Hi there,

Just wonder if anyone out there filed the N-400 at NSC (Nebraska Service Center) around December 2007 and received their interview letter???

OR

Anyone's district office is Portland, OR and filed N-400 at NSC recently and got some notice???

My case:

Dec 07: Mailed N400 to NSC
12/26/07: Received date (notice said expect to get interview notice within 180 days, anyone got something like that?)
01/26/08: Fingerprint date
now waiting...

Thanks! Please share your case~~

Hi Kiwis!,
from Portland,OR also,Just sent my N-400 on March 24th
Still waiting.It looks like from your case,it seem to go faster.

Hi, I don't know about faster... a lot of people got their fingerprint done very soon after they turned in their applications! Let me know when you receive a notice from USCIS, I want to see if it says how long you'll get another notice from them about your interview, cuz mine said 180days... not sure if it's right...

Hey there,
I just check my bank and they cashed the check.
Mailed N-400 3/24/08
Check cashed 3/28/08

I think as soon as they get checks, they'll deposit it right away! cuz it's non-refundable, but of cuz they have to make sure you pay the correct fee amount. I am waiting, but I'm very impatient, I'm going to infopass appt on 4/11/08... see what i can find out.

So what is the "infopass" appt?...is that the interview?..if it is the interview,I think your case went pretty fast.ANd let me know what they usually ask.
Thanksa..

infopass is not an interview!! I wish!!!! infopass is an appointment that you can set up in www.uscis.gov, you could talk to an immigration officer at the Portland Office on Broadway ask them questions that you have regarding anything...

Hi Kiwis,
I got my Finger Print appt on 4/17/08 in downtown.Have you heard anything since?.looks like you should be hearing form them soon....
keep me posted and let me know how your info pass went.
Thanks

I wish I heard something back! I could never get this thing out of my mind, I can't wait to go to the office this Friday to find out more, hopefully they won't tell me "your case is in process, that's ALL I can tell you"... then it'd be a waste of time! and money! (time away from work) I'll let you know what I find out at the office, let you know if the staff there are helpful!

hey just wonder did your NOA says how many days you would expect to have the interview??? cuz mine says 180 days.

Hey,
Yes mine said 180 days also...I am not sure how long we'd wait,because I browsed around this forum and some people got their interview letter like 2 weeks after finger prints...see here.
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=113403 and the user is ives_domain.

I even checked the person Dist.Offices's processing times which is thesame thing as ours,but I wonder why his went pretty fast...I heard the FBI name clearing sometimes goes by the country of origin because they spend more time profiling people who are from certain countries like(china,e.t.c)to profile in terms of export laws...and middle eastern.....Not completrly sure why it may take some longer and some less...FBI wont even tell us why even if you ask....

Let me know when you do the infopass interview?...

Hey Kiwis,
How was the info pass?..let us know how it went.....
Goodluck

I finally went to the infopass appt~~ I checked in at the counter, then the lady told me to sit in front of one of those windows, then not too long after, the same lady came and asked how she could help, so I told her I want to check the status of my application, then she took my letter (NOA) and brought it into a room, then few minutes later, she came back and told me she asked another person about the status on my case and was told that I am in queue for the interview, and I should get the IL within 1-2months... then I asked if my background check is cleared, she then said let her look up my fingerprint, she looked it up on the computer and then fingerprint was good, and then she said since I'm in queue for the interview, everything should be cleared...

my conclusion is... the lady that talked to me might not know much about my case, but she asked someone else who sits inside the room (on the left side from where i sit in front of the window), and I hope what I was told was truth~ now I just gotta wait patiently... as soon as I get my IL, I will let you all know.

By the way, my relative's friend who filed in the beginning of December 2007 received her IL in the beginning of April and scheduled 5/5/08 for interview~

I did see some post here or in immigrationportal forums that some people received their IL within a month after their fingerprint... I don't know why it's SOOOO FAST... I'm not sure if the country of origin matters regarding the FBI background check, but I think if your name is very common, then maybe it'd take a little longer, I am Asian, my name is not too common I think, but anyway, I just can't wait till I get my IL!

