Bandaria

Officially DONE! My husband is now a U.S. Citizen. 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Yes, I know how happy you would be. 1 or 2 weeks is my prediction let's hope for the best. In the meantime enjoy the summer and weekend  

Oh interesting! Well, in any case I'm very happy for you! Best of luck for the interview! Keep us posted.
 
 
Congratulations! Wow you'll be a US citizen by the end of the day! 

Oh interesting! Well, in any case I'm very happy for you! Best of luck for the interview! Keep us posted.
 
 
Congratulations! Wow you'll be a US citizen by the end of the day! 

Oh interesting! Well, in any case I'm very happy for you! Best of luck for the interview! Keep us posted.
 
 
Congratulations! Wow you'll be a US citizen by the end of the day! 

Did interview today it was a breeze. I am approved and will take oath at 2pm same day. Good luck everyone else who is still waiting.

Thanks so much. I have just asked my husband to send me a photo of the letter. He went back to the States on Monday and I’ll be here 2 1/2 more weeks. I told them I’d be back in the States on August 7 th, didn’t imagine they’d schedule it the day after I got back. Yes I filed online. I only received an email yesterday saying there were no updates. The interview letter could have been sent anytime during the last two weeks as we had our post on hold, whilst my husband was here with me in England visiting family and enjoying the World Cup !

I'm not too surprised, their notifications are a mess. Currently, my uscis.dhs.gov account shows approval on my ROC, while on egov.uscis.gov nothing changed since "case transferred".
Another friend received her oath letter while online it was still showing "scheduled for interview". 

Congratulations!! Don't stress so much, this is great news! And they scheduled it at a time when you will be in town, which is amazing!
Just study for the civics test a little on the flight, and take whatever documents you have already mentioned in your previous posts. You'll do great and will soon be done!
 
But wow interesting that there were no updates on the site.. did you file your N-400 application online? 

Can’t believe it. I received an email
yesterday to say no updates and my husband who is back in the US opened our post which was on hold and there’s an interview letter the day after I get back from England. Panicking right now as I don’t know if I’ll have time to get everything together and learn the questions.

 

It is a standard process. I don't think you will actually get a card but it means now pretty soon you will be "inline for oath ceremony". The pending ROC kept you away from the same day oath ceremony. Best wishes 

Sounds like they just needed to mark ROC as approved in some way, in order to move forward with N-400 approval and oath ceremony, as Name of Boy suggested in the last comment too.

Congratulations!

Thank you so much @Bandaria

My wife passed her interview this morning. They did a joint I-751 / N400 interview and had me and three of our kids come back to the interview room with her.  
 
They had us swear in first. 
 
Basic application questions on the I751. Walked through the application page by page, what's your name, birthday, address, any other names, how many times married. Only paper asked for was son's birth certificate which was in N400 package but not I751 package. 
 
Then they said they were moving to N400 interview. I asked if I should leave with the kids and he said no you're fine but the questions are only for your wife now.  So we sat through her interview. 
 
How many senators
 
Why 13 stripes on the flag
 
What happened on 9/11
 
What is rule of law
 
When can you vote
 
What's the name of the national anthem
 
Then congratulations you passed both. We will send you an oath date shortly, please verify the info on the screen. 
 
25 min from start to finish. Even got my daughter an I551 stamp as she wasn't with us when my wife got hers.  
 
Good luck to all of you. It's been a fun journey!

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GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
Cashed: 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.
 

Wife received online oath ceremony letter today.  Oath ceremony is scheduled for July 25. 
Her interview was July 10.  Her I-751 was officially approved on July 12.  Almost done!
 

Congratulations! Wonderful news. And I love that you have a next day ceremony!
 
Congratulations on completing this long journey, and on becoming a citizen!

The new MyAccount system is generally accurate, but not 100% accurate. I've seen scattered reports of people saying they weren't notified of any update, but when they logged in there was an update. All that does is make me login to my account 2-3 times a day to see if that's happened to me, which isn't exactly helpful for my sanity.

I had my oath ceremony today at 9AM in West Palm Beach, FL.
I arrived around 8:15 and we were all told to wait in one of the general lobbies.
 
It was very well organized, we all submitted our Letters and Green Cards and received a packet with a Passport Application, a Citizen's Almanac, a copy of the Constitution, a few booklets on what your rights are as a citizen and a protective folder for the Certificate.
 
Each envelope had a number corresponding to a chair in the ceremony room.
There was about 80 applicants.
 
The whole time the entire staff was really nice, constantly making jokes like:
Are you guys ready for the final big exam?
You guys presently have no green card or certificate, what if there is a fire alarm and Ice happens to pass by?
 
I think they were all immigrants and they made the experience really fun.
 
The ceremony was very standard:
1) an intro video
2) naming all of the countries people were from and asking them to stand up.
3) pledge of allegiance
4) welcome video from president trump
5) some instructions on getting a passport, SSA etc.
 
We were all given voter registration applications and they accepted them on the spot.
 
I was out of there at 9:52 and I am now a US Citizen.
Feels great!, Great experience!
 
 

Hey guys,
 
I had my interview yesterday.
I didn't wait too long at first, the officer called me and said we'll do the citizenship test first (I had a I751 pending).
I read and wrote what he asked and then to the civics part, the questions were:
1. What is freedom of religion?
2. How many U.S. Senators are there?
3. Name one state that borders Canada.
4. What ocean is on the west coast of the United States?
5. When was the constitution written?
6. Who is one of your state US Senator now?
 
