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On 4/26/2021 at 1:04 AM, valentinasc said:
Hello everyone!
I'm gathering my N400 packet however I'm unsure about the address/job history I have to provide.
I will be applying under ina section 319(e) (Overseas naturalization for military spouse) under the 3 year rule.
Do I need to provide 5 years history or 3?
You will need to provide address and employment for the past 5 years.
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Final update
Finally received my social security card in the mail. I was hoping it would get here before May 11th and it did. I immediately went and applied for a new Real ID DL yesterday as soon as I got the social.
3/31/21 - Documents dropped off at USPS to be mailed to SSA local Victorville, CA office.
4/5/21 - Documents delivered at local Victorville, CA office.
4/12/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told I would get a call back that day.
4/13/21 - Received call back and the rep told me my document still have not been scanned, and that the process will take about a month due to high volume.
4/16/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told that since it has not been 4 weeks since the received my documents, they could not give me an update.
4/21/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told documents still have not been processed.
4/24/21 - Received my documents back as well as the acceptance letter.
4/27/21 - Received new Social Security card in the mail.
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Update,
I received my documents back on Saturday and the notice says the new card was processed on April 22. The letter says I should be getting my new social security card in about two weeks.
3/31/21 - Documents dropped off at USPS to be mailed to SSA local Victorville, CA office.
4/5/21 - Documents delivered at local Victorville, CA office.
4/12/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told I would get a call back that day.
4/13/21 - Received call back and the rep told me my document still have not been scanned, and that the process will take about a month due to high volume.
4/16/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told that since it has not been 4 weeks since the received my documents, they could not give me an update.
4/21/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told documents still have not been processed.
4/24/21 - Received my documents back as well as the acceptance letter.
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Update,
Still have not received anything back. I called my local office and they told me my documents haven't even been scanned yet. They said to give them about a month to to process.
3/31/21 - Documents dropped off at USPS to be mailed to SSA local office.
4/5/21 - Documents delivered at local Victorville, CA office.
4/12/21 - Called to inquire on my documents and I was told I would get a call back that day.
4/13/21 - Received call back and the rep told me my document still have not been scanned, and that the process will take about a month due to high volume.
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24 minutes ago, cosmonauts said:
Was your wife allowed at the oath ceremony?
Were you allowed at the oath ceremony?
Yes, she was able to join me inside.
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28 minutes ago, cosmonauts said:
I got my interview notice! Interview scheduled for May 10. I got two notices, one for each case so I'm expecting a combo interview.
Congrats. I received two seperate notices as well. In the end, my wife didn't even need to come inside with me. Hope yours is the same
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Just now, Ksenia_O said:
Oh, I didn't know he can just do a walk-in for his bio - great info, thank you!!!
To expedite - they will probably ask for a proof of a pending deployment... Who should he contact for that? - sorry another "dumb' question, but I'm just being a mom
It took forever to get back his certified N-426, so I'm afraid even to guess how the process of requesting the "proof" is gonna look like...
He can submit his orders. Prior to his deployment, he should get some orders that show the dates of his deployment.
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Just now, Ksenia_O said:
It did ask - if he has a deployment within next THREE months....That's why he couldn't put "yes" since his is scheduled for the end of Sept-Oct...
Ok, I didn't recall how long it asked for?
One thing I recommend is walking in to a nearby ASC and taking his biometrics. As a servicemember, he is able to walk in to get his bios done without an appointment. This will at least get him ahead of the game with bios.
Then, I would say 3 months prior to his deployment call USCIS and request an expedite on his case. Military deployment constitutes a basis for expedite.
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1 hour ago, Ksenia_O said:
Yes. It would be Japan.... Well, everything can be changed, of course, but as of now - yes, Japan.
When he submits the application it will ask him if he is schedule for a deployment outside the country, he will put yes.
Read the below link for information.
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On 4/2/2021 at 9:47 AM, Ksenia_O said:
Hey, guys.
Sorry if it's been answered before, but I'm having troubles to navigate the answer I'm looking for...
My son's N-426 got certified so he could finally submit his N-400, online.
It says estimated time is 10 months - should be over by Jan.2022.
