N-400 October 2018 Filers

[GoodbyeGirl 144]

My N400 was approved on my interview day, 12 March, and my oath ceremony is on 19 April. So for me it's 5 weeks and 3 days from approval to oath.

 

Good luck!

 

On 3/14/2019 at 5:15 PM, sjoy321 said:

Got the date - April 17th! 

 

For those that have had their interview - how long after that until you were approved/had the oath ceremony?

 

[Butterfly83 28]

20 hours ago, nompish said:

OMG!!! just got an N400 interview notification!! yessss!!! ( after i am done screaming around the office i will wait until tomorrow to log in to see my interview date lol!)

Omg! F*** yea!!! I applied about 3 weeks after you, so I hope I get my notification in a month too! Soooo exciting!!!! Good luck!

[Greencardchicago 38]

1 minute ago, Butterfly83 said:

Omg! F*** yea!!! I applied about 3 weeks after you, so I hope I get my notification in a month too! Soooo exciting!!!! Good luck!

Huh, we are on the same boat.. I don't know when I should expect my interview notification... Chicago takes 5-7 months from the application date till they schedule an interview, which sucks! Hopefully I will get one soon... 

[Butterfly83 28]

2 minutes ago, Greencardchicago said:

Huh, we are on the same boat.. I don't know when I should expect my interview notification... Chicago takes 5-7 months from the application date till they schedule an interview, which sucks! Hopefully I will get one soon... 

I'm in Milwaukee, like Nompish who just got her notification, this is why I'm hopeful. Online it says 16 months left 😮 There are very few people on visajourney from Milwaukee, but it seems to took them 5 - 7 months. However, the people I personally know in Milwaukee waiter 1+ year. They are not I751/n-400 combi cases like me but non-marriage, so I'm hoping this is why it took them much longer. Nompish's case gives me hope, though most days I'm just frustrated and impatient lol

[Greencardchicago 38]

24 minutes ago, Butterfly83 said:

I'm in Milwaukee, like Nompish who just got her notification, this is why I'm hopeful. Online it says 16 months left 😮 There are very few people on visajourney from Milwaukee, but it seems to took them 5 - 7 months. However, the people I personally know in Milwaukee waiter 1+ year. They are not I751/n-400 combi cases like me but non-marriage, so I'm hoping this is why it took them much longer. Nompish's case gives me hope, though most days I'm just frustrated and impatient lol

Mine says 9months left.. and I really hope that I will get my interview at least by April. Huh, so stressing out... 

Edited March 16, 2019 by Greencardchicago

[a.t.j24 42]

23 hours ago, Nikolas2017 said:

LOOK, EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT APPROVE MY CASE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND LEFT WITH NO HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled

We placed you in line for your oath ceremony and will send you a notice for Receipt 

Thats amazing!!! I'm so happy for you. I have my interview on Monday morning. I hope to be just as happy as you then! Let me know when your interview is and (if I get approved) we have the same ceremony date, we can have a shot of Russian Vodka together to celebrate! (fingers crossed I get approved too!)

[Nikolas2017 22]

41 minutes ago, a.t.j24 said:

Thats amazing!!! I'm so happy for you. I have my interview on Monday morning. I hope to be just as happy as you then! Let me know when your interview is and (if I get approved) we have the same ceremony date, we can have a shot of Russian Vodka together to celebrate! (fingers crossed I get approved too!)

yes no problem)) i was approved march 15 . and wait only day for Ceremony. i hope you will be good

[nompish 86]

Thanks guys! now just waiting for that interview letter to show up in the documents tab so i can work on studying those 100 questions lol!

[a.t.j24 42]

Headed to Tampa for my interview. I’m nervous as hell! Thanks to all my VJ friends for getting me this far. Everything should be fine, but my stomach is in twists! 

[GoodbyeGirl 144]

You've got this!

 

Let us know how you get on. 👍🏻

 

1 minute ago, a.t.j24 said:

Headed to Tampa for my interview. I’m nervous as hell! Thanks to all my VJ friends for getting me this far. Everything should be fine, but my stomach is in twists! 

