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17 minutes ago, Fr8dog said:

 

RFE's are triggered for a bunch of reasons and assumptions can set you up for disaster.

 

Read the RFE than put it aside and read it again several hours later. Also have somebody else read it without giving them your thoughts and see what they come up with. There is a good change you will end up with different views after reading it.

 

RFE's (as most government documents) are filled with "catch all's" and blanket statements. Just so no one can ever say "well I ws not informed of that"

 

Don't wonder why they want something you already sent. It may have gotten lost, it may have gotten misplaced it may have been in the wrong format. The interviewer probarbly had to transfer your file to her supervisor and al sorts of things can happen between those two desks. Start gathering the requested documents based on the RFE, not on what have sent previous.

 

The requested info in the RFE can list exact items or examples. If it says examples, they are just that. You may or may not have all items they give as examples. You may even have different items than are listed. sent what you have, you can't make up stuff.

 

When unsure about the RFE snap a picture of it (I mean the whole RFE, not just one paragraph) and post it on the forum. We have seen it numerous times where people were convinced they needed to sent one item only for the forum to spot it was something else they were looking for.

 

Do not forget obvious things like Drivers licenses of both of you. A passport identifies you but does not have the address. They want to see the same address on both licenses or a plausible explanation why they are not the same.

 

Lastly, RFE's appear to be used sometimes when someone can not make the numbers. When sending an RFE, the application is no longer counted in the stats for the USCIS.

 

 

Thank you for your input, see attachment. Some of this items I don’t have them due to closed accounts. 

On 9/26/2020 at 7:53 PM, fakeymcfakename said:

Treat this like an I-751 except you have to show you actually live with your spouse rather than just that the marriage was good faith at the outset. Don't assume that the person reviewing your form has evidence you previously submitted with the I-751 or I-130.

They are asking for all the documents we already submitted, the lady had the documents in front of her and commented how much  we had submitted. I don’t understand why they are asking for the same document submitted. 

2 minutes ago, Fahad86 said:

Whatever you can submit with you and your spouse name should be good enough.

Even if the mail is addressed to her but has my name like phone bills 

7 minutes ago, Fahad86 said:

so have you gather all the documents like tax return ,bank statements, credit card, house lease or mortgage papers, kids birth certificate anyting which prove you both are living together.

Working on it, I submitted the tax return already, we don’t have a lot of things with our name on it. I think it’s just bank statement, tax return, auto and maybe medical.

2 minutes ago, Fahad86 said:

what RFE did you get for?

I didn’t get the letter yet but the interviewers wants to know I am living with my spouse. She said it will be documents proving that.

On 3/23/2019 at 7:40 AM, corvusheart said:

I thought that was just tax return and tax account transcripts. The w-2s are generated by the employers. Too late now we've already submitted. I could upload extra things in the Unsolicited Evidence section. If N400 is denied hopefully it doesn't revoke permenant residency.

How did this go? I got RFE yesterday.

Just passed my interview, I couldn’t get my oath schedule. They asked for more documents, for those who are waiting to attend theirs. You should bring updated documents (from when you filed until interview) with you and your spouse’s name (marriage based). Good luck, I thought it was going to be over today. Now I have to wait for the oath

4 minutes ago, sro18 said:

Hi all,

 

My last post here. I was originally scheduled to be interviewed on 3/31/2020 in San Francisco. Was canceled due to COVID on 3/16/2020.

I got rescheduled for my interview on 8/18/2020. Interview date was yesterday 9/22/2020 at San Francisco. 

 

Interview was straight forward. IO was very nice and chit chatted.  Civics/Reading/Writing tests passed. 

 

I was told at the end of my interview that they are doing same day naturalization. I was not expecting that. I wanted family to be present but they said even if they did it later family would not be allowed to witness the ceremony and there would be no large ceremony. 

 

So I officially became a US citizen yesterday 9/22/2020 with 8 other people after being in this country for over 20 years. They did not have any additional services present (voter registration/passport application/ social security). I applied to register as a voter yesterday online and will apply for my passport today. 

 

Good luck to all and have patience, it will happen even with COVID slowing everything down.

Congrats, got mine tomorrow. I can’t wait. 

On 8/6/2020 at 10:46 AM, Jeff and Willy said:

Just got out of federal building in Los Angeles with the Naturalization Certificate. The whole process went smoothly and quick! The whole process took about 2 hours in total and the immigration officer was super nice. After checking in, I waited about 5 minutes for the interview. The interview lasted about 20 minutes and then she told me I was approved and the Oath will be held shortly after. I waited another 1.5 hour for the oath and the oath itself only took a few minutes.

 

One tip is that you might want to go to the federal builder a little early even though it says you cannot go 15 minutes earlier than the appointment time. It’s because the line to get into federal building is long. It took me at least 25 minutes to get into the building. So I would say you should be in downtown at least 30 - 40 minutes earlier.

 

Also, thanks Matt for your suggestion! I did park in the parking lot you mentioned. It is very convenient and inexpensive!

 

That’s it - I couldn’t believe the long journey finally came to an end! Good luck everyone!

What documents did you take with you for the interview other than what’s required? 

Same here Los Angeles 

04/03 was canceled now I have 9/24

@Jeff and Willy congrats 

@vkrishn congrats! What office? 

Okay thank you, I have been checking that at least twice daily. I was scheduled for the 04/03 in la but got canceled. 

@Jeff and Willy congrats! did you call them or checked on website? 

@usmsbow congrats, I am still waiting for my interview reschedule 

@neoblast congrats 

@Jackrayane my interview was for 04/03 but got cancelled 

@Sam1212 congrats! Still waiting for mine. 

@Matt72 thanks, my interview was schedule for 04/03, fingers crossed for my interview. 

@Matt72 congrats, how did you get notified? 

@Dmitrii you need to wait atleast 10 months to hear anything from LA office (That was how long I waited)  before the pandemic but right now, we don’t know. 

@Rose&Jorge congratulation 

@vkrishn I am waiting also. Nothing yet 

@art1976 what was the ceremony like? 

@art1976 congrats