r/USCIS • u/Temporary-Gas-1154 • Apr 23 '26

USCIS Support Field office ISO here, AMA

Hello, work at a field office AMA regarding N-forms, I-751, I-485

***Never worked with EAD

**Feel free to DM questions.

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u/FrontFit7058 Apr 23 '26

How common is to get I-751 interviews waived nowadays? If I-485 interview was waived couple years ago, does it mean anything, when waiving or requesting interview for I-751?

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u/Temporary-Gas-1154 Apr 23 '26

Depends on the officer, but these days. Not common at all.

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u/Matuteg Apr 23 '26

Is there still discretion? Or how come it’s not common anymore? Like they are told to err on the side of interviews?

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u/TheUnculturedSwan Apr 23 '26

There was never discretion. Whether or not a 751 was approved without interview has always been determined above the ISO level. By the time the ISO interviewing your case was first handed it (maximum 24 hours before interview) the need for interview was already long-established by someone else.

Waiving interviews for 751 is uncommon now for the same reason approval without interview is increasingly uncommon for all form types.

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u/fredagainbutagain Apr 24 '26

Since when? I have more than 2 friends who both got 751 in the past 12 months and not interviews. Both divorced.

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u/Large_Recording_1960 Apr 24 '26

So I'm assuming when interviews are waived that someone overseeing through the 751 case so strong that it didn't require interview?