After reading all the horror stories about processing delays and interview schedules, I decided to make my renewal application early. My husband and I both submitted our applications the evening of Sunday, Dec. 29 and this morning, Jan 1st, we both received notification of approval with no interview required! I guess we got lucky.

I just noticed both of our approval letters came from the Albuquerque office, which happens to be the location where we had our initial interview.