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So two datapoints: We submitted applications with my wife as a sponsor in July for a couple that was approved back in August (they'll be flying in on 1/19). Afterwards we submitted applications for a family of 3 in September and a family of 2 in October. We've had updates for neither family since then. One of the families had also reported to me that they've been reading on Ukrainian language forums/Facebook groups that other folks are having similar struggles getting approved lately. One application that I submitted back in May 2022 finally received an update (rejection). I had submitted a second application for that beneficiary in July that got approved shortly thereafter, so I had attributed it to something falling through the cracks. That person is/has been in the US for over two years now. I'm not sure what all of this means. I remember Biden announcing the program was for at least 100k people back when it was first announced, so perhaps we're hitting a limit. I was not expecting this kind of throttling before the new administration came around.

On January 29th, in Oakland, CA.

Just got notice late today: approved I-751 and scheduled ceremony! It seems the original notice was for a scheduled ceremony that they cancelled right after since the 751 wasn't approved yet. Also on 1/29/2025.

Had our interview yesterday and my wife passed with flying colors. She was recommended for approval, but needs a "quality review" and I believe they mentioned the I-751 needs to be reviewed first. Strange thing though is that the latest status is that our Oath Ceremony notice was mailed:

Is this actually true? I would think they just administratively close the I-751 after N-400 approval, same as they do with the I-131 and I-765 if the green card is approved before they are. Also, really nice to just come here and see such fast timelines after having slogged through our I-129F during the pandemic.

First I'm hearing of this. Granted, I'm a US Citizen and my wife (who also filed some I-134s) is pretty well biometric-ed at this point (her N-400 app reused her previous biometrics appt).

I may have misspoke. I believe her GC was issued on 11/30 in actuality. In any case, the application won't let you submit early, so I think we're safe there.

Just to update here, we redid the applications through my wife and got a response back in a few weeks. Nice to have some clarity on this.

Felt like I should check in. Filed 9/1, however we're only eligible for citizenship 12/1/2024. Got a notice our biometrics can be reused. Now time to wait.

I had no idea this was a thing. Thank you for letting me know or I honestly don't know where I would've found this info otherwise. My spouse can file for them in that case.

I have a feeling this suggestion from the immigration officer is so that people are not inadvertently outside the country when they're due to at their oath ceremony since it may be difficult to reschedule it. Not because it's technically not allowed.

I had no idea oaths could take place same day. I always thought they scheduled them in groups at a later date.

I'm surprised people have been getting approvals. I was almost certain my wife was going to get naturalized before we ever hear back.

Hey all, I've filed quite a few I-134As since 2022, probably in the 10-12 range. The last two I filed, on March 30th 2024, are still under review. The ones I filed before that, in late 2023, got approved within a couple of months. I've had it happen in the past that a I-134 fell through the cracks and never got out of pending state (to this day), and it worked to just submit a new application. So I did that with these two apps as well on June 7th. We haven't had a topic on U4U timelines in a while, so I just wanted to ask what kind of timelines people are experiencing with the I-134A applications these days.

Hey all, One of my potential beneficiaries has a passport that is expired on the bio page, but was extended on the visa pages with a stamp from the Ukrainian embassy. The father of this beneficiary says that the embassy cannot do a full renewal, and were only doing these temporary renewals. Does anyone gave experience with this? Would this be acceptable for the CBP? The other issue is that the extension on the visa page contains written text that is all in Ukrainian. I'm guessing they would need a notarized translation of that page to get through immigration, if this extension is acceptable. Would they need anything else? Like an apostile?