N-400 April 2020 Filers

[millefleur 5,046]

4 hours ago, TheFinn said:

- So I'm soon coming up with anniversaries, 2 years from filing and 1 year from the interview. Hurray ! 

If you have the money, suing USCIS might be a good idea at this point. It's so frustrating that it comes to that or just keep waiting. Did you try the FOIA request? You're basically just waiting for the oath right?

[Cloggie 17]

Suing the USCIS? What is your experience with this? Do you know of cases where that worked out OK?

[orangeal 12]

Submitted another "out of normal time" service request two days ago and this morning got an email promising to send an interview notice within 30 days. Something about scheduling  of the interview not yet done. And by the way, bring the notice with you to the interview! And l'm like, f, where's the notice? What you waiting for if you already know you are going to send it? Bizarro!

[millefleur 5,046]

7 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

Suing the USCIS? What is your experience with this? Do you know of cases where that worked out OK?

There was a guy in the ROC forum who also had a pending N-400 and he sued USCIS and as soon as he did that, his case was basically approved. It costs thousands of dollars because you have to hire a lawyer but apparently it works.

 

 

[TheFinn 3]

4 hours ago, millefleur said:

If you have the money, suing USCIS might be a good idea at this point. It's so frustrating that it comes to that or just keep waiting. Did you try the FOIA request? You're basically just waiting for the oath right?

Yea, it is beyond frustrating. Haven't tried the FOIA yet, I'll get that going right away. 

I'm waiting for their decision - based on the interview everything is fine, and assuming the RFE response is sufficient it should only be the oath then. Unless they come up with something else. 

[Trigmo 0]

Hey all

 

With all this talk about filing an FOIA to trigger USCIS to retrieve our A-files, does anyone know what are the contents of this A-file? 
 

I read before that it’s between 140-260 pages. 
 

N400 should be about 20 pages 

then what else? Green card application? Bios? 

 

Does anyone know what’s in it?

[fk67 7]

6 hours ago, Trigmo said:

Hey all

 

With all this talk about filing an FOIA to trigger USCIS to retrieve our A-files, does anyone know what are the contents of this A-file? 
 

I read before that it’s between 140-260 pages. 
 

N400 should be about 20 pages 

then what else? Green card application? Bios? 

 

Does anyone know what’s in it?

Per ,my understanding, its the entire immigration/non-immigration/Alien history, from first visa to the last, even if there was a break in between like when people visit US, and then go back and then get a different or another visa and come back. Anything filled with USCIS gets stored in A-File aka Alien File.

[Trigmo 0]

5 hours ago, fk67 said:

Per ,my understanding, its the entire immigration/non-immigration/Alien history, from first visa to the last, even if there was a break in between like when people visit US, and then go back and then get a different or another visa and come back. Anything filled with USCIS gets stored in A-File aka Alien File.

Got it. Thanks for the info 

[JustBelieve 7]

8 hours ago, Trigmo said:

Got it. Thanks for the info 

There is no guarantee it will speed up to your case, it is a hit or miss but

 

On 2/16/2022 at 11:29 AM, millefleur said:

There was a guy in the ROC forum who also had a pending N-400 and he sued USCIS and as soon as he did that, his case was basically approved. It costs thousands of dollars because you have to hire a lawyer but apparently it works.

 

 

Right every-time you sue them (as long as there is nothing pending on you), it will be approved automatically. It is cheaper and easier for USCIS to approve or resume working on your case than for them paying to fight you in court. Just have $3-4k minimum if you decide to go this route or keep on waiting like everyone else here. Good luck.

[Kristina B. 4]

On 2/11/2022 at 9:41 AM, Kristina B. said:

I filed FOIA last week. Keeping my fingers crossed.

My status changed to my case being actively reviewed at this time. I also went from the nondescript "It's taking longer than anticipated" to 11 months. Still quiet some time BUT at least it's a time frame to reference.

[fk67 7]

1 hour ago, Kristina B. said:

My status changed to my case being actively reviewed at this time. I also went from the nondescript "It's taking longer than anticipated" to 11 months. Still quiet some time BUT at least it's a time frame to reference.

what was the status before ?

[Kristina B. 4]

I don't know if it was because of the FOIA request, but my interview is now scheduled for April 1st!!!

[Cloggie 17]

Fantastic, Kristina!

[Cloggie 17]

I am going to filevorming FOIA now too.

Any tricky questions l need to be aware of?

[Kristina B. 4]

1 minute ago, Cloggie said:

I am going to filevorming FOIA now too.

Any tricky questions l need to be aware of?

It is really easy and very straightforward. No tricky questions.