I-751 Filers (September 2018)

[Suze1 366]

Just got the N-400 Citizenship Interview letter!!!!

YAAAY!

See them in February!!!

[Project_Harajuku 28]

Received an approval notice 2 days ago. Filed September 24 - California Service Center. No RFE, transfers or interview. 

[nnaldjian 2]

On 12/14/2019 at 12:31 AM, momov31 said:

We were transferred to Potomac and also asked for more evidence. We have until February to return the evidence request. We were told our tax papers don't look like they came from the irs. They didn't they are from TurboTax after we filed. They said our car insurance don't prove we drive the same car, our travel documents were said to only show we traveled and our bank info was not long enough to prove co-mingling as husband and wife. I am stressed to the max as we sent as much info we read and thought prove our marriage. Now I plan to send our bank statements for the open to now, our dl showing matching address, more pictures and transcripts from the irs website. Please give me more ideas of what to send. I would send utilities but they only show one of our names each. 

 

We are in the same situation... from same service center... and my husband's Greencard extension is until March... we already have tickets  to travel in June. Scared we will have issues. We didnt have checkings together, just savings. That was an issue. Dont have descriptions on the 50 or more pics we sent them. One of our tax years didnt show up at IRS. Went to the company that did it and they had made a mistake and never sent 2016. I dont know what else to send to prove we are married. Its like how come they dont call us to interview to see if we are. I've sent them all I have . The only extra I can send is this last years taxes we filed together and  we leased a car under both out name this last year. Plus our insurance policy. That's all we can do extra. Would that be enough?

 

[aroabi 21]

54 minutes ago, nnaldjian said:

We are in the same situation... from same service center... and my husband's Greencard extension is until March... we already have tickets  to travel in June. Scared we will have issues. We didnt have checkings together, just savings. That was an issue. Dont have descriptions on the 50 or more pics we sent them. One of our tax years didnt show up at IRS. Went to the company that did it and they had made a mistake and never sent 2016. I dont know what else to send to prove we are married. Its like how come they dont call us to interview to see if we are. I've sent them all I have . The only extra I can send is this last years taxes we filed together and  we leased a car under both out name this last year. Plus our insurance policy. That's all we can do extra. Would that be enough?

 

I would write a nice, but formal cover letter explaining your situation. Enclose the Tax transcripts for the last 2-3 years. If the company is willing to provide you with a letter admitting that they made a mistake and forgot to file the 2016 tax, it would help. Make sure the 2016 tax is filed and include a proof of that (you cannot e-file it, you have to mail it- include the receipt from the post office/carrier). Enclose the insurance policy, utility bills, joint credit cards, your joint car lease, your upcoming trip, old trips, pictures (include old and new pictures and make sure they are properly labeled). Anything you could think of that shows that you did things together and that your finances co-mingled.  Try to get 2-3 affidavits from people that know you as a couple well.

 

Good luck!

[nnaldjian 2]

23 hours ago, aroabi said:

I would write a nice, but formal cover letter explaining your situation. Enclose the Tax transcripts for the last 2-3 years. If the company is willing to provide you with a letter admitting that they made a mistake and forgot to file the 2016 tax, it would help. Make sure the 2016 tax is filed and include a proof of that (you cannot e-file it, you have to mail it- include the receipt from the post office/carrier). Enclose the insurance policy, utility bills, joint credit cards, your joint car lease, your upcoming trip, old trips, pictures (include old and new pictures and make sure they are properly labeled). Anything you could think of that shows that you did things together and that your finances co-mingled.  Try to get 2-3 affidavits from people that know you as a couple well.

 

Good luck!

Yes, we have an apology letter that the tax preparing company saying that the mistake was theres. They sent the papers and we got our return check already. I will do all that. Thanks for the advice. 

[Project_Harajuku 28]

Received 10 year GC today. Thankful to be done with this step💕

[bariki 71]

So I finally got through to Tier II. My case is languishing at Lees Summit, MO. I live in California and their local office is - according to the Tier II officer - set to ask for an interview. Um, what? I very gently pointed out that I live a long way from there. This point was noted by the officer.

 

*sighs*

 

World spins madly on.

[Eaglehead 4]

1 minute ago, bariki said:

So I finally got through to Tier II. My case is languishing at Lees Summit, MO. I live in California and their local office is - according to the Tier II officer - set to ask for an interview. Um, what? I very gently pointed out that I live a long way from there. This point was noted by the officer.

