Kailin Husband

Congrats

Done!

Did you get transferred to a service center?

Yes. My wife's case was transferred to from MSC to California on 10/31.

congratulation.............my pd is 3/15.......and transferred to TSC on Nov 1st..only hope is in our hand......did your case transfer to somewhere??

Transferred to California on 10/31.

Finally got our NOA-2. Got the approval email on friday 9/13... and today the NOA2 was in the mailbox. Exactly 9 months for approval (priority date was 3/13)

Got my passport this morning: twelve days door to door, not too bad. The naturalization certificate has not arrived back yet.

Updating Rocks, and myself.

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N-400: April 2012 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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UserName.............|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice.........|

Katiushka............|04/02/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|Austin, TX..........|

Zee Bee..............|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/05/12.|05/08/12.|05/19/12.|06/20/12.|06/29/12.|Dover, DE...........| EB: 04/18

sealedkiss...........|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/03/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........| Placed in line for interview scheduling 05/07.

RVP10................|04/05/12.|04/12/12.|04/11/12.|05/21/12.|07/14/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|Charlotte, NC.......|

WARPed...............|04/05/12.|04/11/12.|04/10/12.|05/31/12.|06/21/12.|07/26/12.|--/--/--.|Tampa, FL...........|

Duck_Hunt............|04/06/12.|--/--/--.|04/10/12.|06/06/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|West Palm Beach, FL.|

gtg349n..............|04/07/12.|04/17/12.|04/12/12.|06/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.........|Placed in line for interview scheduling 06/21

Tuchy................|04/08/12.|04/17/12.|04/12/12.|05/02/12.|05/30/12.|07/05/12.|--/--/--.|St. Albans, VT......|

rocks................|04/09/12.|04/16/12.|04/13/12.|06/01/12.|06/13/12.|07/17/12.|07/26/12.|New Orleans, LA.....|US Citizen!

forever_green........|04/09/12.|--/--/--.|04/19/12.|06/08/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........|

AudreyBella..........|04/10/12.|04/17/12.|04/13/12.|05/30/12.|07/12/12.|08/13/12.|--/--/--.|Oakland Park, FL....|

HuggyApple...........|04/10/12.|04/18/12.|04/13/12.|06/04/12.|06/11/12.|07/17/12.|07/17/12.|Mt. Laurel, NJ......|"I'm A United States Citizen"

frali................|04/11/12.|04/17/12.|04/13/12.|05/29/12.|06/08/12.|07/18/12.|07/18/12.|Dallas, TX..........|US Citizen!

VivianNYC............|04/11/12.|04/18/12.|04/16/12.|05/16/12.|06/29/12.|07/31/12.|--/--/--.|New York, NY........|

xeni455..............|04/11/12.|04/20/12.|04/18/12.|05/02/12.|--/--/--.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........| EB: 05/02

~PalmTreeGurl~.......|04/12/12.|04/19/12.|04/18/12.|05/07/12.|06/12/12.|07/19/12.|--/--/--.|Houston, TX.........|

cave-canem...........|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|04/13/12.|05/07/12.|06/19/12.|08/03/12.|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.....|

Damian&Kelly.........|04/14/12.|04/20/12.|04/19/12.|05/25/12.|07/06/12.|08/10/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....|

monagoz..............|04/16/12.|04/22/12.|04/23/12.|06/06/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York, NY........|

Vsp..................|04/16/12.|--/--/--.|04/24/12.|06/07/12.|06/25/12.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....|

visaqna..............|04/17/12.|04/19/12.|??/??/??.|06/15/12.|06/25/12.|08/13/12.|--/--/--.|Houston or San Antonio, TX|

cEzYcHiC.............|04/17/12.|05/23/12.|05/26/12.|06/21/12.|07/06/12.|08/14/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....| EB: 06/11

bdp777...............|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|04/18/12.|06/01/12.|07/13/12.|08/09/12.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|

teddy000.............|04/19/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|05/15/12.|--/--/--.|07/10/12.|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.....|

Dbears...............|04/23/12.|04/27/12.|04/26/12.|06/20/12.|07/05/12.|08/07/12.|--/--/--.|Raleigh-Durham, NC..| EB: 06/05

Harry_Sidhu..........|04/24/12.|05/01/12.|04/30/12.|06/01/12.|07/12/12.|08/01/12.|--/--/--.|Pittsburgh, PA......|

