I applied exactly 90 days early and it’s showing 91 days on my application

[Charmycole 25]

8 minutes ago, Timona said:

 

Send it a week in. There is no rush but atleast you have peace of mind that USCIS won't throw shenanigans your way.

And file online. You will get receipt within 24 hours. The paper receipt will later make its way to you via mail but it is the same as the one you get online. 

I filed mine online 2 weeks after window opened. By no means I am saying wait 2 weeks, but certainly wait a week in. 

 

Appreciate it! Thank you—I will wait a week, shouldn’t make that much of a difference anyway 

[Charmycole 25]

So my 90 days early filing window opened yesterday and I filed today. it’s showing as of November 12 my case was received. Did USCIS system just jump a day? I hope this doesn’t affect me and hopefully the system won’t mess up my case.

[TBoneTX 46,273]

Three threads on essentially the same topic have been merged and moved into the US Citizenship Case Progress subforum.  Charmycole, please restrict further questions to THIS current thread only.

[Cathi 5,795]

 Why didn't you just wait the week like everyone told you? Why the rush? Seriously, is it worth all of this worry because you didn't listen?

[idyllic420 31]

On 11/8/2021 at 12:23 PM, Charmycole said:

How will this affect me? I applied at noon on the day of my early eligibility. Will I get denied since it’s showing 91 days early although that’s not true. I was able to submit my application without issues too. I’m not sure why they’d let me if it was a day early (it isn’t).

WHere on the application are you seeing 91 days? I also applied as soon as my window opened. I think it was 2am or sth,,, I applied online. Where can I check the date on my application. 

[Crazy Cat 42,544]

1 minute ago, idyllic420 said:

I also applied as soon as my window opened. I think it was 2am or sth

Why did you apply so early?  I am not criticizing.....I am just curious.  Some people have reported rejections when applying within a few hours of the window opening.

[Mike E 11,742]

On 11/10/2021 at 5:11 PM, Adujarric said:

Why the rush to apply 🤷🏾‍♂️ I dont get it ?

What date should OP have applied on? As a software developer I really want to know. 
 

It is clear that this software bug is still not fixed.  My wife will not be using the online method to apply in 11 months.  USCIS / INS is simply informed at IT.  Always has been. Always will be.  
 

So much victim blaming on this thread.  As there was on @Hypnos ‘s thread.  

Edited November 12, 2021 by Mike E

[Crazy Cat 42,544]

13 minutes ago, Mike E said:

What date should OP have applied on? As a software developer I really want to know. 
 

It is clear that this software bug is still not fixed.  My wife will not be using the online method to apply in 11 months.  USCIS / INS is simply informed at IT.  Always has been. Always will be.  
 

So much victim blaming on this thread.  As there was on @Hypnos ‘s thread.  

Agree.  They need to fix that software problem.  Personally, I recommend always waiting a day or two after any filing window opens just to avoid the hassles of dealing with USCIS mistakes.  

Edited November 12, 2021 by Crazy Cat

[Mike E 11,742]

8 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Agree.  They need to fix that software problem.  Personally, I recommend always waiting a day or two after any filing window opens just to avoid the hassles of dealing with USCIS mistakes.  

When one suggests waiting  a “day or two” that means one is uncertain as to what the software bug is and how it will manifest.  
 

That is to be expected. The nature of software bugs is that is generally impossible to assign a probability that a software program will complete its tasks or are even complete them accurately.  
 

So “one or two days” has no concrete basis for assuring anyone. It might as well be “one or two” weeks.  Or centuries. 
 

As one who has seen 100s of bizarre software bugs and manifestations thereof, it certainly doesn’t assure me,
 

Whereas, while USPS has its own reliability issues, we know that if we buy a priority mail stamp from usps dot com, a usps kiosk, or even a usps clerk we can look at date of the stamp and barring individual human error, check  with 100 certainty that the date is at or inside the lawful 90 day window. 

 

 If it isn’t, we have the freedom to discard (or refund) that stamp and buy a new one.  

