Over a year waiting on Permanent Green Card

[juliecabrera 8]

Hi all -

 

I filed Form I-751 on July 1, 2016, to remove conditions on residence for my husband. Not long after, I receive a Notice of Action (I-797) letting us know his Conditional Resident Status is extend for a year as they look into processing his Permanent Green Card. On July 17, 2016, I received another Notice of Action (Form I-797C) telling me to get his biometrics done on August 4, 2016. We went and did that. Months go by without any word. We have been calling USCIS each month since May 2017 to get a status update and they tell us to keep waiting. With August 2017 around the corner, USCIS tells us to book an appointment at our local office (which is a good 2 hours away) to get ANOTHER extension as they are still processing his case for the Permanent Green Card. They were the ones to tell us to keep waiting and waiting and now, no appointment is available until that Notice of Action (I-797), which gives him that extra year, expires... 

 

Is anyone dealing with the same issue? We didn't go through all of this legally for them to wreck it all...

[theanswerisdance 144]

If you go into the Removing Conditions forum you can check out the July 2016 I-751 Filers thread to see that virtually everyone is in the same boat right now. Currently the I-751 processing times are over 12 months. So you are definitely not alone! If he needs proof of status for work/travel he can make an INFOPASS appointment to get an I-551 stamp in his passport to replace his expired GC and almost expired extension letter. However, his status does not change or expire just because the processing is taking longer than a year. Best of luck! I'm a July 2017 filer so I will be almost exactly a year behind your timeline unless something changes administratively between now and next year.  

[Hypnos 6,578]

He may be eligible to file for citizenship soon (+3 years -90 days from the "Resident Since" date on his conditional green card), and filing would force USCIS to adjudicate the I-751.

[Abfim 27]

26 minutes ago, Hypnos said:

He may be eligible to file for citizenship soon (+3 years -90 days from the "Resident Since" date on his conditional green card), and filing would force USCIS to adjudicate the I-751.

I was going to say the same thing.

[GreatDane 366]

I'm an August 2016 filer here and we're all in the same boat. Your status doesn't expire, but if you need to travel/work you can apply for a I551 stamp at an InfoPass appointment. Vermont Service Center is currently processing applications sooner than California so it should be in the next month or two. About 40% of August Vermont filers in our group have been approved. They are just overwhelmed with applications right now.

 

[JRF 117]

Filed AOS for my wife late June, 2016.  Completed biometrics per instruction, no RFEs.  Went to website to file a request for status, and informed we are not outside stated workflow dates.  California service center.

 

So...going down the N-400 route as other posters suggested.