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Latest stats:
62 applicants
49 have had/are scheduled for interviews
33 have become citizens
1 more is scheduled for the Oath
This coming week our group has 5 interviews!
@Vikingoutwest (me yay!) has an interview 11/25
@butalas has an interview 11/25
@Mila has an interview 11/25
@Natfor2019 has an interview 11/25
@EA & AM has an interview 11/27
Congratulations and good luck to everyone!!! 😄
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2 hours ago, Crazely said:
Yep. Hope to see u there. I am also organizing my stuff. Did u apply under 5 year rule or 3 year?
I applied under 5 year rule, you?
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59 minutes ago, Display_Name said:
Thanks! It is kinda slow, I wish I could get my passport this year as I have a trip planned early in January...
Good luck tomorrow! Let us know how it goes.
Thank you! Hopefully you can get an expedited passport for your trip! I am so nervous...I am organizing documents now and printing any extra stuff - double and triple checking haha. I will let you all know how it went:-)
Good luck to you as well @Crazely maybe I will see you there tomorrow:-)
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8 hours ago, Display_Name said:
I got my oath scheduled for Dec 31st! This is almost 2 months after my interview.
Wow! That took a while!!! 0.0 Congrats on getting your date, and it is cool that it will be on the last day of the year 😄 Kind of fitting to start your new year as a new citizen!
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7 hours ago, emerlee85 said:
Ceremony complete!!
What a interesting experience! Lot's of waiting however. The ceremony didn't start until nearly two hours after the time on the notice. I overheard them talk about how backed up they were getting everyone in. Over 700 people!
Feels very strange to be done with all of this... all I need to do now is update my social and get my passport sorted.
Thanks everyone for the support and good luck with your journeys!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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1 hour ago, JohnBCol said:
My Interview was yesterday, passed the exam without problems.
Then I got a printed notice that I passed the exam but that "A decision cannot yet be made about your application".
I just feel cold dead. At least I don't have to study anymore......
Congratulations on finishing your interview and passing the exam!! That is a big accomplishment! I am sorry you didn't get immediate approval, and I understand how awful it must feel. I have read many accounts of that happening though, and most often it is just because the interviewing officer is new and their work has to be checked by a senior officer before approval can be given. I hope you hear back from them soon! You made it past another step in the journey 😄
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Latest stats:
62 applicants
48 have had/have been scheduled for interviews
27 have become citizens
5 more are scheduled for the oath!
This upcoming week is HUGE for our group!
2 interviews and 5 oaths!
@yodercamp has an interview tomorrow 11/18
@zbd142 has an interview 11/21
@Alcione has the oath 11/19
@quitty has the oath 11/19
@emerlee85 has the oath 11/19
@Frips has the oath 11/20
@Anna&Jim has the oath 11/22
Crazy movement all of the sudden! BIG CONGRATS to you all, and I am excited to hear how it all goes 😄
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On 11/16/2019 at 8:31 AM, sharin said:
Interview on 12/17 (Dallas applicant)
Congrats Sharin!!!
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2 hours ago, Ka.bu said:
Hi guys
Anyone has any experience to share!
I flilled my N400 on June 1st and done my bio on 24th of june but since then I have no updates and my actual date is expired but the case completion month is December??
Hi! I think we are all waiting for our interviews right now. I personally filed in April, bio in May, had an estimated date that expired 8/30, completion time was October. October 17 is when I got my interview scheduled and I will be going to that on 11/25. If your case follows the latest trend you will be scheduled sometime next month and probably interview in January, but it is always hard to predict anything:-) Best of luck!
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3 hours ago, SONG41 said:
1 parent was approved.
The other parent was told they passed everything it looked fine but was deferred as they where interviewed by a person being trained so has a 2-3 month wait for it to be checked by a qualified officer.
Will post a full report on the interviews later.
Congrats Song41 - it sounds like very good news! I bet it will not take that long to be checked, I'm pretty sure they just say 2-3 months to give themselves extra time and to let you know not to worry if something didn't happen right away. Thank you for continuing to share your journey with us:-D
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4 hours ago, LisaPHX79 said:
So happy to read about everyone's progress. No updates in slow Phoenix
Argh, sorry you don't have an update yet:-( You have a whole group here rooting for you though! It will come - I hope it is soon for you!
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6 hours ago, zbd142 said:
I read that the oath ceremony might be the same day as the interview. Has this actually happened to anyone? I would love to bring some friends to the ceremony if/when I'm approved, just curious if they should be "ready" just in case on the interview date, which is next Thursday!!
Hi and welcome to the group! I have heard some places will do same-day Oaths but it is pretty rare, generally. My office (Portland, OR) does do them, but in almost all instances people who got a same-day oath had an interview time before 11 am. Mine is going to be at 12.40pm so I don't think I will be one of the lucky ones. Unfortunately, I don't have an easy answer for you, because this is going to be different at all local offices:-/ Congratulations on getting your date and best of luck next Thursday!
