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That’s amazing to read and that’s about the processing times I experienced with the coming of my very first 10yrs greencard 2-3 months wait.

I was just now actually looking at your profile and seeing that you are retired Air Force and thinking if that might of been why your wife case was only 4 months but I guess you guys went through a ton of weight somewhere else. By the way, former RN here, now CRNA (I see you are also a retired RN). You did a ton of services to help others and that's something to be proud of. Thank you for all the help you provided!

Interesting. Thank you, good to know. As always USCIS representatives informing otherwise... Not surprised at this point

Oh wow. That's great. Congratulations on the process not being an agony!

Hello everyone! I hope you are well. I either have to choose between renewing my 10 year green card or doing the citizenship. I know all processing times are ridiculous and, currently, with the NOA for both applications, an extension of 2 years to the expiring green card is added. Now, I understand the citizenship is a longer process but is it really taking people 20 months to get a new green card printed? I am not mentioning any state because any online application for I-90 seems to go through Potomac anyway. Any insight on your experiences is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for sharing her experience! So it is possible that everything goes as it should 😊

Were you in the Fort Myers office? So you will have the name changed at the time of oath, correct? Thank you!

Thank you for the insight. Talking to USCIS agents is so frustrating. They are ambiguous, do not know the latest information, and I end up more confused than how I began... Also, does the name situation you suggest happen a lot? My understanding is that you could change your name to whatever you wanted within reason during the N-400 processing instead of double paying the N-400 and change of name. I mean I honestly just want my true legal name back. It is the name in my passport and birth certificate after all. Same name that appears in other names used. So confusing.

Hello everyone! My 10 years GC expires June 2023. With the new policy changes of USCIS I would get an automatic extension of the green card of 24 months for either an I-90 or an N-400 application. Yesterday, talking to an USCIS agent, she said that if my citizenship is pending after 2 years then I would not get anymore green card extensions. Right now in the USCIS website the GC and the citizenship processing times are around 20 months each for 80% of cases. My husband and I moved to Fort Myers, FL on April 2021 so I have never done anything related to immigration in the Fort Myers office. I am in a dilemma. Should I just renew the GC and then do the naturalization having 10 extra years more to do it whenever or just go ahead and do the citizenship now? It is just problematic to choose what to do the fact that USCIS has overall not been doing good with processing times since COVID... Side question: anyone knows if there are judicial oath ceremonies in the Fort Myers office? USCIS messed up my first name back in the days and split my two words first name into a first and a middle. Also, I want my maiden name back for cultural reasons so would like that restored too. Therefore, whenever I apply for the N-400, I would ask for a name change to have my first and last name restored to my birth name. Thank you in advance! Probably I am overthinking this but USCIS being slow processing doesn't make things better for this indecisive human being.

Thank you for your answer. It is funny to me how USCIS says they have no legal power to change the name but they easily changed my first name and when I complained about it then they told me that’s the American conventions. Ellis island much? 😂

So what about if my first name was split between a first and a middle (I have a two words first name) when it is actually all a first but thanks to USCIS it had to be separated everywhere? If I want to be back to my maiden name (last name) and correct my first name, do I need a legal name change?

Hello everyone! I hope you are all well. I have an Spanish passport with a compound first name (two words) and a compound last name (two words, no hyphen). My green card has my first name split as First and Middle and my husband's last name as last name. I want to put my name back to my birth name/passport name in my green card, both, my first and last name. I have not divorced. I just want my name and heritage back. I have to renew my 10 years green card again soon. Is this something that can be done during the application, or will it be rejected? USCIS representatives refuse to give me any information about it. Thank you in advance