I started my N400 process back in December 07 and have my interview date in June in Portland Or. I came over on a k1 and never knew anything about selective service until the N400 application process. I did not get my green card until after I was 26 - will that justify me not needing to sign up? Also does anyone know if for tax purposes taking transcripts is ok in lieu of the 1722 form requested or are they the same thing?

As far as I know,if by the time they approved your green card you were 26 or over,you should be fine with the selective service...You are not required to register if you are 26 yrs and 1 day old....so you should be fine...

About Taxes,from what I have read,many people dont get asked about prove of filing taxes.But to be on the safe side,you should just order your history with IRS which i believe takes a few days to get and take it to the interview...I am personally not taking my prove of filing taxes to the interview...even though I file taxes

ok great thanks for the advice...the whole selective service thing has really been worrying me! When is your interview and I have been told that in Portland we may get the oath ceremony the same day as the interview - mine is at 11am so hopefully this will be early enough!

I don't know anything about the selective service cuz I'm not a guy sorry~
and I think we can either take 3 years tax transcripts or our copies of the past 3 years US tax return. Have you request tax transcript copies yet? is it free?
My interview date is 6/11/08 in the afternoon, I wonder if I would be able to take oath the same day...

kiwis.
Let me know how the interview goes.Let us know the questions and stuff...

Hello,
I filed my N-400 on 04/29/08 (Nebraska Center) and received my NOA on 05/16/08.
Waiting for the next step from the Portland office!
I will keep you all posted so we can compare our timelines!
Good luck to all!

A friend of mine posted hers in on 7 May, and has yet to receive anything back. I'll add dates as I hear from her. I'm due to file in October.

Any other Portland, OR filers out there?

Update:
I received the fingerprint letter today 05/20!
Appointment scheduled on 05/29.
Will keep you guys posted !

My wife is from China and we just got our appointment letter the other day. Much faster than I expected. Here is our N-400 time line.

Mailed application for citizenship 01/29/08... NOA for N-400 recieved 02/13/08...Biometrics letter 02/15/08...NOA for citizenship interview arrived 05/23/08...Citizenship test 07/09/08...

My wife is really stressed out about having to answer questions about the N-400 because she doesn't understand all the legalese. I am very interested in reading any of your experiences at the interview. I also have a question about the check list that comes with the appointment letter. It specifically says to bring along an IRS 1722 letter for the last 5 years or 3 years if you are married to a US citizen. I called the IRS today and was told they don't give out the 1722 anymore and that regular transcripts will suffice. Anyone have any information on this?

Hi All,

I just wanted to post that I too just sent my N-400 application yesterday. Hope to get a quick response from the INS.

Good luck to everyone waiting for a response from the INS and waiting to get over with their interviews in Portland.

Go Buckeyes

Great news, MGM!

I have some dates from my friend:

7 May: Posted app'n
a week or so later: received NOA, stated 180 days for interview
29 May: received FP letter
3 June: Biometrics appt

So she's catching up to you!

Fingerprinting was very quick. She arrived early, and was processed by her appointment time!

My friend's timeline:

7 May: Posted app'n
13 May: NOA Priority Date - stated 180 days for interview
29 May: Received FP letter
3 June: Biometrics appt

I just sent out my N400 today. Nice to find so many people from Portland OR.

My husband came over on a k1 in December, 2004, and applied for citizenship in March, 2008. He did the biometrics thing in March or April and we were surprised to receive an interview letter already for July 15th! We would really appreciate any information and experience stories from others who have recently gone thru the citizenship interview in Portland, OR.

Good luck, everyone!

:)Marnee

Hi Marness,
That was quite fast for you.I did file mine in march and still waiting on my interview letter..when did you guys get your letter?..
If you look on this thread,there is someone - 'kiwis',she is from china and her interview is this month(i think in 2 weeks),I'm sure she will share her experience after she's done with it.
You can check on this thread about previous interview experiences... http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1198087
and also this one - http://boards.immigration.com/showthread.php?p=1845123

Let us know your exact time if possible,because I;m waiting and have not received my interview letter.

