Hello... more than three weeks now since my interview and no oath letter yet... they told me at the interview I should get it within 2-3 weeks

It can take a little while Bertrand. I know the waiting is crazy...as soon as they schedule an oath ceremony and they have room for you, you will be notified.

Good luck...congrats on passing.

Hi Bertrand,
I hear you my friend... it must be so many applicants for Chicago waiting for oath ... I am guessing a bottleneck for the summer backlog...
From another forum I saw one filer promised in 2-3 weeks like yours but the OL finally arrived after 5-6 weeks (famy122).. that's double what the IO told him/her.
Also another Chicago filer got Interview done even before yours, and until now he/she has been waiting for more than 7weeks and still waiting his/her OL (samrat_999)...


.. it makes me anxious too since I am not even done yet with the interview.....

Got the notice today for my interview, scheduled for August 20th.

Congrats jilanik
and thank you for sharing.... 2 months hopefully goes by fast....

We're happy for you jilanik. Congratulations.

Thanks for the support. I am sure yours is on it's way as well.

Chitown: You're right two months will pass quickly. And the interview is on my semester break, so that will give me time to be mentally focused on it.

That is great news, congrats! I'm in Vegas too so hopefully this means I'll be getting my letter soon

Hi all!
My husband is finally a US citizen!! He had his interview and oath today at DO Newark, NJ. He reached there at around 9:15am for his 9:40am appointment. He waited for 2 hours before the officer called him for the interview. The officer asked him 10 questions and he didn't get one question According to him most of the questions asked were on people's name..eg name of Senator..etc etc ). The officer then asked for his copy of tax returns and marriage certificate. (Luckily for him, he had all the copies with him since we thought it's better to have everything just in case). Anyway he finished his interview at around 11.30 and waited for about 2 more hours for the oath. I'm glad he finished everything in one day because our next step is to file for my green card!

So wish me luck for my AOS application! I'm sending it tomorrow!!!

Thanks everyone and Good Luck!

UPDATE

I received my oath letter today. Oath ceremony July 1, 2008 in Chicago!

that's pretty awesome. was it planned for him to have the oath the same day or the local office decided to do it on the same day?

Cobi100 in LasVegas,
You should get your Interview Letter soon just like jilanik... I just saw another Las Vegas filer got theirs too in another forum ...

Finally Bertrand ... I am so happy for you...
with that said , it means Chicago DO is moving finally ... slowly is better than not moving at all / stagnate.
So the IO was keeping the promise indeed you got your Oath Letter in a little over 3 weeks.

Congratulation in ending your journey in July 1st!!!

Congrats rohi for your husband's ending journey of becoming a proud USC .... Wow that's nice that you can get Oath at the same day you finish your Interview....Newark DO is very efficient
GoodLuck to you for your journey in applying your greencard... hope all goes smooth as well

Thank you Chitown I wish your ourney ends very soon as well

If I'm not mistaken, for Newark NJ DO the interview and oath are in the same day. I read it somewhere that they conducted oath 3 times a day. My husband told me that there were around 30 people in the room for the oath.

This is great news, thanks

Congratulation rohi73!!! You can get it done in one day both interview and oath
Thank you for posting it and your data has been added to the January2008 thread

January2008 filer thread update as awesome news from rohi73, bertrand, staashi and amaka.

Part I:
User Name SC/DO PD FP IL ID
bertrand NSC/Chicago 12/19/2008 1/24/2008 2/25/2008 5/28/2008 6/23/08 7/1/08
kiwis NSC/Portland 12/26/2007 1/26/2008 4/30/08 6/11/08
hotairguy NSC/Denver 1/5/2008 5/20/2008 6/6/08 7/6/08
nscvet CSC/Los Angeles 1/11/2008 2/7/2008
jilanik CSC/Las Vegas 1/14/2008 2/7/2008
jennybrigitta CSC/San Diego 1/16/2008 2/7/2008 4/27/2008 6/17/2008
tunafish NSC/Detroit 1/17/2008 2/15/2008 5/16/08 7/2/08
chitown08 NSC/Chicago 1/17/2008 2/15/2008 4/15/2008 6/27/2008
patricks FairfaxVA 1/21/2008 2/22/2008
lucyrich CSC/SF Bay Area 1/23/2008 2/19/2008 3/27/2008 5/30/2008
staashi TSC/Jacksonville 1/28/2008 3/18/2008 4/2/2008 5/6/2008 6/19/08 7/4/08
cmartyn VSC/Hartford 1/30/2008 3/15/2008
rohi73 VSC/Newark 2/4/08 2/28/08 4/19/08 6/23/08 6/23/08 6/23/08
amaka TSC/Dallas NA 3/5/08 4/11/08 6/6/08 NA 6/11/08
cobi100 CSC/LasVegas 2/10/08 3/5/08

