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On 2/24/2021 at 11:28 AM, bzbee said:

Thanks for the update, please post when you know your rescheduled date. 

So they lost the whole week because of the storm, guess I won't be getting my oath date anytime soon..... back to waiting 😟

 

Someone posted a video of the Oath ceremony in Irving office, looks like they are allowing only 20-25 persons at a time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzFKxK8cfuQ

 

Oaths are held only on Mondays & Fridays at the Irving office. Does anyone if they conduct only one ceremony per day or more than one? 

 

I was able to retrieve my new oath ceremony notice and it was rescheduled for March 19. Exactly one month after the original date. 

I hope you get your date soon! 

On 2/24/2021 at 11:13 AM, eddieboo4321@gmai said:

I had an interview on Feb 11, and was told to expect the oath date in 2 weeks but it seems like it will delay for atleast 1 more week if not more...

 

Congrats for your Oath reschedule. 

Thank you, between Covid and stormaggedon we were royally screwed. 

On 2/22/2021 at 1:07 PM, bzbee said:

The USCIS Irving office was closed on 16, 17 & 18th. Not sure about 15th, but I think they might have opened late and closed quickly.

 

Anyway, the closures definitely effected the interview and oath schedules. Oaths are held only on Mondays & Fridays at the Irving office. I think they are trying to fit in the cancelled oaths & interviews first.

 

My IO said I should be getting the oath notice in 2 weeks after the interview. You are past that window, but I am sure that is because of the bad weather. Hang in there, you will most likely get your oath update this week. I am praying I get mine too this week 🤞

 

It was closed on February 19th too, I had my Oath scheduled for that day so it was cancelled and rescheduled. I guess they are pretty much a whole week behind now because of closures and it looks like they are squeezing in people who were cancelled. I just got notified that my oath was rescheduled but I don't know the date yet. 

1 minute ago, lobo2000 said:

How long is it taking for them to schedule Oath Ceremony after Interview nowadays for Dallas?

My interview was January 7, received 'Ceremony scheduled notice" on January 16.Oath is scheduled for February 19. Basically 2 weeks to schedule a ceremony and 45 days from interview to oath ceremony. 

3 hours ago, Ouryear said:

Does anyone know if family can attend oath ceremony at Irving location?

As stated on the Oath notice they are only allowing English/sign language interpreters or mobility assistance individuals if you have a disability, otherwise only you can attend the ceremony. COVID times...

On 1/22/2021 at 7:36 PM, lobo2000 said:

Hey is someone nice enough to tell me step by step how are interviews being conducted at the Irving Office?

I'm asking this for my mom. She is not a tech-savvy lady and a nervous lady. I want to make sure she is well prepared.

 

 

(By Step by step I mean the whole process from beginning to the end)

 

thanks!

No need to be tech savvy! it's very simple

you show up 15 minutes before your interview time and wait in line to enter the building, once inside you need to remove your jacket, purse and shoes (she might want to wear socks) to go through a metal detector (kind of like at the airport security) then you walk to the counters they will instruct you where to line up. try to adhere to the social distancing rules. Once you reach the counter they will check your appointment letter and photo ID they will take your picture and verify your fingerprints once thats done they will instruct you to go to the second floor. Once you get there the person at the desk will ask you for your appointment letter, they will keep it and tell you to sit down and wait. Then the officer in charge of conducting your interview will come out and call your name, you follow them to their office and then they proceed to ask you the questions, my interview was a little different because I'm in the military but for a civilian should be shorter and faster. At the end they will ask you to verify your personal information in the Ipad that's in front of you, you confirm and sign with a stylus on the screen, they will explain her how to do it if she gets confused.  Finally they give you a piece of paper stating wether you passed the test and met the requirements or not. That's pretty much it... 

I hope I helped!

On 1/15/2021 at 9:54 AM, dfw2019 said:

Anyone who filed N400 in Dallas and requested name change are awaiting oath ceremony?

Myself and wife attended interviews and they have approved. We are waiting for oath date.

My wife is waiting since 2 months. Is anyone in the same situation?

I applied December 09, 2019, had biometrics waived and had my interview in Irving on January 7th, I took my husbands last name so I did request a name change. Just got notified that my oath ceremony was scheduled for February 19 in the same Irving location. 

