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On 9/28/2020 at 4:38 PM, GermanG said:

Thanks God! I received my US Passport book on Friday 9.25.2020.

So, it took 2 months and 5 days since I filed. Not 5 months like people said before!

 

Well that is for me I guess. I was told that by USPS officer. You dont need to be cynical! There s no place to check that. He told me 5 months, i got my passport less than a month. Its bcuz of him, i canceled my trip. 

5 hours ago, r2ichennai said:

Congrats, One Question Did the Security gaurd ask you any questions about Covid 19 ? or was there any covid19 screening?

Those covid questions are like "ho how are you today" kinda. Everywhere I go, they ask

1 minute ago, JollyRedd said:

Yeah, I waited for an hour and half too for my interview. But my interview was really quick and professional.
Congratulations you too! Yeah I need to apply for the passport and all the rest of the things too. It still doesn't feel over yet, especially given the huge lines for the passport where I have to mail away the paper that took so long to get 🤔

I did it via USPS. Beacuse i c did not have check from my bank(i know i need a checkbook), i went to USPS. He took my photo, chekced my documents, fixed my mistakes on paper, charged me full price and divided to 2 checks. It was all in 10 minutes. I recommend that.

On 9/14/2020 at 11:56 AM, JollyRedd said:

Hey guys, just an update that I had my interview today and received my certificate.😊

 

I received a notification on case status two weeks ago. I called them up on the same day to find out the interview date. I received the paper interview notice within 3 days after that in the mail. But the online notice never showed up on my account.

 

I went in 15 min before my appointment. I thought I couldn't bring my cellphone inside, but I learned that I can indeed bring them inside now as long you don't use it as a recording device.

 

I waited for about an hour and a half before they called me for the interview, most other people were called fairly quickly though. They even skipped my number. But my interview was fairly short vs the other people were in there for more than half hour on average. I was done within like 15 min. The person before me was told that they would be given video interview, but mine was in person. There weren't many people there, it was not crowded at all.

 

My interview was pretty straightforward. Just quickly went over all the questions in my application, then the English and civics test. Then the oath ceremony right away. And I was told to wait outside for my certificate, which I received within a few minutes.

 

Thank you all for posting your experiences here. This was immensely helpful during these times of so much uncertainty. This was the only window into the realistic timelines out there and also all the info here has been super helpful.

we kinda had similar experience. While i was waiting approval (bcuz the pc were slow and i had virtual interview) he told me that if i had my phone with me i can open and play with it. 

i waited about an hour and half and my interview was around 45 mins but 30 mins was waiting for slow pc (virtual interview is slower than f2f)

congratulations, apply passport asap, huge line for it.

On 9/9/2020 at 10:10 AM, Tm and Je said:

Hey, l applied the same day!. I checked it out my application this morning and the status is " In process." I also realized that Seattle office is still in phase one. 

Washington Passport Agency is on phase two. 

6 minutes ago, GermanG said:

Hi there,

I applied for my US Passport on July 20, 2020.

As of today, they are done with 92% of the application received during April, May and June. So, it's not true that it can take 5 months.

I expect to have it by December.

June to december is 5 months???

6 minutes ago, JFH said:

4 to 5 months! Hopefully you haven’t got a trip planned.

I juat canceled it. It was on december to Jamaica 🇯🇲 

1 hour ago, JFH said:

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing. And congratulations on reaching the end of the long journey. 

Thank you. I just sent my passport documents. The guy told me that it may take 4 to 5 months

14 minutes ago, Aropastor said:

First of all, congratulations!!! I want to ask: was the civics test not a multiple choice test? Questions were read out loud for you to answer verbally? 

No its never multiple choice.  He asks u verbally, and you answer verbally. You can think or ask him/her to repeat but its all verbally

Hello guys, I just want to share my interview from today.

I arrived there at 7:00 am and went in. I waited on the line for photo an finger scan. I went upstairs and waited like an hour although my number was 7. 

The lady called my number and she said "your interview will be different than others. Your interview will be "virtual" (be ready for this)

So, I entered the room, she left. There was an Ipad and an officer on zoom/skype. He said hello. I am officer ..., you can take of your mask, no one will be here other than us.

Asked my legal name, date of birth, phone number, and address. and next was civic test.

questions:

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

Why does the flag have 50 stars?

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

written test : 

he wanted me to write -> Columbus day is in October.

Reading test: 

he wanted me read -> The president lives in White House

thats it. After those, lots of YES/NO questions from your application

We spent like 10 minutes extra beacuse I served in Army in my coutry and I had a weapon training. So he asked me lots of questions.

We waited like 10 minutes. His superior approved my application and he askmed me " Are you ready for oath? " I said "yes"

We did the oath ceremony and I got my neutralization paper for aply passport.. He clapped me and said "you are US citizen now, you can celebrate".

