N-400 Dec 2019 Filers

[Amadia 711]

2 hours ago, Ka&J said:

I am waiting on biometric, my previous letter asked to wait so I am a little confused why you guys going on earlier?  Just wondering. .

While they give you an appointment date, it doesn't hurt to check and see if they can accommodate you sooner.....get it done and out of the way, I guess. Worse case scenario is they tell you they can't facilitate you if you show up outside of your appointment date and the office is full. 

So far, everyone who went in earlier than their appointment date has been successful (me included)  

[jöni 37]

9 hours ago, Ka&J said:

I am waiting on biometric, my previous letter asked to wait so I am a little confused why you guys going on earlier?  Just wondering. .

Some places allow walk-ins. So if you have your letter you can stop by and my get it done early.

 

I am waiting for my appointment time. I live 3h away from the support center and remember from the last time I was there, they had a sign not allowing walk-ins.

[Giovanna024 442]

I am still waiting of my NOA letter 🤔 so I can update my USCIS account so I can track it.....

[Giovanna024 442]

15 hours ago, Maryna and Justin said:

Biometrics done today! My office is Charlotte, NC. Estimated time - July 2020, pretty fast!

Hi Maryna I see u applied Paper like me I am glad you did your BIO so fast!

[jesstar 6]

On ‎1‎/‎7‎/‎2020 at 8:31 AM, jöni said:

