UkMza

1 hour ago, Nitha said:

Hi all,

My case status for ROC shows ready to schedule for an interview since July 7th. So if I file for N400 now, should it delay the process? My extension letter expires in first week of February 2022.

I believe it does. Filing N400 would combine both processes and you'd have one interview. We have similar timelines - case ready for interview scheduling since 04/14 and extension letter expiring in first week of Feb 2022. I went ahead and filed my N400 on 06/01; ready for the extended processing time & waiting for the 24 month extension letter now.

2 hours ago, KAMN said:

We had our interview today and the case was approved. We arrived at 7:45 AM in Hartford, CT. The interview was pretty simple. Just some questions right from the application ….things like verifying names, Date of Births, social security number of my wife, date of marriage etc. She very briefly reviewed the supporting docs we had brought with us and compared to some stuff we had sent in as part of the application. One thing to remember doing is to bring a copy of the originals. Most of our supporting documents were printouts but there were some originals (bills, passports, id's). Be sure to bring a copy of these. She went and made copies of the passport/ids but wasn't very happy about it. Otherwise she was polite and the interview lasted about 15 minutes. She said card will arrive in 30-45 days! Is that accurate? Also, received the email that card is being produced

Off to the N-400 Journey. Good luck everyone!

Congratulations!!!

Our case still shows as "Ready to be scheduled for an Interview" since 14 April. Got tired of waiting and submitted N-400 online on 1 June.

11 hours ago, KAMN said:

I received the interview letter. Interview is scheduled for June 8th

Congratulations!

3 hours ago, KAMN said:

Its in my signature, dates and duration. A few days in this case

Thanks for the response. Your signature doesn't have the date on which online status changed to "Case Ready to be Scheduled for Interview" and the interview date - which I needed to plan my trip back to USA 🙂

27 minutes ago, InLoveWithABrit said:

How do you get through to anyone at the USCIS number? Every time I get an automated person and I ask to speak to a representative and then the automated person says they can't help me and it hangs up!

This was back in July'20, when waiting 40-50 minutes would connect you to a person eventually. They seem to have changed the system now as I've not been able to connect to a rep off late. Try jabbing the same digits repeatedly and it sometimes puts you in the line for a rep

On 4/26/2021 at 7:56 PM, KAMN said:

Got the email this morning that Interview is scheduled. Local service center is Hartford CT. , Msc filer. Any idea when i should be expecting the interview letter in mail?

Our timelines are similar and we both had biometrics appointments on 12/08. What was the time between online case status changing to "Ready for Interview Scheduling" to you getting the email interview scheduled email? Do you mind sharing when your interview is scheduled?

I'm currently out of USA due to my mother's prolonged illness and death. My case status changed on 04/14 to "Ready for Interview Scheduling" and it is extremely stressful trying to plan a return.

Thanks in advance for sharing the info!

13 hours ago, InLoveWithABrit said:

I am from Seattle too and case is at MSC. We haven't received any updates. The only thing we have is the 18 month extension letter and case status online just says case received June 3rd. . Did you get notice about the biometrics or has your case status just been updating online? This is such a frustrating process.

There were no changes online for the biometrics. They had not updated my address last year and it was just luck that I called them to find that my biometrics notice was sent already. They updated the address again and I got the notice a few days before the appointment.  Even at this stage the online status was case received!

All my mail was being forwarded correctly by USPS to the new address and this was the only mail that was missed. Oddly similar thing happened with our receipt notice - did not get it for more than a month. They claimed to have sent it & they would resend it after the call. I only got the notice sent after my call.

It would be prudent for all of us to keep calling USCIS periodically to avoid missing a notice for an interview! 

This is such a frustrating process and we can't wait for it to be done and dusted.

20 hours ago, rajeejunie said:

Could you please add where ur local office was for biometrics? I’m MSC June 2020 Filer from NY/NJ area and we got nothing other than NOA extension letter. And yes, I have called but they can’t tell me when the papers will move. 

