I-751 September 2017 Filers

[V24 21]

11 hours ago, dilip said:

V24- You are waiting so long not to apply N-400, it is better to wait a month for your ROC approval otherwise it might get complected.   I applied N-400 ( Nov 25, 2018) while ROC pending.  Got my passport stamped for a year and might or might not get GC, but mentally accepting it and will go directly for N-400 interview , says will be completed by Feb 2020.  So maximum another one year waiting time for the final immigration journey.

That’s what I thought, I am so close now I may as well wait. But someone else here just told me that applying may make it faster. I’m going to wait 2 more weeks. I tried to call today but tried almost all options to get to a real person and couldn’t 🤔

[Roni07 11]

57 minutes ago, V24 said:

That’s what I thought, I am so close now I may as well wait. But someone else here just told me that applying may make it faster. I’m going to wait 2 more weeks. I tried to call today but tried almost all options to get to a real person and couldn’t 🤔

My N400! Application’s time line is 10 months. My goal is citizenship before hell breaks loose in this place. If I get my 10GC great,  if not I don’t care. I came here to become a citizen. Thank you USA 🇺🇸 

[dilip 187]

Roni07- I agree, get passport stamped, avoid foreign travel ( if possible to avoid inconvenience), wait for the N-400 approval and done with immigration journey.

[mymercy 85]

On 2/8/2019 at 9:44 PM, V24 said:

I wish I did just apply for n400 because I’m still waiting this long only for my roc! Then all over again when I do finally apply for n400.

If becoming a citizen is your end goal, then I'd advice you go for it by applying for N400 and let your waiting time start counting instead of waiting for i-751 ... With i-551 stamp/extension letter, you can almost do every thing you're doing with GC so why not take advantage of the time.

 

For me, I'm already 5 months into waiting line for N400 and hopefully 5/6 months to go according to Dallas FO recent timeline ... 

[mymercy 85]

3 hours ago, dilip said:

Roni07- I agree, get passport stamped,

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avoid foreign travel ( if possible to avoid inconvenience)

, wait for the N-400 approval and done with immigration journey.

haha ... to be honest with you, nothing is inconveniencing traveling with an extension stamp; it's same thing as traveling with GC. I have gone in and out of the country 6 times now with stamp without any delay or issues. I enjoyed traveling a lots. (the funny thing is that I didn't start making foreign trips when my GC was valid it was after filling for i-751 and have not heard any issues whatsoever)

[Santro10 0]

On 2/12/2019 at 10:17 AM, adChi said:

I received my approval letter in the mail today. 

 

 

I filed it on Sep 14, 2017, at CSC and my case was transferred to 'Nebraska' on Nov 6, 2018.  I called USCIS and talked to tier 2 supervisor, who assured me that my case was transferred back to CSC even though I didn't receive an updated transfer notice.  It is very random as I have seen people with same notice date as mine getting approval notice a month ago. 

 

Hope other sept filers and ROC candidates get it soon.

 

 

Can you please share the number you called to speak  with Tier 2 officer and also i am not very familiar with this process what is Tier 2 Officer means?

[pkgc 3]

7 minutes ago, mymercy said:

haha ... to be honest with you, nothing is inconveniencing traveling with an extension stamp; it's same thing as traveling with GC. I have gone in and out of the country 6 times now with stamp without any delay or issues. I enjoyed traveling a lots. (the funny thing is that I didn't start making foreign trips when my GC was valid it was after filling for i-751 and have not heard any issues whatsoever)

@mymercy Hmmm .. do you mean the I551 passport stamp ? I recently was prevented from boarding a plane from Mumbai that had a layover in Germany on the I797 extension letter citing that Germany does not allow expired GC with I797. Does the I-551 stamp work in Europe ?

[TabeaK 517]

2 minutes ago, pkgc said:

@mymercy Hmmm .. do you mean the I551 passport stamp ? I recently was prevented from boarding a plane from Mumbai that had a layover in Germany on the I797 extension letter citing that Germany does not allow expired GC with I797. Does the I-551 stamp work in Europe ?

Yes the I551 stamp works in Germany without issues - it is a Green card after all. I think your particular case is due to having a non-Schengen passport from a country (India) that Germany requires transit visas from under certain circumstances and/or valid US visas for transit to the US. Essentially complicated rules for certain countries & the local personnel might not have been appropriately trained. Essentially you ran into a local German problem of bad training, nothing that has anything to do with the I-751 itself.

[mymercy 85]

4 minutes ago, pkgc said:

@mymercy Hmmm .. do you mean the I551 passport stamp ? I recently was prevented from boarding a plane from Mumbai that had a layover in Germany on the I797 extension letter citing that Germany does not allow expired GC with I797. Does the I-551 stamp work in Europe ?

Whaat! That's crazy ... yes i-551 passport stamp. I've been to Canada, African countries, France, Israel and Italy with it and came back in without any issues (I flew Delta airline though)

[V24 21]

19 minutes ago, Santro10 said:

Can you please share the number you called to speak  with Tier 2 officer and also i am not very familiar with this process what is Tier 2 Officer means?

I’d also appreciate anyone telling me how to reach an officer on the phone? I tried a lot of options but had no luck!

 

 

[mymercy 85]

1 hour ago, V24 said:

I’d also appreciate anyone telling me how to reach an officer on the phone? I tried a lot of options but had no luck!

 

 

Here you go:

 

(pls note that I choose English Language) - choose those options one after the other prompt

 

Dail: 800-375-5283

 

Options: 1

               1

               2

              2

              2

    then #

[dilip 187]

TabeaK- for an Indian citizen, it is better to use AIR INDIA to fly directly to India, as Tabeak mentioned some countries need transit visa for non-Schengen passport.  I have I-551 stamp, flying directly for JFK to New Delhi.

[V24 21]

Hi everyone, I just received a text message saying my case was updated! Then I look online and nothing has changed?!?! 

[V24 21]

9 minutes ago, V24 said:

Hi everyone, I just received a text message saying my case was updated! Then I look online and nothing has changed?!?! 

I just got an email also, and it’s stating the recent action was it was transferred in November 2018 :l 

[V24 21]

On 2/13/2019 at 1:12 PM, mymercy said:

Here you go:

 

(pls note that I choose English Language) - choose those options one after the other prompt

 

Dail: 800-375-5283

 

Options: 1

               1

               2

              2

              2

    then #

So I just tried and it takes me to rescheduling an interview. Is this how you spoke to them?!