DECEMBER N400 FILERS
VJ Username	Filing date	NOA1	Biometrics Appt	RFE?	Interview date	Oath Ceremony	Field Office	Filed Online/ Paper	Comments
DANIEL4310	12/1/2019	12/1/2019	12/27/2019				Tampa, FL	Online	Pending I-751
UNIDENTIFIED	12/1/2019	12/1/2019	1/7/2020					Online	Biometrics rescheduled
VENUS201320	12/1/2019	12/1/2019	12/30/2019					Online	Pending I-751, walk-in for biometrics on 12/30/19
IIPENNY	12/1/2019	12/1/2019	12/23/2019				Chicago, IL	Online
VVIRGIE	12/2/2019	12/2/2019	12/27/2019				Portland, ME	Online
MARICELNANASCA	12/5/2019	12/5/2019	12/24/2019				Pittsburg, PA	Online	Pending I-751
EDDIEM2044	12/5/2019	12/5/2019	12/27/2019				Newark, NJ	Online	Pending I-751
SH7N4	12/7/2019	12/7/2019	12/30/2019				Honolulu, HI	Online	Early walk-in for biometrics on 12/17/19
AMADIA	12/8/2019	12/8/2019	12/18/2019				WPB, FL	Online	Early walk-in for biometrics on 12/18/19
LMLADRENO	12/9/2019	12/9/2019	12/31/2019				Sacramento, CA	Online	Pending I-751; got 1-year I-551 stamp on 11/27/19
MVRGS	12/10/2019	12/10/2019	12/30/2019				Phoenix, AZ	Online
JAY98	12/10/2019	12/10/2019	12/31/2019				Long Island, NY	Online	Applied under 3-year marriage rule
GEORGIA16	12/10/2019	12/10/2019	1/2/2020				Kansas City, MO	Online	Pending I-751
NINETAILS	12/10/2019	12/10/2019	12/30/2019					Online	Pending I-751
DFW2019	12/11/2019	12/12/2019	12/20/2019				Dallas, TX	Online	Applied under 5-year rule. Early walk-in for biometrics on 12/20/19
YELLOW2	12/11/2019	12/11/2019	1/17/2020				Buffalo, NY	Online
FARIHAK	12/12/2019	12/12/2019	12/31/2019				Chicago, IL	Online
ZZMR_QZ	12/13/2019	12/13/2019	1/3/2020					Online	I-751 approved on 12/05 Live in NJ, biometric was taken in PA. Not sure of interview location.
MARYNA AND JUSTIN	12/14/2019	12/20/2019	1/8/2020					Paper
MARIMAR04	12/14/2019	12/14/2019	1/9/2020				Hackensack, NJ	Online
BUGG	12/15/2019	12/15/2019	1/7/2020					Online
RAINBOWMONKEY	12/15/2019	12/15/2019	12/27/2019					Online	Pending I-751; Early walk-in for biometrics on 12/27/19
R&OC	12/16/2019		Waived				Washington, DC	Paper	Military orders to file early; done via 319(b)
NEWSJUSTIN	12/16/2019	12/16/2019	12/26/2019				San Francisco, CA	Online	Pending I-751; Early walk-in for biometrics on 12/26/19
MORDECAIRIGBY	12/16/2019	12/16/2019	1/7/2020				Phoenix, AZ	Online
LAYLA987123	12/17/2019	12/17/2019						Paper
O&GFOREVER	12/18/2019	12/18/2019	1/8/2020				Salt Lake City, UT	Online	Pending I-751
MAIMOUNA	12/18/2019	12/18/2019	1/10/2020				Milwaukee, WI	Online
AFOYOSWA	12/20/2019	12/20/2019					Boston, MA	Online	Applied under 5-year rule
ENCELADUS	12/20/2019	12/20/2019						Online	Pending I-751
CKIBS	12/20/2019	12/27/2019	1/17/2020				Mount Laurel, NJ	Paper	Applied under 3-year marriage rule
JUSTWAITING2018	12/21/2019	12/21/2019	1/2/2020				Seattle, WA	Online	Pending I-751; Early walk-in for biometrics on 1/2/20
VPALERMO85	12/27/2019	12/27/2019	1/13/2020					Online
ELLIEPRO	12/27/2019	12/27/2019					New York, NY	Online	Applied under 3-year marriage rule
JӦNI	12/28/2019	12/28/2019	1/23/2020				Nashville, TN	Online
ABHATIA315	12/29/2019	12/29/2019					Des Moines, IA	Online	Pending I-751
CHAKAQUAKER	12/29/2019	12/29/2019	1/21/2020				Norfolk, VA	Online	Spouse of US citizen - previous K1 holder
KA&J	12/29/2019	12/29/2019					Indianapolis, IN	Online
GREGCRS2	12/30/2019	12/30/2019						Online	Pending I-751 interview 1/9/2020
GIOVANNA024	12/31/2019							Paper	Applied under 5-year rule
alex06m	12/17/2019	12/19/2019	01/06/20				Boston, MA	Online	applied under 3, but no need for ROC
jesstar	12/22/2019	12/24/2019	01/15/20				Newark, NJ	Online	I-751 Apprvoed (01/02/2020)

 

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[Amadia 711]

Have you seen this yet?

 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article239058173.html

[Georgia16 2,858]

21 minutes ago, Amadia said:

Have you seen this yet?

 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article239058173.html

I’m guess I’m on the other side and thinks it’s fair enough. If you want to join the country I think it said David fair to make some stuff harder like the financial part.  American immigration is pretty good to people. Danish immigration is way harder. 

[Marimar04 22]

I had my biometrics app at 11:00 at Hackensack USCIS center (NJ) and I would like to share my experience:

- According to the USCIS website my office for biometrics should have been Elizabeth (it was in the past) but they sent me to Hackensack instead . It is an small office only for biometrics, no parking around so I am glad that I brought my husband so he could wait for me in the reserved parking area without getting a $100 fine. That is what the security officers kept telling everybody.

-I arrived at 10:30 but they asked to come back at 11:00 . I guess walk ins are not allowed. 

-I came back at 10:55. The seating area was full, they said that they were behind schedule.

-When it was my turn , 30 minutes after my original app, they asked me for my passport which I did not bring. I only brought GC and letter. The person that helped us do the forms in 2000 (I-751), changed my name . I don't have a middle name at birth but she decided to add my second last name as a middle name since "it is more common in the US". I already requested to eliminate that middle name on my N-400 form.

