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To be honest, I really think everyone should add a request for a combo interview when uploading their N-400 documents online or when sending the package physically. It's just a one-page document that takes 10 minutes to write. This effort is minor compared to the entire process you've been going through from the beginning, including the numerous pages printed and the many documents gathered and presented. Sending this combo interview request makes it easier for the person reviewing your case to clearly see that you have an I-751 pending. Of course, there is a system where they can see it, but sometimes it gets overlooked. Why not help the reviewer by pointing it out?

Got my 10 year green card today🥳
Good luck to all who's still waiting, you're almost there!

Just checked this past Friday, and we are updated to "New Card is being Produced" as of April 5 2024.
We were "Case Received" on November 12 2021, so however long that is. 2.5 years more or less.
 
It looks like Potomac is moving quickly now. I wasn't expecting anything until August this year. Yall hang in there!

After 892 days, my spouse's I-751 application was finally approved. No biometrics, no interview, no RFE. Just silence for 2.5 years then approval.
 
He literally just got his second I-551 stamp in the mail 5 days ago (he misplaced his actual card right after we applied so we've been using those for travel). We really weren't planning on getting approved soon. So relieved.
 
He won't be filing for citizenship so this marks the end of our Visa Journey that started back in 2018. I'm grateful to this forum for keeping us sane for all of that time. 🙏🏽
 

I did upload a request for a combo interview and I had a combo interview.
 

Thank you! Have you checked the status today? It should soon change to "Oath Scheduled." Good luck to you! Hopefully, we will be done with USCIS this spring.

1. I hope that my timeline could be of help for those who are waiting and anxious. 
2. Please share your experience if you had a combo interview & attended your oath ceremony at the Sacramento California field office. Thank you in advance!  
December 19, 2017, married in the U.S.;
December 19, 2018, became a conditional U.S. permanent resident;
October 29, 2019, divorce filed by my USC husband;
June 11, 2020, divorce finalized; 
December 16, 2020: "We received your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence."
April 30, 2021: "The fingerprints relating to your Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, were taken."
September 23, 2021: "We sent a request for additional evidence for your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence."
November 8, 2021: "We received your response for Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence."
November 23, 2021: "Your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, was transferred to another office for processing."
November 24, 2021: "We transferred your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, to another USCIS office that now has jurisdiction over your case."
December 15, 2021: "We are ready to schedule your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, for an interview." October 5, 2023, filed N-400 online;  March 29, 2024, interview scheduled for May 8, 2024. 

Yes, in the light of all the illegal immigration and tolerance for open borders, I should be ever so impressed that the U.S. educated legal immigrants have to wait 20 years to get their turn. It really is a miracle, isn’t it? 

Anyways sounds good. Did it update?
Do you have official sourse about 60 days?

So here is my experience with my N-400 and I-751 combo interview. I received both invitations a little over a month before the interview date.
 
Location: Los Angeles 
Appointment time: 6:45 AM
Arrived: 6:20 AM
Was called in: 8:05 AM
Finished: 8:30 AM
 
The interviewer did not allow my husband (a US citizen) to enter the room with me; he had to wait in the waiting room. Interestingly, the interviewer didn't request any documents listed in the mail invitations for the combo interview, even though I had prepared about 500 pages of proof for the I-751.
 
All I was asked to provide were my ID, my passport, and my green card.
 
First questions:
- What's your full name?
- Your date of birth?
 
The interviewer interspersed N-400 questions among the I-751 questions. 
 
Also he seemed a bit annoyed when, at the beginning, he asked for my husband's middle name, and I inquired whether he needed the shortened middle name (as it appears on my husband's ID and passport) or the full name. He kept saying, "Just say his middle name," and seemed annoyed by my question. In general it seemed like he didn’t wanna any conversation like talk, he wanted me just answer the questions straightforward and he didn’t wanna hear anything more or less. 
 
N-400 Questions:
- What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
- Who vetoes bills?
- There were 13 original states. Name three.
- What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
 
I-751 Questions:
- Full name of the US spouse
- Date of birth of the US spouse
- Middle name of the US spouse
- Parents' names of the US spouse
- When he became a US citizen?
- Is he still a US citizen?
- How he became a US citizen?
- Where you were born?
- Where your husband was born?
- How many times have you been married?
- How many times your husband has been married?
- How many kids you have?
- How many kids does your husband have?
- When you got married?
- How you met?
-Were you separated at any point?
- What was your marital status when you met?
- What countries did you travel to together?
- Where do you work?
- Did you pay taxes each year since becoming a green card holder?
 
Writing sentence was: "California has a lot of people."
I don’t remember the reading sentence exactly, but it was not a basic one.
 
Then, he proceeded to ask yes/no questions from the N-400 form.
 
By the way, the interviewer spoke quite fast, and his pronunciation wasn’t very clear, which could make it difficult for someone not perfectly fluent in English to understand him completely.
 
