Maite&Osmar

December 5, 2019

4 hours ago, N400NYC said:

That's crazy! Makes me hope that my case does NOT got transferred! Out of curiosity, what part of Manhattan do you live in - west/east/north/south? I wonder if there is any pattern as to which cases get transferred to Newark?

Hi N400NYC,

We live west side Manhattan but honestly I don’t think it has nothing to do with the decision of transferring the case to Newark. If my husband can finally do the Oath on January 17th, 2020, it would be 15 months exactly since the day that we applied on October 16, 2018.

Bronx@filer · December 5, 2019

Hello Everyone,

I just want to give you an update in my husband case for those that are still waiting for the Oath Ceremony and that were transferred to Newark, NJ. He was interview and approved on October 31, 2019 at Newark and I just checked online and his oath ceremony has been scheduled for January 17, 2020 at 500 Pearl Street. I can’t believe it but it took him 2 months and 17 days after approval to get the appointment for the Oath Ceremony, but at least this is almost over. Good luck everyone that are still waiting.

November 1, 2019

Hello VJ members,

I have decided to join this thread because it is more specific to Manhattan field office. I would like to share our experience so far.

Applied online 10-16-18

Biometrics 10-29-18

Interview Letter 09-13-19

Interview 10-31-19

Oath- Waiting- Estimated time of completion 3 months

My husband’s case was transferred to Newark, NJ even though we live in Manhattan. We took a taxi to get to Newark and we got there a little bit before 8am and the interview was scheduled for 8:30 am and he was called at 9:30 am. The officer was an old man and according to my husband he was a nice person. On our way back we took bus 62 to Newark Penn Station and then we took the train to Penn Station 34 th Street. The interview for him was very fast 10 minutes approximately, but I saw people there with interviews that lasted 30 minutes. I scanned a lot of evidence when I submitted N400 online for my husband and probably that was the reason why they didn’t ask for any documents. They only asked him for his green card, passport, driver’s license and the transcript for 2018 because the officer had all the previous years in the system. I will recommend to print out the form N400 with all the answers submitted online and study that information because the officer asked him all the information submitted in the application. He was asked 6 civis questions only because he got all of them correct. Then he had to read a sentence out loud and write a sentence in a tablet but with a pen, they don’t have a keyboard. They asked a lot of questions about our relationship since he applied under the 3 years rule married to an US citizen and there is an age difference between my husband and I. They even asked him where we met and if we didn’t had any issues before with any immigration process because of the age difference and my husband responded that we have been together 11 years and we have never had any issues because the age difference. Other than that it was an smooth process for us. Hope this review will be helpful for other people. Wish you all the best.

November 1, 2019

3 hours ago, summer eyes said:

Hi fellow Visajourney voyagers,

I had my interview on October 31 in Newark and was contemplating about putting on a Statute of liberty costume for Halloween ))) Good, I didn't wear any costume. The atmosphere was formal and uptight in their Newark office. And getting to Newark from the Upper Manhattan was excruciating. I got there on donkeys, camels and my feet. I was scheduled for a 7:45 am appointment that is why I left my home at 5 am. Google map directed me to Penn Station to take a train from there. When I got to Newark I bought round trip ticket ($3.20) for the local bus at the cashier window inside the terminal station. The bus came in 6 minutes and I ended up getting to the place at 7.10am. I can hardly call my experience with the security guys there as pleasant. They behaved a bit rude with an older guy with a cane who was in front of me in the line. They decided to be super diligent in their inspection of his personal belongings. The older guy was calm and you have no other choice but let them do their job and keep your cool although they were very loud and some of their comments were a bit inflammatory or I might have been a bit sensitive because of the long travel in pouring rain, thick fog and dark early morning.

After I was in the building I took an elevator to the 15th floor. There was another security guy checking our IDs and letters and inviting us to proceed to the window in the waiting room. The officer behind the window checked my green card and letter and invited me to sit down. I was called for my interview at 7.45am. They were precise with their timing.

