I-751 May 2017 Filers

[Southshore79 12]

I see an approval in proximity to mine today 😀 (238) seems they’re continuing to trickle in. That said, I see another RFE issued. At least it’s traction! 

[sweetswinks 400]

12 minutes ago, Southshore79 said:

I see an approval in proximity to mine today 😀 (238) seems they’re continuing to trickle in. That said, I see another RFE issued. At least it’s traction! 

 

Yesterday two folks in my range (EACA17243)  1 before and 5 above my case number were approved lol  i'm envious!

[semonowe 9]

About to apply for N-400 and just wonder if anyone used online translation before will it be approved from USCIS ? service such https://www.universal-translation-services.com/services/certified-translations/uscis-certified-translation-services/

as i have to translate one paper before I apply 

[mlh 93]

Any idea why the Processing Times screen is now showing that for lifting conditions is showing as NSC and TSC, rather than CSC and VSC?

 

[Vordana 6]

48 minutes ago, mlh said:

Any idea why the Processing Times screen is now showing that for lifting conditions is showing as NSC and TSC, rather than CSC and VSC?

 

I would ignore that. Someone made a mistake. VSC and CSC is what I see on uscis' website. 

[David and Sinthea 50]

10 hours ago, mlh said:

Any idea why the Processing Times screen is now showing that for lifting conditions is showing as NSC and TSC, rather than CSC and VSC?

 

Wow,  that's misleading.  Flog the Visa journey timeline calculator! Lol

CSC is currently November 6, 2016.

 

I bet not enough people are filling in their timelines and it's triggering the calculator (computer automated i'm sure) to generate shorter approval times/ estimated dates. 

 

.... good reason to fill out your timeline everyone 😉

[David and Sinthea 50]

13 hours ago, semonowe said:

About to apply for N-400 and just wonder if anyone used online translation before will it be approved from USCIS ? service such https://www.universal-translation-services.com/services/certified-translations/uscis-certified-translation-services/

as i have to translate one paper before I apply 

I probably would use them is there is a guarantee. Realize it's $20/ page if it's 200 words or less... otherwise 0.12 cents a word after that.

Good luck! 

[semonowe 9]

40 minutes ago, David and Sinthea said:

I probably would use them is there is a guarantee. Realize it's $20/ page if it's 200 words or less... otherwise 0.12 cents a word after that.

Good luck! 

Thx for the response but the thing is they'll guarantee you to get you pay for it but who knows if uscis will accept it or not !!

do u know if it should be neutralized or just certified works ?

[David and Sinthea 50]

13 minutes ago, semonowe said:

Thx for the response but the thing is they'll guarantee you to get you pay for it but who knows if uscis will accept it or not !!

do u know if it should be neutralized or just certified works ?

I don't know about either neutralized or certified. 

For our documents for the k1 visa my friend translated and we just attached a signed statement that she was able to translate,  I can't remember the wording exactly.  No issues with immigrations with those document. So really,  seems they aren't that strict? Maybe someone has a better answer. 

[Jane D 24]

Hi, guys.

   Just wanted to share my experience for Infopass that I had today: 

I went to Chicago main USCIS office for Infopass. The reason for my visit was that I wanted to restore a damaged letter from my accomplished biometrics for  I-751 and find out about my pending case meanwhile... I accomplished the biometrics last year and  later happened to have the letter in my bag , when it was raining , and it was badly soaked.. 

So I arrived to the office, checked-in and got the number. Electronic screen called my number and told me what window to approach. (Originally I thought it is all gonna be in a separate room, but it is just multiple windows and people are standing by the windows , pretty close to each other.)

  So they refused to reprint my biometrics, stating, that the information is still readable, and they don't even generally reprint such things.I explained that it was an important notice with important case numbers and I wanted to attach it to N400 online application , that I filed.The officer told me, that they have all the info in their system, and just one number for I-751 , will be enough, that biometrics number didn't matter that much (Which I personally disagree). And that I can still copy even the damaged letter and attach it to the file, if I want to.

   Then I asked her to look up my case.. The officer was looking into the computer screen for literally about 10 minutes, trying to figure out something...So the case is still in California Service Center. Last time somebody looked at my Biometrics on March 29, for I-751. After that no info. She said , that they might have some kind of local distribution office near or within CSC , where the cases come from CSC, before they got actually transferred to REAL local office, and that the February -March transfer "glitch" thing may refer to that. She couldn't give me any particular information regards the timelines, it seemed that she didn't know much about California backlog. 

For Chicago she said : "We don't combine the cases" . The only thing is that 1 case could kind of speed up another, but they will be addressed separately, as 2 stand-alone cases. And that N400 can not be processed before I-751 is adjusted. 

  She gave me a piece of paper with e-mail , to email California Service Center directly and inquire them about my case timelines directly. (Which I doubt is a perfect solution , don't want to mess up with CSC. Lol), she said to come back in a few months to get my stamp, right before my extension letter will expire in August, and that the stamp will be given for 6 months. Otherwise, just to wait for any letter from CSC.

 

[wanderer84 31]

29 minutes ago, Jane D said:

Hi, guys.

