cancellation of N400 interviews an oath ceremonies: write to your Congress representatives!

[Suze1 366]

What really needs to happen is policy decisions must be crafted and announced that will help people for whom time affects their status directly.

People whose application or status will TIME OUT. People who will pay a price for time delays.

THOSE are the people with whom I most empathize - citizenship/immigration-wise.

Reasonable considerations must be crafted, announced, and implemented...the sooner the better, to help reduce uncertainty and anxiety.

Hang in there everybody.

We feel your pain.

Peace.

 

[geowrian 22,336]

Not going to happen.

USCIS does not have the infrastructure nor policies in place to do this.

Biometrics are an important part of the process to verify identity. A video call may be sufficient for a job interview, but not for this.

This has got to be so far down the priorities that I can't imagine them dedicating any time to it. There's much, much bigger issues going on right now.

 

Funny story...we did actually have somebody (try to) do this on a Skype job interview. They had somebody take the interview for them.

We did catch it, but I'm assuming it wasn't the first time they tried and they were probably successful at least once.

Edited March 18, 2020 by geowrian

[MaleAlpha 314]

I fully support shutting down their offices and holding off on conducting interviews etc. 

 

Interviews can resume after whatever time the situation is deemed to be under control. Until then, we can all remain permanent residents etc.

Not sure why people are in such a haste to become citizens so bad that they will want to write to their reps etc.

 

The health of everyone is more important than your personal desire to become a citizen.

[Marieke H 2,321]

8 hours ago, soso723 said:

Congressmen should dedicate their time to all of their constituents affected by the virus, including N-400 applicants.

Except you're not one of their constituents yet...

 

I believe congressmen have more important things to focus on right now than your N-400 interview.

[arken 4,197]

Imagine the interview,

IO- Have you had any travel outside the US after submitting N400?

Applicant - Yes, one

IO- when and where?

Applicant- Italy, for 3 weeks in Feb.

 

The IO then runs for his life.

 

 

 

[Vuvuzela 6]

congress people have better things to do right now. this topic is a waste of time.

[kris&me 572]

8 hours ago, soso723 said:

Government can  NOT ONLY verify a person's identity in person. 

Congressmen should dedicate their time to all of their constituents affected by the virus, including N-400 applicants.

 

Congress (as i was told by my attorney )  has no power over immigration

if you sign to allow a congressman to have access to your file,  they get the same lastest info you get and that is all

immigration is not under the federal budget and not controlled by Congress .  It is paid for by our fees alone.

9 hours ago, soso723 said:

They already have recent photos of us and all of our information, including our address and phone number where they could send out a code, for example. Verifying identity is not an issue here. 

and the person doing the interview needs all your file info/accessing must be secure /very secure/ not done at home on skype/ you want a hacker to see your personal SS number/ your income/ where you work and live????

[JFH 12,189]

4 hours ago, Suze1 said:

What really needs to happen is policy decisions must be crafted and announced that will help people for whom time affects their status directly.

People whose application or status will TIME OUT. People who will pay a price for time delays.

THOSE are the people with whom I most empathize - citizenship/immigration-wise.

Reasonable considerations must be crafted, announced, and implemented...the sooner the better, to help reduce uncertainty and anxiety.

Hang in there everybody.

We feel your pain.

Peace.

 

How could anyone’s status time out due to delays with N-400s? You can only apply for citizenship once you are a lawful permanent resident. Clue is in the name. Permanent. Even if the plastic green card expires, your status does not. 

Edited March 18, 2020 by JFH

[designguy 1,179]

I think the people with these kinds of problems are also the ones hoarding all the toilet paper

[xyz12345 260]

Re: oath ceremonies. I hope that USCIS will give first priority to the people whose dates were cancelled, moving everyone else's scheduled naturalization ceremonies down the line until all those that had already been scheduled are done.

Edited March 18, 2020 by xyz12345

[Sarge21555 206]

Close this thread. It’s selfish post when people are dying.

[Suze1 366]

1 hour ago, JFH said:

How could anyone’s status time out due to delays with N-400s?

Agreed. Did/Do not mean N-400's.

(Wondered if  SOMEONE might interpreted it the way you did...because of the thread  it was put in...just did not move/post it in a more germane thread, was too busy to find one.)

 

As said, specifically meant - "People whose application or status will TIME OUT." Was talking about/empathizing with them.

 

Edited March 18, 2020 by Suze1

[Suze1 366]

1 hour ago, xyz12345 said:

Re: oath ceremonies. I hope that USCIS will give first priority to the people whose dates were cancelled, moving everyone else's scheduled naturalization ceremonies down the line until all those that had already been scheduled are done.

Might be better to allow people to keep their appointments, and just schedule the missed ones BEFORE they schedule NEW ones.

Otherwise everybody's gets rescheduled. That is probably what would happen in many cases, but would probably be better to not have to rescheduled any more than necessary.

 

Edited March 19, 2020 by Suze1

[SparklePony 238]

Just wanted to chime in that timing of the N-400 is important to me. My oldest child will turn 18 in October. If I can somehow finish my naturalization process before her birthday, she gets derivative citizenship. If I can't, she'll have to wait a few more years then re-apply as an LPR with the 5-year rule. So, it's a time and cost issue for us, plus the weirdness of having everyone in her immediate family be a citizen except her. Now, is it somehow life-threatening or crucial? Obviously not. But in our case, it's clearly not a matter of simply "waiting a few more months".

[SalishSea 16,819]

13 hours ago, soso723 said:

They already have recent photos of us and all of our information, including our address and phone number where they could send out a code, for example. Verifying identity is not an issue here. 

Google "biometrics."