I-751 June 2018 Filers

[dwheels76 5,468]

Figures crossed that our I-751 is approved before our Citizenship interview next month. Just so we get Oath ceremony scheduled without delay.

 

I think 19 months waiting for I-751 is long enough.

[patsfan038 27]

1 hour ago, dwheels76 said:

Figures crossed that our I-751 is approved before our Citizenship interview next month. Just so we get Oath ceremony scheduled without delay.

 

I think 19 months waiting for I-751 is long enough.

If they scheduled your interview with 751 pending, then it's almost guaranteed to be a combo interview. I actually received an email from my USCIS office confirming that mine will be a combo and that my spouse needs to be present as well.

[dwheels76 5,468]

7 minutes ago, patsfan038 said:

If they scheduled your interview with 751 pending, then it's almost guaranteed to be a combo interview. I actually received an email from my USCIS office confirming that mine will be a combo and that my spouse needs to be present as well.

That's what we figured. Now what should be bring. Is more evidence needed or no. Man our I-751 was 595 pages.

I guess 2018 taxes. But I think we submitted that. LOL. My mind is fuzzy now. I can't think of anything else to do

[patsfan038 27]

58 minutes ago, dwheels76 said:

That's what we figured. Now what should be bring. Is more evidence needed or no. Man our I-751 was 595 pages.

I guess 2018 taxes. But I think we submitted that. LOL. My mind is fuzzy now. I can't think of anything else to do

We just took the updated documents (statements etc between the time we filed for N400 and the interview, so 5-6 months). My lawyer felt that would be sufficient as we had provided lots of info for 751, as well as the 400. The caveat is that my lawyer has been working with clients in my state for 20+ years, so she know how the IOs work in my field office. During the interview, the IO basically double checked the 751 info and approved it within 5 minutes and moved on to N400 test and questions. She didn't ask for any additional documents. 

Edited January 29, 2020 by patsfan038

[dwheels76 5,468]

1 hour ago, patsfan038 said:

We just took the updated documents (statements etc between the time we filed for N400 and the interview, so 5-6 months). My lawyer felt that would be sufficient as we had provided lots of info for 751, as well as the 400. The caveat is that my lawyer has been working with clients in my state for 20+ years, so she know how the IOs work in my field office. During the interview, the IO basically double checked the 751 info and approved it within 5 minutes and moved on to N400 test and questions. She didn't ask for any additional documents. 

Cool approval on the spot. I like that. Thank you. And congratulations.
I figured updated statements would work but dang we filed N400 9 months ago. And I sure wasn't going to get evidence from when we filed the I-751 19 months ago.
So 9 months of updates cool.

[MatMi 2]

I got a letter from uscis saying i751 is still delayed becuase of security background check. Did anyone ever got this letter and if yes how long did it take to get any reply?

[mikedany 8]

Since our 18-month extension letter is expiring soon we tried to get a 551 stamp by calling the infopass 800 number... they called back and said no appointments are available for the whole month.  What should we do now?? 

[Jukilalu 9]

34 minutes ago, mikedany said:

Since our 18-month extension letter is expiring soon we tried to get a 551 stamp by calling the infopass 800 number... they called back and said no appointments are available for the whole month.  What should we do now?? 

It has to be within 30 days of it to expire. First time you call you will speak to a Customer service representative who will just write down your info and within 48-72 hours a real Officer will call you back. They are the ones that will schedule it for you, and if it’s not within 30 days they will just ask you to call back. 

[mikedany 8]

9 minutes ago, Jukilalu said:

It has to be within 30 days of it to expire. First time you call you will speak to a Customer service representative who will just write down your info and within 48-72 hours a real Officer will call you back. They are the ones that will schedule it for you, and if it’s not within 30 days they will just ask you to call back. 

It is within 30 days.  Told them it expires on 3/1/2020. 

When they called back they still said there are no appointments available at the Boston field office for the REST OF THE MONTH and they are unable to open additional appointments...   They followed up with an email stating the same.

[cali1618 9]

54 minutes ago, mikedany said:

It is within 30 days.  Told them it expires on 3/1/2020. 

When they called back they still said there are no appointments available at the Boston field office for the REST OF THE MONTH and they are unable to open additional appointments...   They followed up with an email stating the same.

Mine is getting expired in first week of March as well.  I never got a call back first time when i requested for info pass to get 551 stamp . Got the call back after calling again second time and the officer was really nice and helpful to get me scheduled for the info pass.

[mikedany 8]

55 minutes ago, cali1618 said:

Mine is getting expired in first week of March as well.  I never got a call back first time when i requested for info pass to get 551 stamp . Got the call back after calling again second time and the officer was really nice and helpful to get me scheduled for the info pass.

Did you have to tell them it is an emergency or or that you have travel planned?

[dwheels76 5,468]

9 hours ago, mikedany said:

Since our 18-month extension letter is expiring soon we tried to get a 551 stamp by calling the infopass 800 number... they called back and said no appointments are available for the whole month.  What should we do now?? 

You have to kerp calling. We are in Houston. We called every time they called us back and said no openings for December we called between Nov. 28th u till Dec. 27th.

His extension letter expired Dec. 28th. On the 27th we got an Infopass appt. For Jan. 9th.

Thank God on Jan 23rd we got notice of Interview appt for his N400. So we good now.

 

Just have to keep calling till a date opens up.

[cali1618 9]

On 2/6/2020 at 12:17 PM, mikedany said:

Did you have to tell them it is an emergency or or that you have travel planned?

yes, I did tell them that I have travel plans next month.

[cali1618 9]

So, today I went for Info pass to get I-551 stamp on my passport , since my 18 month extension is getting expired in next 30 days while I-751 is still pending ( filled in June 2018).  I got the stamp for 1 year .

The officer took my expired green card and also the extension letter and told me he's gonna shred it as they are no longer valid and I-551 stamp is as good as green card. Is this normal ? Giving away green card ( though expired) was a weird feeling .. lol

[Jukilalu 9]

24 minutes ago, cali1618 said:

So, today I went for Info pass to get I-551 stamp on my passport , since my 18 month extension is getting expired in next 30 days while I-751 is still pending ( filled in June 2018).  I got the stamp for 1 year .

The officer took my expired green card and also the extension letter and told me he's gonna shred it as they are no longer valid and I-551 stamp is as good as green card. Is this normal ? Giving away green card ( though expired) was a weird feeling .. lol

I am sorry for that! I had the same feeling this could happen to me but instead they told me to keep both GC and letter.