Hi Giovanna,

Even though I have a nightmarish relationship with the USPS (brand new home and the builder never registered our address in the database), I received the NOA about 8 days after filing. Biometrics appointment letter showed up about a week after. 

Yours should be coming soon!

Hello fellow December filers!

I filed in paper on December 10th and had my biometrics this morning. Case status changed to: We are actively reviewing your form N400.

Optimistic me is taking that as a good sign! 🙃

My fellow March filers, I've been obsessively checking my case tracker App and this just showed up! 9 days after my daughter had her biometrics appointment.

On 2/27/2019 at 5:14 PM, R_n_B said:

Exact same (well, super similar) thing just happened to me (well, my spouse and step son).  Applied for ROC in March, May or so got the “we will use your old biometrics” mailing. Today we got a letter dated 2/15/19 stating the same thing that my son needs to get his finger prints on March 5th! 

Well, I'm glad we weren't the only ones! I was kinda worried at first. Keep us posted on any news!!

Hello, fellow March filers!

I wanted to share the recent happenings with my case, my daughter and I both applied for ROC and our case was received on March 29, 2018. On May 25, 2018, I received a letter stating that they were going to use the old biometrics so no biometrics appointed needed. I assumed that it meant both my daughter and me, but to my surprise, we received a biometrics appointment letter for my daughter yesterday. The appointment was scheduled for March 8th, but we are traveling out of the country a couple of days before the interview date, so I took a leap of faith and showed up to the USCIS office this morning and explained my situation, they asked me to come back after 2 pm. Long story short it worked out! My kid got her appointment a little over a week earlier. 

Now, I can't help but wonder why it took so long for them to ask her for a biometrics appointment. (my crazy theory is that someone has looked at our case) my kid was very young when she got her first green card... all they did today was update her picture. I wonder if it is because they don't want to use the old picture for a 10-year green card because she was too young?

Anyone has seen or heard of anything like this?? 

Hi everyone, I am a little worried here and want to know if this has happened to anyone else.

My 5 year old daughter and me entered the US with a K1-K2 visa. We filed our paperwork for AOS on February 16 and we both received our EAD/AP cards on April 20. Then on June 9 without any notification I received my Green Card in our mailbox. Of course it was a very pleasant surprise but it was a bittersweet one too because my daughter didn't get hers; we had always received all our NOAs and other documents at the same time. Of course I tried checking the status on the USCIS site but her case is still showing that the case was received on.....

I don't know what to think, is there any problem with her paperwork? did it get lost? I'm starting to get really nervous. If someone can offer some light I'll be very grateful!!

Congratulations! We have almost the same file and NOA1 dates and are also adjusting from Colombia . I know there's no logic at all to this process, but it still makes me hopeful, even being stuck at the backlogged San Antonio office.

Congratulation!

Our office was Dallas which is terribly backlogged too!! I've seen a few applications being approved without an interview so let's cross fingers you are one of them.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know I was one of the lucky ones to receive my Green Card without an interview. We just checked the mailbox and found it there... no text no email. It looks like a trend now.

Good luck everyone!!

Congrats!! you will hear from DHL soon!! 2 days after Issued status showed up I received the email letting me know my papaerwork was on it's way and the next day in the morning I received another email this time letting me know our passports were ready for pick up at the DHL location. I went to pick them up that very same afternoon!!

Just awesome!!! congratulations!!! My daughter and I will be travelling to the US on November 24th. After being trapped at TSC for about 6 months that felt like years, all this feels like a dream. I've had to pinch myself a few times!!

That's awesome! congratulations! Our approved K1 has been in AP since yesterday, I can't wait to see the "Issued" status!!

Hi Tania, My fiance and I got our K1 approved on October 28, the only advice I can give you is... be patient, the blood work and X-rays will take about an hour. we had our medical with doctor Monica Caicedo, she was very nice and her staff is also nice and willing to help but the wait times are horrible, be prepared to spend 3 - 4 hours waiting. As for the interview the wait time was not very bad, it took us about 1.5 hours. My fiance attended the interview with me and they let him in with no problem. First step is at the front door, an employee will review your documents and set them in order, then you will be directed to a window where the documents are reviewed again and the medical envelope is opened, they ask you a few questions to verify information, then you will be directed to lines 2 - 6 to sit and wait, the wait there was about 45 minutes. You have to pay close attention since the sound system is not very good and the consuls have a hard time reading Spanish names (it's even funny), you can easily miss the call or not fully understand what window you are supposed to go. Finally at the interview window I was asked about 8 questions regarding how we had met, how many times we had seen each other and what was my fiance's profession... all basic and easy questions. Finally I was asked if my fiance spoke Spanish, as my answer was no then the consul asked me if I spoke English, I said yes so he talked to me in English for the rest of the interview... Including the part when he said our visas had been approved.

