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2 hours ago, S y khan said:

Hi @Gigi2017 any update on you interview , please share your experience 

I had my I-751/N-400 combo interview last week. It was scheduled for 12.30 pm but there were so many people in the waiting room and everyone was waiting for hours. The officer called me and my spouse in at 2.45 pm but I heard there were people who waited over 3 hours.

The officer started with the I-751 interview which was pretty quick and lasted for less than 10 minutes but he needed new evidence because we filed back in October 2021 (new bills, new lease, the latest tax return, etc). After he approved my I-751 case he escorted my spouse out and he started my N-400 interview. He started with civics. 

He asked 1)  Who's the vice president 2) Why do some states have more representatives than others 3) In what month do we vote for president? It was very quick and I don't remember the other 3. He made me read from the iPad "What is the capital of the United States" and I had to write down "Washington D. C. is the capital of the United States". After all this, he went through all the "yes and no" background questions. If you answered wrong for any of those questions when you filed your officer can correct it during the interview. After this, he approved my N-400, congratulated me, handed me the approval paper, and told me he'd schedule my oath ceremony in a few weeks.

This morning I saw an update online that my Oath Ceremony letter was mailed to me and my oath will be at the end of May at the San Antonio Courthouse.

2 hours ago, S y khan said:

Hi @Gigi2017 any update on you interview , please share your experience 

Any news about your interview date?

Hello there!

Finally got the "Interview was scheduled" notice online yesterday for the end of April. We should receive the notice via mail too in about a week, I guess. Field office is San Antonio, Tx, and filed on October 30th. 

On 11/1/2022 at 11:45 AM, Alexmia said:

Applied for my wife out of the San Antonio FO

Application date: October 31st

Actively reviewing application: October 31st

Reusing biomentrics: October 31st

Estimated time went from 17 months to 9 months in one day. I'm hoping it will be done faster than that! 

We're at the San Antonio FO as well, and applied on the 30th with a pending I-751. Got an email that the I-751 got transferred to a new jurisdiction. Hopefully it's going to be a smooth and faster process. 

On 9/14/2022 at 10:46 PM, LirikVJUser said:

Seems like not many people file in San Antonio/Austin? Is it a small district?

Are you still waiting on your interview? I'm really curious since I don't see too many San Antonio filer on the other threads. 

Hi there!

San Antonio filer here under the 3 year rule with a pending I-751 SRC service.

Citizenship Timeline:

Local office: San Antonio, Texas

10. 29. - 2022 Filed online; case received

10. 30 - 2022 NOA 1 received &  Biometric Reused

10. 30 - 2022 Case being actively reviewed by USCIS

11. 02 - 2022 Form I-751 Case Transferred And New Office Has Jurisdiction

Good luck everyone! 

Hello beautiful people!

We're finally at the finish line, filed the N-400 form on October 29 night under the 3 year rule with a pending I-751 SRC service.

Citizenship Timeline:

Local office: San Antonio, Texas

10 - 29 - 2022 Filed online; case received

10 - 30 - 2022 NOA 1 received &  Biometric Reused

10  -30 - 2022 Case being actively reviewed by USCIS

Good luck everyone! 

14 minutes ago, Thomas W said:

@Gigi2017 Just checked July and September 2021 forums. Not any movement in September. There was some chatter in the July forum of some approvals.

Several weeks ago I did a deep combing of the ROC forums, and calculated that I (a November 2021 filer) shouldn't reasonably expect to hear anything until December 2022, based on activity of prior months.

Hi Thomas!

Thanks for the reply. I do check the previous forums as well every once in a while but we need to keep in mind that only very few percent of people are active in these forums. For example, I have a co-worker and he filed his ROC just about a month ahead of me and he got approved back in May but he's not active on any forums.  Also, sometimes people who are reading these forums don't post anything at all just stay being readers. We can't calculate any timelines according to visajourney posts. Anyway, I wish a fast and smooth process to every filers! 🙂

Hi fellow November 2021 filers!

Any approvals here? There have been only cricket sounds from SRC since this January when they sent the biometrics letter. We’re planning to file the N400 at the end of October but I read on the March thread that someone got the N400 interview but it was not a combo interview so the officer couldn’t approve the naturalization which is so weird. It seems they got the oath ceremony appointment but still no words about the ROC so it’s a bit confusing. This past year didn’t bother me too much because I knew that the ROC won’t be approved before naturalization but the sooner we get close to the filing date for the N400 I’m getting more anxious.

On 5/17/2022 at 4:04 PM, beloved_dingo said:

Checking on my fellow Nov. 2021 filers. I thought I wouldn't really mind the wait for ROC but it's kind of maddening to not know if you'll be one of the lucky ones that get approved in less than a year or one of the unlucky ones that wait much longer. 

 

Hope everyone is doing okay and hanging in there!

SRC filer here. Our processing time jumped from 6-9 months to 10,5 months and I heard nothing since January 19 when they waived the fingerprints. I'm busy with work and I'm not going to be surprised if the 10 year green card won't come before I can apply to the Naturalization in October but deep down there I kinda hoped that I'll be able to hold it at least once in my hand before I become a citizen. 

11 hours ago, AOSFairfax said:

We finally got our notice this week, unfortunately they won't be reusing my biometrics so I have to go in in a couple of weeks to take them again. But I'm glad that there was some movement at least

Ugh I don't understand why don't they just reuse your biometrics just like they do for most of us. But yeah, you're right, at least there's a movement.

