Citizenship

This forum has helped me so much during my journey, so I wanted to share my story as it ends soon.

I received my conditional green card back in Spring 2019 through marriage (Brooklyn, New York).
In February 2021 I applied to Remove Conditions on Residence (I-751), and got the notice that my case was received. After that there was a year of complete silence on the USCIS website. (Got the 'biometrics reused' notice + 2 extension letters (18 and 24 months) by mail but no update online).

I made a decision to apply for N-400 Naturalization when the time has come (January 2022, through mail, based on 3-year rule) even though I knew it would postpone my green card interview. It triggered the movement of my I-751 to the new office.

February 26, 2021 We received your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.

January 24, 2022: We received your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, and sent you a receipt notice.
January 26, 2022: We are actively reviewing your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. Our records showed nothing is outstanding at this time.
January 31, 2022: Your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, was transferred to another office for processing.

And then again 6 months of silence until July.
July 20, 2022: We scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.

On August 29th, 2022 I arrived to the interview. My husband came with me because I had pending I-751 and was hoping for Combo Interview but he was not allowed to go to the waiting room with me, and had to stay and wait for me in the lobby downstairs.
I was told in advance by the friend who works with immigration cases that no one guarantees the Combo Interview, and it depends on the Immigration Officer if they would like to have one. But it's important to bring your spouse just in case, which I did. I also brought a huge amount of documents (lease, our mutual bank statements, credit card statements, utility bills, plane tickets, etc) and 2 fat photo albums with hundreds of photos.

My interview was scheduled at 8:45 am. I was waiting pretty long to be called. Around 10:15 am they asked me back to the window where I've received my number and I saw them holding a huge pile of documents (which I assumed correctly were my documents from 2 pending cases). They asked me if I've arrived alone or my husband was around to which I said he was, and they asked me to call him to the waiting area because the officer who will deal with my case would like to talk to both of us. I was very happy (it meant Combo Interview was guaranteed!) and I asked him to join me.

We were called by the officer around 10:50 am. He talked to me and my husband (may be like 20-25 minutes), asked for a lot of documents, also took 5-6 pictures from our photo albums. After we successfully answered all the questions, he let my husband go back to the waiting area and said he doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't approve my I-751.
Then he conducted my N-400 interview.

My 6 questions were:
- What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
- What is the political party of the President now?
- Who is the Governor of your state now?
- In what month do we vote for President?
- There were 13 original states. Name three.
- What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Then I was asked to read: Who is the Father of our Country?
And I wrote: Washington is the Father of our Country.

He asked me about the recent changes on my application. And then those questions from Part 12. I was prepared with vocabulary words well, but he didn't end up asking any of those.
In the end he congratulated me and said he recommends my application for approval.

On August 31st, I've received the Oath Ceremony date (in 2 weeks) as online update on the USCIS website (I know it was also mailed to me this morning). And today, on September 1, my I-751 case got approved.

Good luck to everyone waiting for their interview to be scheduled! Hope my story helped.