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22 hours ago, El Burro said:
My wife became a US citizen on Friday along with about 100 others at Indianapolis. The journey that began almost 7 years ago has finally come to an end! So grateful to everyone on this forum who helped with advice over the years! She was able to apply for her US passport and register to vote....and I even got a nice photo of her together with the judge who presided over the swearing in!
Eternally Grateful!
Steve & Anna
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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2 hours ago, ANF2014 said:
It's official, my husband is now a US Citizen! It's been quite a journey, and I'm so thankful that we're all done with this chapter in our lives! I'm so grateful for Visajourney.com it's helped us through every stage of the process from filing the i-130 to n-400. Thank you all for sharing your experience but also helping others navigate theirs. I hope everyone in our group will soon complete the process as well! Thanks again!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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6 hours ago, Display_Name said:
I brought everything I thought would be useful (tax returns, bank statements from early on, previous passports, visas, university transcripts, etc.). Two thick stacks of papers. Officer ended up looking only at my green card. I submitted the proof of selective service registration with the application, so I did not even need to show that.
The interview was on November 4th around 1 pm. I would believe the rumors you heard!
Thank you for replying! I will bring all I can just to be safe hehe:-) Yeah, it seems like there is a strong likelihood of a same-day ceremony if your interview is before noon. We shall see what happens:-D (mine will be 12.40pm) I hope you get your oath date soon!
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33 minutes ago, Display_Name said:
I attended my interview. My application is approved and now I am waiting for the oath date. The USCIC officer was really nice, welcoming and polite. The interview was conducted in presence of another officer who was apparently watching the process for quality control. The interview took about 15 minutes.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Awesome to hear that the interviewing officer was nice and the interview itself was short:-D
2 questions:
What documents did you bring to the interview?
and out of pure curiosity:
what time of day did you have your interview? I heard rumors that there is sometimes same-day oath ceremonies, and I was wondering if there is any indicator (like time of day) that might tell a person if they are likely to get same-day oath. Thank you for sharing your experience!!
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Congratulations to
@sparksfly on your Oath today! Newest citizen of the group, woohoo:-D
Best of luck to
@Frips at your interview tomorrow!
@Anna&Jim at your interview tomorrow!
@ANF2014 at your Oath on Thursday!
Latest stats:
60 filers
43 have had/are scheduled for interviews!
25 have become citizens!
5 more are scheduled for Oath!
This group is going strong 😄
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On 10/26/2019 at 10:42 PM, _Blossom_ said:
That is AWESOME! I’m literally smiling as I type this. Congrats @Vikingoutwest and BEST OF LUCK to all of you guys!!!
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I’ve got my final update: my US Passport just came in the mail today (!!!). I was given a 6-8 week estimate but I guess they say that just to be safe, because usually it takes much less time than that! I applied the day of my oath (10/10) so it’s only been two weeks 😄 Again, thanks all for all the support throughout the months and I wouldn’t have done this so effortlessly (as possible lol) if it weren’t for y’all 😄
Thank you Blossom!!! And HUGE congrats to you on your new status as a passport-wielding U.S.Citizen 😄 Amazing turn-around time for the passport 0.0 thank you for sharing your journey with us all and for being an awesomely supportive person 😄
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On 10/25/2019 at 8:25 AM, chars said:
Finally, the journey that started since January 2012, came to an end today. I give credit to the Creator of the universe. The One who sees and knows all things. Thanks to my family and friends. How can I forget to thank this group for the joint support thru this N400 process. You are all wonderful people. You all helped and encouraged me during my difficult times. Good luck to all still waiting and with God above; it shall be well with thee.
Now I can go to bed stress- free without worrying of being deported. The rest is now history. WHAT a journey to remember!!!
God is good all the times and all of the times God is great!!! To HIM alone I give praise.
🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏
#Naturalized USCITIZEN#
10/25/19
CONGRATS Chars!!!! Wooohoooooo:-D SO happy for you!!!
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8 hours ago, Gulya said:
Hello everyone,
My interview is finally scheduled. It is in November. I was reading they will ask questions from my application i filled out. Are they marriage related questions, i amittle confused. And do i have to know all the US Representatives of my state. There are 8 of them, i am not really good at remembering names.
For what they might ask at the interview, look up N400 sample interviews on youtube, there are many videos that explain the process pretty well.
