elmers

Hi.. how’s your interview? My oath taking ceremony will be on February 16, 2023 at Saint Paul River Center. 

Oh man, I am so happy to hear this! Almost done!!!!!! 😀

Best wishes!! The other bro filed about a month before you and got his interview date so hopefully you get yours soon too! MSP is making progress on cutting the wait time it seems.

Congratulations to both of you!
 
My pd is at the end of September 2022 so hoping for an update soon!

The case status changed today to Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed. I checked my account and a pdf had been uploaded with oath ceremony date of 02/16 at St Paul River Center in downtown St Paul.

Finally an update on my case. Today my interview has been scheduled for February 28th. 🍾 🥂 
Best wishes to everyone and thank you all for the invaluable help during this process 😊 

 

Congratulationssss, make appoiment for passport and start your passport as soin as you get your certificate

The case status changed today to Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed. I checked my account and a pdf had been uploaded with oath ceremony date of 02/16 at St Paul River Center in downtown St Paul.

Hi everyone, I had my interview this morning in Minneapolis. Not a combo interview as my RoC was resolved in 2022 but brought my wife anyway. Arrived there about 30 min before the scheduled time. Took just a couple of min to get through the security, few more min to check in at the front desk and waited in the lobby for maybe 15 min. My ticket number was called exactly on my scheduled time. The officer was serious but friendly, I guess, as I found out after the interview he loves my home country for its beautiful landscape, etc. Anyway, he swore me in and asked 6 questions:
- One of 4 amendments on voting (18 or older, no $ to vote, women can vote, all race can vote)
- President during WW2
- No. of supreme court justices
- No. of senators
- How many years we elect president for
- One of the 2 longest rivers
 
He asked me to say out loud 'Who can vote?' and write 'Citizens can vote.' on the tablet.
 
Then some yes/no questions from the application followed by where do I live, with whom, where I got married, where I work. Then one final round of yes/no questions from the application. That was it!
 
I asked him if I passed and he said the software will tell us after confirming some personal information (address, name change, etc). The paper printed saying I passed and have been recommended for citizenship. I then asked about oath ceremonies and he said to wait for a letter in the mail and not to have travel plans for the next couple of weeks.
 
I came home to check the status update and found two updates:
 
Status Date Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled January 20, 2023 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. January 20, 2023  
 
I guess barring something crazy, I will take my oath soon and this long journey will be over.
 
Those who are still waiting, good luck!! Shouldn't be too long for you.

Hi everyone, I had my interview this morning in Minneapolis. Not a combo interview as my RoC was resolved in 2022 but brought my wife anyway. Arrived there about 30 min before the scheduled time. Took just a couple of min to get through the security, few more min to check in at the front desk and waited in the lobby for maybe 15 min. My ticket number was called exactly on my scheduled time. The officer was serious but friendly, I guess, as I found out after the interview he loves my home country for its beautiful landscape, etc. Anyway, he swore me in and asked 6 questions:
- One of 4 amendments on voting (18 or older, no $ to vote, women can vote, all race can vote)
- President during WW2
- No. of supreme court justices
- No. of senators
- How many years we elect president for
- One of the 2 longest rivers
 
He asked me to say out loud 'Who can vote?' and write 'Citizens can vote.' on the tablet.
 
Then some yes/no questions from the application followed by where do I live, with whom, where I got married, where I work. Then one final round of yes/no questions from the application. That was it!
 
I asked him if I passed and he said the software will tell us after confirming some personal information (address, name change, etc). The paper printed saying I passed and have been recommended for citizenship. I then asked about oath ceremonies and he said to wait for a letter in the mail and not to have travel plans for the next couple of weeks.
 
I came home to check the status update and found two updates:
 
Status Date Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled January 20, 2023 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. January 20, 2023  
 
I guess barring something crazy, I will take my oath soon and this long journey will be over.
 
Those who are still waiting, good luck!! Shouldn't be too long for you.

Had my interview this morning in Minneapolis. Not a combo interview as my RoC was resolved in 2022 but brought my wife anyway. Arrived there about 30 min before the scheduled time. Took just a couple of min to get through the security, few more min to check in at the front desk and waited in the lobby for maybe 15 min. My ticket number was called exactly on my scheduled time. The officer was serious but friendly, I guess, as I found out after the interview he loves my home country for its beautiful landscape, etc. Anyway, he swore me in and asked 6 questions:
- One of 4 amendments on voting (18 or older, no $ to vote, women can vote, all race can vote)
- President during WW2
- No. of supreme court justices
- No. of senators
- How many years we elect president for
- One of the 2 longest river
 
He asked me to say out loud ' Who can vote?' and write 'Citizens can vote.' on the tablet.
 
Then some yes/no questions from the application followed by where do I live, with whom, where I got married, where I work. Then one final round of yes/no questions from the application. That was it!
 
I asked him if I passed and he said the software will tell us after confirming some personal information (address, name change, etc). The paper printed saying I passed and have been recommended for citizenship. I then asked about oath ceremonies and he said to wait for a letter in the mail and not to have travel plans for the next couple of weeks.
 
I came home to check the status update and found two updates:
 
Status Date Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled January 20, 2023 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. January 20, 2023  
I guess barring something crazy, I will take my oath soon and this long journey will be over.
 
Those who are still waiting, good luck!! Shouldn't be too long for you.

Thank you!! 🙏 Wishing for yours to be done soon as well!!

Oh wow, congrats!!!!! Yeah it will definitely be a combo interview. FYI, I used the 'U.S. citizenship test' app and it was good. I am sure others are good too. Good luck brother.

