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    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Sorry for the delay, I am still recovering from celebrating last night :). Yes, I got approved. Here is what happened:

     

    My husband and I got at 972 Broad St, Newark Rodino Federal building at around 12:15 for a 1 pm interview appointment. We pass through security that is a tsa like security (removed shoes and put all the belongings in a bin). Got the elevator and went straight to the 15th floor. There was another guard at the door, she said I couldn't go in until 12:30, we went to the cafeteria on the 2nd floor for about 10 minutes. When it was 12:30, we went back to the 15th floor and the guard let me through and I went to window 1. At window one, the lady asked to see my appt letter and GC. She found my name on a list and sent me to the 14th Floor. There, I checked in on a n400 window and the lady said "have a seat and we will call your name". At this point it was 12:45. After a loooooong wait, I was called in at 2:15pm by a very sweet lady (Ms. Sudha Yeragudi). My husband remained in the wait room. I went to her office and she told me to put my belongings in a chair, remain standing and raise my right had. She said "Do you swear to tell the truth...so help you God?" "I Do", Have a Seat.

    She then took a picture of me, and took finger prints digitally (like in biometrics) only of index fingers and thumbs. First question: What is you maiden last name? (I have changed my name during my GC interview to my married name). I told her, she was very confused looking at her screen. She asked me: "Can I please see your passport?" I pulled out all of my expired and current passport, she wanted to see the most current one (which has my married name) then she said "Why doesn't your passport have your maiden name?" She was so confused and I deep inside was frustrated with her concussion but then I said "After I got married and got my green card, I also got married in my home country and therefore updated my last name in my passport as well, here is my old passport with my maiden name". She moved on. Next she said "I don't understand why your application has a lot of blank answers..." I said "I applied online and I noticed that the system prompted me to skipped a few questions as they don't apply to me". She said "We can't leave it blank, so I'll ask you anyway". I said "Ok, I understand". So she asked:

    "What is your address" -- I told her

    She casually asked: "Where my town was located, I never heard of it" -- So I explained to her ( I believe she was just accessing ability to speak English)

    "Are your parents US Citizens?" - -No

    "What's the name of your husband?" -- I said his name

    "How many times have you been married?"  -- once, to my current husband and never been married before and the same applies to my husband.

    "Do you have any children?" -- No

     "How tall are you?" -- 5' 4"

    "From 1933 to 1945 have you been a member of the Nazi group?" No (in my head: uuuhhh I wasn't even in this world!)

    "Have you been arrested before?" --No

    "Have you assisted anyone in committing any crime or offense?" - -No

    "Have you assisted in anyway anyone to immigrate to the United States illegally?  --No

     

    She asked a few more of those silly "have you ever" questions which the answer were all NO

     

    Then she asked the "yes" questions:

    Do you support the constitution, Would you be willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States, do important work for the nation if needed, etc...

    All Yes answers.

     

    She said lets move on to your test, the questions were:

    Name one of the senators of your state -- Cory Booker

    What is the capital of your state? -- Trenton

    Why does the flag have 13 stripes? -- Because the stripes represent the original colonies

    Who was the president during WWI - Woodrow Wilson

    Who the United States fight during WW2? -- Japan, Germany and Italy 

    What's the name of the Vice President now? -- Mike Pence

     

    Reading portion:

    a sentence popped up in an iPad in front of me and I had to read to her:

     

    "Who elects congress"

    Then the next screen on the Ipad showed lines where I needed to write the answer that she gave me, so I wrote:

    "The people elect Congress" 

     

    Then she was silent for a long two minutes (this was so awkward)

    Then she asked me: "Why did it take so long for you to apply for citizenship?" I said it was a hectic year for me with moving states and school when I became eligible.

    She said: "At least you're here today, I was just wondering if at any point you had any doubts on becoming a citizen of the US" 

    I said "Not at all, I just wanted to devote my time into applying with no distractions, I wanted to make sure I did it right"

    She said "Congratulations, I'm sending you to approval, go back to the 15th floor, give this letter and the GC and You will be sworn today!"

    Then I got my husband and we went back to the 15th floor, waited for a good 45 minutes and we went to another room with about 50 people plus their relatives. Applicants we interacted to sit in the front of the room and relatives in the back, but they could watch the whole ceremony. We did the whole thing - Watch a video, swear the Oath of allegiance, Nat anthem, pledge of allegiance, watched a video of our clown of a president read pathetically from a teleprompter words that he didn't mean... The nice IO explained the contents of our packages: Passport forms, voting and SS info. Finally they called each one of us to give us our certificate. They stress the importance to check our info in the certificate because in case it was incorrect they could fix it right then for free, but if you leave the building and realized something were wrong it would cost us $500 + to fix it and it could take months. So we did a double, triple check and were sent on our marry way! We left the building at 3:55pm. 

     

     

    Overall, all the people working at that office that I interacted with were really really nice and respectful, all of them said congratulations! 

    My husband and I celebrated at our local pub and I had a big burger and several beers!

     

    What a Journey, you guys!