Cloudy9..............|04/24/12.|05/03/12.|05/01/12.|05/23/12.|07/13/12.|08/13/12.|--/--/--.|Oklahoma City, OK...|

manou_and_med........|04/25/12.|--/--/--.|05/02/12.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Stephen Chu..........|04/25/12.|05/02/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Dagobert.............|04/27/12.|--/--/--.|05/04/12.|06/21/12.|07/14/12.|08/14/12.|--/--/--.|Raleigh-Durham, NC..|

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

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UserName.............|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice.........|

Khushi81.............|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/09/12.|06/21/12.|07/05/12.|08/02/12.|--/--/--.|St Paul, MN.........|

SQtoUS...............|03/29/12.|04/03/12.|04/03/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

Celikkanat...........|04/03/12.|04/05/12.|04/06/12.|05/11/12.|07/13/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

musiclover621........|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/10/12.|05/01/12.|06/07/12.|07/16/12.|07/16/12.|Omaha, NE...........|

Mymee13 .............|04/04/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

BillandNicky.........|04/05/12.|04/12/12.|04/11/12.|06/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Detroit, MI.........|

New Beginnings.......|04/06/12.|--/--/--.|04/23/12.|06/20/12.|07/09/12.|08/09/12.|--/--/--.|St Paul, MN.........|

MikeAndIryna.........|04/09/12.|04/18/12.|04/17/12.|06/04/12.|07/19/12.|08/23/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

Mitchamy.............|04/09/12.|04/16/12.|04/17/12.|05/31/12.|07/05/12.|07/30/12.|--/--/--.|Salt Lake, UT.......| EB: 05/25

cleverodra...........|04/12/12.|04/19/12.|04/17/12.|05/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

boschev..............|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|04/17/12.|05/18/12.|05/23/12.|06/26/12.|--/--/--.|San Jose, CA........|

Nineta...............|04/16/12.|04/23/12.|04/18/12.|06/28/12.|07/05/12.|08/09/12.|--/--/--.|Denver, CO..........|

Bogartthexplorer.....|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|04/20/12.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Detroit, MI.........|

Lady Bug.............|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|04/23/12.|05/31/12.|06/25/12.|07/31/12.|--/--/--.|Sacramento, CA......|

Kailin Husband.......|04/21/12.|04/27/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|06/09/12.|07/10/12.|07/26/12.|San Jose, CA........|The journey is over!

Kiwi123..............|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|04/30/12.|05/25/12.|06/21/12.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|St.Louis, MO........| EB: 05/15

let-it-be............|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|04/25/12.|06/22/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Portland, OR........|

Mks1981..............|04/24/12.|04/27/12.|04/29/12.|06/20/12.|06/28/12.|07/30/12.|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA.........|

Mommy2ZaidnSalma.....|04/24/12.|04/30/12.|04/29/12.|05/25/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

jlogajan.............|04/25/12.|05/03/12.|05/02/12.|07/02/12.|07/16/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|St Paul, MN.........| EB: 06/26

mzagorski............|04/27/12.|05/04/12.|05/02/12.|06/04/12.|--/--/--.|08/07/12.|--/--/--.|Honolulu, HI........|

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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)

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UserName.............|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice.........|

Example..............|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|City, ST............|

Same here! Can't believe it is finally over. Good luck everyone.

To everyone who has had their oath ceremony already, did they make you sing Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA? My husband played me this song after my interview as a joke, then it turned out to be a song in our oath ceremony.

No, they did not make us sing it, but they put a video with it.

And now, this journey is finally over for me; I am now a US citizen. Good luck to all fellow travelers still in transit.

Just another day of wait. Oath on thursday morning!

Quick update...

On monday I received an e-mail stating that the Oath letter has been mailed. Hopefully is for this coming thursday July 26th. Almost there!

I was appointed at 10:30, and since I usually am pretty good at getting lost I drove there well ahead of time. I arrived at the door at 10:00 (after getting lost) and the security guard let me in after going through the metal detector. The interview rooms were in the upper floor, and when I arrived there were 6 or 7 people (with their escorting entourage) in the waiting room. I put my interview letter in the basket and sit in a chair in the first row keeping an eye to see when it is picked. Nobody picks it.

