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Lordofemrys · July 13, 2018

Hey guys,

I had my interview yesterday.

I didn't wait too long at first, the officer called me and said we'll do the citizenship test first (I had a I751 pending).

I read and wrote what he asked and then to the civics part, the questions were:

1. What is freedom of religion?

2. How many U.S. Senators are there?

3. Name one state that borders Canada.

4. What ocean is on the west coast of the United States?

5. When was the constitution written?

6. Who is one of your state US Senator now?

After that, he said he can't approve me because of my I751 and asked if my spouse is with me, I told him yes and he said he will talk to both of us later. He asked me several more questions and asked to look at the paperwork I brought. He made copies of what he wanted and told me to wait outside until he'll call us. After 2 hours, he called us and we had an interview. He asked what else do I have to show him, I told him pictures. He looked at them and told us he will try to approve all today so if we can have a seat outside. After a while another officer came and said they're having issues with the system and she'll call me to let me know.

Hours later she did call me and said everything is approved and to come to the ceremony tomorrow (7/13/18)!

Can't believe that only hours away I will be done with USCIS.

I'll write here later about the ceremony.

THANK YOU to everybody on this wonderful forum who helped me be prepered for every step of this long journey

Name O Boy · July 13, 2018

Hey guys,

I had my interview yesterday.

I didn't wait too long at first, the officer called me and said we'll do the citizenship test first (I had a I751 pending).

I read and wrote what he asked and then to the civics part, the questions were:

1. What is freedom of religion?

2. How many U.S. Senators are there?

3. Name one state that borders Canada.

4. What ocean is on the west coast of the United States?

5. When was the constitution written?

6. Who is one of your state US Senator now?

After that, he said he can't approve me because of my I751 and asked if my spouse is with me, I told him yes and he said he will talk to both of us later. He asked me several more questions and asked to look at the paperwork I brought. He made copies of what he wanted and told me to wait outside until he'll call us. After 2 hours, he called us and we had an interview. He asked what else do I have to show him, I told him pictures. He looked at them and told us he will try to approve all today so if we can have a seat outside. After a while another officer came and said they're having issues with the system and she'll call me to let me know.

Hours later she did call me and said everything is approved and to come to the ceremony tomorrow (7/13/18)!

Can't believe that only hours away I will be done with USCIS.

I'll write here later about the ceremony.

THANK YOU to everybody on this wonderful forum who helped me be prepered for every step of this long journey

Wilkintina · June 29, 2018

@Wilkintina I hate you have to keep on waiting, especially since you had all the information with you and your husband.. The most annoying thing is that some officers go ahead and do a combo interview, and some don't even know what we're talking about! :angry:

Hope you'll get a notification soon that it was all approved!

June 27, 2018

23 hours ago, Calikitkat said:

My ROC and naturalization interview was finally scheduled for August 1st! Can't wait!

Does is say on your letter it's an interview for both, or you assume it'll be a combo interview?

Asking because I have a naturalization interview coming up too and hoping I'll have a combo interview..

Name O Boy · June 21, 2018

15 minutes ago, Name O Boy said:

99% you will have a combined interview. They cannot approve your N-400 before they approve your I-751. The officer will interview you and your spouse together for the I-751 then proceed to the N-400 interview which will exclude the U.S citizen spouse. They will have both of your I-751 and N-400 files. These days it is becoming a norm that people file for N-400 with a pending I-751. You don't need to worry, everything will be fine. Soon you will be a U.S citizen

Thank you, I hope it'll go exactly as you say! And I'm really glad your interview is scheduled too

Name O Boy · June 21, 2018

@Name O Boy what do you think are the chances we'll have a combo interview since our I-751 is pending?

I'm excited about my interview but can't help but to worry they won't adjudicate my I-751 also... :unsure:

Name O Boy · June 21, 2018

2 hours ago, Name O Boy said:

Did you apply for the standard processing or expedite one? I got notification today that my interview is scheduled Now I am waiting for the notice to show up on the website. Happy to see you at VJ.

So glad you got an interview date!!!

Name O Boy · June 12, 2018

Congrats @Avandongen So happy for you!

Name O Boy · June 9, 2018

Added my interview date.
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GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
Cashd: Date your check was cashed / credit card was charged by USCIS.
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CoffeeVegan · June 8, 2018

Good morning everybody,

I wanted to update you that last night I got a notification that my interview was scheduled! don't have a date yet, waiting for the letter!

This happened 37 days after my I-751 was transferred to NBC.

Name O Boy · June 8, 2018

Good morning everybody,

I wanted to update you that last night I got a notification that my interview was scheduled! don't have a date yet, waiting for the letter!

