Firebread

Phew, 
 
It's been quite a journey! I've almost crossed this finish line. Check out this bonkers timeline. 
 
Submitted online: March 3, 2020
Biometrics: March 24, 2020
Covid hit and office closed one week before my appt. 
Biometrics#2: Feb 27, 2021
Interview: June 29, 2021
Interview went great, nailed all the answers but interviewer claimed a file was missing in his packet and that it was a processing error on their end. He had to request to get it special delivered and that as soon as he received it in 3-4 weeks he will process the approval and get a notice for the oath ceremony. 
Approval notice: July 12, 2022 - 3-4 weeks, yea right. 1 year later and 6 emails later and it finally arrived. So excited! 
 
I just wanted to share my experience. I know the wait times are excruciating and at times feels like a denial is inevitable with the delays, but hang in there. 
 
Thanks! 

Paul, I got good news… She passed her ROC/US Citizenship interview today 7/1/22!!! Now we just await the oath ceremony! 🙌🙏

Hello everyone. Im posting this to share my experience and as reference for others
First i was scheduled today 6/7/21 at 9:15am (in San Bernardino, California)
9:05am- went inside the uscis building (they wouldnt allow you in earlier than 15mins from your appointment time); 
9:10am- reception check in (i wish i brought my phone with me inside i thought it wasnt allowed but everyone has their phone with them)
9:40am- i was finally called for my interview
Officer, asked for my passport (if i had one he said), driver’s license and green card Started with reading test , “today is columbus day” Followed by writing test, “ Columbus day is in October” Then the civic test;  2 rights in the declaration of independence Number of voting members of house of representatives 2 parts of congress what does the judicial branch do who is the chief justice 1 war fought in the 1900s trick question; he asked if i voted before i said no then asked again if i already registered to vote and again i said no Review of what is in your n400form asked for my first name, last name, middle name, then my ssn asked where i live, who i live with; (i had to give my other child’s birth certificate since she wasn’t included in the application initially) Asked if i was working, he then asked a follow up question of what i have been doing for the past 5 years since i just started working recently asked what and where my spouse is working Asked if this is my only marriage, and then if this is my spouse’s only marriage No other additional documents needed Final questions, where the standard if you were in a terrorist org, committed genocide, if convicted, if evaded tax etc he said he will approved my application and to proceed downstairs for my certificate 10:00am - proceeded to the oath ceremony room on the ground floor to fill up form that said nothing change from the time of interview to the oath taking ceremony (questions on the form where the same as the final questions above); they will give your oath taking packet (basically some pamphlets about citizenship and passport, small flag and copy of oath of allegiance)
10:15am - Oath taking; Got my Certificate of Naturalization 😁
 
documents i brought with me for the interview are;
Original documents:
Marriage Certificate CRBA and Birth Certificate of my children Spouse’s Certificate of Naturalization and passport My passport; green card ( both my 10 yr green card and my 2 yr expired green card from when i was in a cr1 visa) Copies of documents:
copy of green card copy of the original documents above tax transcripts (4 years including 2020) car insurance mortgage; previous rental lease life insurance utility bills Joint credit card statements copy of passport pages with entry and exit stamps (if you went outside the us), visa page  
note: they didn’t ask me anything but i brought everything just in case. That office used to not conduct same day oath taking but probably due to covid they do now, Which is more convenient for everyone.
Good luck everyone!! Thank you to everyone here for guiding me through my immigration process by posting their experiences. And now to pay it forward, i hope i might help someone who wanted an updated interview experience.

Received my interview date today.
 
Filed - 01/23/2022
Interview Scheduled - 06/14/2022
Interview Date - 08/03/2022
 
Almost done!
 

I had my Combo interview (N400 & I751) on 2nd June. N400 approved and received notification for Oath Ceremony date  right after that. Finally Immigration Journey coming to an end. Good Luck Everyone. 

Checked my online status today and I have an interview scheduled!!!! 
Now I have to wait for the letter to arrive to know exactly when and where, but it's progress. 
 
