Alexis2022

On 4/8/2024 at 4:37 PM, TGregorio said:

Thanks! Both cases were approved 12 days after the I-751 was transferred from Potomac station to the NBC on November 15, 2023. Oath ceremony was scheduled 29 days after case approvals. Your case may take less time, though. Congratulations on your impending oath ceremony! 😊

Thank you! Yes we can't wait 😛

5 hours ago, MuskyOne said:

My n400 interview is scheduled but my i751 still says “case received”. I guess we will see what happens in a month but I will assume a combo interview. 

Yay! Good luck. Did you upload any letters along with your n400? Like requesting combo interview?

On 4/8/2024 at 4:05 PM, Cornflake said:

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.

Was worried about RFE because officer didn’t request any documents. 751 changed yesterday to approved. N400 is still waiting for oath scheduling.

Almost there! 

On 3/8/2024 at 7:31 AM, TGregorio said:

My wife's ROC was also pending, but the instructions on her N-400 interview did not say to bring me (husband).

The Washington, D.C. Field Office in Fairfax, Virginia has a history of turning away spouses that accompany their spouse to the N-400 interview, when not instructed to do so. I waited in the car, just in case the IO wanted to speak with me.

 

Although ROC was pending, we did not have a combo interview and the ROC interview was waived.

After notifying my wife that she passed the exams, the IO initiated a transfer of the ROC from the Potomac Office in Virginia, so that she could approve both the ROC and N-400.

 

It really depends on your Field Office, IO, pending ROC, and strength of your evidence for marriage based - 3 year rule, whether or not your case will be a combo interview. However, as stated by others, the spouse of the N-400 applicant should be available to attend the interview. 

 

Congratulations!!!

 

Congratulations:)

long did it take to get her both cases approved and get oath scheduled?

10 hours ago, OldUser said:

They approved them, you're in line for naturalization. 

Thank you, I was reading on internet meaning of this status and most of them stated it means nothing

21 hours ago, Cornflake said:

Yes, I have both updates. Regarding I- 751 the status changed to:
 

April 5, 2024 Case Was Approved

April 5, 2024 We transferred your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, to another USCIS office that now has jurisdiction over your case.

April 4, 2024 Your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, was transferred to another USCIS office.

N-400

Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed	April 4, 2024
We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review.	April 4, 2024
Your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, was placed in line for oath ceremony scheduling.	April 4, 2024
We scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.	February 14, 2024

Congratulations 🎊 

Mine was changed to Oath will be scheduled. Does it mean they approved my cases or am I on hold?

22 hours ago, Cornflake said:

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.

Anyways sounds good. Did it update?

22 hours ago, OldUser said:

@Cornflake thank you for posting the experience. I already wrote it somewhere, US citizenship is the biggest immigration benefit USCIS can grant and cannot easily revoke. I disagree with the sentiment shared by many that N-400 is the easiest part of immigration. I also posted my observation somewhere before: if you bring a lot of evidence, you're rarely asked for it; but if you bring the bare minimum - they'll ask for evidence in a lot of cases. I see the pile of evidence as insurance policy.

 

Good luck! The good news is, you can sue USCIS if you don't receive a decision within 60 days.

Do you have official sourse about 60 days?

23 hours ago, Cornflake said:

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.

There was no changes until actual interview, and in 5 days after interview status changed to case was moved to another office, and in another 3 days it was transferred and a new office has jurisdiction so I guess officer requested those papers. Over all experience was really nice, and interviewer was very nice and caring. Keep my fingers crossed for you and myself ☺️🤞

10 hours ago, Cornflake said:

Did you receive a mail requesting the petitioner to appear for an initial interview on the same day as your naturalization interview? Or were you hoping it would be a combo interview?

Forgot to mention that my 751 was transferred a few days before appointment, so I guessed it would be a combo

Hi everyone. I filled for citizenship in Nov 2023 and 751 Nov 2022. We just got an interview last week. I took my hubby with me, but officer wanted to do just a n400 because they didn't receive a 751 package. During interview he told me different reasons why they can't do 751 so it makes me wonder what's going on. I asked Emma before and chat support told me my 751 already in the field office 😭

I passed the exam, questions were really easy and the officer recomended my n400 for approval. Officer told me he will get my roc and will approve later. Do you guys know how long will it take to get 751 approved and get oath invitation? Thank you

On 5/10/2023 at 12:06 AM, Elllena said:

APPROVED!!! I just got the letter in the mail today that my application to remove conditions was approved. I expected to have an interview, but it was waived. They apparently approved it back on  May 2nd, but I didn’t know. They emailed my card on may 5th, so hopefully it arrives soon. I am over the moon and just so grateful that my application moved so fast. 

Hi, congratulations 🎊 what evidence you included in your package?

