N-400 AUGUST 2020 FILERS

[CdnRN 40]

8 hours ago, Schrodinger'sApp said:

Hi all, I submitted my N400 online on August 31st. I received the hard copy of NOA on September 5th. The estimated completion date is August 2021. 

Nice. My office has me at Oct 2021. I filed July 31. 

[Danieltx 14]

On 9/6/2020 at 3:43 PM, undecided_gal010 said:

Those of you who filed by mail, how long did it take to receive NOA? My N-400 arrived at the Dallas location on August 26th, but still haven't heard anything.

Mine is 14 days

[fruitcake 31]

On 8/24/2020 at 11:10 AM, W loves S said:

Hey guys I am using the chrome as well. Please let me know as well if there is any other browser can be consider to avoid the errors. 

 

Please let me know 

I used Microsoft Edge and it went great! Filed my N-400 today!

[PinkCandy 134]

So.... I filed my N-400 online on August 10th and today I received a notification that they skipped my biometrics (probably because my ROC just got approved in less than 2 months) and interview is already scheduled 😲

I'm just waiting for the notice to be available online to see what date the interview will be. 

 

[happytree 19]

20 minutes ago, PinkCandy said:

So.... I filed my N-400 online on August 10th and today I received a notification that they skipped my biometrics (probably because my ROC just got approved in less than 2 months) and interview is already scheduled 😲

I'm just waiting for the notice to be available online to see what date the interview will be. 

 

That's crazy. Less than 30 days!.  I haven't even gotten the biometrics appointment letter. 

What's your field office?

[KM9868 8]

1 hour ago, PinkCandy said:

So.... I filed my N-400 online on August 10th and today I received a notification that they skipped my biometrics (probably because my ROC just got approved in less than 2 months) and interview is already scheduled 😲

I'm just waiting for the notice to be available online to see what date the interview will be. 

 

Wow... 

I filed on 2nd Aug and I'm still waiting for my biometrics appointment notice...

[anjans 21]

Hello August filers. I applied late August and found out a very close relative of mine is sick/dying and I will have to travel to Sweden for appx 2 months at a time a few times, I really don't know. So I am now in fear of not getting approved 😏 my family is of course more important but it still sucks. It's a lot of money that we're paying. Mine says it might take 13 months , filing from Miami. Cross your fingers for me 🙄

Edited September 9, 2020 by anjans

[Schrodinger'sApp 5]

Hi all, I just saw an update on my online account saying they are able to reuse previous biometrics. I am honestly quite surprised at how quickly I got the notice! 

Filed the application online on 8/31/20, NOA received in mail on 9/5/20, and the Biometric Resue notice (dated 9/4/20) appeared online on 9/8/20. 

[fruitcake 31]

On 8/27/2020 at 10:16 AM, Karen&Marile said:

My wife just submitted the N-400 on 8/24/20 and the account updated the next day with estimated completion time June 2021.  Also, still waiting since  April 5, 2019 on status of scheduling an interview for I-751 (January 2019 filer, no RFEs), so with any luck the N-400 application will get things moving and she'll just have a joint interview.  The inefficiency of all of this is exhausting.

Hello Karen&Marelle!

 

I hope you’re doing great today! I just filed my N-400 yesterday and I too, have a pending I-751 interview. Have you heard anything from them yet about the I-751? You mentioned about the joint interview for both case (I-751 and N-400), is that automatically? Or do you have to request that? Let me know. Thanks.

[Karen&Marile 7]

Hi there.  Since my last post the USCIS account has not changed - except now instead of 'estimated wait time' it says, 'we're taking longer than normal to process your case'.  I'm so annoyed (as always with this process).  I've seen others who filed their N-400 after us, and they already have biometrics appts, or updates.  USCIS has zero protocol for timelines and processing cases in any logical order.  I have seen on some threads here that some people have gotten combined I-751 and N-400 interviews, but clearly there is no real pattern that USCIS follows.  I also called in early August to get call back for our I-751 case which is outside normal processing (filed January 2019, was ready for interview as of April 2019...NO UPDATES), and of course haven't gotten a call back.  I'll be calling today with a service request number for previous call and next step is calling our congress reps.  

[AuroreJeremy 26]

Just saw on my USCIS account that a notice of biometric reuse dated 09/04/2020 was sent to me

[theph 5]

18 hours ago, anjans said:

Hello August filers. I applied late August and found out a very close relative of mine is sick/dying and I will have to travel to Sweden for appx 2 months at a time a few times, I really don't know. So I am now in fear of not getting approved 😏 my family is of course more important but it still sucks. It's a lot of money that we're paying. Mine says it might take 13 months , filing from Miami. Cross your fingers for me 🙄

I think you should be fine to travel with a pending N400. I don't think your travel can be held against you so long as you don't change permanent residence. And it sounds like you're not going to be staying outside of the US for more than a few months at a time, so I think you're good to go. Generally, don't leave the US for longer than 6 months at a time (preferably fewer than 6 months per year) and you must be physically present in the US for 30 months in the 5 years before N400 (or 18 months in the 3 years before N400 if it's based on marriage). In other words, just don't do anything that will make them presume you've disrupted your permanent residence.

 

Of course, I'm saying all this to reassure you, but you should also make sure to do the research about what's required for permanent residents and N400. To me it sounds like you'll be fine.

[Can49 9]

3 hours ago, theph said:

I think you should be fine to travel with a pending N400. I don't think your travel can be held against you so long as you don't change permanent residence. And it sounds like you're not going to be staying outside of the US for more than a few months at a time, so I think you're good to go. Generally, don't leave the US for longer than 6 months at a time (preferably fewer than 6 months per year) and you must be physically present in the US for 30 months in the 5 years before N400 (or 18 months in the 3 years before N400 if it's based on marriage). In other words, just don't do anything that will make them presume you've disrupted your permanent residence.

 

Of course, I'm saying all this to reassure you, but you should also make sure to do the research about what's required for permanent residents and N400. To me it sounds like you'll be fine.

what are the odds the OP has biometrics appointment scheduled while away And can that be rescheduled easily over the phone/online?

[price411 68]

submitted my Naturalization application online on July 27 2020. Estimated completion date is  April 2021 ,A New Jersey filer  IOE.

[anjans 21]

15 hours ago, theph said:

I think you should be fine to travel with a pending N400. I don't think your travel can be held against you so long as you don't change permanent residence. And it sounds like you're not going to be staying outside of the US for more than a few months at a time, so I think you're good to go. Generally, don't leave the US for longer than 6 months at a time (preferably fewer than 6 months per year) and you must be physically present in the US for 30 months in the 5 years before N400 (or 18 months in the 3 years before N400 if it's based on marriage). In other words, just don't do anything that will make them presume you've disrupted your permanent residence.

 

Of course, I'm saying all this to reassure you, but you should also make sure to do the research about what's required for permanent residents and N400. To me it sounds like you'll be fine.

I think I'll be fine too, and if anything with everything that's been going on this year I hope they'll be ateast a tiny bit lenient 😏