Thats all. If you guys have any extra questions, I will be here.

So my interview is on Wednesday.

1- I memorized all 100 questions, no problem there.

2- I am still waiting for my appointment paper in mail. 

3- I have a file folder. == Inside -> Green card x 2, my passport, SSN card, Selective Service paper, Marriage Certificate, 2017-2018-2019 Tax returns, Car insurance last 12 months, joint health and dental insurance,  our house insurance, last 8 months (all 2020) bank statements from joint account, my school transcript if needed , my first entry to the US in 2014, our birth certificates, last 3 years all notice of actions.

Do you guys think anything else that I need for interview? 

59 minutes ago, JollyRedd said:

Congrats! What phone number called you? Was it a local number like 425 or 206? Or was it the national USCIS 1-800 phone number?

 

I have heard about phone calls before but I'd like to watch out for this one in particular.

206 number. Caller id says "kelly".

They update my file number. Im suprised i have an interview for next week.

I need to study for test

I got a call today. I barely heard him. USCIS office scheduled an appointment for N400. Today August 26, and my interview will be at September 2nd. (or September 22, I couldn't hear  and I was so excited lol ). My case status changed to interview but USCIS account still shows nothing. I will update more when I got the notice. 

1 hour ago, Mom and Son said:

When are you planning to travel? Just so you know that U.S. Passports are taken 6 months to be delivered.

Ill be ok if i hear anything from them about n400. I feel like they dont care anymore because of election. We shouldnt even gotten this greencard, we shluld have been a citizen by now. 35 months for greencard, seriously...

If i have a passport i would go to Europe but now i will celebrate my graduation at somewhere else...

Hello guys,

i751: july 2017
n400: septemper 2018

combi filer

I just got mail from USPS and they delivered my 10 years card today, hopefully they will start my n400 process soon.

I am kind of happy that finally I can travel again non-schengen countries with my card but I am still waiting for N400.

Just now, rowrowrowtheboat said:

You filed in Sept 2018? Are you a combo filer? Thank you. 

Yes I am a combo filer

2 minutes ago, JollyRedd said:

Cool! Congrats!!

It is a good news for sure but I am waiting for N400 since september 2018. My main goal is that. My wife will kill me beacuse I cannot travel haha. I need a visa for almost every countries we wanted to go.

1 hour ago, JollyRedd said:

Hey, we were fretting the same way just last week. You are just a few days behind us, hang in there, you will probably hear something soon 🙂

I just got qn email say the card was mailed...

20 minutes ago, JollyRedd said:

Just an update we received our GC today. Our first notification was on Jun 12, saying that our card was ordered. And then another notification Jun 15th, that our case was approved. And then another on Jun 25 that the card was mailed, and another notification on Jun 26 that the card was picked up by USPS along with the tracking number. And today we received it.  No word on N400 yet. So finally after 3 years, I-751 done 😌  And now N-400 to go as it reaches its 2 year mark.

N400. Im stuck at oct 1, 208 biometric thing.. i751, i dont have that m

Card mailed update yet.. pff

On 6/26/2020 at 10:51 AM, GermanG said:

Guys!!! Excellent news!!! 

I was a combo filer (i751: November 2017/// N400: October  2018).

The GC was approved on May 27, 2020. I received GC on June 02, 2020.

Today, I received email:

Application Type: N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION

Your Case Status: Testing and Interview

On June 26, 2020, we scheduled an interview for your Form N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, Receipt Number IOExxxxx1. 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.

Congratulations!!!

it is exiting news. I hope We will get soon too.

6 hours ago, JollyRedd said:

We got our first notification that our card was sent for production on Jun 12th, and another notification of approval on Jun 15th. We received our approval notice in the mail. But we didn't even get any online notification that the card was mailed yet.

There will be another notification? Hmm

1 minute ago, Tm and Je said:

I received the first notification (card is being produced) on June 9, 2020 and l received my Green Card on June 20, 2020. 

Thank you. i wish they get me n400 interview but, this is still something...

1 minute ago, immianxiety said:

They approved my I-751 but because I had citizenship interview coming up soon they didn’t make a new card for me because I would have had to give it back anyway. 

oh ok. my n400 has no update since October 15, 2018. so they approved my card but i got nothing yet. its been a week and there is nothing on my USPS account. Thats why I wondered

5 minutes ago, immianxiety said:

I didn’t receive a green card. They didn’t bother to process one since my n-400 was coming up. 

So they approved your greencard, or u went thru directly to N400?

17 minutes ago, GermanG said:

My i751 was approved on May 27, card mailed on May 29 and I received it on June 2. pretty fast!

PS: My green card had somebody else's photo. I had to file the I90 form to replace it. It's USCIS's 100% fault that they didn't check my GC and fingerprints. Funny but terrible.

I know I read your story couple weeks ago