Safety Chick

Please Red me!

Had my oath ceremony today in San Jose, CA. we were 420 new citizens from 58 countries.

Thanks to everyone on this forum and good luck!!

You can have same day as long as you go to the passport agency early and have travel plans within 7 days. You must have the travel plans.

Thank you for this information.

I was wondering how you would check if it was touched? I had to submit the correct Police check and sent it via registered post. Aus Post tracking tells me that it was delivered on Monday 16/11. Im a nervous wreck waiting.

Hi,

There is no way of checking this. this is just the time it took them to send me an e-mail from when I knew it was delivered.

It will be fine, just be patient.

Good luck!

When I went to the interview the officer told me to complete the questions before arriving to the ceremony but don't sign it since you will need to sign it in front of the officer that will accept your letter at the ceremony. I suggest answering the questions in the morning before the ceremony, that is what I am planning to do.

Hi Everyone - wondering when to start worrying.

"On October 30, 2015, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number NBC********. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address."

We haven't moved & it is Nov 17th. At what point do you contact the office to say you haven't gotten your appointment notice? It seems like so many people got their appointment letters w/i 3-4 days after being scheduled. We don't want to miss the interview & we'd like to have more than 1-2 days to prepare! Anyone have a similar experience?!

Call USCIS and ask to speak with a tier 2 officer. Usually interviews are around 30 days from when you get this status change. you probably still have a couple of weeks till the interview date, but you should call today.

Good luck!

You can call USCIS and ask to speak with a tier 2 officer. explain that you need to leave the country and they will be able to look in your file and tell you when your oath is.

Just received an update that my oath has been scheduled and my notice was mailed! Time to stalk the mailman! Haha.

Congrats!!

I just received a text message indicating that the oath ceremony has been scheduled. Now we will wait for the letter to find out the date.

YAY!!! congrats!

hello everyone,

Congratulations who got their oath date and Good Luck to the waiting people.

My resident since date is 03/19/2013 on my conditional green card. I recently got my 10 year GC as well.

I am planning to go out of country in January for 1 month or so. I was reading, and found out that I can send application 90 days early, Which would be '2015-12-20'.

my concern is, If I file on time, I'll get finger print in next few days, which I might miss because I won't be in the country.

can I file few days before so that I can take care of finger print if they send it before? or wait till I come back (which is beginning of February)?

Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

I don't think you can - they will send your application back since it's not within the 90 window.

My oath ceremony is on 11/24

As long as you are not in jeopardy of breaking continuous residence and physical presence, it is fine.

Be aware that many oath letters give less than 2 weeks notice. I would not want to miss my oath ceremony, and I imagine you feel the same.

Thanks Kovacs. Just FYI - I called NBC and they said I can travel as long as I keep an eye on my mail.

Hello,

It is not advisable to travel before my Oath of ceremony.You can call to the USCIS Customer service office to check.

Disclaimer:- usimmigration-center.com DOES NOT provide any legal advice and users of this web site may visit USCIS to get more information about their issue.

Thanks for your reply. is there a specific reason why it's not advisable?

Sorry to hear about your experience. it's really not fair people treat others with disrespect. Mine wasn't rude but he wasn't nice either up until the end.

Hello

I was wondering if I can travel overseas after my N400 interview and before my oath ceremony? I know that basically I can because I have my green card with me but just wanted to make sure I won't have any issues if I leave for a month and then come back for the oath ceremony

Safety chick, I did up until my interview was scheduled but nothing after.

Thanks!

For you who anxiously awaits a change of status...Don't hold your breath! My status never changed after I got the "interview scheduled". Even now, a while after my oath ceremony it still says interview scheduled...

Alaska2012 - did you ever registered to get SMS & e-mail notifications?

For you who anxiously awaits a change of status...Don't hold your breath! My status never changed after I got the "interview scheduled". Even now, a while after my oath ceremony it still says interview scheduled...

Good to know! awaiting impatiently for my Oath date

On November 2, 2015, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number NBC*00604****. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice.

****If you have an IPhone...download USCIS case tracker & searcher. Add your case number and it's easier to use than going to their website every time.

Congrats!!

Hi jaysimus,

Mine took about 1 week till I heard back.

Good luck!!

Good Morning everyone)

Just had my interview this morning in the Kansas City Field Office. The interview went great, the officer was a nice guy in his thirties. He swore me in, asked me to read a statement and write down the answer. Then he asked me six questions from the test, I got all of them right. I don't remember the questions though. After that he went through my application, asked if I wanted to make any changes, which I did. I got a part time job recently so I needed to update that. I applied under the three year rule, so he went over some documents that I send with the application, which were three years of tax returns and apartment leases we had since we got married. I only gave him a renewed lease since we resigned it in September, he did not ask for anything else, although I brought a bunch of stuff with me. He took a look at my passports, and at my husbands passport and his naturalization certificate(he moved here from Russia when he was 4), and then he said that he recommends me for approval! All in all it was a very good interview. I was nervous because I had a few issues, but he did not seem to care about any of them. Now I'm just waiting for my oath letter!

Congrats!

Hola que tal?

I sent the same as Alaska2012 and it was all good. I wasn't asked for any further evidence in the interview.

Congrats!! I passed today too!! woot!!!!

Hi,

Look at my posting in the July 2015 thread from today. I just passed my interview in San Jose.

Hi,

I passed my interview this morning in San Jose. Interviewer was pleasant. first he swore me and went through my application. the only thing he wanted to see was my passport, green card and DL. I sent a lot of proof of our marriage in the application so he didn't want to see anything else(but a brought heaps with me anyway). then we moved to the testing and he asked the following:

1. When was the declaration of independence?

2. Who lived here before the immigration from Europe?

3. Who is the speaker of the house?

4. What do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution?

5. Name 1 of the longest rivers in the US?

6. We elect a president for how many years?

Then he asked me to read a sentence and write - " Who was Abraham Lincoln" and write "Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war". I passed all and he congratulated me. he said that I will get a letter for the oath in 2-3 weeks, I asked him how many Oath ceremonies are going to be in November and he mentioned that there are going to be at least 3 in San Jose since in October they didn't have any because of the end of the fiscal year and they are having difficulties in finding a venue for it.

Phew....

My question is do you have a physical address in the US that will receive all the notices(biometrics, interview letter etc.) for you? how are you going to deal with coming back for biometrics/interview/oath?

sorry for not answering your question but my guess will be that the above might be the reason to be on US soil