November 2017 I-751 Filers

[David1987 43]

7 hours ago, lazy said:

 

Regarding the greencard expiration,

I assume you're referring to the 18m extension notice for the greencard having run it's course, is that true?

Meaning, the greencard is set to expire in Nov 2017,

I-751 was filed, but taking a long processing time,

USCIS sends notice of long processing time and extends the GC for 18 months

May 2019 that extension has also run it's course,

Meantime, due to either RFE or interview or N-400, the I-751 is still not completed and the person is in an "expired GC state"

 

Is that what some of us Nov 2017 people are in?

If so, is there any action we are to take regarding the expired GC state?

 

Call USCIS now and schedule an infopass. They will do so within 2 days. They will give u a stamp valid for 1 year which you could then talk to DMV to get a driver's licence renewal with new extended status. That's what I did today

[David1987 43]

6 hours ago, dilip said:

I never got my 

I never got my official 18 months extension letter.  I took inforpass appointment and stamped ( I-551) my passport on Jan 3, 2019 and will expire Jan 2, 2020.  My N-400 interview is on June 28, 2019.  Hopefully,  I will get both approval on that day.   Waiting for Julie+Matt's interview experience.  They are in the Philly local office, same as mine.

Mines July 8th right after yours Dilip out of tj same Philly office

[dilip 187]

4 minutes ago, David1987 said:

Mines July 8th right after yours Dilip out of tj same Philly office

 Hopefully they will approve I-751 at the same time.  N-400 interview letter did not say anything about joint interview and I sent an inquiry, but they did not reply.  I will wait for Julie+Matt's interview, which is tomorrow 6/13/2019 to get more about Philly office's standard practice.

[David1987 43]

On 6/12/2019 at 6:48 PM, dilip said:

 Hopefully they will approve I-751 at the same time.  N-400 interview letter did not say anything about joint interview and I sent an inquiry, but they did not reply.  I will wait for Julie+Matt's interview, which is tomorrow 6/13/2019 to get more about Philly office's standard practice.

My n400 didn't say anything about joint either. When I did my inquiry though, they said I'd have a combo interview. Let's wait to see how it went for @Julie+Matt

I hope they post an update today since we all patiently waiting to hear and celebrate their good news. Unless of course they out celebrating and forgot about us. 

[Julie+Matt 84]

1 hour ago, David1987 said:

My n400 didn't say anything about joint either. When I did my inquiry though, they said I'd have a combo interview. Let's wait to see how it went for @Julie+Matt

I hope they post an update today since we all patiently waiting to hear and celebrate their good news. Unless of course they out celebrating and forgot about us. 

Lol, we didn’t forget. I can’t say how your interview will go, but ours went well. I brought Matt over on a k1 visa back in 2015 & he’s finally a permanent resident! Honestly, the hardest part was the drive. We gave ourselves 3 hours for a 1:50 hour drive & made it 10 minutes before the interview time. There’s a small (probably 60 car) lot right next to the building that costs $20 to park. We were checked in and done in about an hour. We had no problem parking, but the interview was scheduled for 8:40am & by the time we left, the lot was half full. We waited about half an hour past our scheduled time to be called back. 

 

Good luck! Hopefully I helped some! 

[David1987 43]

21 minutes ago, Julie+Matt said:

Lol, we didn’t forget. I can’t say how your interview will go, but ours went well. I brought Matt over on a k1 visa back in 2015 & he’s finally a permanent resident! Honestly, the hardest part was the drive. We gave ourselves 3 hours for a 1:50 hour drive & made it 10 minutes before the interview time. There’s a small (probably 60 car) lot right next to the building that costs $20 to park. We were checked in and done in about an hour. We had no problem parking, but the interview was scheduled for 8:40am & by the time we left, the lot was half full. We waited about half an hour past our scheduled time to be called back. 

 

Good luck! Hopefully I helped some! 

Thank you for sharing. I presume you Didn't apply for n400, or did u? I live in the city so it's a 4 mins drive from my house. Can you please share The details of the interview? ..like how long it was, what documents you were asked to provide and the questions you had to respond to?

[Julie+Matt 84]

19 minutes ago, David1987 said:

Thank you for sharing. I presume you Didn't apply for n400, or did u? I live in the city so it's a 4 mins drive from my house. Can you please share The details of the interview? ..like how long it was, what documents you were asked to provide and the questions you had to respond to?