The officer invited me to come to the window and asked me to show my green card, my passport and my NYC ID. She asked me about my old passport because she wanted to check my travels. I told her my old passport was taken away when I got my new passport. Her next question was how I made sure that all my travels in the application were correct. I used my flight booking information that I have in my email. She was satisfied with that answer and asked me to follow her to the door number 1 behind which was a very long corridor with glass doors along it. You could see interviews were happening almost in every room.

Once we were in her room, the officer introduced herself and asked me to stand for the Oath to be truthful in my interview. She was nice and a little distant in a professional way. She was mainly looking at her two screens and a brown folder with all my information. In that folder she had all the documents that I submitted 7 years ago when I was applying for my green card. She asked me about my name and if I wanted to keep it or change it. Then she went through all those security questions that you are supposed to respond negatively. "No, I'm not a communist nor a prostitute." That long list of security questions transitioned into the next set of questions about your loyalty to the USA and you start answering "yes". After we were done with that part she started going through my application and asked me about my family, travels (if there were any travels after I submitted my application, what was the longest travel), work, and taxes. English test was next with a very simple sentence that I was offered to write on a tablet and read from the same tablet. Then I answered 6 civics question. The whole interview lasted for about 25min. In the end she had me review the info and if everything was correct so she could print a letter that recommends me for the US citizenship. She told me that I'd get my Oath ceremony scheduled in the NYC office.

I left the office. It was still raining. The bus brought me to a terminal station where I got on a PATH that finally brought me to the World Trade station. I was glad to be back in Manhattan.

In the evening, the status of my application changed online in myUSCIS portal to "we approved your application - your final step to becoming a citizen is to attend the naturalization ceremony. My estimated wait time is three months."

I hope it will be sooner than three months.

Also I was wondering if I could apply for a passport right after I have my Oath ceremony and what is the wait time to obtain the passport.

Thank you!

To be continued...

Hello Summer Eyes,

Congratulations for passing you Citizenship Interview. My husband also had his interview yesterday 10-31-19 and he was also approved at Newark, New Jersey. His interview was at 8:30 am and we got there around 8:00 am, so most likely you were inside having your interview when we were in the waiting room. Keep us updated if you get your oath scheduled since we were approved the same day. Our USCIS portal also says “We approved your application and the completion time is 3 months also. Hopefully, they will speed up the process.

Thanks,

Osmar & Maite

November 1, 2019

Hello VJ followers,

My husband had his interview today 10-31-19 at Newark, NJ and he passed the interview. I would like to share our experience for other VJ members that are still waiting. Please feel free to ask any questions.

My husband’s case was transferred to Newark, NJ even though we live in Manhattan. We took a taxi to get to Newark and we got there a little bit before 8am and the interview was scheduled for 8:30 am and he was called at 9:30 am. The officer was an old man and according to my husband he was a nice person. On our way back we took bus 62 to Newark Penn Station and then we took the train to Penn Station 34 th Street. The interview for him was very fast 10 minutes approximately, but I saw people there with interviews that lasted 30 minutes. I scanned a lot of evidence when I submitted N400 online for my husband and probably that was the reason why they didn’t ask for any documents. They only asked him for his green card, passport, driver’s license and the transcript for 2018 because the officer had all the previous years in the system. I will recommend to print out the form N400 with all the answers submitted online and study that information because the officer asked him all the information submitted in the application. He was asked 6 civis questions only because he got all of them correct. Then he had to read a sentence out loud and write a sentence in a tablet but with a pen, they don’t have a keyboard. They asked a lot of questions about our relationship since he applied under the 3 years rule married to an US citizen and there is an age difference between my husband and I. They even asked him where we met and if we didn’t had any issues before with any immigration process because of the age difference and my husband responded that we have been together 11 years and we have never had any issues because the age difference. Other than that it was an smooth process for us. Hope this review will be helpful for other people. Wish you all the best.

