Decision Cannot be Made yet after the interview

[carL♥tRin 1]

Hello Visajourney members!

I had my US Citizenship interview few days ago at Dallas service center in Irving Tx. Everything went well. Passed my English/ Gov&History test. But it says that decision cannot be made yet, and I will receive a written notice in the mail. The I.O explained the reason for the hold. She told me that they will need to run a background check on my name, also stated that they already runned a background check in the name I have in my Permanent Residence card. But it shows in their database that I have another name written in different way and need to run another background check on that. Also told me, it will take only a week and half to process and they will send me a letter. If everything is cleared they will send me appointment letter for the oath ceremony. Since the I.O told me the turn around time, you think it will not delay like what I have read in the threads like it has been taking several months to hear from USCIS? I.O also told me that everything is good in my documents, they only have to do the background check just to make sure. I never had any traffic tickets in the past. So, I should be fine I guess..:-)

[ChetT 9]

Yeah, right

Also told me, it will take only a week and half to process and they will send me a letter.

[JnB 6]

Since you had your interview already, if everything goes smoothly in the second background check they will send your approval and a date for oath taking in few weeks. If I remember exactly, my sister had an unpaid traffic ticket during her interview. She passed her interview but because it showed that she has an unpaid ticket they cannot approve her that day. She paid the ticket the next day. She got her oath taking notice a couple of weeks after the interview. So I think, you shouldn't worry about anything.

[ConcordUser 18]

I think you are in good position and you'll get approved. Technically they can take upto 120 days to make the decision, in your case it might not take that long. Just relax and wait for them to complete the back ground check.

[carL♥tRin 1]

Thank you so much for the response!:-) good news, I got my oath letter today! yay! I will be taking the oath in 2 weeks!:-) Thank you Lord!

[beejay 123]

Congrats! Enjoy your ceremony

[ChetT 9]

Congratulation. That's pretty fast.

Did your status change from interview to oath scheduled ?

Thank you so much for the response!:-) good news, I got my oath letter today! yay! I will be taking the oath in 2 weeks!:-) Thank you Lord!

[NickD 202]

Wife from Latin America, did not have problems, has a rather unique German name. Stepdaughter was a different story with a very common Latin American last name. So common got 4,930,000 hits on google. Seems to be a vast shortage of Latin American surnames that also caused that decision cannot be made at this time.

So what about the Philippines, do they also have a limited supply of different surnames?

Can share that stressful period you went through, thousands of Latin Americans with that same last name had rather long criminal records. Even the first and middle name.

[Duspate2426 0]

Hello,

I had a same issue on my interview. So can you tell me how much time was taken after interview to get Oath ceremony mail?

[Done--Really 331]

Pay attention to dates -- the original posts are three years old !!

[TBoneTX 43,489]

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