sweetdream

Finally got a text stating that status has been updated. As of Nov 1, have been scheduled for interview. It took exactly 3 months to move from " in line to be scheduled" to actually being scheduled. How long do you think it will be to get the actual letter stating time of interview?
Someone please update for me. Thanks!

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

I agree with you (and please do not pay attention to Que Saudade, who should be somewhat ashamed now). I arranged my photos and screenshots of certain things, like chat room logs (I was very creative with ideas for my proof of relationship), bills, etc.; added notes on a side and printed it out. Everything was accepted just fine. I brought the messier originals to the interview later, just in case, but they were not claimed.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

I agree with you (and please do not pay attention to Que Saudade, who should be somewhat ashamed now). I arranged my photos and screenshots of certain things, like chat room logs (I was very creative with ideas for my proof of relationship), bills, etc.; added notes on a side and printed it out. Everything was accepted just fine. I brought the messier originals to the interview later, just in case, but they were not claimed.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

So you had a cheap laugh, we got your point, why keep on pressing? However, perhaps what the person meant was he arranged everything in PowerPoint nicely and then printed it out and sent in. That makes sense.

I have my interview in Indianapolis this morning and i PASSED yeyeye...now going to wait for the oath ceremony letter in the mail, IO told meit might be by October.
Here is my experience this morning.
Arrived really early at 6.40 am for 8 a.m interview,left home early bec it is a 3 hour drive and Indy usually is high traffic. So got to the building around 7.50 a.m,have to wait outside til they open.
At 7.55 am the door was opened and formed in line for security check,8.00 window opened submitted my notification for interview,5 mins after that my name was called first.
IO was pretty nice,got into his office and started right away...He went through with the application papers and asked question and answers just to confirm validity, started my civics test and here are the questions he asked...
WHAT IS FREEDOM OF RELIGION?
NAME ONE STATE THAT BORDERS CANADA?
WHEN WAS THE CONSTITUTION WRITTEN?
WHEN MUST ALL MEN REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICES?
WHAT OCEAN IS ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES?
HOW MANY U.S SENATORS ARE THERE?
I answered all correctly then moved on to reading test.
What do we have to pay to the government?
then on to the written test
We pay taxes.
Everything went really well today and now i will have to wait for the oath letter. I am so excited that i am almost done w this process and can move on to studying for RN test.

This is exactly what I was thinking.
If this is the case, I don't think you will have any issues. I arranged our photos and such in Picasa creating collages with references of who was who, and when & where they were taken. They accepted all that plus the actual copies of other things we sent like, for example, the passport copies with the stamps.

Yes, they will. I did the same thing and they sent the whole package back, took a couple of weeks for them to get it back to me. Resent it with the right wording and now just waiting on that precious NOA2.

For what its worth, got a hold of my friend that adopted that baby girl from Ethiopia, her place of birth in her birth certificate was listed as Ethiopia, and had to go through immigration that took about a year to complete so she would be a US citizen.
Certainly no expert on this subject, not even in the novice class. Appears that naturalization can only occur if one of the biological parents is a US citizen, adopted parents, by law have the same rights as natural born parents, but not apparently with the USCIS or the DOS. Still feel we have too many damned agencies to deal with.
Ironically this was an unwanted child, more than likely would die of a an early age due to malnutrition and other diseases. But it cost my friend $50,000.00 to bring her here dealing with do-gooder crooks I can only imagine.
But will get a $3,500 year tax deduction from our friendly IRS after FICA taxes, where in the 20% tax bracket, gives him an extra buck ninety per day to raise that child, so this really has to be an act of love to do so. As you are aware, adoption and immigration expenses are not tax deductible, only if you are a super rich corporation and use that money to hire somebody. Just doesn't seem fair to the average American.
Yet another problem is raising kids to be decent, was a heck of a lot easier years ago, don't believe those drug free signs pasted all over our schools. Worse place in the world to send you kids not mention sex.

So the other biological parent is not an issue in the Philippines? Assume there is another biological parent, my understanding that virgin births are not that common. Did adopt a one and two year old, new birth certificate showed us as the biological parents. Were born in the USA, but not in our town, used the town they were born in.
So wonder if your new birth certificate would reflect that as well. Never asked a friend that just adopted a baby girl from Ethiopia as to what her birth certificate says, will ask him later today. Seems ironic to me the really big deal the USCIS and the DOS makes of your place of birth. None of us had a choice in that. As a natural born US citizen, never had to make an oath to serve this country, well did when I was drafted into the military. Ha, was either that or going to jail, so wonder how valid that oath is. Immigrants make that oath freely, but still have to live with their place of birth. Especially if your home country demands you maintain your citizenship and requires you to have a passport of that country to visit your family.
So very curious what your new adopted daughter's birth certificate will look like.
When I met my wife, her ex abandoned his daughter, my stepdaughter now seven years before we met. But Venezuelan courts were only interested in his rights regardless of the conditions. Only counter we had to get his permission to bring her here was to forgive seven years of unpaid child support payments with another five to go.
See on other sections of this board, marriages with kids involved don't work out, but can develop a strong relationship with the kids even with problems with the parent of those kids. But if that parent goes, so do the kids. No consideration for the emotional stress those kids must go through. Really a crazy fouled up system in my opinion. Came to the conclusion when dealing with these self-proclaimed government agencies, the word family is not even a small part of their vocabulary.

