n400 I751

[ben and maria 2]

Hello everyone. I finally got some excellent long awaited news. My i751 was approved. Here is my brief timeline

Filed january 27 2017

Did biometrics about a month later.

Until march of this year there were no updated no my case, no RFE or mail from USCIS. In march i got the case received by local office glitch update like a lot of people on here. Never received an actual letter in the mail though. So to clear confusion i got an infopass to local office and was lucky to talk to an excellent polite USCIS officer. He explained that my case is still in CSC and that service center is really backlogged so he encouraged me to apply for the N400.

So April 25 under the the three year rule i applied for the N400 ONLINE. I have to say that i am very impressed with speed of process for the N400. Within a few weeks I received the notice for biometrics which went pretty smooth. ON july 2nd i received a letter for the interview appointment for the N400 for August 20th. There was no requirement on the notice for me to bring my wife to the interview. So I did a judgement call and brought my wife with me. After a long wait since there were a LOT of people waiting for the N400 at my local office we were called in. Placed under oath we sat down and the officer explained that she would be adjudicating I751 first. She asked me a few basic questions than said to escort me to the waiting room so she could ask my wife a few questions. I probably waited no longer than 10 min when the officer escorted my wife out and called me back in. She proceded to ask questions about i751 mostly about our relationship, the history of us, work ect. Probably no longer than 10 min. After she said we can proceed for the N400. Asked a few question, wrote a sentence and she said I passed. At the end she handed me a letter that had 2 boxes checked, one said i passed the test, the other one said a decission about your case can not be made yet. Disappointed but politely asked what does that mean. She basically said a decission about the N400 can not be made until the I751 is approved. I thank her for a explanation. So after three weeks the dhs.gov site updated that case is approved and card is in production as two separate updates . Uscis.gov site is still not updated. So after this long and very stressful journey I can have a sigh of relief. Will update more when I receive something official in the mail. I know a lot of people here are still waiting, please have faith and patience the finishline is near. I tried to provide as much detail as I remember as I know this website has been very therapeutic and supportive to me by reading other people experiences. Yesterday I received the letter of approval in the mail