November 1, 2019

Updating the tracker after having the interview today at Newark, New Jersey.

UserName......|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|Field Office.....|NBC/IOE
anu19.........|03/23/12|12/23|01/05|12/28|02/02/17|02/23/17|10/20/17|11/29/17|12/20/17|New York, NY.....|NBC 
digitalvx.....|03/26/14|12/29|01/05|01/11|01/31/17|02/27/17|05/22/17|06/26/17|07/19/17|New York, NY.....|NBC 
nyctuh........|--/--/--|01/07|--/--|01/17|03/02/17|07/10/17|10/25/17|12/04/17|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC  
astronugget...|01/15/14|01/18|02/24|03/05|03/13/17|03/15/17|06/16/17|07/18/17|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
woopwoop......|03/03/12|02/01|02/04|02/06|03/01/17|03/03/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
jon29.........|04/11/14|02/03|02/07|02/06|02/28/17|05/04/17|06/10/17|07/11/17|07/27/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
iamwhatiam80. |05/18/14|02/15|02/24|02/23|03/20/17|04/18/17|08/11/17|09/13/17|12/01/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
Ipeksen.......|09/15/13|02/01|02/06|02/07|03/03/17|03/07/17|07/26/17|08/29/17|09/29/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
Charro........|05/--/06|02/07|02/15|02/15|03/06/17|03/10/17|06/19/17|07/20/17|08/17/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
PD: 03/20/2011|10/25/13|02/06|02/16|02/15|03/10/17|03/14/17|08/07/17|09/07/17|12/01/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
march16filer..|05/17/14|02/18|02/28|02/22|03/15/17|04/24/17|06/16/17|07/18/17|03/16/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
hllo..........|04/06/12|02/22|--/--|02/29|03/23/17|--/--/--|30/12/17|02/01/18|03/07/18|Queens, NY.......|NBC
NICK79........|05/07/12|02/27|03/03|03/01|03/28/17|08/16/17|08/17/17|09/21/17|11/03/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
BRONXRN.......|07/12/07|03/13|--/--|03/20|04/18/17|01/04/18|01/08/18|02/14/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
JK & RB.......|XX/XX/12|03/13|--/--|03/27|03/27/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|11/20/17|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
CARRIE212.....|05/23/12|03/23|03/28|04/04|04/20/17|05/01/17|07/18/17|08/16/17|10/04/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
zzehirbazz....|07/02/12|04/04|04/06|04/12|05/02/17|06/02/17|12/09/17|01/16/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
Private One...|06/10/14|04/17|04/21|04/19|05/19/17|05/26/17|08/08/17|09/12/17|09/27/17|New York, NY.....|NBC
marcicka......|--/--/--|04/25|--/--|--/--|05/19/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|12/05/17|04/24/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
Angel19.......|07/14/12|04/15|04/27|04/25|05/16/17|07/19/17|01/27/18|03/07/18|03/23/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
Nycfilemax ...|--/--/--|--/--|--/--|04/28|05/22/17|05/26/17|02/12/18|03/20/18|04/19/18|New York, NY.....|NBC 
Reneecakes....|--/--/--|--/--|--/--|05/16|06/06/17|06/08/17|--/--/--|02/27/18|07/17/18|Queens, NY.......|NBC
MANYC.........|09/--/12|05/24|05/30|05/31|06/20/17|07/24/17|01/13/18|02/15/18|04/10/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
MnMJourney....|--/--/--|05/24|05/30|06/05|06/12/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC 
Lela37........|--/--/--|06/--|--/--|--/--|06/27/17|08/18/17|01/22/18|02/27/18|04/06/18|New York, NY.....|NBC 
Koreanguy.....|08/11/14|06/13|06/16|06/20|07/03/17|08/18/17|01/30/18|03/07/18|04/20/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
