Any recent approvals out of the Texas Service Center

markwash02 · November 21, 2007

Hey tweety

Can you update my info. I was trying to keep from being frustrated, but finally cracked down and made infopass appointment.

so my wife and I go to OKC today, and got something accomplished

Got stamp in passport, good for one year from today.

accomplished walk in Biometrics

clerk called Texas to check on file, since mine is past date, and nothing was done (not even NOA) only receipt for paying fees.

So can you put some dates down for me...LOL finally i can join the crowd, with dates...

application mailed 14 feb 2007

NOA/stamp in passport 20 November 2007

biometrics complete 20 november 2007

Now I sit and wait with the rest of my friends in this thread....

mark

tweety · November 21, 2007

updating markwash02's bio date - Congrats on getting this done Mark! Hope you get your NOA1 soon.

UserName............Date I-751 sent...NOA1 Date.......Biometrics......Last Touch......Approved

fragile093..........01/27/07..........01/31/07........03/03/07........03/11/07........11/08/07........senator involved

shobey..............02/01/07..........02/01/07........03/07/07........11/17/07........--/--/--

ven2lin.............02/01/07..........02/05/07........11/14/07........11/14/07........--/--/--........senator involved

Dr. ZoSo............02/02/07..........02/06/07........03/14/07........03/15/07........--/--/--........senator involved

bimmerboy...........02/01/07..........02/09/07........03/??/07........03/13/07........--/--/--........senator involved

JLR.................02/06/07..........02/09/07........03/15/07........03/15/07........11/07/07........senator involved

vumbi...............01/28/07..........02/15/07........03/14/07........03/14/07........--/--/--........senator involved

markwash02..........02/14/07..........--/--/--........11/20/07........--/--/--........--/--/--

A_C.................02/18/07..........02/21/07........03/15/07........03/19/07........--/--/--

lovedolphins........02/21/07..........02/28/07........05/14/07........05/15/07........--/--/--........senator involved

ihateemo............??/??/07..........03/03/07........--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--

tweety..............03/06/07..........03/09/07........04/06/07........04/07/07........--/--/--........service request

George0424..........03/07/07..........03/12/07........04/05/07........04/06/07........--/--/--

burs................03/15/07..........03/19/07........04/12/07........04/13/07........--/--/--

kn687...............02/27/07..........03/21/07........03/29/07........03/31/07........--/--/--........service request

Abygail.............03/14/07..........03/29/07........04/21/07........04/23/07........--/--/--

mississippigal17....03/26/07..........04/10/07........--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--

us1415..............04/09/07..........04/18/07........05/12/07........05/15/07........--/--/--

James...............04/18/07..........04/20/07........05/31/07........06/03/07........--/--/--

Angel7422...........04/20/07..........04/25/07........05/24/07........05/29/07........--/--/--

Cassie..............05/08/07..........05/09/07........06/04/07........06/05/07........--/--/--

baunzerbrudi........05/11/07..........05/19/07........06/14/07........06/19/07........--/--/--

rhenryv.............05/17/07..........05/30/07........06/18/07........--/--/--........--/--/--

Mr.Bigdog...........06/06/07..........06/19/07........08/30/07........08/31/07........--/--/--

Cassie · November 21, 2007

updating markwash02's bio date - Congrats on getting this done Mark! Hope you get your NOA1 soon.

Yay Mark!! :dance:

easternjava · November 22, 2007

Hi all,

I'm in the same boat, unfortunately. I sent my I-751 on Feb 5, 2007, NOA date is Feb 7, 2007, biometric done on March 16, 2007 and have not heard anything from TSC since.

I sent my N-400 on Nov 17 though, another wait for me apparently since TSC has not processed N400 faster than I-751 as I am informed :angry:

James · November 22, 2007

Hi all,
I'm in the same boat, unfortunately. I sent my I-751 on Feb 5, 2007, NOA date is Feb 7, 2007, biometric done on March 16, 2007 and have not heard anything from TSC since.

I sent my N-400 on Nov 17 though, another wait for me apparently since TSC has not processed N400 faster than I-751 as I am informed

Huh? You must have waited until the last minute and sent your I-751 in just a week or so before the green card expired if you've already sent in your N400. If you had sent your I-751 in just 2-3 weeks earlier, it would have been approved back in June . . . .