I just called USCIS and they told me I would be receiving my interview letter in about 10 days or so and that my letter was dated 30th May.She said my interview would be the next 30 days,so I guess mine would be end of June.

My time line:
PD: 3/24/08
FP: 4/12/08
IL: probably last week in June.

Hey Guys!
I got my letter today also for July 30th.
Timeline:
PD: March 26th '08
FP: April 12th '08
IL recieved: 6/6/08
Interview date: 7/30/08

KIWIS!!!..
Your interview is This Wednesday(Good luck!!!)..Can you please let us know exactly how it goes...like the questions on the application they asked you,and the civic question e.t.c..I got my IL also for end of July.at 1.30pm so I was also wondering if they do oath later in the day or something....
Thanks...

Hi everyone I had my interview last Wednesday on 6/4 and had my oath ceremony the same day...I know everyone says it and it's hard to believe but it HONESTLY was soooo easy and stress free that I was amazed and it is far the best experience I have had with anyone EVER within the USCIS...so take a deep breath and relax...it will be fine. All I am waitin on now is my US Passport

Hi pnf0303,
COngrats on becoming a Citizen!!!..Could you give us a little bit of details of how it went?...what time was your interview?(because mine is at 1.30pm so not sure if it will be thesame day Oath..?)how long did the interview took?...
what was the process and questions if you remember...
We would appreciate it....
Congrats again!

Sure - my interview was at 11am but I arrived early at 10am. I went thru security and placed my interview letter in a box outside of the room. There were quite a few people waiting and every 10 mins or so an immigration officer would appear with your interview letter and call a name. To my amazement at 10:30 I got called. The officer was sooo nice and said I could do it early if I wanted to...I said absolutely! We then walked into more of an office type environment and she swore me in. She asked me why I wanted to be a US citizen and then was very conversational and jokey! I commented on the thick file she had on me and she said oh this is nothing...went into her filing cabinet and pulled out a file 3x thicker than mine and said "this is a big file"! She said the slimer the file the better and that I was an "easy one". She went over my n400 to make sure nothing changed and had me initial the application in front of her and sign my 2 pixs I sent with the app. She then asked me my 4-5 civics q's. How many stripes on the flag? What do they represent? How long do we elect each president? Who elects the president? and how many voting members are there in the house of reps? I could see her circling "correct" on her work sheet. She only asked to see my passport (take an expired one if you have one) my green-card and driving licence and that was it! Nothing else...all in all my interview was 10mins max! She then said "how would you like to do the oath ceremony today" YIPEE! she gave me a letter I had to fill out and take back with me by 1:45pm as the oath ceremony starts at 2pm. By the way she said if you have an interview time after 11am you will not have the oath ceremony the same day...that is the cut off time they need to prepare all your docs and have the naturalization cert ready. The letter you take is to make sure there we no changes since your interview- so for me there was not too much point but I still filed it out. They then call everyone together and you go upstairs and they call your name and you give them your letter and say good bye to your green card. You then take the oath with eveyone else and then pledge allegience watch 2-3 videos and get called up to get your certificate and flag...and that's it. I would allow an hour or so for the ceremony from beginning to end. And then...it was done...I was an American.

WOw Thanks foo much for sharing this with us...Mine is in July and hope it will go smooth as yours...
I heard if you can take oath thesame day,they would ask you to ocme the next day or soo...do you know anything like this...
Thanks soo much

Thank you so much for the interview rundown. My wife's interview is here in Portland July 9th and she has been pretty nervous. I'm going to print this out for her to read.

warpedbored - I am happy to assist and hope your wife found it useful as I know how stressful the whole thing can be! FYI for everyone here is an awesome site that gives you practical tips once you have become naturalized - I HIGHLY recommend reading the whole site : http://www.newcitizen.us/index.html

Thanks! I'm always looking for new information.