dannyphan91

Became a US Citizen today. Good luck to everyone 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

It depends on the your city/state, your personal case, and your officer. Nompish and I will have our ceremony on the same day (different time slot though), but she had her interview 3 or 4 weeks before mine (she also applied way before me) at the same office. My oath is about 5 weeks post interview. Some people have it a week or two later or even the same day. My city doesn't do that. Some people know their date at the interview, my city doesn't even tell you if you application was approved or not during your interview. Some states have more ceremonies than others. Some states have larger ceremonies than others. Some states have more of a backlog. And some people are just unlucky, like Needforcoffee who has been waiting for nearly 3 months while others in his state had oath ceremonies with later interview date than hers.... So yea, there is no rhyme or reason! The best you can do is to look up recent cases in your city to come up with a prediction.

Besides, let me add: when I booked my flight 2.5 months ago I had no clue of the interview date and with and estimate of a complete case in January of 2020. I guess that it has to be too much luck or not that the oath ceremony would fall on the morning of my flight. 
My job is also not flexible and neither is someone’s sickness. Life happens and these situations can happen as well. 
 
I thought your process / your wife’s was complete, so if you’re sticking around this forum you could at least try helping others, otherwise move on and leave the answer to someone else. 

Leo7777,
 
its not the first time that your comments are anything but unhelpful. I’m pretty sure you just went through a tough situation with your wife obtaining a passport to fly to her home country. 
 
I really don’t need to justify anything to you especially when you’re criticizing instead of helping. I am pretty sure I’m not the first person going through this, but since you’re being such a helper here it is: 
 
besides not visiting my family in years, I have a parent who has terminal cancer and was only able to schedule my flight for that time. 
Is that enough for you to contain your unnecessary opinion?? 
 
If you don’t have anything helpful to suggest than say nothing at all. 
 
 

Oath ceremony scheduled for June 13th, 1pm.

Congratulations. I think you got 1 wrong answer. Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the House. Oh well. At least you passed 🎉🎉

Just found this while checking the ss-5 form for what's acceptable as proof of citizenship: 
 

 
 

I passed my test this morning. She approved me right away. Thank you everyone. 🍾🎉🎉

I passed my test this morning. She approved me right away. Thank you everyone. 🍾🎉🎉

I passed my test this morning. She approved me right away. Thank you everyone. 🍾🎉🎉

I have my interview in Charlotte Nc tmr at 8:35am. Good luck to you. Please share your experience .

Yayyyy. Congratulations 

U will do great. Please let us posted.

It all started one day in 2011 when clicked the "submit" button to send my online application for the annual diversity lottery. Little did I know then that this simple clock was going to change my life fundamentally. I lived in the middle-east back then, in a very wealthy family, and I did have everything I could ever wish for. I was not happy though. I never felt really at "home". They say home is where the heart is, and my heart belonged to America for as far as I can remember. I was fascinated its the culture, its freedoms, its innovation, and everywhere I looked around me I could see something that originated in America that made my life better.

You can then understand how I felt when I saw that my entry was selected. I had only a 1 in 100 chance, yet luck smiled at me and I was picked. My elation disappeared shortly though and it was replaced with immense worry. What if for some reason the following steps in my immigration were not successful? What if after the medical and X rays they tell me that I have 5 kidneys or something similarly weird? What if I freeze and can't speak a single word during the embassy interview and they kick me out? What if my nervousness makes me throw up on the consular officer? But it all went well, and in less than a year I was on the flight heading to America.  If you've never been to America, there is simply no way for me to describe to you just how beautiful it is. Walking the streets I used to see in sitcoms and looking at the iconic buildings and monuments I saw in movies I felt I was dreaming. I loved this country before I was there, but now I was madly "in love" with everything about it. From that moment on every time I referenced "home" my friends and family knew I meant the USA.
 
