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5 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

So open borders?

No. And this is how conversations can't proceed across the isle. People like to expect the most extreme, the worst of the other side and effectively kill the conversation. "Land of immigrants" can mean a lot of things; it could mean an ideal, an ideal of what this country stands for, and there is a reasonable spectrum of how you can interpret it but you chose to pick on "open borders." For this I'm not going to further discuss on this issue. 

Land of Immigrants. Enough said.

I got one. Someone cancelled so I was able to get an appointment.

1 hour ago, Ck207 said:

Try early in the morning. Also if you get an info pass for another day but want to attend a different day. Just go there and change your appointment on the infopass machine. Good luck

I got one finally when someone cancelled. Do you know if they will take away my green card at InfoPass appointment? 

Does anyone here know when Seattle office updates their InfoPass? I haven't been able to get an appointment.

On 5/28/2019 at 9:02 AM, Felicie said:

Guys when you hear from them please let me know. I submitted 2 online inquiries for my i751 but they never got back to me. Its been 20 months. Now the N400 is taking forever Im not sure what to do at this point. Who should I contact to solve this problem? 

wait. That's all you can really do. I have also been waiting 20 months for I-751. But the thing is that once you apply N400 your I-751 is "frozen" and it's only going to get processed when your N400 combo interview comes.

N400 Applicant here.

Applied Oct/2018, estimated completion time Feb/2020. 16 months.

Does anyone know when Seattle office updates their slots?

My 18-month green card extension letter is expiring soon and I wasn't able to schedule an InfoPass appointment. Every time I checked it was all booked out. 

Hello Seattle applicants. How many months did you wait for your N400 from start to finish?

It looks like Seattle is a bit backlogged. I applied Oct 2018, expected completion time Feb 2020. Originally the estimation was 2019 Dec but the system updated the wait time. Though probably not among the longest, I'm still surprised by how long it's taking. Back in 2015 and 2016 when I checked on the processing times for Seattle office, it was around 8 months. Tbh I'm quite unhappy with how USCIS is handling this surge in application numbers. It doesn't look like they are increasing the processing speed to reduce backlog. I wonder if they are intentionally doing it. This situation is quite inconvenient for me. Because of I-751 & N400 filling my I-751 is frozen and bundled together with N400. Green card expired in 2017. It's hard to travel with the extension letters. Not every airline is familiar with them. When I got the second extension letter of 18 months I wasn't expecting it to expire but it is now, in a month. 

Looks like the delay on I-751 is assured. I'll need to get the passport stamp soon.

10 minutes ago, Tm and Je said:

Same here. Seattle office. I751: Sept 5, 2017. N400: Sept 2, 2018. I sent an inquiry on March 29, 2019, but l have not received the mail yet. I tried to call USCIS but no answer... Just answering machine. It is so frustrating. How long did you wait to receive your answer after your inquiry? TIA

I received it after a few days. I did it on the phone with a representative. 

2 hours ago, desperate112 said:

Hi all 

it's 18 months 7 days since i filed for removal of conditions VSC on October, 5 2017 and the processing time is 19 month (almost there )

I filed N400 September  2018 and processing time is 26 month for citizenship 

 

should I expect response for 751 in the next 20 days ?

 

will it be combined with N400 ? 

 

every couple of weeks they say we are still reviewing your application and no action at this time 

I'm in the same situation. I created a separate thread for this. I have also been waiting for 18 months and my N-400's estimation is Nov/Dec 2019. I made an e-Inquiry and this is the reply I got:

"Recently, you contacted us about the status of your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, filed on October 02, 2017. On October 01, 2018, you also filed a Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. Our records indicate that your Form I-751 and Form N-400 are currently pending and will be adjudicated at the same time."

It looks like they are combining the two. If that is true, this could mean prolonged I-751 limbo status until the interview day of N-400.

"Recently, you contacted us about the status of your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, filed on October 02, 2017. On October 01, 2018, you also filed a Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. Our records indicate that your Form I-751 and Form N-400 are currently pending and will be adjudicated at the same time."

Above is the e-Inquiry result from USCIS. I got my marriage-based green card on 12/29/2015 and it expired on 12/29/2017. My 18-month extension letter is due to expire in June 2019. I made the e-Inquiry when my case became "out of normal processing range" according to the date they listed.

My N-400's estimated completion time is this November/December. However based on the stats from Seattle, I doubt if it will get completed this Nov/Dec. Today's reply from USCIS sounds like they are putting my I-751 together with my N-400 application. That would potentially be delaying the I-751. Because of the ever-growing backlog at Seattle office, the N-400 is going to take quite some time. And if they don't touch my I-751 until N-400 is ready to be scheduled for interview, I feel like my I-751 is delayed due to this. Does this make sense? I mean a few years ago people were saying that if you apply for N400 that could speed up the I-751 process. Now I've been waiting for I-751 for 18 months now and it only looks to me like I'd be waiting even longer due to the bundling up of 751 & 400. In the meantime I have to do the stamp on my password.

BTW if you have the extension letter, arrive at the airport early! Many airlines will not give it a go and they can either refuse you or call the US side to verify your PR status which could cause you miss your flight.