George & Roth

hi everyone, thought I'd add my timeline in here. got my passport today, it only took exactly 3 weeks from the day I dropped my application at USPS to passport book in hand. i opted for both expedited processing and shipping (which said 5-7 weeks processing). i guess they are not backlogged anymore? I got old gen version.
 
how long does it usually take to receive the passport card and naturalization certificate back? hoping I get both soon!
 
2/17 USPS drop off
3/22 Received at processing center, status was "in process". Locator: 69 (New Hampshire)
3/8 USPS envelope said passport was shipped this day.
3/9 Passport book in hand. I was checking the status everyday and it did not change at all until today when the passport book was already in my mailbox so to speak. I saw it in Informed Delivery first and when I checked the passport tracking site after, the status just changed to Approved. So it seems like tracking is all over the place.
 

I saw this that had some reasons. 
 
https://victormalcalaw.com/update-social-security-record/
 

Today I have received my Original Naturalization Certificate intact. This concludes my Naturalization Journey.
SS Update: Sent passport card for this on the day of card arrival.
DMV update: My DL renewal is in few months, scheduled an appointment for that.
I will update the status of my SS updates in my signature as they progress.

Little update: I applied for citizenship on Feb 2, 2022 and just got the citizenship interview scheduled for April. So fast!! My three year anniversary as a LPR will be in late March. 
My I-751 is still pending so I guess it’ll be a combo interview. EAC filer but I-751 was transferred after I applied for citizenship. 

Another person that I know has filed on 2/17, found online on DOS site yesterday. But the receipt date was 2/24 on the DOS site.
So, give few more days to find yours online but it may have a receipt date earlier than now.

Here are my passport and social security record update timelines.
 
01/05/2022: Oath ceremony
01/05/2022: Applied at USPS in Philadelphia (didn't expedite)
01/07/2022: Received and In Process
01/28/2022: Approved
01/29/2022: Received passport book in a USPS Priority mail envelope
01/31/2022: Received passport card in first class mail
02/10/2022: Received naturalization certificate in a yellow looking envelope
02/17/2022: Updated my Social Security record From Green Card Holder to US Citizen using just my passport card and a filled out SS-5 form. I was lucky enough to get an appointment at my local office by calling the national number (800 772 1213) instead of my local office who never answers the phone. I believe you can also use the dropbox at your local office to do this but I didn't want to take that chance with my original documents. If you have to use your local office dropbox, I suggest you just use your passport card as citizenship evidence and they should mail it back to you. That way, you're only taking a risk with your passport card just in case it goes missing.
 
The journey is truly finally over. Best of luck to everyone

Approved, now awaiting same day oath. 🥳 

Approved, now awaiting same day oath. 🥳 

Approved!
 
Interview scheduled 7. Line started forming 6:10 we were parked and walked over after 5+ people joined the line. They opened the doors at 7am exactly.
 
We went up to 14th and past security with the ID and letter. Spouse allowed to enter, she was first person to check into naturalization line at window 2.
 
By 7:30 was called in and I waited in waiting room, 7:50 she finished already and approved.
 
She went to 15, they told me to wait on floor 2 cafeteria while she gets oath. They have snacks, food, coffee and drinks here in 2.
 
Now awaiting same day oath. They called a group already but she will be in the next group.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Approved!
 
Interview scheduled 7. Line started forming 6:10 we were parked and walked over after 5+ people joined the line. They opened the doors at 7am exactly.
 
We went up to 14th and past security with the ID and letter. Spouse allowed to enter, she was first person to check into naturalization line at window 2.
 
By 7:30 was called in and I waited in waiting room, 7:50 she finished already and approved.
 
She went to 15, they told me to wait on floor 2 cafeteria while she gets oath. They have snacks, food, coffee and drinks here in 2.
 
Now awaiting same day oath. They called a group already but she will be in the next group.
 
 
 
 
 
 

CONGRATULATIONS 👏 🎊 💐 🥳 

Approved!
 
Interview scheduled 7. Line started forming 6:10 we were parked and walked over after 5+ people joined the line. They opened the doors at 7am exactly.
 
We went up to 14th and past security with the ID and letter. Spouse allowed to enter, she was first person to check into naturalization line at window 2.
 
By 7:30 was called in and I waited in waiting room, 7:50 she finished already and approved.
 
She went to 15, they told me to wait on floor 2 cafeteria while she gets oath. They have snacks, food, coffee and drinks here in 2.
 
Now awaiting same day oath. They called a group already but she will be in the next group.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Approved, now awaiting same day oath. 🥳 

Approved!
 
Interview scheduled 7. Line started forming 6:10 we were parked and walked over after 5+ people joined the line. They opened the doors at 7am exactly.
 
