N-400 - SEPTEMBER 2013 FILERS

[wellmux 3]

One quick question: I have been scheduled for interview since November 27th. But until today I didn't receive my letter yet, is that normal? How long did it take you all to get your interview letter? Thank you. Congrats to those who passed their interview.

My interview was scheduled on 6th november and received the letter on 9th November.

seems like your interview letter is floating around in Post Office System, Dont worry you will receive it soon.

I read somewhere that you live in Okaloosa county ?

[Waiter 2]

Comon NEW YORK , move already. so sLowwWWwww

[Waiter 2]

Thanks you guys!!

My naturalization interview lasted about twenty-five minutes, it was a little bit over an hour wait time included. We got there a little before eight and I was back at work by nine-fifteen. After a cursory fingerprinting and check in, we had to wait a bit till my name was called.

The interview went well, the female blonde officer was incredibly nice and put me at ease right from the beginning. She was pleasant and courteous and joked a lot. She asked me the regular "are you a Communist?" "Are you a terrorist?" "Are you a polygamist?" type questions, followed by the civics questions - I got the first six right and so she put an end to it.

Questions asked were:

What does the Cabinet do?

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

How many Supreme Court justices are there?

How many years is a US Senator elected for?

Who takes over in case the President and the Vice President are unable to fulfill their obligations?

Name one branch of the government.

She also threw in "what is Einstein's famous theory?" in the middle of that and I answered before I realized she just kidding. She took out my approval notice and said she was so confident that I'd ace it that she'd already signed it and kept it ready. And I was proud just like any good History geek would be.

Then I had to read and write a sentence to demonstrate English proficiency. And that was it!

I was amazed to see my file on her desk - enormous - and actually asked her, "is that all mine?" and she laughed and said it was because I immigrated through marriage. Thinking back to those awful CR-1 visa waiting days, it is definitely heartening to know that it hadn't just disappeared into a huge black hole and that someone ( in fact several people) had gone over it quite carefully. The case of the missing wedding DVD was also uncovered as it turned out Mr. Sachinky had submitted that with my original petition.

She returned all my pictures and said she recognized "the ginger from the pictures in the waiting room." She asked me how my marriage was doing and if we planned on having any children.

I will say that my impression of USCIS has gone up several notches based on (what is hopefully) my last interaction with them. The lady told me a bit about herself, she used to work in the immigrant visa section in the middle East and she said it was awful. She said how being lied to her face day after day was numbing and how she'd cry in the bathroom for hours at the state of humanity.

She gave me her personal number and told me to call her so that we could schedule a field trip for the school kids (I teach kindergarten at a private academy). She said that she wanted them to see a positive aspect of immigration - how often they are portrayed poorly in the media for one screw up despite getting a hundred things right. I said most people recognize that they have a hard job and given the number of people who are trying to abuse the system, the scrutiny is understandable.

She commended me for being thorough and prepared and truth be told, navigating the US immigration system (mostly on my own) is something I am quite proud of. Special mention must be made of visajourney.com without which I wouldn't have been nearly as successful.

Sachinky, what a boring interview you had, I was looking to read if the officer asked for any documents from you. Congratssssssssssssss.

Edited December 5, 2013 by Waiter

[sachinky 464]

Hahaa, I offered to show her extra bank statements and tax returns but she said no. The only thing she asked me was for my driver's license and as it happened, I had left that in my purse with Mr. Sachinky in the lobby. :|

Just checked my status online, it's been updated to reflect that my oath ceremony notification has been mailed out!

Edited December 5, 2013 by sachinky

[BigDaddy28 228]

My interview was scheduled on 6th november and received the letter on 9th November.

seems like your interview letter is floating around in Post Office System, Dont worry you will receive it soon.

I read somewhere that you live in Okaloosa county ?

I actually recieved the letter today and Im scheduled for January 2nd, When I seen the letter it was printed on December the 2nd I guess that's why it took a little time to be received. I actually live in Louisville Kentucky.

[BigDaddy28 228]

Received interview letter for January 2nd at 8:30 AM. Updating list.

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N-400: September 2013 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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UserName.........|Eligible|Sent....|ChkCashd|NOA.....|Fprints.|In-line |Int Ltr.|Intview.|Oath....|FieldOffice

Cala Bel.........|06/20/13|08/26/13|--/--/--|09/04/13|10/01/13|09/17/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Hartford, CT

Tom&Tanya........|11/08/13|08/31/13|09/05/13|09/04/13|09/27/13|10/08/13|10/15/13|11/13/13|12/13/13|West Palm Beach, FL

Mav_1975.........|02/12/13|09/01/13|09/05/13|09/06/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Houston, TX

Lars-N-Yenia.....|09/30/11|09/04/13|09/10/13|09/05/13|09/19/13|09/23/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Newark, NJ

girimurthy.......|06/16/11|09/04/13|09/12/13|09/09/13|09/24/13|09/26/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Hialeah, FL

Elafito..........|01/15/13|09/06/13|09/13/13|09/19/13|10/04/13|10/08/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Boston, MA

raparap..........|11/14/13|09/07/13|09/16/13|09/20/13|10/07/13|10/09/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Newark, NJ

Justine+David....|06/19/13|09/09/13|09/19/13|09/17/13|10/29/13|10/31/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Baltimore, MD

