has anyone had their local office process their file themselves?

[rising spring 0]

my timeline is in my signature. essentially i applied for ROC in september 2008. did my biometrics in january 2009, my file got transfered to california and i received a RFE in the spring. i answered it and got a confirmation that it was received in august 2010. nothing since then.

i have had to get stamps in my passport several times to be able to travel. i just went to the pittsburgh field office on august 2nd, and thankfully got a very helpful agent. he looked at everything, and told me he saw absolutely nothing that was holding back my file. he said my name and fingerprint checks were fine, and it looked like my file was just being tossed around, touched almost every month, but that nothing was actually being done. it said that happens often because if a file isn't touched for 30 days it get flagged, so if someone just "touches it" monthly, there are no flags, and it can just be pushed aside uggh give be a freaking break!!

so anyhow, the agent was annoyed, and really wanted to help me. he said he is going to contact the california service center and have my file sent to him so that he can process it himself!! i was very surprised to hear this, i didn't know they could do that. so i am feeling very positive and hopefully this will come to an end soon.

has anyone else experienced this, had their local office process their file due to it having taken too long??

[rising spring 0]

anyone? please?

i would really appreciate the input. i didn't even know it was possible for them to do this. i am hoping this is a good thing and will work...

[Lili 3]

You have probably considered this but it is worth asking just in case. Have you considered filing for naturalization? By doing so, they will have to work on your I-751. Hopefully, this will help fix things.

Your timeline is ridiculous. I can't believe they can do that...

I really hope the IO is going to work on your case.

[rising spring 0]

You have probably considered this but it is worth asking just in case. Have you considered filing for naturalization? By doing so, they will have to work on your I-751. Hopefully, this will help fix things.

Your timeline is ridiculous. I can't believe they can do that...

I really hope the IO is going to work on your case.

thanks for replying. many people have suggested this to me, but i do not want to naturalize.

[rising spring 0]

i don't know if anyone is reading this or cares, but here is an update.

today i got an email from the congresswoman's office telling me that, for the third time since march, USCIS has told them that they are not ready for a decision yet. uggh.

so i forwarded this email to the man who helped me at my local infopass office. he replied that he had just heard back from the california processing center and they have denied his request to get my file.

this is especially frustrating because when i was at my infopass appointment, the agent told me that getting my file would not be a problem and that the only reason it would be denied is if there was something really wrong with my case so what the heck is going on!!! if something was so horrible, why wouldn't they just call me in for an interview, or just flat out deny me?? i am so frustrated today....

[Juliya.Moore 0]

rising spring,

I feel you, I was on the same boat, I filed for ROC on 06/30/2009, did my Bio on 08/14/2009 and never heard from Vermont Center, my case got out of the normal processing time. Did Serveice request, my husband did expedited request and nothing was done (BTW my case hasn't even been touched since 08/16/2009 until May of 2010 after I filed for N-400) I guess it was stuck under a pile of other files or I don't know. Called the 1-800 # million times with no help. One officer told me that they will request my file to be sent to them. NOTHING, I guess she was just trying to left up my spirit as she was as well wondering how come this case hasn't been touched for that long time. And then finally I applied for N-400, that was the only way my I-751 was brought up and pushed and I started seeing it's been touched almost everyday. On May 26, 2010 they have finally approved my case and I got the hard copy just last week, after more than one year.

I know how it feels as I've been there, the funniest part is that my CR-1 immigrant visa was approved 2 month before our 2 marriage ann. So if it was delayed just a lil' I wouldn't have gone through all this. But I believe that things happen for a reason.

Hang in there. I understand that you have your reasons for not applying for Naturalization. Keep the faith and keep the positive attitude. It has to come to an end one day very soon.

Best of luck.

Edited August 13, 2010 by Juliya.Moore

[rising spring 0]

rising spring,

I feel you, I was on the same boat, I filed for ROC on 06/30/2009, did my Bio on 08/14/2009 and never heard from Vermont Center, my case got out of the normal processing time. Did Serveice request, my husband did expedited request and nothing was done (BTW my case hasn't even been touched since 08/16/2009 until May of 2010 after I filed for N-400) I guess it was stuck under a pile of other files or I don't know. Called the 1-800 # million times with no help. One officer told me that they will request my file to be sent to them. NOTHING, I guess she was just trying to left up my spirit as she was as well wondering how come this case hasn't been touched for that long time. And then finally I applied for N-400, that was the only way my I-751 was brought up and pushed and I started seeing it's been touched almost everyday. On May 26, 2010 they have finally approved my case and I got the hard copy just last week, after more than one year.

I know how it feels as I've been there, the funniest part is that my CR-1 immigrant visa was approved 2 month before our 2 marriage ann. So if it was delayed just a lil' I wouldn't have gone through all this. But I believe that things happen for a reason.

Hang in there. I understand that you have your reasons for not applying for Naturalization. Keep the faith and keep the positive attitude. It has to come to an end one day very soon.

Best of luck.

thanks a lot for sharing your story. what i am wondering now is, even if i DID want to naturalize, if there actually is something wrong with my file in terms of it having been flagged by another agency like the FBI, they might take forever to process that too. at this point i doubt my file is just at the bottom of the pile.

[Juliya.Moore 0]

thanks a lot for sharing your story. what i am wondering now is, even if i DID want to naturalize, if there actually is something wrong with my file in terms of it having been flagged by another agency like the FBI, they might take forever to process that too. at this point i doubt my file is just at the bottom of the pile.

Have you tried the writ of mandamus since you are suspecting the involvemnet of other agnencies in your case??!!