lovethemidwest

ok, 9:15am appointment today and i was there nice and early. got called in around 9:30am. was sworn in and then asked to provide my passport (which expired 3 years ago) and my green card. once these were checked i was asked to read allowed a question regarding George Washington being the first President, then i was asked to write "Washington was the first President". once done the civics questions came next. i got the first 6 correct. I was then asked a few questions that were the same as on the N-400 paperwork. 
 
Once done with that i was asked to read some info about what will happen at the oath ceremony and then sign on the ipad with my finger. then i was asked to confirm all my details (name, d.o.b and address) as these will appear on the naturalization certificate and then sign to confirm.
 
After that i was handed the Oath Ceremony letter/questionnaire and the letter stating i had passed the English test and US history/government test and told where the exit was.
 
The lady was very stern/serious but not to intimidating. Glad it is over and done with.
 
Oath Ceremony is June 28th at 8am. this time in 3 weeks i will be a US Citizen

Hello all,
 
as I already stated, I am a March filer, but as I got tremendous help from this group here as well, I felt like giving a short progress report from my interview this morning.
 
In summary, It could not have gone any easier and smoother. I was supposed to be there at 8AM and was, not too long of a waiting line and a nice room to relax in while waiting for my name to be called. Mrs. Lovethemidwest was with me but was very politely told it would only be me needed for the interview.
 
The interview took hardly 20 minutes. We received some of the basic information after the officer had a look at my file. He verified my passport and my free card, no joint interview, by the way.
Then he asked me many of the yes/no questions, asked me a bit about my travel history in the last years, etc. 
I answered all the civics questions right and the very simple English test. I was approved on the spot. And now we are celebrating by having fancy hipster coffee to go on a nice hipster neighborhood walk, and soon we will have fancy hipster pizza here followed by ice cream.
 
Biggest surprise: He didn’t ask for any of the required documents but my passport and green card. 
 
Biggest downer: He said I should soon get a letter for an interview date....and that I should be a citizen in two months.....I know this sounds like a first world problem to complain about, but I thought being scheduled for the oath was a rather quick process. Everything has been so fast so far, I applied early in March and it has luckily been nothing but smooth sailing. I have to admit I was hoping to celebrate July 4th as a US Citizen, oh well.
 
I appreciate this forum and all the support here a lot !
 
 

Congrats @lovethemidwestand thanks for sharing your experience!!

Hello all,
 
as I already stated, I am a March filer, but as I got tremendous help from this group here as well, I felt like giving a short progress report from my interview this morning.
 
In summary, It could not have gone any easier and smoother. I was supposed to be there at 8AM and was, not too long of a waiting line and a nice room to relax in while waiting for my name to be called. Mrs. Lovethemidwest was with me but was very politely told it would only be me needed for the interview.
 
The interview took hardly 20 minutes. We reviewed  some of the basic information after the officer had a look at my file. He verified my passport and my free card, no joint interview, by the way.
Then he asked me many of the yes/no questions, asked me a bit about my travel history in the last years, etc. 
I answered all the civics questions right and the very simple English test. I was approved on the spot. And now we are celebrating by having fancy hipster coffee to go on a nice hipster neighborhood walk, and soon we will have fancy hipster pizza here followed by ice cream.
 
Biggest surprise: He didn’t ask for any of the required documents but my passport and green card. 
 
Biggest downer: He said I should soon get a letter for an oath date....and that I should be a citizen in two months.....I know this sounds like a first world problem to complain about, but I thought being scheduled for the oath was a rather quick process. Everything has been so fast so far, I applied early in March and it has luckily been nothing but smooth sailing. I have to admit I was hoping to celebrate July 4th as a US Citizen, oh well.
 
I appreciate this forum and all the support here a lot !
 
 

Update: It went really well !!! I was not even asked to show him anything but my passport and the Green Card !!! Will write in some detail later !!! :-)

6 answers correct. 

Good luck with your interview.

wow congrats for the interview. to answer your question: yes.
 
 

To be honest, they never asked for my tax returns, just asked if I was current. I had them with me just didn't need them. 