We only applied for the green card. It took, maybe 10 minutes. I had already sent in everything we had (we live with my brother, so our names aren’t on the lease). The interviewer had a file of literally everything I’ve sent in-which was weird to see. We weren’t really asked questions...just asked if we had any more evidence, after answering basic questions of our names, birthdate, wedding date & where we lived. Oh, & we had to swear an oath. 

 

We had more of a conversation with our interviewer. When we left, we were happy & relieved & most of the people in the waiting room were watching us & pointing. 

 

I dont want to get into trouble for saying something I’m not supposed to. I don’t know how yours will go, but ours went well. Good luck! 

[dilip 187]

10 hours ago, Julie+Matt said:

We only applied for the green card. It took, maybe 10 minutes. I had already sent in everything we had (we live with my brother, so our names aren’t on the lease). The interviewer had a file of literally everything I’ve sent in-which was weird to see. We weren’t really asked questions...just asked if we had any more evidence, after answering basic questions of our names, birthdate, wedding date & where we lived. Oh, & we had to swear an oath. 

 

We had more of a conversation with our interviewer. When we left, we were happy & relieved & most of the people in the waiting room were watching us & pointing. 

 

I dont want to get into trouble for saying something I’m not supposed to. I don’t know how yours will go, but ours went well. Good luck! 

Congratulations! for your permanent residency.  I was under the impression that you are going for comb interview.   See you in N-400 board.

[lazy 19]

FYI I submitted by RFE to TSC Wednesday June 12 via overnight delivery.

Today Mon June 17 I received a "We received your RFE" notice / NOA.

Fingers crossed.

[dilip 187]

1 hour ago, lazy said:

FYI I submitted by RFE to TSC Wednesday June 12 via overnight delivery.

Today Mon June 17 I received a "We received your RFE" notice / NOA.

Fingers crossed.

Change your name from Lazy to Energetic - ha ha- Best of luck

[Mag&Chef 17]

Hello All, 

 

I wanted to share a summary of my experience here for Combo Interview. (yesterday June 18) 

 

- GC- (18 months) extension letter expiring on july 31st.

- I-751 send to Vermont, a year later Dec-2018 transferred to texas, called USCIS May 2019 for status, file back to vermont.

- Received Invitation for N-400 interview for June 18-2019,  

- ROC-OO processing time - sent an inquiry to speedup the process on May.

- 3 weeks later received email saying will have Combo interview, need to be there both of us (wife-husband).

- Attended the interview yesterday in Mount laurel (NJ) :

* first IO called us both, asked for IDs, then asked just the applicant the spouse can wait in the waiting room, if need they will ask to came.

* After swearing, explained the process , then start with I-751 interview, this part was very difficult for me , because all document were ok, and just don't understand why it has been waiting so long to be completed. 

* IO verified documents from a huge file on her desk and taping informations on her computer, from time to time she just confirm with me what have been provided (said: you provided this and this ..... right?) , asked questions about how we met, about both families (number-place of living), any travels together,  updated tax return information, already provided, but I added 2018.this verification and update lasted 20mn, 

* IO  said now we will go through the N-400 interview: oat-6 civic questions (who wrote independence convention, how many senates, citizen duty, what did Martin luther king Jr, who became president if neither President and VP are not available, and why we fought against british).

* writing test: asked to read when is columbus day then write columbus day is on October ...

* IO went through all Yes/No questions from N-400.

* IO asked to read and sign sections from My N-400 where Ieft blanc, she write no response (it was not Applicable for me), then read and sign the oath and confirm all personnel information that should  appear in the citizenship certificate and signed. 

 

Last, IO said that we are done now, Interview successful, print out the Interview result, then asked to wait for 3 weeks for the letter for ceremony. the reason is because of the I-751 needs to be approved first. 

 

Today I checked the case status, its says still transferred on Dec 2018, but for my N-400 it says we approved your interview, last step is to wait for ceremony. 

 

Once again a lot off patience is needed. 

 

Thank you all for your help!!!