     

    Here is my timeline: 

    Applied online on July 15 2018,

    Scheduled biometrics: July 21, 2018

    Biometrics received: August 9, 2018

    Interview scheduled on January 16, 2019 

    Interview March 7, 2019

    Hangover March 8, 2019 :D 

     

    Good luck everyone!!!

      
     

     

     

     

    I-751 July 2014 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Penguin_ie

    UGGGHHHHH! No approval for me yet! On my case status on USCIS website says" On July 17, 2014, we received your Form CRI-89, Petition to Remove Conditions of Permanent Resident Status Received, Receipt Number EACXXX, and sent you the receipt notice that describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your receipt notice by August 16, 2014, please call Customer Service..."

    Should I start worrying?

    Removing conditions - extended for one year???

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello all,

    So My friend, who got married to a USC two years ago is trying to remove her conditions.

    They submitted all the paperwork with payment and all evidences such as health insurance, car insurance, tax returns, 2 affidavits of friends etc..

    Now, she received this letter in attachment saying that her conditions is extended for one year and that they received the payment. For her to wait for the biometrics letter...

    Why are they giving her just one more year and did not remove her conditions on her Green Card?

    Anything similar to your case? Please help!

    J

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    Change of Name after AOS approved

    in General Immigration-Related Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Guys,

    So I just had my conditional permanent resident case approved and I received my Green Card in the mail.

    Luckily, The IO could change my name to my married name in the green card and now I just have to go to court and social security to have my change of name completed. Since I am not Hyphenating, I have to fill out forms at the circuit court of my county.

    A weird question came up, it sounds a little stupid but here it goes:

    While I was filling all the AOS papers, I would sign my name with my maiden name in the signature, including on the green card where bellow my picture there is my tiny signature. Now that my name will be different (I am removing my maiden name and adding my husband's name) should I sign my name on the change of name applications for the court and social security with my married name? If so, my signature would have a different form from my original, consequently, different from the one on my green card? Could that be a problem?

    Did anyone out there have the same doubts? Please Help!

    J

    July 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Yep. Its Card Production, then it goes back to Decision then back to card production so you will get another card production email today. Usually its 2 days after Decision. I'm sure yours was at Card Prodiction but I'm assuming you didn't check your status on that day but you are good to go. No worries...:)

    Guess what?

    Just checked my case status and it says:

    On October 3, 2012, we ordered production of your new card.

    YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!

    J

    July 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Yep. Its Card Production, then it goes back to Decision then back to card production so you will get another card production email today. Usually its 2 days after Decision. I'm sure yours was at Card Prodiction but I'm assuming you didn't check your status on that day but you are good to go. No worries...:)

    Thank you.. I hope you are right. Our interview was last Friday and I was checking our status like a maniac and haven't seen card production there. I hope I missed it. When its under Decision, it doesn't say the words we want to read: YOU ARE APPROVED! Though, they say that they made a decision and are sending a letter; to follow the instructions in the letter, and to allow 60 days to receive the card..

    I am happy interview is over but I really want to have my card in my hands LOL. As everyone does biggrin.gif

    July 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    We had our interview this morning in the Columbus, Ohio office. The officer was an older white lady. A middle aged black female officer sat in the room but didn't say anything.

    We were interviewed separately. I (the USC) was first.

    She asked me details about my daily routine, the bedrooms in our house, how we met, details about my kids... She asked to see extra evidence, and I gave her our lease, bank statements, letters of support. She went through our photos and smiled and laughed at a few of them. She asked about one with his parents in it and asked who they were and then commented, "Oh, so you've met his parents." And I said, yes, several times. I was in there with them maybe 15 minutes.

    Then they took my husband in the room alone. He was also in there for about 15 minutes. From his report, they asked him the same type of details about our house, routine, kids... All of our answers matched, of course, because it's pretty easy to answer questions about your own lives. B-)

    We have a 20 year age gap and, strangely enough, they didn't ask either of us us one question about it. It wasn't even mentioned at all. :huh:

    When my husband was done, she took his I-94 and told him he didn't need it anymore because he's not currently studying. She told him that she needed to review paperwork before she makes a decision. He came out alone and said we are done and we left. At no point during the process were we interviewed together, which I thought was strange??

    The interviewer was really nice and friendly, which was a plus.

    I. AM. A. NERVOUS. WRECK.

    Congratulations!!!!

    OMG, Good for you that your card is under production already, at the same day you had your interview!

    We do not have "card under production" yet...

    Is it normal?

    July 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    It sure does Congrats

    OMG! Thank you thank you!!! I can't contain myself!!!

    You guys are all wonderful!

    And you've been approved since the day of your interview. I'm surprised you weren't obsessively checking your status...:lol: I'm happy for you though. Now you can relax.....:)

    LOL! Thank you very much, YEs, I am going to relax now, Even forgot that word for a while! OMG what a relief!!!

    Thank you for your support!

    July 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hi Guys, I just checked my case status online and it's now under Decision. It says:

    Decision

    On September 28, 2012, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later.

    Does that mean I am approved?

    J

    Interview experience in Norfol, VA

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Thank you guys for your support and encouragement.

    I just checked my case status online and it's now under Decision. It says:

    Decision

    On September 28, 2012, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later.

    Does that mean I am approved?

    J

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