Carlao........|--/--/--|--/--|--/--|06/21|07/28/17|08/18/17|03/08/18|--/--/--|06/--/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
Dee0812.......|09/19/14|06/20|06/27|06/22|07/11/17|09/07/17|05/17/18|06/20/18|07/27/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
nintendonana..|02/16/00|06/02|--/--|06/22|07/18/17|07/20/17|10/10/17|11/13/17|02/02/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
chungwai79....|08/10/97|06/15|06/19|06/22|07/10/17|08/22/17|--/--/--|06/14/18|07/20/19|New York, NY.....|NBC
TKN...........|06/02/14|06/20|06/29|06/27|07/21/17|07/25/17|02/01/18|03/09/18|04/13/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
ksp9..........|02/--/09|07/06|07/10|07/11|08/10/17|08/16/17|02/28/18|04/02/18|05/16/18|Queens, NY.......|NBC
lover5........|--/--/--|07/10|07/15|07/13|08/08/17|08/28/17|02/17/18|05/03/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
sam01.........|09/xx/10|07/05|07/25|07/25|08/18/17|09/26/17|06/11/18|07/17/18|08/09/18|Brooklyn, NY.....|NBC
Uk2bx.........|09/26/99|08/18|08/21|08/22|09/21/17|09/25/17|04/09/18|05/10/18|06/15/18|New York, NY.....|NBC 
Oanagmzo......|--/--/01|08/20|--/--|08/23|09/26/17|04/27/18|06/09/18|07/10/18|10/30/18|New York, NY.....|NBC 
mcawesomeville|10/14/12|09/06|09/14|09/11|09/29/17|10/30/17|03/29/18|05/04/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
NYC.RSA.......| 06/2014|09/03|--/--|09/15|10/05/17|10/19/17|03/29/18|05/04/18|05/23/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
b99...........|--/--/--|09/21|--/--|09/22|--/--/--|10/24/17|04/15/18|05/15/18|--/--/--|Queens, NY.......|NBC
maria99.......|--/--/--|--/--|--/--|09/25|10/24/17|10/26/17|08/10/18|09/13/18|10/12/18|Brooklyn, NY.....|NBC
Matmat........|11/19/13|09/27|10/02|10/11|10/27/17|11/06/17|10/13/18|11/14/18|01/04/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
chichi55......|07/--/93|10/06|10/11|10/12|10/31/17|11/07/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC
LaptopNYC.....|12/--/14|10/09|10/17|10/18|11/06/17|11/13/17|04/26/18|06/05/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC 
bebeu.........|01/09/13|10/17|10/20|10/23|01/03/18|01/05/18|07/19/18|08/28/18|10/05/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
VeryHopeful...| 1993   |10/13|10/19|10/26|11/06/17|11/14/17|03/15/18|04/20/18|06/04/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
The1..........|11/15/11|10/13|10/19|10/27|11/13/17|11/17/17|01/12/18|02/14/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|NBC 
BartalD.......|02/02/15|11/07|11/14|11/14|12/07/17|--/--/--|07/25/18|08/30/18|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE
sjandsj.......|10/24/14|11/13|11/18|11/16|12/05/17|--/--/--|08/04/18|09/05/18|--/--/--|New York, NY     |IOE
RedRoses55....|08/18/85|11/28|12/04|12/04|12/29/17|--/--/--|06/15/18|07/24/18|09/08/18|Queens, NY.......|IOE
876girl.......|08/18/85|11/28|12/04|12/04|12/29/17|--/--/--|06/15/18|07/24/18|09/08/18|Queens, NY.......|IOE 
dilmera.......|11/29/14|12/01|12/08|12/08|12/19/17|--/--/--|06/30/18|08/01/18|--/--/--|Holtsville, NY...|IOE
psg052813.....|05/08/18|02/28|--/--|03/01|03/08/18|--/--/--|09/17/18|10/23/18|11/08/18|LongIsland, NY...|IOE
cuba81........|04/02/13|01/19|--/--|01/25|02/16/18|--/--/--|12/27/18|02/05/19|03/01/19|New York, NY.....|IOE 
NYC2019.......|12/10/14|03/20|--/--|03/23|04/10/18|--/--/--|01/26/19|03/05/19|04/12/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
Greenpoint1122|02/04/14|12/18|12/24|12/28|01/11/19|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Brooklyn, NY.....|IOE



