roddie2k

@abfar..my documents weren't available at the time of the interview even though it was marked complete..infact it was available to me 2 weeks after my naturalization. I suspect the moment it goes to complete a copy is electronically dispatched to USCIS .

Folks- my immigration journey came to an end today after 629 days here at Newark NJ. My appointment was at 7am. I reached the office building at 6:45 am (after parking at the nearby garage). The building was open to applicants at sharp 7am. After the TSA style security checks, I had to go to the 14th floor. Right out of the elevator was a security officer who inspected the appointment letter and directed me to head to Window 2 which was specifically for N400 applicants (Window 1 was for AOS folks). The lady at window 2 took my appointment letter (last I saw of it) and asked me to have a seat until an IO calls me. It was 7:20 at this point. At 8:50 am, a lady IO greeted me and took me to the office for the interview. She apologized for the delay (which was due to system issues) and got right to the oath. Following this I was asked for my green card, ID and passport. The next section was the civics , reading and writing portion. I kid you not when I say this, it was done in under 4 minutes! We moved on to reviewing the actual application. The only things I was asked to confirm were: · Legal Name, and whether I want to change it · Birth date · Were parents married before I was born and whether they are US citizens · Date of my last trip Note: No documents were asked for Following this were the Yes/ No questions. The officer was selective in the YES/NO questions she asked. Hence this too was short – probably 3 minutes at most Another 3-4 minutes was spent in signing/confirming data and that was it – I was done. She did ask if I intended to travel in the next few months as coming back into the US without a green card was not an option. At 9:08 am I was escorted back to the common area and asked to proceed to the 15th floor for the oath ceremony. About an hour and 10 minutes later, 30 of us had a beautiful oath ceremony and we were pronounced US Citizens. Picture time! Overall, I must say the Newark Field Office experience far exceeded my expectation. All personnel as far as I am concerned were courteous, professional- no horror stories to report here. After exiting, I headed to the post office and submitted my passport application There are so many people to thank on this forum for lending a helping hand or warm wish. The latest among them @sam713 has been a messiah of sorts for a large number of folks on this forum for cracking open the FOIA option – without which many of us Spring filers would be stuck in this rut forever. everyone who has been waiting for long and hasnt filed it- just do it. You have nothing to lose. Good luck and God bless!!

Folks- my immigration journey came to an end today after 629 days here at Newark NJ. My appointment was at 7am. I reached the office building at 6:45 am (after parking at the nearby garage). The building was open to applicants at sharp 7am. After the TSA style security checks, I had to go to the 14th floor. Right out of the elevator was a security officer who inspected the appointment letter and directed me to head to Window 2 which was specifically for N400 applicants (Window 1 was for AOS folks). The lady at window 2 took my appointment letter (last I saw of it) and asked me to have a seat until an IO calls me. It was 7:20 at this point. At 8:50 am, a lady IO greeted me and took me to the office for the interview. She apologized for the delay (which was due to system issues) and got right to the oath. Following this I was asked for my green card, ID and passport. The next section was the civics , reading and writing portion. I kid you not when I say this, it was done in under 4 minutes! We moved on to reviewing the actual application. The only things I was asked to confirm were: · Legal Name, and whether I want to change it · Birth date · Were parents married before I was born and whether they are US citizens · Date of my last trip Note: No documents were asked for. Following this were the Yes/ No questions. The officer was selective in the YES/NO questions she asked. Hence this too was short – probably 3 minutes at most Another 3-4 minutes was spent in signing/confirming data and that was it – I was done. She did ask if I intended to travel in the next few months as coming back into the US without a green card was not an option. At 9:08 am I was escorted back to the common area and asked to proceed to the 15th floor for the oath ceremony. About an hour and 10 minutes later, 30 of us had a beautiful oath ceremony and we were pronounced US Citizens. Picture time! Overall, I must say the Newark Field Office experience far exceeded my expectation. All personnel as far as I am concerned were courteous, professional- no horror stories to report here. After exiting, I headed to the post office and submitted my passport application There are so many people to thank on this forum for lending a helping hand or warm wish. The latest among them @sam713 has been a messiah of sorts for a large number of folks on this forum for cracking open the FOIA option – without which many of us Spring filers would be stuck in this rut forever. Everyone who has been waiting for long and hasn't filed it- just do it. You have nothing to lose. Good luck and God bless!!

I left it blank..was not an issue

Many people of late are reporting that they are receiving their 'expedited' passports in under a month - one person from NY even reported he received his passport in 3 weeks.

Fellow NJers who completed the N400 process- do you have to visit the DMV to update your citizenship status?

They just mention it to you at the interview

Newark is typically same day unless it's a snow day OR there's a system issue OR your interview gets delayed/ is in the late afternoon..they have oath ceremonies as late as 5:30 pm . I don't believe there's an area to keep kids .

Happy to inform my spouse completed her naturalization process today at the Newark field office..she had a kind officer who went straight to business ..Standard civics questions, reading writing and the yes / no questions..interview was done in 15- 20 minutes- most of the time really went into updating on the system. No vocabulary, no definitions. She waited for about an hour and half to be called for the oath ceremony. Time from entry to exit was approximately 2.5 hours. Good luck to all of us . Timeline: N400: May 26,2020 Biometric: Jan 26, 2021 FOIA applied: Dec 10, 2021 FOIA Step 3: Jan 5, 2022 Interview NOA: Jan 13,2022 Interview and Oath: Feb 7, 2022

Happy to inform my spouse completed her naturalization process today at the Newark field office..she had a kind officer who went straight to business ..Standard civics questions, reading writing and the yes / no questions..interview was done in 15- 20 minutes- most of the time really went into updating on the system. No vocabulary, no definitions. She waited for about an hour and half to be called for the oath ceremony. Time from entry to exit was approximately 2.5 hours. Good luck to all of us .

Nope..no documents yet.. definitely has to do with my tenure in the US over two decades

Congratulations!What questions were asked apart from civics/reading/writing and the yes/no one's? Thanks in advance

I got my interview date a week after it went to Step 3 (1/12) . Interview is scheduled for 2/14.

Same here ..mine was completed today as well..no documents in the library . Note: My wife received hers in the library it was about 140 pages only.

Here's an Interesting question: My spouse has her interview next week .I will have mine the week after. Assuming she gets through her process , when I go for my interview, I'm wondering if I need to carry her naturalization certificate/ would a copy suffice ? Trying to get her passport application in as soon as her oath is done.