Kath2506

Yay!! Finally!! After just over a month of waiting, I logged into my account this morning and my oath ceremony has been scheduled!!
 

I had my oath ceremony today. The letter also said 9.30 am but it started about an hour or so later. They did not say how many people were there from how many countries, which I would have loved to know. It felt like there were maybe around 60 people to be sworn in, and the room was full with mabye 100 people. Anyways, the judge seemed like a nice person and told us that now "nobody can kick you out anymore" 😜 They talked a lot about the importance of voting, and you could register to vote right there too. No video message and no anthem was played, it was a nice ceremony on this hot day. We went for American Coney Dogs to celebrate right after. I am happy to be done! Good luck to all of you who are still waiting!

All done!. Im officially a US citizen since yesterday !.  it didn't start until 1030 sh  and we were done after about 1140 am, 78 people from 39 different countries. Bring passport pictures if you are planing to get one in the Passport agency, however they only expedite passports  which means there is a 60 dollar extra fee for it , they still take your certification to issue the passport and you will get it in the mail  after 4 or 6 days .
 

I had my N-400 interview yesterday, and it ended up being a ROC combo...both were approved a few hours after my interview.
 
N-400 Applied 7th December 2018
N400 Interview 11th July 2019. Ended up being a ROC combo interview
ROC Approved 11th July 2019 (a few hours after interview)
N-400 Approved 11th July (a few hours after interview)
 
The ROC component was very brief - the IO asked us both about how we met and that was it.
 
I will update the spreadsheet later!
 

Thank you for giving insight into your experience - super cool that you had your ceremony on July 4th!

So update today: I got an email this afternoon from an immigration services assistant in the Montgomery, Alabama field office kindly asking me for a better date and time to schedule my interview so that they can honour my request to change due to my upcoming due date. Nice to know USCIS has the ability to potentially work this out through an email. Just waiting for a response or another interview letter to be scheduled and uploaded to the portal.

Hi there, Thought I would pop in to update the timeline for December Filers.
Yesterday was my Oath Ceremony at Sauder Village Archbold Ohio.  I was so tuned in to being careful what I took there.  I expected some type of security check..nope nothing.  Was a hot and muggy day. We arrived early and went straight inside.. around 9.30 am they were ready for around 50 of us, we went into a room  given instructions about how it all will work and waited to be asked to the table and sign our names on the certificate we receive big white envelope and a bag of goodies.  Then walked out of the room. We had heaps of time till 11 am ceremony so we took this opportunity to look around the Village..was some really cool things to look at.
 
Found our seats with pamphlets about the ceremony. Before the ceremony began we all had to get up for a group photo.  So many people in front of us taking photos I couldn't even see my hubby but he did get 2 in horrid looks on my face lol..
The Judge was from where we lived (fingers crossed I don't have to meet him again in his court lol)  The Judge got us to stand up when our Country was called out. This was to show the diversity of all the applicants waiting to say the Pledge of Allegance 🙋‍♀️ on this 243rd Birthday of America. I was sitting next to a fellow Aussie  and there was another lady on the other side in the N surname section, they had us seated in alphabetical order..  After all the speeches our names were called out and we went to receive our Naturalisation Certificates. Lots of hands to shake and was nice to be warmly greeted with smiles and congrats.. and that was that.. I went to work on the way home  showed them my certificate and my manager said ok cool when do you want to come back to work.I said after the World Cup Final. Yep she looked at me weird like...I said Football, still a strange look.. ok ⚽...she shrugged!   I will always chant Aussie Aussie Aussie when the need arises though. 😊😊..lol.. THE END!

Hi there, Thought I would pop in to update the timeline for December Filers.
Yesterday was my Oath Ceremony at Sauder Village Archbold Ohio.  I was so tuned in to being careful what I took there.  I expected some type of security check..nope nothing.  Was a hot and muggy day. We arrived early and went straight inside.. around 9.30 am they were ready for around 50 of us, we went into a room  given instructions about how it all will work and waited to be asked to the table and sign our names on the certificate we receive big white envelope and a bag of goodies.  Then walked out of the room. We had heaps of time till 11 am ceremony so we took this opportunity to look around the Village..was some really cool things to look at.
 
