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Wife is finally a US Citizen! She had her interview today and oath ceremony same day. Glad to finally be done with the process. VisaJourney has been a great resource the past few years.

It took a little under an hour total

Wife is finally a US Citizen! She had her interview today and oath ceremony same day. Glad to finally be done with the process. VisaJourney has been a great resource the past few years.

It took a little under an hour total

Wife is finally a US Citizen! She had her interview today and oath ceremony same day. Glad to finally be done with the process. VisaJourney has been a great resource the past few years.

I was not allowed in.

Wife is finally a US Citizen! She had her interview this morning and the oath ceremony followed immediately after. The interview was on the second floor and the oath was on the first floor. Appointment was at 7:30am and by 9:30am we were done and on our way. Glad to finally be done with the process. VisaJourney has been a great resource the past few years. 

yup, it will be the same place, but honestly, i don"t know how it work. i mean, the officer said the oath ceremony it will be drive trough only and it will be in the parking lot. but i am still puzzle, about where to check in and so on.
i guess and my prediction is ,😁😁 it will be only oath ceremony for whole days on march 26,,😊😁😊..just saying 😁
your welcome😊
 
i hope someone here can give me a clear picture how is the oath ceremony process (by drive trough) 😁😁

Received interview letter in the mail yesterday. Interview is April 6.

That's great to hear. Will it take place at the same local office? 

Received interview letter in the mail yesterday. Interview is April 6.

Reassuring to hear that, since we may be traveling with an extension letter here in the not-too-distant future. Thanks!

Just received an email notification that our N-400 status has been updated to testing and interview! The email says we’ll receive a letter with the interview notice and details! So excited to be nearing the finish line here.

horay finanly there's a movement in san bernardino,  got notification from uscis  and they set up an interview for me, i hope this is a good news, i am still waiting mail coming to my home,,wish me luck guys,
noted : i'm applying with 5 years rules :),,
 
all detail about my journey in my signature

The last update I received was a letter in the mail last month saying the biometrics would be reused. In that same letter, it said the case was still being processed. I also checked online and it still has the same message from March 2020.

Just got NOA in the mail, now we wait...

Just had our removal of conditions done here and it was a smooth process. Filing for citizenship soon and we’ll have that handled at this office as well.

I moved to Argentina from the USA and married my wife here last year. We are finalizing the CR-1 visa process next month. If you need any help with Argentina-specific matters in the process, don't hesitate to message me.

Is there a particular question you're asking for help with?  

So an update on our SSN: It has been almost 6 weeks since POE and no card has arrived in the mail. We went to the Social Security office today and they told us my wife was nowhere to be found in the system. I could only laugh and remember what it says on the Social Security website:
 
"If you apply for a Social Security number (SSN) card when you apply for an immigrant visa, you can save yourself time and worry. If you use this process, you won't have to:
Find a Social Security office near your new home;


  Go in person to the Social Security office;


  Wait in line;


  Apply for a Social Security number at a local Social Security office. Instead, the U.S. government will use the same information that you give to apply for an immigrant visa to apply for an SSN. Then, once you arrive in the U.S., you can expect your SSN card at your mailing address in about 3 weeks.
One less thing to worry about as you settle in your new country!"
 
Wow, so we basically ended up doing everything they say we wouldn't have to do by applying with the visa. What a completely idiotic message to put on the website when there are clearly many issues with applying for a SSN on the visa application. They make a point to showcase on their website everything those of us not fortunate enough to have the system work as it should have to worry about. They suck!
 
Haha, had to get that off my chest. Anyway, we were waiting about an hour up to that point and all I can say is that the people waiting along with you are quite the colorful cast of weirdos. Those government benefits offices sure do attract some real clowns. Pretty shady crowd and shady part of town.
 
We made it through the line, presented green card and birth certificate, and 10 minutes later we were told we would be receiving the SSN card in the mail within 2 weeks. Problem solved, no thanks to the very sucky system they have in place for you to check a box that may or may not (most likely not) result in you getting your SSN automatically sent shortly after POE. Why would anyone check no on the visa application? Why not just automatically apply for SSN for everyone? Is there anyone who would really not want to automatically apply for SSN, or do they think we really want to waste our time with a bunch of weirdos? Obviously not the case, because they posted on their website that it is a benefit to not have to wait in their awful office with those people! Rant over.

