mido85

No I did not. The officer over the phone told me I was approved on May 9th but since nothing moved, which I find a little strange

Yes I know the online status is not reliable or up to date usually! What's a little concerning to me is that I have not been put in line for an oath since the Tier 2 officer could not see it in their system and I know my office does same day oath ceremony so I am guessing it should not be very busy.

Hi Guys,

I wanted to give you some progress about my pending application. So I called the customer service number, then asked to be transferred to a level 2 office, who told me tat my application was approved on May 9th (last week), even though I have not been put in line for an oath nor did I receive an updates online. I asked how long it will take and then he told me if by June 9th I dont hear back anything, I can all them back.

I am wondering why my application is still stuck after being approved or at least that;s what the officer had told me. do you guys recall or experienced a similar situation.

All your thoughts and inputs are much appreciated.

Yes I included 3 years of tax returns in my initial package!

Yes that was my mistake since I didn't even think about my birth certificate nor did I provided it with my N400 application. After she showed me my birth certificate I then remembered sending that document as part of my i485 package. I felt stupid not mentioning the name displayed on my birth certificate even though I've never used it before. Do you know how long another name change takes to process on average? I guess it's case by case and so far I've been lucky and never got stuck in any name check.

I brought bunch of documents but she didn't ask for any documents besides insurance summary for 2016 and my bank statement for April 2016 which I gave her. I applied under the 3 year rule.

Thank you for the kind words I appreciate it. I have no idea what they are looking for she just showed my a paper with 2 lines one for the FP check and the other for name check below each line it says "no records"

Hi guys,

I have been following this forum for a while and I figured I will share my timeline and interview experience.

C-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrview|Oath....|Field Office

04/16 02/04 02/08 02/10 03/04 03/15 03/25 04/30 Newark

I had my interview yesterday and the IO was friendly and yet very serious and professional. She started while walking me to her office to take the oath that the good news is its my turn but the bad news is I will not be a citizen that day lol. So obviously I was very disappointed to asked her why. She said that they need to run a Name check on the name displayed on my birth certificate which has a middle name in it. I explained to her that I never used a middle name nor did my GC and any of my passports have it she did not care. We went to her office and she went through my application and she said everything is fine I dont have any issues with my application nor background check she even showed me the FP and Name check background results and the both had no record. she told me she would have approved me on the spot if I did not have a different name on my birth certificate which btw I had sent them back in 2013 for I485. She made sign 3 papers with a name change request to drop my middle name which I signed and I also signed the pictures that I had originally sent with my application. She told me that the name check could take a week or a year so I left her office extremely disjointed. my online status have not changed yet and still display interview scheduled.

Did anyone of you guys had a similar situation with a Decision cannot be made yet pending a name check? I would appreciate any inputs and your help. I am just really hoping the new name check comes back quickly...

Thank you