N400 Seattle (merged)

[MissMatt 1]

@kyzhk I would recommend you attend the interview on the day that's mentioned on the first letter. If they can't interview you, then they'll let you know when to come in next. Rather than miss your appointment and they'll assume you ignored and abandoned your application. 

Either way, congratulations on your interview being scheduled. Good luck.

May I ask if you had ioe or nbc. Number on your receipt?

[kyzhk 0]

@MissMatt

Thanks for your suggestion. To be safe I should do exactly that.

 

I filed online and had IOE receipt number.

[Ozgirl1981 78]

3 hours ago, MissMatt said:

Congratulations @Ozgirl1981. Received my letter and the interview is on the 11th. Good luck with yours! And I'm wishing for everyone else to hear a response soon. 

Yay! Good luck. You'll do fine and pass with ease. Keep us updated. 

My letter is in the mail for today. I'm at work now, but hubby is going to open it as soon as postman comes around (maybe another 2 hours). 

[Ck207 35]

So our priority date is the FP date or the day they received your case? 

[Starkilla09 366]

1 hour ago, Ck207 said:

So our priority date is the FP date or the day they received your case? 

Day your case got received.

[amisa 19]

Hello everyone!

 

I just learned about this thread, thanks to @MissMatt. Another Seattle filer here.

 

• Filed my N400 in November
• Received NOA on 11/21/17 (Paper based with IOE receipt number)
• Did my Bio on 12/01/17

Have been waiting since. I am late here. Do you folks have any theories on why for some folks here only took a few month do complete their process in Seattle?

[Ck207 35]

So here is a quick question for you all. 

My ETA changes from 8 months to 7 months. Last month it was 9 months to 8 months. Is it accurate? What is your ETA? 

[amisa 19]

17 minutes ago, Ck207 said:

So here is a quick question for you all. 

My ETA changes from 8 months to 7 months. Last month it was 9 months to 8 months. Is it accurate? What is your ETA? 

The estimate usually changes on the first day of each month. Mine changed from 7 to 6 this morning.

 

IMO, no one can say for sure. So far, with the patterns I have seen so far, the number seem to be an over estimation. But who knows! I have heard that the number of N400 applications they have been receiving this year has jumped and lines are backed up in many offices.

[Ck207 35]

1 minute ago, amisa said:

The estimate usually changes on the first day of each month. Mine changed from 7 to 6 this morning.

 

IMO, no one can say for sure. So far, with the patterns I have seen so far, the number seem to be an over estimation. But who knows! I have heard that the number of N400 applications they have been receiving this year has jumped and lines are backed up in many offices.

 

I hope you are right. I am so tired of all the process. Is yours also say Feb 2019?

[amisa 19]

1 minute ago, Ck207 said:

I hope you are right. I am so tired of all the process. Is yours also say Feb 2019?

I feel you. No. Mine is currently showing December 2018. I did my bio-metrics in November.

 

But again, I don't trust it. You might very well finish before than I get my interview. lol. I feel there is some randomness to it.

[Ozgirl1981 78]

Had my interview today in Tukwila. Passed with ease. The IO scheduled me for July 4th ceremony at Seattle Center. So glad that this 6+ year journey is almost over. Good luck to all. 

[Starkilla09 366]

1 hour ago, Ozgirl1981 said:

Had my interview today in Tukwila. Passed with ease. The IO scheduled me for July 4th ceremony at Seattle Center. So glad that this 6+ year journey is almost over. Good luck to all. 

Congrats! How was the whole I-751/N400 interview experience? Narrate please!

[Ozgirl1981 78]

2 hours ago, Starkilla09 said:

Congrats! How was the whole I-751/N400 interview experience? Narrate please!