The thing is he is going to be deployed in Sept-Oct, and apparently will still be overseas in Jan. 2022..
I've read somewhere that very often military guys get N-400 denied due to failure to show up for appointment ...because od deployment, duties...etc.
So, what should we do and when should we start doing something to avoid the "complications"?
Thank you!
Is he going to get deployed out of states?
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11 hours ago, Scandi said:
We don't have our SSN connected to our license here in CA either, the DL number is a completely random number.
CA DMV verifies all the info with SSA before issuing a new DL/ID, which is the issue OP had (his naturalization certificate with his new name doesn't match the info SSA has in their system). After a name change you can't just walk into DMV and get a new license in your new name, you need to update SSA first as DMV goes strictly by the info SSA has. It sucks, but that's how it is.
Yes, it does suck indeed.
I did not want to send in my SSA, but I honestly had no choice to get that DL. I can't ship to training under a different name. Lol
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Hey all,
I just want to share my experience with anyone who might have any questions regarding becoming Naturalized through the military. Be advised though, I am sharing this experience based on Army National Guard process, not sure if other branches are similar.
tl/dr: I was able to become a US Citizen through military service before I even went to bootcamp for my initial training.
Quick summary about me: I came to the US as an 8-year old child with a Tourist Visa. We ultimately overstayed, and I grew up undocumented and didn't have any sort of work permit until DACA came about. I was on DACA from its inception until October of 2018 when I adjusted status through marriage with a US citizen. We got married in December 2017, I applied for AOS in March 2018, and got approved for my conditional residence card in October 2018.
Right after receiving my green card, I began looking into joining the military. My first choice was the Air Force National Guard, but then I found out that Air Force does not allow conditional green card holders to enlist, so that was off the table.
My second choice was the Navy Reserves. I was working with a recruiter who ultimately transferred offices, so I was getting bounced around to different recruiters. I then found out that the Navy wasn't too interested in working with me because I was going to need a medical waiver for a fractured bone surgery I had. Thus, since it was going to take a lot of paperwork, no recruiters wanted to take my file.
After a few months of not seeing any movement, I begin the process of enlisting into the Army National Guard. My recruiter was great and she worked endlessly with me through the process and submitted the appropriate paperwork required. She was the one who told me the reason why the Navy kept switching me to different recruiters. Overall, because of the medical waiver I needed it took me a little more than a year to enlist. I started the process in July of 2019 and enlisted and got sworn in on October 2020.
Now, one of the differences between NG and other branches is that in the NG your contract starts the day you enlist because you automatically enlist into the Army NG. You do not get put into a Delayed Entrance Program (DEP), nor do you have to sign an additional contract the day you actually ship to bootcamp. Your service date is the day you sing the contract. This is important to getting your citizenship.
Prior to me enlisting in October, I had submitted my I-751 in July of 2020, so ultimately the day I enlisted I had an expired green card. But, as long as you have the extension letter, the Army still allows you to enlist.
So in order to apply for Naturalization through military service, you are required to submit USCIS Form N-426 (Request for Certification of Military or Naval Service). This form needs to be certified by an officer of your branch with the rank of O-6 or higher. Prior to the Trump administration (not getting political here, just stating information, so please let's not get political), military members were able to get their N-426 certified while in bootcamp, and will ultimately gain citizenship once graduated from bootcamp. In October 2017, a memo was released that put new restrictions on N-426 certification requests. The memo now stated that in order for a military member to get their N-426 certified, they had to have completed 6 months of active duty service or 1 year of reserve service. This memo was ultimately struck down in court and the time in service requirements were removed.
When I enlisted, the court had just struck down the time in service requirements. In addition, the National Guard Bureau sent out a memo stating that National Guard soldiers were able to request N-426 certification while in Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP). As I mentioned earlier, the National Guard does not put you in DEP prior to shipping. Your service starts the day you enlist because you are required to attend RSP drills prior to shipping to bootcamp. This constitutes military service and thus why the National Guard allows certification of N-426 even before completing bootcamp.