After that, he said he can't approve me because of my I751 and asked if my spouse is with me, I told him yes and he said he will talk to both of us later. He asked me several more questions and asked to look at the paperwork I brought. He made copies of what he wanted and told me to wait outside until he'll call us. After 2 hours, he called us and we had an interview. He asked what else do I have to show him, I told him pictures. He looked at them and told us he will try to approve all today so if we can have a seat outside. After a while another officer came and said they're having issues with the system and she'll call me to let me know.
Hours later she did call me and said everything is approved and to come to the ceremony tomorrow (7/13/18)! 
Can't believe that only hours away I will be done with USCIS. 
I'll write here later about the ceremony.
 
THANK YOU to everybody on this wonderful forum who helped me be prepered for every step of this long journey 

Good morning all!
 
My interview was scheduled for this morning at 7:15AM at the West Palm Beach office in Florida.
I did not bring my wife with me as it was an early appointment and we have visitors staying over at the house.
I am applying for Naturalization with the 3 year rule.
 
I arrived at the building around 7:05AM and was completely checked-in by 7:14AM.
I sat down in the main waiting area and the staff started calling in the first appointments at exactly 7:15AM.
 
I heard my name after waiting only a few minutes and was greeted by an officer in his 50s which seemed to be in a great mood. This calmed my nerves right away.
 
The officer made small chat right away and was interested in the fact that I was French Canadian and that my wife was born in Italy.
We spoke for a good five minutes about his and my travel to Italy and France. He was really interesting and had an office decorated with art from his travels.
 
I believe he asked for the strict minimum to satisfy the interview.
 
He asked all of the yes/no questions from the N-400 form pertaining to having been arrested, being a communist or a murderer etc...
 
He then had me read the phrase: Columbus Day is in October.
He had me write the exact same phrase.
 
He then had answer some civics questions:
 
-How many supreme court justices are there? 9
-If the president and vice president can no longer serve, who will: Speaker of the House.
-Name one branch of the Government: Judicial
-What is the law of the land: The Constitution
-How many Senators are there in the Senate: 100
 
We then had more chit-chat and I already knew from his tone that I was going to be approved on the spot.
He did not even ask for any of my originals or copies of documents.
Here is what I had submitted as part of my package (filed online):
 
-IRS Tax transcripts for the last 3 years.
-Bank account statement with both our names.
-Medical Insurance coverage showing both our names and our child.
-My son's birth certificate.
-Our marriage certificate.
-Our auto insurance policy showing both names.
 
He stamped my large file as approved and said come with me, lets see about your Oath Ceremony.
We walked over to another desk and he had some printed forms to which he added my name and A number.
 
I am now scheduled for an oath ceremony this Friday the 13th of July (we laughed about the date).
I was out of there by 7:55AM.
 
As soon as I walked out of the building and into my car, I checked my status had already changed to in-line for Oath Ceremony.
 
Can't wait for the last bit this Friday. I wish everyone the same fortune, a quick and painless interview.

Wife had her interview today.  We assumed it was going to be a combo interview and luckily it was.  The first thing
the officer asked for was my wife's birth certificate and our marriage certificate.  Fortunately we had brought her birth certificate
even though it did not state on her interview letter to bring it.  He wanted to compare her maiden name to her married name to
see what changes she made.  According to her Philippine culture, she had changed her middle name to her family name and used
my last name as her new last name.  He then asked for several bills from 2018 in both our names.  He also took her two year expired
green card.  I was then told to leave so he could proceed with the interview for the N-400. 
 
Wife was done in about 15 minutes.  Like evapaula,  he explained to my wife that he could not recommend her for approval right
away because he needed to update her ROC application.  He also gave her a form that she is to take to the oath ceremony, indicating
she had already turned in her expired green card.  Case has already updated on the USCIS website.  It states card is in production, although we know she will never receive it.
 
Hopefully more and more March filers will start receiving the interview letters.  Good luck everybody.

Sure! I didn't know there was such a thread! Thank you for pointing it out to me- it's going to be super helpful, I'm sure.
 
Congratulations!! Hope you hear from them about approval and oath ceremony soon!

So I'm done with (I hope) my last interview with USCIS. For anyone interested, here's the summary of my experience at the PDX office:
I was scheduled for 9.20. Thanks to VJ and other friends, I knew this would have to be a combo interview (even though the appointment letter didn't mention a thing about ROC) so I went with my husband. At about 9.50, I got my name called by an officer who tried to tell me they didn't need my husband. I mentioned the pending ROC and he switched to commending me for bringing him. 
Officer Cole was super nice and gregarious. He had my thick file in front of him and asked if I brought anything else he still needs. I offered a bunch of stuff, he only took my latest IRS transcripts. Asked how we met, if we have kids, told us that we'd be surprised about the kind of explicit "evidence" some people send etc. We joked and laughed, and the transition to the N400 part of the interview was almost unnoticeable. I was surprised he didn't kick out my husband for the 2nd part, but he said that, since he seems willing to obey orders, he can stay. 
For the civics questions, I had the following:
- What is the supreme law of the land? 
- What is an amendment?
- Who vetoes bills?
- What is the capital of your state?
- What do we show loyalty to when we say the pledge of Allegiance? 
- Who did the United States fight in World War II?
For the reading/writing part, I had the same sentence: "The White House is in Washington DC."
 
All good, but he explained that he cannot recommend me for approval right away because he needs to update my ROC application and they have a new system that's a pain etc etc. At this point I brought up my upcoming trip to Romania on September 16, and he said he'd do his best, but if I don't get an oath letter in a month, to make an appointment to get the stamp in my passport, and they'd schedule my for the oath after I return. 
And now I can (almost) shred all the bits and pieces of evidence I have gathered over the years
For everyone still waiting, hang in there, the end is in sight!