N-400 and I-751 combo pending

[Nayda 28]

On 8/21/2019 at 7:07 AM, kline19 said:

If your office happen to be San Bernadino then I believe I have read more than one account on here in the past of people getting through the combo interview smoothly without any fuss.

San Bernardino here. No combo interview, only N400. Meanwhile the 10 year green card arrived. They are approaching 120 and out of processing time  in September, still no news.

[Nayda 28]

On 8/21/2019 at 7:55 AM, jaske78 said:

It is San Bernardino. I read a couple from there that seemed to be saying the same thing, and I am reassured to hear that it they have an accepted practice that they seem to adhere to. Thank you!

I had San Bernardino office N400 interview in May. No combo. Later I had infopass to get a I551 stamp. Found out my I751 case was a part of some project in CSC. Never was told what. Got my green card just about when processing time was out to expire. Now, in September it will be out of processing time for N400 and over 120 days since interview. Still no notice about Oath  

[Nayda 28]

10 hours ago, Zombie69 said:

If you have 400 pending at the same time, they most likely won't bother sending you the 10 year green card. It makes sense if they are adjudicating your 400, what do you need the green card for if your 400 will be approved soon? Don't worry about the 10 year green card if you have 400 pending, they approved my 751 but never sent me the 10 year card as my 400 was also being adjudicated. I was naturalized last May. Good luck.

I had different experience. First N400 interview without approval because of I751 still pending and it wasn’t combo interview. I got the green card by mail when processing time was almost expired. Still waiting for that Oath Notice  

[Zombie69 363]

29 minutes ago, luna1321 said:

 From what I read most of the people do receive actual green cards in this case...and also, I really doubt they will make a decision on my N-400 any time soon. I just relocated to the new state and I'm sure will take a while to pick it up here.

That is not what me and many 2016 applicants experienced. If you have both cases pending, they still have to approve 751 before they can proceed, they can either adjudicate both or approve the 751. Maybe it is different now, but it just a common wisdom many dual applications don't get their actual green cards and just get called in for 400 and possibly combo interview. Never assume they won't adjudicate both, the fact is you will never know. I would just give up on the idea of getting the 10 year green card because it will ultimately drive you insane. I was there, so I know, was hoping I could get my 10 year green card before they made a decision on 400, but many I knew never got the 10 year green cards and just waited and waited until they got called in for interviews, that is what happened to me. Patience is the only key, hoping USCIS to approve your green card while 400 is pending is mentally exhausting because with my experience and many here, the cards never arrived. The best you can hope is at least get the 751 approval notice. Maybe it is different now, but I doubt it, focusing on 400 If you have both pending should be the goal. Good luck.

Edited August 23, 2019 by Zombie69

[Zombie69 363]

4 hours ago, Nayda said:

I had different experience. First N400 interview without approval because of I751 still pending and it wasn’t combo interview. I got the green card by mail when processing time was almost expired. Still waiting for that Oath Notice  

Everyone's situation is different. You should be happy you got your green card. You have essentially nothing to worry about except waiting to get the oath notification, congrats.

[jaske78 1]

So this was our experience today: when we got there, the man was stunned that we didn't have the green card yet. At first he thought we submitted too early, but when he found out that it we have been waiting almost two full years, since 2017, he left the office and came back later to tell us the following:

• The Green Card application is sitting in a processing center in Laguna Nigel, some four hours away. It has been sitting there, untouched, since March 2018. He requested it to be sent to our local office. The fact that I filed a change of address in very early 2018 should have moved the packet, I suppose, but...didn't.
• The naturalization interview was a pass.
• They did not do a combination interview because there was nothing to process: the packet was not there.
• Even if he did have the packet, he said, everything would be terribly out of date: it proved that we would have had a marriage in 2017, but now, so what?
• He sent us home with a set of directives about proving where we have been living for the past three years, including old W2s,  letters from my current employers that show that I have claimed marital status, have my spouse listed as an emergency contact, leases, insurance statements, and financial documents.
• We have until September 25th to submit this for examination.

Many of these things, needless to say, were in the 2017 filing that will be sent over, and the updated things will be joining their brothers. He did have a better guidelines than I have gotten here: he said that if it does not have both our name on the front page, he is not interested (that's good to know).

 

I was able to assemble most of these things within a few hours. There are some things that I had to send emails about (verification of employment letters, for instance), but I am confident that I can get them within the week. So this is a process, but not an insurmountable one.

 

I wish I had known that the green card application had stalled. I kept hoping it would be put together, like it was for so many of you.