LIN filing January 18, interview will probably be in Louisville KY
 
It was updated May 29 to be exact, a Sunday on Memorial weekend. 😆

Hello,
 
My card is being produced since yesterday! Which is kind of a perfect timing, i have a trop abroad beginning of July (hoping i get it by then)

Quick update:
 
We had our interviews last Saturday and were one of the first interviews of the day. My wife and I were interviewed separately (5-year rule). Both of us were done and approved in 15 mins. 
 
The officer that interviewed me was super nice. After swearing me in, the civics and English tests were done. Then she updated the N-400 form (new address, significant travel since filing) and said I was approved. She sent a message to the officer that was interviewing my wife to see if she had also passed (I found that interesting, possibly also cross verified the new data and/or our answers). 
 
The status instantaneously changed to
“Oath will be scheduled”. Now patiently waiting for the oath date! 
 
good luck to all! 

LIN Jan filer  - Green Card received!
 
It must be noted that we moved to a different state in Jan, and I changed the address through online portal.
Green card was indeed delivered to a new address! (I had little hope of that actually happening)
 
01/31/21 Date filed
02/03/21 Received by Lockbox
05/01/21 Biometrics Taken
01/18/22 a response to your request to change your address (I applied online) 05/02/22 Case approved - new card is being produced
05/06/22 Post office picked up a new card
05/07/22 New card delivered (to a correct address)
 
 
 
 

I filed ROC jointly 6/16/2020 Potomac center, just got an email “new card is being produced” today.  No RFE, no waiver,  didn’t apply for N400.  Good luck to everyone else who’s still waiting.  The end is near.  Cheers

Hello everyone,
 
Just wanted to let you know that my new card is being produced as of today! I filed on June 10 of 2020. I did not apply for citizenship. No RFE or interview either.
 
Good luck to everyone else!

My wife and I got our interview notices this morning. Applied 8/3/21 in DC. Interview is May 14th early morning. Interesting it’s on a Saturday. Regardless, thankful that the notice is here. Now to prepare for it! 

My interview was for 10:15 am. We arrived at 9:45 and sat in the car until 10.00. Went through security (nothing strange) then waited in the waiting room for "window one". I was called up within 2 mins and was asked to lower my mask and use the fingerprint scanner, then to "wait at the back of the room to be called". I was called in at 10:13, the officer took me back to an office that had a plastic partition between us, I did the oath and sat. Within a few seconds the civics test started and he said "correct" after each one. Then straight on to reading and writing test. Finally we went over the application to review any changes. The officer was professional, efficient and courteous. The officer never asked to see any of the items I had with me, (folder full). I was then asked if I wanted to come back for a 1:45 oath ceremony (to which I asked "what date?" after reading on forums that Montgomery did NOT do same day oaths. The officer laughed and said again "1:45"  and then added "today".  I was shocked but obviously took that and replied "yessssssss'. The whole interview took 20 mins.
   The oath ceremony was pretty straight forward, same security check-in and sent to the same waiting room. At about 1:40 someone came to the waiting room and said "if you have this notice inviting you to the oath ceremony, plus this green card in your hand follow me". We were led towards a room on the opposite side of the security check-in and formed a line where the officer took the ceremony letter and the green cards and allowed you to move forward into the ceremony room. The room was large with social distancing enforced by the chairs being spaced at least 6' all around. Each chair had an envelope on it. (containing a small American flag, copy of the constitution, passport application. voting information and a copy of the oath).
The officer came in after checking everyone in and administered the oath, he then told everyone to check the certificate when they get it for errors, because it would be free to change it before you leave the office, but once you leave it's $600 to make changes to it. He called each person up to give them the certificate (about 10 of us). He then said we could take pictures before leaving in front of the huge patriotic wall mural (most of us did this). Family and loved ones were not allowed to come in but they were allowed to watch through the large window in the parking lot (to the left of the front door). The whole ceremony took maybe 10 mins.

Hi y’all 
just to let you know today  my “card is being produced “
PD Jan 28 2020 
biometrics updated March 3rd 2020
No RFE no interview 
hang in there guys,   wish you all the best 

New card being produced!! 
 
