Zach2015

3 hours ago, OldUser said:

Congratulations! I hope I-751 and N-400 will be approved soon.

They approved her and did her oath today. 

Been waiting on ROC since December 2021. Filed for citizenship in January 2023. Had the interview today and passed. They are trying to get her oath done today because she’s due to give birth in 2 months. 

We filed in December 2021 and have heard nothing. So we filed for citizenship in January 2023. She had her citizenship interview today and passed. So it was faster than waiting on approval for the ROC. 

Filed ROC in December 2021

Filed for Citizenship in January 2023

No movement on either. 

10 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:

For those of us that are still waiting, could you please respond to this post indicating your original visa?

Our was a K1. 

 

I am beginning to think that throughout the service centers, CR1s and cases that did not do AOS within the states are getting approved faster.  I just saw people from August 2022 and September 2022 (falling within that 6-7 months goal USCIS had mentioned a few months earlier) that were approved from different service centers, BUT I believe all of them were CR1s/IR1s.  Even the ones that are receiving movement around the same month (i.e. January 2022 filers), it appears the CR1s get interview and things prior to those of us that adjusted within the USA from a different visa (K1, F1, etc.).

K1 here

Filed for ROC in December 2021 (still waiting)

Filed for Citizenship in January 2023

I am back. My wife filed her N400 today online. We filed for ROC back in December 2021, but our file was sent to Potomac which is a 24-26 month wait time. Our local office for N400 is 16 months. 

Sarge, how have you not passed us yet in the check out line? 

22 hours ago, Seven said:

Hello everyone!

 

My 10 years GC expires June 2023. With the new policy changes of USCIS I would get an automatic extension of the green card of 24 months for either an I-90 or an N-400 application. Yesterday, talking to an USCIS agent, she said that if my citizenship is pending after 2 years then I would not get anymore green card extensions. Right now in the USCIS website the GC and the citizenship processing times are around 20 months each for 80% of cases. My husband and I moved to Fort Myers, FL on April 2021 so I have never done anything related to immigration in the Fort Myers office. I am in a dilemma. Should I just renew the GC and then do the naturalization having 10 extra years more to do it whenever or just go ahead and do the citizenship now? It is just problematic to choose what to do the fact that USCIS has overall not been doing good with processing times since COVID...

 

Side question: anyone knows if there are judicial oath ceremonies in the Fort Myers office? USCIS messed up my first name back in the days and split my two words first name into a first and a middle. Also, I want my maiden name back for cultural reasons so would like that restored too. Therefore, whenever I apply for the N-400, I would ask for a name change to have my first and last name restored to my birth name.

 

Thank you in advance! Probably I am overthinking this but USCIS being slow processing doesn't make things better for this indecisive human being.

We live in Naples and our service center is Fort Myers. Just to give you an idea. We filed for Removal of Conditions back in December 2021 and we were sent to Potomac which is a 24-26 month wait time. My wife just filed her N400 online today. It said the Fort Myers office is at an estimated 16 month wait time. She also had her green card interview right before Covid locked things down. Their estimated wait times were posted to be much longer, but it did not take as long as expected. So I am hopeful 16 months is worst case scenario. 

1 hour ago, MarryMe987654 said:

Yeah, it's probably my NOA but I was referring to 'IMMAGRATION' in the return address.

I can’t believe they still haven’t fixed that problem. It’s been happening for months. 

1 hour ago, Nive86 said:

Hi

Today my case is updated as 'Case was updated to Show Fingerprint taken'.

Questions

1. Does it mean fingerprint from I-131/I-485 is applied and i don't need to do Biometrics again?

2. Will I get an official mail from USCIS on the same

 

Service Center is Vermont

Case Received Date -> 13th Dec

Receipt Notice Date -> 20th Dec

Yes, they are applying the previous fingerprints, if they can. People have reported receiving letters from USCIS regarding the fingerprints. They usually get the letter about 6-8 weeks after filing. 

18 hours ago, MarryMe987654 said:

I am not sure if that what Potomac Service Center means... I would interested to know if Potomac is historically easier or quicker or not.

My greencard will expire in March and I need to make sure that I won't have any problems when I travel in April.

 

Goodluck to us!

Potomac has a wait time of 20-24 months. Usually if you had an interview for AOS you will not interview for ROC. As far as your travels, when you get the letter from USCIS that is your 24 month extension to your green card. Do not lose that paper. 

8 hours ago, Sarge2155 said:

Fat chance of that my friend hehehehehe! Those horrible love decisions I made a ton of those. I got it right this time though took long enough but I got it right!!!!

I remember you and your journey. I told you one day you would get the fast check out lane and I would finally get the slow one. It has come true. Our ROC got sent to Potomac which is a 2 year wait. I kept thinking of you when we found out where our petition went. I thought to myself I called this day years ago. Good luck! 

4 minutes ago, alainasand said:

Hi!

 

I have a question about filling out I-751 - from what I've read, the instructions say to put N/A if something is not applicable but do I have to put N/A throughout? To clarify, does this mean that if my husband and I don't have children, I'll need to put N/A in the all of "Child 1" sections (that is for name, last name, address & etc) and also do the same for children 2-5? Or is just putting N/A in "Child 1" sufficient? 

 

Thank you!

We have no children and we just left it blank. 

11 hours ago, MichaelJuan.198 said:

Hi there,

 

I'm currently on an AOS process and I just received my Work permit (765), i need to update my Social Security card and i see on their website that: 'To prove your U.S. immigration status, you must show us your current U.S. immigration document (photocopies are not accepted)''

 

So, do I really have to mail my EAD? How long does it take?

