Citizenship Journey in Chicago IL

[Dee Dee 0]

I will share my Citizenship Journey in Chicago IL for anyone interested.

 

1. March 2015 I became a conditional resident after marrying my US citizen.
2. February 2017 I submitted request to remove conditions sending prove that we married in good faith.
3. July 2017 I received request to submit more proof because we don't have kids. We sent more than 200 pages this time showing that we bought a house together, cars, bank statements together etc.
4. September 2017 I received confirmation of approval and conditions were removed
5. October 2018 I received my new permanent Resident Card (green card) for 10 years.
6. March 2019 I submitted Form N-400 for naturalization (citizenship)
7. March 2019 I received letter for Biometrics appointment.
8. July 2019 I received letter with my N-400 interview information.
9. August 2019 was my N-400 (citizenship) interview in Chicago at USCIS Building.

• I got there 20 minutes early.
• I was interviewed almost right away.
• The USCIS officer was nice, asked me to show her the paperwork required in the letter and a few thing extra ( thank God I brought a lot of paperwork extra with me) and then asked me the civics questions right away, which I passed with the first 6 questions answered correctly.
• Officer proceeded with writing and reading test (The test was to read "Where is the white House" The Reading part was " The White House is in Washington, D.C.) Which I passed.
• Then I was requested to stand and raise my right hand to receive the oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.
• Officer proceeded to ask me a lot of questions about my N-400 Form that I filled and corrected information that changed after the filling)
•  Officer asked me if I had any questions and I asked a few.
• Officer gave a piece of Paper saying that I was recommended for approval but had to wait for final decision.

1. Next day my receipt # was updated online to waiting for approval.
2. Next day after that it said that I was approved and was in line for oath ceremony date and time.
3. Exactly 3 Days after my interview my online status was updated to "Oath Ceremony Notice was mailed"
4. Exactly 2 days after that I received my letter in the mail.
5. Now I'm just waiting on my oath ceremony which will be in a few days in September, ( I will update after )

 

PS: My husband hired an attorney for my first resident card but I did NOT get an attorney for N-400 (citizenship) process, I would say that what helped me was that I did it as soon as possible after receiving my Green Card, since USCIS already had investigated me recently twice, when I applied for both my conditional and permanent Green Card, and I'm pretty sure it helped because I was able to do N-400 process in less than 6 months from beginning to end because process started on the very last days of march and is ending in the first weeks of September I will have my oath ceremony for name change with a Judicial Oath Ceremony and that usually takes more time than my case. Good Luck to everyone.

[dilip 187]

20 hours ago, Dee Dee said:

I will share my Citizenship Journey in Chicago IL for anyone interested.

 

1. March 2015 I became a conditional resident after marrying my US citizen.
2. February 2017 I submitted request to remove conditions sending prove that we married in good faith.
3. July 2017 I received request to submit more proof because we don't have kids. We sent more than 200 pages this time showing that we bought a house together, cars, bank statements together etc.
4. September 2017 I received confirmation of approval and conditions were removed
5. October 2018 I received my new permanent Resident Card (green card) for 10 years.
6. March 2019 I submitted Form N-400 for naturalization (citizenship)
7. March 2019 I received letter for Biometrics appointment.
8. July 2019 I received letter with my N-400 interview information.
9. August 2019 was my N-400 (citizenship) interview in Chicago at USCIS Building.

• I got there 20 minutes early.
• I was interviewed almost right away.
• The USCIS officer was nice, asked me to show her the paperwork required in the letter and a few thing extra ( thank God I brought a lot of paperwork extra with me) and then asked me the civics questions right away, which I passed with the first 6 questions answered correctly.
• Officer proceeded with writing and reading test (The test was to read "Where is the white House" The Reading part was " The White House is in Washington, D.C.) Which I passed.
• Then I was requested to stand and raise my right hand to receive the oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.
• Officer proceeded to ask me a lot of questions about my N-400 Form that I filled and corrected information that changed after the filling)
•  Officer asked me if I had any questions and I asked a few.
• Officer gave a piece of Paper saying that I was recommended for approval but had to wait for final decision.

