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    MAY 2023 filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by J1student

    On 5/27/2023 at 2:56 PM, J1student said:

    Timeline:

    • 05/15/2023 Application received at Illinois PO box
    • 05/18/2023 Text notification received
    • 05/19/2023 Check cashed
    • 05/25/2023 Receive bio reuse and online account letters

    Still waiting for the extension letter however. I see no docs on my online USCIS account.

    48 months extension NOA received in the mail 05/29/2023. Still nothing uploaded to the online USCIS account.

    AOS interview 2 weeks before 2 year marriage anniversary

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    5 hours ago, mnewportland said:

    Congratulations on getting your GC! We've been waiting for our interview to be scheduled for over 2 years now and we finally have an interview next month! 

    I have a question for you please if you don't mind since it looks like it took them a while as well to interview you. Did you need to submit an updated i-864 during the interview, or was it ever brought up? I'm asking because since it has been over 2 years since we filed, some income information has changed. We now make more but the intending immigrant (me) makes most of it so I'd need to be on the form if we have to submit a new one. Any input will be greatly appreciated and thanks a lot!

    We actually got the interview after 10 months of filing (filed October 2020) so I can't really answer your question. But no we were not asked anything except originals of IDs birth and marriage certificates etc. In addition to wedding photos (which they didn't keep) and tax returns for the past 3 years. 

    AOS interview 2 weeks before 2 year marriage anniversary

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted · Edited by J1student

    An update:

    • I sent in a request to reschedule via live chat on July 8th with the reason being having no proof of citizenship as my certificate of naturalization was sent for the passport application.
    • On July 15th, the website updated with "your request to have your appointment reschedule, referral number XXXXXXXXX, was completed." I was very excited, waited for 10 days for something to arrive in the mail, but nothing arrived.
    • Contacted USCIS again, and they see on their end: "Your request for an interview reschedule was forwarded to appropriate unit for review and consideration"
    • On July 27th, I received my passport, no sign of the original certificate of naturalization so far
    • Interview was schedule for August 9th, contacted USCIS on the Friday before and nothing changed regarding the reschedule.
      • The agent said I'm free to not show up at the interview since I requested a reschedule
      • But I decided to go and avoid any issues with no shows etc.
    • Interviewer almost refused to take in the interview because I only had a copy of the certificate of naturalization (somehow a US passport is not good enough as citizenship proof for this IO!)
    • She decided to do the interview anyway, a lot of rapid fire questions, went through all (and I mean literally all) I485 questions at such speed and authoritarian manner, I'm glad my wife did not crack under such pressure
      • She even started asking my wife to define what money laundering, polygamy and other things in the questionnaire meant!
    • The interview ends:
      • She hands us a paper and says it might take 120 days to get an answer, and that we should not travel outside of the US
      • I asked if we can get an I-551 stamp: she responded we are not approved yet to get that stamp
      • I asked if she can possibly delay this approval for 11 days (our second marriage anniversary) and explained it's to avoid ROC.
        • She was amused but said she can't do anything as it's not for her to approve the application.
    •  
    • A few hours later, status changed to card is being produced

    •  We are very grateful the GC was approved the same day of course, so that's great news 🎉.

     

    So in conclusion, we gave it a shot: tried to reschedule and tried to ask explicitly for delaying decision by 11 days... didn't work. If you can tolerate a few months of delays, I think you should give rescheduling a shot if you're in the same boat. 

    AOS interview 2 weeks before 2 year marriage anniversary

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted · Edited by J1student

    4 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

    I guess I am rereading your post and I am not sure I understand what you are asking. :) 

    I'm mostly looking at what the experience has been for people who were in the same situation. After all we're definitely grateful for the interview being scheduled :), we can deal with the ROC after 2 years if there's no way around it. 

    AOS interview 2 weeks before 2 year marriage anniversary

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    Hi all, 

     

    The AOS interview for my (usc) spouse (adjusting from F1 visa) was scheduled to be 2 weeks before our second marriage anniversary. My understanding is that if the case is adjudicated on any date before the second year marriage anniversary, the applicant will receive a 2 year conditional green card where they'd need a ROC after that to get a longer gc. 

