Juls801

Hello. We filed the N400 in November. We had filed the 751 in Feb 2023 but became eligible in November to do the n400 early due to years together/married. We've gotten no RFEs through this whole process, from K1 to now. I'm noticing most people from this month have at least had an interview. We haven't had anything except extension letters & a notification they're using my husband's prints from before.

How many more are still waiting?

On 2/10/2023 at 1:44 PM, beloved_dingo said:

I was going to mention the same. 

 

@Juls801 I know there are different rules that can apply with the military, but generally speaking you have to be an LPR 3 years if married to a U.S. citizen to apply for citizenship, not 2 years. 

We have been married just barely 3 years because of covid it took so long to get the adjust of status it put us over the 3yr limit.

1/31 priority mailed I751

2/2 arrived at PO

2/6 received text

2/10 received NOA

We are filing our N400 in the next couple weeks.

On 7/29/2022 at 7:12 AM, Coxy5501 said:

I've reached out several times via live chat (since I never get through calling their number) from the USCIS website. From what they told me the last update was that my interview was completed and that they didn't see any record of an RFE being sent.

 

Is there a number to reach out to the SLC office?

Sorry I'm just now seeing this. Did you get a resolution?

On 7/26/2022 at 8:48 AM, Coxy5501 said:

Thanks, just wish ours was as quick a process as yours was after the interview. 

 

We decided to wait till the RFE came to save on the medical expense. It's been 2 months now and we've heard nothing. They indicated that we may get another interview scheduled if we didn't get the RFE but we don't know if they have the needed records now.

I'd call the service desk and ask where the RFE is in the system. Has it even been filed by the SL office? 2mo to put that in your file is weird. It's not like it's going through one of the main USCIS centers where paperwork is reviewed and approved. It's the SL officer who just puts the missing document note in the file to trigger the RFE letter. I called when we hadn't seen/heard anything about our letter after a week, lol.

On 5/24/2022 at 5:35 PM, Coxy5501 said:

So my wife and I have just got back from our AoS initial interview in SLC today. Everything seemed to be going well, IO was nice and had some friendly discussion. Asked my wife a few questions about me and had a quick look at my passport, vaccination documents but didn't ask for much else.

 

We were then informed that he couldn't see the I-129F petition in our files as well as the Medical exam documentation I took prior to my K1 visa interview. They said I was likely to receive a RFE for another medical or possibly secondary interview if he couldn't chase up the documents.

 

Has anyone else gone through a similar experience? We were baffled that the files we submitted seemed to be missing from their system

We had the exact same thing happen in the SLC USCIS office. The interview was flawless until the end where we were told our medical didn't make it from London. Although super frustrating after getting so close, we made an appt with a civil surgeon that could see my husband the soonest (like 2 days away) to waste more $ on another medical and for a crazy Dr to sign off all the things that we did in London. We got the RFE letter about a week after the interview where we were told the medical was missing. We immediately put the new medical & RFE back in the mail and sent it back to the SLC office and in about 10 days our status was updated to approved and card created/mailed.

Sorry it happened to you too!

11 minutes ago, Amber and Shawn said:

We finally out our appointment leter!! Scheduled for the 22nd Feb. The only concerns i have are the missing flu shots in my medical packet do i get them done now before the interview? Also the lack of documents like health insurance and rent together since we cant afford insurance and we're paying rent to his parents so theres no documents..

I would get the flu shot now and bring it to your interview just to be safe. They may not care or may not accept it since it's not signed by a Civil Surgeon, but I know my husband needed it for his new Medical today. I was glad he'd gotten the shot a few weeks earlier & we brought the pharmacy papers.

Our officer didn't ask or care about joint documents. We had them (loans, utilities, bank accounts & life insurance) but he only asked for pictures and then just tossed them aside and didn't look at them. I did front load our 485 with health insurance and bank accounts though so that could be why. Just bring what you have and try not to worry. You can't bring something you don't have & lots of people live with relatives at first. Good luck!

Today we bit the bullet & just paid for another Medical since USCIS lost the K1 one. Ironically the RFE letter showed up in the mail today too. Our status online still shows 'Interview Scheduled' though. We will mail back the RFE & new Medical papers tomorrow. Can't wait for this to be done for a couple years. 😉

On 1/17/2021 at 12:36 PM, Ayrton said:

Their first step will be to try to find the package. They're going to contact CBP, they might not even send you a RFE. 

Really? He didn't even mention they were going to look for it. He told us it happens often and my husband needed to get another medical. We even asked if we could have London send a copy of the original and he answered "you can try,  but I've never had an embassy willing to do extra work". It's impossible though we found out. Since the UK in in lockdown you cannot get ahold of anyone at Knightsbridge where the medical was done or the embassy. We've tried emailing, calling, and faxing. We just gave up & got his Medical rescheduled Monday & just really want the RFE letter! 🙏

10 hours ago, Rawan1991 said:

Hello,

My interview was scheduled on the 26th and I just received the notice. However, I am currently traveling and the notice mentioned to reschedule in case of travels in the past 2 weeks.

Any advise?? can I still attend the interview if I quarantined for 7 days and did the PCR (State requirements)?

And if I rescheduled, how long will it take to have another appointment.

It is frustrating that I received the appointment notice only 10 days before the interview date! 

Thank you

I would still go if you can meet the state guidelines of quarantine before your appointment. I'd assume the letter is a form letter for all states and some have longer quarantine times. I'd probably do a rapid test to be sure as soon as you're home.  

There's no way to know how long a rescheduled appointment would take. It's different at each local office. 

On 1/15/2021 at 3:40 PM, Letspaintcookies said:

That sucks. But you can already get the medical done. That way you can respond immediately when you get the REF. Who knows how long you have to wait for an appointment.

