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    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    20 minutes ago, eeevva said:

    Hi all,

    could some of you that have a better grip on the processing timelines, give me some kind of a guess when it is likely I might finally have my interview?

    I filed by mail (hating myself for that), application received 9/20/2017 and in line for the interview since 10/24/2017. It is the Newark office. Any guesses? I was so hoping to schedule travel during the summer but this is such a big unknown. :-(

    Thank you!

    Eva

    Hang in there,just a matter of time

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    8 hours ago, SquashGuy said:

    Hey all, I had my interview and oath ceremony this past Monday, everything went smooth sailing, a huge thank you to everyone on this forum that's helped me along the way (18 years since I arrived in this country)! Here are my running notes from interview day for reference:

     

    The interview is held at the USCIS Field Office in Newark. You go through the security scanner like in an airport. Interviews are held on floors 14 and 15 (I was 14). When you step out of the elevator there’s a seated guard who checks your appointment letter. There’s also a cafe on the second floor. 

    Once you walk in, you give your appointment letter at window 2 and ‘get in queue’ - don't need to take a number. They let you use your phone on silent now in the wait room (make sure you're at 100%!), there’s also a TV playing. 

    My appointment was at 8:30am, I got in around 8:10, and had to wait 90 minutes for my turn. Sometimes people that have come after you get called before, so be prepared for that. 

    My IO called me in around 9:45. I followed her through a narrow passageway with rows of offices. Once we entered her office, as expected, made me stand and swore me in first. 

    We started with a review of my application. In my case, she told me that even though I applied under marriage, since I’d been a resident for more than 5 years, she was going to ask me questions about myself and not ask evidence about the marriage. 

    We went through my N-400 in a fair amount of detail, she re-verified everything on my application. My address and job had changed so she updated that in the system. We spent the most time on my travel, as I have over 20 international trips in the past 5 years. She didn’t ask me a lot of questions about any specific trips, but verified the details with their records in the system. Embarrassingly, I had an incorrect date in my application (wrong month) for one of my travels which she couldn’t find initially, but then figured out what happened. She also asked to see all my previous passports. Finally, she finished up with the long list of ‘no’ questions. 

    The test portion was smooth, the 6 civics questions I got were, 1) 1 right from amendments, 2) why Cold War, 3) why colonialists came to America, 4) who leads executive branch, 5) who’s next in line after president, and 6) 1 voting amendment. Then a quick reading and writing sample. 

    She approved me on the spot (and I could breathe again)!

    I took the elevator to 15th floor as that’s where they do oath ceremonies and infopass appointments. I filled out the back of my I-445 while I was waiting. I had to wait about 60 minutes for them to print out a copy of the certificate. They call your name to the window and ask you to verify your details before printing the original. In my case, the details were all fine. I was asked to sit back again.

     

    There was an oath ceremony at 11am, but I didn't have my 'white envelope' by then, so I couldn't attend. They didn't have a noon ceremony that day so one of the IOs came out and told everyone to grab a bite and be back by 1. I was thankful they gave an ETA because I was starving by then. I went outside, got fresh air, hung out on the 2nd floor cafeteria for a while, and came back to the 15th floor by 12:45. Around 1:30, they called all the oath-takers to follow into the ceremony hall. 

     

    The hall is huge, though only 40 oath-takers can go in at one time. Family and friends are allowed, there was no limit at the time I went. We sat down, got our instructions. They told us how may countries were represented. Our supervisor who was leading the ceremony gave a great, moving speech. We did our recitals and, 45 minutes later, I was naturalized! Took some photos/selfies (no video) and I was out. All in all, took 6 hours but time well spent! 

     

    Happy to help with any inquiries while it's fresh in my 

    Congrats and gratitude for the insight and detailed interview but your timeline is missing out

    Happy Easter NJ Folks!

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Moxa1989 said:

    Hello Everyone,

     

    so  after using my representative office to inquire on my case on my behalf with USCIS ( as of 2/1/18 still awaiting background check to clear)  I went today 3/15/2018 at 10:45  to Mt Laurel new jersey office for an info pass, I spoke to a very nice lady, she informed me that as of 3/08/18 my background check cleared and I'm in scheduling pool for an interview and once NBC schedule my interview my file will be mailed to Mt Laurel office.  Her statement was confusing to me because she stated that I'm in the interview scheduling pool, and that means my background check is clear. she also stated that Mt laurel office doesn't schedule the interview they only submit availability to NBC and NBC does scheduling, they only deal with rescheduling. I don't know how accurate is this. 

