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3 hours ago, aa1979 said:

Well, some people have been already waiting for a month or more at this point and they have not heard anything... so another month (or two if it is by the end of June) is definitely longer than other states, especially that some other states are scheduling almost immediately after the interview for 1 or 2 weeks afterwards (or even sometimes on the same day).

I hear you...I think i'm fine with it, you just need patience. its literally the last wait after years of waiting haha. it is what it is...meanwhile life goes on, you can still travel and do exactly the same exact things you've always done...

8 hours ago, aa1979 said:

Thanks for the information... Did she say early, mid, or late June? June sounds like a long time in comparison to other states.

No she did not say anything about when exactly,,,i'd say its not that bad? I mean we're end of April, so thats like a month from now....

5 hours ago, aa1979 said:

Congrats! I was hoping you would ask her if there would be an even bigger delay in scheduling Oath-ceremonies.  Did you learn anything in regards to that issue?

She did actually say the next scheduled ceremonies are in June.

Just got back from my interview, it was very smooth and pleasant, officer was nice and professional. First she asked for our IDs and then asked my wife about our physical address and if we wanted to add any recent documents, we had a lot to add but some were duplicates form ones we already submitted (with both 751 and N400) so she only needed the recent ones. I felt like I have printed a LOT of extra stuff that she did not want, literally had around 500 document with me....She only took some insurance documents, 401k beneficiary, 2020 taxes (federal and state) and said I have everything else, I added some extra utility bills and some bank statements that are recent. I felt like I wanted to give her a lot more but she said that is fine, that is what I need to make the decision...

Asked my wife about previous marriage, adopted kids yadayada then said she will walk her out to start the test with me, did the test (6Qs, reading, writing) and she asked me the same physical addresses and marriages and so on, then work details and travels. Then I was given the N652 saying I passed and as expected that no decision can be made now (Due to i751) and said the next step is receiving the oath date and so on but she has to work on another system for the i751 review. 

in all it was about an hour (from check-in to leaving) 

Unsure about what happens next or when the statuses will update...but until then, life goes on..not really thinking much about the issue, for me the ROC is more important than the N400 so I can be comfortable being next to the wifey and enjoy our lives as we do now! 

14 hours ago, sausa said:

Can I ask when you filed ?

May 2020

On 4/19/2021 at 1:29 PM, 684117 said:

Just got a call from the MSP office that they are cancelling all interviews and Oath ceremonies this week due to anticipated civil unrest...Back to the waiting game now for a rescheduled appointment....Not cool...

 

Nothing reflecting on the USCIS portal about rescheduling, which concerns me it was just a phone call from the local office? 

What a roller-coaster!! My interview was re-scheduled for the same date, after being cancelled - less than 24 hour notice, got the email notification and the office called me to ensure I knew or had received the notification....

Any word on Oath schedules, so far it seems like the last update is the group of May 6? - Had a good friend who had both N400 and Oath on the same day but they did not have a pending i751.

On 3/15/2021 at 4:21 PM, BerakDicelana said:

I got official email from USCIS.

 

Later that day, they sent an email again from Atlanta Field Office that my appointment rescheduled to April 16. Then, the next day the formal USCIS email confirmed it.

So I got a call from the local office saying they need to reschedule, nothing official from uscis or on the web...should I be worried? I'm thinking to go anyway and cross check?! 

Just got a call from the MSP office that they are cancelling all interviews and Oath ceremonies this week due to anticipated civil unrest...Back to the waiting game now for a rescheduled appointment....Not cool...

Nothing reflecting on the USCIS portal about rescheduling, which concerns me it was just a phone call from the local office? 

For the combo interivew my letter says to bring the usual documentation,,,taxes, bills, mortgage yadayada...my question to you guys, did you print out monthly bills? like each month? or just a few select bills from random months, say 3 to 4 a year? same question for bank statement...its almost 3 years worth of stuff, I have it all but I mean should i just go by quarterly bills? 

On 4/5/2021 at 11:11 AM, JSABZ said:

Thanks for chiming in! Do you have any advice to get past the auto emma system on the phone line? I've only managed to get through it once 🤬 It's infuriating...it just tells me "we can't transfer your call to a representative so I'm ending the call. Have a good day!" over and over...doesn't matter what I say or ask or press.

I know that my I-751 is currently sitting in the MSP office because it was transferred. I'm 🤏 to just putting in a request online that it's outside normal processing times...which it is...But I don't want to mess up my N400.