 

It was very easy. Appointment was scheduled for 9:15am. We arrived at 9:05am, checked in and was directed to proceed to second floor. There were about 6 other people waiting. 
I took my US husband (due to ROC) and we got called in by a nice guy at 9:45am. He told my husband to wait and he would be called if we needed him (strange but okay). He took me back into little office and asked me to remain standing to take an oath before sitting. 
I looked at my file he had on his desk (no joke, about 5 - 6 inches thick). He asked me for my greencard in which I told him that the infopass ladies downstairs had taken them (mine and my 3 childrens cards) when I got the extension stamp. He then asked to see my stamp to verify, and he stated that knew that greencards were taken and destroyed. I then had to sign a form stating that I had not applied for renewal cards of any kind and he had a lady enter the room to witness me signing it. He told me that he knew this was a few applications rolled into one. 

 

Firstly, They had 2 N-400 applications. USPS lost my first one so I sent second one. First one arrived about 5 weeks after the first. I phoned USCIS up to cancel that one as well as sending a withdrawal letter. He had the letter and even envelope with him and he shook his head as to why nothing had been done about it after 8 months. He told me not to worry about getting a denial or withdrawal status change on that one. 

Second, he knew that I had ROC waiting to be adjudicated also. He completed a quick check over it all, asked a few questions verifying address, phone numbers, dates of birth etc etc. He told me that everything looked good. I told him that I had new tax transcripts since I filed the ROC in Sept 2016.  He looked at me like I was kidding about the filing date. He gasped at why I had been waiting 20+ months. I shrugged and said "well lets get it done today". He agreed and told me it would be done. He made sure that my AOS, ROC and N-400 all had my children listed on them so they can derive citizenship from me without any hassles. (Hubby was still waiting in the upstairs lobby)

Lastly, N-400. He asked if I had studied and I told him that I had done so very often. The Interviewing Officer must have had this job for some time because the next  10 mins was the Yes/No questions that you filled out on your N-400 application. If you answered honestly, then nothing to worry about here. He knew all the questions off by heart. He was marking many pages throughout my whole file while asking these Yes/No questions. He was almost running out of breath. LOL. The last question he asked during this part was if I had any questions. LOL I asked him how long it took him to memorize all those questions? 6 years was his reply. Good thing he had a sense of humor. It made it so much more relaxing. 

He gave me a piece of paper that I had to read to him. 
"The President lives in the White House". He then gave me another piece of paper and asked me to write the same sentence that I had read. (It was written above it so you will not forget it). 
 

Now for the questions. 
1. Where is the Statue of Liberty located? < Pointed at the huge poster on the wall 5 feet away that had the answer written there. 
2. Who is the Governor of this state?  < Told me I could meet him at the Oath Ceremony. 

3. What is 1 promise you make when you become a United States Citizen?

4. Who is the father of the country... of Brazil? < Yes, I raised my eyebrow at him and spoke George Washington very wearily.  

5. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? 

6. Name 2 National US holidays? 

 

He then gave me another piece of paper that had a cross in the box that says he recommends me for Approval. YAY!

He then asked me what my plans were for 4th of July? I replied with celebrating with everyone else. "Good, then you can take a few hours out of your celebrations in the morning to be sworn in as a US Citizen and then you can really party hard if that's okay with you" .

I told him, "Let's do it". He then gave me another sheet that told me where to go on the day and what time to arrive yadda yadda yadda. 

 

Since there was so much to do in so little time in the office, he asked me if I wanted to wait with my husband so he can make sure he can lock  in the oath for that day. He wanted to make sure ROC got approved and the computers where going to allow him to override the green cards from the ROC process. 

I went back to hubby, told him the good news and then 20 mins later, he came and got me again at the door to let me know that all is good with the computers and that I was scheduled for Oath on July 4th. 

All in all... 10/10 for ease. 11/10 for the IO. Couldn't have asked for it to be any easier.  Arrived at 9:05am. Left the building at 11am. 
Hope this helps ease some worries for you. 

Edited June 2, 2018 by Ozgirl1981
Corrected typos

[Starkilla09 366]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Congrats again!

[nit407 11]

Filed July 2017

 

Still waiting for the interview!