Over the next few years I got to learn about the American people first hand. They are patriotic, family oriented, and God loving people. They believe in communal work and do what they can to make life good for everyone around them, and they are as honest as they get. Yes, you'll meet the occasional liar or cheat, particularly when you interact with car rental counters or used cars sales people, but they remain the absolute minority. The vast majority of the American people are kind, fair, polite, and have a great sense of humor. No matter what was going on in my life, every day I woke up and remembered that I'm in the United States I smiled and carried on with my day in an excellent mood. Not sure if that's a normal way to feel or of it's just me because on my crazy love of this country, but that's how I felt anyway.

Fast forward, it was time for me to apply for citizenship. Being a middle eastern man with an ethic name I perfectly expected that my application would take years of scrutiny and security checks and that I'll not get an interview in the foreseeable future, but I could not have been more mistaken. America came through once again, and I was treated exactly like everyone else, and my processing time matched that of others in my field office. I was extremely nervous during the interview, considering how it was the most meaningful thing that has ever happened in my life. My ultimate dream was so close yet so far, and time seemed to come to a halt as we went through the interview. Near the end he asked me the application's yes or no questions, and while I answered a simple yes or no to every question I gave a different answer to one question. He asked me if I was willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States, and the answer came directly from my heart "ABSOLUTELY YES", while struggling to hold back my tears. This country has given me too much and generously brought me over to live under its magnificent bill of rights, so the least I could do to repay its kindness is to spill my blood for its protection if it's ever needed. He gave me the piece of paper with the box next to the recommendation for approval checked, and I felt that I was reborn at this moment. Decades ago when I was born for the first time the stupid roulette ball of life threw me in a random place that I did not choose, like, or ever really belonged to, but now this mistake was about to be corrected and I was closer than ever to becoming an integral part of the land and the people I adore. I wished dad was still alive  so I could have phoned him and gave him the eagerly anticipated news, but sadly he died earlier this year and I'll never get to tell him. Hope he's watching from somewhere and smiling though.  

Over the years I read immigration forums and extensively searched their topics for advice and information. Now that I'm days away from my oath and about to delete the immigration related bookmarks from my browser I decided to offer a big thank you to everyone who spent even a few seconds helping others and sharing information. Also want to tell those who are still in earlier stages of the journey to hang in there, because it's well worth every bit of your effort to become a part of this most magnificent country on earth. Just do it right, act honest, and give America every bit of love and hard work you have because in doing so you are creating an even greater place for your children and grandchildren to live in. Thank you and good luck to everyone.

We can twist words in out own way but as long as it is allowed, it’s gonna happen.
 
Just an example of my case:
Came on a F1 visa, then OPT, H1B, then EB based GC and then citizenship. May be i shud have returned back after graduation or after OPT coz that’s what i said during the interview.
 
The OP came on a F1 visa and now is in the process of getting GC thru marriage and is not returning back permanently. 
 
So wat’s the difference between me and the OP? Nothing coz none of us are returning back regardless of how the process went within the US. People like OP and me share the equal responsibility in affecting other’s visa approval/denial. 

I'm no immigration attourney or expert, but if it wasn't an issue while you were getting your green card, it's most than likely not an issue now. USCIS isn't the moral police, as long as you didn't conceal anything which in this case is likely impossible given that USCIS knew of your immigration status throughout the years, prior to giving you your green card, then you should in principal have no issues.

Got the date April 30. Now it’s time to start study 👌🏻👌🏻

Got the date April 30. Now it’s time to start study 👌🏻👌🏻

Finally my status just change to “ Interview was Scheduled “ wohooooo😊😊😊

Finally my status just change to “ Interview was Scheduled “ wohooooo😊😊😊

Yay. Congratulations 🍾. Thank you for sharing your experience 

My cousin appiled on Oct 3 and today they schedule her appt. You should keep checking your mailbox from now 😋 Her local office is Miwaukee WI

Good luck to you. I’m sure you will be fine. Please keep us updated. Finger cross

Yes. That’s why it take longer for a judicial ceremony.

Congrats. I hope mine will come soon