It's really easy, there's nothing to worry about when your relationship is sincere!! Good luck in your interview!!

How long does it take for the Texas Service center to send out the NOA2 paper work to the NVC? and then how long does it take before the foreign embassy receives the NVC paperwork?

We received our NOA2 on August 28, 2015; it reached the NVC on September 03 (9 days) and the consulate received it on September 11 (17 days after NOA2)

Is anyone else waiting to get an appointment in Bogota? my fiance and I have been trying for about two weeks now and no luck. It's so frustrating after being waiting for more than 6 months to get past the USCIS and now we got stuck at the consular stage!!!

You are the sweetest!!! But that same day we received our packet in my inbox. Thank you anyways!! And now I have another question, the thing is my fiancé insisted on hiring an immigration attorney but the guy is not doing a good job so I'm starting to doubt what he says. The guy told me I need translations for all my documents for the interview... Is that true? If so can you tell me what service of official translators did you use? Thank you in advance.

I'm in the exact same situation waiting for the embassy to contact me, I know they received my paperwork on Sep 11, I hope I hear something back soon... as for the packet 3 I have a question concerning the police records... where do you get those? are those that you download from the police website valid?

Im the colombian fiancee speaking..... so, the father finally gave in and signed the normal permission issued by migracion and we are going to the nothary on tuesday to sign the escritura publica (permanent permission for my child to leave). We dont want to continue with our process until we have that sacred paper in my hands hence we're eager for next week to come already.

Now, i have been reading stuff about the medical exams and seems like Dr. Dennis is the best one to go to, no?

And i have also found a thread that says they are on a delay to schedule the visa interviews at the embassy.... im not sure if they STILL are, but ive read people waiting since July, then Aug, so idk if we will have to wait for open slots. Does anyone have any idea? We are planning to schedule all the appointments this next week, i really hope we dont have to wait any more ugh.

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Colombiana al habla!............ El papa de mi hijo por fin se digno a firmar el permiso de salida que da migracion y este martes vamos a ir a la notaria a firmar la escritura publica (permiso permanente). No queremos hacer nada todavia hasta no tener ese bendito papel en mis manos, por eso estamos tan ansiosos de que llegue esta semana.

Ahora, encontre un tema en un foro que dicen que desde Julio la gente ha estado esperando para programar su cita de la entrevista y hasta ahora no han habido cupos. No se, no estoy segura si todavia no se ha arreglado, asi que no se si nos tocara esperar mas por un cupo. ALGUIEN DE USTEDES SABE? Mi prometido y yo planeamos programar todo esta semana y ojala, ojalaaaaaaaa no nos toque esperar mas. ALGUIEN TIENE INFORMACION?

Ojala puedan guiarme... gracias!

I'm glad to hear you finally got your a55hole ex to sign your kid's permission to leave the country, I went by the very same situation, fortunately I hired a good immigration attorney who finally got him to sign, following the attorney's advice we went straight for the permanent permission as you said (escritura pública). Even though you have the signed Escritura Pública, you need to be aware that he can change his mind at any point and revoke his permission (of course I hope it does not happen to any of us!) PLEASE note that every time you and your child want to leave the country you have to go to the same Notary where your permission was originally filed and ask for the validity certificate it's good for 30 days only so be careful it's not expired by the time you intend to leave. You only have to show up to the notary and Show the original document, they will process it right away and it's like 4.000 Colombian Pesos. it's good to prove the permission has not been revoked.

Good luck!!!

I'm so happy to join this thread now!! my case was sent to NVC on August 27, 2015. It's very hard to explain how relieved you feel after you break loose from TSC!! Now, I'm a little confused about the next steps, I know I have to wait for the NVC to assign us a new case number and our paperwork to be sent to the embassy but then what?...