We went up to 14th and past security with the ID and letter. Spouse allowed to enter, she was first person to check into naturalization line at window 2.
 
By 7:30 was called in and I waited in waiting room, 7:50 she finished already and approved.
 
She went to 15, they told me to wait on floor 2 cafeteria while she gets oath. They have snacks, food, coffee and drinks here in 2.
 
Now awaiting same day oath. They called a group already but she will be in the next group.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Approved, now awaiting same day oath. 🥳 

I had my N400 interview yesterday and it went good for all question answer. My I-751 (Petition to remove condition) still pending.
officer told me I passed the civic/read/write test but decision is still pending. 😨
 
I got email today morning saying “we have taken action on your case” but I don’t see any update on portal. Checked documents section and I don’t see any new doc attachment.
 
anyone in the group having similar situation ? 

No, I lived and worked in Cambodia and was not returning to the USA when we wanted to visit in 2013. I stayed from 2012-2017, was hoping to take some vacations to USA not to stay here. Rejected the tourist visa so we just vacationed in Hong Kong instead. 
 
Later we did k-1 when it was appropriate and we did want to move to USA, she came over in 2018. 

Folks- my immigration journey came to an end today after 629 days here at Newark NJ. 
My appointment was at 7am. I reached the office building at 6:45 am (after parking at the nearby garage). The building was open to applicants at sharp 7am. After the TSA style security checks, I had to go to the 14th floor. Right out of the elevator was a security officer who inspected the appointment letter and directed me to head to Window 2 which was specifically for N400 applicants (Window 1 was for AOS folks).
The lady at window 2 took my appointment letter (last I saw of it) and asked me to have a seat until an IO calls me. It was 7:20 at this point.
At 8:50 am, a lady IO greeted me and took me to the office for the interview. She apologized for the delay (which was due to system issues) and got right to the oath. Following this I was asked for my green card, ID and passport. The next section was the civics , reading and writing portion. I kid you not when I say this, it was done in under 4 minutes! We moved on to reviewing the actual application. The only things I was asked to confirm were:
·       Legal Name, and whether I want to change it
·       Birth date
·       Were parents married before I was born and whether they are US citizens
·       Date of my last trip
 
Note: No documents were asked for 
Following this were the Yes/ No questions. The officer was selective in the YES/NO questions she asked. Hence this too was short – probably 3 minutes at most
 Another 3-4 minutes was spent in signing/confirming data and that was it – I was done. She did ask if I intended to travel in the next few months as coming back into the US without a green card was not an option.
 
At 9:08 am I was escorted back to the common area and asked to proceed to the 15th floor for the oath ceremony.
 
About an hour and 10 minutes later, 30 of us had a beautiful oath ceremony and we were pronounced US Citizens. Picture time!
Overall, I must say the Newark Field Office experience far exceeded my expectation. All personnel as far as I am concerned were courteous, professional- no horror stories to report here.
 
After exiting, I headed to the post office and submitted my passport application
There are so many people to thank on this forum for lending a helping hand or warm wish. The latest among them @sam713 has been a messiah of sorts for a large number of folks on this forum for cracking open the FOIA option – without which many of us Spring filers would be stuck in this rut forever. everyone who has been waiting for long and hasnt filed it- just do it. You have nothing to lose. Good luck and God bless!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EAC here and I just got a notification that card is being produced! I will wait to file my N-400 soon

My guess is EAC wasn’t approving any January filers back in November anyway so you filling N-400 back then was still ok? And perhaps filing now might cause some disruption in the approving process for I-751. Just a guess. 
 
 
 
i did not. I was very close though. But now that I’m seeing people getting approved that are around my time frame, I guess it doesn’t hurt to wait a week or two more. 

Interview scheduled!🎉🥳👍
 

Happy to inform my spouse completed her naturalization process today at the Newark field office..she had a kind officer  who went straight to business ..Standard civics questions, reading writing and the yes / no  questions..interview was done in 15- 20 minutes- most of the time really went into updating on the system. No vocabulary, no definitions.
She waited for about an hour and half  to be called for  the oath ceremony.  Time from entry to exit was approximately 2.5 hours.
 
Good luck to all of us .
 
 

they would if that was the email ID the petitioner supplied with the petition and the one NVC used to inform the USC of the new case # (who else would know the case #)

I think we started this together in June 2017 in the K-1 thread? Don't miss those days of waiting while separated. I am excited that her N-400 interview is coming on Feb 23rd and if she passes we are completely done with the process.  
 
If she applies for her brother or sister maybe I need to stay on the forums for another 15 years?  😵🤢

Nice way to rub it in! 
 
just kidding, I’m glad to see there is an end to it all. It’ll be cool when it happens but I’m not counting the days like in 2017. Seems like quite awhile ago…