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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: France
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5 minutes ago, jm06 said:

@Laure&Colin I just left the building. Application recommended for approval and waiting for ceremony date. 
last interview of the day so the office was empty. 
Seemed like the officer was ready to go home so our interview lasted less than 5 min. 

 

Congrats!!

I added your update to the tracker above. 4 approvals already for February filers!

 

 

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CR1 Visa

USCIS STAGE: 16 days No expedite request but USC residing abroad
NVC STAGE: 19 days from case # to case complete
03/27/12: interview at Paris embassy - APPROVED
04/12/12: POE San Diego

ROC
01/15/14: sent I-751 application

05/14/14: received card production notification by e-mail, approval date 05/13

Naturalization

02/01/24: N-400 submitted online; Biometrics reuse notice received immediately online; "case being actively reviewed" after a couple hours

02/09/24: received NOA1 by mail

02/10/24: received biometrics reuse notice by mail

04/08/24: interview scheduled for 05/14. Received "We have taken an action in your case" email.

05/14/24: approved at interview, same-day oath ceremony in San Francisco 🥳 🇺🇸

 

Passport

06/10/24: application submitted at post office for passport book and card, paid for expedited processing and shipping

06/24/24: received email notification that passport was approved, then shipped with tracking number

06/25/24: passport received

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: France
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3 hours ago, CollegeDropOut said:

For naturalization through marriage, are spouses required to be at the interview?

 

Not necessarily required but recommended if your I-751 is still pending. Some people who had combo interviews received a message from their field office just days before requesting that the spouse come as well.

CR1 Visa

USCIS STAGE: 16 days No expedite request but USC residing abroad
NVC STAGE: 19 days from case # to case complete
03/27/12: interview at Paris embassy - APPROVED
04/12/12: POE San Diego

ROC
01/15/14: sent I-751 application

05/14/14: received card production notification by e-mail, approval date 05/13

Naturalization

02/01/24: N-400 submitted online; Biometrics reuse notice received immediately online; "case being actively reviewed" after a couple hours

02/09/24: received NOA1 by mail

02/10/24: received biometrics reuse notice by mail

04/08/24: interview scheduled for 05/14. Received "We have taken an action in your case" email.

05/14/24: approved at interview, same-day oath ceremony in San Francisco 🥳 🇺🇸

 

Passport

06/10/24: application submitted at post office for passport book and card, paid for expedited processing and shipping

06/24/24: received email notification that passport was approved, then shipped with tracking number

06/25/24: passport received

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3 hours ago, CollegeDropOut said:

For naturalization through marriage, are spouses required to be at the interview?

Highly recommended, even if I-751 is approved. Especially recommended if I-751 is still pending.

 

You're applying based on marriage and having spouse come with you proves marriage is going well. Also, IOs occasionally ask USC questions.

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My wife did not go with me. I don't think it is necessary. We already interviewed together before I got my 10-year GC.

 

Also, the officer did not ask for any documentation other than the GC, DL, Passport, not even my wife's original birth certificate, but they probably had that information on file from the GC process. I did submit a lot of additional evidence like bank statements, mortgage, car docs, insurance, credit card statements, etc with the online application.

 

Will see how it goes.

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3 minutes ago, Tommy2000 said:

My wife did not go with me. I don't think it is necessary. We already interviewed together before I got my 10-year GC.

 

Also, the officer did not ask for any documentation other than the GC, DL, Passport, not even my wife's original birth certificate, but they probably had that information on file from the GC process. I did submit a lot of additional evidence like bank statements, mortgage, car docs, insurance, credit card statements, etc with the online application.

 

Will see how it goes.

Some people get hard time when spouse is not present. Looks like not in your case.

 

In general, just because you had approval before doesn't mean effortless approval in the next stage of immigration. The system is designed to re-examine any previous decisions when granting new immigration benefit.

