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  1. It will never expire, it stays pending, until it's approved or denied. Mine ended up getting approved after a year and half. Moving to a different state was what prompted them to approve it, as they did that the same day they processed my transfer to the new field office.
  2. That might be me, I used to post here a fair bit. I did indeed wait 18 months for a decision. It is unusual though.
  3. I'm confused. The Javits Center is in Manhattan and as far as I know all the interviews are conducted at Federal Plaza, including for Brooklyn applications. You're saying she was interviewed for N-400 at Javits Center?
  4. I suspect he was confused about the requirements of the UK in order to keep UK citizenship. Some countries (eg: Germany) require you to apply to be a dual national before becoming a citizen of a new country, otherwise you lose your previous nationality. The UK has no such requirements though.
  5. Was your ex a natural born American or also an immigrant at one time? Perhaps they need to pull their file?
  6. Or did you ever have a student visa in the past perhaps? Failing that, perhaps someone with the same name and date of birth popped-up in their system, so they have to check it out.
  7. Have you had a green card or immigration benefit before with a different A number? I suspect they noticed another file in their system for you with a different record number, and need to get it pulled from their archives.
  8. Very good examples. As @Mike E said, the vast vast majority of interviews go completely normally without issue. It's unusual, but not unheard of for an interview to get de-railed. I took a lawyer to mine, as it was an important interview and I can afford it.
  9. One other thing I've read that you could try is making a FOIA request. It may or may-not help, but I don't think it can hurt. There's a thread here about others that are doing it:
  10. Unless you want to sue, there isn't too much else you can do right now. I'd keep sending an out of processing time request every 30 days. Are there any other reasons why it could be taking longer? eg: complicated immigration history, unfriendly country of Birth?
  11. If they had a combo interview (I751 & N400 at the same time), it's possible they could approve both at the same time. In those cases they often don't issue a greencard.
  12. As one of the posters above mentioned, Senators, Representatives and even the Ombudsman can't force USCIS to do anything, but in my opinion it helps to keep the pressure on. It also helps with your own sanity, knowing that you are doing everything you possibly can do. In my case, I was pretty sure moving states was going to get the case moving, which it did. If that hadn't worked, my final plan was to sue.
  13. You can technically sue them after 120 days, but I'd wait longer before going down that path. Is your case outside USCIS processing times for your field office? You can check here: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ I'd be contacting my senators and representative for help, and also the USCIS Ombudsman if your case is outside office processing times. There is another very good thread for people in your situation here: Read through this, so you can understand all the options. Unfortunately this situation is becoming more and more common these days.
  14. Don't give up, and try not to become too dis-spirited, I had a 17 month wait after my interview. What got mine over the line was moving to a different state. The day they processed the AR-11, they approved the case. I suspect they Case Officer didn't want someone else looking at her case-work, so just approved it rather than do the transfer.
  15. Yes, they won't even look at your case until it's outside of the processing times for your field office. Just keep checking on the dates to see when your case goes outside and file another ombudsman case then. They still won't do much, but at least it's keeping some pressure on USCIS.
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