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    3 questions....

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

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    23 hours ago, Sunshine25 said:

     

    3) My 11 year old son came over with me and has a green card. After I become a citizen, can I apply for a passport for him? What is the process?

     

    Thanks for the help!

     

    your child will automatically become US citizen. At the Oath Ceremony,  they will provide info about this. 

     

    3 questions....

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Sunshine25 said:

    Hi everyone,

    I'm getting ready to file for citizenship but had 3 questions:

     

    1) The form asks if you have ever been arrested, cited or detained. I looked up the definition for a citation and it says it's an official summons. I had a speeding ticket 2 years ago, which I paid by mail, this wouldn't count as a citation as I was not summoned to court???

     

     

     

    i had a speeding ticket 10 years before i filed N-400, so I said no in my application.  At the interview, I asked the officer about this, she said it was okay since the fine was much less than $500

     

    N-400 Denied (anyone who intends to file the day they become eligible, read this)

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

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    7 minutes ago, Hypnos said:

    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.

     

     

    it will.

     

    mine changed on egov.uscis.gov first;  several hours later,  myaccount.dhs.gov had update

     

     

    N-400 Denied (anyone who intends to file the day they become eligible, read this)

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

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    6 minutes ago, Hypnos said:

    oath.GIF.528c583efed71a9b5d1dd5eca030b0b7.GIF

    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.

     

     

     

    congrats !!!

     

    job well done

     

     

    N-400 Denied (anyone who intends to file the day they become eligible, read this)

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

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    3 minutes ago, JB63 said:

    Hello Hypnos

     

    I got my interview notice today but I don't have  priority date listed on the top of the form, it is just blank

    Did you have a priority date listed there or nothing?

     

    Good luck with your situation, it's unreal ! 

     

     

     

     

     

    no priority date listed on the interview notice,  if i remember it correctly

     

     

    N-400 Denied (anyone who intends to file the day they become eligible, read this)

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

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    13 hours ago, Hypnos said:

    So I became an LPR on 3rd April, 2013. This meant that according to USCIS' filing calculator I became eligible to file an N-400 on 3rd January, 2018 (plus five years minus 90 days). I filed my N-400 online through ELIS at 2:30am, staying up late because I was excited to finally begin this final chapter in my immigration journey.

     

    I hit an early roadblock when the receipt NoA for some reason assigned me an N-400 priority date of the previous day, 2nd January. The "application received on" date was correct since it said 3rd January. I posted about it here more than once, and the consensus seemed to be that USCIS would honour the "received" date, not the "priority" date.

     

    It took a year of waiting (thanks, Dallas backlog) but I eventually got my naturalisation interview scheduled for 14th January of this year. I dutifully attended, answered all questions and passed all the tests, but was told a decision could not be made. Well the decision was made tonight, and a denial notice popped up in my online USCIS account. The reason? I applied too early. The notice stated that I applied on 2nd January, 2018, and was only eligible to file on 3rd January, 2018. Again, this wasn't mentioned at the interview, and I brought all my emailed ELIS receipts and other documents showing I filed on 3rd January in case they ever brought it up, but they didn't.

     

    So it's been a fun night. After a brief period of shouting, loudly, I began to move into attack mode.

     

    What I have done so far:

     

    1) Emailed the CIS Ombudsman giving them the entire story, receipts with timestamps showing I applied on the correct date, and all that jazz. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the Ombudsman is closed right now as part of the partial federal government shutdown, so I'm not really expecting much out of this immediately.

     

    2) I'm going to my Congressman's local office tomorrow to give them the story and all the same documents and seeing if they can intercede with USCIS on my behalf.

     

    3) Emailed my old lawyer and another lawyer that helped me back in 2013 to see if they can offer suggestions. Not trying to freeload on them; I offered to pay whatever fee they deem reasonable on this, since it's obviously no longer in DIY territory.

     

    4) I'll be contacting the two biggest local newspapers, the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, to see if they're interested in doing a story on this. I figure the more attention I can get on it the more likely I am to get something done.

     

    I also have the option of either filing a fresh application, together with its $725 fee and one year wait time, or an N-336 formal appeal of their decision. Fun fact on the N-336: it costs $700 to file, and you will often wait almost as long as it costs to process a new N-400, so they kinda get you coming and going on that one. I'm not ruling anything out yet, but for now I'm hanging my hat on something from 1-4 getting me somewhere on this.

     

    So at the end of the day, anyone intending to file for naturalisation on the day they become eligible: DON'T DO IT. Wait a couple of days, then submit. You will avoid all this bullshit, and can instead deal with some other USCIS bullshit that will be unrelated to this.

     

    Now it's time to write some letters to newspapers and see if I can get anywhere. I will post replies here as to what happens, if anything meaningful does.

     

    Did you try Infopass? not sure if a visit to your local field office would fix the mistake, but that might be the quickest venue?  just a thought

     

    good luck to you

     

     

     

     

    I-751 May 2017 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Jose V said:

    Hi All. Any CSC filer still waiting for their approval letter? 

     

    Last week I received my N-400 interview schedule for November but my i751 is still pending. Today I received another letter from USCIS California saying that my prior 18 months extension letter had an error, so they sent me a new 18 months letter.  Has any one else received a letter like that before? weird. 

     

    Hopefully my N400 interview will be a combo interview. 

     

     

     

    uscis had an announcement couple of days ago about sending out new 18 months extension letters

    I-751 July 2017 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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    2 minutes ago, Ms.Claustrophobic said:

    Ok so this is confusing me. I called the tier 1 from USCIS Customer Service and they said that the fee waiver for CRI-89 is the same thing as the fee waiver for I-751. I did ask her if it is different. She clearly said, it was the same. I researched and Google said CRI-89 is registration fee.

     

    on your i-797, there are two wac or eac numbers, one is for i-751, the other cri-89

     

    if you checked that number for cri-89, it shows fee waived

     

    I-751 July 2017 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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    7 minutes ago, tootiespookie said:

    For me, the egov one says my case was received but the myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov one says fees were waived.... weird thing is I paid for my fees and did not apply for them to be waived so I really don't know what's up with that. UGH I really wish USCIS would get their sh!t together

     

    after you filed i-751, uscis created cri-89 for you,  fee waiver is for cri-89, which you didnt pay

     

     

    N-400 February Filers 2018

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    12 minutes ago, somia said:

    You dont need to wait after naturalized u can apply for parents,spouse and under 18 child right after u got ur passport good luck for everyone am also a feb filer and waiting for interview!

     

    you can sponsor your parents as soon as you got your gc;

     

    you can sponsor your parents as soon as you are naturalized, dont have to wait till you get the passport

     

    the difference is:  you can get your parents here a lot faster (10 or 15 years differences, in some countries) when you become us citizen

     

    I-751 July 2017 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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    3 minutes ago, Ksenia_O said:

    It should be correct.

    IF1 - Alien whose record of admission is created upon the conclusion of a valid marriage contract after entering as a fiance or fiancee of a U.S. citizen.

     

    https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=CM_0010181503

     

    Congratulations!!! 

     

    you have done so much homework, provided valuable information/suggestion/answers, helped so many people here including myself. 

     

    thank you !!!

     

     

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