Dr. ZoSo · November 22, 2007

First, I would like to say Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Second, I found this article on Yahoo! about naturalization that I thought could be of some use to us TSC losers. When you read the article just replace the word "naturalization" with the words "removal of conditions".

Naturalization Article

I will also past the article here:

By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer

Wed Nov 21, 11:07 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Immigrants who applied for citizenship after June 1 will have to wait more than a year to become Americans, immigration officials said Wednesday, a delay that will prevent many from voting in next November's elections.

The delay is due to a deluge of applications that Citizenship and Immigration Services, a Homeland Security Department agency, received this summer as immigrants rushed to beat drastic fee increases for naturalization, legal residency, work permits, international adoptions and a host of other immigration benefits.

That means naturalization applications filed after June 1 will take 15 months to 18 months to process and become final, said Bill Wright, spokesman for the immigration agency.

"We certainly are hoping to beat that, but there certainly is that possibility," Wright said. Generally, becoming a citizen takes on average about seven months after an application has been filed, Wright said.

A total of 2.5 million applications were filed with the agency during July and August, Wright said. He could not provide numbers for June.

For the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, a total of 7.7 million applications were filed, compared with 6.3 million the previous fiscal year, Wright said.

The spike in applications came in the months before Citizenship and Immigration Services raised all application fees, effective July 30. Costs for applying for citizenship rose from $330 to $595 and from $325 to $930 for legal residency. In both cases, applicants also must pay fingerprinting fees, which increased from $70 to $80.

The year and a half to nearly two year waits for naturalizations could hurt efforts of a coalition of groups trying to increase citizenship and voter registration among immigrants.

The delays have raised some concerns about possible political motivations, which Wright denied.

"I would hope there's not a political motivation because citizenship is too valuable for partisan mischief," said Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association for Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, one of the groups leading the registration campaign. He said Congress should provide money to the agency to get the naturalizations done sooner.

In 2006, the largest number of immigrants who naturalized were from Mexico. Hispanics in the U.S. tend to vote Democratic, although some experts suggest many recent immigrants are less likely to have aligned themselves yet to either major party.

Strong opposition from Republicans to immigration overhaul bills this year and in 2006 angered many Hispanics. Last year, the immigration debates triggered massive protests in cities throughout the country, where marchers chanted, "Today we march. Tomorrow we vote."

Wright maintained the agency would not sacrifice security to speed up processing applications.

The Clinton administration faced criticism for rushing to naturalize 1.2 million people in an 1996 attempt to cut massive backlogs. The Justice Department concluded thousands of those people did not receive adequate background checks, but determined the naturalization rush was not politically motivated.

A total 1.4 million people applied for naturalization in the 2007 fiscal year, about double the number from the previous fiscal year. Another 876,000 applied to become legal residents in fiscal year 2007, up from about 500,000.

The most naturalization applications, 562,423, came in July, August and September, up from 192,423 for the same three months in 2006.

Dr. ZoSo · November 24, 2007

Ok so get this...

As you all may know I had my senator involved almost a month ago with no real results other than what we already know.

Well today I get a letter in the mail from the Department of Homeland Security that says my wife's case has been transferred to our local office in Atlanta and that any questions/concerns should be corresponded to that office and not the TSC.

So, anyone got any ideas as to what we are in for now? The only thing we can guess is that we are going to be called in for a second interview and that's why the case has been sent back to our local office.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks

James · November 26, 2007

Ok so get this...
As you all may know I had my senator involved almost a month ago with no real results other than what we already know.

Well today I get a letter in the mail from the Department of Homeland Security that says my wife's case has been transferred to our local office in Atlanta and that any questions/concerns should be corresponded to that office and not the TSC.

So, anyone got any ideas as to what we are in for now? The only thing we can guess is that we are going to be called in for a second interview and that's why the case has been sent back to our local office.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks

Other than an interview, the only thing I can think of is the remote possibility that they're farming out I-751s to the local offices because TSC is behind.

