Extension Letters now being increased to 48 months. (merged)

[A110 96]

My two cents:

1) The conspiracy theorist in me tells me they are forcing people to apply for N400 (I know some don't want to) ,N400's are taking as short as two months now and it has been the case that immigrants are more likely to vote Democrat. 

2) Many goverment decisions are pointless in the sense that they apply AFTER the fact and NOT BEFORE. I751's take long? Increase the time to 36 months where in reality it's possible that I751 will actually start to get shorter (covid backlog dying down, N400's taking waaaaay shorter and the need to adjust I751 ,.....) but the hand wave approach is to increase the time for now. 

 

As for the fraud, I think the whole point of I751 is to make fraud harder and not prevent it. People are not going to share bank accounts,go to trips  and file tax returns if they don't trust each other on a spouse level and some love (At least is involved). I don't think it takes more than a few days to actually look through someones file and just tick the check boxes. 

[FatzJD 8]

5 minutes ago, Rearviewmirror said:

My Potomac extension was only 24 months - received by them January 9

Well that's just really weird. We have almost the same timeline too.

 

8 minutes ago, OldUser said:

@FatzJD that's kinda the subject of the thread. People seem to receive 36 months letters for freshly submitted I-751 petitions. I think this should be across all service centers. During transition people may be receiving a mix of 24 and 36 months letters until everybody start receiving 36.

You're right. I guess we're one of the few people they started sending the 36mons.

 

Oh well Im just glad we have the noa now. Wont be stressing until the n400 next year

[Lynxyonok 316]

4 minutes ago, A110 said:

My two cents:

1) The conspiracy theorist in me tells me they are forcing people to apply for N400 (I know some don't want to) ,N400's are taking as short as two months now and it has been the case that immigrants are more likely to vote Democrat. 

This actually makes sense.

[Crazy Cat 41,923]

7 minutes ago, A110 said:

that immigrants are more likely to vote Democrat. 

but not all.....but that is a subject for another forum...LOL.

[Crazy Cat 41,923]

9 minutes ago, A110 said:

People are not going to share bank accounts,go to trips  and file tax returns if they don't trust each other on a spouse level and some love (At least is involved).

Some scammers will play the "game" until they get their green card.  Then, they divorce and move on as is their master plan. 

[Rearviewmirror 397]

12 minutes ago, FatzJD said:

Well that's just really weird. We have almost the same timeline too.

So this'll be a fascinating case of an A/B study between our two cases. Maybe I got especially selected for rapid processing? 🤣

 

In reality I'm guessing it's a clerical error and the envelope stuffer gave me one of the old letters, or it arbitrarily switched on a different day last week.

 

@FatzJD did you submit with USPS or courier? That's the only other difference I could think of...

Edited January 21, 2023 by Rearviewmirror

[A110 96]

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

Some scammers will play the "game" until they get their green card.  Then, they divorce and move on as is their master plan. 

The point is to make it harder and raise the bar. You can't put people in a lie detector machine.

[A110 96]

7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

but not all.....but that is a subject for another forum...LOL.

I think you did not read my statement. Anything higher than 55 percent is fine, especially in states with a changing demographic. 

Voting aside claiming we have x number of new citizens looks better for a dem USCIS director than claiming we have removed y number of restrictions.

[FatzJD 8]

34 minutes ago, Rearviewmirror said:

So this'll be a fascinating case of an A/B study between our two cases. Maybe I got especially selected for rapid processing? 🤣

 

In reality I'm guessing it's a clerical error and the envelope stuffer gave me one of the old letters, or it arbitrarily switched on a different day last week.

 

@FatzJD did you submit with USPS or courier? That's the only other difference I could think of...

We sent our package with usps. Our noa was dated 01/13 but we just received it today. You could be right about the days, maybe they started sending the 36mons at the end of that week or could also be not all the staff knows to send the 36mons since its new. Always a guessing game with uscis 

[Rearviewmirror 397]

8 minutes ago, FatzJD said:

We sent our package with usps. Our noa was dated 01/13 but we just received it today. You could be right about the days, maybe they started sending the 36mons at the end of that week or could also be not all the staff knows to send the 36mons since its new. Always a guessing game with uscis 

Thanks. Mine was UPS so wonder if the USPS folks are getting the letters first for some weird reason...

[Crazy Cat 41,923]

1 hour ago, A110 said:

The point is to make it harder and raise the bar. You can't put people in a lie detector machine.

My point is that the I-751 doesn't make it harder.  It adds an unneeded burden on any couple not married for 2 years upon entering the US.   It took USCIS 44 months to approve my wife's ROC.  I guess, it would have taken a few more years had we not submitted her N-400.  

Edited January 21, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Crazy Cat 41,923]

1 hour ago, A110 said:

I think you did not read my statement. Anything higher than 55 percent is fine, especially in states with a changing demographic. 

Voting aside claiming we have x number of new citizens looks better for a dem USCIS director than claiming we have removed y number of restrictions.

I read your comment.  I was, in no way, challenging what you said.  As I stated, not all new citizens vote for a particular party.  

[GEOntificator 281]

19 hours ago, gogogo786 said:

They should just abolish the ROC. I understand it is to prevent marriage fraud, but I think the fraud prevention can be done during the Naturalization interview for permanent residents who obtained residency through marriage.

Not everyone naturilizes. This approach has many flaws.
 

They need to scrutinize marriage based adjustments more and just get rid of ROC. 

[Caligirl1 213]

On 1/20/2023 at 4:29 PM, Rocio0010 said:

Good. So now they’re going to roll out the 36 month extension letter to all us 2022 filers, instead of using that man force to work on 751 cases that should be approved in two days at most

Unbelievable....I filed in May '22...got 24 months letter.  ..hopefully I don't get the new extension letter now.Still gonna file for N-400 upcoming May

[Dashinka 24,543]

On 1/21/2023 at 3:53 PM, kvito28 said:

Not everyone naturilizes. This approach has many flaws.
 

They need to scrutinize marriage based adjustments more and just get rid of ROC. 

And as @Mike Epointed out make the ROC divorce waiver go away, or at least make it much harder.