N-400 April 2020 Filers

[roddie2k 68]

Keep pushing again and again - if nothing else, they will get up and start taking notice out of frusturation

[Cloggie 17]

Well, I have contacted my representative, the Ombudsman, called the USCIS number once or twice, contacted the USCIS via the portal...not sure what else I can do?

[AH2020 30]

4 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

Well, I have contacted my representative, the Ombudsman, called the USCIS number once or twice, contacted the USCIS via the portal...not sure what else I can do?

Same here. I opened several service requests, contacted congressman, ombudsman. Its the same reply each time. There is nothing else we can do other than eventually file a lawsuit if nothing happens. 

[Cloggie 17]

Indeed, we're in the same position...my attorney says nothing can be done, at this point...we gotta hang in there...

[thewaitingame 34]

Are all the cases got stuck because you guys came here very long time ago when they still hadn’t used digital copies? I’m trying to make sense why some cases are stuck and some just moved really fast. what’s the common thing here

[Cloggie 17]

The common thing is most likely the Covid disarray that existed in March, April and May of 2020...

I like your spreadsheet...

[Scandi 4,104]

2 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

The common thing is most likely the Covid disarray that existed in March, April and May of 2020...

I like your spreadsheet...

I think so too, right when the covid shut-downs happened and a big part of USCIS closed down, I bet they didn't know what to do with all applications since no interviews were happening at the time, and they just sent them off to some storage facility to store them while figuring out how to continue. Unfortunately it seems that facility hasn't been prioritized when opening USCIS back up, so many cases going there would come to sit there for a very long time, and still are. Extremely frustrating for you guys. 

I bet that facility (storage/records center/whatever) is normally for cases that are already finished/closed, but that during covid they used it for pending applications too. 

[Cloggie 17]

I believe that to be the case, as well. How to get the USCIS to prioritize these March/April/May 2020 cases though?

[thewaitingame 34]

20 minutes ago, Scandi said:

I think so too, right when the covid shut-downs happened and a big part of USCIS closed down, I bet they didn't know what to do with all applications since no interviews were happening at the time, and they just sent them off to some storage facility to store them while figuring out how to continue. Unfortunately it seems that facility hasn't been prioritized when opening USCIS back up, so many cases going there would come to sit there for a very long time, and still are. Extremely frustrating for you guys. 

I bet that facility (storage/records center/whatever) is normally for cases that are already finished/closed, but that during covid they used it for pending applications too. 

This does make sense.. but so messed up though  

[orangeal 12]

3 hours ago, thewaitingame said:

This does make sense.. but so messed up though  

Your n400 was filed digitally and therefore is not lost. What's not available is your original A-file, which is in paper form. 

[Cloggie 17]

I am struggling what to make of this:

 

 

Edited November 19, 2021 by Cloggie

[orangeal 12]

50 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

I am struggling what to make of this:

 

 

My daughter got this same message in April and still no movement. Hopefully yours means something!

[AH2020 30]

1 hour ago, Cloggie said:

I am struggling what to make of this:

 

 

Mine has been saying that since I got my biometrics done in March 2021.

[Cloggie 17]

It could be Fake News?

[AH2020 30]

I got an email from the Ombudsman this morning saying that they sent a follow-up inquiry to USCIS. Not that I am expecting a different result than last time, but good to know that they actually stay on the case and send follow-ups to (hopefully) keep up some pressure.