N-400 February 2024 Filers

[Laure&Colin 557]

22 hours ago, stech786 said:

 

Excellent post. Is there similar for March filers’24? 

 

Somebody needs to take charge and create one. Not going to lie it's a pain because you can't use the tabs key to create neat columns, lol!

 

Also, I would like to encourage everyone to fill in their official Timeline on this website. It helps make the processing time predictions more accurate, and many people are looking for data from filers from the same field office that they can't find anywhere else.

[YellowDuneBuggy 59]

11 hours ago, Laure&Colin said:

 

Somebody needs to take charge and create one. Not going to lie it's a pain because you can't use the tabs key to create neat columns, lol!

 

Also, I would like to encourage everyone to fill in their official Timeline on this website. It helps make the processing time predictions more accurate, and many people are looking for data from filers from the same field office that they can't find anywhere else.

 

Mmm... Probably an easier way would be to create a spreadsheet with the data, then create a screenshot of that part and upload the image.

 

By the way, thank you for keeping this updated. I really appreciate this.

 

🙂

[happydoctor 36]

Hi! 
 Does anyone know what it means if I Received "We have taken an action in your case" email ? No information on the website at my profile.

[Laure&Colin 557]

3 hours ago, YellowDuneBuggy said:

 

Mmm... Probably an easier way would be to create a spreadsheet with the data, then create a screenshot of that part and upload the image.

 

By the way, thank you for keeping this updated. I really appreciate this.

 

🙂

 

I thought about it but then people can't update the tracker themselves, which a few people have done. Once thing I didn't try is to copy/paste a table from a Word doc or Excel sheet.

[Laure&Colin 557]

3 minutes ago, happydoctor said:

Hi! 
 Does anyone know what it means if I Received "We have taken an action in your case" email ? No information on the website at my profile.

 

Did you also check the documents tab in your online account? I did receive one of these emails apparently for no reason a couple weeks ago, and other people said they did too. Do you already have an interview date?

[happydoctor 36]

Thanks. Yes, I did check everything. What I thought- we received this message when they actually open our case and started working on it.  I‘ll update more information when I get it .

[minivatreni 193]

28 minutes ago, happydoctor said:

Hi! 
 Does anyone know what it means if I Received "We have taken an action in your case" email ? No information on the website at my profile.

 

Do you have an upcoming interview? You can get those emails with no updates if your interview is coming up and they open your file to review it

[Laure&Colin 557]

Preparing for my interview (very) early Tuesday morning, here's my checklist of documents to bring, considering I'm applying under the 5-year rule:

- interview letter

- green card

- passport

- driver's license

- tax transcripts x 5

- marriage certificate with translation

- electricity bill and first pages of lease for proof of residence

 

Am I missing anything?

I was thinking of bringing my husband's birth certificate just in case - we happen to have one, it even has an apostille (we needed it to get married in France). I'm not bringing proof of bona fide marriage since I'm under the 5-year rule, but I could pull thousands and thousands of pictures of us throughout the years on my phone during the interview if necessary. The lease is also in both our names.

[minivatreni 193]

22 minutes ago, Laure&Colin said:

Preparing for my interview (very) early Tuesday morning, here's my checklist of documents to bring, considering I'm applying under the 5-year rule:

- interview letter

- green card

- passport

- driver's license

- tax transcripts x 5

- marriage certificate with translation

- electricity bill and first pages of lease for proof of residence

 

Am I missing anything?

I was thinking of bringing my husband's birth certificate just in case - we happen to have one, it even has an apostille (we needed it to get married in France). I'm not bringing proof of bona fide marriage since I'm under the 5-year rule, but I could pull thousands and thousands of pictures of us throughout the years on my phone during the interview if necessary. The lease is also in both our names.

 

I saw someone post that during their interview the interviewer was asking her for her spouse's proof of citizenship, which made no sense because they were a US citizen... how else could they sponsor her? I would bring your husband's birth certificate just in case! 

[OldUser 6,586]

5 minutes ago, minivatreni said:

 

I saw someone post that during their interview the interviewer was asking her for her spouse's proof of citizenship, which made no sense because they were a US citizen... how else could they sponsor her? I would bring your husband's birth certificate just in case! 

It does make sense if you think about how immigration process is designed. It's designed to reverify previous decisions at each stage to ensure immigration benefit wasn't given in error.

 

N-400 is the last chance of USCIS to review entire immigration history and make sure they grant citizenship correctly. If they make a mistake - it will be a slow and painful procedure to denaturalize somebody.

 

Previous approvals (visas, GCs) do not mean a new petition, especially N-400 is going to be approved without everything checked once again.

Edited May 10 by OldUser

[minivatreni 193]

Just now, OldUser said:

It does make sense if you think about how immigration process is designed. It's designed to reverify previous decisions at each stage to ensure immigration benefit wasn't given in error.

 

N-400 is the last chance of USCIS to review entire immigration history and make sure they grant citizenship correctly. If they make a mistake - it will be a slow and painful procedure to denaturalize somebody.

 

Previous approvals (visas, GCs) do not mean a petition is going to be approved without everything being checked again.

You are right, didn't think about this, but now makes a lot of sense. 

[happydoctor 36]

1 hour ago, minivatreni said:

 

Do you have an upcoming interview? You can get those emails with no updates if your interview is coming up and they open your file to review it

Yes, actually I received my email 3 hours before my interview. At that moment I thought they canceled or rescheduled my interview. Since I’m very superstitious, I’ll provide more information about interview ( it wasn’t easy) when I get a response from them. 

[minivatreni 193]

1 minute ago, happydoctor said:

Yes, actually I received my email 3 hours before my interview. At that moment I thought they canceled or rescheduled my interview. Since I’m very superstitious, I’ll provide more information about interview ( it wasn’t easy) when I get a response from them. 

Then they just opened your file to look at it before the interview

[happydoctor 36]

2 hours ago, minivatreni said:

 

Do you have an upcoming interview? You can get those emails with no updates if your interview is coming up and they open your file to review it

 

2 minutes ago, minivatreni said:

Then they just opened your file to look at it before the interview

Yes, I guess that what the usually do before interview. Now we know )

[happydoctor 36]

1 hour ago, Laure&Colin said:

Preparing for my interview (very) early Tuesday morning, here's my checklist of documents to bring, considering I'm applying under the 5-year rule:

- interview letter

- green card

- passport

- driver's license

- tax transcripts x 5

- marriage certificate with translation

- electricity bill and first pages of lease for proof of residence

 

Am I missing anything?

I was thinking of bringing my husband's birth certificate just in case - we happen to have one, it even has an apostille (we needed it to get married in France). I'm not bringing proof of bona fide marriage since I'm under the 5-year rule, but I could pull thousands and thousands of pictures of us throughout the years on my phone during the interview if necessary. The lease is also in both our names.

I would also take a proof that your taxes was paid  for at least 2023 ( bank statements where it shows if it’s not W-2 work ).