ApplyingforN400

38 minutes ago, CoffeeVegan said:

May I ask what that means? Thank you.

We all have different local offices with different processing times. Some take 4 months for N400 some take 2 years

NBC is known to only recieve the files to prep them for local offices for interviews. 

So if NBC is not approving our cases then that means they are prepping our files for local offices making file approvals on a case by case bases depending on your local office timeline

52 minutes ago, YafaUSA said:

I think this transfer is a good sign. It means there is some kind of movement after so many months of waiting. I'm hoping we'll have an update soon!

Transfer is def a good sign. My only worry is that once it sits there it becomes case by case for when our local offices are ready to request file for interview. 

If thats the case then order of filing goes out the window and some from feb 2017 filers will get interview next week and some oct 2016 filers might not hear anything til 2019. Which is unfair. 

As a dec filer as soon as dec gets approved and I dont hear anything im going all out with senators office lawyers and any options I have even it angers them and puts more scrutiny on my file, closure is what im after now including denial 😂

1 hour ago, Dragonmermaid said:

Husband and I had our I-751 interview on April 18th, 2018. We applied for his ROC on August 15th, 2016 and it took that long to move forward! Was hoping to receive an approval/some kind of final decision but got a notice today that our case is also being transferred to NBC. How frustrating! Don’t even know what this means! :-( Guess we’ll just pray and keep each other posted...

Did you apply for N400

if its any indication they transferred a bunch of Files to NBC. Many are assuming so that NBC preps them for interviews but since your case is backwards, my guess is they prepped NBC for a bulk transfers so that they can approve them there. 

Will see with time. You past the hard part. 

7 minutes ago, BigEZ said:

You're welcome!

 

Are you a concurrent N-400/I-751 as well? To be honest, I wouldn't read too much into the language they used. I'm not getting my hopes up for any quick updates. Guessing it will be at least a couple of months before I hear anything  

Its not about worrying about the wording. 

Its about why what is suppose to be an automated letter has two wordings. 

They bulk transferred cases, why do they have multiple letters. 

40 minutes ago, Waiting4mygreenn said:

 i realized that all the transfers on may 1st, 3rd, 7th etc are happening to cases filed between august 2016 and march 2017, not new cases. So that means they are being worked on. Those who didn't file N400 will probably get a an approval within 45 days, those who did file n400 will have their Roc kicked away to some other officer to deal with, therefore n400 interview is going to be scheduled most likely withing 45 days also, but could be a bit longer depending on field offices.

If thats the case it makes zero sense to ignore a transferred file just because N400 was filed. If a reasonable person looks at it, they should approve the i751 because filing for the N400 is another proof that the marriage is still on going and the person is ready for N400 interview. 

Considering how N400 interviewers are having a hard time approving I751 thats sitting on their desk because its not part of their daily job, I imagine they are trying to avoid combo interviews because thats an invitation to administrative mistakes. 

Time will tell.

1 minute ago, caem said:

The instructions say to send everything from the beginning of the marriage and that's what we did - 3+ years at the time of application generates a large paper-trail. 

Also, based on the VJ threads, we made sure to include monthly statements for the various financial accounts and credit cards.

Lease agreements + financial statements take the majority of the package. Things like insurances take maybe 15 pages overall.

 

Like I said, I cant tell you what to send. This is a personal matter. All im saying to others, if you hate how long this process takes, imagine each one of the 100s of thousands of applicants sent 500+ pages. 

Its something people got to reason themselves. 

Im a firm believer if I sent that much, The officer would see it as im messing with them being sacrastic to the process and cause me delay. 

On an RFE on the other hand, Id send a suitcase

To each their own. Good luck

3 hours ago, caem said:

Maybe. If I recall correctly, our package was ~500 pages. Perhaps the large cases get processed last.

Are the last two digits of your case number in the high range (>20)? I wonder if they process cases 0 - 15/20 in 17.5 months and then the rest have to wait for 19 months.

500 pages, I guarantee you no one looked at your file and said “wow this person is ready, I like this person”

at best their reaction was “omg I hate this job, who sends this much paper”

their worst reaction might be “send this file to the investigative unit, they might be trying to hide something or distract with all this paper”. 

Especially since they are obligated to look at every page incase some of these pages are like a horrible criminal record pages tucked in the middle. 

People dont do this. Dont send 500 pages, any reasonable person know that this is just wrong, its as painfully obvious as this process itself. 

If you’re on your last chance before deporation from a judge strike, go ahead and send every piece of paper you have gotten in your life. 

If you’re in a straight forward case filing jointly, have some reason, for the sake of the employees, yourself and your follow filers 

4 minutes ago, Khan Bhai said:

Thank you for your reply. what is the difference between An ISO i believe (Immigration Service Officer) or regular IO why i have to ask for ISO when i get there its mention on the letter to ask for ISO.

IO is just an online abbreviation for forums, I doubt it has any mentions in official documents and letters. Officially it has an extra word. IO is the same as ISO. 

