lili13

Greetings All!
 
We had our interview today, 3/15/2018 at Mt Laurel, NJ.  We were approved and also did the "Oath" ceremony in the afternoon and was able to leave with the Naturalization Certificate in hand!!!  Would appreciate if someone would update and finalize the chart.
 
We found Mt. Laurel to be very professional, modern and polite.  Note of advice.  Make sure you know your civics.  Also make sure you know your dates, birthdays, marriage, etc.  Bring any paperwork you have that shows you have things in common. Property, pension, healthcare, shared bank account, taxes, etc.  Of course this applies for naturalization thru marriage.
 
Good luck everyone, next stop, Post Office tomorrow for Passport!  We can't believe our 4 year journey (stated with K1) is over!!!!  The adrenaline is still high.....
 
 
 

Greetings All!
 
We had our interview today, 3/15/2018 at Mt Laurel, NJ.  We were approved and also did the "Oath" ceremony in the afternoon and was able to leave with the Naturalization Certificate in hand!!!  Would appreciate if someone would update and finalize the chart.
 
We found Mt. Laurel to be very professional, modern and polite.  Note of advice.  Make sure you know your civics.  Also make sure you know your dates, birthdays, marriage, etc.  Bring any paperwork you have that shows you have things in common. Property, pension, healthcare, shared bank account, taxes, etc.  Of course this applies for naturalization thru marriage.
 
Good luck everyone, next stop, Post Office tomorrow for Passport!  We can't believe our 4 year journey (stated with K1) is over!!!!  The adrenaline is still high.....
 
 
 

I agree. Our PWI letter is also 6/27/14. We will also be watching and reading. After putting in a service request on Thursday, I received a flurry of texts on Friday. They were of course updating their site as they were old notices. All the receipts including the one for my most recent request came from Newark, NJ. I will be contacting my Congressman this week, who knows. I'm exasperated by the whole dysfunctional process.

I copied this from pg 26 of this thread. Follow it, I was able to follow the package and even see who signed for it. Good luck!
A note for everyone who received their case number from NVC/DOS, here's a way to figure out exactly* when your case left NVC.
By exactly, I mean given normal circumstances and your package was not lost or something to that effect.

First, let's take apart your case number from NVC/DOS. It should be in AAA########## format. For the purposes of this note, let's use MTL2013756004 as an example.
AAA - this is the three letter consulate code. MTL is for Montreal. #### - the first four numbers is the year, i.e. 2013. ### - the next three is the Julian day your case number was created. Subtract 500 from the number to determine the day of the year. 756-500=256. 256 is September 13 in Julian calendar of a non-leap year. ### - the last three is the total number of cases sent to the beneficiary's consulate with yours being the latest one processed as of that day. 004 is the fourth case they've processed, so far, for this particular consulate. Now that we have September 13, 2013 as the date when the case was created, let's check when the package left NVC. The shipping reference used by NVC to ship out packages is in EXP DD MMM YYYYA format, In this case, EXP 13 SEP 2013A.
Go to DHL to track the package using the shipping reference. Enter a date range for from and to. Normally, when you call NVC/DOS they tell you when your case left or forwarded to the consulate so use those dates. Look for your package from the list result! ***You might have to play around with the DD part of the shipping reference as well as the from and to date ranges. In my case, for example, I had to enter a DD three days prior as my case actually left on a Monday but the shipping reference was created the Friday before.

I used this to make sure that my case was picked up and actually delivered and signed for at my local consulate. I was also able to print a copy of the proof of delivery so that's a bonus.

Have fun!
Edited by djv-tco, 19 December 2013 - 05:09 PM.