 

 

 

 

[Deji 21]

On 8/17/2019 at 7:46 PM, Deji said:

My file (I-751) got transferred. Says the alert I got yesterday. Now I hope I get dual interview scheduled very soon.

Insight:

 

Case # wac1812850xxx

I-751 Filed: March 2018

N400 field: Feb2019

Local field office: Dallas, Texas

 

Can anyone give me idea on how much longer I have to wait, should you have equally had your 751 transferred too

So following my transfer notice I received on Aug 16th, I got another transfer notice for Aug 20th. No letter in the mail however when I checked status via call it says it was transferred to Nigel Laguna which is the original place I filed. WAC. This don’t make no damn sense.my guess is, my file was probably abandoned in the facility and someone just stumbled on it and dusted it up triggering the update I got. Bullocks!!!!’

[Zombie69 363]

4 hours ago, jaske78 said:

So this was our experience today: when we got there, the man was stunned that we didn't have the green card yet. At first he thought we submitted too early, but when he found out that it we have been waiting almost two full years, since 2017, he left the office and came back later to tell us the following:

• The Green Card application is sitting in a processing center in Laguna Nigel, some four hours away. It has been sitting there, untouched, since March 2018. He requested it to be sent to our local office. The fact that I filed a change of address in very early 2018 should have moved the packet, I suppose, but...didn't.
• The naturalization interview was a pass.
• They did not do a combination interview because there was nothing to process: the packet was not there.
• Even if he did have the packet, he said, everything would be terribly out of date: it proved that we would have had a marriage in 2017, but now, so what?
• He sent us home with a set of directives about proving where we have been living for the past three years, including old W2s,  letters from my current employers that show that I have claimed marital status, have my spouse listed as an emergency contact, leases, insurance statements, and financial documents.
• We have until September 25th to submit this for examination.

Many of these things, needless to say, were in the 2017 filing that will be sent over, and the updated things will be joining their brothers. He did have a better guidelines than I have gotten here: he said that if it does not have both our name on the front page, he is not interested (that's good to know).

 

I was able to assemble most of these things within a few hours. There are some things that I had to send emails about (verification of employment letters, for instance), but I am confident that I can get them within the week. So this is a process, but not an insurmountable one.

 

I wish I had known that the green card application had stalled. I kept hoping it would be put together, like it was for so many of you.

 

 

 

 

What a drag. I am not surprised your 751 was untouched for almost two years, and it definitely has something to do with Trump and USCIS's new director Ken Cuccinelli's general anti legal immigration policy. At least I am glad you got you 400 interview passed and your case is moving towards the right direction. Unfortunately, for many applicants, 751 status will probably remained stall until 400 interview, it will at least trigger some major movement of a stalling 751 application. All the notifications of 751 being transferred to NBC or and new office that has the new jurisdiction are all meaningless and a bunch of malarkey. With the policies and guidelines of anti immigration stance under Trump's USCIS, combo interview or not, the real update is really the 400 interview because it always triggers and gets one's case move forward. That's what happened to me. Unfortunately and sadly or bittersweetly, my husband's passing triggered the movement of 751, and before my 400 interview, my 751 was just not processed for nearly 2 years as well. Well, I am happy you passed your 400 interview, that is a milestone, submit what you need, I really believe you are moving towards the end of this excruciatingly long journey, congrats in advance. Keep us posted.

Edited August 24, 2019 by Zombie69

[drmo 6]

28 minutes ago, Deji said:

So following my transfer notice I received on Aug 16th, I got another transfer notice for Aug 20th. No letter in the mail however when I checked status via call it says it was transferred to Nigel Laguna which is the original place I filed. WAC. This don’t make no damn sense.my guess is, my file was probably abandoned in the facility and someone just stumbled on it and dusted it up triggering the update I got. Bullocks!!!!’

This has exactly happened to my case too! I am scheduled for N400 interview on 9/13 (LA office). I have noticed these updates to my I751 case on exact same dates as yours and I have not received any letter in the mail either. I was told on the phone my I751 is sitting next to my N400 and they are going to be adjudicated together (even though I have received no letter saying I am having a combo interview just yet!). I was hoping the letter (the same letter we didn't receive) would say something about combo interview. After all these updates I have now no clue where my I751 is and if they don't have it for N400 interview, I am going through more pain and waiting. 

