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I filed for N400 March 1st 2024 out of NYC. I also applied for ROC in November 2022; there is no movement on either except the generic biometric notice for N400 and the obvious extensions on green cards. Is this normal?

I'm pretty sure you can cough up some more evidence if you think about it for a few days. I even included the Amtrack tickets we took to Philly for a day trip. As long as it has both your names and you did it together I would include it.

The only advice I can give is to sit down and think of all the documents that will support your case and make redundant copies of them. Assuming you filed for ROC last summer collect everything from that period up to now. If possible have a copy of the original ROC package too. Bank statements, joint documents, tax, photos and everything else that you can think of. Hell even this months bank statements should be included. Since you may be emotionally not in a good place I'll make a list: All joint bank account transactions between you two (Venmo) 401K+ Joint Insurance Utility Bills Travel logs and itineraries Tax Children birth certificate (if you have any) Apartment lease Joint mortgage Joint car plans Photos (ideally showing you amongst friends,family or travelling) Joint gym plans? There is a lot of info on timing and such and I am no expert but this is what I think could help you the most in case your first I751 gets denied and you have to refile again. As a side note and friendly advice it may be best to be more friendly in the divorce and not have a nasty angry man chasing you down. (while it may seem far fetched there are a few stories here and there of ex spouses getting super nasty)

I am a November 2022 filer, filed for N400 on March 1st, no updates.......

Correct, but I'm pretty sure OP can cough up the money for a refill. If not, I think many people (myself included) would be happy to help as his contributions to the community have helped so many people and he was always around to help. Given that OP can work and somewhat carry on with life until a hearing is made in front of a judge or an approval I don't think there is any downside to fighting. Sure, I may be speaking without any skin in his game but I don't think quitting would help him.

While the denial can indeed be very frustrating, there is no downside in keeping up the fight.

Lol,someone should have a guideline for the titles of this threads ......

The only real difference of Trump vs Biden is allocation of USCIS resources and maybe extra scrutiny. Both of those factors will increase the wait times exponentially.

I agree, the backlog is the real issue here, that said the 10-20 % difference in the agency policy under Trump will create maybe an additional 60-70% (if not more) wait times in the first two years and then maybe 10 year processing time by 2028 just because of the huge backlog .

This is not a political debate or trying to say who is better. That being said I speculate I751 cases to almost take 5-6 years easily if Trump is elected. USCIS resources are going to be directed to ICE and such and less on clearing backlogs, but the amouunt of cases are gonna remain the same. Backlog from Biden is gonna carry over to Trump and I751 being so low priority I would not be surprised if they just don't touch the cases for the first 3-4 years and now that I think the actual processing time could get exponential quickly and maybe taking as long as 9-10 years for simple cases.

Most people gave very good answers, I just give my 2 cents. I don't think this is an issue as long as there is enough evidence all together. The separate bank accounts thing is common and you don't have to worry as long as you can provide other documents showing comingling of finances like joint tax returns, beneficiary 401K, Joint Investment Account and such. It's more about the holistic picture than each piece of evidence by itself.Basically if you lack in one area try to compensate in the other area. That said the joint account is a "Quality" Evidence and you can't replace it with like 100 pictures thinking they will provide the same effect. Personally me and my wife did have joint accounts that were not "Active" but I provided joint saving account with significant amount, a joint mortgage, 401K stuff.

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Based on my observation there are two forms of "denial": They keep denying/ or making the process take long in the hope that they will tire you out.Usually these are like the majority of the denials. They have very concrete evidence that the marriage was a sham and deny based on that knowing the judge will also vote in favor of the marriage being a sham. Most people who have plenty of evidence and are/were legit couples fall into category one as category 2 is usually for more organized stuff where a lawyer tried to organize something or it was part of a major scam/operation.The only caveat is sometimes people in category 1 end up in an interview and say too much or get nervous and say something stupid which will push the officer into category 2. That being said unless there is very explict evidence the whole thing was a sham the denial becomes a question of how much you are willing to dispute it and provide evidence to prove the agency wrong. The only thing I would add to your list of documents is ID's showing you live together.

I hear you, I just think the N400 might give it a nudge.

I am going to file N400, honestly don't think N400 would delay the process, if it's taking 33-35 months now, it would probably be 50 month by next year around this time so not sure how N400 would "Delay" anything.