My 2 year GC had expired a few months when I had gotten in touch with our immigration lawfirm. They promised to follow up with us so they could process our next step--they didn't. Anyway at least $6k later, instead of inquiring first on what to do and to check my status with USCIS, they insisted on starting over and applying. USCIS wrote back saying due to Covid, they gave 48 months extension, so basically, I was good with my GC--therefore they closed the case and said reapplication was null. Didn't get my money back (of course) and my lawyer asked to appeal to reopen. Then when they made it clear it wasn't an option, lawyer opted to just apply for ROC. I have not left the US since 2018. I have a 12-year old son whose naturalization along with mine is the goal. We applied for ROC in the middle of last year. Still haven't gotten any word--it still says "normal processing time."
I've been married to my husband since 06/2019 and we've been living together for almost 7 years now. My question is, can I skip (abandon) the pending ROC and just go straight to N400 application, considering I seem to satisfy all requirements for naturalization?