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UserName......|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|Field Office.....|NBC/IOE
Mwclion20.....|02/28/12|12/26|01/09|01/10|02/01/17|02/09/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Long Island, NY..|IOE 
ZOOM 123......|09/10/12|06/17|06/17|06/17|07/10/17|--/--/--|09/27/17|11/01/17|01/12/18|New York City....|IOE
Tranquillity..|--/--/08|07/04|07/05|07/05|07/24/17|--/--/--|09/28/17|11/01/17|01/12/18|New York City....|IOE
GoingThrough..|08/18/05|07/14|07/14|07/14|08/08/17|08/14/17|08/21/17|09/27/17|10/19/17|Queens, NY.......|IOE
vkhutchings...|07/22/14|07/28|07/28|07/28|08/14/17|08/16/17|08/21/17|09/27/17|10/19/17|Queens, NY.......|IOE
YashMin.......|10/18/14|08/15|08/15|08/15|08/25/17|08/30/17|11/15/17|12/20/17|02/09/18|Brooklyn, NY.....|IOE
Dinosaur2013..|12/01/14|09/06|09/06|09/06|09/12/17|10/26/17|12/09/17|01/17/18|02/02/18|New York City, NY|IOE
Sherlock23....|08/03/13|--/--|--/--|10/03|10/26/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Long Island, NY..|IOE
Randomcore....|02/24/14|11/12|11/12|11/12|12/05/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE
manXP.........|11/06/12|12/24|12/28|01/04|01/18/18|--/--/--|07/11/18|08/20/18|09/18/18|Queens, NY.......|IOE
anyz..........|04/--/13|01/13|01/13|01/13|02/05/18|--/--/--|10/10/18|11/14/18|12/07/18|New York, NY.....|IOE
Davesings.....|04/14/15|01/14|01/14|01/14|02/09/18|10/10/18|10/15/18|11/14/18|12/07/18|New York, NY.....|IOE
Maxgarciach...|03/12/13|01/21|01/21|01/21|02/16/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE
Lincarol107...|08/06/00|01/23|01/23|01/23|02/08/18|--/--/--|04/23/18|05/31/18|--/--/--|Queens, NY.......|IOE
nybpc.........|04/23/13|01/23|01/23|01/23|02/05/18|--/--/--|10/23/18|11/29/18|--/--/--|New York City....|IOE
nybpc_wife....|04/23/13|01/23|01/23|01/23|03/12/18|--/--/--|10/23/18|11/29/18|--/--/--|New York City....|IOE
hemkank.......|08/17/07|01/26|01/26|01/26|02/06/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE
MindTheGap....|05/12/13|02/12|02/12|02/12|02/21/18|--/--/--|01/12/19|02/20/19|--/--/--|New York City,NY.|IOE
cndrbk........|03/01/06|02/07|02/07|02/07|02/21/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|02/26/19|03/15/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
nywestq.......|--/--/--|02/11|--/--|--/--|02/23/18|--/--/--|04/29/18|06/07/18|09/06/18|New York, NY.....|IOE
TingX.........|05/03/13|02/03|02/03|02/03|02/13/18|--/--/--|01/02/19|02/12/19|02/28/19|Brooklyn, NY.....|IOE
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eminado83.....|04/12/00|02/13|02/13|02/13|03/02/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE
pollel........|06/06/13|03/12|03/12|03/12|03/23/18|01/12/19|01/12/19|02/20/19|03/12/19|New York, NY.....|IOE 
ritbiv........|06/08/15|03/15|03/15|03/15|03/23/18|01/12/19|01/12/19|02/21/19|03/29/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
stackeria.....|11/27/14|03/27|03/27|03/27|04/17/18|02/22/19|02/22/19|04/04/19|04/25/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
Rockioz.......|06/21/07|04/13|04/13|04/13|04/23/18|12/28/18|12/28/18|02/06/19|--/--/--|Queens, NY.......|IOE
bluestrudels..|04/14/15|04/20|04/20|04/20|05/11/18|--/--/--|11/30/18|01/16/19|01/16/19|Jersey City, NJ..|IOE
earl-andrew...|04/25/15|04/21|04/21|04/21|05/11/18|--/--/--|03/12/19|04/16/19|05/17/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
hotsteppa24...|09/08/12|05/22|05/23|05/23|06/14/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE
J+H...........|09/11/12|06/13|06/13|06/13|07/06/18|--/--/--|04/23/19|06/04/19|09/06/19|NY, NY interviewed in Newark|IOE
NYPeach.......|02/28/05|07/04|07/04|07/04|07/23/18|--/--/--|11/16/18|12/20/18|01/15/19|Holtsville, NY...|IOE
nyj215....... |11/07/07|07/23|07/23|07/23|08/14/18|--/--/--|06/19/19|07/25/19|10/11/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
mrock27.......|07/25/98|08/08|08/08|08/08|08/29/18|05/01/19|05/03/19|06/11/19|06/27/19|Brooklyn, NY.....|IOE
Lemon23.......|08/01/15|06/21|06/21|06/22|07/12/18|02/28/19|03/01/19|04/08/19|05/02/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
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binashi.......|11/20/13|10/28|10/28|10/28|11/23/18|03/26/18|--/--/--|05/01/19|06/20/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
citizQueens2018--/--/--|04/18|--/--|--/--|05/08/18|12/31/18|--/--/--|02/07/19|02/26/19|New York, NY.....|IOE
img...........|--/--/--|12/05|12/05|12/05|12/14/18|--/--/--|03/29/19|05/14/19|--/--/--|Holtsville, NY...|IOE
holidaywkhcx..|03/06/16|12/08|12/08|12/08|01/03/19|--/--/--|04/05/19|05/20/19|--/--/--|Holtsville, NY...|IOE
sar7ahm.......|05/02/15|06/30|06/30|06/30|07/26/18|03/07/19|--/--/--|04/17/19|--/--/--|Queens, NY.......|IOE
methold.......|11/23/15|09/05|09/05|09/05|09/12/18|--/--/--|08/23/19|10/08/19|--/--/--|New York, NY.....|IOE

