I-751 February 2017 Filers, Part II

[Name O Boy 511]

4 minutes ago, Haji delco said:

Yes thats for the naturalization update. "We scheduled your interview"

This is great news. I am glad to hear that  keep us posted.  What is estimated completion time? 

Edited March 31, 2018 by Name O Boy

[Haji delco 103]

3 minutes ago, Name O Boy said:

This is great news. I am glad to hear that  keep us posted.  What is estimated completion time? 

10 months January 2019 LOL. 

[Name O Boy 511]

1 hour ago, Haji delco said:

10 months January 2019 LOL. 

 This is truly incorrect oh my GOD. 

[corvusheart 163]

14 hours ago, NeedMoreCoffee said:

Probably because they went when their residency status that was more than a month away from expiring. It seems like they will only stamp your passport if your resdency is going to expire within the next month. Speculating here tho

Well I heard your residency continues till a decision has been made. Just  your proof of legal status expires but not your actual legal status.

[corvusheart 163]

10 hours ago, Name O Boy said:

 This is truly incorrect oh my GOD. 

This is fast. Are you the only one whose gotten this? So are N-400/751 filers getting interviews faster than just people who are filing for the N-400 right now? And why have a lot of people reported that uscis officers don't like it or discourage it when applicants file for N-400 with a pending ROC?

[Haji delco 103]

1 hour ago, corvusheart said:

This is fast. Are you the only one whose gotten this? So are N-400/751 filers getting interviews faster than just people who are filing for the N-400 right now? And why have a lot of people reported that uscis officers don't like it or discourage it when applicants file for N-400 with a pending ROC?

Yeah very fast indeed. I don't know if I am the only one with the February 2017 filers filing under the 3-year rule that has gotten an interview. But with the USCIS they don't want to get caught in the issue of encouraging something that is not guaranteed especially ROC. Like a previous poster mentioned that they went for Infopass and the agent who had a trainee specifically mentioned that when applicants ask about n400 whilst i751 is pending they shouldn't give out any info or rather ask the applicant to wait till i751 is adjudicated. 

But we all know from the filing family that filing n400 will work in the favor of the applicant as if you are called for an interview, majority of the time if n400 is successful then all is good. 

What i will encourage though is with USCIS as soon as you are eligible for any petition, go for it and get out of their clutches as soon as you possible can. 

[corvusheart 163]

2 hours ago, Haji delco said:

Yeah very fast indeed. I don't know if I am the only one with the February 2017 filers filing under the 3-year rule that has gotten an interview. But with the USCIS they don't want to get caught in the issue of encouraging something that is not guaranteed especially ROC. Like a previous poster mentioned that they went for Infopass and the agent who had a trainee specifically mentioned that when applicants ask about n400 whilst i751 is pending they shouldn't give out any info or rather ask the applicant to wait till i751 is adjudicated. 

But we all know from the filing family that filing n400 will work in the favor of the applicant as if you are called for an interview, majority of the time if n400 is successful then all is good. 

What i will encourage though is with USCIS as soon as you are eligible for any petition, go for it and get out of their clutches as soon as you possible can. 

Yeah that's the whole reason we went for N400 as soon as my hubby was eligible. We want to be done with uscis for good.

[bonhomme 22]

On 3/31/2018 at 12:10 PM, corvusheart said:

Afraid of getting turned away by what?

Yea, I've read IOs have turned people away for trying to get their stamps too early, saying they can only stamp it 15 days before expiration.

[Name O Boy 511]

3 hours ago, corvusheart said:

Yeah that's the whole reason we went for N400 as soon as my hubby was eligible. We want to be done with uscis for good.

You did right. You will save time in the end. The waiting time is driving me crazy and I did the same. If CSC were competent and approved applicants under a year we would have filed for naturalization with an approved ROC. Since it's not the case so USCIS needs to take full responsibility. Thank GOD there is provision or policy to file for naturalization with a pending I-751. In this aspect I would give USCIS some credit otherwise they are pretty inconsistent. 

[corvusheart 163]

5 hours ago, bonhomme said:

Yea, I've read IOs have turned people away for trying to get their stamps too early, saying they can only stamp it 15 days before expiration.

My husbands GC with extension letter expires on May 22nd. We have an infopass tomorrow to get the stamp hopefully they give it to him. It was hard enough getting the appointment. @PositiveThinkerwhat do you think?

[Grateful Soul 9]

2 hours ago, corvusheart said:

My husbands GC with extension letter expires on May 22nd. We have an infopass tomorrow to get the stamp hopefully they give it to him. It was hard enough getting the appointment. @PositiveThinkerwhat do you think?

Just tell the IO you want to travel and you are not likely to be back by the expiration of the extension letter. H shouldn't have any problem getting it. I got the stamp last year just a month after my extension letter came. I just told the lady I can't afford to loose my GC and/or extension letter when I travel. So, I need the stamp for safety. She gave it to me right away.

[corvusheart 163]

1 hour ago, Grateful Soul said:

Just tell the IO you want to travel and you are not likely to be back by the expiration of the extension letter. H shouldn't have any problem getting it. I got the stamp last year just a month after my extension letter came. I just told the lady I can't afford to loose my GC and/or extension letter when I travel. So, I need the stamp for safety. She gave it to me right away.

Kinda don't want to lie to USCIS those are the last people you want to lie too. His letter expired on February 27th but the one year expiration anniversary of the GC is May 22nd.

[PositiveThinker 40]

4 hours ago, corvusheart said:

My husbands GC with extension letter expires on May 22nd. We have an infopass tomorrow to get the stamp hopefully they give it to him. It was hard enough getting the appointment. @PositiveThinkerwhat do you think?

sent you a message. You'd be allright. I just simply said " i'd like a stamp please and a nice gentleman put the stamp on my passport and asked me to return my expiring GC" 

[PositiveThinker 40]

Just now, PositiveThinker said:

sent you a message. You'd be allright. I just simply said " i'd like a stamp please and a nice gentleman put the stamp on my passport and asked me to return my expiring GC" 

Minnesota office is nice. they're not grumpy at all. But seem to be busy processing lot of people there. 

[Leo7777 243]

2 hours ago, Grateful Soul said:

I just told the lady I can't afford to loose my GC and/or extension letter when I travel. So, I need the stamp for safety. 

And what about  losing your passport which has the stamp ?  That's not just as likely ?