PartII:
Smiley Legend:
means one big step closer receiving Interview Letter and Interview Date scheduled
means a huge relief after passing Interview and receiving Oath Letter
means finally getting to the end of N400 journey finishing Oath ceremony/ becoming USC/ getting passport done

... keep the drums rollin' for Jan08 filers as we are approaching almost the end of June (marking the 5th/6th month of this jurney)...

Chitown,

Good luck tomorrow!!

hey good luck tomorrow as well.
would you mind updating my stats as well.

Thank you LadyK and jilanik, yes I will update your info on the posting below. Anyway here is my experience of the interview today:

My friends and fellow N400 journey travellers… the dreaded day finally arrive and go… a bit relieved after seeing the checked ‘x’ on the option a: saying “Congratulation… you are recommended for final approval….” on the N652

The waiting time is quite long as expected-- it is said on the paper (interview letter) so I wait for almost 2 hours and there are a lot of people… no joking… After the IO called me then I was sworn.
Right away asked me to write one sentence and read one sentence. Then asked 6 exam questions:
-where does President live?
-what colors are our flag?
-what is the name of the ship which brought the pilgrims?
-what is Constitution?
-what is Preamble?
-when does President inaugurated?

After that went over all the questions in N400, including all the Yes/No questions and then asked for greencard, driver license and passport. It was pretty quick about 20-25minutes and then I was handed over the N652 letter. Without even asking, the officer said I would wait for Oath Letter in 2-3weeks…..

Right now I am crossing fingers since I saw so many Chicago applicants are waiting so I am not sure about that 2-3weeks….

Thank you all for your support 

January2008 filer thread update as awesome news from rohi73, bertrand, and jilanik.

User Name SC/DO PD FP IL ID OL OD
bertrand NSC/Chicago 12/19/2008 1/24/2008 2/25/2008 5/28/2008 6/23/08 7/1/08
kiwis NSC/Portland 12/26/2007 1/26/2008 4/30/08 6/11/08
hotairguy NSC/Denver 1/5/2008 5/20/2008 6/6/08 7/6/08
nscvet CSC/Los Angeles 1/11/2008 2/7/2008
jilanik CSC/Las Vegas 1/14/2008 2/7/2008 6/21/08 8/20/08
jennybrigitta CSC/San Diego 1/16/2008 2/7/2008 4/27/2008 6/17/2008
tunafish NSC/Detroit 1/17/2008 2/15/2008 5/16/08 7/2/08
chitown08 NSC/Chicago 1/17/2008 2/15/2008 4/15/2008 6/27/2008
patricks FairfaxVA 1/21/2008 2/22/2008
lucyrich CSC/SF Bay Area 1/23/2008 2/19/2008 3/27/2008 5/30/2008
staashi TSC/Jacksonville 1/28/2008 3/18/2008 4/2/2008 5/6/2008 6/19/08 7/4/08
cmartyn VSC/Hartford 1/30/2008 3/15/2008
rohi73 VSC/Newark 2/4/08 2/28/08 4/19/08 6/23/08 6/23/08 6/23/08
amaka TSC/Dallas NA 3/5/08 4/11/08 6/6/08 NA 6/11/08
cobi100 CSC/LasVegas 2/10/08 3/5/08

good stuff.

Hey guys, thanks for including me on this thread even though I'm a February filer I'll keep you updated

Congrats, Chitown! I have been out of town for a whole week. I'm glad for you. We have less than 120 hours until my husband is a citizen.

We got an oath notice today! July 15 is the date!

We've been on vacation (in Mexico) for the past ten days, so I'm not sure when the notice actually would have arrived in our mailbox. Examining the envelope, there's no postmark, but the Pitney Bowes stamp says that the postage was prepared on the 17th, so we probably just missed getting it before vacation.

An interesting side note: Upon completion of the interview, we got a sheet that said Lucy passed the test. But there was a box on that form that said "your application has been recommended for approval", and another which said "at this time, a decision cannot be made on your application". The "a decision cannot be made" box was checked, which had me worried just a little bit.