Getting the USCIS involved with the DOS can be just as bad as getting OSHA involved with the EPA. Better off just to deal with the USCIS and DOS individually. Once you are done with the USCIS, you are done, now in the hands of the DOS.
Single most important factor is where you were born, practically with most countries and their relationship to the USA, that is of prime importance, most countries consider you always a citizen of that country regardless of where you go. Second is where your parents were born. My wife was born in Colombia, her kids were born in Venezuela, but because they always consider my wife as a citizen of Colombia, just the easiest amount of paper work can make her kids citizens of Colombia. USA is far stricter on these laws with resident requirements, and even registering that birth at the time that child is born with the nearest USA consulate. Colombia doesn't have laws like that, we considered sending her daughter there for college as the tuition rates were so much lower. But decided to get robbed blind by our colleges instead.
Even where your grandparents were born makes a difference, for the fun of it, contacted the Italian consulate, even third generation, and maybe its because I have assets, they want me back. The procedure is so much easier than bring an Italian here.
Then there is working in reverse with your home country, tired this route with Colombia and our DOS, like having my wife renounce her citizenship in Colombia so she could enter with her US passport. No way, even with a face to face discussion with our DOS on this subject, they refused to remove or change her place of birth on her US passport. And as long as her place of birth is on her US passport, she will never be able to cross the gates into Colombia with her US passport. She must have a Colombian passport to cross those gates, its there law, and will not recognize she renounced her citizenship. We had these discussions with the consulate in Chicago and in Bogota. You cannot change where you were born, even though this was never your choice.
But then they had us where they wanted us, made getting a new ID card and passport as complicated as possible, ended up costing us $2,500.00 US dollars to get that passport, they sure love US dollars. This gives the impression really don't care, its all about money. Can relate that to my stepson unable to get a visa to come here. He is living in my wife's condo, while we are more than willing to pay the expense to put that condo in his name, his biological dad is not, and in Venezuela law, his dad has all the say in this matter. Without being married, having kids, a job, and ownership, we cannot even get a visa for him to visit here. Believe me, we tried. Further complicated by Chavez kicking out the American ambassador in Venezuela and the USA responding by kicking out the Venezuelan ambassador in Washington DC. While our petition for him is getting as old as the universe, Obama is far more interested in the middle east and Africa. We are now in the hands of the NVC, yet another governmental agency, talk about some mean nasty people to deal with. Contacting my senator or congressman didn't help, they don't even want to get involved with this.
So the only way for my wife to see her son, is to go down there, same with her family in Colombia, none of them can get visa's to come up here. As a natural born US citizen, I have no problems in going down there. Ha, welcome to Colombia, spend a lot of your US dollars here. But the same with super rich people coming here, can come and stay as long as they want, even terrorists with lots of money. Can renew their I-94's for small change for them, further implying, if you have the money, can go anywhere you want to and stay as long as you want.
A lot written on this about that statement on our Statue of Liberty, we want your rich! Should be the new slogan, so much for bring your poor here. Those of us that petitioned for our mates in foreign countries already know that, first question you are asked, is do you have the money.
Did get on another board with US citizens that retired in Colombia and even getting their SS checks deposited down there. Had to get Colombia citizenship to stay there and buy property, was easy, as long as they had the money.
Its just all about having money.

The word "may" as opposed to the word "will" is used nine times in this very short document. Quite a difference between these two words, but the intention sure makes a difference. Then over 200 different countries to deal with, so no single answer.
Just find it ironic that communistic countries really want to hang unto their own people when they can't even feed them. In a socialistic country, wife had no problems in coming here, but sure had our problems bringing her minor child, they were claiming they had the means to protect minor children, one big fat joke.
Ha, all started with that gal or guy next door not working out with the question of why should one have to limit their selves when we have the whole world to chose from. What about our global economy forced upon us, while running a plant, if I had to buy components here, we go broke. Was a miracle we found each other, just wanted to be together the rest of our short lives, but then all these laws to deal with.
Then with this poor economy, no fault of ours, a couple of my kids had to leave this country just to earn a living. Nothing like having self appointed leaders with all the answers. If they really want to do us a favor, would leave us alone.
" The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy.Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth. A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship.
Intent can be shown by the person's statements or conduct.The U.S. Government recognizes that dual nationality exists but does not encourage it as a matter of policy because of the problems it may cause. Claims of other countries on dual national U.S. citizens may conflict with U.S. law, and dual nationality may limit U.S. Government efforts to assist citizens abroad. The country where a dual national is located generally has a stronger claim to that person's allegiance.
However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there.Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship.Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship.
Information on losing foreign citizenship can be obtained from the foreign country's embassy and consulates in the United States. Americans can renounce U.S. citizenship in the proper form at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad."

You can do it yourself or use anyone that can comply with the statement I copied for you here. This has been accepted by USCIS for a long time.
Certification by Translator
I [typed name], certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and ________ languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled ______________________________.
Signature_________________________________
Date Typed Name
Address

I will see an immigration officer first.