N-400 October 2014

[KASH2011 382]

Passed interview and civic tests yesterday (2/23/2015).

Congrats

[JimmyHou 610]

Passed interview and civic tests yesterday (2/23/2015). The USCIS officer in SF application support center is so nice and professional. The whole process is very smooth. They will probably schedule my oath ceremony in late March. The civic and history questions are: #38, #7, #60, #29, #61 and #16. You really don't need to worry too much as long as you study the booklet.

During the interview, we went through almost every item I filled in my application. But it was a very quick review. I believe the process is to allow the USCIS officer to validate all the answers and information the applicant provided.

One thing I learnt from the interview is the requirement for selected service. This is slightly different from what I thought. I remember some posts say that if you are older than 26 when you obtain your green card, you don’t need to register for selected service. I don't think this is correct. It seems to me that the criteria is that whether you are older than 26 when you come to the US for the first time as a resident, not necessarily as a permanent resident. For my case, this doesn't matter ...

Cheers!

Congratulations.

Selective service:

The rules are actually pretty clear.

If you were not in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 you don't have to register.

If you were in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 as a lawful non-immigrant, you don't have to register.

If you are a female, you don't have to register.

Everyone else has to register.

The rules say that if you were a lawful non-immigrant, you don't have to register. I'm not sure if that's what you mean by "resident' versus "permanent resident".

If you came to the US when you were 19 on an F1 visa or if you came to the US when you were 23 on an H1B and then you got your green card when you were 27, you do not have to register. If however you lost your legal status during that time, then you would have to register.

[asyouwish2001 0]

Yes. I think you are correct. I think it is important to point out if a non-immigrant has failed to maintain his legal status (H1B/H4/L1/L2/J1/J2/F1/F2 ...) for more than 30 days before 26, then he is required to register.

Congratulations.

Selective service:

The rules are actually pretty clear.

If you were not in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 you don't have to register.

If you were in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 as a lawful non-immigrant, you don't have to register.

If you are a female, you don't have to register.

Everyone else has to register.

The rules say that if you were a lawful non-immigrant, you don't have to register. I'm not sure if that's what you mean by "resident' versus "permanent resident".

If you came to the US when you were 19 on an F1 visa or if you came to the US when you were 23 on an H1B and then you got your green card when you were 27, you do not have to register. If however you lost your legal status during that time, then you would have to register.

Edited February 24, 2015 by asyouwish2001

[MayoKy 10]

Congrats Deidre so happy for you!!! And its a great but weird feeling that this immigration process is over right? LOL

Yayyyyy!!! Today was my oath ceremony there were a total of 50 new USC's from 28 different countries.... And was only me from Australia

I've reddened my status thanks again for everyone's support and wise words, may speed be with everyone who havent yet completed this process ... (Omg is this immigration stuff really over!? Lol)



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Congrats

Today I passed the interview and took the oath in Newark, NJ - I am finally a US Citizen! My wife can't call me anymore a freaking immigrant haha

I ran into a problem though that I would like to share: I filed the N400 80 days before the third anniversary of my permanent residency as part of the early filing process. However apparently 3 full years must pass also from your wedding date. I happened to file the N400 on October 10 while I got married in October 11, 2011...the officer pre-approved me however he said that this is considered a potentially non-compliant application and therefore it needed the approval of another officer as well. I had to wait to unpleasant hours before being officially approved. In the end everything went well so that's the important thing.

Good to luck to everyone else!

[osmosesnew 17]

Passed interview and civic tests yesterday (2/23/2015). The USCIS officer in SF application support center is so nice and professional. The whole process is very smooth. They will probably schedule my oath ceremony in late March. The civic and history questions are: #38, #7, #60, #29, #61 and #16. You really don't need to worry too much as long as you study the booklet.

During the interview, we went through almost every item I filled in my application. But it was a very quick review. I believe the process is to allow the USCIS officer to validate all the answers and information the applicant provided.

