On 5/22/2023 at 3:46 PM, K-Kwette said:

Interview scheduled for June 20th! 

I had my interview and the oath ceremony was on the same day so I am officially American now and the journey is finally over!

Civics questions that I was asked:

- Who makes federal laws?

- Name one war during the 1900's

- If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

- What did Martin Luther King do?

- What happened on 9/11

- Why some states have more representative? 

I had to read ''Who was Abraham Lincoln'' and to write ''Abraham Lincoln was president during the civil war" and then just some basics questions on what my husband was doing for work, what I was doing, if we had kids, if I filed taxes, if I was ever arrested etc.

Overall it was pretty easy - Good luck to all of those still waiting!

Interview scheduled for June 20th! 

No update on my end with the Newark center but I am moving to California in two weeks so we will see if that speeds or delays the process! 

19 hours ago, SHMG said:

Welcome on board. I didn’t have to do no biometric for the 10yrs green card and this one as well. Did you ever get your 10yrs green card approved? Did you file base on the 3yrs ? And 

Thank you! 

Yes I got my 10 years green card approved back in May and yes, I have been living here for 3 years so I could file for this reason. 

Filed online on August 24th and did biometrics appointment today (10/6). I originally got a September date but I was abroad so I had to reschedule.

I was surprised to have do them again since I did them last year for the 10 years green card.

Good luck to all! 

8 hours ago, Sellamalola said:

Omggggggg that’s great news!!! I am also at msc, fingers crossed we all get this part of our journey over with already!! 🙏🏽 

Thank you!! I was preparing to wait about 2 years with MSC center so it really came as a surprise!! Hope you get your approval soon! 

9 hours ago, Blair86 said:

Congrats! We were both waiting. Looks like MSC is starting to move, finally. All the best

Thank you!! If I remember correctly, you had biometrics not long after me so hopefully you'll get your notification soon too!!

18 hours ago, Anne Richard said:

Wooow congratulations 🎊🎊🎊

Thank you so much!!

4 hours ago, jnmee said:

This is so exciting - finally no need to worry about the 751 status, just one focus on n400 for you now and its pretty much the finish line!!!! Good to know they were all reasonable documents to present for a case.  You're the first person I know here had status moved without interview since they have the new policy. Another person has their case approved under a year but still went through an interview for 751.  But honestly nice to see more positive outcomes with the process. Let us know how it goes for your n400!  Thanks for sharing, it helped me feel mentally less stressed

Of course!! Happy to help, I know the process can be long and stressful! And I am sure that 90% of the people are just not part of the forum, otherwise we would have a lot more positive feedback! Hope the wait won't be too long and I am happy to answer any other question if you have anymore! Good luck! 

3 minutes ago, jnmee said:

thats awesome - congts!! looks like they really implemented the risk based approach on approving cases. May I know if you have submitted sufficient supporting documents in a way they rely on them to approve your case?   I'm fingers crossed for mine

Thank you!! Yes, I think that decision they made a few months ago is really making the cases moving forward a lot faster. I think this time if I remember correctly I submitted copy or our lease, savings account, tax returns, life insurance, affidavit from my husband's parents, and a pdf document with some pictures. 

Just now, jnmee said:

just one bit I want to learn about your case - you haven't submitted n400 either right?  bc a lot of cases get moved when they filed n400

Not yet no! I will be able to submit this one in July

8 minutes ago, jnmee said:

about 10 months - sweet! They waived your interview?

Yes, they waived it! I did not have any interview - The status online was still ''case was received'' since they got the application in July, status never changed to waiting for an interview and I just got this notification email telling me to log into my account to see an update! 

I am very surprised as I was preparing for a very long wait after reading everything about this center. 

I hope this brings hope that process is going to speed up for everyone currently waiting at the MSC center! 

Filed I-751 in July 2021, biometrics appointment in August 2021 and just received a notification that ''new card is being produced'' - Things actually happened faster than expected! 

Just received notification that ''new card is being produced''!!! And my center is MSC so I hope that this news brings hope to anyone that is still waiting! 

On 3/22/2022 at 12:03 PM, Blair86 said:

Thanks! Yes my status is still stuck on case was received. Hope we hear something soon🤞

 

I hope you found the MSC topic here on VJ. I thought I hyperlinked it but it didn’t work apparently

Thank you! I found it! : )

On 3/12/2022 at 7:04 PM, Blair86 said:

Same here. MSC refers to the National benefits center. There is a thread here on VJ for I-751 filers:

 

Processing Times (I-751) for MSC (National Benefits Center)

We have a very similar timeline! Both had biometrics at the end of August, and both in New Jersey. Best of luck! 🤞

My case was never updated to fingerprints taken, even though I went to the appointment in August.

My center is Missouri (MSC) but I am unable to find estimated processing times on the USCIS website, it does not show any estimation for I-751 at this specific center. And if I look at I-751 processing times, it does not give any information for this center either. 

On 1/10/2022 at 4:14 PM, Saman1103 said:

How long ago did you send in your paperwork

I sent it at the beginning of July, and I had my biometrics appointment at the end of August.

I also received the 24 months extension later. 

Biometrics appointment was on Monday 23rd, almost 3 hours wait for 5min of ''action''. Now we wait... 

Hi there!

My 2 years green card expire in October and I filed I751 at the beginning of July.

I had to go to renew my temporary driving licence to a permanent one at the beginning of July, in NJ and they didn’t ask anything since the green card is still valid for a few months. So they renewed it for 4 years without issue 

I didn’t do the real ID because the officer told me that the real ID would be valid only until the current visa expires (so it would have been until October). No worries for the normal one though. 

4 minutes ago, Sellamalola said:

Ugh 😣 that sucks but at least you have a good plan 🙏🏽

Especially since it was only a day 😅 appointment on the 23rd, and my original flight back was on the 24th! 
I heard two people telling me that they rescheduled, and that the next appointment was 6 months later so I didn’t want to risk delaying.
Especially since my case is with MSC and it’s apparently a long wait there 😅

I filed at the beginning of July 2021 (right before going to visit France) and I got assigned to MSC.

I already got the biometrics appointment for August 23rd (In NJ) and rather than delaying the whole process, I changed my return ticket to come back early. 

I got my biometrics appointment scheduled for August 23rd!

I was hoping for a waiver as well but as it’s not the case, I have to shorten my vacations and come back in time for that appointment! 

Got the text message on the 15th and the checks have been cashed as well.

The receipt number starts with “MSC” but I haven’t had the same time I had to research than when I sent the first application for the green card, so I don’t know if that’s a good news or bad news? 

Here we go again! Can't believe it's already been two years... I sent the package on 07/08 and it should be delivered on 07/12.