APRIL 2012 FILERS N-400

Dagobert · August 14, 2012

Updating for my wife. Interview was today (8/14) at 7:45am. Didn't take 15 minutes probably for the interview and took maybe another 10-15 minutes waiting for them to give the oath date letter.

Instructions for adding/updating yourself (or assisting others) to this list:

1. DO NOT DELETE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

2. Please make sure you are using Rich Text Editor as your message setting.

3. Click "Reply" on the most recent/updated posting version of this list.

4. Remove the "Quote Coding" at the top and bottom of the list.

5. Always use [Courier New] Font and font size [2]

6. Red Font="I'm A United States Citizen"!

=================================

N-400: April 2012 Applicants

=================================

======================================

USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

======================================

Katiushka............|04/02/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|Austin, TX..........|

Zee Bee..............|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/05/12.|05/08/12.|05/19/12.|06/20/12.|06/29/12.|Dover, DE...........| EB: 04/18

sealedkiss...........|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/03/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........| Placed in line for interview scheduling 05/07.

RVP10................|04/05/12.|04/12/12.|04/11/12.|05/21/12.|07/14/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|Charlotte, NC.......|

WARPed...............|04/05/12.|04/11/12.|04/10/12.|05/31/12.|06/21/12.|07/26/12.|08/10/12.|Tampa, FL...........|

Duck_Hunt............|04/06/12.|--/--/--.|04/10/12.|06/06/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|West Palm Beach, FL.|

gtg349n..............|04/07/12.|04/17/12.|04/12/12.|06/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.........|Placed in line for interview scheduling 06/21

Tuchy................|04/08/12.|04/17/12.|04/12/12.|05/02/12.|05/30/12.|07/05/12.|--/--/--.|St. Albans, VT......|

rocks................|04/09/12.|04/16/12.|04/13/12.|06/01/12.|06/13/12.|07/17/12.|07/26/12.|New Orleans, LA.....|US Citizen!

forever_green........|04/09/12.|--/--/--.|04/19/12.|06/08/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........|

AudreyBella..........|04/10/12.|04/17/12.|04/13/12.|05/30/12.|07/12/12.|08/13/12.|--/--/--.|Oakland Park, FL....|

HuggyApple...........|04/10/12.|04/18/12.|04/13/12.|06/04/12.|06/11/12.|07/17/12.|07/17/12.|Mt. Laurel, NJ......|"I'm A United States Citizen"

frali................|04/11/12.|04/17/12.|04/13/12.|05/29/12.|06/08/12.|07/18/12.|07/18/12.|Dallas, TX..........|US Citizen!

VivianNYC............|04/11/12.|04/18/12.|04/16/12.|05/16/12.|06/29/12.|07/31/12.|--/--/--.|New York, NY........|

xeni455..............|04/11/12.|04/20/12.|04/18/12.|05/02/12.|--/--/--.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........| EB: 05/02

~PalmTreeGurl~.......|04/12/12.|04/19/12.|04/18/12.|05/07/12.|06/12/12.|07/19/12.|--/--/--.|Houston, TX.........|

cave-canem...........|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|04/13/12.|05/07/12.|06/19/12.|08/03/12.|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.....|

Damian&Kelly.........|04/14/12.|04/20/12.|04/19/12.|05/25/12.|07/06/12.|08/10/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....|

monagoz..............|04/16/12.|04/22/12.|04/23/12.|06/06/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York, NY........|

Vsp..................|04/16/12.|--/--/--.|04/24/12.|06/07/12.|06/25/12.|07/27/12.|08/03/12.|Philadelphia, PA....|I'm a United States citizen

visaqna..............|04/17/12.|04/19/12.|??/??/??.|06/15/12.|06/25/12.|08/13/12.|08/23/12.|Houston or San Antonio, TX|

cEzYcHiC.............|04/17/12.|05/23/12.|05/26/12.|06/21/12.|07/06/12.|08/14/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....| EB: 06/11

bdp777...............|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|04/18/12.|06/01/12.|07/13/12.|08/09/12.|08/18/12.|Fairfax, VA.........|

teddy000.............|04/19/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|05/15/12.|--/--/--.|07/10/12.|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.....|

Dbears...............|04/23/12.|04/27/12.|04/26/12.|06/20/12.|07/05/12.|08/07/12.|--/--/--.|Raleigh-Durham, NC..| EB: 06/05

Harry_Sidhu..........|04/24/12.|05/01/12.|04/30/12.|06/01/12.|07/12/12.|08/01/12.|--/--/--.|Pittsburgh, PA......|

