Holy I-797C Batman! The IL came today. I can't believe it. ID is September 24. Some people have been posting that maybe the CIS was attacking the problem from two directions; from July forward with some IOs skipping to apps filed in 2008. Apparently they were correct. We could have filed in Dec, but if we had, I'll bet we would not have received an NOA today. Happy, happy, happy! We finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Big Congratulations to you ALL ... whooooo hooooo....seems like January 08 filer journey wrap up nicely the end is here for lucyrich, hotairguy, tunafish and definitely nscvet!!!
Wow!! Finally Los Angeles DO is moving big time and thus the flood of IL (interview letters) is amazing this weekend....
I am so glad especially for you guys in LA... how frustating.... congrats also to FelizLA who has been waiting for almost a year for IL to arrive in LA DO.
CONGRATULATIONS ...

It seems that is very likely - my priority date (same office) is four months earlier than yours - yet ID is only 2 weeks earlier!.

Regardless - congratulations!!!!!!! Congrats also to Feliz.

It's all official now, passport arrived today! The journey is finally over. Good luck to everyone. Hope everything goes quickly and smoothly for all of you.

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
7/23/2008 US passport arrived in the mail.

The journey is finally over. I took the oath today in San Diego and I am now a US citizen!
The worst part was the line to get in, it was unbelievable. 1700 people and their families. Once inside it was quick and easy.

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting!

Hi everyone, congratulations to all the people who have gotten their citizenship!

We finally got the inverview letter! we're scheduled for the interview on Sept 9! woohoo!

Hello all,

Another update

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.
8/5/08 - Received oath ceremony in the mail, appointment is Wednesday August 20th @ 9:15am (Almost done with you USCIS!)

my wallet got stolen/or misplaced yesterday. i keep my wallet in my bag, but when i got to school this morning it wasn't there. i looked all over my car and house. emailed all of my class fellows and faculty about it but no show. what do i do now? i've canceled my credit cards and will be getting a new drivers license.

any suggestions?

congrats will let you know how mine goes.


soswank:

i think you did your best. hopefully you were able to find it.

Well I had my interview today. It was very pleasant and professional. I was done with it in less then 20 minutes. The interviewer didn't need any of my paper work, or the extra pictures. Told me I should be getting a letter in 2 weeks for the oath ceremony. According to my interviewer I should be taking my oath on the 15th. Will keep everyone posted. Thank you again for all the help.

Congratulations jilanik. Slowly but surely I think we are all finally getting to the end of this process. I take it there were no surprises at your interview. All the questions were right out of the study materials and so forth?

Yup, no random questions or even differently worded questions from the test booklet. You can miss 4 out of the 10 questions they ask you.

Got my oath letter today, September 12, 2008. The Journey is almost over.

Wow jilanik that was fast! I’m so happy for you and all who have completed their process. We’re eagerly awaiting for the interview.

Hey, congratulations. Things are moving pretty fast for you.

The interview finally came and my wife passed without any issues, she was really nervous but the officer was very nice and the interview was done in less than 10 minutes. I had to wait outside, that's when I got nervous Then we had to wait there for a bit because they were giving the oath letters right away, the oath ceremony will be next monday! we're really happy.

The oath ceremony will be in a big place here in Vegas, and we heard it will be huge, do you guys think we will still be able to apply for passports and register to vote there?

Congratulations. It seems like everybody I've read about has been able to apply for passport and register to vote at the Ceremony, so I guess you will be able to do so also.

Our journey ended today. It was an emotional ceremony. I was able to apply for my US passport and was able to register to vote. It all went well. Wish everyone the success in the world.

Congratulations jilanik. You are done, done, done. I'm sure it's a great feeling.

Interview Letter Received, Details in Signiature. Am I the last one in the thread? I think so.

I think you are, and you still have a little bit of time left after the interview unless your local office does the oath right away.

Marilyn and Peter.

i think you will be getting something special for Christmas!

Are you going to keep your Canadian passport?

Yep, it will need to be renewed soon. I hope they still take US dollars.

Glad to see you got the IL. There aren't many of us left. I guess nobody will stay in contact after everyone has taken the Oath. Unless we all get together for a party in Las Vegas with jilanik.

January 2008, N400 form for Naturalization submitted

8 months later, near Washington DC

Today, my wife was sworn in.....

Note, wife passed test yesterday, then today my wife waited 4 hours! because the USCIS folks lost her certificate (paperwork)....

It's all over now! yea :-)

Bad Day/Sad Day in LA

We had looked forward to the interview for so long and when it finally came on Wednesday 9/24, no decision was made. Mon was not denied but was not approved. The problem was her trips out of country. She had attended a citizenship class at a community college and they had advised her how to calculate her times out by counting every month as 30 days. I had already calculated it and my figure was 20 or 21 days more than the CC method. Well the IO also calculated it and he came up with my figure. I don't know, maybe that raised a red flag or something, like she was trying to put something over on CIS. I wish now that I had insisted on using the higher figure. She was out borderline 6 months. We visited her country and at the time did not know about the six month rule. Our fault, no doubt about it. Anyway her mother became ill and she stayed to help out and I came home. Soon after that I learned of the 6 month rule and told her to get on the next flight home and she got back a few days shy of 180 days. In addition to that trip she also traveled out on three other occasions, but by my count has been out of country less than 18 months. The IO could not figure out all the date stamps in her passport, which is understandable, so he made copies and I guess he is going to review the dates. He told her she would receive a letter from him in one week. I hope so. It is not fun to be in limbo. The form he gave her states that one can inquire about the status after 120 days.

Anybody know of anyone else who had this situation?

I just received the notification of interview. It took 8 months since the bio.

But it seems that my letter to USCIS worked well. I sent the letter asking my status to USCIS and reached on Sept. 25 to USCIS. Then, the notification letter was issued on Sept 29. I think that my letter could enhance its advance to interview.


My timeline:
Jan. 18, 2008: Sent N-400 to CSC
Feb. 01, 2008: Received date & Priority date
Mar. 04, 2008: Biometrics appointment
Nov. 05, 2008: Interview day

George

Well, today was Interview day and all went fine. They approved and gave the oath cerimony notice for this Friday so we are almost done!

Congratulations. It's been a long road. I think we are the last January people out here.

congrats

Thanks everybody, Had the ceremony on Friday. Applied for a passport on Saturday. All done but they crying. Back to work on regular life again.

Good luck to whoever else is waiting and going through whatever agrivation the DHS is handing out. Our case went very smooth and was very straight forward. Glad to be done with it.