Upon finding out about this memo, I got with my recruiter and asked her to send up the N-426 to an O-6 (Colonel in the Army). At first, she did not want to help me send it up and was adamant that I could not apply for citizenship until after I had completed BCT and AIT. I respectfully pushed her to send up the form and she ultimately decided on sending it. I made the second request to her in early December. In January, she gave me the news and emailed me the N-426 certified and signed by an O-6. The same day I received the certification, I submitted my N-400.
Application was submitted on January 12, 2021 and I received the receipt notice that same day. The next day after, I took a trip to my local ASC to submit fingerprints. USCIS allows military personnel to submit biometrics without an appointment. Hence, you are able to walk in with your military card, and your case number and you are supposed to be allowed to take the fingerprints. Now, this is easier said than done. My local office would not allow me to go inside because I did not have an appointment. I kept telling the security guard that the USCIS allows and even tried to show him the source, but he was adamant that I couldn't. In the end, I left, took a trip to my other nearest ASC and was able to get my biometrics there, no issues whatsoever.
On February 19, I was scheduled an interview for March 30th. Being that I still had a pending I-751, I received an interview noticed for both my N-400 and my I-751 for the same day and time. The letter did say to bring my spouse.
March 30th came about, and the process was smooth and easy. The officer called me in and my wife was going to come along. The officer told my wife to wait outside and that she couldn't come in. I then respectfully told him that the interview notice said my wife must come. He said this was not needed as he was doing an interview for my N-400 only. Since I applied based on military service, my I-751 was not required to be approved and thus there was no need to continue that application.
So then I went in, took my reading test, then writing test, and then the civics test. Once I passed all that, we went over my N-400 application, made a few changes to it, he asked if I wanted a name change to which I said yes to, and I was asked the yes/no questions. He did ask me to define certain terms of the N-400 application to make sure I understood what I was putting yes or no to.
Once the yes/no questions were done, he gave me my approval notice and told me to go downstairs to take my oath. After the oath, I was given my certificate of naturalization with my new name, as well as the certification of name change stapled to the certificate.
Now I am in the process of getting my new social security card with my new name so that I can go get my DL with my new name. I will be leaving to bootcamp in May of this year. Good luck to all!
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Hey all,
Looking through the posts and I see that most of the new citizens applied for their passport before their SS card.
I will be updating my social security card (with a name change) first before my passport.
Reason for me is that I ship to military training in mid May, and I must have my updated Social Security card and updated DL in order for me to ship.
In case you didn't know, here in CA in order to get a new DL your SS number needs to be updated first. Not sure if it's like that in all States honestly.
Hopefully I can have everything done before I leave lol.
The passport can wait for me until I come back.
Anyone else request their SS number first?
Quick timeline:
3/31/21 - Documents dropped off at USPS to be mailed to SSA local office.
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8 hours ago, NotMoreForms said:
Congratulations!
My interview is a week away. Hopefully I will get same day oath as well. What time did the oath take place?
My oath ceremony was around 2:30pm.
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24 minutes ago, Greatdane11 said:
Congratulations brother , happy to hear the good news .... your FO?
My office is San Bernardino, CA.
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Hey all,
I am officially done with my immigration process. I had my naturalization interview today, got approved, and had a same-day oath.
Appointment was at 1:15pm. My wife and I entered at 1:00pm and got our temperature taken and had the usual Covid screening questions. Once inside, we had to go to the second floor, turn in my appointment letter and wait to be called by an officer.
Officer called me in around 1:45pm. My wife and I both went, but he told my wife to wait outside. I politely told him that our interview letter says she needs to accompany me as it is a Combo interview. He said that he would only process the N-400 application as the I-751 was no longer necessary.
Once inside, I took the initial oath saying I will say the truth. He proceeded to have me show him my military card, green card, and government ID. Once he verified it was me, he had me take the reading test, and I had to read "Who elects Congress?"
Once that was done, he had me take the Writing test and I had to write "The People elect Congress" on the tablet.
He then proceeded to ask me the civics questions. The 6 questions he asked were:
What is one promise you make when you become a US Citizen?
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
Who did the US fight in WWII?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
He stopped after the 6th question.
