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Hey I got the same notification on 06/21 for the same date at the same office 😅. 

So I opened up the case tracker app and it said that they were still reviewing, but I thought I would give it a refresh (not sure why it didn't do that when I opened it) but hey! It popped up with the notification that my Interview has been scheduled for August 1st!! 
Filed early Jan, case changed 06/21. Hoping PDX office is a breeze. 
Good luck to those who are still waiting, it's coming!

Just had my N400 interview at the Portland OR field office. Appointment at 9am, they let me bring my coffee inside, started at 9:20am.
 
Got the six questions including the Federalist Papers one that I don't think a single American knows the answer to. Went through the rest of the form. I did end up mentioning my red light camera ticket I got after I applied, got a chuckle, we moved on. 
 
Got to see the entirety of my USCIS history and it was like four inches tall. I'm sure some of yours will be even higher. Jarring. 
 
At the end, I was asked if I wanted to do the oath right then and there. I said of course. The officer reminded me that I'll have to surrender my green card so I better not have any immediate travel booked. No ma'am. Took the oath in the same interview room, told to go downstairs and wait for my certificate. 20 minutes later, got my certificate and I'm now a US citizen! 
 
Super easy and no games. Everyone was super nice. Within an hour literally the whole process was completed and you're done with USCIS! 
 
Good luck everyone! 

Congratulations!!! Thanks for sharing as I thought LIN center folks were all in their vacation for the last few months lol. Good luck on your neutralization process. 

LIN center here.
 
We submitted our case last year on January 6th, biometrics were taken from old files on April 30th last year as well. We had an update last night that our case has been approved. Wohoo 😁.
 
Good luck to all of you guys
 

Congrats! So in between the biometrics taken and the approval, nothing in between?

LIN center here.
 
We submitted our case last year on January 6th, biometrics were taken from old files on April 30th last year as well. We had an update last night that our case has been approved. Wohoo 😁.
 
Good luck to all of you guys
 

Finally got my green card!
LIN service center, didn’t call or contact USCIS, just was patiently waiting🙂

Filed I-751 on 1/3/21
NOA 2/6/21
Approved on 12/21/21
Received the card 12/28/21
 
To all LIN pending applicants, you will get yours soon, just be patient and have hope!
 

Okay cool. Thanks for your help and advice. Will keep you updated on this. 

Correct - you cannot 'appeal' it except on two very specific grounds, which do not apply here at this moment in time. 
 
Your second statement is rubbish
 
 
The denial letters usually answer jack all. They are appalling.
 
- Correct - you cannot 'appeal' it except on two very specific grounds using an i-290B, which do not apply here at the present time. 
 
- His right to live & work in the US has NOT been terminated. That is complete BS. Yes I know what the letter says as I have had two of them, but it is NOT legally accurate. He can live, work, and travel (with a stamp) and remains a LPR until a final order of removal by an immigration judge. 
 
 
 
Absolute, total rubbish. This is scaremongering and not true in ANY capacity. 
 
 
 
Anyone can file as many I-751s as they want. He is perfectly eligible to file a new one and remains free to do so up to the point if and when a final order of removal by an immigration judge, at which point he is no longer a LPR.
You can file a waiver even if not fully divorced - it just can't be approved without a final divorce decree. 
 
 
 
Correct on all counts. Thank you for beating me to positing some accurate information. 
 
 
Nope.
No 'valid reason' or excuse is required for a waiver filing outside of the 90 day period. It can be filed at ANY time between gaining permanent residence and a final order of removal, without penalty. 
He remains a LPR. 
 
Correct on all counts. 
 
 
Probably for the same reason mine did something sort of similar and just as evil - because some people just want to watch people burn.
 
 
 
 
I can't read the OPs attached letters for some reason but I get the gist of it and I can also unfortunately recall from memory large chunks of what the denial latter said, so I may be guessing in parts as I can't read it, but the OPs friend was sort of in a tricky situation.
In the eyes of USCIS, legally, you are married or divorced. He couldn't file as a divorce waiver because they were still married. He technically could still have filed as joint as they did - even if not living together - with a co-operative spouse, which they appeared to do but this was then nuked by the spouse at interview.
He should have immediately requested a switch to a divorce waiver at the interview and then hope it comes through quickly - this would have been one legal option.
If it was to arrive quickly then potentially an i-290B could be filed on the basis of new previously unsubmitted documents (in the form of a divorce decree), but using the i-290B to overcome a denial is in my opinion a hiding to nothing with an unknown timeline, and costs almost the same as a fresh filing anyway. 
Caught between a a rock and a hard place. I have some sympathy. There is some documentation I can dig out from my extensive files on this stuff, but I'm still largely on hiatus from here thanks to some over-zealous people who won't answer questions or take constructive crticism, so I may get round to it eventually. 
 