[Zombie69 363]

2 hours ago, drmo said:

This has exactly happened to my case too! I am scheduled for N400 interview on 9/13 (LA office). I have noticed these updates to my I751 case on exact same dates as yours and I have not received any letter in the mail either. I was told on the phone my I751 is sitting next to my N400 and they are going to be adjudicated together (even though I have received no letter saying I am having a combo interview just yet!). I was hoping the letter (the same letter we didn't receive) would say something about combo interview. After all these updates I have now no clue where my I751 is and if they don't have it for N400 interview, I am going through more pain and waiting. 

9/13 is right around the corner! I bet your 751 and 400 are at the same office. You are almost done, congrats in advance.

[jaske78 1]

So quick question: in the list of stuff to send in, it does not have any I-751 Affidavits  listed from people who know us, although it does say "any additional evidence you wish to submit." Is that overkill? Does it make it look suspicious? I am trying to think strategically, that now that I am sending this information to the people in our local office, it will join the ample and extensive information I submitted two years ago to make the same point.

So far, I am submitting the following:

• Lease w/letter from our property manager that he knows us and knows that we live together, alone, and are good tenants who have not left the property
• Car/homeowner's Insurance documents listing both names
• Electricity bill in both names
• Webpage printout from cellphone company and internet company listing him as an authorized user/manager on my account.
• Bank statement for joint checking (we so rarely use checks that I never even thought about replacing them)
• Statement from Vanguard Investments, where we have a joint account.
• Statement from another investment where we have joint account
• Statement from my life insurance, where he is sole beneficiary
• Statement from retirement account, where he is sole beneficiary.
• W2s and statements from current workplaces stating that I am married, that he is listed as emergency contact, and dates of employment.

I can get affidavits from family friends and my stepsister that they know us and they know we live together, but my stepsister lives in New York, my father four hours away, my best friend in Ohio (I am in California) and my coworkers have only met him in passing, if at all (we are a quiet, stick-to-yourself sort of couple), so I worry that it might look a bit suspicious.

 

Has anybody ever been called in to do a ROC interview as well in these circumstances?

[ukrainian 6]

Hey, everyone

 My immigration journey is officially over. I had oath ceremony on 08/23. I wish luck and quick processing times to everyone! 

[CJKylie 161]

@jaske78 affidavits don’t really hold any weight - waste of time and paper imo

Edited August 25, 2019 by CJKylie

[jaske78 1]

1 hour ago, CJKylie said:

@jaske78 affidavits don’t really hold any weight - waste of time and paper imo

That is what I thought as well. Thank you for confirming it!

Edited August 25, 2019 by jaske78

[MK108 17]

7 hours ago, jaske78 said:

So quick question: in the list of stuff to send in, it does not have any I-751 Affidavits  listed from people who know us, although it does say "any additional evidence you wish to submit." Is that overkill? Does it make it look suspicious? I am trying to think strategically, that now that I am sending this information to the people in our local office, it will join the ample and extensive information I submitted two years ago to make the same point.

So far, I am submitting the following:

• Lease w/letter from our property manager that he knows us and knows that we live together, alone, and are good tenants who have not left the property
• Car/homeowner's Insurance documents listing both names
• Electricity bill in both names
• Webpage printout from cellphone company and internet company listing him as an authorized user/manager on my account.
• Bank statement for joint checking (we so rarely use checks that I never even thought about replacing them)
• Statement from Vanguard Investments, where we have a joint account.
• Statement from another investment where we have joint account
• Statement from my life insurance, where he is sole beneficiary
• Statement from retirement account, where he is sole beneficiary.
• W2s and statements from current workplaces stating that I am married, that he is listed as emergency contact, and dates of employment.

I can get affidavits from family friends and my stepsister that they know us and they know we live together, but my stepsister lives in New York, my father four hours away, my best friend in Ohio (I am in California) and my coworkers have only met him in passing, if at all (we are a quiet, stick-to-yourself sort of couple), so I worry that it might look a bit suspicious.

 

Has anybody ever been called in to do a ROC interview as well in these circumstances?

I did send affidavits in with my RFE response, I think they requested it in the RFE letter. I had a different situation though. We had moved multiple times since we applied for ROC and I was a lot less knowledgeable regarding what documents are considered evidence of living together and had apparently sent inadequate and unsatisfactory evidence. As I had already moved from those locations, I wasn't able to obtain utility bills and such when they sent the RFE (a whooping 18 month later) Due to lack of the other evidences, affidavits served as an alternative evidence that we lived together as a couple in those residences. I received an interview letter within a month of sending in the RFE response.

 

Your list is more than adequate IMO. That's what I sent with my RFE, more or less. I don't think you'll need affidavits to supplement your packet.

 

Good luck with your process. :)