I-751 February 2018 Filers

[starsky 99]

13 hours ago, Hopegrace said:

Thank you for you responses guys, it meant a lot to me. I thought i was going on it all alone. I felt sad and left out 😌, thank you for your support. I hope for a response from USCIS soon. Do you guys think i should contact my congressman? Please let me know your experience with contacting congressman, is it worth it? Thanks 

Definitely aren't alone, there are still a few here that are waiting just like yourself. Have you called USCIS and asked to speak with a tier 2 rep? When was the last update you received?

[Hopegrace 2]

Hi Starsky,

Thanks for replying. I received a letter for fingerprints on 7/16/19 and that was my last update. I did call them several times but they keep saying it s within the normal processing time (21.5 months) the problem is , they keep increasing the processing time. I can’t really file N400 because where i live processing time for N400 is 17 months. That would further delay my I751. I just contacted my congressman , i hope he helps. It has been 20 months already unfortunately. Any suggestions?

[ngc4784 0]

Last Friday I was called in for the N400 interview. Just to make sure I brought my wife with me.
The officer was super-nice, he said he would try to do a combo interview as my i-751 is still pending but he warned we needed further evidence as all of our previous evidence is two years old (obviously, we submitted in Feb 2018). He recommended my wife to go gather tax returns for 2017-2018, more recent bank statements, more recent insurance docs, more recent utilities, while I would do the n-400 civics test.
So we started with questions for i-751, then I did the n-400 part while my wife went to a fedex next door to print whatever docs she could find (for instance, she couldn't answer my life insurance). When she got back the officer gave us a paper saying "a decision cannot be made about your application" since the new docs had to be reviewed, and he said they would send us notification by mail.
It's very frustrating as if we were told in advance they needed more recent docs we would have prepared something better instead of scrambling things at fedex. 

 

 

 

[Wasa22 5]

4 hours ago, ngc4784 said:

Last Friday I was called in for the N400 interview. Just to make sure I brought my wife with me.
The officer was super-nice, he said he would try to do a combo interview as my i-751 is still pending but he warned we needed further evidence as all of our previous evidence is two years old (obviously, we submitted in Feb 2018). He recommended my wife to go gather tax returns for 2017-2018, more recent bank statements, more recent insurance docs, more recent utilities, while I would do the n-400 civics test.
So we started with questions for i-751, then I did the n-400 part while my wife went to a fedex next door to print whatever docs she could find (for instance, she couldn't answer my life insurance). When she got back the officer gave us a paper saying "a decision cannot be made about your application" since the new docs had to be reviewed, and he said they would send us notification by mail.
It's very frustrating as if we were told in advance they needed more recent docs we would have prepared something better instead of scrambling things at fedex. 

 

 

 

I had all my evidence with me , it has been 3 month since I attend my interview.No word from USICS , I started action will mail letter to Congressman,Senator etc 

[ngc4784 0]

5 minutes ago, Wasa22 said:

I had all my evidence with me , it has been 3 month since I attend my interview.No word from USICS , I started action will mail letter to Congressman,Senator etc 

did you bring updated evidence? nobody told me to.

very frustrating you haven't heard in 3months - have you tried to call USCIS and speak to somebody there? 

[Wasa22 5]

Just now, ngc4784 said:

did you bring updated evidence? nobody told me to.

very frustrating you haven't heard in 3months - have you tried to call USCIS and speak to somebody there? 

Yes I brought just in case . I was there couple weeks ago to get stamp to my passport they said case is still pending ( my I 751) .I guess they don’t have any other answer.But I start to take action now send mail to Congressman and Senator.And will  plan to call USICS next week

[starsky 99]

23 hours ago, Hopegrace said:

Hi Starsky,

Thanks for replying. I received a letter for fingerprints on 7/16/19 and that was my last update. I did call them several times but they keep saying it s within the normal processing time (21.5 months) the problem is , they keep increasing the processing time. I can’t really file N400 because where i live processing time for N400 is 17 months. That would further delay my I751. I just contacted my congressman , i hope he helps. It has been 20 months already unfortunately. Any suggestions?