 
He needs to prepare a divorce waiver filing to resubmit as soon as possible, including resubmission of ALL the evidence, even if previously submitted as they won't take into account the evidence contained within the denied filing. This needs to be accompanied by the final divorce decree, if in hand, or sent in soon after. 
 
 
 

They probably won't make it to the border even.  CBP will likely delegate the vaccination check to the airlines, like they already do with the COVID test check.  Those not in compliance with the new rules will probably not be checked in at all and will be told to re-book their flights when they're vaccinated with the accepted brands.
 

A few weeks ago LIN had a bunch of approvals from Nov/Dec 2020 and even one from Jan 2021. It's been pretty quite since then... 

Hi everyone!
I submitted my file on the end of Dec, and my receipt is from LIN center. On July 19th, I got a notification saying my card is produced, and it updated this status yesterday. 
This platform is so helpful for me in this journey, so I just want to share with you guys and good luck to you all, especially people from LIN center. 
 
 
 

My new GC arrived yesterday! LIN case received 11/30/20. Valid until 2031 😁

Ok! I'm shell-shocked... today while looking through my 150 open pages and trying to decide which to close I was about to close Case Status Online but kind of mindlessly refreshed the page and wow our case got approved today! It only took them 5 ( counting from NOA 4)  months! And I'm with LIN!!!
I am going out of the country in a few days, now I am wondering if that is gong to be an issue???

 

No.....First, you're here illegally. What you should have done was file an I-539 to extend your B1/B2 tourist Visa but you didn't do it. 
1) If you accrue unlawful presence of more than 180 continuous days but less than one year, but you leave before any official, formal removal procedures (deportation) are instituted against you, you will be barred from reentering the United States for a period of three years.
2) If you accrue unlawful presence of more than 365 continuous days, then leave prior to any deportation or other formal procedures being instituted against you, you will be subsequently barred from reentering the United States for a period of ten years.
3) If you accrue unlawful presence of more than one year total (in the aggregate, not necessarily continuous), or are ordered removed (deported) from the U.S., and subsequently attempt to enter without inspection (for example, attempt to sneak across the border), then you will be permanently barred from the U.S., with no waiver available except to VAWA self-petitioners. (After ten years, however, you can request special permission to apply for a U.S. visa or green card.)

10 year bar, not lifetime bar.

Only if they are married to a USC or LPR (if the priority date is current).
 
No
A family member could petition but the interview would be at a consulate and the lifetime bar that had accrued due to the overstay would have to be overcome.
Usually in these cases there are additional items such as work under a false SSN or claiming to be a USC.
 
Probably time to get a lawyer.

Yaaay we got our NOA in the mail today. Receipt starts with LIN.
Package received at 01/06.
NOA 02/11l

Yaaay we got our NOA in the mail today. Receipt starts with LIN.
Package received at 01/06.
NOA 02/11l

We sent our package January 4th and was delivered on the 6th.
I just checked our bank account, and our credit card has been charged 680$.
 
Hopefully we get our NOA soon 🤞🤞

We sent our package January 4th and was delivered on the 6th.
I just checked our bank account, and our credit card has been charged 680$.
 
Hopefully we get our NOA soon 🤞🤞
 
Update:
Our check cleared last night and we got our receipt number ( LIN).
Now the wait game begins 😁

We sent our package January 4th and was delivered on the 6th.
I just checked our bank account, and our credit card has been charged 680$.
 
Hopefully we get our NOA soon 🤞🤞
 
Update:
Our check cleared last night and we got our receipt number ( LIN).
Now the wait game begins 😁

I got the same dates. Sent on the 4th, received on the 6th, check cleared today. Back to the K1 anxiety

We sent our package January 4th and was delivered on the 6th.
I just checked our bank account, and our credit card has been charged 680$.
 
Hopefully we get our NOA soon 🤞🤞