Dpeter736........|--/--/--|09/13/13|09/19/13|09/27/13|10/21/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Oakland Park, FL

letmein..........|--/--/--|09/13/13|09/18/13|09/23/13|10/11/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Boston, MA

psiprez..........|09/02/11|09/13/13|09/25/13|09/20/13|10/21/13|10/23/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Newark, NJ

NatzG............|09/22/10|09/16/13|09/23/13|09/18/13|10/18/13|10/22/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Baltimore, MD

usagirl12........|09/15/13|09/21/13|09/27/13|09/30/13|10/18/13|11/14/13|11/18/13|12/19/13|--/--/--|Louisville,KY

Read.............|--/--/--|09/23/13|09/30|13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Philadelphia,PA

Sachinky.........|02/20/13|09/23/13|09/26/13|09/25/13|10/16/13|10/18/13|10/24/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|Albuquerque,NM

silkafi88........|09/28/13|09/25/13|10/04/13|09/30/13|10/24/13|11/27/13|12/05/13|01/02/14|--/--/--|Louisville,KY

mjc79............|12/17/13|09/25/13|10/02/13|10/07/13|10/28/13|11/18/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York City, NY

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

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UserName.........|Eligible|Sent....|ChkCashd|NOA.....|Fprints.|In-line |Int Ltr.|Intview.|Oath....|FieldOffice

alex and astrid..|01/23/13|09/05/13|09/12/13|09/09/13|10/03/13|10/07/13|11/12/13|12/18/13|--/--/--|Chatsworth, CA

Lasko12..........|--/--/--|09/06/13|09/11/13|09/16/13|10/11/13|10/24/13|10/31/13|12/02/13|--/--/--|San Jose, CA

newlyweds2010....|12/07/13|09/07/13|09/13/13|09/10/13|10/04/13|11/06/13|11/09/13|12/16/13|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA

WindyCity22a.....|--/--/--|09/10/13|09/16/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Chicago, IL

RoamingTheNet....|12/02/13|09/03/13|09/09/13|09/11/13|09/25/13|11/01/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Santa Ana, CA

KaashParinda.....|12/06/13|09/23/13|09/28/13|10/03/13|10/24/13|11/06/13|11/11/13|12/11/13|--/--/--|San Jose, CA

OlegAndSveta.....|09/04/13|09/24/13|--/--/--|10/04/13|10/18/13|11/04/13|11/13/13|12/18/13|--/--/--|Chicago, IL

Whtevr...........|11/26/13|09/03/13|--/--/--|09/05/13|09/17/13|10/24/13|10/30/13|12|02/13|--/--|--|Chicago, IL

Carocaro.........|12/14/13|09/27/13|10/03/13|10/11/13|10/25/13|11/14/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Phoenix, AZ

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

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UserName.........|Eligible|Sent....|ChkCashd|NOA.....|Fprints.|Int Ltr.|Intview.|Oath....|FieldOffice

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[RoamingTheNet 9]

I actually recieved the letter today and Im scheduled for January 2nd, When I seen the letter it was printed on December the 2nd I guess that's why it took a little time to be received. I actually live in Louisville Kentucky.

Hopefully I will get mine today as well. I have been waiting for 12 days.

[TonyGutierrez 2]

You can always go to your local office and ask them. You'll need to make an infopass appointment for that: https://infopass.uscis.gov/infopass.php

Hopefully I will get mine today as well. I have been waiting for 12 days.

[AaronM 0]

We just received a letter from USCIS today. Asking for Form 1722 from IRS. I guess when we sent the N-400 our W-2 and copy of 1040 were not enough for them. I don't like to pay a tax professional to prepare our taxes when we can do it our self. I just got done requesting transcript of tax form for the last 3 years from IRS which will take 5 to 10 days to get in the mail. I just hope this is the right tax information USCIS needs at the interview. We are still in line for interview scheduling since October 14. We can't wait for all this to be over with the government it has been over 5 years with all the processes

[lasko12 9]

We just received a letter from USCIS today. Asking for Form 1722 from IRS. I guess when we sent the N-400 our W-2 and copy of 1040 were not enough for them. I don't like to pay a tax professional to prepare our taxes when we can do it our self. I just got done requesting transcript of tax form for the last 3 years from IRS which will take 5 to 10 days to get in the mail. I just hope this is the right tax information USCIS needs at the interview. We are still in line for interview scheduling since October 14. We can't wait for all this to be over with the government it has been over 5 years with all the processes

Yes, at the interview if they ask for tax record, IRS tax transcript is the recommended document. My interviewer asked for the tax transcript for the last 3 years.

[lasko12 9]

Does anyone know how long (approximately) it takes for the online status to change from testing and interview to oath or approval (or decision something) ? I had my interview on 12/02 and the IO checked the box "congratulations...." on the form N-652. However, until today, my online status is still at "testing and interview".

[Mc and R.kid 1]

I'm in line for 2 months now.
Anyone else out there waiting for interview scheduling this long?

My Field office is Salt lake City Utah..

Edited December 7, 2013 by Mc and R.kid

[sachinky 464]

Oath ceremony scheduled for 12/20/13 - totally wasn't expecting one till next month. Lucky because I am scheduled to fly out on the 21st to visit my in-laws for Christmas!

Damn, that was quick!

[Dpeter736 4]

Congrats

[Dpeter736 4]

I'm in line for 2 months now.

Anyone else out there waiting for interview scheduling this long?

My Field office is Salt lake City Utah..

Also still waiting i think a lot of people are.