N-400 - March 2017 Filers

[Private One 44]

3 hours ago, Ja2NY said:

Yes, I am in NYC. I filed March 5th, interviewing July 25th.

If you don't mind me asking, how did you file? Was it the old fashion way or did you e-file? Your case is moving kind of fast.

[sunshinestate2013 136]

2 hours ago, Gary_UK said:

Hi all.

 

As you may recall there was a family emergency that I mentioned a while ago and sadly I had a phone call on Wednesday June 14th that my father only had hours left to live.

 

We battled with the airline company to get our flights moved and due to bad weather in the mid west that evening all flights out of Chicago were fully or over booked. and no way to get out of the states for 24 hours at least. We ended up going to Chicago O'hare on Thursday with no flight and a hastily packed bag with wife in tow to see if we could beg the desk staff for some help.

 

The BA staff in Chicago were amazing and pulled some serious strings to get us on the next flight and were on board just before the door closed. In less than an hour we were airborne. while we flew my dad slipped into unctuousness. We landed in London at 8 am Friday morning and after grabbing a rental we high tailed it up the M40 to the Birmingham Queen Elizabeth II hospital and arrived at 11:40. My wife and I were able to be by his side for around 7 hours before he peacefully passed away.

 

After getting the funeral arranged and doing a lot of running around to get his estate in order. We traveled back to the states on Saturday. And my passing through immigration on my British passport and green card were of no issue. The border guard did some extra checks and offered his condolences when he asked as to the reason for the trip.

 

So to my question.... As my Naturalization Oath Ceremony is in a week's time ( July 11th ) the N-445 form asks the question "Since your interview, have you traveled outside of the united states". I obviously have to answer yes. but it also stipulates "Bring Documents to support your answers" and gives examples for marriage or military but nothing related to travel.  

 

Should I bring boarding passes ? itinerary emails ? I have a copy of my fathers death certificate if need be. as well as information from the funeral directors we used as well as flower orders etc. 

how much information is too much ? should I take it all ? I am just not sure how deep they will want to go into this.

 

Any information you can offer will be of great help.

 

Many thanks.

Gary, so sorry for your loss.

 

[Yuliya Lipina 64]

2 hours ago, Gary_UK said:

Hi all.

 

As you may recall there was a family emergency that I mentioned a while ago and sadly I had a phone call on Wednesday June 14th that my father only had hours left to live.

 

We battled with the airline company to get our flights moved and due to bad weather in the mid west that evening all flights out of Chicago were fully or over booked. and no way to get out of the states for 24 hours at least. We ended up going to Chicago O'hare on Thursday with no flight and a hastily packed bag with wife in tow to see if we could beg the desk staff for some help.

 

The BA staff in Chicago were amazing and pulled some serious strings to get us on the next flight and were on board just before the door closed. In less than an hour we were airborne. while we flew my dad slipped into unctuousness. We landed in London at 8 am Friday morning and after grabbing a rental we high tailed it up the M40 to the Birmingham Queen Elizabeth II hospital and arrived at 11:40. My wife and I were able to be by his side for around 7 hours before he peacefully passed away.

 

After getting the funeral arranged and doing a lot of running around to get his estate in order. We traveled back to the states on Saturday. And my passing through immigration on my British passport and green card were of no issue. The border guard did some extra checks and offered his condolences when he asked as to the reason for the trip.

 

So to my question.... As my Naturalization Oath Ceremony is in a week's time ( July 11th ) the N-445 form asks the question "Since your interview, have you traveled outside of the united states". I obviously have to answer yes. but it also stipulates "Bring Documents to support your answers" and gives examples for marriage or military but nothing related to travel.  

 

Should I bring boarding passes ? itinerary emails ? I have a copy of my fathers death certificate if need be. as well as information from the funeral directors we used as well as flower orders etc. 

how much information is too much ? should I take it all ? I am just not sure how deep they will want to go into this.

 

Any information you can offer will be of great help.

 

Many thanks.

My condolences...

[reginaglenn 25]

4 hours ago, Gary_UK said:

Hi all.

 

As you may recall there was a family emergency that I mentioned a while ago and sadly I had a phone call on Wednesday June 14th that my father only had hours left to live.

 

We battled with the airline company to get our flights moved and due to bad weather in the mid west that evening all flights out of Chicago were fully or over booked. and no way to get out of the states for 24 hours at least. We ended up going to Chicago O'hare on Thursday with no flight and a hastily packed bag with wife in tow to see if we could beg the desk staff for some help.

 

The BA staff in Chicago were amazing and pulled some serious strings to get us on the next flight and were on board just before the door closed. In less than an hour we were airborne. while we flew my dad slipped into unctuousness. We landed in London at 8 am Friday morning and after grabbing a rental we high tailed it up the M40 to the Birmingham Queen Elizabeth II hospital and arrived at 11:40. My wife and I were able to be by his side for around 7 hours before he peacefully passed away.

