Williamzcj

Hi all.. I would like to update my case status if anyone is interested to know what happened to my case

I am a us citizen

It toke 117 days after interview to approve my case, my oath ceremony was on april 30, 2013

Here is my time line

Priority date June 13, 2012

Fingerprints July 19, 2012

Interview dec 12, 2012

Sent evidence requested dec 21, 2012

Case approved april 8, 2013

Oath ceremony april 30, 2013

I would like to thank everyone who helped my and answered my questions during the process and would like to apologize to those whom I annoyed ..regards ..I will be coming here later

did u get a response for your n 400???mine rfe didnt arrive,called the office and they told me to send the documents,bec i had 30 days from interview to submit documents.so i did submit it couple of days ago.now lets see when and what response do i get.

No never recieved any response after submitting the evidence.. The case status online still at ( request for evidence)

Well its been exactley 8 months from my priority date. I want to be ready to sue them 120 days after the interview which is appraoching fast

Does anybody know a good immigration lawyer in atlanta, ga area?

I sent my application to Philadelphia center. I have read a lot of treads and found that mostly they ask you to wait 90 days mine was way longer than 90 days.

How did you contact your Senetor , in person or phone? Did you sign a release form for them?

Good luck to you.

Contacted them by phone.. And thy instructed me to fax the signed release form with the details of my case which i did to both..

Hello all,

I would like to update my case, I contacted Senator's office in my town to follow up my case and only took them a day to get an update for me that my case was approved since Nov. 2012 but because I am doing a name change I have to wait till May for the next Oath ceremony in my town ( they said I should receive the notice 3 weeks prior the ceremony)

I will come back and update again when everything is all done.

Thank you all for your supports! Good Luck.

Oh my case status online is not update to "approved"

My case is so similar to yours.. The intervew was done on 12/12/12 ..they requested a copy of petition for divorce after that.. Sent them the copy few days later and still waiting for decision..

Which serivce center is your application at?.

I did contact the senator and the congressman couple weeks ago but still no answer from either one..i was told to wait 90 days after the interview and to contact the Customer service number again if i hear nothing within that period .. But i see from your case that it takes them around 90 days to make a decision

how many days is the timelimit on rfe to submit documents?????

They gave me 30 days to submitt evidence, which i did few days after recieving the rfe letter

still no response,havent recieved the rfe,no email,no call fron uscis.what should i do?is infopass helpful

I got my rfe letter 2 days after the interview.. I would call them again if i were you

You are actually don't know what you are talking about and you are confusing yourself and other people as well. Let me quote your own statements- You wrote in above posting that USCIS didn't ask for your divorce decree at the time of removing the condition on your temporary green card. You said this-"The didnt ask for it when removed the condition..", but then you have very clearly also stated that you did submit/attach the copy of your divorce decree with the application/petition to remove the condition. Here is what you said-"i even attached a copy of the divorce decree when filed to remove the condition". So tell us, which one is true- did you submit the divorce decree with your petition to remove the condition on your green card or you did not? Besides, it doesn't matter now because now you have applied for citizenship and its a different application, so you need to submit the certified copy of your divorce decree again. If you say that you did submit it with your naturalization application then it might have lost somewhere while processing or officer might have overlooked it or officer wants to have a certified one which you did not submit it before. You have to know the difference of certified divorce decree or without certification. USCIS always wants to have certified document. So if this officer wants to have CERTIFIED divorce decree then you can not say that you were not asked a CERTIFIED divorce decree at the time of removing the condition nor you can say that when they accepted a regular divorce decree without certification at the time removing the condition then why they are asking for a certified one. Just don't go into too much "mind boggling" things. Just submit the CERTIFIED copy of your divorce decree and then wait to hear from them for at least 3 months. You can not say that your priority date is this and that or that you were interviewed on this and that because each case is different and unique. Priority date is just an approximate, not a guarantee one. However, you are free to file a lawsuit against USCIS AFTER 120 days of your interview, but your timeline for this lawsuit will not start from the date you were interviewed because you were asked to submit a document thru RFE. This 120 days timeline starts when everything was fine at the interview and nothing was asked to submit and USCIS sits on the case for 120 days without asking anything but if USCIS has asked something then this timeline becomes mute.

