Kai G. Llewellyn

Had my interview yesterday and passed! Interview wrapped at 12:15 and I went in for the Oath Ceremony at 1pm in the Seattle office. By 1:30pm, I was DONE and am now a freshly minted US Citizen~!

My interview just got scheduled. Nov 19th! Let's goooo!

I have this issue too, I'm going on a trip in early December. But I'm not going to live my life on the whims of the US government. If there's a clash, I'll reschedule. If they deny and I have to refile, so be it. I don't -need- to be a citizen as a LPR status does not expire. But ymmv on your own priorities.

My case is a tad messy, I'm employed in Canada and work remotely and live in the US. I do have a lot of trips entered on the N-400 too, but I'm well within the physical presence requirements (less than 90 days outside over the 3 year period). There was also a name change on my application which I'm trying to cancel as I saw Seattle only do judicial ceremonies once per year. I ended up doing it via the courts instead. However, I haven't really found a good way to tell USCIS of that change. So with all of that I think they're passing over my case for 'easier' cases. At least that's my guess. 😕

Yes, I've got this note too. Seattle FO, seems their processing times dropped from 6 months to 5.5 months. But hey I don't see it haha.

Seattle Field Office here filed under the 3yr rule, nothing yet. I was hopeful that we'd be done and dusted before the election but I think I've given up that hope now. But I'm hopeful I'll get something in December.

Has anyone who filed in the 90 day early filing window had any movement on their case? My 3 year anniversary was Aug 9th, so I'm hoping there'll be some movement from the Seattle office soon.

Joinin' the May filers' club! Filed my N-400 online today, my local office is Seattle! Immediately got biometrics reuse and NOA1. Hoping this won't take too long! It'd be nice to vote in November haha!

Update: Appears to be fixed, I was able to submit the N-400 tonight!

10 Year GC received on Saturday May 11th. Didn't get a tracking number from USCIS until it showed up in Informed Delivery - Just sat on 'Card was produced' until it was finally delivered.

As someone who works in IT it would be exceptionally poor form to start work two days before the maintenance window and for it to be 3 days rather than two hours, buuuut this is USCIS we're talking about haha. My guess is that something did break and they scheduled a maintenance window to fix the underlying broken part of the system but their own change management probably required a 48 hour notice before taking down still-working systems (because it only seems to be application submission, everything else seems to be working).

Someone on Reddit reported that the online I-765 form was giving them the same error, looks like online filing is officially borked right now. I can't find an email address to report this to them, so I just hope they're aware of this. I did call it out on Social Media however.

Yep. 😕

Yes, me too. Guess their system is broken. Whee I deleted my form and recreated it all to find that it wasn't just me.

I think universally at this point it's always best to file N400 to get the I-751 moving along. I see no benefit in waiting on I-751 approval before filing for Natz.

Case approved today, on a Saturday no less! Card's being produced, I was expecting a much longer wait. No interview either, onto the N-400 next month!

Didn't seem to be and I've crossed twice since then without incident.

Hey folks, So just wanted to report in some of my experiences of crossing the border by land with an I-751 pending. I got the 48 month extension letter shortly after I applied and hit the Nexus office to get my profile updated. Once my GC expired, I continued to cross as normal with my expired GC and Nexus and I wasn't asked for my extension letter for the first 10-15 crossings after it expired. So I stopped bothering to bring the extension letter, it's pretty flimsy and crossing the border several times a week, it's already getting pretty bent and dogeared up. So I started leaving it at home, for the first few months, no issues, crossed into the US as normal. Then this past week they've started mentioning my GC is expired and asked for the extension letter, even though my GC shows as valid in my nexus profile. The CBP lady was very stern and threatened me with a $548 fee if I cross again without the extension letter, she said she gave me a 'one time pass' this time. Anyways, I've since started carrying it through again and the subsequent entry they checked it again, but I don't know how long this letter going to last. Given I work up in Canada and cross a lot, I need durable travel documents, and the extension letter is anything but that. Anyways, I'm minded to self-file a WoM given igoyougoduke's success, just to get the 10 year GC which won't fall apart on me. xD Anyways, I'm curious to hear your stories of travelling by land with the extension letter. Do CBP check yours? Was having your Nexus updated enough to go without it? Also curiously, the CBSA still think my GC is expired, and occasionally when I cross they mention 'oh you have an expired immigration document on your profile', I explain to them the ridiculousness of the I-751 and they let me through without hassle. It's interesting that the CBSA even care that a Canadian citizen's foreign immigration document is expired but w/e I guess.

I'd maintain that you have a green card and a foreign passport and that alone is sufficient to be boarded. Dodge the question.

Why do you have to admit to the airline you're a PR? There's no risk of misrepresentation issues as it's not a representation you're making to Canadian immigration authorities. One you get in front of a CBSA officer, claim you're a PR and that you boarded using a green card. Done deal. I don't believe airlines can verify PR status beyond the card anyways.

You can check the status on their site without a login using the receipt number. In terms of getting an access code and if you don't have one, I think you'll have to contact them to request it. I'm not sure how difficult they are about issuing those.

I didn't manually add it to my account, USCIS automatically added it, probably by using the online account number I entered on the form itself. I presume the receipt number + access code method is for those people who didn't do that? Not long! My biometrics are on Monday and the letter was received today, so around 7 days notice. I knew the date on the 16th though as the notice was entered into my online account, USPS just took a long time to deliver it.

I didn't get an access code, if you enter your USCIS Online Account number with your application it'll get automatically added into your account. Worked quite well. Incidentally I just received my physical biometrics appointment notice today, a good while after the extension letter, although both notices have the same date on them.

Best of luck and let us know how it goes!

Definitely confirm to them that you currently have a valid green card, but also it may be worth explaining the RoC process to them and that your work authorization would only ever end with a final order of removal. It's just the proof of status that can get a bit awkward during this process. Regardless either way I would be stunned if you didn't have some form of proof of status by your start date. Hopefully they're willing to exercise some flexibility here.