Bluehorse

Hi, folks,

My oath date is Thursday this week. The oath letter states the following required documents in addition to the letter itself and green card.

3. All Reentry Permits or Refugee Travel Document in your possession.

4. Any other Immigration documents you may have in your possession.

Do the #3 and #4 above include my birth country's passports, my long expired student visa, or H1B, EAD/AP documents?

Thanks!

Thank you! This really helps... I was practicing hard thinking I need to be 100% correct...

During the interview, how many questions will I be asked out of the total pool of 100? And how many could I answer incorrectly but still pass this test?

Thanks!

Both my wife and I filed in early July this year. Done with bio-metrics in late Aug.

Today we received interview letters, but each of us got two identical letters in two envelopes. That is a total of 4 letters. Did anybody have this before? I think it should be fine, but just to make sure.

Thanks!

I am reading the naturalization guide posted at http://www.visajourney.com/content/naturalization_guide

Following two comments threw me off - I don't see list of Yes/No questions in Part 7 or Part 8 of the N-400 form. Am I looking at this the wrong way?

" If you answer 'Yes' to any of Questions 1 through 15 in Part 7 of form N-400, send:

A written explanation on a separate sheet of paper.

If you answer 'No' to any of Questions 1 through 5 in Part 8 of form N-400, send:

A written explanation on a separate sheet of paper. "

I saw two mailing addresses in the USCIS instruction. Is the second address only for if I use Fedex, UPS etc? And if I use USPS, for whatever services USPS offers, I should send to the first address? What service of USPS is recommended (registered mail, first class)?

Thanks!

"If you reside in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Territory of Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, send your application to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility at the following address:

USCIS

P.O. Box 21251

Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express Mail or courier deliveries, use the following address:

USCIS

Attn: N-400

1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S

Suite 100

Phoenix, AZ 85034"

Looks like it makes sense to mail my N400 after my return. Sending it before my trip really just gain me 2 to 3 weeks only.

I live in Fremont, CA 94539. I thought entire California applicants use the Phenix, AZ office?

Thanks!

But they also said the case is in "Background" check?

I went through the background check in the green card process. It was long and frustrating...Not sure if background check in citizenship application maybe different?

AS I SAID THERE IS NATHING TO WORRY ABOUT .. YOU WILL GET YOUR INTERVIEW LETTER VERY SOON . I GOT THAT YELLOW LETTER TO THAT IS NOT PROBLEM

I live in bay area.

What is NOA? Sounds like there are other activities IN ADDITION TO interview I need to worry about if I am not in US second half of June?

Thinking if I send package in late April, I will have 6 weeks to deal with NOA/biometrics, and then interview probably won't happen within 2 months of mailing my N-400?

Thanks!

Hi, folks,

I am eligible to file N-400 since mid Feb. but I have hold it back because I am planning a 3 weeks trip outside US from June 13th to July 4th, in which period I will not be able to participate the interview.

I am in California so my USCIS center will be at Phoenix, AZ.

I appreciate if experienced folks here can give an idea when is the earliest time I could be scheduled for an interview after USCIS Phoenix recieves my package? And average time?

Also will USCIS schedule an interview and then send me a notification letter, or I am supposed to receive a letter asking me to call to schedule an interview? If it is the later, I need to be careful not to miss it in mail while I am travelling.

Thanks!

I was thinking to file 3 weeks after the start of the 90 day window, so to minimize the risk of interview scheduled within the 90-day period. I am wander if the wait for 1 week suggested above really is enough?

Both my wife and I are going to file N400 later this month. Our cases are very similar to each other - employment based green card approved on the same day in 2007.

I am wandering if we should mail two separate packages, or a single one with both applications? Pros and cons?

Thanks!

Following came from USCIS website. What is "Express Mail", "courier deliveries"?

Should I use USPS, or it is better to use Fedex, UPS? And what kind of service you used, and how do I tell which one is "Express Mail or courier deliveries" so I know the correct address to use?

Thanks!

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If you reside in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Territory of Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, send your application to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility at the following address:

USCIS

P.O. Box 21251

Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express Mail or courier deliveries, use the following address:

USCIS

Attn: N-400

1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S

Suite 100

Phoenix, AZ 85034

17 months old baby assault with newly grown baby teeth and soiled diaper?

I had to file a law suit against INS 40 months+ after I filed 485 as I was stuck in name check for so long. Some branches of government can be quite incompetent. Knock the wood, hope I don't have to put aside money for law suit again...

I have DMV driving record, and letter from one of the two courts (the other court does not provide any letter despite they said they don't have any record about me in their system). I will talk to my insurance co and ask for a letter. I feel I will have done my part after that.

I had a similar issue - I had a red light violation in 2001 and paid the fine (around $200~300) plus attended driving school. Now I have talked to DMV, court, California Highway Patrol. None has record of that violation in their system. And I have lost the paper work too.

I felt I should report it in my N400. Thoughts?

If it were a "warning", I MAY choose not to report.

Thanks!

I am in California. Just called CHP and an officer told me that:

1. CHP turns all the ticket they issued to the court. And the court will forward the information to DMV if defendant is guilty.

2. CHP does not have a central archive of all the tickets its officers issued.

3. Each office keeps his/her records of tickets and they usually keep them for 1 to 2 years.

This was all verbal conversation, so I can't prove this is 100% correct. But I am now inclined to just provide an estimate date of the missing citation(s) I could not find.

Randye80 and folks,

My 3 traffic tickets dated 2001, 2005 and around 2008 were handled by two different local courts (Santa Clara and Fremont). So I talked to both courts and DMV with following findings:

1. Neither court has records of any of teh 3 raffic citations. Nothing. Both said they purge data once the citations have been closed/paid for. Santa Clara court is mailing me a letter stating no pending cases, and Fremont court does not provide any letter.

2. DMV shows record of 1 traffic ticket for 2005. I was told my 2001 ticket must have been removed from record after I told them I attended traffic school. My 2008 ticket was dismissed by court (driving 72 miles at a 65 mile/hour high way), and somehow DMV probably never received it.

So Randye80's comment of "State's Motor Vehicle Department does have all records" is not correct in my case.

I am thinking to report 2001 (with estimated month/date) and 2005 ticket. The 2007 ticket - not sure yet, as there is no record anywhere, and it was dismissed by court... Thought?

Thanks!

quote name='randye80' timestamp='1328132883' post='5134328']

Successful completion of traffic school often means that the violation does not show up on public records, or get shared with insurance companies, but your State's Motor Vehicle Department does have all records (that's how they determine whether you are eligible for traffic school next time, for example).

I suspect that USCIS has access to the Master List.

I am eligible to file N-400 next month. I have been in US for 13 years and have had 4 traffic tickets listed below. First one was a parking ticket in Boston, and the rest were in bay area, California. None of them carried penalty exceeding $500/ticket.

My problem is I don't have the exact date/month except #3 below. Are there a government agencies (DMV, police department) or court I can inquiry to find out the exact dates?

Also should parking ticket be reported in N-400?

1. 1 parking ticket in 1999

2. 1 red light ticket in 2001: paid and driving school

3. 1 speeding ticket in 2004: paid and driving school

4. 1 speeding ticket around 2008 (this was driving 72 miles/hour at a 65 miles/hour zone, and was dismissed by court).

Thanks!