Seattle

Hello Folks!

Our case is at MSC & now ready to be scheduled for interview. My biometrics appointment was on 12/08/2020 and there was no change till early this week. Updated my timeline. There is still hope! :-)

Request everyone to please post updates to their timelines.

Any idea how long it would take for the interview to be actually scheduled and what is the heads up time we get to attend the interview? I am currently out of US & have to plan my travel back to attend the interview.

Cheers!

Hi Anneng. Did you file in 2017 or 2018?

3 hours ago, Pamela.J said:

Congrats! Hurraaaay! God luck with the NVC!

Thanks! Time to start calling them for the case number :-)

1 hour ago, ashcashbananas said:

Alhamdulillah! Congratulations!

Thanks!

3 hours ago, TER said:

Congrats 

what is your filing date and month 

@UkMza

 

Priority Date - 6 July - TSC. 

For the folks who are looking at the USCIS published timelines and worried about the difference between currently processing priority date for PR and USC, just hang in there! 

As others have mentioned, the dates are of the oldest case they have under process. I used to be super stressed thinking of them still processing February filers for USC. Been away from my wife 11 months now and couldn't bear to think the NOA2 would take another 5 months!

Alhamdulillah! We got approved!

Nothing in the mail yet but the online status now shows I130 approved on 8th Feb. I'll update my timeline soon

1 hour ago, NuestraUnion said:

Your friend may have to turn in the card also. Or he should at least call and verify what he needs to do. 

 

 

Please share this case. Because these mistakes happen as there are threads on VJ where a person was given a wrong card and had to change it. In fact, there are a couple of people in this thread who went through the same experience as the OP and was advised to return it.

 

Citizenship can be denied because of this error.

This was in 2013 and he went through an attorney. He is now in the process of naturalization, so either my statement about the visa officer's discretionary powers is correct or we will find out soon enough if he runs into any issue. I have sent him a link to this thread so that he is aware

I think the visa officer has the discretion to issue GC with a 2  or 10 years validity. My friend got it with 10 years validity though he was married for less than a year when they applied. I think it depends on how satisfied the officer is about the evidence provided. 

PS: His wife was a GC holder and they were both in the USA for the interview.

15 minutes ago, MJORG said:

SO MINE WAS IN NEBRASKA SO WHERE DID IT GET TRANSFERRED TO AND AND HEATHER MORALES WAS AT TEXAS WHERE DID HERS GO

I see the case number starts with SRC in the screenshot. This indicates Texas. What did your earlier case number start with?

4 minutes ago, truelove29 said:

You should use the last page of the I-130, Part 9 for additional information to add the rest of the addresses.

I used up all the space in Part 9 and attached an extra sheet with the remaining information. I have a long employment history and have moved quite a bit. This along with the long addresses in my part of the world ensured that I ran out of space quickly!

Thanks for the response truelove29.

As of now I have filled in the mailing address in the Physical Address 1 field as well. This way the auto populated Date To  - "PRESENT" would not be incorrect. Physical address 2 is filled by my previous address and the remaining addresses are in an extra sheet titled "Addendum to I-130" which I'll attach to my 1-130.

Do you think that is okay?

Hello Everyone,

I am filing a relative petition and in 1-130 my mailing address is same as physical address. According to instructions, I have to put the previous address in the next section - Physical address 1. When I do that the "Date To" field populates as "PRESENT" by default. It does not change no matter what checkbox options I use in that section or the mailing address section.

This is incorrect as the address in Physical address 1 is my previous address. The mailing address is the current address and I think filling in the mailing/current address in Physical address 1 section would go against the instructions which state: " Provide current address first if it is different from mailing address in Item Numbers 10.a. - 10.i."
 

Shall I just enter - " Please see attachment"  in these sections and put all the addresses in an additional sheet containing the residential address and employment history?

Please let me know what I should do.

Thanks,

Zakir