Its a strange letter indeed. Def a locally rushed letter due to spouses showing up alone with a pending I751 though

56 minutes ago, DiGr said:

I had an info pass appointment today to get a one year extension. All went easy. I asked if he knows what it means that the update says that the case was received at my local office. He said he doesn't know why it says that, and he said that my case is still at VSC. Also, he mentioned that all applicants that applied for removal of conditions after May 2017, will have an interview that is mandatory now. 

 

Not sure what to believe, not much you can do other than waiting. 

Eh dont believe anyone. Supervisors call the shots and they talk to no one in person 

there was just A DIVORCE WAIVER approval in nov 2017 with no interview.

Although for godsake if only they’d send these damn interviews. The wasting of 18 months on a 3 months process is the real problem.   

51 minutes ago, Khan Bhai said:

Super confused !!

So my interview was supposed to be on may 25th for N 400. my I-751 status updated like crazy for a few days i got a letter said my case was transferred to a new office. on may 5th i received a letter  from California said my case was transferred to new office then on May 7th my case updated to interview was scheduled for n 400. and when i checked the mail today it has a very weird kind of letter said G-56 (Call in notice) with the local office address reason saying i-751 interview. bring bank statements photos etc etc to the interview. it didn't mention interview for n 400. Is it normal or i just received this letter because of some problem? does anybody knows what is G56 form.    

People with combined n400 and I751 pending have been going alone expecting to be n400 interview only, this is just their rushed way to tell you its a combo interview. Take your spouse and proof 

Jan 2017 is full force with approvals. Whats going on? Dec getting skipped?

6 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Thanks.  We never received a notice regarding the I751 interview, but based on what I have read here, I suspected they may conduct an interview for the I751 when my wife had her N400 interview so I made sure I was able to attend.  After we received the notice of the I751 being transferred to NBC, it was about four weeks before we received the approval notice.

So your I751 was at the NBC before the approval showed up? 

Does that mean NBC is approving apps?

3 hours ago, Unsu007 said:

 

yes i did,  it's a GC no problems at all.

I just got back with it too. I have it in I94 form. 

Lucky for me, when I got the stamp they let me keep my expired green card. 

And it works like a normal none expired green card on the CBP computer. Funny enough the officer even told “what is this” when I gave him the I94 with I551 stamp on it. He didnt use it. He just scanned my expired green card and it works. 

So I guess the stamp is only good for airline personnel who have no way of checkking if green card still valid

25 minutes ago, conrad88 said:

Thank you!! I could send Mar - July 16 do you think thats relevant? 

Send what you have and expect and RFE. 

Unfortunately in this immigration process you cant just decide not to like something, as immigrants we have people outside of our marriage to answer to, so you’re going to either have to get a lawyer for this or do it yourself by being truthful to whats going on. 

It doesnt look good from bona fide marriage stand point, but looking good means nothing its about explaining your story. 

5 minutes ago, Waiting4mygreenn said:

I agree. That this is the best explanation of those transfers even though hard transfer copies were recieved. I say that because i had an interview long time ago and when i make any inquiry i get a response from local office but the transfer notice i got was from california, and a tier 2 officer confirmed today that my case is still at local office. But who knows what's going on. Everybody that got this transfer notice got an identical notice, all from california,all transfered to NBC, all dated may 1st, maybe more glitches coming in the mail. And a mixture of applicants from different months some filed N400, some didn't, some waivers, some joint and even some who had interview or being approved. This transfer means LESS than nothing, it's less than a glitch. Good luck to you and to all and congrats on approval and very sorry to hear about the passing of your husband

Anybody else got the update online but no letter? Because I have yet to recieve a hard copy letter even though I recieved may 1st and may 3rd update

I would not involve them yet. Resend everything and include a cover explaining why it was filed late. 

I have yet to see an application filed for late filing. You’ll be absolutely fine, especially only couple of weeks after the deadline. 

1 hour ago, Starkilla09 said:

The transfer of some of our I-751’s to NBC could be either a blessing or a curse depending on how backlogged your field office is. My field office in Seattle takes about 12 months to finish N 400 though according to their processing time though some people have been lucky to have their interviews half that time. 2 filers with same priority date as me who filed on 12/05/2017 just received interview notices as well as another October 2017 filer. By filing my N 400 in December 2017, I’m already half way in the process rather than for me to have waited for I-751 to be adjudicated in California before beginning. It would be even amazing if I’m scheduled within this month or the next. I personally don’t mind the joint interview. I’ve still been stockpiling evidence sine I sent I-751 in December 2016.

It is but its undeniably unnecessary  stress. Obviously going to citizenship interview alone with a 10 year green card is literally NOTHING compared to going to citizenship interview with a spouse and a hanging I751. 

If the n400 raises any concerns in the former, who cares, you still have your 10 year gc and it’s generally safe. However if a problem arises and you I751 is also sitting there pending than it will trickle down and put you in limbo. 

The time I applied for citizenship there zero movement happening at CSC. 

If there was movement like we are seeing now, I would advice people not to apply for N400. A combined case is obviously something uscis officers dont have a lot of training with and just seems way to messy. 

