Redheadguy03

You're going to have a long time with this process. You won't be done with it until she gets citizenship, which is at a minimum of 3 to 4 years. You can't get a ssn for her if you waited a long time. You really should have done a bit more research first. She's going to have to wait until she gets the ead before she can get the ssn now. 

I'd say hope you know your answers to the questions and be confident. My wife was so confident at hers that they even mentioned it and said you obviously know the answers. Also, it appears to be based on marriage. Bring everything just in case and make sure your husband is with you. I'm not sure how it is now, but during covid I wasn't allowed in, but I was in the car with my mom and my son just in case I was asked to go in. They did ask her if I was waiting somewhere too. 

It should be noted that uscis sometimes checks this website. So they could very well figure out who you are. Don't lie on immigration forms! Even if you get away with it somehow, years down the road it could somehow pop up at a different appointment. Which could unravel everything, just be honest. 

Sometimes you just get lucky. Took over a year and we never had our AOS. Then applied for naturalization and got it in about 3 months approved at the same time as the pending AOS. It happens sometimes. 

14 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Your profile shows ROC pending.  Has the ROC been approved?  If not, they cannot approve the N400 until that is also finalized.

 

Good Luck!

They can just approve both at once. Happened to my wife and it's pretty common. 

7 hours ago, Hank_ said:

...  colleges in the US won't accept transcripts directly from the student. You have to use a third party such as World Educational Services to obtain the student's transcript

I'm aware, but world educational services requires you to send them to them sealed or the school to do it. Well the Philippines sure doesn't make that easy. 

Does anyone know of an easy way to get college transcripts evaluated from the Philippines? It's been a nightmare trying to get a sealed transcript from my wife's school. 

11 minutes ago, Murph4865 said:

It had got pretty heated with being called certain names cause i posted while i was frustrated, so some have taken it the wrong way. We all say things in the wrong way while being frustrated to be able to vent for stress relief. 

 

The bad stuff has been removed, looks like it got pretty bad. I'm glad it all worked out for you! My wife's from the Philippines too BTW. Just got her citizenship, so we just finished the entire process. What a wild ride. 

This place can get pretty heated. Some of the people on here think they're crazy smart. I didn't see the post, but don't worry about it. 

My wife received her citizenship last week at a combined roc naturalization interview (she has the naturalization certificate). Well today in the mail she got her 10 year green card. What should we do with it? We obviously don't need it and usually they are surrendered when you get citizenship. (they took her 2 year one) 

On 6/26/2021 at 7:28 AM, canuckbos said:

Where in Montana did she have the interview/oath ceremony? I’m asking because I may have to do my oath ceremony in Montana as I am here for the summer and I just got approved on June 23 for an interview I did on May 5th in Florida.

Helena is the only place that does interviews. It's the only uscis office in the state. 

16 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

Can't reacquire what he never lost.   As you already stated:  He IS a dual citizen by birth

 

 

Thanks Hank. I just figured I'd ask it's the Philippines sometimes they get a bit odd with rules. 

So, my wife is currently a USA citizen and needs to get her Philippine citizenship back (dual citizenship), which requires going to the San Francisco embassy. What about my son? He's a dual citizen by birth and it's been reported already. Does he have to require citizenship too or is he okay? 

19 minutes ago, Timona said:

3 months from application to oath is like finding a needle in a haystack during this COVID era. Congratulations!! I barely just got an interview for July 2021 yet I filed in July 2020

Waited well over a year for Roc then this happened right away. To say we were surprised would be an understatement. 

Wife had her interview today here in Montana. Combined Roc interview. They didn't ask me to be there (I was waiting in the car). Approved her on the spot and did her oath ceremony too! Applied for citizenship and got approved after around 3 months. She has her naturalization certificate in hand! 

Is this a serious question? No! Anyone could say oh I'm the godparent I'm going to sponsor them. Obviously that wouldn't be allowed. 

9 hours ago, MorganandMichael said:

For those saying they won’t make the kid wait outside, you’d be surprised. Our local USCIS office (Milwaukee) was incredibly strict about their “no one other than specifically invited persons” policy even prior to Covid. I drove with my husband for ROC biometrics in July of 2019 and the block the building was on had a nice handful of people (including me) waiting around for their family members to finish their interviews/other business, and YES there were even some children that appeared to be alone outside. No toddlers, but some that looked as young as 7/8. They did have a guard who seemed to be sort of watching the younger kids, but still, definitely not a situation I would want to be in. 

