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I successfully completed my interview yesterday in San Diego, downtown. My interview was at 12:45 pm and I arrived at 12:40 pm. (I should have come early...but there was lot for traffic and had difficult time get a parking spot). Anyway I was called in at 12:42 and IO was very nice. At first I was asked to take the oath and then he went through the application. I made one international trip since I applied, but the IO was not interested in that so I did not bother to mention that. He just asked me whether I will bear arms in case I need to, to which I answered "yes". Then he took the test, asked me 6 questions (very simple questions...# of senetors, age for voting, ...i don't remeber others). Then he congratulated me for passing the test and said that he is recommending me for approval. I was out of the office in less than 10 minutes.

I asked the IO to put me to oath on wednesday (19th August), but he said there is a 10 day cut off date so he cannot put me in. He said that I will get the oath letter in mail in next couple of weeks.

In all very pleasant experience. Just wished if I could get my oath done sooner, but that's ok....

Congrats Gopal! Looks like you had a "piece of cake" interview! :dance:

Congrats :thumbs::dance:

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I successfully completed my interview yesterday in San Diego, downtown....

Congratulations Gopal!!! Thanks for coming to share your experience!! As the first June file to complete an interview successfully - let's hope it sets the trend for everyone's N400 success!!

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AOS: ND - June 5 2006 | RFE - June 15 2006 | FP Notice - June 30 (Rescheduled to Sept 16) | AP ND - August 14 2006| Walk-in FP - Sept 5 (FP cleared next day!) | Interview - Sept 8 2006 (Approved!) | Welcome Letter - Sept 13 | EAD received - Sept 19 (kinda moot since I'm waiting for GC) | GC received - Sept 23 2006 - Woohoo!!

I-751: 06/10/08 Mailed package to VSC direct (per memo instructions) not TSC. The wait begins... | 06/11/08 Package received at VSC (12.12pm) | 06/19/08 Check cashed | 06/20/08 Received NOA1 in the mail - ND is 06/17/08 | 07/10/08 Received Biometrics Appt Letter - ND is 7/7/08 | 07/22/08 Biometrics (had to do ink & paper also...) | 07/22/08 Touched | 07/23/08 Touched | 02/11/09 Transferred to CSC (got email)... | 02/12/09 Touched | 02/20/09 Touched (but no email) | 03/24/09 Approval letter arrives in the mail! Approval date is 3/18/09 from VSC | 04/03/09 Received card, postmarked 3/31 from CSC

N-400: 06/11/09 Mailed to Lewisville Lockbox | 06/12/09 Package received at Lockbox and signed for at 1.31pm | 06/18/09 Check Cashed | 06/19/09 NOA, PD 06/12/09 | 07/06/09 Biometrics letter received, ND is 07/02/09 | 07/24/09 Biometrics appointment | 08/06/09 IL received, ND 08/03/09 | Interview 09/14/09 at 9.30am (approved!) | Oath 10/21/09 | USC

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I successfully completed my interview yesterday in San Diego, downtown. My interview was at 12:45 pm and I arrived at 12:40 pm. (I should have come early...but there was lot for traffic and had difficult time get a parking spot). Anyway I was called in at 12:42 and IO was very nice. At first I was asked to take the oath and then he went through the application. I made one international trip since I applied, but the IO was not interested in that so I did not bother to mention that. He just asked me whether I will bear arms in case I need to, to which I answered "yes". Then he took the test, asked me 6 questions (very simple questions...# of senetors, age for voting, ...i don't remeber others). Then he congratulated me for passing the test and said that he is recommending me for approval. I was out of the office in less than 10 minutes.

I asked the IO to put me to oath on wednesday (19th August), but he said there is a 10 day cut off date so he cannot put me in. He said that I will get the oath letter in mail in next couple of weeks.

In all very pleasant experience. Just wished if I could get my oath done sooner, but that's ok....

Congrats Gopal! Way to Go!!

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N-400 Naturalization Timeline San Antonio field office

06/07/2009 - Sent Application via USPS certified mail

06/10/2009- Delivered.