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If the interviewing officer has any questions about your marital union, the best remedy would be for the spouse to be there.  Why take a chance on delaying the process.  It just makes sense for the US spouse to attend.

 

Chapter 2 - Marriage and Marital Union for Naturalization | USCIS

"In general, all naturalization applicants filing on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen must continue to be the spouse of a U.S. citizen from the time of filing the naturalization application until the applicant takes the Oath of Allegiance."

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No reply yet. At this point, I really hope to have the interview on August 16, I would have the perfect excuse to be in San Antonio: the concert of Journey + Def Leppard. That would be awesome if they can be the same day :D

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3 hours ago, OldUser said:

Some people get hard time when spouse is not present. Looks like not in your case.

 

In general, just because you had approval before doesn't mean effortless approval in the next stage of immigration. The system is designed to re-examine any previous decisions when granting new immigration benefit.


I guess the difference is the conditions. I didn’t have any conditions on my GC, as we moved to the US after we were already married for over two years. Now the only question is that you are still married, so you can apply based on the 3-year rule.  Thats luckily not a topic for us since we both still love each other very much and we have always lived together at the same addresses and always moved together, filed taxes together, share everything from finances and bank accounts to beds 😉

 

Without conditions my wife was not even invited to the interview and would have to wait outside in the waiting room. If however, you have conditions, you still need to have these removed.

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20 minutes ago, Tommy2000 said:


I guess the difference is the conditions. I didn’t have any conditions on my GC, as we moved to the US after we were already married for over two years. Now the only question is that you are still married, so you can apply based on the 3-year rule.  Thats luckily not a topic for us since we both still love each other very much and we have always lived together at the same addresses and always moved together, filed taxes together, share everything from finances and bank accounts to beds 😉

 

Without conditions my wife was not even invited to the interview and would have to wait outside in the waiting room. If however, you have conditions, you still need to have these removed.

 

Having your spouse puts a moral pressure on IO to decide favourably, based on what I read on VJ and heard from lawyers:

 

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/marriage-based-citizenship-do-i-have-to-accompany--3147956.html

 

I read somewhere of rare cases when conditions were already removed but spouse was asked few questions as part of N-400 under 3 year rule. I will post links if I find it.

 

It's pretty much like with evidence. If you bring a lot with you, nobody asks for it. If you bring little or none - you get RFE.

 

Bringing spouse to 3 year rule N-400 is not mandatory, but helps to get approval easier even if spouse is just sitting in the waiting area.

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@jm06 fingers crossed baby will take its time!

@CassJ when did you apply? I don't think I had you in the tracker yet.

 

 

 

User Name                 Date applied       Interview date         Oath date

Lanzoni                         01/29/24       -      04/04/24           Pending

Sahar1122                    01/30/24       -     05/15/24              

Laure&Colin                02/01/24       -      05/14/24

Youssuf                        02/01/24

Chelleyandaaron     02/01/24

Winbig                          02/01/24       -      05/08/24

USAUAinCZ                02/02/24

CollegeDropOut       02/07/24

Duggu                           02/07/24

MrsOli                           02/14/24

Tommy2000              02/14/24      -      04/10/24            Pending 

PhoenixNiro               02/15/24

YellowDuneBuggy   02/15/24

Elethiomel                  02/15/24        -     04/09/24          06/20/24 

Tunes                            02/16/24

alt blank                      02/16/24

Woodpecker07        02/17/24

ctrlplm                         02/17/24

Aur0ra                         02/18/24

Brazibride                  02/19/24

Minivatreni                02/20/24

Vamphog                   02/22/24

Valmabe                     02/24/24

Haydnator                 02/24/24

Jish&Abt                    02/24/24

Jm06                           02/25/24       -      04/10/24           05/17/24

RmSean                      02/25/24

Theredcomet           02/27/24

Seiya-pegasus        02/27/24

Mr W & I                      02/28/24        -     04/18/24

Endless desire         02/29/24

CR1 Visa

USCIS STAGE: 16 days No expedite request but USC residing abroad
NVC STAGE: 19 days from case # to case complete
03/27/12: interview at Paris embassy - APPROVED
04/12/12: POE San Diego