Apparently, either there was a minor issue which they figured out on their own, or else it's just the standard way the San Francisco office works. I don't know why they checked that box instead of "your application is recommended for approval", but it doesn't really matter much at this point.

We're just a little disappointed to not get a July 4th ceremony, but we'll happily settle for July 15th. This way, we'll get to take advantage of all the post-July-fourth sales on patriotic party items.

Congratulations Lucyrich.

Had a computer glitch so belated congratulations everyone.

Just back from the Loop to the green western suburbs... My journey is officially OVER... I'm a US citizen after a fast and painless ceremony

Congratulations Lucyrich !!!



Here is the updates for Jan08 filer tracker as AWESOME Ending Journey News from Lucyrich and Bertrand:

PartI:
User Name SC/DO PD FP IL ID OL OD

bertrand NSC/Chicago 12/19/2008 1/24/2008 2/25/2008 5/28/2008 6/23/08 7/1/08
kiwis NSC/Portland 12/26/2007 1/26/2008 4/30/08 6/11/08
hotairguy NSC/Denver 1/5/2008 5/20/2008 6/6/08 7/6/08
nscvet CSC/Los Angeles 1/11/2008 2/7/2008
jilanik CSC/Las Vegas 1/14/2008 2/7/2008 6/21/08 8/20/08
jennybrigitta CSC/San Diego 1/16/2008 2/7/2008 4/27/2008 6/17/2008
tunafish NSC/Detroit 1/17/2008 2/15/2008 5/16/08 7/2/08
chitown08 NSC/Chicago 1/17/2008 2/15/2008 4/15/2008 6/27/2008
patricks FairfaxVA 1/21/2008 2/22/2008
lucyrich CSC/SF Bay Area 1/23/2008 2/19/2008 3/27/2008 5/30/2008
staashi TSC/Jacksonville 1/28/2008 3/18/2008 4/2/2008 5/6/2008 6/19/08 7/4/08

Part II:

User Name SC/DO PD FP IL ID OL OD
cmartyn VSC/Hartford 1/30/2008 3/15/2008
rohi73 VSC/Newark 2/4/08 2/28/08 4/19/08 6/23/08 6/23/08 6/23/08
amaka TSC/Dallas NA 3/5/08 4/11/08 6/6/08 NA 6/11/08
cobi100 CSC/LasVegas 2/10/08 3/5/08

Congratulations Bertrand!!!
Too bad I am not as lucky as you are... looking at your timeline in Chicago DO, you are really Fast and Smooth

nscvet, no update yet?

nscvet, no update yet?


Not a word partner. Thanks for asking. I don't know what is going on at the LA DO. Congratulations to you. I hope the rest of your journey is fast and smooth.

Mes felicitiations Betrand, Congratulations to all who just those who got their citizenship. One more voter for this coming election.

For those folks filing to the california service center, I checked the USCIS website and I noticed they are working on July 2007 but for most folks i see they have already been sworn as us citizen, Is the uscis website so far out of date?

Fellow Jan08 filers... finally I can see the end of the tunnel of my journey.
Just came back and found the oath letter in my mail so I am really excited ...I will be taking the oath next wednesday ..
I would like to thank you all for your supports and sharing ...

Goodluck for everyone else and keep positive thinking

Updated ...

1/05/08 - N-400 sent to NSC
1/10/08 - NSC cashes check
1/16/08 - Received NOA1 for N-400. Notice (NOA1) states we should expect to be notified within 450 days. Glad that fee increase gave us the results the USCIS promised!
5/8/08 - FINALLY received biometrics notice for 5/20/08. The USCIS website still does not acknowledge our service center number though and I cannot track any touches or updates. We have also found out that we cannot use the 800 number because it asks for our service center number and since it isn't registered, it hangs up on us.
5/20/08 - Biometrics completed at Denver. In and out in 15 minutes.
6/6/08 - Received interview letter today for Friday, July 11, 2008 @ 10:30am in Denver.
7/11/08 - Marilyn has her interview. Lasts for 17 minutes and she passes with flying colors. 10 for 10 on the questions.


So now we wait for the oath letter, we expect to attend sometime in Aug or Sept and can finally forget about the USCIS (good riddance).

Marilyn and Peter. (Colorado Springs, CO) Denver ASC

Glad everything went well. Congrats. My interview is on Monday. Let me know if you have any tips! Did you bring more passport photos to your interview?

