I-751 March 2021 Filers

[Michaela K. 93]

6 hours ago, Rearviewmirror said:

Sorry you had a cruddy final interview experience. I'm also waiting on YSC, so hope that negative officer moves on before I'm interviewing. Congratulations on your approval and never having to deal with USCIS again!

 

Thank you! Fingers crossed you hear something soon and it's much easier than mine! It's crazy that every person's experience can be so different depending on who you get at the interview..

[interprime 27]

Any March 21 YSC filers heard anything yet? According to the processing times, this should be the month, but, given how everything is delayed, it wouldn't shock me if there was any further delay!

[RambaCat 643]

50 minutes ago, interprime said:

Any March 21 YSC filers heard anything yet? According to the processing times, this should be the month, but, given how everything is delayed, it wouldn't shock me if there was any further delay!

Nothing here yet, but like you I'm expecting it to be delayed even more- can't even make any enquiries until October. 

Maybe we'll get lucky though and we'll get news in the next few weeks.

[interprime 27]

Just now, RambaCat said:

Nothing here yet, but like you I'm expecting it to be delayed even more- can't even make any enquiries until October. 

Maybe we'll get lucky though and we'll get news in the next few weeks.

 

Yeah, hoping we get news in the next few weeks. Though casestatusext is showing that they were approving cases from 2022 all through last week! Whenever I think I have this process figured out, I see something new that just confuses me further!

[Crazy Cat 41,808]

39 minutes ago, interprime said:

 

Yeah, hoping we get news in the next few weeks. Though casestatusext is showing that they were approving cases from 2022 all through last week! Whenever I think I have this process figured out, I see something new that just confuses me further!

I am an advocate of just eliminating the I-751 completely.  When some cases take almost 4 years while others take only 3 weeks, something is wrong.  Besides, my stats show that only about 1% of I-751s are actually denied.  That, alone, tells me the 2 year Green card is not needed.  Elimination would certainly benefit us, the clients, as well as USCIS.  I guess the I-751 is a cash cow. 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[interprime 27]

7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I am an advocate of just eliminating the I-751 completely.  When some cases take more than 3 years while others take only 3 weeks, something is wrong.  Besides, my stats show that only about 1% of I-751s are actually denied.  That, alone, tells me the 2 year Green card is not needed.  Elimination would certainly benefit us, the clients, as well as USCIS.  I guess the I-751 is a cash cow. 

 

You'd think they'd be able to bring in more staff to work on cases with all that money rolling in, but apparently not. Just very confused as to how they're adjudicating these cases now. I had heard that some 2023 cases were being approved within weeks recently. So, it very much seems like they're trying to get some newer cases done so they can bring the average processing time down. Just frustrating when people have been waiting 2 and a half years at this point with no word!

 

What's even more frustrating is that, with every *increase* to the processing time, it pushes back the date when I can contact them about the case itself!

Edited August 14, 2023 by interprime

[Crazy Cat 41,808]

13 minutes ago, interprime said:

So, it very much seems like they're trying to get some newer cases done so they can bring the average processing time down.

That is exactly what I suspect.  Last in-First out to lower average processing times.  Unfair and corrupt, if true, imo.    For my wife's case, USCIS collected the I-751 fee in early 2019, then sat on the case (no RFEs) until after she had applied for citizenship.  Both the I-751 and N-400 were approved during our combo interview in Dec 2022.  Of course, her extension letter expired during that wait, and we had to get an ADIT stamp for travel.  It took 44 months for approval of wife's I-751...with no RFEs. 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[RambaCat 643]

It's definitely frustrating to have so many delays with a service we have to pay for, only for uscis to then just sit on the case for years until you pay for citizenship or they decide it's finally taking up too much desk space.

seeing other people getting RFEs on cases from 2+ years ago for things they submitted at the time because the evidence provided is out of date (or worse, lost) is frustrating too - there seems to have been a fair bit of that lately. 

[interprime 27]

7 minutes ago, RambaCat said:

It's definitely frustrating to have so many delays with a service we have to pay for, only for uscis to then just sit on the case for years until you pay for citizenship or they decide it's finally taking up too much desk space.

seeing other people getting RFEs on cases from 2+ years ago for things they submitted at the time because the evidence provided is out of date (or worse, lost) is frustrating too - there seems to have been a fair bit of that lately. 

Hell, I'd take an RFE at this point. Just to know that someone is actually looking at the case! By all accounts, March 21 YSC filers should be hearing something at the moment, but I'm yet to hear of any March filers who have been approved. I fear the inevitable might happen and come next month, the processing times might tick up an extra month!

[854Turbo 20]

On 8/14/2023 at 8:42 AM, interprime said:

 

Yeah, hoping we get news in the next few weeks. Though casestatusext is showing that they were approving cases from 2022 all through last week! Whenever I think I have this process figured out, I see something new that just confuses me further!

 

I had a conversation with the person/team running casestatusext - the system does not track cases from 2021. They have it set up to only scan 2022 and 2023.

[Saharadarkcyan 195]

YSC: i saw alot of approval lately so finger crossed 🤞

Edited October 2, 2023 by Saharadarkcyan

[E R M P 23]

Can't believe we've been waiting 30 months ☹️. I also filed my N400 application 12 months ago - one of the best perks of citizenship will be never having to deal with USCIS again.

[OldUser 6,604]

49 minutes ago, E R M P said:

Can't believe we've been waiting 30 months ☹️. I also filed my N400 application 12 months ago - one of the best perks of citizenship will be never having to deal with USCIS again.

Which service center?

[interprime 27]

12 hours ago, E R M P said:

Can't believe we've been waiting 30 months ☹️. I also filed my N400 application 12 months ago - one of the best perks of citizenship will be never having to deal with USCIS again.

 

Finally got my interview notice for the N-400 last week, scheduled for the first week of November. So, I'm certainly thankful to be close to the end of this! My I-751 was also sent off over 30 months ago now.

[Saharadarkcyan 195]

On 10/8/2023 at 10:13 PM, OldUser said:

Which service center?

Hi guys YSC here. Finally new card being produced. I didn't file for citizenship yet, and I patiently waited , and today is being produced. Thanks to God and everyone here. Keep it up. And sorry for my bad english