Rami1T

Time to take a deep breath and be thankful to see this long process finally done.
Oackland Park Fl.
Applied on January 2nd 2019, i751 was still pending, approved 10 days after the biometrics, on January 26.
Aug 21st we schedule your interview for October 1 at 8:40.
i was called at 8:50, IO was professional and not talkative, didn’t try to be nice even though he saw I was so nervous 😥, quick 6 civic questions, reading, writing in a tiny tablet: Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war, then he asked me ALL the no- yes questions.
asked me if I have any corrections to what I submitted and I said yes; I made 2 mistakes in my 19 trips out of the US( total of 280 days), then he asked me why I’m averaging 3 trips a year to my country and I answered him to visit my elderly parents and take care of them.
.After that he asked me if I’m available to go to the oath ceremony at 7 this Friday (10/4), the same happened to my friend last Wednesday and had her interview on Friday at 1:30pm.
best of luck to everyone and I hope you all get these chills soon

Nothing wrong with leaving the country as long as you don’t stay away for over than 6 months, I had 14 trips overseas in 3 years and I was approved last month so please don’t worry about as long as you travel with the extension letter( I assume you only need the 18 months). They took me to a room the first time I used it and took me 45 min to go thro, after the first time I was going thro in 5 minutes.
good luck my friend and hopefully you will hear good news soon

You will be able to apply in mid October this year, 5 years minus 90 days 

So today I get to give the update I have been hoping to give since all of this nonsense began.
 
I received a flurry of text messages from USCIS this afternoon indicating that my case was updated. Puzzled but hopeful, I began to login to my online account, but before I could do so received a call from a Dallas number. They identified themselves as Officer SomebodyOrOther (I forget the name; I recall it wasn't the person who interviewed me) calling from the Dallas field office. They said they had received my case today, and had seen there was an issue. That she had gone ahead and reversed the denial and approved it, and could schedule me for an oath ceremony next Thursday afternoon, on Valentine's Day, if that would be ok. I said that would absolutely, completely, and totally be fine with me. She said she would mail out a copy of the letter today, and that I should receive it soon. I thanked her, and then called the congressional liaison working my case to let her know what had happened.
 
So... there we are. It's been a rough couple of weeks. I lost about 5 lbs the first week, which I can't say I'm unhappy about since I wanted to lose 10-15 lbs before the police academy begins later this year that I will hopefully (now) be attending, but this wasn't how I had planned on doing it.
 
I just want to say that the system works. And by the system I do not mean USCIS. Everyone who has read VJ for more than 5 minutes knows that USCIS is an inefficient and poorly run federal agency in drastic need of an overhaul. No, by system I mean the checks and balances of oversight of them. I'm not sure whether it was my congressman's office or the CIS Ombudsman that got this reversed. I'm choosing to believe a little of both. But to anyone whose naturalisation eligibility date is approaching, I would strongly urge you to wait just a day or two to head this issue off, unless you enjoy uncertainty and stupidity, in which case have at it.
 
My online USCIS account is currently showing no changes. It still indicates that my application is denied, and there's no oath letter there yet. Perhaps it will change, perhaps it won't. But the older case status site is showing my oath letter was mailed.
 
I'm glad to finally be able to put this behind me. Thanks to all the well-wishers here on VJ who have given public and private messages of support. It has been very much appreciated during what has not been a stellar couple of weeks up to now.

Geez. Can't you wait a week? Then you don't have any questions or doubts on your mind

I have a friend filed in March 2017 and still waiting csc

Thank you chars, I hope your dreams come true soon