-I was sent to an office , the officer told me that they cannot verify my name , she looked in her computer and said that she found an E as a middle name and nothing else. She did not know what that E stands for. So, she asked to come back with an open appointment (any time, M thru F, 8-2 o'clock)  with my marriage license, passport and birth certificate translated. 

-I went home disappointed but I remembered that I have a birth certificate copy somewhere. I was really lucky since I found a multilingual copy  from the Civil Registry that they sent me to renew my passport at the Consulate. 

-I went back again to the office. It was almost 1:00 pm and it was pretty much empty compared with the morning. I was sent right away to the IO , she checked all the documents and sent me to the biometrics line. They took a picture and fingerprints and went back home.

-I asked for a day off at work so I did not want to waste it. I am glad that it worked out.

Edited January 9, 2020 by Marimar04

[Amadia 711]

22 minutes ago, Marimar04 said:

I had my biometrics app at 11:00 at Hackensack USCIS center (NJ) and I would like to share my experience:

Wow.....sounds like such a runaround for a simple appointment  

Thank you for sharing  

[Kana Anz 12]

Hello fellow December filers!

 

I filed in paper on December 10th and had my biometrics this morning. Case status changed to: We are actively reviewing your form N400.

Optimistic me is taking that as a good sign! 🙃

[Giovanna024 442]

6 minutes ago, Kana Anz said:

Hello fellow December filers!

 

I filed in paper on December 10th and had my biometrics this morning. Case status changed to: We are actively reviewing your form N400.

Optimistic me is taking that as a good sign! 🙃

Hi Kana 

 

How long did it take for you to get NOA in Mail? 

I am still waiting on mine since I filed Paper on Dec 31. 

[Kana Anz 12]

Hi Giovanna,

 

Even though I have a nightmarish relationship with the USPS (brand new home and the builder never registered our address in the database), I received the NOA about 8 days after filing. Biometrics appointment letter showed up about a week after. 

 

Yours should be coming soon!

[Giovanna024 442]

12 minutes ago, Kana Anz said:

Hi Giovanna,

 

Even though I have a nightmarish relationship with the USPS (brand new home and the builder never registered our address in the database), I received the NOA about 8 days after filing. Biometrics appointment letter showed up about a week after. 

 

Yours should be coming soon!

Thank You Kana, 

 

I had a nightmare myself regarding USPS 😊

Hope so It will be in my Mail Box next week according that it was New Year Holidays 

[gregcrs2 1,777]

Had the I-751Interview today.  IO said the I-751 package we provided was awesome.  The actual I-751 interview took 5 minutes.  Just verified some questions on the form and it was approved.  IO was very helpful when I asked why the N400 biometric was in Tampa, FL which is much further away.  The IO called the Ft. Myers, FL ASC to arrange the biometric be done today (was scheduled for January 23 in Tampa, FL).  Biometric was completed today.  Very happy with USCIS Ft. Myers, FL.  N-400 shows scheduled to be completed Nov. 2020.  However, IO said an interview will likely occur within 6-7 months.  Naturalization ceremonies are occurring at Ft. Myers, FL 4 times per week. 

[Georgia16 2,858]

35 minutes ago, gregcrs2 said:

Had the I-751Interview today.  IO said the I-751 package we provided was awesome.  The actual I-751 interview took 5 minutes.  Just verified some questions on the form and it was approved.  IO was very helpful when I asked why the N400 biometric was in Tampa, FL which is much further away.  The IO called the Ft. Myers, FL ASC to arrange the biometric be done today (was scheduled for January 23 in Tampa, FL).  Biometric was completed today.  Very happy with USCIS Ft. Myers, FL.  N-400 shows scheduled to be completed Nov. 2020.  However, IO said an interview will likely occur within 6-7 months.  Naturalization ceremonies are occurring at Ft. Myers, FL 4 times per week. 

Congrats! Nice it was easy and a friendly person. And great with that many ceremonies! KC has one a month!