     

    does this mean I'm in line for interview ? I'm a paper filer and i did not receive any notification about being in line for interview. 

    Oh yeah sounds like it. But is mt. Laurel or Newark ur FD? 

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    1 hour ago, LKB said:

    thank you everyone for your kind words! you wont believe it ....just now my case status got changed to "interview scheduled" ..and I wanted to share this with you immediately!

      

    
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Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
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UserName.........|GC-Date.|Sent....|Cashd...|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line..|Int ltr..|Intrview.|Oath.....|Field Office.....|NBC/IOE
JT4/25...........|10/31/07|07/12/17|07/18/17|07/20/17|08/18/17|09/05/17.|12/19/17.|01/19/18.|--/--/--.|Mount Laurel, NJ.|NBC
LKB..............|10/31/07|07/13/17|07/16/17|07/29/17|08/11/17|09/12/17.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ.......|NBC
Moxa1989.........|12/05/12|09/20/17|09/28/17|10/02/17|10/16/17|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ.......|NBC
Viajero..........|01/21/15|10/23/17|--/--/--|10/26/17|11/16/17|12/21/17.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ.......|NBC

     

    Wot!!! Such a relieve 4 u and hope us

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    3 hours ago, magic123 said:

    Hi all, sorry to report that my interview today has been canceled, so I won't be able to detail the process.

    Apparently, the "system was down", and the officer told everyone to go home and a rescheduled appointment letter will be sent to us. No advance notice/text/call and no apology for the inconvenience. Oh well, what can you do.

     

    Wow,what an anti climax, hope the reschedule it soonest 

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    5 hours ago, JT4/25 said:

    Mark us red!  we did it...well hubby did it.  lol.  Ceremony was beautiful.  even the man performing the ceremony got choked up when he was telling everyone how proud he was that they wanted to become Americans...and probably loved this country more than alot of people born here.  We arrived in Mt. Laurel at noon for a 12:30 appointment.  Didnt get called in til 1pm.  My husband was done by 1:20pm.  They asked him 6 questions.  Had him read and write the same sentence and then went over the questions in the application.  Ceremony was at 3pm so we just waited.  Was a beautiful day.

    Congrats

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    1 hour ago, vpk2014 said:

    Hello, last July 2017 my journey to become citizenship started, everything seemed to be going well - had my interview Jan 2nd week but 2 days ago online status got updated to "Request for Initial evidence was mailed". My interview officer in NJ was very nice, i answered all the questions and it was over in 15mins to 20mins. No documents were asked except GC, passport & drivers license.

    She said everything looks ok but she cannot make the decision right away but i did pass the interview.

    I am waiting for the RFE letter to see what documents they are asking but just wondering to see if anyone else is in the same situation. My GC 10 years is expiring this Aug so bit nervous on how long this RFE could delay etc.

     

    Filing date: July 2017

    Interview date: Jan 2018

    Did u file online ,Newark field office or mt laurel?

    N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    17 minutes ago, JT4/25 said:

    Hey fellow NJ'ers.  Has anyone here had to make an infopass appointment?  How long did it take to get an appointment....Ive been trying for a week now...and still no appointments available.

    Try your luck on wkds and late hrs

    18 minutes ago, JT4/25 said:

    Hey fellow NJ'ers.  Has anyone here had to make an infopass appointment?  How long did it take to get an appointment....Ive been trying for a week now...and still no appointments available.

     

    N-400 April 2017 Filers

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    1 hour ago, kewlb said:

    Hello,

         I am April 2017 filer, Newark, NJ. I got my e-notification on Nov 13th, that my case has been scheduled for interview. It's Nov 18th and I haven't received my interview to know when exactly is my interview. How long usually it takes to get the letter after getting the e-notification? should I be worried? any thoughts. Thanks.

    What's ur timeline plz

    N-400 July 2017 Filers

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    3 hours ago, Going through said:

    Congrats to your wife!

     

    3 hours ago, ZNJ said:

    Hello All,

     

    Wanted to update our status and provide some feedback that may be helpful for NJ filers. My wife had her interview yesterday and passed the test. And whats more important is that she was scheduled for the oath ceremony same day (same floor of the same building) and she was given her certificate same day as well.

     

    Although it took almost our all day, waiting in the same room from 9 am to 2:30 pm, i think it was worth it and all done in the same day.

     

    Good luck to you all.

    Congrats and how long was the whole process and did she file online?

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