geroaj

My documents (Certificate of Naturalization) came today. 10 days after receiving my passport.

Finally received my passport today. Took 12 weeks exactly to say it was being shipped and received it 2 days later. 

Today is exactly 12 weeks since i sent my passport application. I just received an email saying that my passport was shipped today. Hang in there everyone!

Going into my 12 week waiting.. hope i hear something soon.

On 7/21/2020 at 3:19 PM, lucardo3 said:

Sending original Naturalization Cert. to SSA sounds very dangerous tbh.

Yep i am not sending mine... i will wait

Been waiting 9 weeks now... hope we get our paspports soon.

I know.. i wish we were able to send a copy... i got my certificate and apply for

passport next day..tomorrow will be 9 weeks waiting for that passport... hope it does not take longer than 12 weeks.. really want my certificate back.

On 10/1/2020 at 10:26 AM, BPS288 said:

My interview just got scheduled for Mount Laurel for November 4th. Do they have same day oaths if your interview is afternoon?

Mine was in August at 2pm and  after the interview they did same day ceremony which now it is only like 5 minutes. Everyone in Mount Laurel is super nice. Good luck.

12 minutes ago, AMK111 said:

Do you have to answer civics question on ipad or one has to speakup the answers?

It was a regular interview with an officer so yes you have to say the answers. The ipad was only used for the written and reading test... and then just to sign some legal things.

13 hours ago, MD1 said:

Hi all, my originally cancelled N400 interview for April 17th was scheduled for Mt. Laurel for Sept. 24th. I will write an update after the interview. Good luck to everyone who's interviewing and waiting for an update.

Awesome. I just did mine last Thursday. Everyone was super nice there.

6 hours ago, aa1979 said:

Congratulations! What were the questions you were asked if you remember?

Thanks.. 

name a state that borders Canada.

who does a senator represent?

Who is the chief justice... john roberts

Why are there 50 stars on the flag?

How old do citizens have to be to vote?

Why did colonist came to

america?

2 hours ago, DesiGirlChicago said:

Thanks!!

Congrats and good luck!

Thanks

5 hours ago, DesiGirlChicago said:

Hello everyone,

 

Is there a thread on Visa Journey for Passport? Looks like after N400, the passport process is another slowwwwwww mover.

I just became a citizen yesterday.. today send the passport application... it seems they are a little slow on that department but hoping i get it in the next 2 months 

1 minute ago, Stevenisblessed said:

Congratulations Geroaj!!!!! I told you it was going to be straight forward and you were going to get your oath same day. There’s a lot of good officers at that office. Mine was virtual though. Don’t get drunk on that champagne lol.

Thanks

I went for my interview at 2 pm in mount laurel.. officer was super nice. Went into the office and a desk with plexiglasss and an Ipad on my side. She asked me 6 questions and got them all right..then the yes/no questions.. then read on the ipad a sentence.. then write a sentence on the ipad.. and we were done.. oat ceremony was 10 minutes later.. was just me and a lady from peru..took maybe 5 minutes and now i am on my way home to celebrate with champagne! New USA citizen. Thanks to this forum for all the help! Good luck everyone!

23 hours ago, Stevenisblessed said:

Geroaj thanks!!!!. I wrote it on a paper, what she did was to send it to the printer that was in the office where I was. She Would send things to me to read or sign. The reading part she sent it to the printer and I read it to her via the video link through the iPad and also the writing part she sent it to the printer and I wrote it on a sheet of paper and held it up for her to see it via the iPad video link . Your GC, passport and drivers license you have to hold it up via the video link and she can see . Basically any documents she needs to see you have to hold it up so she can see through the video link on the iPad. 
If you have further/any questions you can ask anytime . Thanks 

Thanks for all the information. Did you get to keep the green card or did you leave it there? I was hoping for same day oat but interview is at 2 ... so don’t think they will let me do same day.. anyways just happy to finish this interview:)

On 8/4/2020 at 6:45 PM, Stevenisblessed said:

Finally passed my citizenship interview at Mt Laurel today, I applied in September 2019 and my original scheduled date was March 20th, of course it was Cancelled . I remember the night of March 17 I had just finished my reading my civics and checked visa journey lo and behold someone posted that uscis had suspended interviews, I was sad but in life things happen.

