Alekezam

Huh? Wrong. We filed the N-400 in 2023. On 1-4-2023 to be exact. You need to look at our timeline more carefully. We filed right at the tail end of the pandemic so it should be moving even faster now than it did then. Of course, there are a lot of different variables that could effect the process (country of origin, provided documents, how well you do your due diligence, etc.).

We're Houston based. Take a look at our timeline. From the time that we filed my wife's N400 to when she did the oath ceremony it took just over 4 months. It took only 3.5 months to get an interview from the point that we submitted the N400.

Just to add our recent personal experience. My wife received her new and first US passport about 3 months ago and we figured we would update her global entry information to include her new passport since her global entry was tied to her permanent residence on our return from our next international trip. Fast forward to now after having done 2 overseas trips, one to Romania and another to Thailand. Wanted to see what would happen when we got back and went thru Global Entry. Return from Romania, nothing, she went right thru no questions asked. Just got back from Thailand this past Sunday and same thing, no questions. We didn't bring the subject up either so..... We came into Houston both times where they use facial recognition for GE.

I just can't help but chuckle how all of the sudden it's crickets......if you get my drift. Anyhow, great news, good luck at the interview!

It took exactly 6 weeks and a day from the time we handed the application in at the post office to the time we received my wife's passport in the mail. (Expedited Service) 5/15 - Submitted to USPS with expedited service. 5/19 - Application status shows as "In Process". Check was also processed around the same date. 6/23 - Application status shows as "Approved" 6/27 - Received passport in the mail 7/21 - Received the original certificate of naturalization back in the mail

My wife had her oath ceremony there back in May and she saw loads of family members and friends present......first hand experience not hearsay so unless something has changed between now and then, guests are allowed. I did not go because we assumed guest were not allowed, had we known guests were allowed I would have gone.

It took exactly 6 weeks and a day from the time we handed the application in at the post office to the time we received my wife's passport in the mail. (Expedited Service) 5/15 - Submitted to USPS with expedited service. 5/19 - Application status shows as "In Process". Check was also processed around the same date. 6/23 - Application status shows as "Approved" 6/27 - Received passport in the mail

5/15 - Submitted to USPS with expedited service. 5/19 - Application status shows as "In Process". Check was also processed around the same date. 6/23 - Application status shows as "Approved"

No, we did not end up going that route after all. There was no option at the interview to do our oath on the spot. I mentioned to the IO that we had travel plans coming up in the immediate future and asked if it would be possible for him to note that in our file in hopes that they would possibly schedule our Oath Ceremony for a date after we return from our trip and he simply said "just go on the trip and in the event your Oath is scheduled while you are gone then you can just call us or email us to reschedule". I thought, okay that's not a bad idea......one week later we got a letter in the mail...lo and behold the Oath Ceremony Date was set for right in the middle of our trip. Rescheduling is not as simple as just calling or emailing them like the IO had advised come to find out. After reading the letter closely, it explicitly says that you must physically mail in the included form along with a letter stating the reason why you intend to miss the Oath Ceremony. It also gives reasons allowed, one being if your afflicted with COVID or if you have some sort of an family emergency, etc. They don't really clarify exactly what "emergency" entails so it could be construed in a number of ways....one being that standard vacations don't count. So in summary, the risk of them giving us grief on rescheduling along with the uncertainty that we could even get an emergency passport application appointment was more than enough for us to rethink our plans so we just decided to reschedule our trip, at a loss of course, in order to just get this whole process over with once and for all.

Yeah, sorry to hear you got the bad luck of the draw. Hope things start moving for you soon!

Had our combo N-400/I-751 Interview on 4/21/23. We did not send in a request for combo interview letter with our application like others have done. The officer had our entire I-751 case file on the table in front of him and simply stated "your I-751 case has already been looked at twice so I'm not going to waste any more time on it" and approved it on the spot. He then immediately proceeded with the N400 interview. I-751 approved same day. No new green card would be issued as N-400 was also approved on the same day. I-751took roughly 18 months to approve but I want to stress that, outside of receiving the notice of receipt for our I-751 application, there was absolutely no movement/updates on our I-751 till we submitted the N-400. Our I-751 was mysteriously transferred to another location immediately (same day) after we submitted the N-400.....no way that's just a simple coincidence. It obviously moved because we submitted the N-400. So you can interpret that however you want but in my opinion, they will basically sit on your I-751 for an indefinite amount of time until something major prompts them to do otherwise (in our case, the N-400). Of course this won't be the case for everyone but it certainly is for some like myself so one should not assume it's a myth based on contrary experience. It's basically luck of the draw.

Why should I? I don't recall ever saying there were cases such as the one you described getting delayed due to failure of submitting tax returns. I simply stated my personal experience just like others have, nothing more. Let me ask you this, am I or any other contributor wrong to state our experiences/opinions? Just trying to understand why you seem to be so triggered.

I completely agree with you. Each person should decide on their own what they want to do. There is no completely right or wrong answer. We are here to give advice, period. It's not about my advice is better than yours or vice versa. We only provided what was required as a minimum and got through the process just fine. That's our experience. Is it going to be the same for everyone? Nope, so it's up to each individual to take our one little bit of experience along with everyone else's and decide what they want to do.

Had our combo N-400/I-751 Interview on 4/21/23. We did not send in a request for combo interview letter with our application like others have suggested. The officer had our entire I-751 case file on the table in front of him and simply stated "your I-751 case has already been looked at twice so I'm not going to waste any more time on it" and approved it on the spot. He then immediately proceeded with the N400 interview. I-751 approved same day. No new green card would be issued as N-400 was also approved on the same day. I-751took roughly 18 months to approve but I want to stress that, outside of receiving the notice of receipt for our I-751 application, there was no movement on it till we submitted the N-400. Our I-751 was mysteriously transferred to another location immediately after we submitted the N-400.....no way that's just a simple coincidence. It obviously moved because we submitted the N-400. So you can interpret that however you want but in my opinion, they will basically sit on your I-751 for an indefinite amount of time until something major prompts them to do otherwise (in this case, submit an N-400).

5/15 - Submitted to USPS with expedited service. 5/19 - Application status shows as "In Process". Check was also processed around the same date.