Robbernosky

Finally naturalized today. Wanted to share my experience at the Moakley Courthouse if this helps others.

The time written on the letter was 12:30 and we showed up around 12:00. It took about 20 minutes to clear through both security (they take your cellphones and water bottles) and to check in with USCIS staff. Then the families and immigrants are separated into two attached but separate rooms (separated only by glass). We sat around waiting for the judge for about an hour until they entered the room at 1:30. After fairly routine and quick proceedings (~20 minutes) the immigrants were released to pick up their certificates. 

My minor trepidation yesterday seems unwarranted as I was scheduled today for an oath ceremony at the end of March. Hopefully nearing the end!

Arrived 15 minutes early, waited about 30 minutes in total! And yeah, I was really hoping for the last officer.

Not a ####### but definitely cold and standoffish from the beginning. Very different from our last interviewer who was warm and looked at our pictures and asked us to talk about each other.

Interview was about 3 hours ago.

No change in I751 status.

Unable to edit the original post, but my N400 case status did update to "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled" around 2 hours after the interview. Probably in the clear but will continue to monitor.

I had the combo interview today and it was a touch more mixed than I would have liked.

The N400 part was open and shut. Nailed the questions and English tests due to studying and from speaking English since I was 4.

The I751 portion didn't go as well as I would have liked. We brought a bunch of documents and photos, but the officer didn't seem to care about most of this. He asked me why our driver licenses had different addresses (one was old and nearing expiration) and seemed to take issue with that. He also didn't like that we didn't have bank statements from our savings account where we pay our mortgage from (we instead took statements from only our checking account). He also didn't seem to care about the actual legally recorded mortgage document, which seemed odd.

He asked us some general questions but never cross-examined us. As in, he asked us about ourselves, never each other. This section was also very short. Maybe 10 minutes?

At the end of the interview he confirmed that he was satisfied with the N400 interview but needed to do some "checking on background things" to process the I751. We confirmed he didn't want to see any photos or any other documents and then left. Of note, he did not give us any paperwork detailing the outcome of the N400 interview.

I got a mailer earlier this week stating that my I-751 interview was scheduled for the same time. This seems to match others experience. Hopefully this is a helpful update for others.

Is it worth calling to confirm that my I-751 will be processed/interviewed at the same time? 

Looks like Boston is finally getting around to things

After nearly two years waiting on the N-400 and three on the I-751 my interview has finally been scheduled. Hoping it's a combo interview.

cc @rebnoe

Case was updated to the same status of "Active review" yesterday. Unsure if that means an interview will actually shake out or if that's the result of filing a case inquiry. We will see.

Case was updated to the same status of "Active review" yesterday. Unsure if that means an interview will actually shake out or if that's the result of filing a case inquiry. We will see.

Amazing!!

Anyone else still waiting?

Hi, you are replying to the wrong thread. This is for people who applied in May 2022, not August 2023. To answer your question, only men are required to register for selective service, so your wife should not have to provide proof of registration.

Another note is that processing times just greatly decreased for I751 forms and I was able to file a case inquiry. I'm hoping that means USCIS itself will be able to finally adjudicate the forms instead of requiring litigation.

My spouse is preparing this paperwork for me, the immigrant. Should they be added as a plaintiff or just me?

I could, but it'd also be nice to file suit against the I751 and have this unblock the N400. But if it doesn't (ie the N400 would continue to languish), then it may make sense to just wait a bit longer and sue for the N400 itself, which forces adjudication of the I751. 

I called the contact center and was told that the N400 was blocked by the I751 and was told that I751s now take 3-4 years to process and that there's nothing to do. Now I need to figure out if I should sue for I751 to unblock N400 or just wait until next year and sue for the N400.

Exact same inquiry response here. I posted about it here: 

Same notice here except it says 90 days. Pending I751 I think is holding it back. Will likely contact them after the 90 days and see what's up. Next escalation will be omsbudman, then congressional representative l, and then a lawsuit mid next year.

Can we just reflect for a moment that the federal government is so incompetent that a paid for service takes years to adjudicate and causes many people to bring suit against the government itself? Heads would roll in private industry for this.

I filled out the paperwork here: https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayONPTForm.do?sroPageType=onpt&entryPoint=init

Got the following response:

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USCIS systems indicate that your case is awaiting an interview. Your local USCIS Field Office will contact you once they are able to schedule the appointment. Should you not be contacted by your local USCIS Field Office within 90 days of this notice, please reach out to the USCIS Contact Center for additional assistance.

cc @rebnoe @zanzala

I have not been scheduled yet. Just made a case inquiry and will see if that results in anything. I'm guessing my i751 is jamming up the process. Will considering sueing USCIS soon to move that paperwork along.

My case is officially outside of normal processing time