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The case status link seems to have been down since last night (at least).  Like you I check our status daily.  It's quite irritating indeed but I check on a lark and wasn't expecting anything new anyway.
 
 

We officially submitted my wife's N400 tonight.  Everything was successfully submitted and our payment was successfully processed as well.  We are now hoping this gets things moving along.

We just submitted my wife’s N400 online today as well. We got the receipt notice after few minutes and now just hoping everything moves. Good luck! 

Card picked up and in hand. 

Honestly, I think the inequity is what really irks me.  Make no mistake, I love hearing when people get approved.  It gives hope to people like us who are still waiting.
 
But when you put the same amount of effort into the same package with similar circumstances and you have to wait several more months because of geography ... i.e. the slower service center... it's just not right.
 
I forget the guy's handle but earlier this year somebody on VJ submitted a I751 and ended up in the Texas Service Center and I think it was like 3 months and he was already approved.  I'd like to rub his head for a minute or two and then play the flipping lottery.
 
I could be dead wrong but they are so slow up in Vermont I have the belief they are just sitting on I751s up there and focusing attention on other application packages hoping people submit the N400.  This takes the backlog off their plate and pushes it to the field offices to adjudicate.  It's just wasting people's time.
 

Honestly, I think the inequity is what really irks me.  Make no mistake, I love hearing when people get approved.  It gives hope to people like us who are still waiting.
 
But when you put the same amount of effort into the same package with similar circumstances and you have to wait several more months because of geography ... i.e. the slower service center... it's just not right.
 
I forget the guy's handle but earlier this year somebody on VJ submitted a I751 and ended up in the Texas Service Center and I think it was like 3 months and he was already approved.  I'd like to rub his head for a minute or two and then play the flipping lottery.
 
I could be dead wrong but they are so slow up in Vermont I have the belief they are just sitting on I751s up there and focusing attention on other application packages hoping people submit the N400.  This takes the backlog off their plate and pushes it to the field offices to adjudicate.  It's just wasting people's time.
 

Honestly, I think the inequity is what really irks me.  Make no mistake, I love hearing when people get approved.  It gives hope to people like us who are still waiting.
 
But when you put the same amount of effort into the same package with similar circumstances and you have to wait several more months because of geography ... i.e. the slower service center... it's just not right.
 
I forget the guy's handle but earlier this year somebody on VJ submitted a I751 and ended up in the Texas Service Center and I think it was like 3 months and he was already approved.  I'd like to rub his head for a minute or two and then play the flipping lottery.
 
I could be dead wrong but they are so slow up in Vermont I have the belief they are just sitting on I751s up there and focusing attention on other application packages hoping people submit the N400.  This takes the backlog off their plate and pushes it to the field offices to adjudicate.  It's just wasting people's time.
 

I agree with your advice for those who have an I751 at the California Service Center.  There seems to be signs of life there.  The only approvals for October 2021 filers that I have seen have been at that service center.  We are in Vermont which, for immigration purposes, is like being in the petrified forest.
 
Based on my wife's green card anniversary date, we can technically submit our N400 online today.  However, to avoid any potential timing snafus we will wait until next Monday (October 24) and then submit the N400 online.
 
We don't see any value in waiting until October 31.  It would be my joy to take the I751 out of Vermont's hands and place it (and the N400) in the hands of the local field office in Boston.  They have been reportedly turning things around in 4-6 months.

I agree with your advice for those who have an I751 at the California Service Center.  There seems to be signs of life there.  The only approvals for October 2021 filers that I have seen have been at that service center.  We are in Vermont which, for immigration purposes, is like being in the petrified forest.
 
Based on my wife's green card anniversary date, we can technically submit our N400 online today.  However, to avoid any potential timing snafus we will wait until next Monday (October 24) and then submit the N400 online.
 
We don't see any value in waiting until October 31.  It would be my joy to take the I751 out of Vermont's hands and place it (and the N400) in the hands of the local field office in Boston.  They have been reportedly turning things around in 4-6 months.

Another $85 down the drain.  😄  But I am hoping the same for us, too.  It saves a trip into an application support center for what really is no good reason.

Congrats Mike.  This kind of thing helps the rest of us keep the faith.
 
We will submit my wife's N400 online a week from Monday.  I expect no I751 miracle in the interim so hopeful of a combo.  If the stars are aligned properly next spring sometime.

To be fair, the website states 80% of the cases are completed within 10.5 months at WAC.  EAC should be changed from 16.5 months to NEVER.

It's gratifying to know there may be living, breathing earthlings who actually enter the building up in Vermont and perform some kind of service.

It's gratifying to know there may be living, breathing earthlings who actually enter the building up in Vermont and perform some kind of service.

Thanks to you and Family for your feedback.  I can always write a short letter, make it a pdf and include it in the online submission.  Maybe there is an 'ancillary documents' area where I can include it just so they can't say later, '...but you didn't tell us about your pending I751!!!'.  I am inclined to think Family is right that 'they know'.  I hope my Irish ancestry furnishes some good luck and it will be a combo interview. 🙂 

It looks good to me, I’m actually following this because I will be submitting soon too.
1) The only thing I’m thinking of is if she has kids from previous marriages and paying child support you’ll have to submit those too.
2) Not needed. 
3) correct.
4) @Crazy Cat can tell you how they handled this for his wife. I believe they wrote a simple note requesting a combo interview as advised by @Family if my memory serves me well.

Yes... for California and Texas.  There will be condos on Venus before the other service centers will do their job.

I highly recommend you cultivate some hobbies because it's going to be a while.

Be ready in case they yank out the I751 and do a combo interview.  Wouldn't be unprecedented.  Both spouses should be present just in case.
 
Happy to see N-400s moving fairly quickly.

Yes, but after the ceremony you receive proof of your name change, a name change document signed by a judge. The part about name change on the N-400 is just a name change request, not an approved name change. 

I'll believe Family over me.

I believe any name change will require a judicial oath ceremony.

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.  🙂

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.
 

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.