 

The issue for us is to find childcare during interviews because we have 2 special needs children. They sure don't make this easy on us 😫

I usually say question about scheduled interview...did it twice and worked twice 

On 3/31/2021 at 7:42 AM, JSABZ said:

Well, I finally got through to a human this morning. They said the cases aren't linked together in the system so he doesn't need to come with me 🤷‍♀️

 

Bad news is he also said that even with the N-400 it'll "be months" before the I-751 is closed and that at that time, that'll require a joint interview. So...I have no clue. Didn't sound right so I might just call back later lol

DO BRING your husband with you! SO I asked here and people just bring their spouses when they have a pending i751, I did not want to be in this spot especially after the CO in the MN office did tell me when you get the N400 Notice bring your wife, I wanted some reassurance so I called USCIS and was told the same as they told you. BUT I did politely ask the officer on the phone if there is something he can, like maybe forward my i751 to MN, or try to give me any guidance, he transferred me to someone else that asked me if I had an urgent matter, I said no, I do not, but I am burnt out and been waiting for 2 years, I said I want to feel free to travel and have my documents sorted out I also mentioned that in good faith I did notify USCIS back in 2018 about their mistake and was honest to apply myself to become a CR1 instead of the IR1 they gave, the officer said: True,,,,I see you were permanent and then went to conditional, how is that? I explained. the officer said I will check what I can do but it is at the discretion of your office, if they can handle both interviews. 

Today, just minutes ago, I got a USCIS letter in the mail (it is not on my account yet) Notifying me that I will have a combo interview! 

3 hours ago, flyingmamba said:

Got it! May 06, 10 am...

Congrats!!!! How long between interview/approval until oath date? 

12 hours ago, mvan said:

Wow you filed May 2020 and got an interview!?! What strings did you pull to manage that? Lol. I applied January of 2020 and no sign of interview 😳. I also have a pending i751 from 2018. 

I am not sure, but what could be the case in my opinion is a mistake USCIS did in my application long ago and I went ahead and corrected it, when I did so, I clearly remember the officer in charge back then told me " If all applicants were as honest as you, we would fly through all applications, talk about dignity" 

My story is long, but I came here on the wrong visa and a wrong Greencard was given to me, we applied for a CR1 through DCF, I was given an IR1 and a 10 years GC. Knowing it was wrong, I contacted the USCIS office abroad (where we applied) and informed them, they gave me an affidavit to approve my travel and visa category and to correct it in the USA Once I land, once landed the airport CBP told me they can only stamp and issue what they see, so they gave me IR1 and 10 years card came in the mail, I still went to USCIS in person without info pass and asked to speak to the office manager or highest officer in charge, the security were nice to inform him and he came outside to talk to me, when I explained the situation and showed the emails I sent to USCIS office abroad, he himself helped me file for a replacement, i90, told me what to do next and since then my applications and waiting times are not very long...

Initially the plan was to come here as IR1 after 2 years of marriage, but due to the direct consular filing, our petition start to visa in hand took 5 months...so I had to fly here before the 2 years anniversary...

Thanks all for all the information! will keep you all posted!

On 3/11/2021 at 9:07 PM, flyingmamba said:

Got in 15 mins prior to interview. Security was a empty. checked in and were told to wait the numbers don't follow any specific order (which was true, someone after us got called earlier). Waited about 25 mins and were called in ( I have a pending  i-751 so went in with my wife). The officer did oath first for both of us followed by a the I-751. Asked a few questions from the form. Then proceeded to the civics test. After 6 questions I did the written test. Then she asked few questions from the form. Where we live, who lives there, trips abroad, where do my parents live. For my job the officer knew I had 100's of trips abroad so wanted to make sure I didn't spend more than 6 months abroad. 

I wasn't asked any definitions or anything of that matter. It was a pleasant experience. 

 

first how come I never knew a thread for MN was here!!??

If you don't mind me asking some Qs, seems like we have the same issue with the i751 pending and both MSC, did they give you a notice that both will be combined? I applied for N400 in May 2020, got biometric reuse February and 2 days ago got N400 Interview for April 23rd. Nothing saying if both i751 and N400 will be combined. 

Yet, about 3 weeks ago, I went for a stamp since the 18 months letter expired, the officer did say I can see your N400 is coming soon and you have a pending i751, when they tell you to come here, bring your wife. 

Also, when my passport got stamped, they took my expired 2 years GC, now I am worried because I read I will need to surrender it during my oath or have an affidavit from USCIS that they took it?? I don't have that!! 

15 hours ago, Scandi said:

From reading hundreds of posts by other members on this website, no USCIS doesn't contact you to let you know about any potential combo interview. It has happened though, that a few applicants have received one letter for the N-400 interview, and one for the i-751. This doesn't seem very common though, most of the time it's only an N-400 letter (and as with all letters, this too is generic meaning it won't mention anything about your particular case, such as if you have a pending i-751).

 

I would highly recommend bringing your wife just in case, it would be horrible having to reschedule the i-751 interview if it turns out to be a combo and they ask for her. Not worth the risk of not bringing her, imo. 

 

If it's not a combo, ie your i-751 case hasn't been transferred to the field office yet, then one of two scenarios will happen.

 

1. They simply tell you to go home again and reschedule your interview later when they receive your i-751 so they can conduct a combo interview, or

 

2. They still go through with the N-400 interview but can’t make a decision until they receive your i-751.

 

Have you tried to call and ask for a Tier 2? I'm thinking they would be able to tell you if the field office has received your i-751.