Good to know! The way the officer explained it, he made it sound like we needed the letter before we can schedule or do the medical. I already called a couple places to get an idea of timeline and it's only a week out. 

11 hours ago, BellaUnion said:

That's bad luck. Did the IO give you an RFE on the spot or tell you that you would likely get one?

He didn't say either. He actually said "had the medical been in his file I would've approved you today" and he even said "this is not your fault and there's nothing you could've done". He did say to wait for the letter he will send requesting the medical be redone so when we send them in it wouldn't get lost. So, I'm assuming it'll technically be a RFE of some sort. Our status hasn't changed yet from interview scheduled though and I really wish he'd just send it so we can schedule the medical! It's very frustrating. He was super nice though. 

19 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

Sorry, they have replaced the skin test with IGRA testing. Before.. a positive skin test would indicate the need for a chest x-Ray. Now a positive IGRA requires a chest x-Ray. That’s how the technical instructions for civil surgeons is written for TB clearance. Your original (written) clearance for TB is lost so you start over from scratch with slightly different rules. Take it up with the civil surgeon.

 

A few years ago I spoke on the phone with the clinic in London asking about replacing medical exams lost by USCIS because it was happening so often. The lady told me they were contracted by the embassy to perform a service and turned everything over to the embassy and retained no records. That’s why you got your X-ray cd. The clinic didn’t keep it and the embassy had no need to keep it so gave it to you. I don’t know if records are currently retained at the clinic. They started creating digital records to provide to the embassy over sending paper forms by courier so maybe there is a chance. Only the clinic can answer your question. 

Thank you for the background and great details. This makes sense. It sounds like it's probably not gonna happen (getting his Medical from the clinic) due to your explanation and with the UK in lockdown nobody is answering calls, emails or faxes. I think we'll just head to the civil surgeon here.  Thankfully the officer accepted his copy of the vaccines so that's one less worry. Thank you!

Hi all,

We just had my husband's AOS interview today. The interview was easy, relaxed and not anything we expected. He asked for no other documentation (I preloaded our application with joint accounts & utilities, will, life insurance beneficiary, medical insurance, etc) & just tossed our pictures in our file nonchalantly when we asked if he wanted any. The officer stated he would have approved us but his Medical was missing. It seems the unsealed packet my husband surrendered at POA to customs in Dublin never made it to the US. He said he would need another medical unless he can get the records from the k1 Medical. 

Question- has anyone ever been able to get another copy over a year later? We don't want to pay $$$ for another Medical if it's possible. We've emailed Knightsbridge in London, but aren't holding our breath. 

So sad. We came this far only to be derailed by that dang packet/medical not getting into his file!

PS- totally off topic but our officer talked a ton about his life to us and told us all about his expensive cars and how he and his wife (whom also came on a k1) are getting a Lotus next. We left there in shock those guys do so well! 😁🤑 

12 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

Those Medicals get “lost” more than you would expect. Not necessarily Dublin. The documents go into storage at a central location and are supposed to be retrieved to match up to your AOS file. They could be filed wrong or the person retrieving just couldn’t be arsed to look for them. All the ones I have known had to go to a civil surgeon for a full medical. TB Skin test. 
 

Email the clinic. 

 

 

TB skin test? They didn't do that at the original K1 medical? We have his chest xray disk - isn't that what it was checking?

We have emailed Knightsbridge, but curious if they have been known to send another copy this long after or at all. If it's not even a possibility we'll start the civil surgeon research now.

Thanks!

Hi all,

We just had my husband's AOS interview today after his arrival on a k1 visa Nov 2019. The officer stated he could have approved us but his Medical was missing. It seems the unsealed packet he surrendered at POA to customs in Dublin never made it to the US. He said he would need another medical unless he can get the records from the k1 Medical. 

Question- has anyone ever been able to get another copy over a year later? We don't want to pay $$$ for another Medical if it's possible. 

Congrats @beaubeast on your interview. Hope it went well today. Be sure to check in and let us know how it went & give us some pointers.

Got our interview date letter in the mail today. It's for Jan 13th 2021. Yippee!!

2020 has been rough (for everyone). This week has been more rough (death in the family) so this surprise at 1:20am was a welcome miracle! Finally scheduled for AOS interview! 1 full year after filing.  I woke my husband from a dead sleep with my gasp of glee when I got the notification from the 'Notifier for US Case Status' app & promptly signed into USCIS to verify the news! 

On 9/14/2020 at 11:51 AM, AGF said:

It has been 213 days since our status changed to Ready to be Scheduled for an Interview... no changes whatsoever... I’m just thankful that I already have my EAD! How are you all? 

Same with us. Interview ready to be scheduled since Feb. Getting ready to send in the EAD extension paperwork in 10 days. 

We are waiting on an interview date (went to 'ready to schedule' in February) still so when a letter from Homeland Security showed up in our mail today we were excited.

However, it's only another copy if NOA1. We are so confused. Has anyone else had this happen? Is there some computer issue at USCIS sending random letters?

🤔

Like most of you we are waiting for our interview. Husband got his EAD combo card in March so it expires in March 2021. Do we have to send another application request to extend that 6 months prior? That'd be September 2020 and at the rate interviews are going I can't see getting one for AOS by then.

Am I thinking correctly on the combo extension timeframe?

1 minute ago, J.Z.Lefort said:

No 😊. After a run of luck after our wedding after both me almost dying 5 days after our wedding and my husband surviving sepsis on Friday 13th December .. i think we needed some luck lol !! 

😯😳 WOW! Yes you certainly did! Glad all is well and you got some good luck!