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Yup they really put a dent in it the past few weeks, going at approx 400+ a week, still about 20,000 pending though but at this rate that'll clear reasonably soon!

Potomac is on fire approving I-751s!
 
10 year green card approved  on April 12!  
 
Now on to the N400

So here is my experience with my N-400 and I-751 combo interview. I received both invitations a little over a month before the interview date.
 
Location: Los Angeles 
Appointment time: 6:45 AM
Arrived: 6:20 AM
Was called in: 8:05 AM
Finished: 8:30 AM
 
The interviewer did not allow my husband (a US citizen) to enter the room with me; he had to wait in the waiting room. Interestingly, the interviewer didn't request any documents listed in the mail invitations for the combo interview, even though I had prepared about 500 pages of proof for the I-751.
 
All I was asked to provide were my ID, my passport, and my green card.
 
First questions:
- What's your full name?
- Your date of birth?
 
The interviewer interspersed N-400 questions among the I-751 questions. 
 
Also he seemed a bit annoyed when, at the beginning, he asked for my husband's middle name, and I inquired whether he needed the shortened middle name (as it appears on my husband's ID and passport) or the full name. He kept saying, "Just say his middle name," and seemed annoyed by my question. In general it seemed like he didn’t wanna any conversation like talk, he wanted me just answer the questions straightforward and he didn’t wanna hear anything more or less. 
 
N-400 Questions:
- What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
- Who vetoes bills?
- There were 13 original states. Name three.
- What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
 
I-751 Questions:
- Full name of the US spouse
- Date of birth of the US spouse
- Middle name of the US spouse
- Parents' names of the US spouse
- When he became a US citizen?
- Is he still a US citizen?
- How he became a US citizen?
- Where you were born?
- Where your husband was born?
- How many times have you been married?
- How many times your husband has been married?
- How many kids you have?
- How many kids does your husband have?
- When you got married?
- How you met?
-Were you separated at any point?
- What was your marital status when you met?
- What countries did you travel to together?
- Where do you work?
- Did you pay taxes each year since becoming a green card holder?
 
Writing sentence was: "California has a lot of people."
I don’t remember the reading sentence exactly, but it was not a basic one.
 
Then, he proceeded to ask yes/no questions from the N-400 form.
 
By the way, the interviewer spoke quite fast, and his pronunciation wasn’t very clear, which could make it difficult for someone not perfectly fluent in English to understand him completely.
 
I’ve heard many people say that the N-400 interview was the easiest, but in my case, it was more tense. The interviewer was much stricter than the woman who conducted our first interview.
 
At the end, he mentioned that he would inform me of the result in about 15 minutes as he needed to perform a background check first. When he called me back, he said, "I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that their system is down, and he can't complete the background check until the technician arrives to fix it today. That’s why he can’t give a final decision now. The good news is that he most likely recommends approving both cases, and I should check my USCIS account later in the evening.

Nice to see an actual case match up with the data

Just got new status - New card is being produced. 🥳 It took 890 days for them to approve my case

Well guys, the day has finally arrived. After multiple years in this journey and after an RFE following my N400 interview on March 25th, yesterday (3/28) I received mine "Oath ceremony notice was mailed" and it is scheduled for April 24th. 
 
Thank you so much to everyone who has shared their experience here. Reading about your experiences and tips has been profoundly helpful throughout all these years and it really made a difference in my case. Please don't lose hope as the end of the road is closer than you think. 
 
Again, thank you so much, and hoping for the best for all of you!!!
 
 

Potomac service center is on fire approving I-751s!
 
Right now I see October 2021 cases being approved

Update: got another email that explicitly confirmed that my application has been approved, so 🎉🎉🎉

I have a theory that some officers are not authorized to sign off and give the final approval, they can take the interview,  gather the facts but then a superior has to sign off on it. This kinda stuff happened at the AOS stage too where applicants seemed to have great interviews but were left with their cases remaining pending where others got approved at the interview itself, so luck of the draw if your interviewer has the necessary credentials. 
 
So if correct, hopefully its just a case of waiting for the official procedures to kick in.

I wouldn't give up the inheritance. 
 
And his inheritance has nothing to do with US immigration.

Pretty much what it says in the title: I filed for ROC Oct 2021 and have been in the "Your case is ready to be scheduled for interview" stage since Oct 2022. Radio silence from then until today, when I suddenly got an email saying "Your new card is being produced".
 
Did I skip the interview somehow? Is there some reason to print a new card pre-interview? Has anyone else had this happen?

Green Card received yesterday. I could see it online in USPS informed delivery. They are shipping them with tracking numbers now. I was waiting for the mailman at the front door. He said he didn't have it but he would keep an eye out for it. It magically appeared when he got back to his mail truck. I will be so glad when I don't have to rely on USPS to deliver important mail anymore.

I751 Case was finally approved!  Filed back on 9/21/21 and got an approval yesterday, no interview needed!  Finally!  Now on to the N-400

They've been busy there this week, got quite a lot of cases approved,  hope that keeps up for us waiting!!

They've been busy there this week, got quite a lot of cases approved,  hope that keeps up for us waiting!!

USCIS may or may not tell you that both the I-751 and N-400 will be processed at the interview.  In my case, USCIS notified me, 2 days prior to wife's N-400 interview, that it would be a combo.  My advice to assume that both the I-751 and N-400 will be adjudicated during the interview.  Good luck.

The case was finally approved after 903 Days and no interview was needed.

I'd still do that to be safe

I'd still do that to be safe

Once your N400 gets to the interview stage then you're very much in a different queue than people only waiting on a i751. 

Got my citizenship interview scheduled for April 11, no mention of ROC and my case is still on "received on Jan 23" status. Will be prepared for a combo, I also used the template and added to the N-400 application.

Interview scheduled for N400 interview next month today - 59 days after filing, and 30 days before my 3 year GC anniversary.

They claimed I only sent about 4 different Items and are requesting evidence in general but I have a FOIA that says otherwise. They got every single document they requested.

At this point I'm wondering what you aren't telling us, why are you so certain you will be deported?
Can you not meet the low threshold of entering into the marriage in good faith?
Do you not have any evidence of your time married?
 
Something seems off here

At this point I'm wondering what you aren't telling us, why are you so certain you will be deported?
Can you not meet the low threshold of entering into the marriage in good faith?
Do you not have any evidence of your time married?
 
Something seems off here