Eric&Mirella

Yup! I agree. This is the first time I hear something positive from USCIS since 2021.

Congratulations!! I have my interview in 6 weeks and my roc is also pending (Nebraska SC). My case hasn’t been transferred, was your case transferred before the interview?

Greer,SC on Feb 23rd 😅 I’m very nervous

Just crickets. I recently moved to a different state and had my interview for n400 scheduled just a couple of months after changing my address. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.

I know right! I can’t believe how quick and painless it was. I just hope the change of address form does it thing. Unfortunately, I’m gonna have to move to a different state in a month or so

I finished my application today!!! Bio reuse and receipt notice posted on the account 5 minutes after submitting. Good luck to us all!

Join this thread as my window opens on the 19th. I will also be filing a few days after that

Yup! I’m getting my documents ready so I scan till I drop 🤣 my window opens on September 19th and I’m kinda nervous 😬 but excited to be over with this journey

Same! I’m hoping I can apply for citizenship soon.

LIN Service center, haven’t heard anything since October last year.

Woohoo! Congrats! 🍾

I see this has become a hot topic and I wanted to share my experience as someone who travels 2-3 times a month and arranges travel for hundreds of people. At work, I oversee large international and domestic events, meaning that I work with people from all the continents and make accommodations for them to travel to and from the US, as well as south East Asia, Europe and Africa. I’m also a trained airline crew and I must say that a lot of what it has been said here, although not inaccurate, doesn’t take into consideration human error. This situation should be cut and dry but actually it is not. Airlines CAN and WILL deny you boarding if they consider that the documents used to travel aren’t valid or if they think there’s something wrong with them. If an airline allows someone with invalid documents to travel to the US by air, most likely said airline will be fined. I personally have encountered many airline employees who don’t even know what a green card is. They are not sure what to do with it and some don’t even have a clue that non US citizens can actually leave and return to the country legally( Delta,JetBlue I’m looking at you ) and his has happened to me in AMERICAN soil. In many countries, there are not familiar with foreign immigration documents or policies. To a person who is not properly trained they are just looking at an expired document and a random paper saying in a very vague way that they are allowed to travel. Please also have in mind that for visa purposes an expired green card plus extension letter does not constitute a “valid” green card. Since my green card expired I’ve had to request 3 visas to 3 different countries that usually waive visa requirements if you have a valid, unexpired green card. This applies to multiple visa categories including tourism and transit. We can go back and forth all we want on this topic but we will never know for sure what could happen. Is a situation that is out of control. I don’t know about you guys but if I were stranded in a third country where I don’t speak the language and I’m being denied boarding and deported to my country of birth, I’d be terrified and probably would forget everything I know.

Great news!!! Congrats

Don’t forget to travel with your marriage certificate, in case they want to see proof of the name change. I’ve never been asked for this, but is better to be prepared.

Mine took less than 5 minutes, I was asked the address where I was staying and when I was getting married.

I work in the events industry, both domestic and international. I have booked flights for hundreds of people, the general rule is to always book your international flight using the name on your passport. I’ve had people miss their flights because they booked their international tickets using other names not exactly as it appears on their passport. Airlines will check this and will charge you for a change of name, if it happens on the same day you are traveling. I travel internationally often and always book my tickets using the name on my passport.

Congrats!!!

I beg to differ, I’m an international event planner and many countries do no accept an expired green card as a visa waiver/exception. Making my job more stressful, difficult, and also losing lots of work thus affecting my income opportunities. I have calculated at least low six figures of lost income. In several states people have issues while applying for loans, mortgages and even IDs if their green cards are expired. There is absolutely no reason or excuse why this situation cannot be fixed. I keep asking myself to be patient but is running low.

Nothing on this thread but, I have seen (on Facebook) 2 cases of people approved within just 2 months. Not sure what’s going on but I wouldn’t be surprised if USCIS approach to reduce “processing times” is KPI manipulation and not processing all the backlog. I guess we’ll see.