I-175 May 2019 Filers

[Linyahui 103]

52 minutes ago, MXcompadre said:

Linyahui checking our I-751 and N-400 USCIS cases status, we received this msg "On January 26, 2021, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, Receipt Number IOE##########. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address."  Within 10 days after the N-400 interview message, we received a follow-up message notifying that we would have our I-751 also on the scheduled N-400 Interview date, and that both of us should plan to attend the interview.  VJ friends who had their N-400/I-751 interview also at the Atlanta USCIS FSO the 1st week of February.  Upon the conclusion of their interview, their interviewer gave them a verbal approval for both cases, however informed informed them would recieve a written follow-up letter. Here's what they posted on their updated VJ timeline.   

Thanks much for your reply. I am hopeful something similar may happen for my husband's case, too.

 

May I ask whether the follow-up message was an email or an update to your online USCIS account?

[Harold_Oakland 133]

On 2/15/2021 at 4:36 PM, Greatdane11 said:

Thank you for the clarification , I hope everything goes well for you guys .

 

Thank you.

Update: we contacted a U.S. Senator and they got an appointment for us. They told us at 1145 and that the appointment was at 1330 at a place that was 1 hour 15 minutes away. We, uh, somehow made it and she got the i-551 stamp. That saves us A LOT of headache as far as her job and our house are concerned.

[Greatdane11 12]

3 minutes ago, Harold_Oakland said:

Update: we contacted a U.S. Senator and they got an appointment for us. They told us at 1145 and that the appointment was at 1330 at a place that was 1 hour 15 minutes away. We, uh, somehow made it and she got the i-551 stamp. That saves us A LOT of headache as far as her job and our house are concerned.

This is good news, I’m so happy for you guys , I know it means a lot . Now to the next level , I hope they schedule the interview soon .

The waiting is killing and incapacitating.

Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

[arj_435 2]

Filed for I-751 in May 2019. They transferred my case from Vermont service center to the Potomac service center in Feb 2020 for "faster processing". A year later, last week they transferred my case to NBC for "faster processing". I guess the first transfer was not for "faster processing" after all. I am glad I went in and got my I-551 stamp a couple weeks ago. Anyone know what a transfer to NBC means? I filed my N-400 in July 2020. Could it have anything to do with that?

[Leafs_fan 9]

On 1/14/2021 at 10:10 PM, Nette0726 said:

CSC filer - May 2019 

Filed jointly - exactly 20 months approved 

RFe and Infopass 

 

Timeline - May 16 2019 

GC expired - June 2017 

Extension received -18 months ( May 25 ) 

RFE - Oct 13 2020 

RESPONSE RECEIVED - Dec 10

 Infopass - 1/4/21 1 yr extension stamp passport expired GC surrendered 

Status changed - Card ordered. 1/14/21 

 

Had my interview this morning. Went really well. Have no issues and Officer told me she would see me for citizenship interview.

[Greatdane11 12]

1 hour ago, Leafs_fan said:

Had my interview this morning. Went really well. Have no issues and Officer told me she would see me for citizenship interview.

Congratulations! I am happy for you , this is a very good news.

what’s your service center and was it a combo interview ? 

[Leafs_fan 9]

1 minute ago, Greatdane11 said:

Congratulations! I am happy for you , this is a very good news.

what’s your service center and was it a combo interview ? 

I am Texas Service Center. Just 751 interview. 

[Greatdane11 12]

2 hours ago, Leafs_fan said:

I am Texas Service Center. Just 751 interview. 

Thanks for the response, seems nothing is being done here in NY, learnt it’s always very slow , are there Filers from New York who think otherwise ? Any news from anyone who’s in New York ? 

[MXcompadre 75]

On 2/16/2021 at 2:17 PM, Linyahui said:

Thanks much for your reply. I am hopeful something similar may happen for my husband's case, too.

 

May I ask whether the follow-up message was an email or an update to your online USCIS account?

The update was posted on the USCIS case tracking website. The letter arrived in the mail within 96 hours thereafter. 

