I-751 April 2023 Filers

[MrsOli 41]

  On 5/1/2023 at 1:35 PM, MrsOli said:

Checked hubby's case status online..it now reads Biometrics Appointment Scheduled and we should receive an appointment notice..still waiting on the notice of receipt.

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Received notice of action yesterday (finally 😂) and Biometrics appointment letter today. 

[Bavarian91 63]

Question to the whole team:

 

Did someone's USCIS online account ever update?

 

I got the non-biometrics needed and 48 Month extension - while my online account doesn't show any of these updates on it.

 

Or is that normal 😅? 

 

 

 

[partyintheUSA 86]

Hey to all fellow April filers! My wife and I were a bit late with filing — her GC expires next week! But fortunately there were no mistakes with the application and she now has an extension letter in hand.

 

Timeline:

 

4/24: Form I-751 delivered to Phoenix Lockbox

4/27: Credit card charged (late afternoon PST)

5/5: I-797 Notice of Action receipt delivered 

5/8: Biometrics re-use and online account letters delivered 

 

The receipt, biometrics, and online account letters all had 5/02 issue dates.

 

Never received text updates despite including a number so we were a little nervous we had made a mistake with the form until the card charge notifications came through.

 

[Flowerfame 64]

  On 5/8/2023 at 7:31 PM, Bavarian91 said:

Question to the whole team:

 

Did someone's USCIS online account ever update?

 

I got the non-biometrics needed and 48 Month extension - while my online account doesn't show any of these updates on it.

 

Or is that normal 😅? 

 

 

 

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If it helps, I got the same things you did and my online account has the same status. I guess it’s normal?

[Sarge2155 4,592]

  On 5/9/2023 at 12:39 AM, partyintheUSA said:

Hey to all fellow April filers! My wife and I were a bit late with filing — her GC expires next week! But fortunately there were no mistakes with the application and she now has an extension letter in hand.

 

Timeline:

 

4/24: Form I-751 delivered to Phoenix Lockbox

4/27: Credit card charged (late afternoon PST)

5/5: I-797 Notice of Action receipt delivered 

5/8: Biometrics re-use and online account letters delivered 

 

The receipt, biometrics, and online account letters all had 5/02 issue dates.

 

Never received text updates despite including a number so we were a little nervous we had made a mistake with the form until the card charge notifications came through.

 

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Very good and welcome to the thread!

[Bavarian91 63]

  On 5/9/2023 at 12:58 AM, Flowerfame said:

If it helps, I got the same things you did and my online account has the same status. I guess it’s normal?

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Probs shouldn't overthink their online updates. I'm good for 48 month and will now wait for like 25-28 months to hear back 

[apellica 80]

Just got the 48 month extension letter.  I guess the wait begins....

 

However, I do have a question about when to file for Naturalization.  In our case, my wife is married to a U.S. Citizen, so it's a 3 year wait until an N400 can be filed.  So, if the green card says "Resident since 7/14/21", then is the anniversary date 7/14/24 (3 years from green card date)?  And the earliest filing date is 4/15/24? 

 

Or do I have that logic wrong?

[oneoftheunderdogs 99]

  On 5/10/2023 at 11:00 AM, apellica said:

Just got the 48 month extension letter.  I guess the wait begins....

 

However, I do have a question about when to file for Naturalization.  In our case, my wife is married to a U.S. Citizen, so it's a 3 year wait until an N400 can be filed.  So, if the green card says "Resident since 7/14/21", then is the anniversary date 7/14/24 (3 years from green card date)?  And the earliest filing date is 4/15/24? 

 

Or do I have that logic wrong?

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That's right!

[apellica 80]

  On 5/10/2023 at 2:50 PM, oneoftheunderdogs said:

That's right!

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Thank you so much!

 

[JasonKay 20]

  On 5/8/2023 at 7:31 PM, Bavarian91 said:

Question to the whole team:

 

Did someone's USCIS online account ever update?

 

I got the non-biometrics needed and 48 Month extension - while my online account doesn't show any of these updates on it.

 

Or is that normal 😅? 

 

 

 

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I had to do biometrics and but there wasn't any notification, only after they I was there. Never saw an update after receiving the extension letters.

[SuninLA 34]

Just saw some of the processing times change. California Service Center went down to 17 months, Potomac increased to 28.5 months.

[Bavarian91 63]

  On 5/11/2023 at 7:52 PM, GerLA said:

Just saw some of the processing times change. California Service Center went down to 17 months, Potomac increased to 28.5 months.

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I absolutely wouldn't mind to see my case being moved from Potomac to any other site. I wonder if they filed mine with Potomac as its the closest to my residence? 

 

Still keeping my fingers crossed for a rather fast processing time

[SuninLA 34]

  On 5/18/2023 at 11:50 AM, Bavarian91 said:

I absolutely wouldn't mind to see my case being moved from Potomac to any other site. I wonder if they filed mine with Potomac as its the closest to my residence? 

 

Still keeping my fingers crossed for a rather fast processing time

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Great question. Potomac is actually farthest for me. Really not sure why they sent it there instead of California Service Center (I‘m in LA).

[Bavarian91 63]

  On 5/19/2023 at 1:57 AM, GerLA said:

Great question. Potomac is actually farthest for me. Really not sure why they sent it there instead of California Service Center (I‘m in LA).

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I dont think there's any logic behind what and how they assign it. But if a service center like Potomac is so far behind everything I doesn't make sense to put more workload on them until they catch up. I somewhere read that they will process current filings prior before working on the backload from 2020-21. If that's true or not - we will see 

[SuninLA 34]

  On 5/19/2023 at 12:20 PM, Bavarian91 said:

I dont think there's any logic behind what and how they assign it. But if a service center like Potomac is so far behind everything I doesn't make sense to put more workload on them until they catch up. I somewhere read that they will process current filings prior before working on the backload from 2020-21. If that's true or not - we will see 

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Very true