Ailana

Alright guys, it's my turn now. I got a notification yesterday that my card is in production which means I'm finally approved and freeeeeee like a bird. It still hasn't sunk in yet that my ROC is finally over, and it probably won't until I have that beautiful green plastic in my arms. Wanted to share with all of you my experience, albeit in retrospect, a very smooth experience for a not so clean-cut case. I filed with a divorce waiver, and I cannot say I only had the bare minimum of evidence because I included the most I could in my evidence, tried to cover all my bases, and tried to prepared for all possible scenarios.  My file was about 300 pages long, I was a bit OCD with the file contents and organization. Of course, not all my evidence was perfect, I had certain gaps. I'm sharing a list of my document evidences below for anyone interested. This forum was of amazing help while I was assembling my application and moral support during that awful waiting limbo. So, I will stick around for a while and try to give back to the community. Anyway, here's some details:
 
 
 
Summary of my case
Service Center: CSC
First 5 Digits from WAC/EAC Receipt #: WAC1731400 (I-751)  &  WAC1722150 (CRI-89)
NOA1 Date: 08/11/2017
Filed N-400?: No
Case Transferred?: Yes
     If yes, provide to what service center? On what date?: Texas (TSC) 10/10/2018
Approved?: YES
     If yes, what was the date of your approval?: 12/18/2018
     If yes, did you have a RFE (Request for Evidence)? On what date?: No
     If yes, did you have an interview? On what date?: No
Any other information: Divorce waiver
 
 
My ROC Timeline:
08/11/2017   -   NOA1 Date. CRI-89 Status: "Case Was Received"
09/13/2017   -   Biometrics Appointment
02/26/2018   -   I-751 Status change to: Case Was Received At My Local Office
10/09/2018   -   I-751 Status change to: Case Was Received At My Local Office (glitch)
10/10/2018   -   I-751 Status change to: Case Was Transferred And A New Office Has Jurisdiction
12/18/2018   -   I-751 Status change to: New Card Is Being Produced 🎆🎉🎊🎇
 
 
For whomever is interested in how I did my case or needs help/advice, here are all the gory details. Otherwise, stop here, cause the info is loooong.
 
My Evidence:
    All of this evidence were color copies of originals (unless originals were required), all evidence listed both our names or same address or same account # (any kind of info proving it's joint) 
 
     Sent with I-751:
Copies of all IDs, immigration docs(GC, passport, SS, DL, ex's DL, I-94, old visas, etc) Marriage evidence (marriage cert, photos) Divorce evidence (divorce cert, ex's affidavit, marriage counseling docs: letter from counselor, billing receipts, treatment plan) Taxes and W2s (2 years) 3 affidavits (Ex's mother, Ex's best friend, my best friend) Financial evidence (checking, savings, CD, credit cards) Debt evidence (bills: Dr.'s visit, dentist's, eye Dr, pets' vet) Insurances (health, ex's health, vision, ex's vision, dental, prescription program, life, 401k, auto) Address evidence (2 leases, bills: water, electric, gas, waste, internet, mobile; post office change of address docs) Memberships (gym, zoo, park, Sam's Club, employee club)  Other (pet adoption docs, pets' vet records, post-surgery patient release doc, trips evidence: plane tickets, hotel booking, attractions tickets; big purchases receipts, receipts of bday & christmas gift to each other, letters & mail, emergency contact docs, ex's pay stub listing marital status as married, tickets to concerts/events)        What I shouldn't have done: I shouldn't have included the ex's affidavit cause I later learned that this effectively gives USCIS permission to contact him  whereas if I hadn't done that, they couldn't contact him. Which depending on how good of terms you are with the ex, it could potentially harm you. In my case, USCIS never contacted him (phw!)
 
      What gaps I had in evidence: children (thank god we didn't have any), properties (no house, we bought cars before getting married, didn't get any loans cause he had really bad credit and always wasted any money we had so we were constantly broke), stuff from before marriage except pictures, Last Will, trust, power of attorney, texts emails and FB stuff (I do have these but didn't send them). Other evidence I could have easily gotten but never thought of it during the marriage: joint loan applications (even if denied), renter's insurance, check carbon copies showing joint expenses, joint Netflix, Amazon, Walgreens accounts.
 
      Evidence I had in case of emergency: (All of this evidence I saved it for an emergency, I didn't send it with my I-751 cause some of it is too explicit or could potentially make me look childish and immature for saving it. But I had it prepared in case of an RFE or interview)
I didn't send evidence of the reasons for divorce. But I saved everything that proves he cheated on me multiple times with different girls, money he spent on them, dating app profiles he had, explicit texts/emails/photos of him cheating. Also, evidence of how quickly I moved out (overnight separation) cause he was having his latest new gf stay the night at the house; luckily the landlord let me get out of the lease early. Police report: I called 911 the night we split cause he was trying to break in after he left the house to be with his new gf. I refused to let him in the house by myself, I did not file a report or complaint cause he left after he realized he couldn't break the door and he saw the cops coming, but the police wrote a report that they came to the house to check if I was ok. Financial issues caused by him: he had 6 different jobs in 2 years, got fired twice and quit 3 times, was occasionally unemployed and not contributing financially, would spend all the money, bank accounts would often overdraft, some bills were overdue and sent to collections, he was several months late in child support payments (to his kid from his previous marriage in a different state, he lost custody and could only visit once a month with supervision and not overnight). Letters from collection agencies I got after divorce looking for him cause he had delinquent balances. Dr. visits and blood test documents: I got myself tested just in case. Luckily all came back negative. Therapy sessions documents after divorce. 2 years worth of call records/texts/messages/emails/whatsapp/fb posts sent to each other and his family members.  
Any questions or comments anyone has, feel free to contact me, and I can try to help by sharing my experience. I'll be around for a bit and will come back again for the N-400 in the near future.
 
