Cocoza

Abeg no just worry yourself at all.. GOD don do am for you.   Same thing happened to me. Yes, you will get the new card in the mail. You need to take ALL the cards you ever received from USCIS. I took even up to my EAD card as well. What they would do (Well that is what happened in my case)  is that they put holes in ALL the cards I came with (I think i had 3 cards) and would staple ALL of them to a document indicating you received your  Naturalization certificate and would slide it into the sleeve of the folder they pulled out your certificate from before handing it to you.
 

Ok. Just realize that we have seen many posts on these forums that go something along the lines of "my parents are here now and OMG we didn't realize how expensive healthcare is". You shouldn't just be planning to pass the interview - you should be planning to be able to live decently. If your parents do not work for 10 years, they will be severely limited in what they can access through medicare and social security.
 
Here's a thread about planning costs for a 65-year old https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/656427-elderly-parent-health-insurance/
 
 
 
 
 

That is F4 and would include spouse and unmarried children under 21. (As would and F3 petition which your parent could file once they become citizens)

That’s the minimum you need. Historically it’s been enough for most applications, but we are seeing more and more reports that higher than the minimum is being required as the administration toughens up on public charge issues. You don’t need to submit any financial documents yet, just the petition to start with.
 
Yes, and there will be a condition of the visa that she remains unmarried until entry. If a parent becomes a citizen then they will still be able to sponsor her if she gets married, but that will add another7 years or so to the wait.
 
Health insurance for your parents is extremely important. Growing old is an expensive business in the US. I presume you know about the minimum of .40 quarters (10 years) needing to be worked before Medicare and social security benefits.  You should be able to find out costs of insurance, depends on age, deductible etc. but count on at least a few hundred a month per parent judging by other posts from older immigrants here. Of course if they are working it will probably be cheaper through employer insurance,
 
One poster has reported having to show estimates for parent health insurance and how he would be able to cover it. You only need that at interview stage, if it is asked for. It will take around a year for the application to process so you’ll have plenty of time to plan.

Are you saying that Health Insurance for my parents is not too important but extremely important for my sister? Also where do i get concrete information about the Health Insurance. 

You only need ONE answer only to ALL the questions.

My Phone was about to blow up a couple of minutes back with flooding of so many Text Messages and Emails about status updates for both ROC approvals and N400 approvals/In-line for OATH Ceremony. My Interview was 2 days ago (02/12).
 
One last hurdle to cross.

Updating my timeline: Today I became an American Citizen. 
I wait sooo long to say it. I am so proud to be an American Citizen. 
Thanks all VJ members for the support during this journey. 
If you need any detail on my experience, do not hesitate to contact me. 
Thank youuuu 🙏🏽

Thank you so much. It’s a relief. 
On feb 7th USCIS sent me an email that said the oath as scheduled. After 3 or 4 days I received the letter scheduling it for. Feb 20. 

My Phone was about to blow up a couple of minutes back with flooding of so many Text Messages and Emails about status updates for both ROC approvals and N400 approvals/In-line for OATH Ceremony. My Interview was 2 days ago (02/12).
 
One last hurdle to cross.

Had my COMBO interview today. Pretty nice officer and was quite thorough. IO Collected Updated Documents from me to prove ongoing marriage and told me that i would not receive new green card.
 
6 questions asked:
 
Governor Of California
President of the United States
Cause of Civil war
House Of Rep Voting Members
Number of Senators
President during WorldWar 1.
 
Read: 
who can vote:
 
 
Write:
Citizens can vote
 
Got all 6 correct but still got a "decision could not be made" which was the first thing IO said to us when IO called us in for the interview because of my pending ROC.
 
 
Back to waiting.
 
 

My Phone was about to blow up a couple of minutes back with flooding of so many Text Messages and Emails about status updates for both ROC approvals and N400 approvals/In-line for OATH Ceremony. My Interview was 2 days ago (02/12).
 
One last hurdle to cross.

Had my COMBO interview today. Pretty nice officer and was quite thorough. IO Collected Updated Documents from me to prove ongoing marriage and told me that i would not receive new green card.
 
6 questions asked:
 
Governor Of California
President of the United States
Cause of Civil war
House Of Rep Voting Members
Number of Senators
President during WorldWar 1.
 
Read: 
who can vote:
 
 
Write:
Citizens can vote
 
Got all 6 correct but still got a "decision could not be made" which was the first thing IO said to us when IO called us in for the interview because of my pending ROC.
 