I promised myself that I'll post here once I got this update. 602 days and finally I get to post
 
ROC received Dec 6, 2019
Fingerprints - sometime in Jan 2020 
radio silence since then.. no updates 
New card being produced July 30, 2021 

It has been 4 years, I don't remember the exact dates
7 months for K-1
1 year 1 month for AOS
applied ROC after got divorced, it took me a while because I couldn't find him to serve papers. and I had restraining order on him so no communication. 
and ROC took 22 months 14 days. 
 

I have followed this thread for a while now, promised myself I will post an update as soon as I get any traction on my case since it helped to estimate timelines and put my mind at ease. Case received Sep 30th. So relieved, after 1 year 7 months and 21 days, new card is being produced, no interview.YSC2090004xxx. How long after this before reciet in the mail?

Being a silent member, thought I shared, to motivate some ppl still waiting 
 
filed August 19,2019
case stayed on received till 10 mins ago. Got email card was mailed. YSC xxxxxxxx1523. God is good.

Hello all, 
 
Ive been a lurker for 5 years and my spouses visa journey is complete.
 
Little back story, we met in Japan in 2012 in Oct, got married in 2015 and i started the spousal visa after that. She made it to America in 2017 but the military sent me on deployment. Her green card expired in 2019, and we got the extension letter and the extension letter expired. 
 
Ive never been to my spouses interviews prior due to military conflicting shedules.
 
Anyway, i got a month notice for the interview. It had a laundry list of things to bring.
 
Immigration interview is scheduled at 7am, the place didnt open until 7. We waited an hour and got called in. The only issue is they screwed up my new address. 
 
also they asked how to pronounce my wives first name FNU. Im not joking.
 
Heres how we won. We have two different banks, so i gave them bank statements, every month until 2017. Every credit card statement until 2017. All leases until 2017. The paper work was 6 inches thick.
 
She didnt ask a single question. Mission complete.
 
If you dont have your spouse on your finances yet, you are making it harder.

If you want to call, it's 800-375-5283 and say Technical Support then Technical Problem when asked

Glory be to God. I am happy it worked out!

Just an update from my post yesterday.
 
I the petitioner was the one that answered the call from the embassy yesterday. I explained to the person that I travelled and quarantined specifically for the interview and how disappointed I felt. Her response was that she’ll make a note that I’m currently visiting Jamaica and hopefully they will be able to reschedule before I leave.
 
Surprisingly the same person called back later to say she spoke to the chief and he gave the go ahead for us to still come in for the interview.
 
when we got there today they had a list out front with just about 10 people and they confirmed we were on the list. Got inside and just us and another person was there to be interviewed at that time.
All went well, Glory to God!! However the Medical is still pending for my husband (done August 28th). The CO explained the hospital have a backlog so now it’s taking about 3 weeks to be received.
 
They only took Original birth certificate, police cert, 1 passport pic and his passport.
 
Questions asked -  When did you meet, when did you get married, how often we saw each other and where will we be living.
 
So there are ways around the cancellation if you have a valid reason, and of course depending on how understanding the person from the embassy may be.
 
 

Got DQ 8/11 i received an email this morning saying my Interview was scheduled for October! I’m so happy! Congratulations to you all! And to those still waiting don’t give up keep the faith! 

Got my interview date for october I was dq in August.

VISA INTERVIEW CHECKLIST
 
• A copy of your interview appt letter from NVC

• Unexpired passport

• Four (4) color passport-size photographs.

• DS-260 Confirmation page

• Your original birth certificate and a photocopy

• Original or certified copies of birth certificates for all children of the principal applicant (even if he or she is not accompanying).

• The appropriate Form I-864 Affidavit of Support for each financial sponsor, including the Petitioner, along with a photocopy of either AND the sponsor’s most recent IRS transcript .  

• Proof of each sponsor’s U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency and domicile in the United States (photocopy of a U.S. passport, U.S. birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or lawful permanent resident card).  

• Evidence you wish to submit as proof of your relationship with your Petitioner

• Marriage certificate (If you were previously married: Your original divorce decree or spouse’s death certificate and a photocopy is required also)

• An original police certificate dated less than six (6) months ago 

• If you have ever been arrested for a crime in any jurisdiction:  Court and/or law-enforcement documents that clearly reflect the offense(s) with which you were charged and the final disposition of the case(s), and a photocopy.