Filing N400 online, anyone?

[redwoodnative 1]

Hello, While trying to file online in the eligibility questions, it is asking whether I had a green card between 10/17/2012 - 10/17/2014. i have my dates on my card as card issued 10/22/2014. Using the calculator tool for filing the naturalization, it gives me the correct date for of 07/27/2017 as being eligible to apply for naturalization which is exactly 90 days before 3 years being a permanent resident married to a US citizen.. 

When i proceed with neither of these apply and finish the questionnaire , it says you are not eligible to file for naturalization at this moment.

 

So my question is does the date requirement change as days go by. Since the questionnaire showed today as green card issued date requirement as dates between 10/17/2012 to 10/17/2014.

So if i give it  a few days ( 5 days) will the dates change to my requirements which is whether i had a green card between 10/22/2012-10/22/2014.

 

And second question is since i am already eligible for the filing of naturalization based on married to us citizen for 3 years and having been Green card holder for 2 years and 9 months. should i just disregard the questionnaire eligibility and file anyways the N-400 online, as they do give an option to skip the eligibility questionnaire. 

 

 BTW i have not received my 10 yr green card and the i-751 is still in process but since i am eligible to file the N-400 application ( based on 2 years and 9 months as a permanent resident, i would like to proceed and file the N-400 online.

 

thank you to all.

Edited July 31, 2017 by redwoodnative

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1 minute ago, redwoodnative said:

So my question is does the date requirement change as days go by.

Yes, but I have heard from others that there can be a 1-2 day lag on this.

 

3 minutes ago, redwoodnative said:

since i am already eligible for the filing of naturalization based on married to us citizen for 3 years and having been Green card holder for 2 years and 9 months. should i just disregard the questionnaire eligibility and file anyways the N400 online, as they do give an option to skip the eligibility questionnaire.

Up to you whether you want to try that or not.  USCIS, when processing your application, is going to go by the actual date shown in your uploaded green card document, and compare that to the actual date the application was filed online, so personally I don't think it should be an issue.  It is your call, though.

[ARDallas 59]

19 hours ago, redwoodnative said:

Hello, While trying to file online in the eligibility questions, it is asking whether I had a green card between 10/17/2012 - 10/17/2014. i have my dates on my card as card issued 10/22/2014. Using the calculator tool for filing the naturalization, it gives me the correct date for of 07/27/2017 as being eligible to apply for naturalization which is exactly 90 days before 3 years being a permanent resident married to a US citizen.. 

When i proceed with neither of these apply and finish the questionnaire , it says you are not eligible to file for naturalization at this moment.

 

So my question is does the date requirement change as days go by. Since the questionnaire showed today as green card issued date requirement as dates between 10/17/2012 to 10/17/2014.

So if i give it  a few days ( 5 days) will the dates change to my requirements which is whether i had a green card between 10/22/2012-10/22/2014.

 

And second question is since i am already eligible for the filing of naturalization based on married to us citizen for 3 years and having been Green card holder for 2 years and 9 months. should i just disregard the questionnaire eligibility and file anyways the N-400 online, as they do give an option to skip the eligibility questionnaire. 

 

 BTW i have not received my 10 yr green card and the i-751 is still in process but since i am eligible to file the N-400 application ( based on 2 years and 9 months as a permanent resident, i would like to proceed and file the N-400 online.

 

thank you to all.

Hi, I had the same issues as you as my GC card is 10/18/14. I waited for a week and it still has not moved. I decided to just skip the whole thing and went to N400 online application (you have that option when you first started). I think as long as the USCIS filing calculator shows you are eligible, just go ahead and apply. Make sure when you attach the docs, the file name does not contain coma or period, or other symbols. The max file is 6 mb. 

 

I applied last Wednesday and am currently waiting for my fp appointment letter to arrive in the mail. I am glad I filed online.

 

Good luck to you!

[redwoodnative 1]

 

6 hours ago, ARDallas said:

Hi, I had the same issues as you as my GC card is 10/18/14. I waited for a week and it still has not moved. I decided to just skip the whole thing and went to N400 online application (you have that option when you first started). I think as long as the USCIS filing calculator shows you are eligible, just go ahead and apply. Make sure when you attach the docs, the file name does not contain coma or period, or other symbols. The max file is 6 mb. 

 

I applied last Wednesday and am currently waiting for my fp appointment letter to arrive in the mail. I am glad I filed online.