 

 

 

 

[dilip 187]

4 hours ago, Mag&Chef said:

Hello All, 

 

I wanted to share a summary of my experience here for Combo Interview. (yesterday June 18) 

 

- GC- (18 months) extension letter expiring on july 31st.

- I-751 send to Vermont, a year later Dec-2018 transferred to texas, called USCIS May 2019 for status, file back to vermont.

- Received Invitation for N-400 interview for June 18-2019,  

- ROC-OO processing time - sent an inquiry to speedup the process on May.

- 3 weeks later received email saying will have Combo interview, need to be there both of us (wife-husband).

- Attended the interview yesterday in Mount laurel (NJ) :

* first IO called us both, asked for IDs, then asked just the applicant the spouse can wait in the waiting room, if need they will ask to came.

* After swearing, explained the process , then start with I-751 interview, this part was very difficult for me , because all document were ok, and just don't understand why it has been waiting so long to be completed. 

* IO verified documents from a huge file on her desk and taping informations on her computer, from time to time she just confirm with me what have been provided (said: you provided this and this ..... right?) , asked questions about how we met, about both families (number-place of living), any travels together,  updated tax return information, already provided, but I added 2018.this verification and update lasted 20mn, 

* IO  said now we will go through the N-400 interview: oat-6 civic questions (who wrote independence convention, how many senates, citizen duty, what did Martin luther king Jr, who became president if neither President and VP are not available, and why we fought against british).

* writing test: asked to read when is columbus day then write columbus day is on October ...

* IO went through all Yes/No questions from N-400.

* IO asked to read and sign sections from My N-400 where Ieft blanc, she write no response (it was not Applicable for me), then read and sign the oath and confirm all personnel information that should  appear in the citizenship certificate and signed. 

 

Last, IO said that we are done now, Interview successful, print out the Interview result, then asked to wait for 3 weeks for the letter for ceremony. the reason is because of the I-751 needs to be approved first. 

 

Today I checked the case status, its says still transferred on Dec 2018, but for my N-400 it says we approved your interview, last step is to wait for ceremony. 

 

Once again a lot off patience is needed. 

 

Thank you all for your help!!!

 

 

 

 

Congratulations!.  It is very helpful

[kkg325 6]

Hey everyone - 

My 18 month extension from my i-751 expires in August. I made an infopass appointment to go to my local field office for the i-551 stamp. The officer told me I could get the stamp, but that he would have to take away my plastic green card since it was expired anyway. He told me if I come back in July (1 month before 18 month extension expires), he could give me the stamp and I could probably keep my expired green card as well.

Questions

1. For those who have gone in for the i-551 stamp, did they also take your expired green card?

2. Have folks had experience traveling outside the US with only the i-551 stamp (without the expired green card)?

Thanks!

[dilip 187]

30 minutes ago, kkg325 said:

Hey everyone - 

My 18 month extension from my i-751 expires in August. I made an infopass appointment to go to my local field office for the i-551 stamp. The officer told me I could get the stamp, but that he would have to take away my plastic green card since it was expired anyway. He told me if I come back in July (1 month before 18 month extension expires), he could give me the stamp and I could probably keep my expired green card as well.

Questions

1. For those who have gone in for the i-551 stamp, did they also take your expired green card?

2. Have folks had experience traveling outside the US with only the i-551 stamp (without the expired green card)?

Thanks!

[1] They took my expired green card ( Philly) and stamped I-551.  I requested to keep  , they said no, you can' t have two green card, since i-551 is temporary green card.

[2] I traveled with I-551 to India and no issue in India, but at JFK, need to go for the secondary inspection, only issue 1 hr waiting time otherwise no questions ask

[vvp 30]

55 minutes ago, kkg325 said:

Hey everyone - 

My 18 month extension from my i-751 expires in August. I made an infopass appointment to go to my local field office for the i-551 stamp. The officer told me I could get the stamp, but that he would have to take away my plastic green card since it was expired anyway. He told me if I come back in July (1 month before 18 month extension expires), he could give me the stamp and I could probably keep my expired green card as well.

Questions

1. For those who have gone in for the i-551 stamp, did they also take your expired green card?

2. Have folks had experience traveling outside the US with only the i-551 stamp (without the expired green card)?

Thanks!

I got the stamp about a month ago. They did not take my card, so I still have it. I did not attempted to travel.