 

Thank you!

We made an appointment for our local office. No way did we trust the mail to send in any original documents or cards. Once we explained the situation they let us make an appointment.

oh and it took like 2-3 weeks to get the new social security card in the mail. 

10 minutes ago, Violax said:

I found this on Facebook group.

Thanks. I can’t keep track. Do not know why I thought it was Texas, but California is still faster than Potomac 

27 minutes ago, Violax said:

Good morning guys,

I also received my receipt # this morning.

It's WAC, do you know which office this is 😅

I think it’s Texas. One of the fastest offices to have. 

30 minutes ago, SuznAaron said:

Ugh I know! Worst wait times at this one center. Are you looking to file for Citizenship or will you wait until this is finished? Husband is unsure of what to do so just looking to see which option may be best. 

Yay Congrats! 

My wife doesn’t know either. Luckily she can be a dual citizen if she wants to be. 

13 minutes ago, SuznAaron said:

Got our text message today! Got Potomac Center.

This will be interesting to see how this goes for us. Our check cleared our bank account today for the filing fee. Now on to a potential 2 year wait. 

2 minutes ago, SuznAaron said:

Oh good news then no interview? Happy days. If the regional thing is true I guess we will be joining you in Potomac as we live in Virginia. Should get our text today I hope. 

Her text came in at 11:17pm last night. 

11 minutes ago, IndigoFlowers said:

I don't think that you got flagged, I think it is a state specific thing.. on the spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vonQCJgs9HODO2Y1DdSs3HNyL_FRnMfenlIeDQAUpWg/edit?usp=sharing) it seems like the majority of other Florida I-751 filers got sent to YSC. I got YSC as well and I am in Orlando. It is weird that you got two receipt numbers though. 

Oh that makes sense. We are in Naples, FL. I finally figured out the receipt thing. She sent me her prior receipt number when she submitted the EAD. 🤦‍♀️

1 hour ago, SuznAaron said:

Hi! Yeah I just looked it up too. I think you just got the luck of the draw. You sent good stuff so I was surprised as well. Sure maybe in the end you won’t have too. Fingers crossed! 

So yeah we are definitely routed to Potomac. We finally got in the Do not pass go lane. Haha 

1 minute ago, SuznAaron said:

Hoping to get our text notice soon. Our package was delivered yesterday. Wonder why you have 2 numbers? Yeah MSC from what I understand means you’ll be interviewed. I don’t recognize YSC as a service center for the I751 from the list but sure. I don’t know a lot lol! Least your package is received and you’re on to the waiting game. Hopefully this goes as fast as your others!

I looked it up. It’s Potomac. I’m not sure why we got flagged. No kids, no criminal records, not even a speeding ticket. We had an interview for the AOS and I have a level 2 background done for my hospital job. So this is interesting! 

Got our text notices last night, but two different receipt numbers. So going to have to wait to see which service center we were really assigned, but either one isn’t good. One was MSC the other was YSC. I knew our K1 and AOS went way too fast, this is where we get backlogged…haha 

Maybe a mod can move this to the Philippine forum. Quite a few people in that forum did just that and it went much faster. 

43 minutes ago, Isabel&Will said:

My window isn't until Dec 18 so I'm excited but nervous since it feels like time is flying. Our 2020 evidence is a bit lacking since we weren't really going anywhere other than work and were in survival mode but I'm hoping there's enough there to show we were still together through that period of time. I'm hoping this will be enough since we don't have much else to show, but I've seen some people send entire textbook-thick stacks. I've seen a lot of people submit another copy of their marriage license so we'll be submitting that along with the copy of my green card just in case along with:

- Copy of our original lease agreement (2019) and lease addendum that extended our lease into 2022
- Copies of joint power bills in both names

- Copies of water bills sent via email addressed to both of us at the same address
- Copy of recent joint bank account statement, and some earlier statements including the first one from when we first set up the account in early 2020

- Copy of a selection of [husband]’s Leave and Earnings Statements showing a dependent spouse

- Copy of 2019 and recent health insurance with both our names

- Copy of [husband]’s life insurance policy with [me] as a beneficiary

- Copy of 2019 and 2020 jointly filed tax returns

- Copy of title to jointly owned vehicle (purchased in early 2020)

- Copy of previous and current auto insurance policy in both names
- Selection of photos from date of marriage until present day including major events with friends and family (they only took 10 from our massive album at the GC interview so I included a few that they didn't take from 2019/early 2020 including some wedding photos, plus a selection from 2020 and 2021)

- Copy of "future tenant agreement" for a potential apartment we are trying to move to near [spouse]’s hometown that we have jointly applied for (our lease agreement expires in March so I figured this would help explain that)

- Copy of a bill showing both of us as members of [husband]'s family's phone plan (we still pay for it but the benefits were too good to pass up, plus my husband was already on it so they just grandfathered me in)

I think you have more than enough. I couldn’t supply a rental agreement with my spouse because the apartment complex had a hard time putting her on. That’s why I am showing she was on rental insurance until we bought our condo. 

Our package was just handed to the mail man. It was about 5 lbs. this is what we included. So we will be December filers. Our open window was November 26. 

3 minutes ago, Celebi said:

@TahomaI live in NYC and the Consulate is less than an hour away via subway for me. 

@Zach2015 I'll be doing the same thing. ROM via mail then passport in person.

@Adventine When I reschedule my passport appointment, how can I indicate that I will be applying for overseas voter reg as well? I think I tried to do another appointment for the same day and time but the website said I already had an existing appointment.

 

We scheduled the passport and they automatically had her do the voter reg while there.