Bookworm99

Hello all,

I had my Interview and Oath Ceremony in Newark, NJ yesterday - it was a very positive experience and it's great that Newark does the ceremony on the same day. Here's a quick recap.

My interview time was 8:35am, got there around 8am and it was fairly quiet in the waiting room. By 9am it was packed. They called me around 9:30am. Interview officer was very nice, went through my application line by line, asked to see 2013 tax transcript (sent the other years with the application), my driver's license, passport, and my wife's birth cert (3 year rule).

Next to the questions:

Who wrote the declaration of independence?

What is the political party of the president?

What are the two policitcal parties?

Three of the 13 original colonies?

One state that borders Mexico?

And one more that I just can't remember (it's amazing how quickly the interview goes by). Got the first six, so that was that.

Then he had me read the sentence "Who elects Congress?" and write the sentence "The people elect Congress." No problems there.Then he had my sign some papers, said congrats on passing your interview and to go back to the waiting room and I will 'eventually' be called for the Oath ceremony. The whole thing was about 15 minutes.

Got back to the waiting room and sat there until about 12:25 when they finally called me up for Oath, went to a nice ceremony room one floor up from the waiting room and got sworn in with about 50 other people. Ceremony took about an hour and I have to say the Officers did a really nice job at making it a fun and memorable experience. All in all, it was a long but enjoyable day and I'm so, so happy to be a US citizen.

Thanks to everyone on this forum - although I didn't ask too many question, or post too often - I did learn a lot and get a lot of encouragement from reading posts on VJ.

Hi everyone,

Got an email and text on March 13 that my application was scheduled for interview. Still waiting to recieve the letter with the interview date. Hopefully won't be long now!

Hi all,

I was placed in line for interview on 1/31.

Got the letter about Biometrics today. Scheduled for 01-07-14.

Hi all,

NOA recieved yesterday, dated December 4. Still no letter about the Biometrics but got an email & text stating they had scheduled it and were sending a letter.

Recieved an email and text alert today. Email below.

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Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS National Benefits Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number NBC*XXXXXXXXX. With the official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) you may visit www.uscis.gov where you can check the status of your case using My Case Status. We suggest you wait until you have received your Form I-797 before checking My Case Status.

This confirmation provides notification of the date USCIS received your case. This notice does NOT grant any immigration status or benefit. You MAY NOT present this notice as evidence that you have been granted any immigration status or benefit. Further, this notice does NOT constitute evidence that your case remains pending with USCIS. The current status of your case must be verified with USCIS.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

New to this forum, but glad the whole immigration journey is almost over! Mailed my application based on 3 year rule to Lewisville, TX and they receieved on 12/4. Have not recieved a text/or email notification from the G-1145. Will keep everyone posted. Thanks.