06/12/2009 - Check Cashed

06/19/2009 - Received NOA, PD 6/10, ND 6/11

06/22/2009 - Received Biometrics Appointment Letter

07/02/2009 - Biometrics Appointment. Done! 7/2/09

07/13/2009 - Received Interview Letter Appointment

08/24/2009 - Interview Date

10/13/2009 - Oath Appointment Letter Received

10/22/2009 - Oath Ceremony Date. US Citizen!!

10/26/2009 - Mailed in Application for Passport

11/06/2009 - Passport Received!!!!

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Just wondering how many of you are choosing the old test and how many are choosing the new test?

I don't think we have a choice here.

"Files* the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400, ON or AFTER October 1, 2008, will take the new test." - USCIS.

My husband was told at his biometrics he could choose between the old test and the new test. This isn't the first time I have gotten conflicting advice. It's not like I'm new to this- we've been doing this for years. I think I'm just fed up at this point. Wishing you all good luck- I'm done posting.

Hi Shakysgirl :) I think your hubby got some wrong guidance at the ASC (after all the people that work there are not IOs), it just depends on the date of the filing, some people did have the choice when USCIS was cutting over to the new test, but for all of June filers its definitely the new test. In the booklet from the ASC, there's a cover sheet that explains the dates, I'm not sure the ASC people see when we applied, so they may not know when things apply and when they don't.

I know this process is such a struggle, but you know its totally worth it at the end. I think we're all a bit frustrated that our I-751s took so long (having to carry that stupid copy of the NOA around and expired GC really wore on me, and being shunted around from service center to service center, and desperately checking the mailbox), but we've all really been lucky with our N400 processes so far, compared to the N400 folks a year to 18 months ago during the fee increase who had to wait a huge amount of time to just get a NOA...

Anyway, good luck on hubby's process (F) by the end of the year he'll likely be a citizen :)

AOS: ND - June 5 2006 | RFE - June 15 2006 | FP Notice - June 30 (Rescheduled to Sept 16) | AP ND - August 14 2006| Walk-in FP - Sept 5 (FP cleared next day!) | Interview - Sept 8 2006 (Approved!) | Welcome Letter - Sept 13 | EAD received - Sept 19 (kinda moot since I'm waiting for GC) | GC received - Sept 23 2006 - Woohoo!!

I-751: 06/10/08 Mailed package to VSC direct (per memo instructions) not TSC. The wait begins... | 06/11/08 Package received at VSC (12.12pm) | 06/19/08 Check cashed | 06/20/08 Received NOA1 in the mail - ND is 06/17/08 | 07/10/08 Received Biometrics Appt Letter - ND is 7/7/08 | 07/22/08 Biometrics (had to do ink & paper also...) | 07/22/08 Touched | 07/23/08 Touched | 02/11/09 Transferred to CSC (got email)... | 02/12/09 Touched | 02/20/09 Touched (but no email) | 03/24/09 Approval letter arrives in the mail! Approval date is 3/18/09 from VSC | 04/03/09 Received card, postmarked 3/31 from CSC

N-400: 06/11/09 Mailed to Lewisville Lockbox | 06/12/09 Package received at Lockbox and signed for at 1.31pm | 06/18/09 Check Cashed | 06/19/09 NOA, PD 06/12/09 | 07/06/09 Biometrics letter received, ND is 07/02/09 | 07/24/09 Biometrics appointment | 08/06/09 IL received, ND 08/03/09 | Interview 09/14/09 at 9.30am (approved!) | Oath 10/21/09 | USC

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Gopal, congratulations!!

Naturalization:

June 6, 2009 - mailed N-400

June 8, 2009 - delivered to the Lockbox at 2:47 PM

June 11, 2009 - check cashed

June 15, 2009 - received NOA1 (June 10th - NOA1 date)

June 22, 2009 - received biometrics letter

July 10, 2009 - Biometrics

July 27, 2009 - Interview Letter received

September 16, 2009 - Interview @ 1:40 PM (Approved!)

September 26, 2009 - Oath Letter received

October 14, 2009 - Oath Ceremony @ 11:00 AM

I am a U.S. Citizen!

