NO to N400 after I751 combo interview (split)

[Bubu123 3]

On 7/20/2023 at 6:58 PM, MyNameIsEarl said:

This post is regarding my friend's interview which happened today. He received interview notice for both i751 and n400. He and his wife went to the interview this morning with an attorney who was with them during the entire interview process. The officer came out and asked the wife to come with him and told my friend to sit right there and hand him his DL. He then interviewed his wife for 90 minutes. Asked her about her job, draw layout of their house, exact dates of their initial meetings, car models and colors, what is the exact rent amount, who buys grocery and how they share house expenses etc. Asked her if she knows her husband's ssn number etc. She answered well about her job, draw layout but didn't give him exact dates and she said she is not sure of car model, rent amount though she gave approximate amount. She said she doesn't know his ssn and the officer was like why not? He asked her to write her manager name, desk number etc in the office.

 

 Then he asked my friend why he married someone with low income, rent, car models and more about his financials. He filed a bankruptcy few years ago and he asked few questions regarding it and it lasted for 20 minutes. After that he said he has to review the case. When attorney asked about n400, he said he doesn't want to do that now and he has to review i751. Attorney asked about the timeline and he said he can't tell. Attorney says now it's just waiting game.

 

Is this common to interview the couple separately during combo interviews and refusing to do n400 interview? If not, he wants to prepare for different scenarios and talk to other lawyers as this attorney says there is nothing he can do except waiting. Please let me know if any of you seen something like this before?

 

Also, apologies for posting on behalf of my friend. He is not in the group and I used this group for suggestions through out my i751 and n400 process. So, wanted to post here.

Is this in the Las Vegas office? I got into the same situation. My husband and I were interviewed separately (stokes interview )which we believed got triggered from us not wearing our wedding rings. We called a lawyer and he knew the IO as she usually does it with applicants, and that she was also new. She refused to do my N400 and I’m still waiting for a rescheduled date at the moment. Our i751 got approved the next day though and got a paper notice saying i751 and n400 were approved so I wont be getting 10yr gc but I would get the naturalization cert. i dont really know what to expect from here, but I’m still waiting for a new rescheduled n400 interview. 

[Ontarkie 14,217]

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[jackiegringa 419]

On 7/23/2023 at 1:00 AM, Bubu123 said:

Our i751 got approved the next day though and got a paper notice saying i751 and n400 were approved

So you're not getting a second interview for it, the next step is the oath ceremony notice?

 

But then you weren't tested for civics and all so that's confusing...

Edited July 28, 2023 by jackiegringa

[Bubu123 3]

On 7/27/2023 at 7:31 PM, jackiegringa said:

So you're not getting a second interview for it, the next step is the oath ceremony notice?

 

But then you weren't tested for civics and all so that's confusing...

Yeah it was confusing. Fortunately though, just today, I got a notice that my interview is scheduled. Hopefully it’ll go smoothly and I finally get to the finish line.