Hope everyone else who's still waiting follows suit and get their approvals soon! Hang there, the wait is almost over  
 

Omg!!! We got approved!!! I can’t belive it!!! 
NOA 8/1/17
REF 11/16/18
Approved 12/18/18
Vermont SC
I can’t thank enough all you advice throughout this process!! This forum it’s a goldmine. 

My case was updated this morning to "New Card Is Being Produced". So happy!  My NOA date is August 23, WAC17326, I did not file N-400. I'm sure everyone will get approvals very soon! 
 

My case was updated this morning to "New Card Is Being Produced". So happy!  My NOA date is August 23, WAC17326, I did not file N-400. I'm sure everyone will get approvals very soon! 
 

Greencardo Approvedovski

There's a button on the top right corner on the search screen that looks like a chart with an arrow pointing diagonally up, it shows the total number of apps by case status.

That’s inaccurate as we were approved last week. Additionally on my day, Aug 15 there are now 51 approvals with 23 RFE’s. Definitely working on it and still within the projected time frame 14.5-17 months. This means August filers technically have until January to be approved still within normal processing time.

Too late to edit my previous post. USCIS did not make a mistake; my wife and I simply can't read numbers. What we thought said 2020 in fact said 2028.  

Green card in hand! 🤩

8:00 Am they clock in.
8:35 Am they finish their coffee.
8:50 Am they take a 10 min break. 
9:15 Am they are back.
9:40 Am restroom break.
10:00 Am Facebook/ IG time
11:15 Am check thousands of lunch
menu
2:30 Pm they come back from lunch
2:55 PM after lunch break is over. 
3:00 PM they check 1 or 2 cases. 
3:35 PM they restroom break
3:45 PM they coffee break. (Spill the coffee on our cases) 
4:00 PM they send RFE to those cases. 
4:25 PM the system froze. 
4:35 PM system is back online.(a bunch of Case get Received by loal offices) 
4:45 PM they get ready to leave. 
4:59 PM clock out. 

im pretty sure they dont work on weekends. i think the real question is. Do they work on weekdays? HA!

Year 2080 and Legend says August 2017 filers anxiously still wait to be approved. 

On Friday, my case updated to "My new card is being produced". Yesterday it was updated to "My case was approved". And today it was updated to "My card was mailed to me". I'm so excited for it to come in and I thank everyone here who has helped along the way!!

They better come back relaxed and ready to work extra hard 🤣🤣🤣 hehehe

Heads up guys, we probably won't see any updates from USCIS today since it's Columbus Day and they're closed. 
 
Just letting you know in case you're like me, an anxious mess, who checks the tracker app non stop.
Today is a good day to take a break from USCIS, have some "me" time, read a book, meditate, go on a hike, do the chores you've been putting off.... whatever works for you. Just know that no matter how much you check, we won't get any news today. Tomorrow is a different deal.
 
Hang in there, mates.

I got the same one on Aug 3, then sent them the file on Aug 20, got approved Aug 28. dont worry ,just follow the direction and send the request to them .

That was a glitch. Nothing was transferred, everyone has same message about the transfer and it's all happened in March - April, some ppl have "the transfer" February 28, March 3-5, April 3-5. Most ppl got letter in May with wrong zip code stating that they don't need biometrics to be done. Whoever recently received green card has wrong year "resident since". There are many errors. I recommend everyone to be patient and expect their green cards between March and May next year.  

They're a hot mess over there at CSC I guess

Actually staying with my husband is my end goal so no time wasted. 

It seemed like they didn't prepare the package correctly....they only advised us to submit 6 months worth of evidence! I could have demanded they work on the RFE but honestly didn't want to risk it. To them it's just $$,  to me its my future so we took it upon ourselves to respond. 

No guys, that's how the date is supposed to be.  It again resets to Day 0 because that is Permanent Resident since .....Before that, we were just  residents Temporary  (Throwable).   

We are working on it

OKay guy, for those of you who were interested  in knowing if filing for N400 actually delay or speed the processing of your green card, here is my experience. I filed for N-400 and it resulted to a speedy processing of my green card. I was approved on Feb. 8th and my green card stuck in “card is being produced” status for over a month. Since the card production was delaying, I went right ahead and apply for citizen on March 20th using the online service. After applying online, the next day, my n400 case status changed to case is being reviewed. On the 23rd, I received two notifications one stating that my biometric appointment is being mailed and the other stating that my new card is being mailed. Both notifications were produced and mailed out the same time. Therefore, I personally concluded that the n400 might have triggered the speedy production of my green card.  

this guy or girl just here to push a panic button and cause the forum to light up with worried souls.. this story is nothing but a tall tale