1. Next day my receipt # was updated online to waiting for approval.
2. Next day after that it said that I was approved and was in line for oath ceremony date and time.
3. Exactly 3 Days after my interview my online status was updated to "Oath Ceremony Notice was mailed"
4. Exactly 2 days after that I received my letter in the mail.
5. Now I'm just waiting on my oath ceremony which will be in a few days in September, ( I will update after )

 

PS: My husband hired an attorney for my first resident card but I did NOT get an attorney for N-400 (citizenship) process, I would say that what helped me was that I did it as soon as possible after receiving my Green Card, since USCIS already had investigated me recently twice, when I applied for both my conditional and permanent Green Card, and I'm pretty sure it helped because I was able to do N-400 process in less than 6 months from beginning to end because process started on the very last days of march and is ending in the first weeks of September I will have my oath ceremony for name change with a Judicial Oath Ceremony and that usually takes more time than my case. Good Luck to everyone.

Congratulations !  Glad you did not retain an attorney for N-400, since the form is simple and we already gone through a long immigration journey and learned everything.  

[jamaicanwifey 9]

So happy for you. Congratulations Dede! Thanks for sharing your journey.

[Nikki06 46]

On 8/30/2019 at 6:20 PM, Dee Dee said:

I will share my Citizenship Journey in Chicago IL for anyone interested.

 

1. March 2015 I became a conditional resident after marrying my US citizen.
2. February 2017 I submitted request to remove conditions sending prove that we married in good faith.
3. July 2017 I received request to submit more proof because we don't have kids. We sent more than 200 pages this time showing that we bought a house together, cars, bank statements together etc.
4. September 2017 I received confirmation of approval and conditions were removed
5. October 2018 I received my new permanent Resident Card (green card) for 10 years.
6. March 2019 I submitted Form N-400 for naturalization (citizenship)
7. March 2019 I received letter for Biometrics appointment.
8. July 2019 I received letter with my N-400 interview information.
9. August 2019 was my N-400 (citizenship) interview in Chicago at USCIS Building.

• I got there 20 minutes early.
• I was interviewed almost right away.
• The USCIS officer was nice, asked me to show her the paperwork required in the letter and a few thing extra ( thank God I brought a lot of paperwork extra with me) and then asked me the civics questions right away, which I passed with the first 6 questions answered correctly.
• Officer proceeded with writing and reading test (The test was to read "Where is the white House" The Reading part was " The White House is in Washington, D.C.) Which I passed.
• Then I was requested to stand and raise my right hand to receive the oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.
• Officer proceeded to ask me a lot of questions about my N-400 Form that I filled and corrected information that changed after the filling)
•  Officer asked me if I had any questions and I asked a few.
• Officer gave a piece of Paper saying that I was recommended for approval but had to wait for final decision.

1. Next day my receipt # was updated online to waiting for approval.
2. Next day after that it said that I was approved and was in line for oath ceremony date and time.
3. Exactly 3 Days after my interview my online status was updated to "Oath Ceremony Notice was mailed"
4. Exactly 2 days after that I received my letter in the mail.
5. Now I'm just waiting on my oath ceremony which will be in a few days in September, ( I will update after )

 

PS: My husband hired an attorney for my first resident card but I did NOT get an attorney for N-400 (citizenship) process, I would say that what helped me was that I did it as soon as possible after receiving my Green Card, since USCIS already had investigated me recently twice, when I applied for both my conditional and permanent Green Card, and I'm pretty sure it helped because I was able to do N-400 process in less than 6 months from beginning to end because process started on the very last days of march and is ending in the first weeks of September I will have my oath ceremony for name change with a Judicial Oath Ceremony and that usually takes more time than my case. Good Luck to everyone.

Congratulations !!!!!