Giuseppe92

Hello everyone again! I just want to say that I love this community, guys. You helped me through my immigration journey every time I needed it. You are great! So on January 26 i ended up filing N-400 to become citizen by myself with no lawyer, today February 14 after less than 3 weeks i got notification that my interview is being scheduled already and i was like whaat!? I did check the processing time for my center, and it is of 7.5 months, so I was very confused about why they are scheduling so early, but I was expecting to be scheduled around July, but apparently I have been scheduled for March 21, so less than 2 months after I applied! I am kind of shocked at the moment; what is going on? Does this mean that after the interview they are going to let me wait months for the oath ceremony? I did not even start study yet because i thought i had way more time for this xD Does anyone have an explanation for this? On (Date): Friday, March 21, 2025 At (Time): 10:45AM Failure to appear for the scheduled appointment without prior notification and without good cause may result in the denial of your application. (8 CFR 103.2) You are notified to appear before a USCIS officer regarding the application identified above at the date, time, and place indicated above. Waiting room capacity is limited. Please do not arrive any earlier than 30 minutes before your scheduled appointment time. The proceeding can take about two hours. If you cannot keep this appointment, call the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833) as soon as possible to reschedule your appointment. If you are applying for citizenship for yourself, you will be tested on your knowledge of the government and history of the United States. You will also be tested on reading, writing, and speaking English, unless on the day you filed your application, you have been living in the United States for a total of at least 20 years as a lawful permanent resident and are over 50 years old, or you have been living in the United States for a total of 15 years as a lawful permanent resident and are over 55 years old, or unless you have a medically determinable disability. For more information and to find study materials for the naturalization test, visit the Citizenship Resource Center at uscis.gov/citizenship. You MUST BRING the following with you to the interview: • This letter. • Your Alien Registration Card ("green card"). • Any evidence of Selective Service Registration. • Your passport and/or any other documents you used in connection with any entries into the United States. • Those items noted below which are applicable to you: If applying for NATURALIZATION AS THE SPOUSE of a United States Citizen; • Your marriage certificate. • Proof of death or divorce for each prior marriage of yourself or spouse. • Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship. If applying for NATURALIZATION as a member of the United States Armed Forces; • Your discharge certificate, or form DD214. If copies of a document were submitted as evidence with your N400 application, the originals of those documents should be brought to the interview. PLEASE keep this appointment, even if you do not have all the items indicated above. To request a disability accommodation, go to www.uscis.gov/accommodations or call the USCIS Contact Center at as soon as possible, even if you indicated on your application that you require an accommodation. For questions about your application, you can use our many online tools (uscis.gov/tools) including our virtual assistant, Emma. If you are not able to find the information you need online, you can reach out to the USCIS Contact Center by visiting uscis.gov/contactcenter.

Background: Married with a US citizen in December 2018 Received Green Card in November 2019 Filed I-751 (To Remove Condition of Marriage) in August 2021 Divorced and applied for bona fide marriage in August 2023 Condition Removed (Without Interview) in September 2024 Applying for N-400 Now: Hello everyone, and thanks to whoever is going to take their time to read this and give me any suggestions. I am at the end of the application for the N-400 at the moment. I am applying as a general provision since I have had my green card for more than 5 years, so the thing gets a little bit tricky at the end when it asks me if I have ever been cited or in jail. Well, in August 2020, I was stopped by police because I was speeding. For them, I was going 20 mph over the limit. In North Carolina, that is considered reckless driving and is a Class 2 misdemeanor. I was not going 20 mph over the limit, and in fact, I was smart enough to hire a lawyer that followed me; the case for reckless driving was dismissed and reduced to a regular speeding ticket as the velocity was reduced to actually only 9 mph over the limit. All this has been notified to USCIS in my application for the I-751, with the court paper of that case. I guess it was not an issue for the USCIS at all since they approved my I-751 without an interview (3 years to do that), even if my wife and I got divorced and I had to hire another immigration lawyer to ask for a bona fide marriage. So I read on this forum that in general if you have a ticket, it is ok to file the application yourself without a lawyer, but if you committed a crime or a misdemeanor, it is suggested to hire a lawyer to follow the case just to be sure. Well, I feel I am kind of in the middle, and I am kind of scared since it would be my first time to file any immigration application by myself, and I do not want to this up right in the end. Do you think I should file myself? In that case, should I put in the application that is a regular speeding ticket and attach the court paper that says so? Paraphrase

Guys thanks everyone for the opinions, i want just say that i am just evaluating the risk of all my options here, i didn't make any decision yet of course, but really thanks everyone for the support. I have an appointment with a second lawyer Tuesday just to get a second opinion and than i will take the decision.

Like i said my wife attorney just called couple days ago to tell me that i will get served soon, my attorney told me to don't say nothing to the immigration until the divorce is not finalized for 2 reason, 1 to switch from a joint petition to a waiver i need send a copy of the finalized divorce paper anyway. 2 since this is just happened a recent separation is not considered a end of a marriage, my address it is still with her technically i am just staying with a friend so it could be considered just a break and not a separation. I appreciate your answer but i am not trying to fraud it is just trying to understand new dynamics that nobody seen before, a lot of people are in my same situation now, because just 4 years ago the processing time for an i750 was around 6 months and now is about to hit the 30 and this make no sense considering that i have been with my wife for more than 4 years and i still need show immigration that my marriage was real by filing again another i-750 that is going to take at least another couple of year to be approved if everything goes well.

I go straight to the point, I filed jointly with my wife an i-751 21 months ago, the actual waiting time to be processed now is 29 months for Potomac center, my wife is now asking for divorce, i received a call from his attorney couple days ago but i didn't even been served with paper yet. I consulted an immigration attorney yesterday and he told me to wait until the divorce is finalized before tell anything to the immigration, then in case the divorce come before the condition is been removed we can file an i-751 waiver in my specific case with extreme hardship since i have proof that my marriage ended because of my wife mental disorder. But my real question is it is all this really worth it to go for it? For what i know if i just divorce and don't inform the UNCIS they are never going to know i divorced from her few months before i get the condition removed and i am going to receive my 10 years green card in few months. The only way they are going to find out is if one day i reopen a new immigration case on me like the naturalization, do you think is worth the risk? What i really need become a citizen for? I just want people opinion honestly the lawyer are gonna tell me to go for it just because they want my money anyway...