So an update on our SSN: It has been almost 6 weeks since POE and no card has arrived in the mail. We went to the Social Security office today and they told us my wife was nowhere to be found in the system. I could only laugh and remember what it says on the Social Security website:
 
"If you apply for a Social Security number (SSN) card when you apply for an immigrant visa, you can save yourself time and worry. If you use this process, you won't have to:
Find a Social Security office near your new home;


  Go in person to the Social Security office;


  Wait in line;


  Apply for a Social Security number at a local Social Security office. Instead, the U.S. government will use the same information that you give to apply for an immigrant visa to apply for an SSN. Then, once you arrive in the U.S., you can expect your SSN card at your mailing address in about 3 weeks.
One less thing to worry about as you settle in your new country!"
 
Wow, so we basically ended up doing everything they say we wouldn't have to do by applying with the visa. What a completely idiotic message to put on the website when there are clearly many issues with applying for a SSN on the visa application. They make a point to showcase on their website everything those of us not fortunate enough to have the system work as it should have to worry about. They suck!
 
Haha, had to get that off my chest. Anyway, we were waiting about an hour up to that point and all I can say is that the people waiting along with you are quite the colorful cast of weirdos. Those government benefits offices sure do attract some real clowns. Pretty shady crowd and shady part of town.
 
We made it through the line, presented green card and birth certificate, and 10 minutes later we were told we would be receiving the SSN card in the mail within 2 weeks. Problem solved, no thanks to the very sucky system they have in place for you to check a box that may or may not (most likely not) result in you getting your SSN automatically sent shortly after POE. Why would anyone check no on the visa application? Why not just automatically apply for SSN for everyone? Is there anyone who would really not want to automatically apply for SSN, or do they think we really want to waste our time with a bunch of weirdos? Obviously not the case, because they posted on their website that it is a benefit to not have to wait in their awful office with those people! Rant over.

So an update on our SSN: It has been almost 6 weeks since POE and no card has arrived in the mail. We went to the Social Security office today and they told us my wife was nowhere to be found in the system. I could only laugh and remember what it says on the Social Security website:
 
"If you apply for a Social Security number (SSN) card when you apply for an immigrant visa, you can save yourself time and worry. If you use this process, you won't have to:
Find a Social Security office near your new home;


  Go in person to the Social Security office;


  Wait in line;


  Apply for a Social Security number at a local Social Security office. Instead, the U.S. government will use the same information that you give to apply for an immigrant visa to apply for an SSN. Then, once you arrive in the U.S., you can expect your SSN card at your mailing address in about 3 weeks.
One less thing to worry about as you settle in your new country!"
 
Wow, so we basically ended up doing everything they say we wouldn't have to do by applying with the visa. What a completely idiotic message to put on the website when there are clearly many issues with applying for a SSN on the visa application. They make a point to showcase on their website everything those of us not fortunate enough to have the system work as it should have to worry about. They suck!
 
Haha, had to get that off my chest. Anyway, we were waiting about an hour up to that point and all I can say is that the people waiting along with you are quite the colorful cast of weirdos. Those government benefits offices sure do attract some real clowns. Pretty shady crowd and shady part of town.
 
We made it through the line, presented green card and birth certificate, and 10 minutes later we were told we would be receiving the SSN card in the mail within 2 weeks. Problem solved, no thanks to the very sucky system they have in place for you to check a box that may or may not (most likely not) result in you getting your SSN automatically sent shortly after POE. Why would anyone check no on the visa application? Why not just automatically apply for SSN for everyone? Is there anyone who would really not want to automatically apply for SSN, or do they think we really want to waste our time with a bunch of weirdos? Obviously not the case, because they posted on their website that it is a benefit to not have to wait in their awful office with those people! Rant over.

ADD = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
AKD = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
AMM = Amman, Jordan
BGH = Baghdad, Iraq
BNS = Buenos Aires, Argentina
DMS = Damascus, Syria
FRN = Frankfurt, Germany
GTM = Guatemala City, Guatemala
GUZ = Guangzhou, China
HNK = Hong Kong
KEV = Kyiv, Ukraine
MRV = Monrovia, Liberia
MTL = Montreal, Canada
PHP = Phnom Penh, Cambodia
RDJ = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SYD = Sydney, Australia
TGG = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
THT = Tashkent, Uzbekistan

We received our case number almost 3 weeks after NOA2. It took a week for USCIS to send our petition to NVC after approval. Then it took a week to arrive at NVC, and almost a week for a case number to be assigned once received by NVC. I called NVC after a couple weeks to see if they had received our petition so I could have an idea of when the case number would be available. All I really cared about at that point was getting the case number and invoice number so I could pay the fees and get everything submitted as soon as possible.

Same here. I had to specially request EP from our attorneys. They did great work for us, we just had to specify that we wanted it done in that way. VisaJourney is a great resource to educate yourself on the process.