On 2/23/2022 at 8:14 AM, AOSFairfax said:

ugh.. starting to get impatient lol. We're Texas service centers filers and our NOA1 is dated 11/27 but I still haven't heard anything on the biometrics.. I was hoping since a few of you SRC filers heard a few weeks ago, we'd be next but nothing yet

Oh I thought you guys got it too!  What about the online status?  You probably check it daily but never know. Our online status changed last week only dated with January 19th but the letter about the biometrics came about a month ago. 

Today we have received the hard copy of the biometrics waiver. However, it was sent on a regular A4 white paper, not on a thicker greenish color paper. Is that normal? All of my previous USCIS letters were printed on a thicker greenish paper. As I posted earlier, the online update shows on January 19, 2022 fingerprints were waived. 

On 1/24/2022 at 2:38 PM, beloved_dingo said:

Informed Delivery shows my hard copy letter in the mail today, so I would expect anyone else who had an update online last week will likely receive their letter this week as well. 

Did you get the NOA about the biometric waiver? We still haven't received ours...

Hey there,

SRC filer here. I just checked our status online and there's an update "As of January 19, 2022, fingerprints relating to your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence". We didn't receive any letter yet from them. 

11 hours ago, lil.han said:

Texas Filers:

 

I just got the update that our fingerprints were going to be reused so hopefully they will be working on November filers quickly. Our NOA1 was dated 11/29/2021. 

That's great! Our NOA is 11/27/2021. Hopefully we will get an update soon!

Hi there!

Anyone has a fingerprint update from the SRC (Texas) Service Center yet? 

2 hours ago, AOSFairfax said:

Sent in our packet last week on the first day of eligibility, it was received the day after, and I just received a text saying my case was received.

It’s getting processed at the Texas Service Center, which has a wait time of 6-9.5 months which is a lot faster than expected so fingers crossed!

Hi!! It's nice to see your name here!!

I see that your location is San Antonio, we just moved to that area 8 months ago. I just received the text and I'm at the TX Service Center too! Fingers crossed!

1 hour ago, Karim2018 said:

Some are saying that a USCIS officer told them that it's better to wait till you get your 10-year green card before applying for citizenship, as it may delay the entire process if you do so. Not sure if that true/correct or not I'm just relaying what I've read on this exact forum/thread, so yes, hopefully. we'll have more information (real-time examples/cases) about this subject before we're actually eligible to apply. Cheers!

 

Oh and YES, you will get your 24-month extension when you receive the i-797 letter stating that they've received your file and issued a case#

Thanks!!

Yes, I read other things here as well however, on our interview the officer told us that I'll be able to file for the Naturalization while I'm waiting for my ROC to be approved, and I also know people who's case got expedited because they applied for the Naturalization. 

Just now, Knome said:

Okkie that make sense. I am just thinking my employer just asked for a picture of green card i think before hiring nothing else. Lets see what happens.

Good luck for your case and hope you get faster approvals.

I'm not worried about the approval because I know it will take such a long time. I'm planning to apply for the Naturalization next November and as far as I know USCIS will waive the 2 cases together and will have the 10 year card interview a couple days earlier than the Naturalization interview. 

16 minutes ago, AOSFairfax said:

Hi! I remember you from 2019, nice to see you on here again!

I believe that the NOA is also the 24 month extension and then we may have a biometric appointment after that. The NOA should be what you need for your job. It sounds from folks on here like those are getting delivered 10 days - 2 weeks after the package is delivered so you should be getting it soon. 
 

We filed ours yesterday and it was delivered today. Fingers crossed for a smooth process!!

Hey!! It's good to see you here!! Oh I'll be so relieved if I'll get that 24 months extension letter because the HR is giving me such a hard time about it... 

2 minutes ago, Knome said:

Now this is making me wonder, are we required to submit the extension letter to our employers whether they are asking for it or not????

I thought we dont need to do anything and thy are not suppose to ask you about it. 🤔

I think every employer is different. We moved to Texas from California at the beginning of this year and when I got hired my new employer asked me to file an I-9 form which helps them to check my legal status ( I never had to file this form in CA). Also, when I got hired the HR person reminded me about my expiring green card and said they'll contact me a few months before and they just did a couple of days ago. They want me to show the 24 months extension letter.

Hey! It's good to see some familiar names from the 2019 AOS group! We just sent our ROC package. 

I have a question for those of you who already received the NOA. Did you guys got the 24 months extension as well or do we get to have another biometrics again? My 2 year green card is about to expire at the end of January and the HR at my work is already asking about the extension letter. I definitely don't want to lose my job...

5 hours ago, BWJ said:

Thanks alot. I remember you mentioning your interview date which is what got us worried. We keep calling but can't get beyond the automated system which just keeps repeating that "an interview has been scheduled."

Is there a number to reach a live person? The one off the USCIS website isn't working.

When you call USCIS you have to ask for a Tier2 representative. They'll call you back in a few hours because they are usually busy. You have to be very serious with the Tier1 person who usually picks up first the phone because Tier1 don't like to transfer the call to Tier2. Tell them it's urgent!

Hi,

Anyone from Phoenix? A friend of mine and his wife's NOA is February 20, 2020. His wife had her Biometrics at the end of August, she got her EAD and SSN and she is "Ready to be scheduled" since September 1st. Online it says the processing time is 14 months on Family based AOS but they would like to know if there's any movement there.

Hi to all!

My question is still the same because sometimes it gets lost easily.

Anyone is from Phoenix still waiting for the Interview? A friend of mine and his wife filed in February 20, she had her Biometrics on August 20 and got her EAD card on August 28. Her case is Ready to be scheduled since September 1st. I know this message can be there for months (for me it was there for 9 months) but I'm curious if there's someone from Phoenix who has new update?