Shezi

 Congratulations neska2!

23 minutes ago, Faith1990 said:

All's well that ends well. Finally a citizen!!!

Congratulations Faith! It's a process worth completing... especially, for me, in light of Trump's recent spat with the UK.... you just never know with him 

4 hours ago, Lynyogini said:

Thanks for your recommendation, that would be ideal for me to stay closer to the office since it's just going to be me(husband will not be able to join me on that day due to finals week)!! I'm glad to hear that you had a pleasant experience at the Memphis office. 

If you're going by yourself then I would definitely take cdneh's recommendation, whilst our hotel was ideal since we wanted to have some Beale Street time, the walk up to the Memphis office was only 5 mins but in that time, we were stopped a couple of times and hit on for  money. Definitely not an environment I would want to be in as a lone female.

7 hours ago, Lynyogini said:

Hello everyone!! Question to you Memphis peeps. Where did you stay for your interview? My interview is next month at 8:15 am and I live abut 4-hour drive from Memphis so I will have to stay the night before my interview. I'm a Feb 2017 filer, just incase you're wondering. 

Hey there,  I'm 5 hours out, we stayed at the Hampton Inn on Beale Street, great value and very central, good luck with your interview! 

On 11/6/2017 at 7:49 PM, xtrasome said:

Attended Oath on November 3rd, about 40 minutes later walked out as a USA Citizen. Waiting for the passport now.

Congratulations!  Massively well done. 

3 hours ago, sieben said:

So today I had my interview in Houston, easy breezy, I passed and my application was recommended for naturalization, so yay? 🇺🇸

 

Oath Ceremony will probably be on November 15th, really looking forward to it! 

 

Thank you all, I couldn't have kept my sanity without y'all!

Congratulations! 

37 minutes ago, xtrasome said:

Update: Received email from Ombudsman today saying the USCIS had made a decision on my case and because of that reason they will close the case as "Resolved." I called them right after receiving the email, and they told me to wait maximum 30 days for USCIS to contact me if they don't contact then Ombudsman's office will reopen the case and push USCIS again. 

 

Later I called USCIS and spoke with a Tier-2 officer, and he notified me that the case has been in-line for oath since September 22nd, 2017. They will send me a letter as soon as they have an oath ceremony date. 

 

The Ombudsman's office called USCIS on September 20th, 2017 and Senators office called them on September 22, 2017. So can't tell which one helped. I can not be excited until I am done with oath ceremony, after all these years of experience with USCIS, I am sure of one thing that anything can happen with USCIS. 

Yay! Keep us updated! 

17 hours ago, xtrasome said:

So, my interview was on 25th of May, 2017. Received RFE and returned all documents on 02nd of June 2017. Today it is exactly 120 days after the USCIS received my response for RFE. I am sharing the inquiries I did in the meantime, bottom line still waiting 

 

06/05/2017: Called USCIS-No resolution

07/06/2017: INFOPASS Appointment- Told to contact after 2 weeks

07/07/2016: Called USCIS- No resolution

07/15/2017: Received Email from USCIS- No Resolution

07/25/2017: Request for Ombudsman case assistance

07/29/2017: Service Requested on USCIS Website

08/11/2017: Received email from USCIS saying they are unable to provide any details

09/20/2017: Email from Ombudsman, advised waiting 60 days.

09/22/2017: Submitted case query to Senator Schumer, acknowledged the receipt.

09/30/2017: Case status inquiry submitted to USCIS Website

That's appalling! 

3 hours ago, cdneh said:

Passport arrived this morning.

Fantastic, now you're bona fide!!

28 minutes ago, jc84 said:

finally my case was updated.We placed you in line for your oath ceremony and will send you a notice for Receipt Number NBC*00000000, with the date, time, and location of your oath ceremony. You should receive your notice within 30 days of its mailing date. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

 

I wrote an email to my senator on august 24th and today my case was updated.i don't really know if that happened because they contacted uscis or not.but I'm happy because after more rhan 120 days uscis finally approved me

It's always worth seeking help if your case feels like it's going nowhere! Congrats! 

5 hours ago, solec2020 said:

Interview August 21 it went really good and my oath ceremony was on Friday 25

Congratulations! 

3 hours ago, jaagoda said:

Hey guys,

My oath ceremony is scheduled for August 29th, 2017. 

Good luck for Tuesday jagooda 

11 minutes ago, rana300 said:

Interview was on July 3, 2016

Updated to "In line for Oath" on July 11.