You’ve made it very clear that you feel we don’t know your situation enough to provide our input and advice (which is weird since you’re literally on a forum asking for it) but I would just caution not to completely shut down the possibility of there being an issues with bringing your child with you.

ROC interview requires the spouse to be there. I'm in Montana and our office is usually super relaxed. Last appointment we were early and they didn't care, even with covid going on.

The part of not knowing my situation was due to someone saying to just get a babysitter for a couple hours when it would be 10 hours just to drive there and back, not including the interview and trying to tell me how to raise my child.

Your reading comprehension is lacking if you didn't catch that. 

2 hours ago, Dashinka said:

That may be specifically for the N400 interview, but the ROC may be different.

 

To the OP, other than what @JeanneAdil suggested as to calling the info line, I would take your wife and child to the interview and let her go inside and you can stay out in the vehicle with your child.  Not all ROC interviews require the spouse to be present and in this time of COVID, I have been hearing that AOS and ROC interviews were being conducted separately (not a Stokes), so if you are needed, your wife can explain to the IO that you are outside with your child and if needed, you can come in with the child, or you and your wife can switch.

 

Good Luck!

That's what I was thinking of doing. I know I have to be there due to it being a combo interview. So I'll probably call and ask and go from there. 

Thanks! 

2 hours ago, Coco8 said:

USCIS still has social distancing and they don't allow many people in. Also, you need to think about your wife and she has to be relaxed for the interview and focus on that. Not focus on the child. Would she take the child to a job interview? No. So get a babysitter. 

 

Kids have to get used to being with babysitters or going to day care. 

 

You could also ask friends to watch over him for a couple of hours.

 

It isn't a couple of hours. We live over 5 hours away from the immigration office each way. Since you don't know the entire story I'd appreciate you not trying to tell me how to parent my child! My wife is not going to be relaxed if she's worrying about my son, which she will if he's not with one of us. My wife is a stay at home mom, he doesn't have to get used to anything. My wife chooses to stay home with our son. I will dictate how my son is raised not you! 

29 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Different answers to this question on internet

but immigration lawyer https://www.shusterman.com/  says

 

When you attend your naturalization interview, you should bring the applicable items listed below with you. If you fail to submit the required documents, you may be found ineligible for naturalization and your application may be denied. Please do not bring any children or other family members. Be on time for your interview – rescheduling will cause delays in processing your case. the following:

 

I would call the office doing the interview and ask as other sites say it is ok 

and i went to my husband's interview and they did call me in and ask a few questions after his process

You can't just call the local offices. So I don't know how you expect us to do that. I'm not technically the applicant, but I'm required to attend. 

My wife's n400 interview was scheduled. We don't have the date yet, because we don't have the notice but the case status updated. 

Anyway, I have to attend because it's a combined ROC N400 interview. But can I bring my son? He's a toddler and only stays with his mom, so he wouldn't be comfortable if we just randomly left him with a babysitter. 

4 hours ago, igoyougoduke said:

that is strange and dont think that is the whole story. CBP cannot deny entry to a green card holder for not having a job or working somewhere else, unless there is something else that is missing in the story 

Only citizens are guaranteed entry, so yes they can if they have a reason to. We've already gotten a couple pieces added from the initial post, so I'm sure we're missing a few other relevant points. 

This is interesting. You should have inquired about why it was taking so long a while ago. Why did you wait so long to ask? I would have been contacting ombudsman by now. Skipping the interview is a huge deal too. 

My wife is waiting on her naturalization interview. After that she'll want to get her Philippine citizenship back. We have to travel to the San Francisco embassy from Montana unfortunately. My son is already a dual citizen, so we don't have to worry about derivative citizenship correct? Also, any tips for the dual citizenship process? We just want to have our ducks in a row. We already have a report of marriage and report of birth from the Philippines for our marriage and our son's birth. 

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Just now, Misscloud said:

Delete ur personal info ( receipt number ) 

I can't, I asked admin too though.