- Caroline

No advise except to know all of the possible questions and listen for them to ask you several times if you have ever told anyone, you are a citizen, if you have ever voted, etc. I brought originals and copies of everything asked for and they never looked at a single piece of paper. We brought extra pictures besides the ones we sent in the N-400 but didn't need them. Very quick and painless, you should be just fine. Take care Cal and good luck.

Marilyn and Peter.

I applied for my US passport at my local post office the day of my oath.
I received my passport today IT ONLY TOOK 10 DAYS with routine service, I didn't even pay for expedite service.



CONGRATULATIONs!
It feels good, doesn't it?

Hi everyone!

This is my first post here. I filed N-400 and I did Bio last March. But I have never heard from then.
Is there any Jan. 2008 filer waiting for the interview letter from San Jose office? Or have you alreday done the interview?


My timeline:

Jan 18, 2008: Sent N-400 to NSC
Feb 01, 2008: Received date & Priority date
March 04, 2008: Biometrics appointment

George

I made a mistake of my time line.
This is my correct time line.

Jan 18, 2008: Sent N-400 to CSC
Feb 01, 2008: Received date & Priority date
March 04, 2008: Biometrics appointment


I am waining for the interveiw for long.................
George

I got my oth letter now, it will be on July 23
Good luck everyone!

We're DONE! Lucy is a US Citizen!

Prelude: Our two year old daughter chose last night to get her first real stomach virus. She was vomiting from 9:00pm until 4:00am. She's fine now, thanks. We called the doctor's office, and the nurse said a stomach virus had been going around a lot, gave a list of things to watch out for, but said that it would probably have to run its course. It did, and she bounced back well today, but we were all a bit bleary-eyed during the ceremony from lack of sleep. Our daughter stayed home with her aunt during the ceremony.

The ceremony was held at the San Francisco Masonic Center. There were 1451 new citizens naturalized at the ceremony, representing 103 countries. Ours was the afternoon ceremony, the second ceremony of the day there, with an approximately equal number of new citizens sworn in during the morning ceremony earlier that day.

It was sometimes humorous and sometimes moving. The man doing the officiating was a USCIS official. Among other things, he said something to the effect of "The US becomes a better place due to your contributions to our country. Thank you for becoming US Citizens", but he said it in six different languages. English, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, French, and Tagalog. I can vouch that his English and Spanish pronunciation were excellent, and others around me were amazed at his abilities in their native tongues.

A couple of practical notes, which may or may not apply to those of you going through your ceremonies soon in San Francisco. You can invite as many friends, family, and guests as you like, but they must sit up in the balcony. All the new citizens sit on the floor. Applicants are assigned a seating section, and they fill the sections from the front to back, so you don't get to choose where you sit. If you arrive early, the applicant gets to sit up near the front of the section, and the guests get their choice of anywhere in the balcony.

They gave a passport application at the interview awhile back, along with an envelope and basic instructions. They'd accept the passport applications immediately after the ceremony. What they didn't tell us until today is that 1) The fees have changed, so you've got to write out a different check during the ceremony. 2) The passport form is unique and different, so they couldn't accept a downloaded DS-11 on that day, nor could you use the form they gave at the interview if you wanted to apply for a passport later, and 3) Despite what the instructions said, they weren't accepting applications for passport cards, only passport books. The crowds handing in passport applications were enormous, probably at least 1000 of the 1451 applicants were submitting their applications that day. Lucy's going to apply for her passport tomorrow morning.

Similarly, voter registration lines were long and crazy, and we figure there's no huge rush to register. She'll register by mail well in advance of the next election.

Congratulations. It must be wonderful to have this experience behind you.

Congrats, Rich - that is wonderful.

Yes, congrats. We should be posting the same very soon and can finally put the USCIS in the rearview mirror for good!

Marilyn and Peter.

I forgot to update my details:

Here's my timeline:

1/14/2008 application sent to NSC
1/17/2008 application received (PD)
1/22/2008 check cashed
1/23/2008 NOA sent
1/28/2008 rcvd NOA. I will be notified within 90 days of notice.
2/4/2008 NOA for biometrics sent
2/15/2008 Biometrics appt
5/6/2008 IL arrived
7/2/2008 Interview
7/18/2008 Oath Ceremony
7/18/2008 Applied for US passport....