I start going through my manila envelope with papers. Everything is there, I did not mess up this time. I reach for my wallet to pick my green card... not there... cold sweat. It was supposed to be there I always carry it in the tightest pocket of my wallet. I fight my panic and stay in my chair until being called. There is a russian family behind me, talking non stop in russian. A couple of vietnamese ladies over there. And some other people. A older filipino lady comes out from one of the doors, she has some difficulty walking but is overall very cheerful. Apparently she has just passed her interview, and given her mobility problems they have decided to do a one-off with her and allow her oath to be taken today. A fact she is so rejoiced that she cannot resist telling everybody she crosses on her way back to her family that is waiting for her. Another person comes in approaches to drop his interview letter in the basket, mine is no longer there.

In the back end of the waiting room an interview officer tries to explain to a woman that why he needs to reject her mother's application, while a very well dressed indian man comes in to drop his interview letter. He carries the biggest load of supporting documents among the people now in the waiting room.

There are 4 doors labeled "A", "B", "C" and "D" every now and then someone pops out and calls a name. They call my name but it is not for me; someone with a very similar name.

By 10:40 a soft spoken man in his mid/late fifties calls my name. And asks me to follow him. We leave the naturalization section, and we stride into the adjustment-of-status section. The waiting room here is empty in this section of the building. I follow him to his office and before letting me sit down takes my oath of telling the truth. We sit down and he asks for my greencard, and I explain him my problem. He seems totally unexcited about the event, I guess it happens relatively often. He turns to his computer, starts typing something and the printer spews a couple of sheets of papers. It is a sworn statement that I have lost my greencard, two copies that he commands me to fill identically.

While I am filling the two forms, he starts reviewing my N-400, asking me questions along the way. When he gets to the travel section I hand him an addendum to my travel list containing the two trips abroad I took since I submitted my application. He says that he will review the travel list later, which I understand since it is a long list, over 40 or 50 international trips. However he points out that given the intensity of my travel schedule it is very odd that my first reported travel starts in June and not in April.

"I thought the trips will have to be reported from the moment I became a permanent resident."

"No, they need to be reported from 5 years prior to your application."

"My bad! I misunderstood the instructions"

So he helps me scan through my old passports, 4 of them, looking for the one that contains travels in 2007. He finds it and does a quick scan, but he does not find any relevant trip. So he hands me the passport for me to search through while he continues reviewing my application. And I find one in April 2007 that I write down to the addendum I had handed him.

Exam time!

* What is the name of the national anthem?

* What is the rule of law?

* What ocean is on the west coast of the US?

* How old do citizens have to be to vote for president?

* What major event happened on Sept. 11 2001?

* Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

As I answers he writes down my responses. After the sixth question he seems confused; he has lost the count, so he proceeds to recount the number of questions and then ticks them all as correct and signs at bottom of the sheet.

He hands me another paper and asks me to read the first sentence: "How many senators do we have?" Then, he turns over the sheet and asks me to write in the first box "We have one hundred senators?'

"Block letters or cursive?"

"Does not matter..."

"Good, my cursive is close to illegible"

"Please write 'one hundred' in letters, not with digits"

I do so, and he informs me that I have passed the interview, and that my application will be recommended for approval, and that within a few days I will receive a letter with the oath appointment or a request for more evidence if he deems it necessary after carefully scrutinizing my travel history. Next oath date is July 26. I hope it gets adjudicated before that.

While he walks me out he hands me an envelope with forms for requesting a US passport after the oath ceremony, and a sheet of paper stapled to it congratulating me on having passed the interview.

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All in all, a pleasant experience. The interview officer was always courteous and soft spoken and it made the interview flow like a very friendly chat.

Thanks, I just need to know where your local office is. Sorry, I forgot to mention that part!

My bad.

Lockbox: Phoenix, AZ

District Office: San Jose, CA

Congrats! Can you give us the rest of your dates so you can be added to the list?

Sure.

2012/04/21 -- N400 Sent

2012/04/26 -- NOA mailed

2012/04/27 -- Check Cashed

2012/04/30 -- NOA received

2012/05/04 -- FP notice sent

2012/05/08 -- FP notice received

2012/05/10 -- FP done (walk-in due to travel schedule)

2012/05/22 -- In line for scheduling

2012/06/05 -- Scheduled for interview

2012/06/09 -- Interview letter & white letter received

2012/07/10 -- Interview

Yay!

Got my interview letter! July 10th.