Cloudy9..............|04/24/12.|05/03/12.|05/01/12.|05/23/12.|07/13/12.|08/13/12.|--/--/--.|Oklahoma City, OK...|

manou_and_med........|04/25/12.|--/--/--.|05/02/12.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Stephen Chu..........|04/25/12.|05/02/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Dagobert.............|04/27/12.|--/--/--.|05/04/12.|06/21/12.|07/14/12.|08/14/12.|08/17/12.|Raleigh-Durham, NC..|

================================

USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

================================

Khushi81.............|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/09/12.|06/21/12.|07/05/12.|08/02/12.|09/06/12.|St Paul, MN.........|

SQtoUS...............|03/29/12.|04/03/12.|04/03/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

Celikkanat...........|04/03/12.|04/05/12.|04/06/12.|05/11/12.|07/13/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

musiclover621........|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/10/12.|05/01/12.|06/07/12.|07/16/12.|07/16/12.|Omaha, NE...........|

Mymee13 .............|04/04/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

BillandNicky.........|04/05/12.|04/12/12.|04/11/12.|06/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Detroit, MI.........|

New Beginnings.......|04/06/12.|--/--/--.|04/23/12.|06/20/12.|07/09/12.|08/09/12.|--/--/--.|St Paul, MN.........|

MikeAndIryna.........|04/09/12.|04/18/12.|04/17/12.|06/04/12.|07/19/12.|08/23/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

Mitchamy.............|04/09/12.|04/16/12.|04/17/12.|05/31/12.|07/05/12.|07/30/12.|--/--/--.|Salt Lake, UT.......| EB: 05/25

cleverodra...........|04/12/12.|04/19/12.|04/17/12.|05/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

boschev..............|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|04/17/12.|05/18/12.|05/23/12.|06/26/12.|--/--/--.|San Jose, CA........|

Nineta...............|04/16/12.|04/23/12.|04/18/12.|06/28/12.|07/05/12.|08/09/12.|08/09/12.|Denver, CO..........|

Bogartthexplorer.....|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|04/20/12.|06/20/12.|08/02/12.|09/04/12.|--/--/--.|Detroit, MI.........|

Lady Bug.............|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|04/23/12.|05/31/12.|06/25/12.|07/31/12.|07/31/12.|Sacramento, CA......|"I'm A United States Citizen"

Kailin Husband.......|04/21/12.|04/27/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|06/09/12.|07/10/12.|07/26/12.|San Jose, CA........|The journey is over!

Kiwi123..............|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|04/30/12.|05/25/12.|06/21/12.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|St.Louis, MO........| EB: 05/15

let-it-be............|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|04/25/12.|06/22/12.|08/04/12.|09/06/12.|--/--/--.|Portland, OR........|

Mks1981..............|04/24/12.|04/27/12.|04/29/12.|06/20/12.|06/28/12.|07/30/12.|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA.........|

Mommy2ZaidnSalma.....|04/24/12.|04/30/12.|04/29/12.|05/25/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

jlogajan.............|04/25/12.|05/03/12.|05/02/12.|07/02/12.|07/16/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|St Paul, MN.........| EB: 06/26

mzagorski............|04/27/12.|05/04/12.|05/02/12.|06/04/12.|--/--/--.|08/07/12.|08/28/12.|Honolulu, HI........|

===========================================================================

USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)

===========================================================================

Example..............|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|City, ST........

visaqna · August 14, 2012

Quick question for those of you who have just passed the interview step. When checking the status of your case online at https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, did your case immediately move into the 'Decision' state, or is it still showing that it is in the 'Testing and Interview' state? My wife was told she passed yesterday, but her online status still shows her in the 'Testing and Interview' state.

New Beginnings · August 14, 2012

Quick question for those of you who have just passed the interview step. When checking the status of your case online at https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, did your case immediately move into the 'Decision' state, or is it still showing that it is in the 'Testing and Interview' state? My wife was told she passed yesterday, but her online status still shows her in the 'Testing and Interview' state.

Ours also still shows Testing and Interview and my husband interviewed on the 9th and was told he passed.

Vsp · August 14, 2012

I hope it didn't take too long? Now that you have that part out of the way you can send off for your passport and register to vote. How exciting!

@rocks: Sure. I had to wait like 2 hours to get called.

Thank you. You are awesome! Congrats to you !!!