ROC
01/15/14: sent I-751 application

05/14/14: received card production notification by e-mail, approval date 05/13

Naturalization

02/01/24: N-400 submitted online; Biometrics reuse notice received immediately online; "case being actively reviewed" after a couple hours

02/09/24: received NOA1 by mail

02/10/24: received biometrics reuse notice by mail

04/08/24: interview scheduled for 05/14. Received "We have taken an action in your case" email.

05/14/24: approved at interview, same-day oath ceremony in San Francisco 🥳 🇺🇸

 

Passport

06/10/24: application submitted at post office for passport book and card, paid for expedited processing and shipping

06/24/24: received email notification that passport was approved, then shipped with tracking number

06/25/24: passport received

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Case Filed 02/07 . No update after that. Estimated time went from 6 months to 4 months to 5 months to 7 months. 

Does this mean someone working on the file ? 

 

Estimated time* until case decision: 

approx. 7 months

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3 hours ago, Duggu said:

Case Filed 02/07 . No update after that. Estimated time went from 6 months to 4 months to 5 months to 7 months. 

Does this mean someone working on the file ? 

 

I don't think so. I think it's only based on average processing times. Mine went from 5 back to 6 a couple weeks ago, I still got my interview date this week. I really wouldn't read too much into these estimates...

 

@Tommy2000 on track to be the 1st naturalized citizen in our February group 👀

 

User Name                 Date applied       Interview date         Oath date

Lanzoni                         01/29/24       -      04/04/24           Pending

Sahar1122                    01/30/24       -     05/15/24              

Laure&Colin                02/01/24       -      05/14/24

Youssuf                        02/01/24

Chelleyandaaron     02/01/24

Winbig                          02/01/24       -      05/08/24

USAUAinCZ                02/02/24

CollegeDropOut       02/07/24

Duggu                           02/07/24

MrsOli                           02/14/24

Tommy2000              02/14/24      -      04/10/24            05/02/24 

PhoenixNiro               02/15/24

YellowDuneBuggy   02/15/24

Elethiomel                  02/15/24        -     04/09/24           06/20/24 

Tunes                            02/16/24

alt blank                      02/16/24

Woodpecker07        02/17/24

ctrlplm                         02/17/24

Aur0ra                         02/18/24

Brazibride                  02/19/24

Minivatreni                02/20/24

Vamphog                   02/22/24

Valmabe                     02/24/24

Haydnator                 02/24/24

Jish&Abt                    02/24/24

Jm06                           02/25/24       -      04/10/24            05/17/24

RmSean                      02/25/24

Theredcomet           02/27/24

Seiya-pegasus        02/27/24

Mr W & I                      02/28/24        -     04/18/24

Endless desire         02/29/24

CR1 Visa

USCIS STAGE: 16 days No expedite request but USC residing abroad
NVC STAGE: 19 days from case # to case complete
03/27/12: interview at Paris embassy - APPROVED
04/12/12: POE San Diego

ROC
01/15/14: sent I-751 application

05/14/14: received card production notification by e-mail, approval date 05/13

Naturalization

02/01/24: N-400 submitted online; Biometrics reuse notice received immediately online; "case being actively reviewed" after a couple hours

02/09/24: received NOA1 by mail

02/10/24: received biometrics reuse notice by mail

04/08/24: interview scheduled for 05/14. Received "We have taken an action in your case" email.

05/14/24: approved at interview, same-day oath ceremony in San Francisco 🥳 🇺🇸

 

Passport

06/10/24: application submitted at post office for passport book and card, paid for expedited processing and shipping

06/24/24: received email notification that passport was approved, then shipped with tracking number

06/25/24: passport received

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