With Paperwork Locked Underground, Thousands of U.S. Citizenship Applicants Wait and Wait (merged)

[Mike E 11,739]

33 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

I was wondering how truly vast this underground place must be. Brings the final scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark to mind...

The fire prevention measure boggle the mind. They clearly can’t use water. Given their concerns about Covid risk to workers they can’t be using CO2. 
 

 So I am thinking halon. Must be worlds largest concentration of halon.  

[EllisAndRenz 196]

On 1/24/2022 at 3:37 PM, millefleur said:

I'm failing to understand this. What exactly is the hold up? It's not like Covid is hanging out in some underground vault that barely sees visitors. Send out triple/quadruple vaccinated people who test negative. What's the problem? It's not like going into a hospital or clinic environment where there's a risk of contracting Covid in the physical space? Heck, people working in grocery stores and retail are probably at a higher risk of catching Covid than sending down a few tested people into the vaults.

Government efficiencies.  Whenever you depend on the government for something, you will likely be disappointed.  Just saying.

... and in this case, we have no alternative.

[mjoyceb 17]

Woo-hoo Kansas City I guess. 

 

I did finally receive my biometrics appointment update though, at least. 

 

Still surprised that for all the big talk about the USA being so advanced, everything still has to be done in triplicate, and all government agencies/branches/sectors/divisions/bureaus/departments would still rather spend all their money on military-related anything over making internal processes efficient. 

[LTPLTP 5]

Does anyone have any update on this situation or know anything else? I've just been told that THIS is the reason why my case has not moved forward. (After 24 months, having had the interview and been approved and had one oath ceremony scheduled that I could not get to because I was back home with my grandmother in hospital). All they have to do is reschedule the oath ceremony. Have they not already seen all the paperwork at this point?

[Mike E 11,739]

Pro tip from Reddit today.  
 

If you have a reasonable belief that your case is stuck due to file retrieval from FRC / NARA then you can contact FRC directors by email. https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors lists all directors and their email addresses.  
The claim is that someone emailed each director, explained the situation, and provided the A number.  To that person’s surprise one FRC director replied and had the file transferred to USCIS.  A “week or so later” the interview was scheduled.  The N-400 was approved at the interview.

Edited March 12, 2022 by Mike E

[millefleur 5,046]

23 hours ago, Mike E said:

Pro tip from Reddit today.  
 

If you have a reasonable belief that your case is stuck due to file retrieval from FRC / NARA then you can contact FRC directors by email. https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors lists all directors and their email addresses.  
The claim is that someone emailed each director, explained the situation, and provided the A number.  To that person’s surprise one FRC director replied and had the file transferred to USCIS.  A “week or so later” the interview was scheduled.  The N-400 was approved at the interview.

Can you send me the Reddit link or post it here? I'd like to post it in the USC forum so people know this is an option. Thanks!

[Ben & Katy 168]

This is such BS.  Do you think all our I-751 ROC packets are down there too?

[Ben & Katy 168]

On 3/13/2022 at 10:03 AM, millefleur said:

Can you send me the Reddit link or post it here? I'd like to post it in the USC forum so people know this is an option. Thanks!

The directors have been taken down off the website.  Do you think this could work for removal of conditions?

[Mike E 11,739]

10 minutes ago, Ben & Katy said:

The directors have been taken down off the website.

https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors

 

I see names, email addresses, and phone numbers there.  

 

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  Do you think this could work for removal of conditions?

if your records are locked in FRC, yes. 

Edited April 15, 2022 by Mike E

[Ben & Katy 168]

On 4/15/2022 at 4:17 PM, Mike E said:

https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors

 

I see names, email addresses, and phone numbers there.  

 

if your records are locked in FRC, yes. 

The previous link given in the thread was a dead link.  

[Ben & Katy 168]

On 4/15/2022 at 4:17 PM, Mike E said:

https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors

 

I see names, email addresses, and phone numbers there.  

 

if your records are locked in FRC, yes. 

Would it be best to contact the Summit, MO one for ROC?

[Mike E 11,739]

On 3/12/2022 at 9:53 AM, Mike E said:

https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors

 

On 4/15/2022 at 4:17 PM, Mike E said:

https://www.archives.gov/frc/directors

 

2 minutes ago, Ben & Katy said:

The previous link given in the thread was a dead link.  

Visually it looks like the same link to me.  I agree that clicking the first produces a dead link and clicking  the latter works. Strange. 

[Mike E 11,739]

5 minutes ago, Ben & Katy said:

Would it be best to contact the Summit, MO one for ROC?

I’ve no information that says your records are in Summit MO

[Ben & Katy 168]

2 minutes ago, Mike E said:

I’ve no information that says your records are in Summit MO

My number for the ROC starts with MSC

[Villanelle 4,122]

1 minute ago, Ben & Katy said:

My number for the ROC starts with MSC

I believe the records discussed here are related to background checks which is a part of n400 but not typically an issue for ROC. 

 

Have you reached out to your congressman? Some local offices also have a 1-2 yr backlog wait for interviews presently.