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2 hours ago, igoyougoduke said:

did they offer same day oath in Tampa office or later ?

Yes they do or within a day or two. We had a name change so we had to wait a month or so...oath ceremony took place in the downtown courthouse 

Hello everyone had my interview February 14th at the Tampa USCIS  office which I was passed my US citizenship interview. I did change my last name. Anyone out there had any experience on the wait for your oath ceremony with a name change. Have a cruise booked in July and just want to make sure I have enough time between my oath ceremony and cruise to get my passport.

Just received notice that our interview is scheduled for Feb. 14th 2023 for my wife's naturalization at the Tampa office. We are November N400 filers. More specifically November 8th 2022 We filed online. The I 751 is still pending so I imagine it will be a combo interview. 

Any other experiences out there with combo interviews? Anyway it's moving along and I'm wishing everyone the best.

Yes, we just filed online for our N-400 (11/8/22) even though our I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions is still pending (we filed last year 11/10/21). I have read that  N-400 cases are moving faster then the I-751's. In some cases they will do the I-751 & N-400 process/interview at the same time. (That is what we are hoping for🙂) By the way,  The USCIS online N-400 filing was so easy to fill out... I recommend it highly.

Yes it stated that they will reuse my pass byometrics and fingerprints etc

Received NOA ( Dec. 4th) that the biometrics appt was waived and they will reuse past biometrics. We are also at the Potomac office.... This seemed fairly quick as well. Keep our fingers crossed it continues to be quick.

Received NOA ( Dec. 4th) that the biometrics appt was waived and they will reuse past biometrics. We are also at the Potomac office.... This seemed fairly quick as well. Keep our fingers crossed it continues to be quick.

i751 filed on: 11/10/2021

green card expired on: 02/07/2022

n400 filed? (Yes/No): No 

new extension letter i797  received date: 11/15/2021 24 months

First 3 of Receipt Number (MSC/LIN/IOE etc) YSC

Sent ROC I-751 Nov.6th 2021

Received text notification with case # YSCXXXXXXX

on Nov. 10th. Looks like my case is at the Potomac Service center.

Our I-751 packet was received on Monday 11/8 at the lockbox in Arizona... and we just received our first text notification with our case number today starting with YSC. Seems like our packet is going to be processed at the Potomac Service Center.

Was really hoping for Texas which seems like it's the fastest service center. Does anybody have any experience with the Potomac Service center?

I am impressed though that we received our first notification and the case number so quick.

We shipped our ROC I-751 via FedEx yesterday Nov. 6th.

Set to be delivered on Weds  Nov. 10th.

The earliest we could file was November 8th so that works out perfect. 

thanks so much . The best to you all on the ROC process.

Thanks for your reply.... one more question. Did you just download and print out the transcripts online via the IRS or did you request transcripts by mail?  Thanks again

If I did that, it would cut my packet by well over half. 😀Approximately how many pages should the tax transcripts be for each year?? or how many pages are yours that you are sending for each year??? Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Hello Everyone. The earliest we can file is Nov. 8th. We are ready now...lol.

???? Question, my packet is quite big due to the amount of pages in the tax returns. Is it necessary to send in all the pages???  I have the past 3 years and its just endless of pages.

We had our interview on Thursday February 6th everything went fine he went through the packet and noticed that there was a duplicate no problem at all he just deleted one of them I even had the two correct forms printed out and he didn't even want those.

Tampa local office was very easy and quick and our IO

was very professional and thorough and friendly.

We filed adjustment of status we are waiting on our interview which is February 6th we started the whole process June 25th 2019

My interview is February 6th..

I will be glad to give some feedback and interview experience once I'm completed

My PD date is June 25th 2019... Last update was Nov. 22nd ' interview is ready to be scheduled '

Hopefully, Tampa will not be a long wait for interview to be actually scheduled!  Anxiously waiting for another update!

Wanted to start a 2019 Tampa Local Office Filer Forum Past or Present. All info helps others 
Here is our Timeline--we are now just waiting for an interview to be scheduled
Story: Before we met, my wife to be overstayed her B2 VISA. We met in July 2017, dated a little over a year, got engaged July 7th, 2018. Got married Oct. 7th 2018. We started our AOS process in June of 2019. Below is our timeline: My complete AOS packet- Concurrent Filers 130/i485

June 21st 2019: Mailed by Fed-Ex all forms together listed above
June 25th 2019: Delivered and Signed for at Chicago Lockbox
July 1st 2019: Text's NOA received
July 1st 2019: We accepted the fingerprint fee for form I-485 NBC location is working on your case
July 5th 2019: Received by US Mail 5 total separate I-797C 's NOA (Notice of ACTION) letters: ASC (Biometric Appointment), I-130, I-485, I-785 & I-131
July 23rd 2019: Biometric Appointment- Tampa Field Office
July 24th 2019: Fingerprint Review Was Completed. we completed our review of your fingerprints and are working on your Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
Oct. 30th 2019: Request for Initial Evidence Was Mailed
Nov. 4th 2019: Received RFE for my wife's foreign Birth Certificate translated in English (I sent it back same day express mail)
Nov. 6th 2019: Response To USCIS' Request for Evidence Was Received. Our office will begin working on your case again.
Nov. 23rd 2019: Case Is Ready to Be Scheduled for An Interview. we are ready to schedule your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number MSCXXXXXXXXXX, for an interview. We will schedule your interview and send you a notice.
Nov. 25th 2019: we have approved your application for employment card
Nov. 25th 2019: we have approved your application for an Advance Parole Document.
Nov. 25th 2019: New Card Is Being Produced. we ordered your new card for Receipt Number MSC199XXXXXXX, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
Nov. 29th 2019: we mailed your new card for your Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (combo card)
Dec. 3rd , 2019: received EAD/AP card in mail

Does RFE affect my EAD??

I'm been checking quite a few different case trackers. USCIS case tracker is still showing case received way back in June.   Other sites have updated.  I do not know what to believe.

The 'Lawfully App' is showing this : Attached link below. Should I believe??? because the USCIS app is not showing this.

I'm been checking quite a few different case trackers. USCIS case tracker is still showing case received way back in June.   Other sites have updated.  I do not know what to believe.

The 'Lawfully App' is showing this : Attached link below. Should I believe??? because the USCIS app is not

Does anyone use the APP 'Lawfully' ? 
It's a phone app to get case updates. I received more updates from this app then I do with the USCIS case tracker. Let me know if it works better for you.

Recently, I responded to my RFE for an English translation USCIS received it Nov. 6th.  

Now, I just saw these Case updates through the Lawfully App 
On October 25th 2019 we approved your form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt number (AP travel) MSCXXXXXXXX. We sent you an approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your notice by November 9th 2019, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request. If you move go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

First of all, as of today (Nov 12th), I did not receive any approval notice in the mail , so I sent a request as indicated.
Also,  I also did not receive this update on the USCIS case and account site etc...

I also received this notice today on the Lawfully app -On November 12th , we ordered your new card for the receipt number MSCXXXXXXXX , and we will mail it to the address you gave us. If you move go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Can anyone clarify what all this means????  I got no updates through USCIS