I along with many others were nervous about filing N-400 until our I-751 was adjudicated, so we waited until after it was approved. I was glad I did because I really didn't want to get delayed any further. About as many others didn't wait and went ahead and filed N-400 anyway. Some of those folks got combined interviews and are sitting pretty with N-400 approved already. It's a mixed bag and honestly, it just depends a lot on luck what happens. I would say that if you haven't had some sort of notice and rationale for being delayed you are awfully unlucky as we are not seeing many folks with delays as long as yours. I'm not sure about normal processing times, perhaps they are combining the extension they already gave you in that figure? I would still keep calling and specifically request a tier 2, citing the delay. If I were you this late in proceedings I wouldn't file N-400 for fear it would put you back in the pending pile (we've seen cases where that's happened), but that's me, and only you can make that decision yourself.

[Limba 7]

My window for ROC is December 1st but something bothers me. My wife filled our last tax return single instead of jointly. When i asked her why she said she wouldn't have made enough money if she had filled jointly since i only worked for 5months last year. Should i wait to file tax by January before before we file ROC?????

[Scandi 4,173]

55 minutes ago, Limba said:

My window for ROC is December 1st but something bothers me. My wife filled our last tax return single instead of jointly. When i asked her why she said she wouldn't have made enough money if she had filled jointly since i only worked for 5months last year. Should i wait to file tax by January before before we file ROC?????

There are three ways to file your taxes.

 

-Single

-Married jointly

-Married separately 

 

If married you're not allowed to file as single. Ever. So if she did indeed file as single, she will have to amend her taxes.

 

Married jointly and married separately doesn't matter too much, it's up to the two of you how you want to file your taxes. Many people send in "married separately" tax transcripts to USCIS and are just fine.

Edited November 23, 2019 by Scandi

[Limba 7]

Please where can it be amended. Im just confused

[Fr8dog 312]

Soooooooooooooooo,

 

Still nothing here. I made an infopass appointment by phone the other day. That was fun and only took 10 minutes. My extension letter expired months ago so I figured I could use a fresh stamp in my passport just in case.

 

While at the office to get the stamp, the lady looked at the 751 status and after my file has been laying in the office for 120 days without anybody touching it, they sent it to the NBC because of the N400. We both tried to come up with a reason for it laying around their office for 120 days after a ROC interview but we couldn't come up with anything so we decided to go with "it's called life, get over it".

 

So now we have to wait for the NBC to confirm that the 751 isn't done and than the whole thing get sent back to Norfolk, or not. Maybe they'll sent part of it to Texas and part to Vermont.

 

I WANT THIS ####### TO BE OVER WITH. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sick and tired of people asking about it, I'm sick and tired of having to answer "I don't know and there is nothing I can do about it" I'm sick and tired of people looking at me like I did something wrong. And most of all I'm sick and tired of the system not getting fixed.

 

[starsky 99]

6 hours ago, Fr8dog said:

While at the office to get the stamp, the lady looked at the 751 status and after my file has been laying in the office for 120 days without anybody touching it, they sent it to the NBC because of the N400. We both tried to come up with a reason for it laying around their office for 120 days after a ROC interview but we couldn't come up with anything so we decided to go with "it's called life, get over it".

 

I'm sick and tired of people asking about it, I'm sick and tired of having to answer "I don't know and there is nothing I can do about it" I'm sick and tired of people looking at me like I did something wrong. And most of all I'm sick and tired of the system not getting fixed.

 

Good you got a stamp and at least stimulated some sort of activity. Hard to tell if there are many others who are experiencing such an arduous process, I feel terrible for you, as it seems brutally "unfair". 

 

Remind me, did you file N400 because you were tired of waiting and just thought it would hurry something along? Or do you suspect that in filing that, it delayed things further?

[Fr8dog 312]

I suspected the file got "stuck" after the interview so that's why I filed the N400. They sent it to the NBC and I''m sure they will find a new way to just let it collect dust several months. Than it will go back to the field office where I suspect all details about the interview are gone and we can start all over again.

[Fr8dog 312]

N400 interview scheduled end of Jan.

[TheKingmaker 153]

1 hour ago, Fr8dog said:

N400 interview scheduled end of Jan.

Been casually following your case here. Good to hear.