Traveling on Extension Letter to India, I751 filed June 2020

[NeerajPalak 9]

Hello, 

 

we have filed for I751 and its pending for approval. We have not received any communication besides 18 months extension letter. 

 

We have 18 months extension letter from June 2020. My question is should we go ahead and apply for N400 on May 15 since on this day it would be 2 years and 9 months completed. Another question we have is can we travel to india during covid 19 period or should we avoid. Our Travel date is July 15th and coming back on August 15. 

 

 

Thanks

 

NeerajPalak

[igoyougoduke 1,675]

n-400 and i-751 are completely different petitions. as long as you meet the requirements you can file n-400

 

Travel is your choice. there is no restrictions on anything 

[NeerajPalak 9]

On 4/8/2021 at 7:28 PM, igoyougoduke said:

n-400 and i-751 are completely different petitions. as long as you meet the requirements you can file n-400

 

Travel is your choice. there is no restrictions on anything 

thanks for the clarification . what is the timeline when we can file for n400 while i751 is pending. also my wife did not receive biometric invitation when we filed I751 so would there by any waiver for biometric ? 

[da95826 387]

You can file for naturalization one year after you were required to file to remove the conditions on your green card (your i751 application), anytime after the 90 days before the third anniversary of your green card.

 

You can naturalize 3 years after you receive your original green card if you are married to a USA citizen the whole three years.

You can naturalize 5 years after you received your green card if you are not married to a USA citizen.

You are free to apply for a n400 even if your i751 is still pending but you can not be approved for the n400 until the i751 is approved. There is a good chance both the i751 and n400 will have a combo interview at the same USCIS appointment. 

 

Biometrics will either be reused if USCIS has one that was taken in the USA if not you will get a an appointment notice to collect one at a local USCIS office, you will need to wait and see what USCIS will do.

[NeerajPalak 9]

On 4/11/2021 at 6:26 PM, da95826 said:

You can file for naturalization one year after you were required to file to remove the conditions on your green card (your i751 application), anytime after the 90 days before the third anniversary of your green card.

 

You can naturalize 3 years after you receive your original green card if you are married to a USA citizen the whole three years.

You can naturalize 5 years after you received your green card if you are not married to a USA citizen.

You are free to apply for a n400 even if your i751 is still pending but you can not be approved for the n400 until the i751 is approved. There is a good chance both the i751 and n400 will have a combo interview at the same USCIS appointment. 

 

Biometrics will either be reused if USCIS has one that was taken in the USA if not you will get a an appointment notice to collect one at a local USCIS office, you will need to wait and see what USCIS will do.

Thanks yeah we are planning for file for n400 on May 10th. hopefully get biometric soon.