   Just wanted to share my experience for Infopass that I had today: 

I went to Chicago main USCIS office for Infopass. The reason for my visit was that I wanted to restore a damaged letter from my accomplished biometrics for  I-751 and find out about my pending case meanwhile... I accomplished the biometrics last year and  later happened to have the letter in my bag , when it was raining , and it was badly soaked.. 

So I arrived to the office, checked-in and got the number. Electronic screen called my number and told me what window to approach. (Originally I thought it is all gonna be in a separate room, but it is just multiple windows and people are standing by the windows , pretty close to each other.)

  So they refused to reprint my biometrics, stating, that the information is still readable, and they don't even generally reprint such things.I explained that it was an important notice with important case numbers and I wanted to attach it to N400 online application , that I filed.The officer told me, that they have all the info in their system, and just one number for I-751 , will be enough, that biometrics number didn't matter that much (Which I personally disagree). And that I can still copy even the damaged letter and attach it to the file, if I want to.

   Then I asked her to look up my case.. The officer was looking into the computer screen for literally about 10 minutes, trying to figure out something...So the case is still in California Service Center. Last time somebody looked at my Biometrics on March 29, for I-751. After that no info. She said , that they might have some kind of local distribution office near or within CSC , where the cases come from CSC, before they got actually transferred to REAL local office, and that the February -March transfer "glitch" thing may refer to that. She couldn't give me any particular information regards the timelines, it seemed that she didn't know much about California backlog. 

For Chicago she said : "We don't combine the cases" . The only thing is that 1 case could kind of speed up another, but they will be addressed separately, as 2 stand-alone cases. And that N400 can not be processed before I-751 is adjusted. 

  She gave me a piece of paper with e-mail , to email California Service Center directly and inquire them about my case timelines directly. (Which I doubt is a perfect solution , don't want to mess up with CSC. Lol), she said to come back in a few months to get my stamp, right before my extension letter will expire in August, and that the stamp will be given for 6 months. Otherwise, just to wait for any letter from CSC.

 

Thanks for sharing. I will have to do the stamp soon too. This is just....

[khano1 22]

55 minutes ago, Jane D said:

Hi, guys.

   Just wanted to share my experience for Infopass that I had today: 

I went to Chicago main USCIS office for Infopass. The reason for my visit was that I wanted to restore a damaged letter from my accomplished biometrics for  I-751 and find out about my pending case meanwhile... I accomplished the biometrics last year and  later happened to have the letter in my bag , when it was raining , and it was badly soaked.. 

So I arrived to the office, checked-in and got the number. Electronic screen called my number and told me what window to approach. (Originally I thought it is all gonna be in a separate room, but it is just multiple windows and people are standing by the windows , pretty close to each other.)

  So they refused to reprint my biometrics, stating, that the information is still readable, and they don't even generally reprint such things.I explained that it was an important notice with important case numbers and I wanted to attach it to N400 online application , that I filed.The officer told me, that they have all the info in their system, and just one number for I-751 , will be enough, that biometrics number didn't matter that much (Which I personally disagree). And that I can still copy even the damaged letter and attach it to the file, if I want to.

   Then I asked her to look up my case.. The officer was looking into the computer screen for literally about 10 minutes, trying to figure out something...So the case is still in California Service Center. Last time somebody looked at my Biometrics on March 29, for I-751. After that no info. She said , that they might have some kind of local distribution office near or within CSC , where the cases come from CSC, before they got actually transferred to REAL local office, and that the February -March transfer "glitch" thing may refer to that. She couldn't give me any particular information regards the timelines, it seemed that she didn't know much about California backlog. 

For Chicago she said : "We don't combine the cases" . The only thing is that 1 case could kind of speed up another, but they will be addressed separately, as 2 stand-alone cases. And that N400 can not be processed before I-751 is adjusted. 

  She gave me a piece of paper with e-mail , to email California Service Center directly and inquire them about my case timelines directly. (Which I doubt is a perfect solution , don't want to mess up with CSC. Lol), she said to come back in a few months to get my stamp, right before my extension letter will expire in August, and that the stamp will be given for 6 months. Otherwise, just to wait for any letter from CSC.

 

Thanks for sharing the information. I am surprised they said 6 months extension. Few of the users here got one year extension. Not sure if this policy is officer or field office dependent.  

[wildcrdj 12]

Yeah, we got 1 year extension at our infopass appt in Los Angeles for CSC filing (which means if they stick to the current timeline and we are processed after 19 months, we shouldn't need _another_ stamp). If they had given us 6 month stamp we'd have had to go back in November... 

 

There doesn't seem to be any official policy I can find, so hopefully when you go back you'll get someone who does a 1 year stamp (although I suppose it could depend on which office you do infopass at).

[Jane D 24]

3 hours ago, khano1 said:

Thanks for sharing the information. I am surprised they said 6 months extension. Few of the users here got one year extension. Not sure if this policy is officer or field office dependent.  

The officer asked me if I am planning to travel and I said no, and then she said 6 months for the stamp. May be if I said that I was planning to travel , they would give 1 year.. not sure...I was traveling with extension letter recently and it was fine, but with the stamp - I kind of don’t want to risk.

[wildcrdj 12]

We did say we were going to travel (but didn't have any dates yet, we just know we will be going back to Japan for a few weeks at some point this year) so maybe that was the difference.