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Warren is useless. Try Markey.

Thanks for the reply, Prizm. Hope all is well with you these days. 🙂 We did my wife's N-400 online 6 months ago. It seems (operative word) the I-751 (which we referenced in a 'cover letter' of sorts for our N-400) got subsequently yanked from the Petrified Forest... aka Vermont Service Center... and I believe (operative word) it is now paired with our N-400 and is currently collecting dust in Lee's Summit, MO. Perhaps waiting for the local office in Boston to say they are ready for our cases??? (I ask rhetorically) Our N-400 is 6 months old but our I-751 is technically 18 months old. Probably the most distressing thing right now is when I run a VJ report of Bostonians in the same position as us I see people who filed an N-400 a few months BEFORE us ostensibly waiting for some movement. So what does that tell us? I have no idea why there is such a lack of progress in Boston. Are the USCIS employees there too busy watching the Bruins on the big screen to adjudicate cases in a timely manner? Last year we fell for the 'File your N-400 because it helps to speed things up' recommendation. The truth of the matter is it hasn't done a thing. We are now writing our Senators asking for help but I don't expect that to bring positive results. We'll try anyway. I personally feel they'll find Jimmy Hoffa before we ever see movement on our open cases from the USCIS. It's so frustrating. You do all you're asked to do in a timely manner, submit impeccable packages only to be held up by nonsense. Best of luck to you and yours and all our hopes that your 'distractions' get reconciled soon. 🙂

Question for all on the board. I am trying to identify how reliable the statuses are on our online accounts. Here we have ScubaDude who was sitting there minding his own business and then... whammo! ... he and his wife receive her 10-year green card. Is this uncommon? Or have people noticed this is a frequent occurrence? Meaning it is not out of the ordinary to be staring at the same status for months... no change... and out of the blue you get a green card in the mail even though the status still remains the same.

Attention fellow Bostonians! There is a pattern going on here. I encourage activism from ALL of you in our area to start writing Warren, Markey and your local U.S. Representative and register your complaints... VEHEMENTLY!!! You don't need to use profanities or talk like a street urchin. However, you need to come across as frustrated AND angry but express yourself in a mature manner. If all of us do this... now... it will certainly get someone's attention that suddenly there's an influx of letters about the inefficiency and lack of transparency of the USCIS. There are no guarantees this will yield results but sitting on our hands certainly isn't helping. Below is a link to Warren and Markey. Click the Contact button for each and start exercising your rights. https://www.senate.gov/states/MA/intro.htm At this link, go down to Massachusetts and locate the representative for your district (if you don't already know who it is) and write that individual as well. https://www.house.gov/representatives It's time for activism. It's time to voice your displeasure. Calling up the USCIS and speaking to a Tier 2 agent is tantamount to hitting your head against a wall. Don't even waste your time.

This post is for those who submitted an N400 (especially if you did it online) within the last 6 or so months and, like us, are in the Boston area and will be processed out of the Boston field office. Has anyone seen any movement yet? In particular, anyone receive a letter with an interview date? I ran some reports here on VJ but not sure how comprehensive the results are as not everybody maintains a VJ timeline. Thanks in advance for any intel you may have on this matter.