28 minutes ago, fouzimedfouni said:

You should be receiving your Approval Notice/or Interview sCHEDULED notice by the Next 30 days ..............that's what's up

Derwood, user who recieved transfer to NBC in march is still waiting for both ROC and N400 because his local office is a busy one. 

Its not about good news or bad news but recongizing patterns. We have long suspected and seen that N400 filers are being skipped and combined. And this is what happened here unfortunately. 

See you guys as citizens whenever your local office decides to bless you. 

6 minutes ago, fouzimedfouni said:

Your file Never sent to MO, it's at your field office, received the same letter, when I went for my N400 interview, my I751 file was there even though the transfer letter indicated that my file was transferred to MO...............if you received that letter and you have N400 interview coming up ..... then that's what's up .......Make sure to take your spouse with you because they will approve both of them.....the N400 and I751, if not ..... you're screwed like what happened to me, they will write a statement to the next officer that will review/take over your case stating that you showed up to your interview but you weren't aware that you have to bring your spouse ( because the N400 letter don't indicate so) but because a decision wasn't made upon your I751 they can't proceed with your N400 unless if your spouse is there as I mentioned above ........with all that been said ......I got screwed and they put me on hold until they schedule a new appointment for my N-400 which will make them take their sweet A$$ time.

 

 

It was sent to MO, the NBC center are the ones that prep the N400 files before they send them to the local office. 

And when it comes to N400 its by local office processing time and case by case. 

So not everyone will be recieving an invterview in the next 30 days. Some are in for the long haul depending on their local office. 

Some like you said will get an interview scheduled this week and some will get an interview in 2019

Needless to say the N400 filers atleast screwed themselves by causing another I751 interview that was suppose to be a very rare case. 

2 minutes ago, newsonys said:

Yes in Dec 2017. Chicago location 

What's nbc

Just now, Snorlux said:

National Benefits Center, P.O. Box 648005, Lee's Summit, MO 64064 .. At least that's what my transfer notice states and that's in Missouri as well so probably the same USCIS office?

So it looks like we might be out of luck boys. 

My take on this now is, before they start approving the next patch, late nov, dec, jan

they moved thw N400 filers out of the way. 

The fast approval cases are those that were sent to Nebraska. Unless NBC sends the file to another center after review. It looks like they cleaned up the n400 out of the way for local offices to deal with. 

There is a small number of none n400 filers that got the notice too but they seem to be divorce waivers or unlucky filers with random interview coming up. 

1 minute ago, newsonys said:

Just opened the letter. 

It literally states that my case has been transferred to Missouri. At least, it was not a glitch but does not indicate how soon it may be processed.... I just have to cross my fingers 

Did you apply for N400?

8 minutes ago, Snorlux said:

MO is Missouri no? Also NBC is not supposed to adjudicate cases just prepare them for interviews or something like that :S https://www.uscis.gov/archive/blog/2012/06/national-benefits-center-what-it-is-and 

 

Honestly, i have no clue what USCIS is doing :S really confusing and now that my i751 is sitting an NBC there's no way to track it either since NBC doesn't come up as an option on the processing times website for I751s :/ 

Yes and No, NBC was created for the purpose of I485 and n400. Both these require an interview. But it clearly says NBC checks evidence and sends RFE if they need more. Since I751 is a new thing for NBC to ease workload they are approving them directly after they check the evidence. 

The NBC purpose is to HELP ease the burden on local offices not add to it. 

Just now, Snorlux said:

So i actually got 2 separate "transfer to another office that has jurisdiction" notices.. one on may 1st and one on may 3rd.. The letter i got today was from may 1st .. could it be that NBC got the case from CSC and forwarded it to my local office in case my N400 is ready for interview already? :S  I mean, it's a stretch.. but I'm being hopeful lol

We all got two. The way I see it is, its the two day delivery option they use, may 1st it was sent out of CSC, may 3rd it arrived at NBC. 

Usually n400 interview is scheduled before I751 is transferred to local office. But will see in the next few days. 

20 minutes ago, Snorlux said:

Ok so just got the letter, it came from California Service Center and says that my case has been transferred to NBC, Lee's Summit MO.

Could this mean that they are preparing to combine it with my n400? :S

It could be but I doubt it. 

It is CSC and NBC’s job to approve ROC, everytime an N400 is combined with an I751 there seems to be a confusion about the steps to be taken at the local office. So I dont think they are proactively sending them to local offices expect in cases where the N400 interview  shows up way ahead of the I751 schedule 

2 minutes ago, gaia12 said:

I didn't know about the I865 step. My wife and I moved states last summer and I only submitted AR-11. Is it too late to send I865 now?

 

I am a CSC filer (now residing on the East Coast). no update on my case since I filed back in January. Online status still says "waived your fees...."

No its not too late, I would send an I865 with a cover letter explaining you just learned about it, also include your new lease and new evidence in your new life. 

If an adjusticator is looking at all these evidence from the old address and then sees an AR11 he might send an RFE to understand more about the address change.