     

    Does anyone have experience with this where the interview is merely a few weeks before the target date?

       * Can the applicant be granted a 10 year gc even if adjudicated before the 2nd year marriage mark?

      * Is it possible to bring this up with the officer to see if they can consider granting a 10 year gc? 

      * Other? Like reschedule the interview... 

     

    Thanks. 

    N-400 July 2020 Filers (merged)

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Scandi said:

    If you filed online the form automatically removes everything that doesn't apply to you. So when you put in your birth date, the system knows you're not old enough to have been part of Nazi Germany. So you never answered those questions because you never even saw them, they weren't there. 

     

    My IO briefly mentioned those questions at the interview and answered them for me (I never said anything, she had already fixed it).

    Same, the officer just mentioned them and made the corrections himself then asked to validate all the changes made. 

    N-400 July 2020 Filers (merged)

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by J1student

    6 hours ago, Mariela08 said:

    Can you tell about your experience ? I got mine next week in nyc too

    Same as the other NYC person above, the interview was really chill, took probably 10/15 minutes max (out of which maybe 5 minutes are questions) 

     

    Checked in then went into waiting room, officer called me in, asked for passport, green card, ID.

     

    Then started civics questions right away. Questions: which group was brought to the US as slaves, what's Martin luther king jr known for, name 3 original states, how long we vote representatives for, name one branch of government, and when do we vote for president. 

     

    Reading a sentence after that: "who was George Washington" then was asked to write back on the iPad "Washington was the first president" 

     

    The officer then went through a few questions from the N400 form not all of them. Then asked about a speeding ticket I had noted on the form for the "have you ever been cited quest" 

     

    Finally asked to confirm my info and said congrats and that's it. 

     

    I did not show any documents at all. I uploaded a bunch to the website earlier: tax returns, birth certificate, marriage certificate etc. I applied under the 5 years rule. 

     

    The experience was really smooth and if your case is "obvious", there is nothing to worry about, just go through the civics questions to make sure you get them right. 

    N-400 July 2020 Filers (merged)

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    On 5/24/2021 at 12:07 PM, JER2020 said:

     

    based on these two posts, I am thinking that N-400 applications based on marriage to a US Citizen (3YR)  have priority over 5YR Permanent Resident rule.

    I would not trust these estimates much. I had my interview today (Manhattan NYC) and 30 mins later the website updated that I'll be scheduled for an Oath ceremony. However the website shows an 8 months completion time!

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    N-400 July 2020 Filers (merged)

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Lola Lolo said:

    Hello everyone good evening.. I just want to share with you that today I am officially a U.S. citizen 🇺🇸 😍. Our oath ceremony was so quick it’s less than 10 minutes in Dallas..

     

    Today my journey has ended. So another chapter has begun. Thank you all here and god bless y’all…

    Congrats, my interview coming up next week NYC. 

     

    Did you do the interview + Oath ceremony on the same day? 

    N-400 July 2020 Filers (merged)

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Just checked my online account and they seem to have sent an RFE (not sure when as it does not state the date and still haven't received anything in the mail yet.) Anyone received an RFE so far?

    The message says: 

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    We have mailed a Request for Evidence to you. This may extend your processing time beyond our original estimate. Time until decision: approx. 5 months

    Also only uploaded my GC and the marriage certificate, are those enough or do I need to upload more documents? (I was going to bring tax returns etc to the interview instead).

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    N-400 July 2020 Filers (merged)

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Mariela08 said:

     

     

    7 hours ago, Prettygal1221 said:

     

    Wow! This is exciting news! Thanks for sharing! I filed in July in NYC (Bronx) as well. I checked my online account and no updates yet... where did you find this update? Hoping for things to move on my case as well 🙏🏼

    It showed up under the documents section. There is no update in the case history (still I ly shows the receipt notice from July.) also received an email that "an action was taken on my case" 

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