[Linyahui 103]

On 2/18/2021 at 11:44 AM, arj_435 said:

Filed for I-751 in May 2019. They transferred my case from Vermont service center to the Potomac service center in Feb 2020 for "faster processing". A year later, last week they transferred my case to NBC for "faster processing". I guess the first transfer was not for "faster processing" after all. I am glad I went in and got my I-551 stamp a couple weeks ago. Anyone know what a transfer to NBC means? I filed my N-400 in July 2020. Could it have anything to do with that?

My husband filed for i-751 in April 2019. USCIS transferred his case from the Vermont Service Center to NBC in March 2020 for "faster processing." He got his i-551 stamp last month. We're still waiting....

 

Incredibly, his citizenship interview has already been scheduled for next month (N-400 filed in May 2020), but i-751 remains pending. 

 

 

[Linyahui 103]

32 minutes ago, MXcompadre said:

The update was posted on the USCIS case tracking website. The letter arrived in the mail within 96 hours thereafter. 

Thanks! 

 

 

[arj_435 2]

1 minute ago, Linyahui said:

My husband filed for i-751 in April 2019. USCIS transferred his case from the Vermont Service Center to NBC in March 2020 for "faster processing." He got his i-551 stamp last month. We're still waiting....

 

Incredibly, his citizenship interview has already been scheduled for next month (N-400 filed in May 2020), but i-751 remains pending. 

 

 

Interesting. I am in the DC metro area as well. Is your local office the DC office? Mine is the Baltimore office since we fall on the MD side of the DC city line. I filed for my N-400 in July 2020. So, hopefully I get my interview scheduled soon as well.

 

Do you know if that interview for your husband is gonna be a combo one?

[Linyahui 103]

11 minutes ago, arj_435 said:

Interesting. I am in the DC metro area as well. Is your local office the DC office? Mine is the Baltimore office since we fall on the MD side of the DC city line. I filed for my N-400 in July 2020. So, hopefully I get my interview scheduled soon as well.

 

Do you know if that interview for your husband is gonna be a combo one?

We live in the District, so our office is the DC office (technically in Fairfax). 

 

I assumed the interview would be a combo, since the i-751 is still pending. However, the interview letter clearly states that it's for N-400 only and that no one is permitted to accompany my husband to the interview, due to ongoing Covid protocols. I even chatted with a USCIS officer via the Ask Emma function on the website and she said the same thing. However, in another VJ forum, someone else with a pending i-751 had their N-400 changed to a combo interview a couple of weeks after receiving the initial N-400 interview letter. My husband's N-400 interview notice arrived on February 10, and so far there is no news about the interview becoming a combo.

[Scandi 4,105]

1 hour ago, Linyahui said:

We live in the District, so our office is the DC office (technically in Fairfax). 

 

I assumed the interview would be a combo, since the i-751 is still pending. However, the interview letter clearly states that it's for N-400 only and that no one is permitted to accompany my husband to the interview, due to ongoing Covid protocols. I even chatted with a USCIS officer via the Ask Emma function on the website and she said the same thing. However, in another VJ forum, someone else with a pending i-751 had their N-400 changed to a combo interview a couple of weeks after receiving the initial N-400 interview letter. My husband's N-400 interview notice arrived on February 10, and so far there is no news about the interview becoming a combo.

The letter never mentions if it's a combo or not, the absolute majority of everyone who gets a combo interview only receives an interview letter for the N-400, not for the i-751 (sometimes even the other way around). A combo interview letter doesn't exist (not yet anyway, maybe in the future). 

 

Chatting and calling regular tier 1 customer support won't help anything, the only ones who could potentionally see anything regarding your case is tier 2.

 

Definitely go to the interview with your husband. If they're doing a combo and want to interview you too for the i-751 then at least you're there, that way you guys don't get rescheduled.

[MindHunter 18]

20 hours ago, Greatdane11 said:

Thanks for the response, seems nothing is being done here in NY, learnt it’s always very slow , are there Filers from New York who think otherwise ? Any news from anyone who’s in New York ? 

I’m in NYC nothing since May 2019