US Immigration from Philippines

Hello everyone. First thank You Lord ..and secondly thank you to all visa journey members who helping me a lot answering all my questions since I started my journey here in the US.

I would like to share my interview experience in PORTLAND OR so i can give you some idea how it goes .Because my appointment is so early 7:30 am today (05-24-21) i decided to stay in the hotel. I arrived at 7:10 am so the security told me to wait 5 more minutes outside. exactly 7:15 they allow us to enter the building and check our belongings together with my interview letter. He told me to go upstairs and stay in the waiting area. The immigration lady officer call my name around 7:40 .She is very nice and make me comfortable. she asking me my passport ,drivers licence and green card. Before she will start the test she offer me to take an oath if i will pass.

first civic test

-what month we vote for president

-what do some states have more representatives that other state

-we elect the representative for how many years

-who was the president during the world war 1

-what is the capital of your state

-what stop of government from becoming too powerful

Reading test

what is the capital of united states

Writing test

Washington D.C. is the capital of united states

Information about Me

-are you living same address on your application

-are you still working at same employer

-are you re marry (no) (because i am widow)

yes/no.

Have you ever claimed to be a U.S citizen

Do you owe any overdue tax

The IO told me congratulations . I takes only 12 minutes and I am done .She told me to come back at 2 pm for my oath ceremony. We have 15 persons in the room and takes only 5 minutes. I am now a U.S. citizen .I am so happy and thankful that i took my oath at the same day so i could not come back . Hope everyone who are from Seattle and transfer to Portland have a good experience and Good luck.

Hi Everyone,

Posting my question here for PH spouses.

We live in Maryland and got married in DC. My PH passport expires in 2029. I don't have an SSN or DMV DL yet.

On the AOS forms - what would you recommend using for the Middle Name and Last Name after marriage?

We prefer the PH naming convention for my married name. If we use this, will there be any potential issues when it comes to SSN, DMV DL, Passport, IO, Bank Accounts, etc.?

• First Name + Middle Name (Father's Last Name) + Last Name (Husband's Last Name)

As an alternative, should we just keep my current middle + last name and only add my husband's name at the end - and then perhaps change it later during Naturalization?

• For AOS/Green card: First Name + Middle Name (Mother) + Last Name (Father Husband) = which would be dreadfully long!
• On Naturalization: First Name + Middle Name (Father) + Last Name (Husband)

We welcome any thoughts and experiences on this. Thank you!

Hello everyone. First thank You Lord ..and secondly thank you to all visa journey members who helping me a lot answering all my questions since I started my journey here in the US.

I would like to share my interview experience in PORTLAND OR so i can give you some idea how it goes .Because my appointment is so early 7:30 am today (05-24-21) i decided to stay in the hotel. I arrived at 7:10 am so the security told me to wait 5 more minutes outside. exactly 7:15 they allow us to enter the building and check our belongings together with my interview letter. He told me to go upstairs and stay in the waiting area. The immigration lady officer call my name around 7:40 .She is very nice and make me comfortable. she asking me my passport ,drivers licence and green card. Before she will start the test she offer me to take an oath if i will pass.

first civic test

-what month we vote for president

-what do some states have more representatives that other state

-we elect the representative for how many years

-who was the president during the world war 1

-what is the capital of your state

-what stop of government from becoming too powerful

Reading test

what is the capital of united states

Writing test

Washington D.C. is the capital of united states

Information about Me

-are you living same address on your application

-are you still working at same employer

-are you re marry (no) (because i am widow)

yes/no.

Have you ever claimed to be a U.S citizen

Do you owe any overdue tax

The IO told me congratulations . I takes only 12 minutes and I am done .She told me to come back at 2 pm for my oath ceremony. We have 15 persons in the room and takes only 5 minutes. I am now a U.S. citizen .I am so happy and thankful that i took my oath at the same day so i could not come back . Hope everyone who are from Seattle and transfer to Portland have a good experience and Good luck.

Hi guys!

I have an upcoming interview for this Thursday in Newark NJ. Based on 5 year rule petitioned by my US citizen father.

From the time I applied for my n400 to today, a lot of things has changed.

1. I quit my job which I wrote as my employer on my application, and 2. I got married and 3. I had typed 1965 instead of 1964 on my dad's birthdate.

I understand I would have to tell the IO these information on the day of my interview.

Due to all these, is there a possibility that my application would then be delayed and would need a supervisor's approval?

I am part of a FB group with n400, and some were not approved on the spot due to additional changes in their application and now I am worried.

Thank you!

Hello everyone,

I see a lot of discussions regarding backlogs for K1 Visa applicants all over the world. I've looked on the HK US Consulate website several times and I've never seen the site mention that they stopped processing K1 Visa applications. Is Hong Kong processing K1 visa applications? Do they have a backlog for K1 visa applications? Also, as a follow up to those questions, what site(s) should I check to see processing / backlog information for any particular country?

Thanks in advance for your response(s).

Scott