I don't believe we did that. My wife has N400 interview next week and we were planning on bringing the I751 NOA letter.
Will that effect her N400 process?
We submitted the form on 7/31 - this week got letter in mail for N400 interview on Oct 3rd.
They asked to bring originals of marriage/divorce decrees and my original naturalization certificate.
I assume they will not keep it?
Regardless, its pretty fast. 2 months since submission of the documents.
Did you get two text messages and 2-3 emails? That's probably because you just applied for it
You'll be getting two letters in your regular mail very soon too. One is the payment receipt and the second one is that the case is pending etc.
I think it would be easier to get married in US. No headache with the translations, certified this, certified that then certified translation etc. If you can, get married in US and be done with unnecessary paperwork.
The first letter we've received on Saturday stating;
"It is not necessary for you to appear at the USCIS Application Support Center ASC for the biometrics appointment. The biometrics fee will not be refunded.
Today in the second letter:
Thank you for submitting your application... etc.
Payment receipt of $725
Next Steps:
- We will schedule you for an appointment at a USCIS Application Support Center ASC for you to provide your fingerprints, photograph and or signature
- We will mail you a separate biometrics appointment notice with the specific date time and ASC locations. Please wait until you receive your appointment notice before going to the ASC.
I'm confused now. In the first letter they've said that they will reuse fingerprints but in the second letter they've said that they will send another notice to schedule the fingerprints.
Your wife can qualify for citizenship after meeting one out of two conditions.
- Being married to US citizen for 3 years (and living as LPR in US for at least 3 years)
- Being LPR and living in US for 5 years.
So for your situation, you can submit N400 for your wife 3 years after her arrival in US minus 90 days.
My wife will hit 5 years of living in US soon, but because we did K1 and had all the AOS - ROC her LPR counts as the time when she got her 2 year GC. It's silly but nothing we can do about it.
Strongly recommending waiting until your anniversary. I know it's a headache but it will be well worth it to stay extra 2 months at home.
If your wife's visa is good after 10-02 then I would also suggest entering US after your anniversary date. We are 13 months in and got 48 months extension letter...
Thankfully my wife's citizenship date was coming up so we've applied and hopefully we will finish this silly waiting game soon.
Today (6 days after filing online) we've got letter from USCIS that our case was received and biometrics will be reused.
Exactly the same thing as showing online when login in to check the messages.