Dad's naturalized process reached the 10 month period and still nothing

[rooji 25]

Hello,

So I need a little bit of advice and help. My dad's naturalized case was sent to National Benefits Center and his priority date is Oct 14 of 2015 and he received receipt letter and his biometrics letter, however he still hasn't gotten anything in the mail. He submitted an inquiry into the case. he even got an info pass and he was told the file never arrived in the local field office in baltimore and up till 2 weeks ago, his case was in the normal processing time at the baltimore field office. Now they are working on the Nov 2015 applications. He called the USCIS office, there was a rude agent, who told him that his case was submitted for inquiry and he has to wait until august to hear back so he cannot call them to inquire further.

I keep telling my dad to speak to a tier 2 officer who can give a better understand of his case. the tenth month has started and still nothing. I am starting to get worried now.

All of our family are citizens now, his case started the same time as my mother, sister, and brother and they all became citizens in 6 months time.

Please help me on what should I tell him what to do next.

rooj

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

That is very odd, especially if the rest of your family live in the same area (thus went through the same field office). I would recommend he contact his elected rep; most Congressmen have an immigration specialist in their office, who may be able to help. Especially as it is an election year....

[rooji 25]

That is very odd, especially if the rest of your family live in the same area (thus went through the same field office). I would recommend he contact his elected rep; most Congressmen have an immigration specialist in their office, who may be able to help. Especially as it is an election year....

Thank you for the reply.

We plan to do that next, however i feel that even they will get the same response to wait for USCIS to respond by august. He is planning to leave the country in september. I can't remember how long is the interview processing time after biometrics. I am hoping he gets his interview date before that and he can apply for his passport.

I just want to know what else can he do?

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

even if he gets an interview date in August, it could easily take another 6-8 weeks after that for the oath ceremony where he officially becomes a citizen. How long does he plan to leave for in September?

[rooji 25]

even if he gets an interview date in August, it could easily take another 6-8 weeks after that for the oath ceremony where he officially becomes a citizen. How long does he plan to leave for in September?

Well it depends because if his interview is early morning, he can take his oath the same day. I did with mine. my interview was early morning and then i took my oath that same day. He plans to leave for almost 2 weeks. he wanted to spend time with his mother who is sick.

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

Ahh, you are in one of the places that still does same day oaths, neat.

He can still travel on his greencard/ foreign passport if this doesnlt get resolved in time. Make sure there is someone at home checking his mail, in case he gets paperwork from USCIS, and so they can request a re-scheduled interview date if necessary.

[squareleg 69]

Most likely stuck in background check. Certain countries take longer.

[rooji 25]

Ahh, you are in one of the places that still does same day oaths, neat.

He can still travel on his greencard/ foreign passport if this doesnlt get resolved in time. Make sure there is someone at home checking his mail, in case he gets paperwork from USCIS, and so they can request a re-scheduled interview date if necessary.

I check his mail daily. I really hope we get something soon.

Most likely stuck in background check. Certain countries take longer.

That doesn't make sense because his process started the same time as my family's. Plus it is above the processing time now.

[squareleg 69]

No two applications are comparable because the underlying documentation and facts differ. Background checks take longer for certain countries, hence, it makes sense.

[rooji 25]

No two applications are comparable because the underlying documentation and facts differ. Background checks take longer for certain countries, hence, it makes sense.

I know the process takes longer for certain countries but he is from the same country as the rest of us. Plus we got our green cards because of him. we came to us through him. he lived in the us since he got here, didn't visit his home country until last year for my wedding, which is why I find it unbelievable that the rest of us got it and he still hasn't. My dad is the reason we are in the states.

[squareleg 69]

If I have to bet, it is probably due to background check.

[rooji 25]

If I have to bet, it is probably due to background check.

but wouldn't that be easier since they did his background check when he applied for green card or when he came here and started the process (mind you our process started after 9/11 and it took a long time seeing that we are muslim)? I am just trying to figure out why it is taking this long for him, while for us it worked faster. He never left us until last year and all of us have visited pakistan 3 times already before becoming citizen. maybe it is the guy thing...?

[squareleg 69]

I'm not certain on how efficient USCIS is. I have went through countless number of fingerprinting and background checks as my status changed from student-employment-immigrant etc.

It certainly would raise a flag being from Pakistan.

You can try contacting elected representative and also follow-up with USCIS (phone, infopass etc. whatever option available).

[allanchen1990 0]

It seems like you may want to get some help from the professionals, like a lawyer or something.

[Humtum1 0]

Same is with us my wife file her N400 in Feb 2016 in March, She done her finger prints. Till now nothing have done.

And still we are waiting for interview date.. ?