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    Hope it goes well for you. I was surprised this took all of 3 months. USCIS isn't known for this kind of speed in the recent history.
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    I had my interview and oath ceremony yesterday. It was quite smooth except for waiting for the oath ceremony after the interview, but still better than having a separate path ceremony.
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    Is it actually random though? Almost everyone in the southwest appears to get assigned WAC. Similar trends are observed in other states. Yes there are exceptions but I am talking about where the vast majority appear to end up
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    I didn't go for global entry - I was going for TSA PreCheck. But the TSA PreCheck employee did exactly what you mentioned and it worked.
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    I was in a similar situation, and I included the lease agreement and renter's insurance in ROC packet. It is also important to include a letter explaining why you have two addresses and why you may be living separately part time. I answered Yes on question 22 and for the explanation I gave the second address and mentioned there's an attached letter with the explanation. I also didn't file AR-11 because it didn't make sense. FWIW, my ROC completed without interview or RFE.
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    Not sure if OP's I-751 case is in that state. OP can confirm. The vast majority of I-751 cases don't require interview assuming N-400 doesn't get filed.
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    Not if OP hasn't filed N400, which they haven't. So its still dependent on the service center.
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    Bad training. In my case, they called someone to verify the extension letter could be used to extend the expiration date.
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    Do you mean getting TSA precheck or going through an airport with TSA precheck? Actually it doesn't matter, I have gone through both with expired card and unexpired extension letter. It did take 3 months to get TSA precheck approved - not sure if it's related to expired GC and extension letter or not.
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    I was in a similar situation myself. On my I-751 I selected the checkbox "Have you lived at any other address"? and mentioned the other address in the additional notes section, and wrote an explanation letter. FWIW, my I-751 was approved without an RFE or interview.
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    I would still suggest waiting if the service center is WAC, or if any of the other service centers come back down to less than 15 month at 80th percentile. WAC seems to be regressing so it may not be long before it makes sense to file N-400 with a pending I-751.
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    You probably got lucky then. Odds are an individual will get called at least once, and probably more than once throughout their life.
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    Which country? My wife was called in both 2021 and 2022. I was also called but I used the juicy "I am not a US citizen" reason to excuse myself. In any case, it's something to consider.
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    I folded it into 4 levels for a year and re entered US 3 times using that paper. Now it's another question what that paper would look like after 4 years of folding. I only had to have for a year.
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    You have listed the advantages, but let me list a couple more disadvantages: 1. No need to perform jury duty 2. If you ever need to permanently leave the US and are OK with losing your GC, not getting US citizenship is a better option. There is one other advantage to be aware of, and that is being able to sponsor your parents or siblings (parent sponsorship is quite fast). I am still on the fence about applying myself.
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    14-15 months on the low end, 26-28 months on the higher end. Depends on which service center you are assigned.
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    With WAC it takes several months for biometrics update. Maybe for other service centers the advice is to keep sending requests, but definitely not WAC.
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    It was waived, although I didn't apply for N-400. If you don't apply for N-400 and let the I-751 play out on its own, odds are it will be waived.
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    Not sure if things have changed but a year ago it was taking 6 months to show that biometrics were being reused.
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    Well, this thread is headed for closure. My final thoughts before it is locked. IMO the comment about risks associated with poorer countries is going to trigger some people, and rightly so. It's another way of saying that white privilege did help. I know mindthegap's situation is not typical, but I am talking about people filing from the "friendly countries" like Canada, EU etc.
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    Based on what I know about USCIS and how they determine risk, for marriage fraud from South Asian countries one of the risk indicators is marrying someone not from that region, particularly Caucasian, Hispanic or African American. If they marry someone from same country of birth or descent, that usually cuts down the risk substantially in USCIS eyes. As for security risk, I would suspect that's more determined by the embassy than USCIS.
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    The annoyance of having to deal with the extension letter, especially in cases where the other party is not fully aware of it, is a big reason to prioritize I-751 over N-400, at least for the short term. And yeah like OldUser mentioned there have been countless cases where IO wasn't able to adjudicate I-751. It really depends on how much rush you are in to get US citizenship.
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    There have been a decent number of approvals and RFEs in the 20xxx range. I think it's worth waiting at least till Christmas to see if any movement happens
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    It's in 17xxx range. I just checked and it seems they haven't started working on 18xxx yet. I would suspect they will get to 2xxxx in 2 weeks or thereabouts.
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    It's 1xxxx.
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