 

We can keep doing this in a loop until we get a valid date:

 

1. Wait until the 90th day before 3 year anniversary of resident since date

 

2. Buy USPS priority mail stamp.  
 

3. If date on stamp is before 90th day bride anniversary, go to step 2.  
 

4. mail N-400 package

 

As there is software involved at step 2, we might never get a valid stamp this way: we might never get to step 4,  but we are 100 percent certain that barring individual human error we won’t send the package with an invalid stamp.  Regardless statistically most people will get to step 4.  
 

Now this doesn’t preclude USCIS implementing software at the receiving end that still records the wrong date.  However USPS postage date stamps have stood the test of time in courts and btw USPS will sell a tracking product that lets anyone verify the tracking history of a delivery years after the fact.  
 

Thus do not use online N-400 filing if time is of the essence.  Use online N-400 filing if you prioritize convenience.  

[Dashinka 24,864]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

When one suggests waiting  a “day or two” that means one is uncertain as to what the software bug is and how it will manifest.  
 

That is to be expected. The nature of software bugs is that is generally impossible to assign a probability that a software program will complete its tasks or are even complete them accurately.  
 

So “one or two days” has no concrete basis for assuring anyone. It might as well be “one or two” weeks.  Or centuries. 
 

As one who has seen 100s of bizarre software bugs and manifestations thereof, it certainly doesn’t assure me,
 

Whereas, while USPS has its own reliability issues, we know that if we buy a priority mail stamp from usps dot com, a usps kiosk, or even a usps clerk we can look at date of the stamp and barring individual human error, check  with 100 certainty that the date is at or inside the lawful 90 day window. 

 

 If it isn’t, we have the freedom to discard (or refund) that stamp and buy a new one.  

 

We can keep doing this in a loop until we get a valid date:

 

1. Wait until the 90th day before 3 year anniversary of resident since date

 

2. Buy USPS priority mail stamp.  
 

3. If date on stamp is before 90th day bride anniversary, go to step 2.  
 

4. mail N-400 package

 

As there is software involved at step 2, we might never get a valid stamp this way: we might never get to step 4,  but we are 100 percent certain that barring individual human error we won’t send the package with an invalid stamp.  Regardless statistically most people will get to step 4.  
 

Now this doesn’t preclude USCIS implementing software at the receiving end that still records the wrong date.  However USPS postage date stamps have stood the test of time in courts and btw USPS will sell a tracking product that lets anyone verify the tracking history of a delivery years after the fact.  
 

Thus do not use online N-400 filing if time is of the essence.  Use online N-400 filing if you prioritize convenience.  

My wife did mail, and she had no issue.

[idyllic420 31]

4 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Why did you apply so early?  I am not criticizing.....I am just curious.  Some people have reported rejections when applying within a few hours of the window opening.

I can not justify my action now. It is in the past now..and I relied on their system to auto check when I'm eligible vs not!

[Crazy Cat 42,544]

1 hour ago, idyllic420 said:

I can not justify my action now. It is in the past now..and I relied on their system to auto check when I'm eligible vs not!

OK.  I was not asking for justification.  I was just curious if there was good reason to submit an application within a few hours of the window opening.  Thanks for your reply.  

Edited November 12, 2021 by Crazy Cat

[Crazy Cat 42,544]

1 hour ago, idyllic420 said:

It is in the past now..and I relied on their system to auto check when I'm eligible vs not!

Always do you own checking......USCIS makes mistakes. 

[RS_ 74]

Interesting! My GC was issued 2/7/2019 and my window opened 11/9/2021. I applied 11/11/2021 around 8 PM and the receipt date and transaction date I got was actually 11/12/2021 around 2 AM! Won’t be an issue but just an observation. 

[idyllic420 31]

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

OK.  I was not asking for justification.  I was just curious if there was good reason to submit an application within a few hours of the window opening.  Thanks for your reply.  

I like to accomplish things...and this is how I'm everyday with the things I have to do.. I do them and get them out of way! If that makes sense...