TastyCake

Bravo, Maestro. Thank you for the link to the district court in Massachusetts. This is fabulous news and I appreciate your quick and detailed response. With your response in mind, #1 is the way we will go. 🙂

I've got a question for the board. If anyone has had specific prior experience with this, or a mod with some knowledge or background on this topic, I would appreciate any guidance you can offer. Our I-751 is going down the road at 'turtle' speed so we are likely to submit the N-400 in two months to see if that speeds things up <insert your laughter here>. We have an interesting situation. When my wife moved from her country of birth to the country of her current citizenship decades ago, there was a translation peculiarity (it wasn't a mistake, it was done on purpose, it's just how the translation was happening at the time) and they added a letter to the beginning of her first name. My wife didn't like this one bit but was a very young woman at the time and didn't press the issue and lived with this peculiarity. Fast forward to now she's been steadfast in her desire to correct the first name to the one of her original birth here in America. We have two options: 1) On the N-400 there is a section where you can change your name. Assuming the USCIS approves the change (I can't see why not), when my wife passes the citizenship process we would have to wait for a judicial oath ceremony rather than an admin oath ceremony. My understanding is admin oath ceremonies happen at a much greater frequency. Going the route of a judicial oath ceremony would likely take longer but I don't know how much longer. I shudder at another 12 month wait over one flipping letter in her first name 2) Get her name changed in a court locally and then send the appropriate documentation to the USCIS after the N-400 has been received. The issue with this is, for a time, she will have a legal name different from what is on her green card... i.e. until the naturalization process is complete For those with prior experience, background or knowledge, what do you think is the better option? I prefer #1 (not sure why, I just do) but am not sure about the frequency of oath ceremonies. This is already taking long enough. I mean if it tacks on 2-3 months max then I will do #1 all the way. If it could take a ridiculously long time, suddenly #1 doesn't seem so appealing. Thanks in advance.

Your turnaround time matches the processing time socialized by the USCIS for WAC. We are at EAC and have what seems like at least 5 more months before we see any movement on our case. We are already planning on submitting our N400 in 2 months in an attempt to speed things up. It is very promising to see one of us October 2021 filers reach the promised land. Congrats to you. We are very happy for you.

It really is frustrating to have to deal with this nonsense. The long wait times are simply not acceptable and there are no explainable reasons for it. We are in EAC and I would really like to know more about their staffing. I see people in other service centers getting approved quicker. Why do some people get a prompt approval while our package just sits there waiting for ANYONE with a pulse just to pick it up? We don't get to choose our service center. Some of us are simply dealt the rotten card of a slower service center. The USCIS made this big announcement last spring about switching to a risk-based approach and modernizing in order to get cases processed faster. Since then the wait times have gotten worse. I have absolutely NO faith in the USCIS making any significant improvements that will benefit us or the couples who come long after us. And we personally are getting government dysfunction in stereo. We applied for TSA Precheck for my wife (should have done Global Entry but we will address that in the future) and it has now been almost four months and we're still waiting for the TSA to conduct a criminal background check. We were told on the day of our appointment it takes most only 3-5 days to process but sometimes it can take up to 60 days. Ha! We have blown 60 days out of the water and are still waiting. They had 'escalated' our application 5 weeks ago and still nothing. So much for escalating, right? Is there ANY government agency in this country that demonstrates ANY semblance of efficiency at all?

We can do this in late October and are already planning to submit the N400 at the earliest possible time allowed by the USCIS (Universally Static Collection of Inert Syndicates).

We are doing it the right way and are rewarded with these ridiculously long wait times. It's totally unacceptable. Yet there are those who instead backstroke into the country by way of the Rio Grande and get goodies to boot. It is all quite sickening.

I have been told you can apply for naturalization when you have held a Green Card for 2 years, 9 months assuming you have not moved within the past year. Emphasis on the text in bold. Is there truth to this? Has someone seen this anywhere on the USCIS website? I am not sure why moving within the past year would make a difference.

I first noticed this late last week. Glad to see the switch to a risk-based approach to adjudications in April is already paying dividends <sarcasm off>

Ditto. We will start preparing the paperwork in September and get it sent in late October.

Was your I-751 at EAC?

Hi, my friend. Mrs. Tasty and I are doing fine, thanks for asking. I hope the same for you and yours. Waiting as patiently as we can. We are just about at the halfway point if the processing time the USCIS has socialized for EAC is reliable. 🙂 Amen to that !!!

Anna it OUGHT to be a quick process courtesy of the world's lone superpower <insert your laughter here>. When I did TSA Precheck first time years ago I showed up at my appointment, the woman was nice and offered me coffee. I had my TSA Precheck number quick than a Kardashian romance. Not so in 2022. The same government that gives us the USCIS also gives us the TSA. Medicare for All proponents should think about this for a moment.

Moe, we are in the same boat. That's all they said? They are backed up? They didn't suggest an ETA or even a WAG ETA?

We had the TSA Precheck appointment for my wife in late April and are STILL waiting on a status. Since we're coming up on 60 days (they tell you to wait this long before calling) we will call and find out what's going on.

If true then congrats to Doublepike and I did check out his/her profile a short time ago and he/she has at least been around for a while. Sometimes I see posts that are... to me... specious. You go to some of the profiles and find they haven't been around long, have only a few posts. No timeline created. Other suspicious things. Yes we have seen a wide spectrum of turnaround times. You are correct. It's just that I have come across select posts that have made me wonder if what the person has written is legit. Maybe the mailbag with Doublepike's application in it fell on the right desk at the right time.

I have a question and I'm just throwing it out there. Did it ever occur to people that Doublepike is full of it? Spewing out something that didn't really happen? This is all on the honor system, no proof required. I would say the majority on VisaJourney are legit and honest about their statuses but this person could be someone with just enough knowledge of the immigration process and the VisaJourney website to be dangerous. He/She could be among that small percentage who got rejected at some point by the USCIS and is here to exact revenge out of spite. And before you question what I'm saying, asking why would anybody do this, ask if humans are always rational. Sometimes people do things just to get under someone's skin. If this person does in fact exist, is legit and did get an I-751 approval in record time then congrats. However, I just thought I'd ask the question.

Waste of time. Lawfully app is of no value whatsoever. Seriously.

Texas Service Center for the I-751?