On 4/18/2023 at 3:34 PM, Albinjr26 said:

Just for fun while we wait, what is your estimated approval date as per visa journey? Mine started as Sept 28 2024 and my last update was Aug 14 2024

July, 2 2024

Can't wait when everybody will post here that they were approved 😝

Got a second 48 months extension after 3 months, first was for 24 months in December That's funny because lasts longer than conditional greencard lol

48 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

I wouldn’t worry about it.   Our waste management people are also zealots about bin placement and parking.

 

For your records, you could take a pic of the sign that said parking was allowed at that time.

 

For the hearing date, is there an option to explain or challenge it via email or online form?   Surely in this time of social distancing, they would utilize remote methods for dealing with trash collection parking infractions.

Yes on the back it says I can appeal it online. But sounds like I don't have to. I putted my citation # and it says there is no records or has been paid or voided.

Also I found a card I think it is their as well. The card is saying "scan me" you got a parking warning, please do not park during waste collection operations 7 am-1 pm.

So I scanned it and it says map with restrictions for parking coming soon (it doesn't exist yet). So it is easier to give people warnings with not updated websites than update signs 🤔 🙄 

Hi everyone,

I got a citation ticket yesterday, it says in comments "Warning Designated trash collection" and the amount of the fine is 0$ but it is still says hearing date 3.27.23.

Can it affect my 751 application and citizenship in future? Should I mention this in my n400 application and bring this warning with me for the interview? Is this warning in the system?

I am kinda confused because the sign I parked within says "you can park on this side mon-thirsday 8am-8pm. And I got this warning on Monday at 8.39 am.

Thank you for your answers!

On 12/19/2022 at 2:51 AM, Nraf86 said:

1. What state are you residing in? I am currently in California, but recently moved from Texas. My driver's license is still from Texas. What address should I mail it at? the one for California or Texas?

2. What form of payment did you use? Credit card or check? what is the most reliable way to pay for it?

3. What file/organizer did you use to compile all the evidence together?

If you are currently living in California and want to settle there, I think you should send it here, see attached pic. Also I will recommend you to add new address on both of your DLs because at interview they asked us to show ours.

We used credit card. The best way people say is check(be sure you have enough on your account). 

I did two hole on each page at the top and used fasteners as USCIS webpage advised. And just two solid thick covers.

18 minutes ago, kec523 said:

They did not charge me a fee - they sent the whole thing right back. So I think you're all good!!! 

I hope so, I think it is more efficient just to send an RFE for a new form filled correctly than send 3 lb back. Money money.

2 minutes ago, kec523 said:

For AOS? Just about one year exactly.  I first sent in my application in Mid March 2020, it got rejected twice (once because of that weird 944 form and once, I think, because of the N/A thing), and I sent it the third time in April and it got accepted.  My husband got approved for conditional green card in March 2021 - and here we are getting ready for March 2023 when it expires! 

Thank you. For n/a, did they charge you fee and then reject? Or just sent everything back, didn't touch your money? 

They charged my card and sent me the noa extension and case updated as fingerprints were taken.

59 minutes ago, kec523 said:

What's missing from what? 

 

Did you look at my list on the other thread? I'm confused what you are replying to here, haha. 

 

But to answer your question: we do live together - but I bought my home before he was in the picture and I don't have a lender/mortgage. We will send our driver's licenses that show shared address, mail to both of us at our address, and utility bills for our address in both of our names. 

I am pretty sure I got rejected during AOS the first time for not having N/A everywhere so I'm paranoid now and put it on every blank section this time right off the bat! 

How long did it take to get aos approved for you? Since first filling. 

Omg I forgot to put na in our 751, they accepted it and charged the cc. I hope they just will send rfe for new form filled correctly. I have seen that in other threads here

26 minutes ago, Lulu123lu said:

Hope you get to hear from them soon,good luck! Mine is Vermont

USCIS website says 19 month processing time for Vermont

Hi everyone, I am late November filler.

We sent our package on Nov 26, they got it on 11/29. Text message on 12/1 with case number (no emails but I added it on the form 1145). Cc charged on 12/1, got my Noa (extension) on 12/3. Case update finger prints were taken from AOS 12/6. Vermont center rocks! I'm going to monitor both November and December fillers threads and will be happy to read how it goes for you guys  

1 minute ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Yes they did. I guess you adjusted your status two years ago?

Yes, how about you guys

23 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

If you mean by that putting it on a pile and not think about it for the next 18 months then yea, you're right 🤣🤣😉

Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken

As of December 6, 2022, fingerprints relating to your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt Number , have been applied to your case. 

Does it mean they took my fingerprints from previous forms?

4 minutes ago, Lulu123lu said:

Vermont service center!! I’m Vermont too!

Yay! 

They just charged my credit card for 680$ so they gonna hard working on the package