Almost 16 Months passed, no ROC Movement

[doggieandsam 765]

3 hours ago, babayega said:

Of course I could apply N400, he said, but it would not make faster my case at this time. 

i agree with this. pre-covid, filing the n400 that might have forced the hand of uscis to "pull" one's case to the top of the pile earlier and therefore force a decision on the ROC earlier. but with covid, i have seen more ROC cases getting their interviews waived. by filing the n400, you force an interview and now you therefore have to wait for your local office to get to it. in this current climate, who knows how long that'll take. whereas those waited out their ROC could have had their cases completed faster since their interviews got waived. you win some, you lose some.

Edited July 24, 2020 by doggieandsam

[Free Man 119]

Do they still conduct interviews for ROC, i understand if your did your interview for conditional green card in the US, you may not have an Interview for ROC,  however this is base on submitting sufficient evidence with I-751

[Diane and Chris 651]

11 hours ago, Reg&des said:

It’s not about what you’ve heard it’s about what actually happened. Please do not attack my intelligence to know what was mailed to my home and what I read. Thank you. 
 

I would suggest checking the tone of your message in the future because it can deter a person from responding and sharing in the future. 

You come on here and ask for input. No one attacked your intelligence. You seem to be the one needing to check your tone. If you don’t want advice, don’t ask for it.  Good luck. 

[Lexushim 105]

On 7/24/2020 at 12:52 PM, H&T said:

I'm really curious to see the second extension letter. If correctly, the extension should be 36 months on it.

what extension are u talking about here? for uscis case or the NVC case?

[stef27 0]

I filed in September 2018, did Biometrics in Juy 2019 and there was no change until a few days ago when it said card was being produced. It just takes forever and all you can do is wait unfortunately. You can always check the processing times for your service center to see if your case is outside of the normal time.

[Lexushim 105]

What's ROC?

[Liam2021 583]

20 minutes ago, Lexushim said:

what extension are u talking about here? for uscis case or the NVC case?

I think you're in the wrong topic. The OP talk about extension letter for ROC( Remove of condition).

[Crazy Cat 41,904]

On 7/24/2020 at 1:05 PM, Reg&des said:

It’s not about what you’ve heard it’s about what actually happened

Do you have access to a copy of that 2nd extension letter?

[jakelake 222]

On 7/24/2020 at 12:01 PM, Reg&des said:

Correct March 2019. They were given one last year. And a second extension this week for an additional 18 months. 

Why would there be a second extension if the first one has not expired? I have not heard of a second extension and many others have not too. Why don't you provide more details instead of being offended?

 

I am certain that you are mistaken in your claim that a second extension was received.

[Mr & Mrs Umer 12]

6 hours ago, Lexushim said:

What's ROC?

Removal of condition (10 years Green Card)

 

[Aburashid 10]

On 7/24/2020 at 4:32 PM, doggieandsam said:

i agree with this. pre-covid, filing the n400 that might have forced the hand of uscis to "pull" one's case to the top of the pile earlier and therefore force a decision on the ROC earlier. but with covid, i have seen more ROC cases getting their interviews waived. by filing the n400, you force an interview and now you therefore have to wait for your local office to get to it. in this current climate, who knows how long that'll take. whereas those waited out their ROC could have had their cases completed faster since their interviews got waived. you win some, you lose some.

Very helpful comments here. As you can see from my timeline, we are August 2019 ROC (still pending, stuck at waiting for an interview) and recent July 2020 N-400. I've heard differing theories about the pros and cons of filing N-400 while the I-751 has not yet been adjudicated. Undoubtedly, there's a lot of uncertain calculus at play in whether to file the N-400 or wait. For us, the fact that our local office (Atlanta) is notoriously backlogged, we decided to move forward with the N-400. As the pandemic is pushing decisions and interviews beyond their original projections, it's possible that our I-751 not be decided until close to or beyond the 18-month extension deadline (March 2021). Sure, it's possible that the I-751 would have been decided without an interview, but it didn't happen for us in that batch of cases in our receipt # neighborhood.  We also saw a handful of pending I-751s (Atlanta office) months older than ours still not yet adjudicated. Estimated completion time for our filed N-400 is May 2021. Even if the N-400 is delayed beyond that, at least we're in the queue. The other decisive piece of calculus for us was the N-400 fee increase that looks to be on the horizon within the next few months. Can't fathom paying more (nearly double, perhaps) with the same wait and with no increase in service for the extra money being shelled out.

[Patrick Lee 8]

Good day all, my case is different. I got divorced with my US citizen wife January 2016 owing to her abusiveness on me, and thereafter via my attorney I filed for Removal of condition on my expired 2 year green card. I have been stuck 5 years now waiting in vain for my 10 years green card. I filed March 2016 for change of condition of Residence and till date never gotten my 10 years. Can I file for my Citizenship without me getting 10 years green card? Each time I ask USCIS they tell me they are still doing background checks. They have told me this same thing 5 years now. Am thinking of going ahead to file for my Citizenship which I think would likely make them open up my case. I think 5 years is way long over due. Any input on this guys? Tnx.

[Patrick Lee 8]

Good day all, my case is different. I got divorced with my US citizen wife January 2016 owing to her abusiveness on me, and thereafter via my attorney I filed for Removal of condition on my expired 2 year green card. I have been stuck 5 years now waiting in vain for my 10 years green card. I filed March 2016 for change of condition of Residence and till date never gotten my 10 years. Can I file for my Citizenship without me getting 10 years green card? Each time I ask USCIS they tell me they are still doing background checks. They have told me this same thing 5 years now. Am thinking of going ahead to file for my Citizenship which I think would likely make them open up my case. I think 5 years is way long over due. Any input on this guys? Tnx.

[Fr8dog 312]

The second extension letter is most likely an updated extension letter. It's not the first time they have done this. Most of the group I filed my ROC with all received updated letters giving us 18 months vs the original letter with 12 months. The whole letter is pretty useless unless you are planning on leaving the country, than you need it

 

It is basically the same as the original letter just has a different expiration date, they also asked us to return the original letter but most never bothered.

It was issued several months before the original receipt would expire.

Edited July 29, 2020 by Fr8dog

[doggieandsam 765]

8 minutes ago, Fr8dog said:

The second extension letter is most likely an updated extension letter. It's not the first time they have done this. Most of the group I filed my ROC with all received updated letters giving us 18 months vs the original letter with 12 months. The whole letter is pretty useless unless you are planning on leaving the country, than you need it

 

It is basically the same as the original letter just has a different expiration date, they also asked us to return the original letter but most never bothered.

It was issued several months before the original receipt would expire.

thanks for sharing this. very helpful info. i did remember a couple of years back when i first joined VJ, i read through some of the posts just educating myself on the different stages in the journey and what to expect. if i remember correctly, there was a time when the extension letters they issued were for 6 months, then the more backlogged they got over time, they then started issuing letters for 12 months and then now at 18 months. it would make sense for them to send an updated letter if they know for sure that they won't be able to get to the cases in the original 6 or 12 month period they said they would.