On the 9th of July while at work I checked my documents tab and noticed I had been rescheduled for August 4, I felt it was a long way but I was happy and grateful I had a date. Here’s the kicker,on the night of Sunday 2nd August I read that Hurricane Isaias would land on the east coast on Tuesday Aug 4, in my head I was like how come it was this day of all days.

Throughout the last 48 hours I stayed glued to the news but I was resolved to drive to the field office. I woke up this morning and and saw that the governor of NJ had declared a state of emergency but of course I knew uscis was a federal building but like I said I was resolved to go anyway. 

 

My. Appointment was at 9:30, I left my house at 7:30 and got there just after 8, I went to the entrance and I spoke with the security who emphasized my appointment time and that I can only come in 15 minutes prior, I told him I knew but there was an impending rain which I had to beat and I also wanted to be sure the office was opened. He went in, spoke with someone and I was told to come in. While I was waiting outside for the security guy there was a lady who told me She was told they couldn’t interview her because she works at a hospital, I felt bad for her and I said I hope I don’t get turned back also.
 When I got in I went to the receptionist and did all the necessary check in protocols, and waited for my interView. A gentleman called me and took me to an office and Told me it was going to be a virtual interview. There was a lady I could see through the iPad, she swore me under oath asked me six questions and passed, the Questions  were;

1 what is freedom of religion

2what do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution 

3how many justices are on the Supreme Court

4how old do citizens have to be to vote

5 Name 3 original colonies

6 l forgot  the Last question.

 

I had a printer in the office I was, and she would print out things I needed signed or need to read. The reading part was Who do we pay taxes to , the writing part was we pay taxes to the government.She went over all of the yes/ no questions , she didn’t skip a single one And everything was over.She told me I was approved and led me back to the lobby where I waited before taken the oath, as most of you know Jersey is one of the states pre-COVID that did same day oath. Got oath done and received my naturalization certificate. Couldn’t apply for passport because the post office close to my house lost power I also lost power and the state office that also does passport application were closed due to the state of emergency.

 

I have heard a lot of stories about the mount laurel office and honestly everyone was/is pleasant, from the interviewer to the remaining office staffs. These people come across as people who genuinely want you to become citizens.

 

 Visa journey and all the other immigration forums have helped and will still help guide people in the future, with this I say Thank you for those behind it And also to every single one of you guys; your inputs, suggestions and answers has helped tremendously on this forum.God bless you all.

 

One last thing I must say or add is that we all in this forum want to be American citizens and call it our home which is a thing of joy but I want us to also dwell on the most Important home , which is the home our father and savior Jesus prepared for us in heaven. 

 

Jesus loves you and he wants us to trust him, He is LORD and SAVIOR.

 

 

Thanks so much 

 

 

Thanks for letting us know what is ahead for us.. mine is next week in Mount Laurel too.. question.. when they have you writing the sentence did you write it on a paper or on the ipad? I never used an ipad before lol. Anyways thansk for your experience and congratulations!

8 hours ago, Leo Marti said:

I am so happy to inform you that my interview appointment has been scheduled again, original appointment date was 04/13/2020, new appointment is on 08/06/2020

 

Yay que bueno. So excited for you. Mine is august 27. 😍

13 hours ago, RVPT said:

Hopefully soon! I am at exchange place so not too far. My husband who was March 19 interview is rescheduled for July 28, so yours might be coming in mail soon! 

Yay so happy for you and your husband. Mine is in August... let’s hope we can do same day ceremony since they do it there everyday at 3.. staying an extra night in mt laurel in case They dont do it sameday maybe  ceremony next day...

7 hours ago, nagylyndsey said:

Congrats! Did you have a pending I751 or just the N400? That’s our office too

Thanks. Just N400

26 minutes ago, skskskks said:

Wow congratulations. Mt laurel seems to processing faster than Newark. Maybe newark eventually transfers some to Mt Laurel to balance the load. 

 

Did anyone call or apply for rescheduling ? Or these were automatically rescheduled. And I have officially entered FOMO zone. 😆

Thanks.. mine was automatically rescheduled.

5 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

Congratulations! And you filed in October?

Thanks.It was the end of october or the beginning of september... But glad to see they are finally moving and setting interviews