Edited August 14, 2012 by Vsp

cEzYcHiC · August 14, 2012

Just passed my interview in Philly. Had to wait at least 45 minutes for my name to get called. The interview and testing took at least 15-20 minutes. The IO was very nice and pleasant. Unfortunately, I didn't get the oath letter so I'll have to wait for the letter to arrive in the mail. Pls update my info in the list. Thanks!

let-it-be · August 14, 2012

Just passed my interview in Philly. Had to wait at least 45 minutes for my name to get called. The interview and testing took at least 15-20 minutes. The IO was very nice and pleasant. Unfortunately, I didn't get the oath letter so I'll have to wait for the letter to arrive in the mail. Pls update my info in the list. Thanks!

Congratulations!

Cloudy9 · August 14, 2012

That part scared me too. It wasn't "official" until that was over. Be prepared to be there for 1.5 hours. You might get lucky and be forced to sing!

ROFL I'd prob clear a room out with my singing, its terrible!

Vsp · August 15, 2012

Just passed my interview in Philly. Had to wait at least 45 minutes for my name to get called. The interview and testing took at least 15-20 minutes. The IO was very nice and pleasant. Unfortunately, I didn't get the oath letter so I'll have to wait for the letter to arrive in the mail. Pls update my info in the list. Thanks!

Congrats!!! :dance:

~PalmTreeGurl~ · August 15, 2012

It took from the 19th of when my hubby interviewed and was told passed to July 30th for it to update online to tell him he had a RFE of needing something (which was our 2011 tax transcript) Now, since we mailed it off and they received it on Aug 8th, we are still waiting on them to update it to show they have it.

sealedkiss · August 15, 2012

Long overdue post, of course. My apologies. We were in the middle of a BIG move.

My wife's interview appointment was in Newark on 7/23 at 7:30am. Got there at 7:00am. Waited in line and was ushered in shortly after that. They split the line into three groups; each entering via a separate entrance. Got through security quickly and went up the elevator to the right floor at the top of the building. Outside the room the guard checked our paperwork. Then we were let in the room. We went straight to the window and turn in the interview letter. Then we sat down and waited. It was probably around 7:20am.

We waited. People started to get called into the private interview rooms via the three doors. We noticed people went in not necessarily in the order that they submitted their letters.

Around 9am she was called in. She came out 15-20 minutes later. There was initially some issue with her name change - she showed our marriage license but somehow that was not enough. She had taken my family name a few years back, and her 10-year green card already had this name. Odd. There was some discussion, but finally she was allowed to proceed with the interview. They asked a few questions, for how many years is a senator elected, branches of government, who takes charge if president and vice president cannot perform - I forgot the rest. She was asked to read a simple sentence and write a simple sentence. Then she asked for our latest 2011 tax return, which she showed (at the time of application we didn't file 2011 tax yet and we included only 2008-2010 tax returns; but we brought with us to the interview 2008-2010 IRS transcripts and 2011 tax return). She was asked when I became citizen. She had my naturalization certificate with her and the officer made a copy. She was approved, given the result paper and was told to wait outside. She was also told to later show my ID and our insurance ID with both our names on it at the window, but turns out they never asked for it. We waited until 11am or so and was called to the window to sign her certificate. Then we were directed to the ceremony room. Waited an hour there. They room was bright and cheery and had great views of New York City.

Shortly after 12 noon the ceremony took place. New citizens sit in the front rows; friends and families in the back. We were allowed to come up to the side and take pictures when they swore in. Then they handed out the certificates and that was it. All in all it was about 5 hours of waiting but it was all done with. From K1 to US citizenship it was truly a journey. Good luck to all in the process. You can do it. Visajourney.com is a great site.

Miscellaneous observations:

One woman we met went in and came out and said she passed but needed to submit a new photo. She went out to one of these instant photo place outside and came back and submitted it. We did not bring extra photos, but luckily was not asked for it.

I saw that another person did not pass maybe due to her English and was rescheduled roughly 3 months later.

Edited August 15, 2012 by sealedkiss

sealedkiss · August 15, 2012

Updated with completed timeline. Interview summary was in a separate post earlier.

Instructions for adding/updating yourself (or assisting others) to this list:

1. DO NOT DELETE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

2. Please make sure you are using Rich Text Editor as your message setting.

3. Click "Reply" on the most recent/updated posting version of this list.

4. Remove the "Quote Coding" at the top and bottom of the list.

5. Always use [Courier New] Font and font size [2]

6. Red Font="I'm A United States Citizen"!

=================================

N-400: April 2012 Applicants

=================================

======================================

USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

======================================

Katiushka............|04/02/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|Austin, TX..........|

Zee Bee..............|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/05/12.|05/08/12.|05/19/12.|06/20/12.|06/29/12.|Dover, DE...........| EB: 04/18

sealedkiss...........|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/03/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|07/23/12.|Newark, NJ..........| Placed in line for interview scheduling 05/07.