To Apply or to not apply N-400

[Jack88 15]

Hello Visa Journey Military Community; 

 

So here's the story, by August this year I'm scheduled to start my training with the Marines. I am currently waiting for my ROC to be approved I filed in June but they let me enlist with the extension letter and they're going to let me into training with a passport stamp as long as it still has 6 months of validity in it, they don't require the actual card. So my ROC will still be pending during my training (If the current 18 months processing time for CSC stands that is.) So I was thinking about filing for the N-400 to "delay" the process until I am done at least with initial training which would occur around October, and then if any interview or whatever requires my presence I'd be able to attend it. Whether it is an interview for the N-400 or God forbid even an ROC interview which as you know is A MUST ATTEND type of event. Per what USCIS website states the processing time for N-400 is 10 months I'd be eligible to apply by June, at that time my ROC would have about a year since its filing, but considering CSC ghastly processing times, it'd still be another 6-8 or so for the ROC to be approved by itself, so normally I understand they merge both applications and adjudicate both, considering the waiting times I'd be looking at April-May 19 for things to come to a conclusion. However, I would be taking a gambit. I've seen folks getting their N-400 which they filed with ROC's pending being approved within 3 months, some of them had ROC and N-400 interviews the same day. So it scares me that this might occur while I am in boot-camp. See, The thing is that during my initial training I am basically a recluse, I cannot leave training and I am stuck in it for 10 weeks + no matter what. But if they are adjudicating these N-400's as fast as they did with some fellows that puts me in a complicated situation. What a mess! All thanks to CSC efficiency. So that's the dilemma, what if they require me to appear for an ROC interview or an N-400 interview while I am in Initial Military training, is it even worth it to apply for the N-400 in hopes of seeing the whole processing "Delayed" and gain some time in the long run? Thoughts?

[JbTin 51]

Isn’t it that when you graduate from boot camp (USMC) , you automatically become a US citizen? Or did they change the rules already and im not up to date... 🤦🏽‍♀️

Edited March 21, 2018 by JbTin

[Unidentified 2,930]

12 minutes ago, JbTin said:

Isn’t it that when you graduate from boot camp (USMC) , you automatically become a US citizen? Or did they change the rules already and im not up to date... 🤦🏽‍♀️

Didn't the whole joining the Marines thing only speed up the process? Like instead of waiting the 5 years to be eligible (the time if you did not get married to a USC) you only have to wait 3 to be eligible for citizenship if you're in the marines. 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/news/fact-sheets/naturalization-through-military-service-fact-sheet

[Jack88 15]

9 hours ago, Unidentified said:

Didn't the whole joining the Marines thing only speed up the process? Like instead of waiting the 5 years to be eligible (the time if you did not get married to a USC) you only have to wait 3 to be eligible for citizenship if you're in the marines. 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/news/fact-sheets/naturalization-through-military-service-fact-sheet

If you are married to a US citizen the 5 year wait doesn’t apply instead is 3 years. Per new DOD regulations 180 days of active duty service are required to be elegible for citizenship through military service. The whole “one day of service” deal was eliminated. 

[Unidentified 2,930]

Just now, Jack88 said:

If you are married to a US citizen the 5 year wait doesn’t apply instead is 3 years. Per new DOD regulations 180 days of active duty service are required to be elegible for citizenship through military service. The whole “one day of service” deal was eliminated. 

That's what I said