I don't know what to call this... coincidence? Fate? I just checked and my interview is scheduled for February 24th! The estimated completion time did change to 10 months though. 
 
No update on my I-751 but hoping both get adjudicated at the same time! Time to start the preparation. 

Congratulations elmers 😊 🎉 🎈 🍾 
 
 

Had my interview this morning in Minneapolis. Not a combo interview as my RoC was resolved in 2022 but brought my wife anyway. Arrived there about 30 min before the scheduled time. Took just a couple of min to get through the security, few more min to check in at the front desk and waited in the lobby for maybe 15 min. My ticket number was called exactly on my scheduled time. The officer was serious but friendly, I guess, as I found out after the interview he loves my home country for its beautiful landscape, etc. Anyway, he swore me in and asked 6 questions:
- One of 4 amendments on voting (18 or older, no $ to vote, women can vote, all race can vote)
- President during WW2
- No. of supreme court justices
- No. of senators
- How many years we elect president for
- One of the 2 longest river
 
He asked me to say out loud ' Who can vote?' and write 'Citizens can vote.' on the tablet.
 
Then some yes/no questions from the application followed by where do I live, with whom, where I got married, where I work. Then one final round of yes/no questions from the application. That was it!
 
I asked him if I passed and he said the software will tell us after confirming some personal information (address, name change, etc). The paper printed saying I passed and have been recommended for citizenship. I then asked about oath ceremonies and he said to wait for a letter in the mail and not to have travel plans for the next couple of weeks.
 
I came home to check the status update and found two updates:
 
Status Date Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled January 20, 2023 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. January 20, 2023  
I guess barring something crazy, I will take my oath soon and this long journey will be over.
 
Those who are still waiting, good luck!! Shouldn't be too long for you.

Hi everyone, I had my interview this morning in Minneapolis. Not a combo interview as my RoC was resolved in 2022 but brought my wife anyway. Arrived there about 30 min before the scheduled time. Took just a couple of min to get through the security, few more min to check in at the front desk and waited in the lobby for maybe 15 min. My ticket number was called exactly on my scheduled time. The officer was serious but friendly, I guess, as I found out after the interview he loves my home country for its beautiful landscape, etc. Anyway, he swore me in and asked 6 questions:
- One of 4 amendments on voting (18 or older, no $ to vote, women can vote, all race can vote)
- President during WW2
- No. of supreme court justices
- No. of senators
- How many years we elect president for
- One of the 2 longest rivers
 
He asked me to say out loud 'Who can vote?' and write 'Citizens can vote.' on the tablet.
 
Then some yes/no questions from the application followed by where do I live, with whom, where I got married, where I work. Then one final round of yes/no questions from the application. That was it!
 
I asked him if I passed and he said the software will tell us after confirming some personal information (address, name change, etc). The paper printed saying I passed and have been recommended for citizenship. I then asked about oath ceremonies and he said to wait for a letter in the mail and not to have travel plans for the next couple of weeks.
 
I came home to check the status update and found two updates:
 
Status Date Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled January 20, 2023 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. January 20, 2023  
 
I guess barring something crazy, I will take my oath soon and this long journey will be over.
 
Those who are still waiting, good luck!! Shouldn't be too long for you.

Applied online 2/7/2022
Biometrics 4/20//2022
Interview letter 11/15/2022
Interview 12/27/2022
Interview experience: arrived 15 minutes earlier. No line. Passed through security in 1 minute. Received a ticket with a number. Someone called my number in about 10 minutes and asked me to go to door number 1 (the only one). Passed through the door and a female officer guided me to her office. She was extremely nice. Felt super comfortable. The test was very easy. Probably took less than 2 minutes to finish. I guess the officers log into a system that gives them random questions from the bank of 100 questions (she read the questions). The same questions you find in the booklet they provide in the biometrics (you don't need to look anywhere else). After we finished the test, she asked me a couple of questions about my application in a very relaxed way. She was super kind. She told me that we had finished and asked me to confirm my info on a screen. She told me very informally that she recommended my naturalization and that the oath would be on January 19. In general very pleasant experience. Less than 30 minutes in total. 

For some yeah maybe, but not true for all. Those with 2 year cards must file 751 before N400. Right? No way they can go straight to citizenship. There are others who want nothing to do with N400 so will just take 10 year GCs.
 
I agree though, and it's my conspiracy theory too, that they move N400s faster so more people are out legally and can cast a vote. Immigrants favor democratic party they say but I haven't seen any data.

Congratulations. Wish you all the best. I have seen you in many of these forums. Always a helpful person. God bless 

Finally some good news!
 
No email or text from USCIS but checked the case status just a few minutes ago and it says:
 
On December 9, 2022, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, Receipt Number IOE1234567890. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
 
I then logged into the USCIS website and it's for Jan 20.
 
So excited for this!! Those who haven't heard back yet, I hope you hear soon!! I applied in April 2022 so took exactly 8 months minus a week.

Look forward to hearing all about your experience. Thank you 😊 

I’m so pleased for you. Your years of waiting are almost at an end. 😊 

Thank you 🙏 Hoping the interview goes well so I am done with this nonsense.
I hope yours comes to a swift end too!! 😃

Well fellas, seems like my interview has been scheduled! No email or text but checked the case status just a few minutes ago and it says:
 
On December 9, 2022, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, Receipt Number IOE1234567890. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
 
I then logged into the USCIS website and it's for Jan 20.
 
Cannot believe that this is happening. Just yesterday, it had 22 days as estimated time to decision and I was thinking yeah right. Btw right now it says 9 months.
 
So excited for this!! Those who haven't heard back yet, I hope you hear soon!!