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November 1, 2019

On 10/25/2019 at 7:31 AM, methold said:

I'm your guy! Exactly what happened to me. Check out my previous messages. I shared detailed how my experience was in Newark, New Jersey and I live in Manhattan

Thanks Methold, I already checked your experience at Newark.

October 25, 2019

2 hours ago, methold said:

I'm your guy! Exactly what happened to me. Check out my previous messages. I shared detailed how my experience was in Newark, New Jersey and I live in Manhattan

Thanks Methold, I already checked your experience at Newark.

October 25, 2019

14 hours ago, N400NYC said:

Out of curiosity, what is the “estimated time to completion” displayed on your husband’s USCIS account profile?

12 months seems to be the current standard waiting time for an interview for Manhattan applicants - one of the worst (if not the worst) waiting periods across all offices in the USA

Hello N400NYC,

I checked my husband’s USCIS account profile and I didn’t see any estimated time of completion for the case. I found that weird because I have seen that before but not anymore 🤔

October 24, 2019

17 minutes ago, sgzr said:

Thanks a lot Sgzr.

October 24, 2019

1 minute ago, sgzr said:

Apparently these transfers are pretty new for Manhattan filers. I had the same thing happen to me. You can read my experience so far in my posts. (I just joined so I only posted a handful of times.) Good luck!

