I wanted to bring all of you really important information. An announcement that we have recently
received our firm. Our attorneys at immigration for couples were members of something called AILA,
the American Immigration Lawyers Association. AILA has liaisons that work with USCIS to report
issues and things that we're seeing and trends. One of the things that AILA has announced
is that there has been an alert, there has been changes to interview scheduling
specifically as it relates to USCIS offices. That means the offices that are here
in the United States. Those USCIS offices for adjustment interviews, naturalization interviews
and even oath ceremonies. American Immigration Lawyers Association has announced that
some individuals are receiving interviews outside of normal scheduling times. By that
I mean people are being scheduled very early in the morning, in the evening, and even on weekends.
They're also seeing that individuals are being scheduled outside of their
jurisdiction, which means that you're being scheduled for your interview farther away from
your home, in an office that really is not the office you should have your interview.
This announcement, I just want to make sure I share this with all of you right away. If you
happen to get an interview that is outside of normal scheduling time, normal operating hours
for USCIS or if you get an interview notice for a place that's outside of your jurisdiction, that's
much further away from your home than you expected, if you have an attorney, you should reach
out to your attorney. You can actually call the USCIS contact center to report this issue.
That would be something you would decide with your attorney if you're able and want to
still attend that interview or oath ceremony. It might likely be something you'll want to try to
do so you don't have delays in your case but it will really also depend on your case and again,
talking to your attorney and deciding what's best for you.
Mainly, I wanted to just let all of you know that this is happening so if you get an interview
notice or an oath ceremony, if you have applied for naturalization, and if you notice again, is on the
weekend or outside of normal business hours. Pay really close attention because
that is what's happening right now and hopefully, that's something that they will be able to remedy.
USCIS has said unofficially that they are trying to find ways to deal with the extreme backlogs.
Likely, they were trying to overcome these backlogs and get as much work done as
possible. But the main takeaways that I want all of you to have is just that these interviews are
being scheduled outside of normal business hours and then contacting the USCIS contact center
if for any reason you can't attend, that would be your next step. Alright, I hope that that
information was helpful. I know we have some individuals who are watching right now
live, if any of you have questions feel free to put them in the comments and I will answer them
while you're doing that. If you don't have any questions, that's fine. Just want to give you the
opportunity to ask if you do. I'll answer as many as I can time permitting. While I'm waiting for
you to put questions in if you have them. I know a lot of you weren't here at the beginning so i
wanted to let all of you know that as I mentioned at the beginning, our firm, immigration for couples
is dedicated exclusively to helping couples in navigating the immigration process.
We here, everybody on our team and I know you do too that your relationship is
the most important part of your immigration case. It's really important to us as well
We know that the immigration journey can be overwhelming and stressful and that is why we are
having world-class experts come and do weekly coaching with us called 28-Day Legendary Love
is what the event is called. My friends Marla and Julian will be
coaching all of you on tools and techniques to strengthen and grow your relationship.
That will start on September 8th at 1 PM Eastern Time. We'll have official announcements
but there'll be an opportunity not only for you to learn during that lesson but also to ask your
questions live so you can get world-class support from amazing relationship experts.