Wife and I filed N-400 together on the same day. Hers has been fully approved, mine is still under review - what gives?

[giulianoseguro 8]

Hi everyone,

 

My wife and I filled ours N-400 on the same day (June 16th, 2023) - she was called for an interview in about 2 months after, was approved and is going in for the oath ceremony this Friday. All in her process took a little under 3 months. 

We were hoping we would be doing this together but mine hasn't even moved to field office for interview, it still says under review. She even asked the USCIS officer during her interview and he said it's still under review and didn't have more info.

 

I'm wondering if this is common and what I should expect. We have an international trip coming in December so I'm trying to anticipate what I might need to do.

 

Thanks!

Giuliano

[beloved_dingo 1,976]

Can't say for sure exactly what occurred, but this is what I would assume:

1.  Your wife's case was given to Officer A to adjudicate. 
2. Your case was given to Officer B to adjudicate.
3. Officer A had a smaller caseload and/or is faster at processing cases.
4. Office B hasn't gotten to your case yet. 

Your wife's case was processed very quickly. There is still a good chance that you will get an interview soon. 

[Mike E 11,739]

5 hours ago, giulianoseguro said:

I'm wondering if this is common and what I should expect. 

Not unheard of.

 

What were your respective total days of physical presence in the past 5 years?

 

[Mike E 11,739]

Based on the topic history, I am not surprised. What happened with your step father’s petition of you? Seems you ultimately immigrated on an EB-3 from L-1B.

[giulianoseguro 8]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Not unheard of.

 

What were your respective total days of physical presence in the past 5 years?

 

Well above the threshold, out of the 5 years we've been physically present for at least 4.5 years counting time off for vacation etc

 

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Based on the topic history, I am not surprised. What happened with your step father’s petition of you? Seems you ultimately immigrated on an EB-3 from L-1B.

Correct - I withdrew the application for family based and immigrated on LB-1 and then EB-2. All through work, no family ties. Why would that have an impact here?

[Mike E 11,739]

23 minutes ago, giulianoseguro said:

Why would that have an impact here?

Since you withdrew from the family based visa process versus being denied, it should not have an impact unless USCIS has been trying to get your records of that from DoS, and DoS has not delivered. 
 

 

[Olly_ 29]

This isn't uncommon at all and is nothing to be concerned about.

 

My husband and I both applied for naturalization on the same day in October 2022. I had my interview and oath ceremony in January 2023. He waited until April 2023 for his interview and oath ceremony. 

 

I ended up chatting to the person in front of me in the line for my appointment and they also had the same experience, filed at the same time as their spouse but only he was called for interview and his wife was still waiting. 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Olly_

[ua2024 1]

Same here.

Wife's appointment information came in a week or 2 with interview ~5-6 weeks from application. 

Mine still shows under review. 

 

Not sure if it has to do with background check. My wife recently had applied for Global entry (~around 1 year ago), so presumably lot of security checks would be recent. I also have global entry however near expiration and my background check would have presumably bit dated requiring another one. Just a guess. (As such both of our biometrics got reused)

 

Also I have traffic tickets (4 in total) majority dating  14-17 years ago vs. hers none. So not sure if that is another factor or not. 

[am2352 14]

I have seen many cases where couples apply on the same, and the wife gets called first. Someone in this forum mentioned women generally get called first. I’m too in the same situation where my wife already naturalized whereas my case is being reviewed. 

[Crazy Cat 41,770]

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