 

[nompish 86]

Interview scheduled for April 22, at 9am. 

[a.t.j24 42]

OK INTERVIEW OVER - RESULT - RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL!

 

Tampa office was really busy. I got there 30 minutes before my appointment time, got my number and quickly found out that regardless of number or appointment time, they go in no particular order. The two different ladies I set next to in the waiting room had been there for over an hour past their appointment time. They were calling out numbers in the 40's when I arrived (mine was 75). One lady had something like 59, but my number was called before hers! 

 

As for the interview, my officer seemed one of the happier ones. I cracked a few nervous jokes with him and made small talk, which he was fine with. He was an immigrant from Poland, so that was cool to relate to him a little bit about the journey. He started with a few basic questions about me, my wife and how I started on the immigrant journey. He also asked her full name, where we met, when how we started dating, very simple, nothing strenuous. Then moved onto the civics questions. The questions I got were:

Who becomes president if the president is incapacitated?

When do we celebrate Independence Day?

How many Supreme Court justices?

Capital of my state?

Who becomes president after president and Vice President?

Who was the 50th president? - trick question!

 

Then he moved onto the YES/NO questions from the application. All were rapid fire, I think he went quicker since my first language is English. But still, all simple and easy. When he asked if I would be able to pledge the oath I said "Yes, please when can do we do it?" His reply was....."well I have to approve you first (with a smile)!"

 

The English test was read " WHO LIVES IN THE White House" and write "THE PRESIDENT LIVES IN THE White House" THE IPADS you have to write on are pretty awful, but they sufficed and he wasn't bothered about poor handwriting. I also had to sign a couple of boxes about reading the oath, as well as a couple of small changes he made to my application.

 

All quite simple. He didn't ask to see anything extra I brought, including my wifes birth certificate or marriage certificate. He did question if our daughters birth certificate was in there, because he couldn't see it in the file. But then he found it.

 

He kept talking to himself as he was scrolling through the application on his screen saying, yes, yes, good, good....... Then he printed off the paper and said "Congratulations"!! These were the best words I've been waiting for and was super happy to hear! I asked when the oath ceremony might be, and he said usually within a couple of weeks of the interview. 

 

Now, I'm sitting back, relaxing, drinking a Mojito celebrating. As much as I want the oath ceremony to happen right away, it's finally relaxing knowing that its actually coming!
 

Good luck to everyone else waiting. It will happen. It will come. It's A LOT easier than you're expecting. 

[GoodbyeGirl 144]

Yay!  

Is it a combi? 

 

3 hours ago, nompish said:

Interview scheduled for April 22, at 9am. 

 

Edited March 18, 2019 by GoodbyeGirl

[GoodbyeGirl 144]

 Woooo-hooooo! 

 

Congratulations. Thanks for a detailed review, loved reading about your experience. I'm so glad it went well. 

 

Did your IO really ask you a trick question? That would've thrown me. LOL. 

 

Maybe two weeks until your oath ceremony? That would be awesome. 

 

Congrats again, that mojito was well earned. 

 

 

31 minutes ago, a.t.j24 said:

OK INTERVIEW OVER - RESULT - RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL!

 

Tampa office was really busy. I got there 30 minutes before my appointment time, got my number and quickly found out that regardless of number or appointment time, they go in no particular order. The two different ladies I set next to in the waiting room had been there for over an hour past their appointment time. They were calling out numbers in the 40's when I arrived (mine was 75). One lady had something like 59, but my number was called before hers! 

 

As for the interview, my officer seemed one of the happier ones. I cracked a few nervous jokes with him and made small talk, which he was fine with. He was an immigrant from Poland, so that was cool to relate to him a little bit about the journey. He started with a few basic questions about me, my wife and how I started on the immigrant journey. He also asked her full name, where we met, when how we started dating, very simple, nothing strenuous. Then moved onto the civics questions. The questions I got were:

Who becomes president if the president is incapacitated?