I am on the exact same boat, yet, about 3 weeks ago I went for an info pass to get a new stamp on my passport since my 18 months letter expired. The officer checked the system and told me that he can see my pending i751 and it is still at the national benefits center, but he also said I can also see that very soon you will be contacted for your N400, when they send you, come here with your wife. 

February 22nd I got my biometrics reuse notice, March 15th the interview notice for April 23rd. on the website the estimated completion time jumped to 9 months after the interview notice, not sure why but that's what is says. 

no contact about a combo yet, just going by what the officer said and I will bring my wife with all documents we submitted for the i751 + documents between filing n400 and now. 

the other issue is that when I got the stamp, the officer asked me to hand my expired Greencard, he voided it and when I asked if he would give it back he said no now you use your passport instead, I am worried since I know during the oath ceremony I'll need to surrender it? but I don't have one now! 

Hello N400 applicants, 

I am working on my documents to submit my N400 online, yet I have two questions: 

1- is it wise to submit while my ROC is still pending? 

2- I will be applying under the 3 years rule, the instructions say to bring proof to the interview (Marriage certificate, bank statements, mortgage ect...)  in other pages I read that these should be submitted online with the N400, so which should I follow? I do think it is a lot of documents to upload with the application. What did you guys submit with your application online? 

I appreciate all your inputs!! 

6 minutes ago, cammi9988 said:

Why you need the stamp? You did not receive the NOA? That’s strange that they need to capture you biometrics in order to stamp your passport.

1 minute ago, 684117 said:

That was before my I-751, I had a 10 years green card that I submitted for replacement (in Milwaukee WI) to a 2 years green card as it should be, I got a stamp in February 2018 (until the replacement is issued) but I changed my passport in October and needed a new stamp, walked into USCIS without an appointment ( Minneapolis) to explain to them the issue so they took my finger prints (Maybe to make sure it's me?) and gave me a new stamp on October 3rd, October 25th I got my new card 😂

It is worth mentioning here that security did not want to let me in without an appointment, but I explained that I came in good faith and I was trying to solve an issue that was not my fault, (the 10 years GC) he called an officer to talk to me outside, he then went back in to check and told me that system shows that I am a permanent resident, I gave him my replacement case number and proof of emails sent to my embassy that my GC was issued wrong, so he let me in based on "dignity and honesty" that I was willing to let go a 10 years for a 2 years because it is the right thing to do. 

1 minute ago, cammi9988 said:

Why you need the stamp? You did not receive the NOA? That’s strange that they need to capture you biometrics in order to stamp your passport.

That was before my I-751, I had a 10 years green card that I submitted for replacement (in Milwaukee WI) to a 2 years green card as it should be, I got a stamp in February 2018 (until the replacement is issued) but I changed my passport in October and needed a new stamp, walked into USCIS without an appointment ( Minneapolis) to explain to them the issue so they took my finger prints (Maybe to make sure it's me?) and gave me a new stamp on October 3rd, October 25th I got my new card 😂

6 minutes ago, mrath5 said:

Nothing new here at all! How about you?

Nothing at all, waiting to submit N400 in a couple months. 

10 minutes ago, cammi9988 said:

Also waiver, and ready for interview since June. When was the last that they captured your biometrics?

February 2018. 

Got a waiver letter after submitting an inquiry about biometrics in July, 1 week later status updated to ready for interview. 

I did though, In October 2018 get finger prints at my local USCIS office when I just walked in to get a stamp, maybe they consider these? 

My issue is a bit complicated as I was on a 10 years green card and at USCIS offices until now my status is permanent and not conditional, even though that's not correct 🤨

On 1/6/2020 at 10:13 AM, Aryma said:

Hi all, any updates? I did my Biomectris back in October but haven't heard anything anymore

 

Also, I have a question - I have a trip planned back to Brazil in June to visit my family.

Now, I know that the extension letter will work on the way back to the U.S., my fear right now is that we have a layover in Canada and was wondering if my expired GC+Extension Letter will work there during my transit or should I get a Transit Visa? 

 

Anyone dealt with this before?  

 

Thank you for any tips!

Aryma

Works with no issues, I've used the expired green card + letter for layovers in Canada, London and Paris. 

8 minutes ago, cammi9988 said:

Hi, did they ask your to get biometrics captured? Or still the biometrics waiver letter?

Still on the waiver. Nothing after July 24th 2019 when case updated to ready for interview.

What's your status at now?

On 10/29/2019 at 11:20 PM, mrath5 said:

My husband also has a local office of Minneapolis. Got his biometrics done within a couple months of us filing in March. Now we’ve been sitting at ‘ready to schedule an interview’ since August. But as someone else mentioned, we are at the slowest office 😭 

Hello mrath5! 

Any updates on your case? 

Any news from comrades with MSC / Local office Minneapolis - St Paul? 

Been on ready for interview since July 24th, that was after I send an e-request that I've heard nothing about Biometrics. They responded to my e-request that Biometrics were waived and a couple days later ready for interview... Filed May 13th. 

I was abroad and got back recently, used the extension letter both in my layover boarding and entering here with no issues.