Found our seats with pamphlets about the ceremony. Before the ceremony began we all had to get up for a group photo.  So many people in front of us taking photos I couldn't even see my hubby but he did get 2 in horrid looks on my face lol..
The Judge was from where we lived (fingers crossed I don't have to meet him again in his court lol)  The Judge got us to stand up when our Country was called out. This was to show the diversity of all the applicants waiting to say the Pledge of Allegance 🙋‍♀️ on this 243rd Birthday of America. I was sitting next to a fellow Aussie  and there was another lady on the other side in the N surname section, they had us seated in alphabetical order..  After all the speeches our names were called out and we went to receive our Naturalisation Certificates. Lots of hands to shake and was nice to be warmly greeted with smiles and congrats.. and that was that.. I went to work on the way home  showed them my certificate and my manager said ok cool when do you want to come back to work.I said after the World Cup Final. Yep she looked at me weird like...I said Football, still a strange look.. ok ⚽...she shrugged!   I will always chant Aussie Aussie Aussie when the need arises though. 😊😊..lol.. THE END!

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congrats.

Congrats!

Hi there, Just thought I would pop in and let you know I had my Ceremony at Sauder Village Ohio on 4th July and it was lovely.  Even had my photo taken with the judge who is a local of ours. Sat next to another Aussie there was 4 of us.  They seated us alphabetically stuck in the back row. Local TV crews were there.   I did expect more security (as in checking your bags and such)  although there were two USCIS Officers the lady was officiating and the other one I was watch was keeping an eye on the crowd.  I filled in the back of my appointment sheet while listening to instructions for the day. I made a few mistakes but they told us to just cross it out and initial the mistake.  I can officially say, "I AM DONE!" 3 days shy of 7 months waiting.     Good luck to all, we all know for some it is not a pleasant journey but the end results is what we all end up sighing a big relief that USCIS will be a distant memory.😀🙋‍♀️        Off to watch ⚽Women's World Cup Final ⚽U.S. vs Netherlands. Go the Red White and Blue.

Hope your rescheduled interview will not be too long of a wait.. fingers crossed.
 

Hey there! I got my interview letter. August 6 in Hartford, CT. We're super excited but a little anxious since the I-751 is still pending.
I called USCIS this morning to ask about the combo interview. The agent basically gave me no useful information. This is what she said: Since I haven't received an interview notice for the I-751 it probably won't be a combo interview. It's still possible that I would have the N-400 interview on August 6 with the I-751 still pending, but they wouldn't be able to make a final decision on the N-400 until the I-751 is adjudicated. Then she said I should be prepared for both interviews on the same day just in case.
So basically it's still a big question mark. Last April I got a notification saying that my I-751 was transferred to my local office, so at least both files are in the same office. I'm wondering if I should do a case inquiry on the I-751 via USCIS website since my case is technically outside the normal processing time for it.
Anyway, our plan is just to prep for both interviews and hope for the best!!

Hey guys,
 
My I-751 just got approved (New Card is Being Produced), now I need to wait to USCIS to re-schedule my N-400 interview.

I finally got my second Oath date, it is going to happen on July 15th. I am so happy I did not have to wait too long
 
I also have to be there at 9.30. Does everybody have to stay in the court until 11 then or can we get out for a snack etc?

Thanks!
 
I had my ceremony yesterday, it was great! All in all 80 of us took the oath from 40 countries.
 
The only item that threw me off was the letter started 09:30, we arrived there at 8am to play it safe and all, and the ceremony only started at 11am - which was a bit tough on my kids who REALLY wanted a snack!
 
The judge and the teams there were great

Hopefully, It's not a bad.. Let's see if interview date comes soon.

That is what was happening to me also then they missed and then started again going 2 week notifications. I can well imagine how that feels, I know it cheesed me off as well.

Exactly, is not that hard to have a unified system... I am very mad, but nothing that I can do, now just have to wait...

Unfortunately, I got a call this morning from USCIS local office and my interview got canceled, because they didn't have my I-751 papers at the local office, so they said they gonna wait to Nebraska office to send to Chicago to do the interview... So, now I'm gonna have to wait to them to re-schedule... 

Got my oath letter today 

Just wondering, is there any difference between the mailed oath notice and the notice uploaded to your USCIS online account? Thanks 

My oath date is July 1st at Detroit 
 

I just checked again...we are scheduled for July 11th in Detroit