 

*sighs*

 

World spins madly on.

Mine has also been there for about 130 days since been transferred; the last time I called the officer told me it looks like my case will be scheduled for a combo interview. Haven’t heard anything except that my N400 completion date keeps fluctuating.

Please, did the officer say the interview is expected to be at Lees Summit or at your California local office?   

[bariki 71]

Just now, Eaglehead said:

Mine has also been there for about 130 days since been transferred; the last time I called the officer told me it looks like my case will be scheduled for a combo interview. Haven’t heard anything except that my N400 completion date keeps fluctuating.

Please, did the officer say the interview is expected to be at Lees Summit or at your California local office?   

They said it would be at Lee's Summit - also a combo interview. I said this was an undue burden and the officer said they would look into it. They said I could get an I-551 stamp in my passport to extend my status but my local office doesn't accept appointments at the moment (massive backlog). So, either way, I'm probably better off traveling out of state to get this resolved.

 

N-400 has been steady at April 2020. Same officer said they saw the two cases together/linked so that's.. good I guess? I hope it gets transferred back to California because traveling across the country to Missouri would be a huge pain for my husband and I - he's become disabled since we married and now can't fly so easy. And it'd be one heck of a drive.

[YorkshiretoAZ 12]

Is anyone else on here still waiting? I got transferred to Potomac on October 16th and haven't heard anything since.

 

Anyone else transferred from California to Potomac and still waiting?

[whimper 8]

1 hour ago, YorkshiretoAZ said:

Is anyone else on here still waiting? I got transferred to Potomac on October 16th and haven't heard anything since.

 

Anyone else transferred from California to Potomac and still waiting?

Same here, still waiting.

[boredcpa 0]

On 1/2/2020 at 10:35 PM, bariki said:

They said it would be at Lee's Summit - also a combo interview. I said this was an undue burden and the officer said they would look into it. They said I could get an I-551 stamp in my passport to extend my status but my local office doesn't accept appointments at the moment (massive backlog). So, either way, I'm probably better off traveling out of state to get this resolved.

 

N-400 has been steady at April 2020. Same officer said they saw the two cases together/linked so that's.. good I guess? I hope it gets transferred back to California because traveling across the country to Missouri would be a huge pain for my husband and I - he's become disabled since we married and now can't fly so easy. And it'd be one heck of a drive.

 

For the two of you (@bariki, @Eaglehead) transferred from WAC and are now stuck at Lee's Summit with a combo I-751 / N-400. What is your status for each of you on https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do?

 

My "current" status for each is. 

I-751 WAC is stuck on Case transferred and a new office has jurisdiction.

N-400 IOE is stuck on Case is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS.

 

If we got through to Tier II would we be be able to just get an interview scheduled if we just accepted going to Lee Summit and just ate the extra cost instead of waiting for it to get to the local office?

 

[bing10 114]

I already posted about this in the N-400 NY thread, but also posting it here for I-751 filers.

 

I have an ongoing I-751 (priority date Sept 2018, Vermont), and an N-400 (Priority Date June 2019, Brooklyn Office).

 

After not hearing anything since the N-400 bio-metrics last year, my interview has now been scheduled for February. I'm presuming it will be a combo interview and will bring my wife to it, although I haven't received any notification that the I-751 has been transferred.

[outaway3 8]

4 hours ago, bing10 said:

I already posted about this in the N-400 NY thread, but also posting it here for I-751 filers.

 

I have an ongoing I-751 (priority date Sept 2018, Vermont), and an N-400 (Priority Date June 2019, Brooklyn Office).

 

After not hearing anything since the N-400 bio-metrics last year, my interview has now been scheduled for February. I'm presuming it will be a combo interview and will bring my wife to it, although I haven't received any notification that the I-751 has been transferred.

I have similar timeline like yours. Was your I-751 transferred or had any updated after Biometric review? 

 

I-751 -- Sep 2018 NYC

N-400 -- August 2019 first week NYC

Edited January 10, 2020 by outaway3

[bing10 114]

8 minutes ago, outaway3 said:

I have similar timeline like yours. Was your I-751 transferred or had any updated after Biometric review? 

 

I-751 -- Sep 2018 NYC

N-400 -- August 2019 first week NYC

 

I'm assuming (hoping) it's been transferred, but I've had no updates since the Biometric review, so I don't know.

 

Also, the letter only mentions an N-400 interview.

Edited January 10, 2020 by bing10