How to request a combo interview

[vinnie&andy 118]

Hello.

 

Can anyone share an example of how to write the letter to request a combo interview? I have a pending I-751 and I am planning to apply for naturalization soon.

 

Thank you!!! 

[mniceguy16 186]

1 hour ago, vinnie&andy said:

Hello.

 

Can anyone share an example of how to write the letter to request a combo interview? I have a pending I-751 and I am planning to apply for naturalization soon.

 

Thank you!!! 

Go ahead and file your n400 if the interview comes up with a pending ROC, they will do a combo interview if they have all your files ready. You do don’t need to request for a combo interview because they will handle your case accordingly.

Edited March 9, 2023 by mniceguy16

[OldUser 6,635]

5 hours ago, vinnie&andy said:

Hello.

 

Can anyone share an example of how to write the letter to request a combo interview? I have a pending I-751 and I am planning to apply for naturalization soon.

 

Thank you!!! 

Include I-751 receipt with your N-400 packet.

 

In cover letter mention you have a pending Removal Of Conditions petition and ask for combo interview.

[beloved_dingo 1,976]

15 hours ago, vinnie&andy said:

Hello.

 

Can anyone share an example of how to write the letter to request a combo interview? I have a pending I-751 and I am planning to apply for naturalization soon.

 

Thank you!!! 

We took a page out of @Crazy Cat's book and added a letter in the evidence section of the N-400 specifically requesting a combo interview. 

 

Here's a template of what we used:

 

[NAME]
[ADDRESS]

[ADDRESS]

 

[DATE]

 

US Citizenship & Immigration Services

P.O. Box 25920

Overland, KS 66225

 

RE:     Notice of Pending I-751 & Request for Combo Interview

 

Dear USCIS Officer:

 

This letter is to provide notice that I currently have a pending I-751 Petition for Removal of Conditions, which was accepted on or about [DATE] with the receipt number SRC##########. Please consider this notice as an official request for a combination I-751/N-400 interview (or waiver of the I-751 interview, if applicable) if the I-751 is still pending at the time my Application for Naturalization is adjudicated and processed.

 

Thank you,

[NAME]

 

Edit: Just to clarify - we did not mail this, it was uploaded as a pdf with the online N-400 application.

Edited March 9, 2023 by beloved_dingo

[Sarge2155 4,587]

We also used the @Crazy Cat move and added a letter requesting the combo interview. My wife's N-400 interview is next month so I am hoping to get notification it will be a combo interview. Regardless of notification or not both spouses should go to the N400 interview whether they will let you in is another matter, but at least you'll be there should it turn into a combo interview.

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

35 minutes ago, Sarge2155 said:

We also used the @Crazy Cat move and added a letter requesting the combo interview. My wife's N-400 interview is next month so I am hoping to get notification it will be a combo interview. Regardless of notification or not both spouses should go to the N400 interview whether they will let you in is another matter, but at least you'll be there should it turn into a combo interview.

At the front door I was asked if I received an email.  I said yes, so the guard let me in.  He did not require me to show it to him.  If asked, I would explain that I expect a combo interview.

[Sarge2155 4,587]

40 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

At the front door I was asked if I received an email.  I said yes, so the guard let me in.  He did not require me to show it to him.  If asked, I would explain that I expect a combo interview.

Good point, great tip!

[Chancy 6,241]

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[da95826 387]

On 3/8/2023 at 4:53 PM, vinnie&andy said:

Can anyone share an example of how to write the letter to request a combo interview? I have a pending I-751 and I am planning to apply for naturalization soon.

In our n400 case we submitted a service inquiry for the ROC being over processing time for the California Service Center, which it was. We got a response months later, shortly before the interview stating the i751 would be addressed at the n400 interview. The appointment letter only indicated the n400 interview nothing about the i751 interview, but when we arrived, USCIS officer had a combo l751/n400 interview ready for us.

 

If your i751 is out of processing time a service inquiry may help as it did in our case, but the cover letter to notify USCIS of the pending i751 is the best you can do to make sure USCIS is ready to do a combo interview.