fill an FOIA request this might help you.

what is FOIA please explain because I have the same issue

got same email message

me too... have you figured out what it is?

My gut is that they are waiting for the original greencard alien file from some kind of center and it's taking a while.

I’m wondering some people are getting their citizenship in less than 4 months and some people have their files stucked somewhere for years and no one’s know when they going to look at it.

Probably luck trying to fetch the originals from the national archives. Hopefully it will be processed soon 🤞🏻

hey everyone! I finally got my interview appointment scheduled after I submitted a FOIA last month!

Good luck!, but how? do I need an attorney or I can do it my self?

Did you do it by yourself at first.uscis.com?

you can do it by yourself actually!

I am in same boat. When did you apply for foia and when it was approved? Also, can I know when did you get interview letter?

Can you please explain what you asked for exactly in the FOIA?

This question was specifically for @Simome. I wanted to know the date he filed FOIA and what date he got interview letter, since he recently mentioned that he got interview letter within a month after he filed FOIA.

I am in the same boat, I wish can know further from ”Simo me“ about what was the process and responding time of filling for FOIA.

Visit https://first.uscis.gov and file a request to get your "Alien File" since you were told that it is delayed because of that. That's what I've done... fingers crossed!

Also there is a group in Facebook called "N400 Spring 2020 Filers"

I received my interview letter 5 days ago. I think FOIA helps!!

Aesha Patel, can you kindly please provide some instructions, what exactly did you ask on FOIA? I am trying to get my interview as well.

@simo me, can you pls provide instructions, what exactly did you ask on FOIA?

I submitted foia and completed below steps to get my primary A file. Since USCIS was unable to schedule my interview since they were waiting for my primary A documents. https://www.uscis.gov/records/request-records-through-the-freedom-of-information-act-or-privacy-act

hello everyone and sorry for the late reply! I submitted my application for nationalization online 15/05/2020, biometrics 12/05/2021. since then and till the last two months I have tried everything out of normal process requests, called my state governor... the answer was the same! your application process is delayed because of COVID bla bla bla then 3 months ago I submitted a FOIA and after my FOIA completed my case moved from actively reviewed to interview was scheduled.

Thank you Ayesha Patel and Simo Me.

Hi Simo..please I need your help.. My mom is gonna lose all her benefits if she doesn't become US citizen in September.She is 76 and sick with blood pressure and arthritis..she applied for citizenship 15 months ago and we haven't received anything yet. Please tell me how i can apply for foia.. I tried to do it myself but it is not easy at all Please tell

Never submit a FOIA on a pending case unless you really need an exact copy of the form you previously submitted. This is what FOIA does: 1. It put a hold on your under-processing case 2. The local office who has the jurisdiction over your case woulld send your case to the nearest National Records Center so that they can respond to your FOIA request (takes normally 30 days) 3. It takes at least 60 more days for the Records Center to send your case back to where it was before after they fulfilled the FOIA request. Your case will be on hold as long as it is in the records center and no more processing will be done on it until it goes back to where it was before. Normally, the records center doesn’t transfer your case back to the main office until you send USCIS a letter in writing asking for it. This was what happened to my/my wife’s I-485 cases after we mistakenly submitted a FOIA request regarding our cases assuming that will speed up the procedure. It just added 3 more months to the whole procedure.