By the way, I hope you understand the difference between a divorce DECREE and divorce PETITION. Many times you have talked about USCIS having asked for divorce PETITION. Divorce petition is different than divorce decree. Sometimes USCIS does ask for divorce petition/complaint/pleadings to see when divorce was filed and on what ground and what were other terms of divorce than accepting a short summary of divorce judgement. They do ask for divorce papers when they need to dig more into someone's marriage to fret out possible immigration fraud. So we are not clear at this point as to whether you were asked for divorce decree or divorce petition. Nevertheless, you just chill out, wait, relax at least until March before raising your blood pressure.

Gosh you are so confused divorce decree is totally different than divorce petition.. Read my posts again

let us know how it turns out... with your case

Will let you all know for sure

from my observation i have noticed that people that are applying for themselve will usually take longer, I don't understand how it say you are divorced in your Naturalization certificate Grasppor..... why?

William where are you new york city?

No, its Atlanta, Ga .. The prosess is so slow here

he asked for thatm, because he wants to read the petition and know the reason behind the divorce, Did you try to contact your congressman ????

Yes i did last week but havent heard back from them yet, will wait till monday and conatct them again to see if they got an answer from uscis

That stinks.

I got lucky... I brought copies of my marriage certificate and divorce decree. I was married 10+ years to a Canadian when we moved here. Divorced in 2005 (I was here since 2000 and unconditional GC since 2003). USCIS had a copy of my marriage certificate from when we came here, but in the interview, asked for a copy of the divorce decree. Not even the yellow letter asked for that.

I had it, she copied it, end of story.

Not exactly chuffed that my Certificate of Naturalization has DIVORCED plastered on it... but oh well

I already sent divorce papers with my n400 but the officer requested a copy of the divorce petition couple days after interview by mail.. i wonder why ..nobody ever asked me for that ..well i got my conditional green card through marriage but i removed condition after the divorce and they were aware of the divorce at that time but they still approved my 10 years green card.. So why now they need the petition for divorce.. Doesn't make sense

Does it matter if immigration officers review N-400 before the interview or at the interview?? Most officers review applications at the time of interview because they are so busy in handling cases from morning to evening. And very few officers review applications ahead of interview. Nevertheless, each file/application contains a interim report which is prepared by different department as to what is the case about (pretty much history of the case) and what documents are in the file and what should be asked for. This report is made while applications are being processed at different stage, and the it does help the adjudication officer and anyone who would ever reopen the case. The short answer to your question is- most officers don't review an application before the interview.

I think it matters.. Why they didnt ask for evidence before the interview if they werent sure of something.. Or they did review the case before the interview and didnt need anything but it was something that i said or did during the interview that set the officer off.. Thats why i am confused.. The officer didnt seem to know my full story during the interview

My wife just had her interview a couple weeks ago, and was approved. The status online changed that they sent her a date for the oath, which I hope we have in a couple of days.

I thought we were going to be the last ones out of June.

Have you called to check that they received the information?

Yes i did.. The 2 tier officer couldn't tell from his system if they received the requested evidence at the local office or not but he said to call after 90 days from the interview if nothing happened..i am so worried...i guess i will be the last one here to get my citizenship

Wow i guess i am the only one left .. Not good

Wow, William - when did you apply?

My priority date june 13, 2012 ... I am a female ... Interview was done on dec 12,12 but the IO requested evidence which i sent over a month ago but still waiting for decision

It seems that i am the only one from june filers who is still waiting for approval ...

Thank you all for your replies.. I alreday contacted our congressman joe wilson his office send an inquiry few days ago to USCIS but havent heard back from them yet.. Will wait few more days if nothing happened i will contact the senator ... Hopefully i hear something today...

Hi guys.. I have a quick question and i would really appreciate if some one knows the answer and let me know

Do immigrations officers review your n 400 case before the interview? Or do they wait till the interview to review the case and ask for evidence..

No.. I filed to remove the condition after the divorce and i even attached a copy of the divorce decree when filed to remove the condition.. They were aware of the divorce at that time but thy still approveed my 10 year green card because i entered the marriage in good faith.. But i dont know why they need a copy of the divorce now.. The didnt ask for it when removed the condition..

Are you still single?

Yes, didnt get married again. No kids either. Its been 7 months and 14 days since my priority date.

Sorry if i annoyed anybody but i am new here and didnt know how to use the forum in the begining

Does anybody know how to search for cases similar to mine in this forum please?

You cannot base your citizenship on a marriage if you are divorced. Has it been 5 years of residency?

Yes over 5 years

How can i search for situations like mine in thie forum?