 
Back to waiting.
 
 

May 2018 & Los Angeles Office

Had my COMBO interview today. Pretty nice officer and was quite thorough. IO Collected Updated Documents from me to prove ongoing marriage and told me that i would not receive new green card.
 
6 questions asked:
 
Governor Of California
President of the United States
Cause of Civil war
House Of Rep Voting Members
Number of Senators
President during WorldWar 1.
 
Read: 
who can vote:
 
 
Write:
Citizens can vote
 
Got all 6 correct but still got a "decision could not be made" which was the first thing IO said to us when IO called us in for the interview because of my pending ROC.
 
 
Back to waiting.
 
 

I got a text this afternoon. My interview is scheduled. I filed my case on March 6, had my biometric done on March 28. I live in the city of LA but my case belongs to LA County office. 
 
I’ll update when I get to know the interview date.

So today I get to give the update I have been hoping to give since all of this nonsense began.
 
I received a flurry of text messages from USCIS this afternoon indicating that my case was updated. Puzzled but hopeful, I began to login to my online account, but before I could do so received a call from a Dallas number. They identified themselves as Officer SomebodyOrOther (I forget the name; I recall it wasn't the person who interviewed me) calling from the Dallas field office. They said they had received my case today, and had seen there was an issue. That she had gone ahead and reversed the denial and approved it, and could schedule me for an oath ceremony next Thursday afternoon, on Valentine's Day, if that would be ok. I said that would absolutely, completely, and totally be fine with me. She said she would mail out a copy of the letter today, and that I should receive it soon. I thanked her, and then called the congressional liaison working my case to let her know what had happened.
 
So... there we are. It's been a rough couple of weeks. I lost about 5 lbs the first week, which I can't say I'm unhappy about since I wanted to lose 10-15 lbs before the police academy begins later this year that I will hopefully (now) be attending, but this wasn't how I had planned on doing it.
 
I just want to say that the system works. And by the system I do not mean USCIS. Everyone who has read VJ for more than 5 minutes knows that USCIS is an inefficient and poorly run federal agency in drastic need of an overhaul. No, by system I mean the checks and balances of oversight of them. I'm not sure whether it was my congressman's office or the CIS Ombudsman that got this reversed. I'm choosing to believe a little of both. But to anyone whose naturalisation eligibility date is approaching, I would strongly urge you to wait just a day or two to head this issue off, unless you enjoy uncertainty and stupidity, in which case have at it.
 
My online USCIS account is currently showing no changes. It still indicates that my application is denied, and there's no oath letter there yet. Perhaps it will change, perhaps it won't. But the older case status site is showing my oath letter was mailed.
 
I'm glad to finally be able to put this behind me. Thanks to all the well-wishers here on VJ who have given public and private messages of support. It has been very much appreciated during what has not been a stellar couple of weeks up to now.

My congressman and/or the CIS Ombudsman came through and my denial has been overturned. My oath ceremony is a week today, on Valentine's.
 
 
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You can start filling out your form already online but you cannot submit the form yet till its time. I started filling mine 6 months before time.

Had my interview today, it was a combo interview for my I-751 and N-400. Combined it took roughly 20 minutes for everything including reading, writing, and civics tests...super chill and almost anti-climactic haha. She approved the I-751 first and then recommended me for approval for the N-400, now just have to wait for the oath letter. If someone could please update my timeline I would be very grateful!

Finally.
Los Angeles County Office
My PD is May 14, 2018
FP: May 23rd, 2018.
Interview Notification Jan 04, 2019
Letter not yet uploaded.

Hi, 
today 15 days after my N-400 I received the email below. I still can’t believe. It means they approved my case right ? 
Los Angeles office 
interview 01/09/2018 
 
 
 

No, just a straight N-400. 

I think this is an awesome sign, You'll most likely have your OATH in Feb

Hello @TMDM
I think now you are already a US Citizen and I am on that excited phase after N400 interview awating until they change the status on website. I’m so anxious and nervous. 
My experience in the interview was really similar to yours. I passed on the tests but they gave me a paper saying the decision could be make because the pending I751. 
Today (3 days after the interview) they updated my I751 to “new card is being produced” and I’m still awating for any moviment on my N400. 
Question: when you received the RFE you just uploaded your more documents online ? How long it take to approve your N400 the receive the oath letter? I just need a refresh and be calm because this whole process is kidding me. 
Thank you