Since the petition is now in your local office, why don't you make an InfoPass appointment so you can find out directly what's up?

Dr. ZoSo · November 26, 2007

Ok so get this...
As you all may know I had my senator involved almost a month ago with no real results other than what we already know.

Well today I get a letter in the mail from the Department of Homeland Security that says my wife's case has been transferred to our local office in Atlanta and that any questions/concerns should be corresponded to that office and not the TSC.

So, anyone got any ideas as to what we are in for now? The only thing we can guess is that we are going to be called in for a second interview and that's why the case has been sent back to our local office.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks

Other than an interview, the only thing I can think of is the remote possibility that they're farming out I-751s to the local offices because TSC is behind.

Since the petition is now in your local office, why don't you make an InfoPass appointment so you can find out directly what's up?

I had thought about that and I plan on doing such. I wanted to give them a week to see if any other letters showed up prior to my making an appointment.

tweety · November 26, 2007

Good morning all! Hope everyone had a happy turkey-day weekend.

I've just read a little into the N400s threads in the citizenship forum - guess what, it looks like it takes them anywhere between 15-18 months to do the N400s now.... :angry: TSC really sux - they don't seem to do much of anything there. I wish there was an agency overseeing this mess and fire each and everyone of those lazy punks. :angry:

Cassie · November 26, 2007

Good morning all! Hope everyone had a happy turkey-day weekend.
I've just read a little into the N400s threads in the citizenship forum - guess what, it looks like it takes them anywhere between 15-18 months to do the N400s now.... TSC really sux - they don't seem to do much of anything there. I wish there was an agency overseeing this mess and fire each and everyone of those lazy punks.

Yeah, this is going to make an interesting mess for us, if we have to file naturalization papers before getting our 10 year GC. It'll be a race to see which one gets adjudicated first, and we'll be in a weird limbo. :wacko: :wacko:

tweety · November 26, 2007

Good morning all! Hope everyone had a happy turkey-day weekend.
I've just read a little into the N400s threads in the citizenship forum - guess what, it looks like it takes them anywhere between 15-18 months to do the N400s now.... TSC really sux - they don't seem to do much of anything there. I wish there was an agency overseeing this mess and fire each and everyone of those lazy punks.

Yeah, this is going to make an interesting mess for us, if we have to file naturalization papers before getting our 10 year GC. It'll be a race to see which one gets adjudicated first, and we'll be in a weird limbo. :wacko:

yes, they'd probably start blaming each other then - like "can't process N400 because I751 not adjudicated yet"... and "will adjudicate I751 at N400 interview".... lol .... lot's of exciting times ahead of us ...

Cassie · November 26, 2007

Good morning all! Hope everyone had a happy turkey-day weekend.
I've just read a little into the N400s threads in the citizenship forum - guess what, it looks like it takes them anywhere between 15-18 months to do the N400s now.... TSC really sux - they don't seem to do much of anything there. I wish there was an agency overseeing this mess and fire each and everyone of those lazy punks.

Yeah, this is going to make an interesting mess for us, if we have to file naturalization papers before getting our 10 year GC. It'll be a race to see which one gets adjudicated first, and we'll be in a weird limbo. :wacko:

yes, they'd probably start blaming each other then - like "can't process N400 because I751 not adjudicated yet"... and "will adjudicate I751 at N400 interview".... lol .... lot's of exciting times ahead of us ...

exciting wasn't quite the word I was visualizing Let's have a running bet to see how many times we will hear the above phrases

James · November 26, 2007

Good morning all! Hope everyone had a happy turkey-day weekend.
I've just read a little into the N400s threads in the citizenship forum - guess what, it looks like it takes them anywhere between 15-18 months to do the N400s now.... TSC really sux - they don't seem to do much of anything there. I wish there was an agency overseeing this mess and fire each and everyone of those lazy punks.

I had the crazy idea my wife would be able to vote in the presidential election next year, then I realized TSC would be handling her N400. Maybe it will be done in time for the 2012 election.

James · November 26, 2007

Heh, we have another Loser, ladies and gentlemen! Welcoming imailin! Now Reinhard won't feel so alone having the only June NOA1.