I-751 RFE's and interviews

[Jack88 15]

Hello everybody

 

So I am currently waiting on my Removal of conditions I am a June 2017 filer on the California Service Center so unfortunately judging by other folk's experiences I am looking at a looooong wait 14-18 Months 

The issue is that I am schedule to ship to Marines Bootcamp this coming early August and if current trends continue I fully expect for my ROC application to still be pending by then. In light of that I am a little concerned about possible Requests for evidence sent in my absence and God forbid even an interview. I know it sounds ridiculous but they (I have seen it with many people) wait literally over a year to start reviewing your application and oftentimes they send you a RFE after over a year of backlog. Also, I know I-751 interviews are rare, but what would happen if they call me and my wife for an interview while I am in bootcamp, what can I do? Is not possible for me to request a leave of absence from training. Also with regard to RFE's I am the one who has always taken care of all the immigration paperwork. Any advice as to how to prepare everything for my spouse who is inexperienced on this processes, so she can successfully respond to an hypothetical RFE?  

[Name O Boy 511]

1 hour ago, Jack88 said:

Hello everybody

 

So I am currently waiting on my Removal of conditions I am a June 2017 filer on the California Service Center so unfortunately judging by other folk's experiences I am looking at a looooong wait 14-18 Months 

The issue is that I am schedule to ship to Marines Bootcamp this coming early August and if current trends continue I fully expect for my ROC application to still be pending by then. In light of that I am a little concerned about possible Requests for evidence sent in my absence and God forbid even an interview. I know it sounds ridiculous but they (I have seen it with many people) wait literally over a year to start reviewing your application and oftentimes they send you a RFE after over a year of backlog. Also, I know I-751 interviews are rare, but what would happen if they call me and my wife for an interview while I am in bootcamp, what can I do? Is not possible for me to request a leave of absence from training. Also with regard to RFE's I am the one who has always taken care of all the immigration paperwork. Any advice as to how to prepare everything for my spouse who is inexperienced on this processes, so she can successfully respond to an hypothetical RFE?  

Hi there, You are right CSC is taking on average 16 months or more to process the petitions. You can save as much as evidence before you leave for the boot camp in August. Having said that when USCIS send you RFE they give you few months to respond, I heard it is more than 90 days. It is sufficient time to deal with it. However, they send you the interview notice one month or two months or few weeks before the interview in most cases. I don't know if you would be allowed to take few days off and leave the camp and go for an interview with your spouse if they ever send you an interview notice. Keep in mind you can reschedule your interview if for some reason you can't make it; see the link below 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-2449/0-0-0-2466.html

[nightingalejules 678]

Last I heard the allowed response time was 87 days (random, I know). When you posted on the August filers list, you mentioned that you are also planning on applying for citizenship.

 

Here's the cool(ish) part. While you are not required to provide proof of marriage up front for N-400 (as you are for I-751), you are encouraged to do so, or you have to bring it to your interview. Why not put together a super-thorough package for N-400 and then make an extra copy of all of it, in case you do receive an RFE. That way, if and when you do, your wife can just pop it in the mail and you're good to go! If not, well, you've wasted some paper, but you have a very straightforward and easy-to-approve N-400 petition.

[Jack88 15]

4 hours ago, Name O Boy said:

Hi there, You are right CSC is taking on average 16 months or more to process the petitions. You can save as much as evidence before you leave for the boot camp in August. Having said that when USCIS send you RFE they give you few months to respond, I heard it is more than 90 days. It is sufficient time to deal with it. However, they send you the interview notice one month or two months or few weeks before the interview in most cases. I don't know if you would be allowed to take few days off and leave the camp and go for an interview with your spouse if they ever send you an interview notice. Keep in mind you can reschedule your interview if for some reason you can't make it; see the link below 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-2449/0-0-0-2466.html

Hi thanks for you reply. So days off from bootcamp are an impossibility. However I did read on some old Visa journey forum threats on military families on similar situations, specifically people doing their AOS application (Even more sensitive than ROC) they were called for interviews one of the spouses couldn't attend because he/she were deployed/ in training. The remaining spouse went to the interview alone with his/her spouse's military orders, explained the situation to the adjudicator and got approved with no issues. Bear in mind though these threats are from 2009-2012 I don't know how relevant/accurate this information might be. Maybe the folks at VisaJourney military forum might know better?

[Name O Boy 511]

2 hours ago, Jack88 said:

Hi thanks for you reply. So days off from bootcamp are an impossibility. However I did read on some old Visa journey forum threats on military families on similar situations, specifically people doing their AOS application (Even more sensitive than ROC) they were called for interviews one of the spouses couldn't attend because he/she were deployed/ in training. The remaining spouse went to the interview alone with his/her spouse's military orders, explained the situation to the adjudicator and got approved with no issues. Bear in mind though these threats are from 2009-2012 I don't know how relevant/accurate this information might be. Maybe the folks at VisaJourney military forum might know better?

Yeah and If you ever get an interview notice you could call the helpline before the scheduled interview. In this way, they will be able to assist you. Honestly speaking you should be good and they will offer complete support to a miliatry spouse. You can schedule an infopass appointment if you don't find any helpful information.