As far as I know, you don't have to know all the representatives of your state, just the specific representative for the district you live in. Here is a resource to find out who your representative is: https://www.house.gov/representatives
Are you an April Filer? If you are then please add your information to our tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19px0T7I0L1r79JhIJJriP1EXI1sO3u1ImNhcP38FETQ/edit#gid=0
In any case, congrats on getting your interview scheduled:-)
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1 hour ago, Kyle and Linh said:
Drove to Memphis for our interview. Pretty straightforward. Focused on what your application says, so know how to explain any inconsistencies. The interviewer bounced around between application and the Yes/No questions that they must ask and confirm. My wife felt like they were looking for how confident you explained things and your command of english. Took about 25 minutes. She passed on the spot and received notification of a pending date for the Oath.
Five years of paying taxes and being a good citizen. Thousands of dollars in fees. Hundreds of hours collecting documents, filling out forms and preparing. Many late nights studying language and preparing. Days and months waiting. Something everyone in this VJ community knows well.
As an USC I have gained a real appreciation for the immigrants who follow the rule of law and do it correctly. US Citizenship is a valuable thing and should not be handed out to people who break the law. It is an injustice and a slap in the face to those who earned it the hard way. As such I urge all new members to the US family to exercise their right to vote their conscience and bear in mind to support those in office who represent what they worked so hard to get.
Kyle... out
Congratulations on a successful interview!
- Kyle and Linh and chars
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N400 APRIL 2019 FILERS
in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports
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First of all Congrats to all of you that just had your interviews! Second, I will outline my experience at the interview yesterday below - it will be a long one - you can skip to the end:-)
My husband and I arrived at the Portland field office at 12.10 yesterday (a half hour before my appointment at 12.40), and get checked through security. I had to give the guard my appointment letter and ID and then put all my stuff (bags, overcoat, random things from my pockets, and my shoes) in bins and go through a metal detector. Pick up all the stuff again, then go check in at the front desk. The front desk took my appointment letter and my green card, checked it against a list on their computer, and then they took my picture, and scan my left and right index fingers. Then they gave me the letter back, with a numbered ticket attached to it, and we were told to go upstairs to the second floor and wait to be called.
The waiting room is apparently shared for both people waiting to be interviewed, and people waiting for infopass...the only sign posted anywhere there said "for infopass, wait here for your name to be called" - so I was worried I went to the wrong place somehow, but figured out after a bit that officers were coming out from a different hallway and calling people by name to go with them for interviews.
I waited until about 1.10, and was finally called by a friendly female officer. She showed me back to her office, asked me to remain standing and had me swear to tell the truth. After I sat down, she goes "before we even start this, I have to ask you to outline how you obtained this green card". See, I have had a total of two cards. My first one was conditional, and from 2006. In 2007, my husband and I moved back to Denmark for a while. We thought (as it says in the rules) that if you do not apply to remove conditions, and retain your card while living overseas, you automatically lose your residency and will have to reapply if you want to return to the US. In 2009, we returned to the US and reapplied. At first, it got denied - on the grounds that I had residency already! We had to appeal and tell them their own rules about us having abandoned residency in 2007, the appeal was granted and I got my permanent green card in 2010. Now, the officer was telling me this might be a problem, and that they had to make sure my status was adjusted correctly in 2010. I have her the whole timeline and showed proof, and she said we will get back to this, let's do the test. The questions were:
1. What is one promise you make when you become a US citizen?
I said: to defend the Constitution and follow the laws of the US. She looked puzzled, so I added: and to serve in the military if needed. Then she was happy.
2. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
3. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
4. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
5. What is the name of the Vice President of the US now?
6. There were 13 original states, name three?
I then had to read: Where is the White House located?
And write: The White House is in Washington, D.C.
Then she asked some questions from the N400. I can't remember them all, but some were full legal name, prior marriages for both my husband and I (none), if my parents were citizens, current address, any kids, any travels in the last 5 years, if I had been a prostitute, involved with torture, in the military, or if I was in the communist party. Then if I was willing to take the oath and support the Constitution (of course). Then my name and original country and birth date etc popped up on the tablet and I had to sign it was correct. Then I had to sign that I was willing to take the oath. After that she hands me the N652 (interview results), and two boxes are checked.
1. You passed the English test and the U.S. history and government test
2. A decision cannot be made yet about your application.
In my head I was freaking out, but I tried to not show that and calmly just asked her what this meant? She told me that she had to confirm with a senior officer that my status was adjusted correctly in the past, but that she would fight for me (her words 0.o) and push for my approval. She took some copies of my IDs and said that they would contact me by mail.
So, I left the interview pretty deflated and kinda sad.
5 hours later I got a notification from the case tracker app that I had been put in line to be scheduled for the Oath Ceremony. I was not sure at that point if that meant I was approved for sure now, so I kept checking the uscis account - and finally this morning that account read:
"We approved your application. Your final step to becoming a citizen is to attend your naturalization ceremony. We will mail you a letter when we schedule your naturalization ceremony."
APPROVED!!!!!! 😄