I’ve heard many people say that the N-400 interview was the easiest, but in my case, it was more tense. The interviewer was much stricter than the woman who conducted our first interview.
 
At the end, he mentioned that he would inform me of the result in about 15 minutes as he needed to perform a background check first. When he called me back, he said, "I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that their system is down, and he can't complete the background check until the technician arrives to fix it today. That’s why he can’t give a final decision now. The good news is that he most likely recommends approving both cases, and I should check my USCIS account later in the evening.

Applied for naturalization on Tuesday. Let's see if that will shake something loose. 

Biometrics is no longer an additional fee for an I-751, it appears.  $750 is the full fee.   The additional fee appears only for an I-821 now (according to Form G-1055 Fee schedule). 

I have a combo interview scheduled and have already received two interview notifications: one for the N-400 and another for the I-751. However, that's not my concern. My question was directed at Alexis22, asking if she noticed those changes in her status on the USCIS website. In her situation, the interviewer didn't have the proper documentation to approve her case, even though it had already been transferred. That was my question.

So to not confuse people, should I have my husband file the I-865 prior to the I751 or just after the I751? He's going to put the date of his move to the date of when he first moved just to be precise. I will put my move date to the day I flew back to the US because it is the date I moved in to this address. Is that all correct to put? I want to make sure I put down the information as accurate as possible to not cause any confusion. 

Again, I sent in everything that they asked for. So it was not incomplete. Anyways, forget what I said everyone ;)

Well, bare minimum was maybe the wrong term. I just stuck to their guidelines and didn't send in anything that wasn't asked for. For example, I heard of people sending in 24 monthly joint bank account statements. I just sent in the first and the last I think. That's what I meant. But yeah, I could be wrong.

Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing well. It's been a while since there was any movement on my case, so I'm excited to share that it's finally starting to move.
 
**N-400 Application for Naturalization**
- Submitted on November 10, 2023.
- Biometric appointment was scheduled on November 11, 2023.
- Interview for naturalization was scheduled on February 14, 2024.
- Received the mail on February 20, 2024.
- Interview is scheduled for April 5, 2024.
- Received a mail titled "Request for petitioner to appear for initial interview" for the petition to remove conditions on residence on February 23, with the notice dated February 17, 2023. The interview is scheduled for the same date/time as the Interview for naturalization.
 
I'm currently in Los Angeles, CA.
 
Good luck to everyone!!!
 
 

So glad to hear that it didn't took too long for them to figure things out 🎉 next year at this time you'll laugh about all that nonsense 😁
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉
 
I'll file the N400 Tuesday. We're getting somewhere 😁

Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing well. It's been a while since there was any movement on my case, so I'm excited to share that it's finally starting to move.
 
**N-400 Application for Naturalization**
- Submitted on November 10, 2023.
- Biometric appointment was scheduled on November 11, 2023.
- Interview for naturalization was scheduled on February 14, 2024.
- Received the mail on February 20, 2024.
- Interview is scheduled for April 5, 2024.
- Received a mail titled "Request for petitioner to appear for initial interview" for the petition to remove conditions on residence on February 23, with the notice dated February 17, 2023. The interview is scheduled for the same date/time as the Interview for naturalization.
 
I'm currently in Los Angeles, CA.
 
Good luck to everyone!!!
 
 

Thank you!
I just checked my USCIS account regarding the I-751, and it doesn't even indicate "interview scheduled" or anything of that nature, despite the fact that I received an interview schedule in the mail. The latest status is "February 8, 2023: Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken."
 

Thank you!
I just checked my USCIS account regarding the I-751, and it doesn't even indicate "interview scheduled" or anything of that nature, despite the fact that I received an interview schedule in the mail. The latest status is "February 8, 2023: Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken."
 

It’s worth keeping an eye on your online USCIS account!!  I had a combo interview come through in the mail for the same day and time as the naturalisation interview and then out of the blue it was waived for unknown reasons.  I didn’t realise I had been approved for I751 until the greencard showed up in the mail! 
 
Good luck to you! 😊

Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing well. It's been a while since there was any movement on my case, so I'm excited to share that it's finally starting to move.
 
**N-400 Application for Naturalization**
- Submitted on November 10, 2023.
- Biometric appointment was scheduled on November 11, 2023.
- Interview for naturalization was scheduled on February 14, 2024.
- Received the mail on February 20, 2024.
- Interview is scheduled for April 5, 2024.
- Received a mail titled "Request for petitioner to appear for initial interview" for the petition to remove conditions on residence on February 23, with the notice dated February 17, 2023. The interview is scheduled for the same date/time as the Interview for naturalization.
 
I'm currently in Los Angeles, CA.
 
Good luck to everyone!!!
 
 

Filed March 2022, CSC.
Received text today 2/21/24 that new card was being produced. No interview. Biometrics re-used July 2022.