October 23, 2009 - applied for US passport

October 29, 2009 - US Passport received

November 6, 2009 - updated SSN

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Hey guys,

I just called USCIS. And my application is still in queue for interview. They don't have a date yet. It sounds like we would be lucky to even get an interview date in October.

Roosh

Oh man, this is disappointing. I'm still crossing my fingers for an Oct Interview.

@gopal - Congrats!

Naturalization N400 Timeline

06/07/09 - N400 sent in via Fedex Overnight

06/09/09 - N400 delivered and signed for

06/10/09 - NOA1 Notice Date

06/11/09 - Cheque Cashed

06/23/09 - Biometrics Letter Received

07/11/09 - Biometrics Appointment @ 8AM

08/21/09 - Yellow Letter Received

08/29/09 - Interview Letter Received

10/14/09 - Interview @ 9:40AM  

10/14/09 - Oath @ 2:00PM

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Hey CColdwell,

Also one more piece of info. Not so good news however.

The USCIS site showing the current processing time for all the regional offices is showing a cut off date for N400 apps to be Jan 30, 2009. I remember when I checked it right before I filed my application in June and it used to say 5 months. However this was changed when they updated the info on June 30, 2009. So it sounds like the apps are backlogged and from the cutoff date the avg (on the higher side) processing time seems to be about 6-7 months.

Gopal, congratulations!!

Roosh

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Some progress I think! :unsure:

I received this email this morning and my case status online was updated:

Application Type: N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION

Current Status: This case has been sent for a standard interview.

Your case has been transferred to a local office and an interview will be scheduled. As part of our standard processing you will be sent a notice when the interview is scheduled, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address. We process each kind of case in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. Follow the link below for current processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. To receive e-mail updates, follow the link below to register.

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@KikiDoug - glad you got a sign of life from USCIS :)

Hang in there CColdwell, Roosh and the other Newark filers! Things are going fast for our N400s compared to the previous steps we all went through... (F)

Good luck to Poisontee for Monday!!!

AOS: ND - June 5 2006 | RFE - June 15 2006 | FP Notice - June 30 (Rescheduled to Sept 16) | AP ND - August 14 2006| Walk-in FP - Sept 5 (FP cleared next day!) | Interview - Sept 8 2006 (Approved!) | Welcome Letter - Sept 13 | EAD received - Sept 19 (kinda moot since I'm waiting for GC) | GC received - Sept 23 2006 - Woohoo!!

I-751: 06/10/08 Mailed package to VSC direct (per memo instructions) not TSC. The wait begins... | 06/11/08 Package received at VSC (12.12pm) | 06/19/08 Check cashed | 06/20/08 Received NOA1 in the mail - ND is 06/17/08 | 07/10/08 Received Biometrics Appt Letter - ND is 7/7/08 | 07/22/08 Biometrics (had to do ink & paper also...) | 07/22/08 Touched | 07/23/08 Touched | 02/11/09 Transferred to CSC (got email)... | 02/12/09 Touched | 02/20/09 Touched (but no email) | 03/24/09 Approval letter arrives in the mail! Approval date is 3/18/09 from VSC | 04/03/09 Received card, postmarked 3/31 from CSC

N-400: 06/11/09 Mailed to Lewisville Lockbox | 06/12/09 Package received at Lockbox and signed for at 1.31pm | 06/18/09 Check Cashed | 06/19/09 NOA, PD 06/12/09 | 07/06/09 Biometrics letter received, ND is 07/02/09 | 07/24/09 Biometrics appointment | 08/06/09 IL received, ND 08/03/09 | Interview 09/14/09 at 9.30am (approved!) | Oath 10/21/09 | USC

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@KikiDoug - glad you got a sign of life from USCIS :)

Hang in there CColdwell, Roosh and the other Newark filers! Things are going fast for our N400s compared to the previous steps we all went through... (F)

Good luck to Poisontee for Monday!!!

I'm definitely hanging in there lol. And in a sign of life, I got my yellow letter today!  :thumbs:

@neolla - I believe you said that yougot one too earlier this week. Have you tried calling USCIS to see if they set an interview date? I'm kind of curious so I can gauge where I stand...

Also Good Luck to Poisontee for Monday as well!!