 

Good luck to you!

Thanks for the info, I will give it a few days and see if there is any changes in the dates, if not then will ignore the eligibilty questionnaire and file next week. Thank you again for replying to the querry.

[Nikkosan 127]

On 8/1/2017 at 2:38 PM, ARDallas said:

Hi, I had the same issues as you as my GC card is 10/18/14. I waited for a week and it still has not moved. I decided to just skip the whole thing and went to N400 online application (you have that option when you first started). I think as long as the USCIS filing calculator shows you are eligible, just go ahead and apply. Make sure when you attach the docs, the file name does not contain coma or period, or other symbols. The max file is 6 mb. 

 

I applied last Wednesday and am currently waiting for my fp appointment letter to arrive in the mail. I am glad I filed online.

 

Good luck to you!

ARDallas, 

 

Would you please be so kind to let us know whether they do continue processing your application with the bypass of their "date" system. 

 

It only seems logical that if you are within the filing window, you can then go ahead and apply online, however, with USCIS, you can never really know! 

 

Please keep us posted and best wishes for a speedy processing! 

[Ken Adams 41]

For above question. I had the same kind of issue but I continued selecting Yes to between dates. Anyways after you enter the GC data online application calculate the your eligibility including early filing. If you are good it won't show any error otherwise it will show wait until eligibility date and they suggest the date below. So if the application allows without any issues you are good to go. This is based on my experience I got NOA also biometrics scheduled.

[waiting_for_aos 11]

I filed my application today but I don't see any link to download the NOA. My credit card was charged and I see a receipt number. When I check the case status on USCIS website using the receipt number I get a message like " we received your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number *******, and mailed you a receipt notice. "     Will I have to wait for a NOA link? Also, does it mean my application was accepted?

[AK_2014 113]

4 minutes ago, waiting_for_aos said:

I filed my application today but I don't see any link to download the NOA. My credit card was charged and I see a receipt number. When I check the case status on USCIS website using the receipt number I get a message like " we received your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number *******, and mailed you a receipt notice. "     Will I have to wait for a NOA link? Also, does it mean my application was accepted?

Congrats on filing! I think we had to wait a day or two before we could see the NOA online; it's not instantaneous, but it's certainly faster than waiting on a paper notice only. 

[waiting_for_aos 11]

1 minute ago, AK_2014 said:

Congrats on filing! I think we had to wait a day or two before we could see the NOA online; it's not instantaneous, but it's certainly faster than waiting on a paper notice only. 

 

Ok. I will check again in a day or two. Thank you for your your response!

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8 hours ago, AK_2014 said:

Will I have to wait for a NOA link? Also, does it mean my application was accepted?

It means your application was submitted properly, not necessarily accepted by USCIS for processing, although this is most likely  

The NOA can take a couple of days to show up online---sometimes depends on whether you filed late at night outside of normal business hours, or on a Friday before a weekend.  For example, I filed mine online on a Friday night and didn't have the NOA show up until early Monday morning.

[moemac59 192]

Wow I wish that I had known about that option when I filed for citizenship. Mind you, mine process was pretty quick so I cant complain.

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For those who have filed the N400 online---check your ELIS case status...some people are reporting they are now receiving a green highlighted message projected case completion dates for online filers.  I am able to see mine and it projects completion by January 2018 (I filed in June 2017)

 

(Click on the big blue "view case activity" button)

 

[mcdull 474]

1 hour ago, Going through said:

For those who have filed the N400 online---check your ELIS case status...some people are reporting they are now receiving a green highlighted message projected case completion dates for online filers.  I am able to see mine and it projects completion by January 2018 (I filed in June 2017)

 

(Click on the big blue "view case activity" button)

 

I have also received the estimated time 

 

I filed on June 12th, had an estimated time of 3 months to schedule for an interview and 4 months till case completion  

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2 minutes ago, mcdull said:

I have also received the estimated time 

 

I filed on June 12th, had an estimated time of 3 months to schedule for an interview and 4 months till case completion  

Nice----I just completed my biometrics today, so don't have the estimated interview portion yet...but it's saying mine will take 5 months till case completion (I filed June 14th)

[mcdull 474]

Just now, Going through said:

Nice----I just completed my biometrics today, so don't have the estimated interview portion yet...but it's saying mine will take 5 months till case completion (I filed June 14th)

I do not have estimated interview either. And i completed my biometrics 8 days after my initial filing which is June 20th