 

After getting the funeral arranged and doing a lot of running around to get his estate in order. We traveled back to the states on Saturday. And my passing through immigration on my British passport and green card were of no issue. The border guard did some extra checks and offered his condolences when he asked as to the reason for the trip.

 

So to my question.... As my Naturalization Oath Ceremony is in a week's time ( July 11th ) the N-445 form asks the question "Since your interview, have you traveled outside of the united states". I obviously have to answer yes. but it also stipulates "Bring Documents to support your answers" and gives examples for marriage or military but nothing related to travel.  

 

Should I bring boarding passes ? itinerary emails ? I have a copy of my fathers death certificate if need be. as well as information from the funeral directors we used as well as flower orders etc. 

how much information is too much ? should I take it all ? I am just not sure how deep they will want to go into this.

 

Any information you can offer will be of great help.

 

Many thanks.

 @Gary_UK my deepest condolences to you and your family.

[vjstk 3]

Schedule of oath ceremonies for filers from MA: http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/general/pdf/Nat Cerm FY-17 USCIS.pdf 

 

Most of the ceremonies in MA are judicial with some rare exceptions for special cases as per USCIS website. Having this schedule gives more insight into your possible ceremony dates.

[Gary_UK 17]

16 hours ago, reginaglenn said:

 @Gary_UK my deepest condolences to you and your family.

thank you to you and to everyone's replies.

 

[candybabe 46]

On ‎7‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 2:52 PM, dmchughCT said:

I'm also relatively new to the site and a March N-400 Filer, and would like to add my info. FO is Hartford, CT.

 

Thanks.

 

GC: 08/08/2007

Package Sent: 03/20/2017

Cashed: 03/28/2017

NOA: 04/06/2017

Fingerprints: 04/19/2017

In line: 04/21/2017

Finally another Hartford fellow !!!  unfortunately I think we are in for quite the wait  Hartford seems to be very slow !

[dmchughCT 1]

1 hour ago, candybabe said:

Finally another Hartford fellow !!!  unfortunately I think we are in for quite the wait  Hartford seems to be very slow !

Ugh, I know.

I did feel a little bit more re-assured seeing your dates and times in the March list though.

[casualuser 38]

1 hour ago, candybabe said:

Finally another Hartford fellow !!!  unfortunately I think we are in for quite the wait  Hartford seems to be very slow !

But both of you got your green cards almost 10 years ago! That means you were eligible since almost 5 years ago... Would another year of waiting make a difference?  

 

But seriously, I can understand people like myself sending N-400 using 90-day rule (that is 5 years - 90 days) why they are impatient. On the other hand if someone does not apply until their GC expiration date then why would be that person anxious too?

[Agentpig 8]

first day being a new citizen. Good luck to you all!

[dmchughCT 1]

4 minutes ago, casualuser said:

But both of you got your green cards almost 10 years ago! That means you were eligible since almost 5 years ago... Would another year of waiting make a difference?  

 

But seriously, I can understand people like myself sending N-400 using 90-day rule (that is 5 years - 90 days) why they are impatient. On the other hand if someone does not apply until their GC expiration date then why would be that person anxious too?

I've only had my green card just over 6 years. I was hesitant to apply last year because I had an important wedding to go to in New Zealand in January this year, and a family trip back in Scotland. The timing was such that it looked like I might not get the US passport in time for the first of those trips.

[Ja2NY 9]

On 7/3/2017 at 6:00 PM, Private One said:

If you don't mind me asking, how did you file? Was it the old fashion way or did you e-file? Your case is moving kind of fast.

I didn't efile. I sent a package via fedex

Edited July 5, 2017 by Ja2NY

[Charro 17]

On 7/3/2017 at 7:25 AM, BRONXRN said:

Any New Yorkers in here who filed March?

Hi @BRONXRN though I didn't file in March , I filed in February and I see we share 3 things, work in medical field, live in New York , from Trinidad and Tobago!You can see some of the ny filers timelines from February. Recently a few of us got our interview notices ,probably in the same week. Yet there are a few others who haven't received their notices yet. We can't figure out the pattern of why this is. Hopefully our timelines can give you an idea of what's to come. Good luck in this final immigration journey. 👍🏽👍🏽

[casualuser 38]

32 minutes ago, Charro said:

Recently a few of us got our interview notices ,probably in the same week. Yet there are a few others who haven't received their notices yet. We can't figure out the pattern of why this is.

Maybe USCIS uses some sort of pseudo-number generator that facilitates selection in the spirit of a lottery.  I would not be surprised if  they really did something like this, just to make the process opaque to the public, because if the process is opaque then it is easier to conceal dubious practices like CARRP.

[Private One 44]

6 hours ago, Ja2NY said:

I didn't efile. I sent a package via fedex

Thanks for the info...