Thanks sgzr for your prompt response. I believe you already had your interview at Newark, can you please share your experience at that place. Thanks

October 24, 2019

Hello Everyone,

It has been a long time since my husband filed N 400 online on October 16, 2018. After a year he received a letter for his interview scheduled for October 31, 2019. His case was transferred to Newark, New Jersey even though we live in Manhattan. I would like to know if somebody has a similar case and if they can share their experience regarding the interview in Newark, New Jersey. Also, I would like to know how long it is taking for the Oath Ceremony after the approval in New Jersey and if his oath will be in New Jersey or New York. Thanks for all your help in advance. Maite & Osmar

Davesings · October 21, 2018

Adding Maite&Osmar

Filed online 10-16-18 New York, NY

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nintendonana..|02/16/00|06/02|--/--|06/22|07/18/17|07/20/17|10/10/17|11/13/17|02/02/18|New York, NY.....|NBC
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YashMin.......|10/18/14|08/15|08/15|08/15|08/25/17|08/30/17|11/15/17|12/20/17|02/09/18|Brooklyn, NY.....|IOE
Dinosaur2013..|12/01/14|09/06|09/06|09/06|09/12/17|10/26/17|12/09/17|01/17/18|02/02/18|New York City, NY|IOE
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GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
Cashd: Date your check was cashed / credit card was charged by USCIS.
NOA: Receipt Notice Date Printed on your official I-797 notification.
Fprints: Date assigned for fingerprinting (Bio-metrics). If you do your biometrics via walk-in prior to your scheduled appointment, please enter the date in bold blue.
In Line: Date you received e-notification about the start of your interview scheduling.
Int Ltr: Date you received the official letter in the mail regarding interview.
Interview: Date of your interview.
Oath: Date Oath taken.

Field Office: Your local USCIS office where you will have the N-400 interview.

October 21, 2018

On 10/15/2018 at 2:28 PM, issea said:

We just got a notice by egov.uscis.gov saying the Interview was scheduled for my spouse's citizenship application. However, when we logged into the account where the e-application was filed via myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov, it still shows the estimate time to completion is 10-month. We just wonder which information we should trust before really seeing the physical interview letter. Because I have impression that there are people on the site complained about the glitches cis made on their system. So we don't know if this interview notice is a real one or just another glitch. Have any ideas?

Hello Issea,

Can you please share with us when did you apply for your N-400 because I just applied on 10-16-18 and we also live in New York. I would like to have an idea more or less when the interview will be scheduled and how long it is taking.

Thanks,

Maite

August 18, 2018

14 minutes ago, CJKylie said:

Yeah it’s super easy to upload everything. I uploaded like 20 PDFs lol. The whole application process took me less than an 40 mins I’d say.

Unfortunately, I believe the estimated time is fairly accurate. My local office is showing 10.5 to 15.5 months, and on my actual application is showing 12 months estimated.

I paid by credit card, but I assume debit card would work.

Thanks CJKylie for all your information. It has been very helpful.

August 18, 2018

30 minutes ago, CJKylie said:

Doesn’t make a difference, apart from the week or so that you will gain filing online by not having to wait for your package to be delivered.

Online is easier, as it leaves less chance for mistakes that you could make filling out a physical form, and removes some questions that aren’t relevant to your situation based on other answers you give. You also rule out the chance of your package being lost/damaged in the mail, or being lost/damaged/entered wrong when it arrives at USCIS.

Personally, I see zero point in filing by mail.

As for processing times, it depends on your local office’s workload. You can get a rough idea here: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Thanks a lot CJKylie for your prompt response. I saw that you recently applied online and I would like to know if it was easy upload all the documents because I have always submitted all the previous application by mail so this will be my first time online. I checked the link that you sent me and it is saying 16.5 to 18.5 months in Dallas Texas and 11 to 21 months in New York City. Is it actually taking all that time because I thought that it should be like 8 months. I also would like to know if I apply online if I can pay with my debit card.

