Originally Posted by
rwgames
I applied and paid on Jan. 4th, no update still pending. My wife applied on Jan. 17th, and today it went to conditionally approved. She hasn't been out of the country since 2011 while I went to Israel in 2014 and Canada a few times since 2014. Clean records for both of us. We'll have to travel 2 1/2 hours for the interview since there is no airport around us that does them. Not that we can schedule an interview anyway

Your Wife applied on Jan 17 and got conditional on the 22??? During the Shut Down??? I am impressed, I would have assumed Nothing was taking place during the shut down??? anyone else have action during the shut down??? Like a lot of others... I applied on Nov 17 along with wife... I am still waiting,,, she got her conditional and had the interview on Dec 18 and has her card and I am still waiting,,, LOL>. at least some people got activity durning the shut down and now the shutdown is back up for the next 3 weeks at least..