Filing copies of your tax returns with your n-400 application is actually NOT a requirement. It's only needed during the interview according to the n-400 instructions. 

there is no need to do that now
 
you can take them to the interview along with the evidence to prove bona fide marriage
 
 

Bring them with you to the interview. You won't get denied over this. 

At this point you can't do anything. If doctors back at her home country approved her medical, they decided that she is fine to immigrate. 
 
Don't try to send her away because she's sick. She is not a broken package you want to return. 
 
If you're miserable in the marriage simply divorce. You can't so anything about her status. 

I like the online availability for our applications, just too bad many glitches still seem to happen. When I received my interview notification online, I received 45(!) of them, all with the same date and time....
Imagine how afraid I was to check my mail....

I like the online availability for our applications, just too bad many glitches still seem to happen. When I received my interview notification online, I received 45(!) of them, all with the same date and time....
Imagine how afraid I was to check my mail....

Well you know its true now.  Congratulations.  

Good morning everyone,
 
I did not read through the last pages of this thread but as I filed on the first day of March I must be one of the earliest here.
 
I am filing under the three year rule (early) and just this morning when I woke up I saw my interview was scheduled, on the real website. I can not access the letter yet in the document section, but hope to do so soon.
 
very excited !!! :-)

Good morning everyone,
 
I did not read through the last pages of this thread but as I filed on the first day of March I must be one of the earliest here.
 
I am filing under the three year rule (early) and just this morning when I woke up I saw my interview was scheduled, on the real website. I can not access the letter yet in the document section, but hope to do so soon.
 
very excited !!! :-)

Relax you will be fine.  No, it will not affect your N400 in any way.

I think you are right Shell20 . My Ellis site show the same message as many had seen .
 
I had an infopass  appointment today to extent my I55 stamp as I still have a pending I751 ( I am a 2017 Jan filler ) . When I check with the officer , he told me " YES" , I am " inline" for interview and he also mentioned " Inline" means I had already cleared my background check , once the background check is clear , is good for the next 15 months before they conduct another background check. The officer said because I have a pending I751 and my field office  ( Phoenix office ) had backlog, most likely I will get a combo interview for my N400 and I751 for the next 4-6 months .
 
After I left the field office and I re-think what the officer had told me , he said my I751 had transfer to NBC ( National Benefit Center ) from CSC and my N400 is at NBC now , does that mean I am following the NBC processing timeline or my service center processing timeline ? Does anyone know ?

I looked up the Feb 2018 topic and saw that a person who had their appointment just 3 days before me got their interview notice yesterday, which is admittedly unusually fast, but still I can’t help but get excited!!!! :-)

Had my biometrics appointment mid of this week, now my case time dropped down to 8 months, not too bad, I think. :-)
 
good luck to all.

Had my biometrics appointment mid of this week, now my case time dropped down to 8 months, not too bad, I think. :-)
 
good luck to all.

That is not correct, his recruiter is definitely NOT the best person to advise as he does not have any influence or knowledge of the applicant’s status or estimated timeline. He would solely be able to one day tell the applicant know if the suitability determination was approved or declined.
 
the rule is so new that there is not a lot of experience out there as to how long it takes by average to be done with the process. All the information available so far says 2-12 months.
 
however it seems some branches are extending the DEP time to a total of 18 months which is concerning as that seems to indicate that it could take....long.
 
The poster is also not aggravated by the “relatively short wait” but by the uncertainty IF any given ship date will at all be realistic and, for instance, if he/she should consider other career options or not, plan on retiring from their current job or not, extend the lease one more year or not, put family planning on hold for a while or not.
 
I believe that to be a very different waiting than the one current members of the armed forces have to deal with.
 
 

Hi guys,
 
A little motivation for all of us:
 
As it is the first of July today this means that all of us are in between 3 and 4 months into the process.
 
 
Even though the waiting time seems to be increasing and is not equal between Vermont and California, I think we can say that for most of us we are in between 25% and 33% done with the process !!!!
 
Keep up the faith. :-)