One thing I learnt from the interview is the requirement for selected service. This is slightly different from what I thought. I remember some posts say that if you are older than 26 when you obtain your green card, you don’t need to register for selected service. I don't think this is correct. It seems to me that the criteria is that whether you are older than 26 when you come to the US for the first time as a resident, not necessarily as a permanent resident. For my case, this doesn't matter ...

Cheers!

congrats

[ce2010 7]

Congrats to everyone!!!

[Shaolin_Dragon 0]

Go ahead and remove my info from the list. I wasnt able to file in October. Its going to be this month, so I'll head over to the Feb thread.

Oh..couple of questions..The copies I have to send in..do they have to be notarised? And also, I still have the copies from when I did my GC immigration process...will they still be okay to send in?

Thanks!

[KASH2011 382]

Removing Shaolin_Dragon from the list as requested!

N-400: October 2014 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
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EM_Vandaveer..|12/21/11|09/30|waive|10/20|11/14|11/21/14.|11/??/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX (Early bio 11/12/14)
cdm2014.......|11/09/09|10/01|10/03|10/06|10/31|11/06/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Houston,TX
Deidre........|08/04/09|10/08|10/16|10/20|11/12|11/14/14.|11/13/14.|01/02/15.|02/03/15.|02/23/15.|Tampa, FL
MaYoKy........|12/02/10|10/08|10/16|10/20|11/13|11/17/14.|11/12/14.|12/04/14.|01/06/15.|01/30/15.|Louisville, KY
Kintsukuroi...|01/31/03|10/10|MoOrd|10/24|11/12|11/14/14.|11/15/14.|12/06/14.|01/08/15.|03/06/15.|Harlingen, TX
Osmosesnew....|--/--/--|10/13|Waive|10/29|11/18|12/12/14.|11/24/14.|02/02/15.|03/03/15.|--/--/--.|New York, NY
icaruslol.....|10/18/11|10/18|--/--|10/30|11/21|11/25/14.|11/21/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York, NY
Carlos EA.....|01/17/12|10/20|10/27|10/30|11/21|12/15/14.|11/27/14.|01/18/15.|02/19/15.|--/--/--.|Boston, MA
Ce2010........|01/19/10|10/22|10/28|10/27|11/17|12/19/14.|11/18/14.|01/17/15.|02/17/15.|02/20/15.|Miami, FL (Early bio 11/07/14)
Lacrima.(GM)..|12/15/09|10/23|10/28|11/01|11/18|11/20/14.|11/24/14.|01/30/15.|03/03/15.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ
Joe and Ann...|11/16/11|10/24|10/27|10/28|11/21|11/25/14.|11/21/14.|01/05/15.|02/10/15.|--/--/--.|Washington, DC
coolmuke......|12/15/09|10/24|10/30|11/02|11/25|11/25/14.|11/27/14.|01/12/15.|02/11/15.|--/--/--.|Washington, DC
Moon Light....|01/26/12|10/27|11/04|11/10|11/25|12/29/14.|12/01/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Oklahoma City, OK
tocca2015.....|10/10/09|10/??|MoOrd|10/23|11/07|11/10/14.|11/11/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX

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UserName........|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Bio..|In Line..|YellowLtr|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|Field Office
kt128...........|04/19/11|09/30|10/06|10/09|10/27|10/29/14.|--/--/--.|11/08/14.|12/10/14.|01/08/15.|Milwaukee,WI
AbuFlaan........|07/29/14|10/0?|10/07|10/11|10/31|02/10/15.|11/10/14.|02/17/15.|03/18/15.|--/--/--.|Chicago,IL
InKorea.........|03/29/11|10/03|10/09|10/13|11/03|11/05/14.|11/05/14.|02/06/15.|19/03/15.|--/--/--.|St. Paul, MN
Nanners.........|--/--/94|10/05|10/09|10/14|10/28|10/30/14.|11/04/14.|12/24/14.|01/29/15.|02/13/15.|LA,CA
SunnyCalifornian|01/05/12|10/07|10/15|10/17|11/05|12/05/14.|10/27/14.|01/03/15.|02/02/15.|02/13/15.|LA,CA
NikosF..........|10/21/10|10/14|10/22|10/27|11/10|11/12/14.|??/??/??.|01/03/15.|02/04/15.|--/--/--.|Chicago,IL
xinruo..........|--/--/--|10/17|--/--|10/21|11/21|12/15/14.|--/--/--.|02/02/15.|03/06/15.|--/--/--.|LA,CA
Virginian61.....|--/--/--|10/20|MoOrd|10/24|11/17|--/--/--.|11/22/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Ind'polis,IN
dcl766...(MIL)..|12/21/09|10/21|10/28|11/03|11/17|01/06/15.|11/22/14.|01/12/15.|02/10/15.|--/--/--.|Chicago,IL
dcl766...(FIL)..|12/21/09|10/21|10/28|11/03|11/18|01/06/15.|11/22/14.|01/12/15.|02/10/15.|--/--/--.|Chicago,IL(Early bio 11/17/14)
LuckyCarrot.....|--/--/--|10/22|10/28|11/01|11/17|11/19/14.|11/24/14.|01/20/15.|02/23/15.|--/--/--.|SF,CA
asyouwish2001...|06/10/09|10/23|10/29|11/03|11/21|11/25/14.|11/25/14.|01/20/15.|02/23/15.|--/--/--.|SF,CA
patihawaii......|--/--/--|10/24|Feewv|11/19|12/12|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|??,HI
amna-h..........|01/13/10|10/31|11/--|11/24|12/08|12/15/14.|12/10/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|LA,CA (Early bio 12/03/14)
TyandAllie......|10/15/10|10/--|11/04|11/09|11/24|--/--/--.|11/30/14.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Detroit,MI


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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)
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UserName......|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Bio..|In Line..|YellowLtr|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|Field Office
Lytha.........|11/01/11|10/10|10/20|10/20|11/13|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|11/18/14.|12/03/14.|12/19/14.|Anchorage, Alaska

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[TyandAllie 17]

Three months now since my yellow letter. I know I need to be patient but I'm felling discouraged.

[tocca2015 24]

Three months now since my yellow letter. I know I need to be patient but I'm felling discouraged.

TyandAllie, please don't be discouraged, many offices are way slower than the national average. I received my yellow letter sometimes in very late October to early November so I'm coming close to 4 months of waiting, but I'm at the Dallas field office and its one of the offices that will most likely take 7-10 months to complete the process... it's not you, it's the field office! I know the USCIS website says the Detroit field office is at the 5 months national average, but really, what does that mean lol They may very well be overwhelmed and they haven't updated the USCIS website.

Just gotta be patient. I know it can be hard seeing others who are in this thread and are already US citizens, while we haven't even gotten an interview date, but I personally just go about my life and when the time comes, it'll come! In the mean time, you have a 10 year green card and if you think about it, the only difference is you cant vote (and there is no big election until 2016) and you cant serve jury duty (which that can be a pain anyway lol)

[TyandAllie 17]

Thank you Tocca

[Kintsukuroi 6]

Go ahead and remove my info from the list. I wasnt able to file in October. Its going to be this month, so I'll head over to the Feb thread.

Oh..couple of questions..The copies I have to send in..do they have to be notarised? And also, I still have the copies from when I did my GC immigration process...will they still be okay to send in?

Thanks!

No, they don't need to be notarized but be prepared to show the originals at the interview.

Edited February 27, 2015 by Kintsukuroi

[osmosesnew 17]

Three months now since my yellow letter. I know I need to be patient but I'm felling discouraged.

my friend is waiting on Detroit office as well. He applied July 25 and has been inline for interview since September 4th. It could be frustrating.

[TyandAllie 17]

my friend is waiting on Detroit office as well. He applied July 25 and has been inline for interview since September 4th. It could be frustrating.

Wow

[Virginian61 1]

Inline! After a long long wait, got the text message and email saying interview appointment date would follow soon.

Is there any place to determine which USCIS offices do same-day oath?

Moderator please update our info on the chart.