Thanks,

Maite

August 18, 2018

Hello VJ filers for Naturalization,

I'm in the process of gathering all the information required to apply for Naturalization for my husband based on 3 years married to US citizen. He received his permanent green card on February 2018 and we took a break from all this process. As everybody here, I'm assuming that were in the same situation on whether to apply by mail or online. Can anybody here let me know if applying online is reliable. We live in New York and we should be filing to Dallas, Texas. I would like to know if applying online is faster than by mail based on your experience. Also, can somebody tell me more or less how long is it taking the process if we apply online and if we apply by mail. That information or any other information that you might provide may help in deciding which way to go.

Is the application online easy to do it. Please advise. Thanks a lot for all your help in advance.

February 10, 2018

16 hours ago, Br182 said:

Question:

what date was your NOA?

and biometrics?

just so we can compare

And congratulations 🎊🎉

Hi Br182,

The NOA was dated 01-12-17

NOA was received 01-17-17

Biometric appointment was scheduled for 02-06-17, but he did an early walk-in 01-30-17

Hope this information will help other people still waiting.

February 9, 2018

Hi everyone,

I just want to let you know that my husband finaly received his green card today for 10 years. For those that are still wating, I would like to share how long did it take to received the green card once it was approved from VSC.

-Approval letter dated 01-25-18

-Approval letter received 01-29-18

-Ordered Card Production 02-01-18

-Card was mailed 02-05-18

-Card was received 02-08-18

Hope you all receive approvals soon and thanks for all the support.

Good luck everybody!!!

February 2, 2018

I just cancelled my infopass appointment for February 6 @ 2:45 pm at 26 Federal Plaza in manhattan and it is available now.

Davesings · February 2, 2018

Today I received a couple of text messages stating that they had updated my husband status. I checked online and it said that card is being produced as of February 1, 2018. I can't wait for this process to be finished.

January 31, 2018

12 hours ago, gaia12 said:

I included 2-3 recent monthly statements and a letter from the bank that mentioned the history of the account - open date, average monthly balance etc. If you request your bank for such a document, they should be able to provide it. I think it provides USCIS what they are looking for, i.e. the account has been operational during the entire marriage period.

I got the idea from another VJ forum where someone posted about this working for them. I am hoping it still works!

I totally agree with Gaia12, I only sent the original bank statement for December 2016 and a verification letter from the bank for all our accounts (checking & savings). The verification letter included the account number, both of our names since we have joint accounts, type of account, when the account was opened, present deposit in the account and an a monthly average. I have used this letter when I filed I-129F also and I didn't had any problems. I used this verification letter for I-751 and we were approved. In my personal opinion if you include this letter signed with the letterhead of the bank and 3-4 bank statements per year, you should be fine.

shell20 · January 30, 2018

On 1/27/2018 at 8:40 AM, nycqueens said:

Thanks Shell20 and Forbright.

January 30, 2018

Hello everyone,

I just got home tonight and I found my husband’s approval letter in the mail dated January 25, 2018 from VSC. I wasn’t able to update the thread, can somebody do it for me. Also, I would like to know how long is it taking to receive the GC after approval letter is received. I know we have to wait at least 2 months but I’m wondering if the approved January filers have already received the GC and how long did it take. Wish you all good luck and hope you all get approved soon. Thanks for all the support!!!

January 27, 2018

3 hours ago, Chowking said:

Just got my approval letter today but my online status still the same which was "Fees were waived". So I am waiting for green card. For the meantime, I will prepare docs for N400. I want to be done with this process.

Hoping for more approval for my fellow filers and for those who have been waiting and applied before me.

Congratulations Chowking, Hope we receive good news soon because I'm starting to get worried since most of people from late January have been approved and we haven't heard anything about our case and we filed early January.

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