Hey VJers! My journey is finally over (I think)!
I had my I-751 pending since January 2023 and became eligible in January 2024 for citizenship based on living here for 3 years and being married to US Citizen. I submitted everything in January and made sure to include an additional letter asking for the combo interview.
As soon as my case was submitted I received a message about reusing previously taken fingerprints and on April 1st the interview was scheduled for May 7.
We got there only 10 minutes prior to the interview, we were given a number that would be called out when it was our turn. 10 minutes past that, it was time - I got into an empty room with a little tablet, my husband walked in with me and the interviewer (very friendly lady) said she had taken care of our i-751 already and told my husband he could wait for me outside.
I had a massive stack of documents, she asked me to place somewhere on the table behind me and only have my green card with me and show it to the camera. She then proceeded with the tests and that was no issue at all.
Then she asked why I had filled out 5 years of history if I had only gotten my green card 3 years. Then I explained that I wasn't really sure and I thought i was giving more information than I had to but it wouldn't hurt - that caused her to make a note on my case because it looked like I had spent over a year out of the US, but since it was very easily provable that I was on a tourist visa during that time, and never traveled out of the US after getting the green card, it was no issue.
I stayed with her for about 45 minutes. She then told me she was approving my case and I had to run because my oath ceremony was starting in 5 minutes.
So that was it, in one morning we got everything done and now it's overrrrr!
The only thing I'm confused now is that it seems like i'm going to receive a green card on the mail, but I already have my naturalization certificate, so I think this is likely a mistake.