One thing he did not ask me was which test I wanted to take. Technically I was supposed to choose between the 2020 and 2008 one, but he didn't ask. I was ok with it the 2008 one though because I studied for that one the most. lol
We then went over my application again and I had to change a few things that I accidently put wrong. I work for a University and I put that I was a student there. And the university that I was a student at, I put that I worked there. So that got fixed.
He asked me if I still wanted a name change, and I told him yes. He then proceeded to process the name change and told me that my new name certificate would be given at the oath.
Once I passed the civics test, he proceeded to asking me the yes or no questions. Be alert, he did ask me to define certain terms on the N-400 application. I am glad I studied definitions because they were part of my interview. He asked me to define communism, genocide, militia, and another term I cannot recall.
Once we went over the application, he said I had been approved. He told me I was still early enough to make it to the oath ceremony down below.
I asked him what will happen to the I-751 application that was pending. He told me not to worry about it. He said that since I applied through military, my I-751 did not have to be approved for me to become a citizen.
I then left his office, my wife and I went downstairs to the oath ceremony room and I conducted the oath by myself. My wife was allowed to see... just couldn't take pictures or anything.
After the oath I was given my Certificate of Naturalization along with the name change request. Overall, the process was nice and smooth.
Feel free to ask me any questions.
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15 minutes ago, DC909 said:
Hey all,
I am officially done with my immigration process. I had my naturalization interview today, got approved, and had a same-day oath.
Appointment was at 1:15pm. My wife and I entered at 1:00pm and got our temperature taken and had the usual Covid screening questions. Once inside, we had to go to the second floor, turn in my appointment letter and wait to be called by an officer.
Officer called me in around 1:45pm. My wife and I both went, but he told my wife to wait outside. I politely told him that our interview letter says she needs to accompany me as it is a Combo interview. He said that he would only process the N-400 application as the I-751 was no longer necessary.
Once inside, I took the initial oath saying I will say the truth. He proceeded to have me show him my military card, green card, and government ID. Once he verified it was me, he had me take the reading test, and I had to read "Who elects Congress?"
Once that was done, he had me take the Writing test and I had to write "The People elect Congress" on the tablet.
He then proceeded to ask me the civics question.
The 6 q
Sorry all,
I accidently submitted the post incomplete. Lol.
I am officially done with my immigration process. I had my naturalization interview today, got approved, and had a same-day oath.
Appointment was at 1:15pm. My wife and I entered at 1:00pm and got our temperature taken and had the usual Covid screening questions. Once inside, we had to go to the second floor, turn in my appointment letter and wait to be called by an officer.
Officer called me in around 1:45pm. My wife and I both went, but he told my wife to wait outside. I politely told him that our interview letter says she needs to accompany me as it is a Combo interview. He said that he would only process the N-400 application as the I-751 was no longer necessary.
Once inside, I took the initial oath saying I will say the truth. He proceeded to have me show him my military card, green card, and government ID. Once he verified it was me, he had me take the reading test, and I had to read "Who elects Congress?"
Once that was done, he had me take the Writing test and I had to write "The People elect Congress" on the tablet.
He then proceeded to ask me the civics question.
The 6 questions he asked were:
What is one promise you make when you become a US Citizen?
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
Who did the US fight in WWII?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
he stopped after the 6th question.
One thing he did not ask me was which test I wanted to take. Technically I was supposed to choose between the 2020 and 2008 one, but he didn't ask. I was ok with it the 2008 one though because I studied for that one the most. lol
We then went over my application again and I had to change a few things that I accidently put wrong. I work for a University and I put that I was a student there. And the university that I was a student at, I put that I worked there. So that got fixed.
He asked me if I still wanted a name change, and I told him yes. He then proceeded to process the name change and told me that my new name certificate would be given at the oath.
Once I passed the civics test, he proceeded to asking me the yes or no questions. Be alert, he did ask me to define certain terms on the N-400 application. I am glad I studied definitions because they were part of my interview. He asked me to define communism, genocide, militia, and another term I forgot.
Once we went over the application, he said I had been approved. He told me I was still early enough to make it to the oath ceremony down below.
