kt1977

On aug 24, friday I attended the Oath ceremony at LA convention center. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. Now i am a us citizen. Good luck to everyone.

Here is my timeline:

1995 J1 exchange student

1996 F1 college

2001 OPT

2002 H1B, through OPT employer

2007 filed for 485 eb3 employer based

2013 july 31 -485 ( green card) approved

2018 May1st - filed for N400, San Bernardino,CA

2018 Aug 14- Interview, San bernardino,CA. Approved for oath ceremony.

2018 Aug24 - Oath ceremony. LA Convention center

2018 Sep 4- i have an appointment for us passport in a hurry at passport agency San Diego because i have travel booked for sep 15  well before i filed.  

18 hours ago, mmy said:

 

Hi kt1977,

 

Congrats, 

Before your interview , what was the estimated time for you on the USCIS case status ? Are you living in San Bernadino county ? or how to find the field office please ? thanks 

The estimated time in my opinion means absolutely nothing. When i filed the ET was 9-13 months, after biometric it changed to 8-11, and even after the interview still says 6 months. So i would definitely not go by the estimated time. As far as how i chose the field office, it was done when filling application. Its based on address and what field office is responsible for the residential address . I live in different county, but san bernardino was responsible for my county. I don't think we get to choose where to file. I live closer to san diego, but yet, san bernardino was the office to file based on my address. The interview was very simple and quick. 6 questions, read and wrote 1 sentence. asked me if i owe taxes. I asked if i should have included the traffic tickets i have from 1999, 2005, and 2012. She said do not need to be added because they are over 5 years. The IO was very professional and polite. She did say that their office is a small office and they are up to date on their cases. Unlike other offices where they have many cases and may take longer. So the best way to do an estimate is find other people who have completed their cases in your field office and based on that you can expect about the same for your case.

Yesterday i attended my interview. Application approved. Waiting for ceremony, but can not view the date yet online under documents. hopefully it will be uploaded in a few hours. The IO said i will probably be scheduled for oath ceremony on aug 24 in LA. It feels good. Good luck you everyone.

Hi Everyone,

My Case: N-400, based on 5 year PR, 90 days early.

Filed May 1 2018, Online.

Fingerprint notice May 5 2018

FP Completed May 10 2018

Interview notice July 11 2018

Interview Date Aug 14 2018

GC based on EB3 green card.

Service Center San Bernardino, CA