N400 while pending I751 in Chicago

[Cry2016 1]

Hi

Is it possible to file for N-400 in Chicago while being still with a pending I-751 process?

Thank you.

Edited August 3, 2021 by Cry2016

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, Cry2016 said:

Hi

Is it possible to file for N-400 in Chicago while being still with a pending I-751 process?

Thank you.

Yes, you can file for it if the ROC is in the process. 

[Pinkrlion 2,719]

Yes, but Chicago does not do combined interview, they will not approve N-400 until I-751 has been approved.

[Catseal 268]

1 hour ago, Pinkrlion said:

Yes, but Chicago does not do combined interview, they will not approve N-400 until I-751 has been approved.

Is there a way to see which offices do combine them? 

[Pinkrlion 2,719]

On 8/3/2021 at 11:37 PM, Catseal said:

Is there a way to see which offices do combine them? 

It is up to the local office to decide that

[Mike E 11,739]

On 8/3/2021 at 9:37 PM, Catseal said:

Is there a way to see which offices do combine them? 

Yes.  Visit 

and see which offices have been doing combo adjudications by seeing which posts cite successful combos and then see what the field office was.  
 

If you see an office mentioned in a successful adjudication then you know the office will at least some time do a combo.  
 

btw Seattle reportedly does do combos, but not very well.  The claim is that filing N-400 while an I-751 is pending for Seattle will slow down the over all process. See 

 

 

Edited August 5, 2021 by Mike E

[Cry2016 1]

On 8/3/2021 at 9:39 PM, Pinkrlion said:

Yes, but Chicago does not do combined interview, they will not approve N-400 until I-751 has been approved.

Ok cool. I don't care too much about a combo interview. I think my I-751 will be adjudicated not too far from now and I just wanted to see if I can start applying for the N-400.

[Cry2016 1]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Yes.  Visit 

and see which offices have been doing combo adjudications by seeing which posts cite successful combos and then see what the field office was.  
 

If you see an office mentioned in a successful adjudication then you know the office will at least some time do a combo.  
 

btw Seattle reportedly does do combos, but not very well.  The claim is that filing N-400 while an I-751 is pending for Seattle will slow down the over all process. See 

 

 

Hi

Any idea if filing for the N-400 in Chicago would delay the I-751 too?

Thank you!

[Catseal 268]

Thank you @Mike E!

[Mike E 11,739]

21 hours ago, Cry2016 said:

Any idea if filing for the N-400 in Chicago would delay the I-751 too?

Yes we have an idea.  From this very thread you might have missed: 

On 8/3/2021 at 7:39 PM, Pinkrlion said:

Yes, but Chicago does not do combined interview, they will not approve N-400 until I-751 has been approved.

So IOW Chicago does it the opposite of Seattle:

 

If you have a pending I-751 and then file N-400, 

 

Seattle: the I-751 is held until the N-400 is processed. The I-751 is delayed.  

 

Chicago: the N-400 is held up until the I-751 is processed.  So the I-751 is not delayed.  
 

Most (AFAIK, but I have not done an exhaustive study) other offices: the N-400 is processed in parallel with the I-751, might speed up processing of the I-751, sometimes even producing a combo interview.  
 

As a former LPR who literally walked into the Chicago field office in the 1980s with an I-485, a week after being married, with no appointment, and walked out with an I-551 stamp, I am surprised and saddened how far that office has declined.  

Edited August 6, 2021 by Mike E