I asked him what will happen to the I-751 application that was pending. He told me not to worry about it. He said that since I applied through military, my I-751 did not have to be approved for me to become a citizen.
I then left his office, my wife and I went downstairs to the oath ceremony room and I conducted the oath by myself.
My wife was allowed to see... just couldn't take pictures or anything. After the oath I was given my Certificate of Naturalization along with the name change request. Overall, the process was nice and smooth.
Feel free to ask me any questions.
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Hey all,
I am officially done with my immigration process. I had my naturalization interview today, got approved, and had a same-day oath.
Appointment was at 1:15pm. My wife and I entered at 1:00pm and got our temperature taken and had the usual Covid screening questions. Once inside, we had to go to the second floor, turn in my appointment letter and wait to be called by an officer.
Officer called me in around 1:45pm. My wife and I both went, but he told my wife to wait outside. I politely told him that our interview letter says she needs to accompany me as it is a Combo interview. He said that he would only process the N-400 application as the I-751 was no longer necessary.
Once inside, I took the initial oath saying I will say the truth. He proceeded to have me show him my military card, green card, and government ID. Once he verified it was me, he had me take the reading test, and I had to read "Who elects Congress?"
Once that was done, he had me take the Writing test and I had to write "The People elect Congress" on the tablet.
He then proceeded to ask me the civics question.
The 6 q
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16 minutes ago, bluelline1039 said:
I filed in December my case was accept January 18, got a reused biometrics 3/18/21, local office in San Bernardino
Oh nice. That's great. Are you applying on the 3 or 5 year rule? I am filing based on Military Service.
It looks a lot of use have seen movements on our cases so far. A lot of us SB filers have interviews scheduled already. Hopefully you see an interview for you soon as well.
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On 3/26/2021 at 10:14 PM, guys said:
not bad,is really straight forward, and finally done,
anyway,, hope u got the same days for the oath,coz i noticed 2 week ago, there are some applicant that got the same day for oath ceremony.
other than that u dont need to back and forth and no need to fill out form N-445 if u got oath in the same day.
😁 my schedule at 2 PM, and i came to the office at. 1;30 Pm, a head of me, they were already 6 cars waiting before the entry of parking lot. then, at 1;40 pm, they let us in to the parking lot, but before proceed to parking lot, they did screening about covid 19, as usual a question yes or no related to covid-19
inside the parking lot, they checked and verified my paper, green card and they asked a question in the form N-445 that i signed already. after all verified, they asked me to proceed to the oath ceremony's place that is in front of main door of the office , so i saw about 10 cars but they make 2 lines,
and they told me to turn off the engine and step out the car for the oath. and when done the oath, they gave me US naturalization certificate, yey 😁😁😊🤸
when i checked the time is only 1;54 pm.
noted : they not allow us to take pic or video when the oath ceremony 😭
Nice. Congrats! Glad to hear you are all done. I am looking forward to my interview tomorrow. A same-day oath would be nice, but like I mentioned, I am requesting a name change so I do not see that happening. Lol.
I am really hoping that this combo interview is smooth and quick.
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21 hours ago, bluelline1039 said:
cool finally found someone with similar time lines
@DC909
Awesome,
When did you file? I can't see it on your timeline.
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On 3/8/2021 at 4:22 PM, guys said:
yup, it will be the same place, but honestly, i don"t know how it work. i mean, the officer said the oath ceremony it will be drive trough only and it will be in the parking lot. but i am still puzzle, about where to check in and so on.
i guess and my prediction is ,😁😁 it will be only oath ceremony for whole days on march 26,,😊😁😊..just saying 😁
your welcome😊
i hope someone here can give me a clear picture how is the oath ceremony process (by drive trough) 😁😁
Hey Guys,
How was your oath ceremony?
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1 minute ago, HNZ91 said:
Interesting . I remember you went for biometrics , right?
Yes, I went for Biometrics on January 13th. Maybe those are the ones they are referring to. Who knows. Lol .
Serving in the Military Part-Time & U.S. Citizenship
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You can indeed apply for citizenship through military service as soon as you become a servicemember. The one year requirement no longer applies as it was struck down in court.
By all means, if your plan is to get citizenship out of it you can.