Updated to "Oath was Scheduled" today, 

Congratulations rana, what a relief! It's hard to know what difference contacting a senator may make - but their assistants told me that the USCIS office doesn't like to be hassled by interference, which can be a good thing! 

1 hour ago, jc84 said:

Of course and thanks for sharing this.could you please tell me what details toy had to send them.i assume alien number,receipt number ,name ?

Yes all the obvious things but we also included an outline of the timeline since filing / how long we waited / what's happened so far - that kind of thing. Both Senators' assistants were very nice and extremely helpful.

2 minutes ago, jc84 said:

No yet but I will. Do you know if I have to call or I send them an email too ?

We asked for help in AOS because it had been 9 months, my husband the called both senators' offices and they asked us to email the details. Both had made a call to the Memphis field office within 3 days and I had an approval a day later. It's worth a try, right?

5 minutes ago, canuck32 said:

Hi @Ramz. Did you need to have travel plans (an international flight booked) to apply and get same-day in Miami? Do you mind sending the office details that provide same-day service?  Thanks in advance. 

I believe there are 3 categories for expedited service, the first requires reason for travel and dates, the second just dates and the third requires no evidence. I took the 3rd option and applied through the passport acceptance facility at the post office, had my passport in hand on the 6th day! 

On 8/21/2017 at 9:57 PM, jc84 said:

today is 120 days after my interview and no updates since yet

I'm so sorry to hear that! Have you spoken to your Senators and/or Congressman?

21 minutes ago, Ramz said:

Am officially a US citizen today . Thank you everyone for your love and support couldn't have done it without you guys am glad to have known each and everyone of you . To those still waiting have faith there will be light at the end of the tunnel just keep pushing and praying your turns are just around the Conner. Love you all and be safe. Thank you once more . Off to go apply for my passport🙏🏻💃🏻🥂🍾

Congratulations Ramz - it feels good, doesn't it? 

42 minutes ago, cdneh said:

All done.

 

Great day, 30 newly minted USC from 15 countries. No judge at ours, just the head from USCIS Memphis. Our appointment was for 13:00, and we were all done in an hour. They really do have a very nice way of organizing it, and making it special, quite a lot of people were in tears at the end. I...am not a crier I could have cried when I saw the certificate, they used the photo from biometrics, rather than the passport pictures they wanted, and I have never seen a worse photo, of anybody!

 

We drove through the absolute worst weather the day before, for 20 minutes on the AR side of the river. I could see the yellow line on the side of the road, and the 18 wheeler next to me, but nothing else.

The Hotel, same one as last time, mysteriously upgraded us to the penthouse Very grand.

 

Glad to be all done and dusted. Well, except for a passport, the DMV, the SSN...

Congratulations! Glad to hear you enjoyed it! We had 40 from 18 countries around the world! Don't know if you saw my post above but passport arrived in 6 days, definitely worth expediting! 

Just an update for reference, I'd applied for my US passport last Saturday, although I paid for expedited service they said 2nd September would be the earliest I would get it... it arrived today! 6 days later! Not returned my certificate yet though... 

Come and tell us how you got on today @cdneh!

@cdneh Best of luck for tomorrow, not that you'll need it! But do enjoy every moment of it 

1 hour ago, jaagoda said:

Hi,

Just wanted to let you guys know that I just received an email/txt notification that I was scheduled for the oath ceremony and a notice was sent out to me as well. Things are moving along

Congratulations, jaagoda! 

11 hours ago, Moose81 said:

Hi cdneh,

I tried for months to schedule one but every time I checked there isn't any available at the Houston office.

Is there any tip on how to book one?

The Houston office is a mess!

Thanks for your help.

I would also get your senators involved, their offices fall over themselves to help, just ask them to look into it for you! 

1 minute ago, cdneh said:

Cool. There isn't one here where I live, just a regular PO. My Husband got his passport here in town 2 years ago, and it was nearly three weeks to get an appointment!

I edited my post above to include a link to the Travel.gov website - it will let you search on zip code to see where your nearest one is to you  

14 minutes ago, cdneh said:

Shezi, did you apply for your passport through the post office, or is there some other way? I am thinking I'd like to do the expedited one myself.

 

I took it to the main post office that has a passport acceptance facility (Little rock has one) - they took a passport photo on site. They process in 3 weeks. 

Search here https://iafdb.travel.state.gov/