When do we celebrate Independence Day?

How many Supreme Court justices?

Capital of my state?

Who becomes president after president and Vice President?

Who was the 50th president? - trick question!

 

Then he moved onto the YES/NO questions from the application. All were rapid fire, I think he went quicker since my first language is English. But still, all simple and easy. When he asked if I would be able to pledge the oath I said "Yes, please when can do we do it?" His reply was....."well I have to approve you first (with a smile)!"

 

The English test was read " WHO LIVES IN THE White House" and write "THE PRESIDENT LIVES IN THE White House" THE IPADS you have to write on are pretty awful, but they sufficed and he wasn't bothered about poor handwriting. I also had to sign a couple of boxes about reading the oath, as well as a couple of small changes he made to my application.

 

All quite simple. He didn't ask to see anything extra I brought, including my wifes birth certificate or marriage certificate. He did question if our daughters birth certificate was in there, because he couldn't see it in the file. But then he found it.

 

He kept talking to himself as he was scrolling through the application on his screen saying, yes, yes, good, good....... Then he printed off the paper and said "Congratulations"!! These were the best words I've been waiting for and was super happy to hear! I asked when the oath ceremony might be, and he said usually within a couple of weeks of the interview. 

 

Now, I'm sitting back, relaxing, drinking a Mojito celebrating. As much as I want the oath ceremony to happen right away, it's finally relaxing knowing that its actually coming!
 

Good luck to everyone else waiting. It will happen. It will come. It's A LOT easier than you're expecting. 

 

[RalphT 13]

1 hour ago, a.t.j24 said:

OK INTERVIEW OVER - RESULT - RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL!

 

Tampa office was really busy. I got there 30 minutes before my appointment time, got my number and quickly found out that regardless of number or appointment time, they go in no particular order. The two different ladies I set next to in the waiting room had been there for over an hour past their appointment time. They were calling out numbers in the 40's when I arrived (mine was 75). One lady had something like 59, but my number was called before hers! 

 

As for the interview, my officer seemed one of the happier ones. I cracked a few nervous jokes with him and made small talk, which he was fine with. He was an immigrant from Poland, so that was cool to relate to him a little bit about the journey. He started with a few basic questions about me, my wife and how I started on the immigrant journey. He also asked her full name, where we met, when how we started dating, very simple, nothing strenuous. Then moved onto the civics questions. The questions I got were:

Who becomes president if the president is incapacitated?

When do we celebrate Independence Day?

How many Supreme Court justices?

Capital of my state?

Who becomes president after president and Vice President?

Who was the 50th president? - trick question!

 

Then he moved onto the YES/NO questions from the application. All were rapid fire, I think he went quicker since my first language is English. But still, all simple and easy. When he asked if I would be able to pledge the oath I said "Yes, please when can do we do it?" His reply was....."well I have to approve you first (with a smile)!"

 

The English test was read " WHO LIVES IN THE White House" and write "THE PRESIDENT LIVES IN THE White House" THE IPADS you have to write on are pretty awful, but they sufficed and he wasn't bothered about poor handwriting. I also had to sign a couple of boxes about reading the oath, as well as a couple of small changes he made to my application.

 

All quite simple. He didn't ask to see anything extra I brought, including my wifes birth certificate or marriage certificate. He did question if our daughters birth certificate was in there, because he couldn't see it in the file. But then he found it.

 

He kept talking to himself as he was scrolling through the application on his screen saying, yes, yes, good, good....... Then he printed off the paper and said "Congratulations"!! These were the best words I've been waiting for and was super happy to hear! I asked when the oath ceremony might be, and he said usually within a couple of weeks of the interview. 

 

Now, I'm sitting back, relaxing, drinking a Mojito celebrating. As much as I want the oath ceremony to happen right away, it's finally relaxing knowing that its actually coming!
 

Good luck to everyone else waiting. It will happen. It will come. It's A LOT easier than you're expecting. 

Thanks for sharing this. Amazing you have such great memories on the specifics! 🙂

Now go enjoy! Cheers!