How do you know if it's a combo interview I-751/N-400?

[throughtheroof 0]

Just filed my N-400 under the 3 year marriage rule.  I have a pending I-751 removal of conditions.   I filed with a lawyer.  She did state on the cover letter that I had the pending I-751, which I read is the signal to USCIS to adjudicate them together, if possible.

How will I know if my interview is a combo interview?  Will it be explicitly stated on the interview notification letter?  My plan is to bring my wife to the interview regardless, but as some of you might know, they're very strict on who can come into the USCIS building.  I will of course be prepared in case they don't allow my wife in, but I was curious about what people that have had the combo interview and what their experience was.

[SalishSea 18,079]

12 minutes ago, throughtheroof said:

Just filed my N-400 under the 3 year marriage rule.  I have a pending I-751 removal of conditions.   I filed with a lawyer.  She did state on the cover letter that I had the pending I-751, which I read is the signal to USCIS to adjudicate them together, if possible.

How will I know if my interview is a combo interview?  Will it be explicitly stated on the interview notification letter?  My plan is to bring my wife to the interview regardless, but as some of you might know, they're very strict on who can come into the USCIS building.  I will of course be prepared in case they don't allow my wife in, but I was curious about what people that have had the combo interview and what their experience was.

I have never heard of a spouse being denied entry into a USCIS field office building.   Are you maybe thinking of consulates?  

[throughtheroof 0]

5 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

I have never heard of a spouse being denied entry into a USCIS field office building.   Are you maybe thinking of consulates?  

 

Hmm.  No, I don't think so.  I've read a couple of reports in another forum where the spouse was turned away because they were not asked to be there.  

But the main part of my question is if the interview notice letters states if it's going to be a combo interview or you just bring your spouse even if it doesn't specifically state it.

[SalishSea 18,079]

1 minute ago, throughtheroof said:

 

Hmm.  No, I don't think so.  I've read a couple of reports in another forum where the spouse was turned away because they were not asked to be there.  

But the main part of my question is if the interview notice letters states if it's going to be a combo interview or you just bring your spouse even if it doesn't specifically state it.

Bring your spouse regardless.   The letter may not specify.

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[Crazy Cat 42,062]

1 hour ago, throughtheroof said:

How will I know if my interview is a combo interview?

Come prepared for a combo interview.  That means bring spouse and all I-751 evidence.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,482]

2 hours ago, throughtheroof said:

Just filed my N-400 under the 3 year marriage rule.  I have a pending I-751 removal of conditions.   I filed with a lawyer.  She did state on the cover letter that I had the pending I-751, which I read is the signal to USCIS to adjudicate them together, if possible.

How will I know if my interview is a combo interview?  Will it be explicitly stated on the interview notification letter?  My plan is to bring my wife to the interview regardless, but as some of you might know, they're very strict on who can come into the USCIS building.  I will of course be prepared in case they don't allow my wife in, but I was curious about what people that have had the combo interview and what their experience was.

 

My wife's N400 interview letter did not have me listed.  We both went to the appointment.  There were no issues of me getting in the Federal building and then into the USCIS offices. 

 

There were many couples there, and I noticed that most only had the interviewee called by their agent.  For us, the agent told both of us to follow him to his office.

 

You may be confusing the interview with Biometrics.  We both went to my wife's biometrics appointment but only my wife was allowed to enter.  I just went back to the car and listened to sports radio.

[Dashinka 24,731]

You can upload a letter requesting a combo interview in your N400 online page.  That may or may not guarantee a combo interview, but it helps to show you understand the fact that you have two petitions pending.

 

Good Luck!

[Crazy Cat 42,062]

3 hours ago, Dashinka said:

You can upload a letter requesting a combo interview in your N400 online page.  That may or may not guarantee a combo interview, but it helps to show you understand the fact that you have two petitions pending.

 

Good Luck!

Exactly!  I included a request for a combo interview with wife's N-400.  Two days before her N-400 interview, I received an email from the local office informing me to be there for a combo interview.

[beloved_dingo 1,982]

22 hours ago, SalishSea said:

I have never heard of a spouse being denied entry into a USCIS field office building.   Are you maybe thinking of consulates?  

The answer is this varies by office/location.

 

I was not allowed to enter the building for my husband's N-400 interview in 2023. Security told me they would let me know if I was needed (I wasn't).

 

I (and everyone else there with a spouse/loved one) watched the citizenship ceremony through the windows. 

Edited 1 hour ago by beloved_dingo