This happened 37 days after my I-751 was transferred to NBC.

June 6, 2018

1 hour ago, frigatebird said:

I'm one of the May 1st transfers. I didn't see any update after the transfer. I'm wondering among all of those transferred to NBC, how much percentage got update after that?

I didn't get any update after the transfer either. I read someone's comment that said usually after a transfer to NBC, NSC or TSC the case will be touched in about 60 days so maybe we'll get an update this month.

June 6, 2018

11 minutes ago, braveheart97xxx said:

Hey guys! I havent been here for months trying to keep myself busy as not to agonize about this waiting torture!!!!
However i receive a phone message last night that my case was updated only to check and found out that :
"We transferred your case to another USCIS office for processing......read the notice we mailed...."!!!

Now this is killing me !!! Im out of state right now and dont know what is happening!!! 😓😓😢

anyone can help clarify this?? anyone receive the sane nesage? What was the letter about please???

A lot of us received a transfer notice on May 1st and 3rd, some got it on May 7th and 8th. My letter said they have completed a preliminary review and it was transferred to NBC. I've seen other who said their letter said it was transferred to speed up the process.

Asilarmani · June 5, 2018

10 minutes ago, Asilarmani said:

Same here , it’s been almost a month

I really hope we'll hear something this month. I know that there are others who waited longer than me but man.. this waiting is hard, waking up every morning hoping maybe today but then nothing happens..

June 5, 2018

14 minutes ago, Asilarmani said:

Did you get any news from NBC ? Or still waiting

Still waiting, no news unfortunately...

June 4, 2018

@Rmsh I'm sorry you had to go through that... I had a similar experience when I went to my N-400 Bio appointment. The woman asked me who told me I can apply to citizenship while my I-751 is pending, I told her that the Immigration officer told me on my InfoPass appointment and she still went on telling me I shouldn't have and it will not be approved until my I-751 is approved... But try not to worry about it, they might not know all the rules at your local office but they do at NBC.

CoffeeVegan · June 2, 2018

24 minutes ago, Name O Boy said:

I see, but they keep on updating those dates it might come down again. I hope you are done in less than 5 months so you can enjoy the summer otherwise this waiting game is so frustrating.

Yes so frustrating... I can only hope it'll be quick like you said. And hoping the same for you my friend.

CoffeeVegan · June 2, 2018

8 hours ago, Name O Boy said:

Yeah, the new processing timeline is a joke. It also depends on how backlogged your field is at the moment. The positive thing for us that we are in the queue and it will eventually save us time with already a pending ROC. Do you know how long does your field office take to process N-400? My field office takes on average 6 month to process. Praying for you and everyone, regards.

My field office used to say 5-12 months processing time and now it's changed to 10.5 to 17 months.

June 2, 2018

3 minutes ago, frigatebird said:

Yeah, don't know why we are so unfortunate. My local office change from 8 - 13.5 to 10 - 15 months. I've been waiting my ROC for 18 months. Now the local office pushes out the time for N 400, it's more than frustrating.

I'm really hoping we're sterssing for no reason and we will hear something this month since our cases were transferred. Wish to hear good news from you soon!

Name O Boy · June 2, 2018

1 hour ago, Name O Boy said:

That's interesting it means they have more work to do but it's not always accurate. My field office went down from 7.5 months to 6 months. Waiting is not fun

I agree with you, it's not always accurate. I've seen people who get their intreview scheduled a couple or a few months after they filed and the local office processing time is over a year... strange. And I have to say I really hate the update they did to their website, it just adds more stress, and I do feel like they're playing with us, one day it's 5 months, one day it's 11 months...

Thank you for your supportive comments!

June 2, 2018

I have the same status since my bio appointment. And I'm a paper filer so not just online filers have this status, I don't think they have the "in line" status anymore.

June 2, 2018

22 minutes ago, Asilarmani said:

But our our cases got transferred to NBC , they turn them back or what ?

No, they didn't but since we have no way of checking the processing time for NBC I was still checking CSC... my local office chnged too (N400) from 5-12 months to 10.5 to 17 months... don't understand how that can happen.

June 1, 2018

11 minutes ago, tylago said:

This is really bad!!! from 17.5-19 months now became 18-20 months? What are they trying to achieve? I am not sure if there is case or class action suit for mental/psychology damage here? in their Historical Processing time summary, it indicated Q1 2018 is 14.9 months for I-751... https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

I agree! It's ridiculous, how can they keep going back, this is so depressing...

Name O Boy · June 1, 2018

My local office used to be (until this morning) 5-12 months and processing as of 5/2017, now look...

June 1, 2018

They went backward on the USCIS website!

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