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Naturalization N400 Timeline

06/07/09 - N400 sent in via Fedex Overnight

06/09/09 - N400 delivered and signed for

06/10/09 - NOA1 Notice Date

06/11/09 - Cheque Cashed

06/23/09 - Biometrics Letter Received

07/11/09 - Biometrics Appointment @ 8AM

08/21/09 - Yellow Letter Received

08/29/09 - Interview Letter Received

10/14/09 - Interview @ 9:40AM  

10/14/09 - Oath @ 2:00PM

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CColdwell,

Called USCIS for possible interview date. I was told that I will get my interview letter possibly in a month and was told that procesing date and timeline for newark filers is January 2009.

Oh well :)

I'm definitely hanging in there lol. And in a sign of life, I got my yellow letter today! :thumbs:

@neolla - I believe you said that yougot one too earlier this week. Have you tried calling USCIS to see if they set an interview date? I'm kind of curious so I can gauge where I stand...

Also Good Luck to Poisontee for Monday as well!!

10-27-2005 Arrived in US

12-03-2005 got married

01-06-2006 submitted AOS/EAD

02-17-2006 biometrics appt in NEWARK (30 days from date of NOA)

03-17-2006 receipt Notice of transfer of AOS petition to CSC thru letter dated 03-10

03-21-2006 CSC approved AOS petition (only 2 months & 3 days from receipt & ahead of EAD)

04-08-2006 EAD card received

05-02-2006 PERMANENT resident card received

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

12-28-07 sent I-751-VSC

01-10-08 NOA/receipt notice/Extension letter

02-15-08 Biometrics

04-11-08 NOA/Receipt Notice/extension letter the 2nd time

10-29-08 Approved/Card production ordered

APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION

06-27-09 Application submitted

07-25-09 Biometrics appt in Elizabeth,NJ

10-21-09 Interview & Oath

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Hey guys,

I just called USCIS. And my application is still in queue for interview. They don't have a date yet. It sounds like we would be lucky to even get an interview date in October.

Roosh

Well, would that be bad news? Think of people (like me) who have to wait 4 months after interview day for the oath... I applied in the last week of June and my interview is at the end of October, if I am approved my oath will be in February or March 2010 ? Be grateful :) I hope it goes smoothly for you and way faster than you think, roosh...

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Hope everyone had an awesome weekend! :D

I wonder what time Poisontee's interview is/was?? Hope they come back to tell us!!

This time in 3 weeks, I will be sitting at the DO, hopefully waiting for an OL *wishful thinking*

AOS: ND - June 5 2006 | RFE - June 15 2006 | FP Notice - June 30 (Rescheduled to Sept 16) | AP ND - August 14 2006| Walk-in FP - Sept 5 (FP cleared next day!) | Interview - Sept 8 2006 (Approved!) | Welcome Letter - Sept 13 | EAD received - Sept 19 (kinda moot since I'm waiting for GC) | GC received - Sept 23 2006 - Woohoo!!

I-751: 06/10/08 Mailed package to VSC direct (per memo instructions) not TSC. The wait begins... | 06/11/08 Package received at VSC (12.12pm) | 06/19/08 Check cashed | 06/20/08 Received NOA1 in the mail - ND is 06/17/08 | 07/10/08 Received Biometrics Appt Letter - ND is 7/7/08 | 07/22/08 Biometrics (had to do ink & paper also...) | 07/22/08 Touched | 07/23/08 Touched | 02/11/09 Transferred to CSC (got email)... | 02/12/09 Touched | 02/20/09 Touched (but no email) | 03/24/09 Approval letter arrives in the mail! Approval date is 3/18/09 from VSC | 04/03/09 Received card, postmarked 3/31 from CSC

N-400: 06/11/09 Mailed to Lewisville Lockbox | 06/12/09 Package received at Lockbox and signed for at 1.31pm | 06/18/09 Check Cashed | 06/19/09 NOA, PD 06/12/09 | 07/06/09 Biometrics letter received, ND is 07/02/09 | 07/24/09 Biometrics appointment | 08/06/09 IL received, ND 08/03/09 | Interview 09/14/09 at 9.30am (approved!) | Oath 10/21/09 | USC

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