called me immediately to tell me all this. It looks like your N-400 is driving both of you cases that is a good thing in my opinion because they are working fast to complete theses cases. I follow the processing times frequently and it takes anywhere between 9-11 months to get the interview in average.

I'm glad that your case is finally moving what actually pisses me off why did the NBC declined request from Albany field office to send them a I751 file? Did they lost my file or what? Something does not make any sense to me at all?

2 hours ago, Rick & Apple said:

Have you checked in the November and December 2019 N-400 filer groups to see if there are any filers in Albany? Has there been any movement for those filers? 

In the Jan2020 filers, most of the interviews so far are more in the center of the country, away from the borders. In the last 2 weeks we are starting to seen interviews in Washington and Florida. There have been none in California, Texas or New York. There are a couple in late September for Boston and San Antonio. I think the border states had larger backlogs before Covid, and they are farther behind now.

Unfortunately, there are not so many filer from Albany, NY location that I have seen it here so far which would be very helpful to keep track on how far Albany field office process cases?I understand there might be alot of backlog in these offices but my concerns why did NBC declined request from Albany field office to send them a I751 file? Tier 2 Officer had no idea why did they decline request?Did they lost my file or what? Something is not going right!

1 hour ago, Linda999 said:

Hi. Has your I751 been transferred to NBC? If so, that means that they combined your cases (n400 and i751). After that it does not matter whatever your i751 is outside the Normal processing time, they will reply - oh, but your I751 is not at our office anymore, you N400 is still within normal processing time, i751 goes with it, so just wait. 

I am waiting my combo interview to be scheduled too. I751- January 2019. N400 -January 2020. 
I don’t think that anybody can force USCIS to start actually WORK. That is why I am patiently waiting. Wish you the best, hope you will hear something soon. Good luck! 

but then why did they decline request for file from local field office? This is what pisses me off!

1 hour ago, mmkshah said:

I think offices in big cities are still catching up with cancelled interviews. From some of the post I have read, NY still doing 2019 interview so that could be the reason for delay. We are in same boat. I751 pending since dec 2018. After asking for help with senators office, they forwarded letter from NBC congressional liaison who said that 751 will be adjudicated when they schedule n400 interview and Chicago is currently working on doing cancelled interview and to follow n400 processing time on the uscis website. I know it sucks but hopefully they will soon start scheduling new interviews now that furlough has been avoided. Couple people in NJ just got their interview scheduled and they applied  I think Nov 2018 for I-751 and dec 2019 for n400 - this gives little hope that other cities may move soon

It sucks how USCIS process cases? No standard whatsover and they kept on claiming that they processed cases in the order they received which is a big lie.Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about it:(

15 minutes ago, mmkshah said:

Is your N400 file at your local office? I thought that all the applications are under same A-file. I have told by tier 2 officer as well as congressman that they will only transfer file after the interview has been scheduled. I think once we apply for N400 that’s the timeline followed for processing both files. Has your local office started scheduling for 2020 applications?

I'm not too 100% sure  as to how it work with regards to N400. I filed online back in Jan, 2020 ,did biometric in Feb, 2020, this is where my I751 case got transferred from VSC to NBC and nothing since then.. I dont know if they have already started scheduling interview for 2020 application but I know couple of people who  have gotten interview last week and was approved instantly

Not sure what to do with my case? I'm kinda helpless and frustrated as to whats going with my pending I751 and N400. So apparently my local field office wont schedule my N400 untill they received file from NBC that has been stuck there since Feb 2020. Last month after I involved my congressman/senator to intervene on my I751 case that has already been outside normal processing time and upon their request, NBC responded to them that although the I751 file is still at NBC but the scheduling of my i751 interview is within the jurisdiction of local field office and that once the local field office schedule interview, NBC will then forward the file to local field office but local field office Case officer stated otherwise! Officer also mentioned that they have requested NBC to send them a my I751 file but their request was decline for unknown reason.

I need your guys advise as to what should I do with my case? Should I involve USCIS ombudsmen to help expedite my I751 case? Would that help?  

Not sure what to do with my case? I'm kinda helpless and frustrated as to whats going with my pending I751 and N400. So apparently my local field office wont schedule my N400 untill they received file from NBC that has been stuck there since Feb 2020. Last month after I involved my congressman/senator to intervene on my I751 case that has already been outside normal processing time and upon their request, NBC responded to them that although the I751 file is still at NBC but the scheduling of my i751 interview is within the jurisdiction of local field office and that once the local field office schedule interview, NBC will then forward the file to local field office but local field office Case officer stated otherwise! Officer also mentioned that they have requested NBC to send them a my I751 file but their request was decline for unknown reason.

I need your guys advise as to what should I do with my case? Should I involve USCIS ombudsmen to help expedite my I751 case? Would that help?