IceQueen

Wanted to update people on here about my case. Had my interview on July 25th and got approved the same day. 
- They said they would mail my oath within a week or two
- When I didn't hear back, I made an infopass to check on it
- They said my I-751 was holding up my N-400, so they couldn't schedule my oath until that was resolved (filed 2+ years ago and well past priority date)
- Got in touch with the Senator and Rep's office and they started sending inquiries
- Senator's office got an email saying there was an unresolved issue with my I-751 and hence they couldn't schedule my oath yet. But that they were working "quickly" to resolve it.
- August 24th, got an update on my case status for I-751 saying "Name was updated". Apparently this status is common if they re-open your file.
- This morning (August 29th), got a notification that my Oath was mailed
 
Well I'm FINALLY ready to be done with this process. Frustrating that it took all this work to get them to schedule my oath, but thankful that I'll be a citizen soon!

Well, I've been in touch with the Senator's office as well as my representative and they finally got a response from USCIS this morning saying that there was some hold up in my I-751 case and that they are working with the IO who interviewed me to expedite it's completion so my oath can be scheduled. Really frustrating as I had to cancel a trip since I had idea when I could receive an oath letter and didn't want to miss it. But I guess I'm glad that it's finally one step closer to being done!

Hey, I filed on paper on August 10th 2017 and just received my citizenship yesterday on 16th of august 2018. I filed on 3 year term. As I understood then it took so long because they had problems with their pc programs they use and many workers were sent to the different offices. So hopefully everything is back to normal now and you don't have to wait so long 😊

Congratulations @IceQueen
 
 
 
 
10/23/2017- sent to Phoenix, AZ lockbox via USPS
10/26/2017- NOA 1 with IOExxxx receipt number
10/28/2017- Biometric scheduled (online status)
11/16/2017- Biometric done at ASC
01/10/2018- online status updated - Interview has been scheduled
02/14/2018- Interview (passed) but decision cannot be made because of pending ROC. Officer has to review it first before he will approved my n400. 
02/20/2018- online status updated- We placed you in line for youth ceremony and will send you a notice. .......
03/02/2018- Oath letter mailed
03/20/2018- Oath Ceremony

You must have done that job because it sounds like i offended you with my comment. And they do relax, when there's no people waiting to come through the security they are sitting, talking and laughing. The moment somebody comes in they put on their serious face. Again not here to offend anybody or start an argument over a security guys face 😊

Congratulations! I was cracking up when you said that everybody were nice except the security guys 😂😂 That's so true. Everybody are friendly and smiling and then you have these guys who are dead serious all the time. 😂😂

Attended my oath ceremony today. My long and rocky path is finally over! Have to get used to live without checking on the USCIS website. They only asked for green card and letter, and all the employees were really nice and cheerful (except for the security guards haha). Online status did not change.
 
Wishing everyone good luck with their ceremonies and interviews!

Little update from me, I just received my letter and my ceremony will be this Thursday on the 16th 😊

My oath ceremony notice was mailed out yesterday too

Hey,
My husband just told me mine is on the 16th too at 1:30pm. See you there I guess. LOL

I-751 is the remove of conditions on the 2 year green card. Be happy that you don't have to worry about that!  

Congratulations! I was not in the zoo, but not too far from there. So sick of this crazy weather.

My interview was in June 2018

Thank you. My officer told me that they stopped doing the same day oath few weeks ago, and she had no idea why. Hopefully you're luckier than me and you get one if they started doing it again.
 
And regarding 3 year rule - I brought my marriage certificate, some utilities bills, taxes, insurance, joint house ownership, photos, just everything I had. But they didn't ask anything at all. Good luck on your interview!

They'll want to see the original. We took the originals of everything and the IO took copies of anything she needed to keep. 

I recommend taking both.  They don’t keep originals....that is what I have heard from others, but will ask to see originals.  

Original copy of marriage certificate/license is what they want. If you don’t have the original then get a true copy from the town/city authority that issued the document.

Plus everything and anything that you are able to share with USCIS.....see BigEZ’s reply above....to persuade them.

I provided them tax returns, birth certificate of our son and leases for the last 4 years of our marriage. She proceeded to ask if that's all the proof I had....thankfully I had some more stuff. So I handed her 3 months of our bank statements, health insurance, car insurance and photos of us taking vacations together. She collected all that info as evidence.
 
My advice would be that the burden of proof is on you....take anything and everything that shows that you've been married and lived together.

I had my interview on Tuesday  and was told that they don't do same day oath anymore. Both paper and online filers. Maybe it will change by the time you'll have yours.

Congrats on the interview date! It was pretty easy overall and you can go read my detailed experience a couple of pages back.
 
From what I heard, they're not doing same day oath....so I'd keep that in mind going into it.

Great news from me 😊 I filed 10th of August and today I saw my status had changed. On the 3rd of July they scheduled my interview! *doing a happy dance* Waiting for my interview letter now. I can't believe this day has arrived 😃😃

Hello everyone, wanted to update you that I got a text saying my interview was scheduled!! So exciting.
 
I am a July 14th 2017 filer.

Similar story. Filed in July 2017 and have been sitting in line for interview since August 2017. Very frustrating. I wish we had more data points from other Denver filers on here.
 
I'm hoping that the processing times are on the lower end (i.e. 12.5 months), so I should hear something soon.

Hey'all. I'm a mid-may '17 filer. just letting you'all know that I did my interview yesterday 05/24 and had my oath today Friday 05/25.  Interview was pretty smooth, 20 min and candidates were referred for oath today. So today there were 38 candidates from 21 countries. Arrived 12:30 pm, the ceremony went from 1 - 2 pm, by 2:30 I took my first drink as US citizen. Will be around this group briefly to answer questions before leaving. Wish all a smooth passage into the citizenship