EmsVnt

Had my interview in Orlando on December 3rd. It took about 30min. First the officer asked me the questions from the test and then moved to the application. I had couple of changes but there was no problem and I was approved right away. I changed my work, I traveled outside US for two weeks and I got divorced since I applied in April. The officer was super nice. She told me I will be scheduled for the oath on December 5th but there was a problem with the system and they didn’t give me the papers for the oath.
 
After waiting outside for couple of hours a supervisor came to talk to me and told me that he will give me a call when they fix the issue.
 
I didn’t have my ceremony on the 5th as I was told. On the 6th the supervisor called me at 10 am and told me to be at the office for the oath ceremony at 12:30. Still don’t know what went wrong, but the most important thing is that I am now a citizen. 
 
Thank you all for your help!

Had my interview in Orlando on December 3rd. It took about 30min. First the officer asked me the questions from the test and then moved to the application. I had couple of changes but there was no problem and I was approved right away. I changed my work, I traveled outside US for two weeks and I got divorced since I applied in April. The officer was super nice. She told me I will be scheduled for the oath on December 5th but there was a problem with the system and they didn’t give me the papers for the oath.
 
After waiting outside for couple of hours a supervisor came to talk to me and told me that he will give me a call when they fix the issue.
 
I didn’t have my ceremony on the 5th as I was told. On the 6th the supervisor called me at 10 am and told me to be at the office for the oath ceremony at 12:30. Still don’t know what went wrong, but the most important thing is that I am now a citizen. 
 
Thank you all for your help!

Latest stats
62 applicants
49 have had/are scheduled for interviews
32 have become citizens
2 more are scheduled for their Oath
 
This week is another awesome one for our group!
5 interviews and an oath!
@zorus40k has an interview today 12/2
@EmsVnt has an interview tomorrow 12/3
@Zmoney has an interview tomorrow 12/3
@POM has an interview 12/4
@NovaSprings has an interview 12/5
@zbd142 has the oath TODAY 12/2
 
Congratulations everyone:-D Please come share your experiences!

After passing my interview on Nov 21st, I am scheduled for the oath ceremony on Dec 17th! I crossed the border Dec 30 2009, so its kinda fun now being almost 10 years later - going to become a USC! Absolutely in HUGE part due to and thanks to this forum!
 
 

@Vikingoutwest Congratulations!!! 

@Vikingoutwest Congratulations!!! 

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!!!!!! 😄 

Happy to share cleared the interview today
IO was a sweet lady and overall it took around 15-20 minutes
 
Don't remember all six questions but listing some:
 
1. What is freedom of religion (Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion)
2. Who signs bills to become laws (Answer: the President)
3. I don't remember which of the two (What is one responsibility/right for only US citizens) was the question but the answer is 'to vote in a federal election' ;)
4. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President (I answered '18' and she said 'you mean 18 and older right')
 
For Reading: What do we have to pay to the government
For writing: We pay taxes
 
And then the routine questions around application form - full legal name, marriage, place of residence, where do you work etc questions. Followed by the 'Yes'/'No'  questions on the application form
 
She handed the N-652 form at the end and asked me to wait outside for next steps on naturalization.
 
The N-652 form had boxes crossed for the below when she handed it to me:
 
You passed the English test and the US history and government test
 
Congratulations! Your application has been recommended for approval. At this time it appears that you have established your eligibility for naturalization. If final approval is granted, you will be notified when and where to report for your naturalization ceremony.
 
While waiting outside near reception, checked the USCIS site and below was the status:
My case was submitted for quality review based on an approval recommendation
 
In about 15-20 minutes, status on USCIS changed to the below:
My oath ceremony notice was mailed
 
Soon after, they called me at the reception and gave the Form N-445 (which has oath ceremony details).
My oath ceremony is scheduled for December 12.
There is also a questionnaire attached which we are expected to fill on the day of the oath to indicate any changes from the day of interview until oath ceremony day.
 
Thanks to everybody at visajourney - this is an amazing forum that shares and cares for others in their visa journeys!
 
 
 
 
 

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!!! 😄

I got my oath ceremony letter over the weekend online! To be exact, I had my interview on Thursday, and got the notification Friday afternoon that my oath ceremony was scheduled. The document was available online around 7am Saturday morning. So my oath ceremony will be 12/2 at 9am! This time next week I'll be a USC 😃
 
Good luck to everyone this week that have their interviews! Keep calm and get approved!! 😄

I'm here just waiting for the good news. ,🙌🙏🙌🙏 "You're Approved"

Hello @Zmoney,
 
congratulations on getting you interview scheduled!  
 
About the tax transcripts:   I am going to get them because my lawyer told me that I need to.
 
Also on the USCIS website I found a list of documents we should bring to the interview and the tax returns are on that list.
   
Your Green Card (formally known as Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card) A photocopy of the front and back of your Green Card Your driver’s license or state-issued identification card All current and expired passports or travel documents   Copies of your tax returns for the past five years (or three years if you are married to a U.S. citizen) source: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/blog/2013/10/applying-for-citizenship-what-to-know
 
Good luck!

I had my interview in Las Vegas this morning (3year marriage). 
 
I brought all the original cards and certificates. Also had all the recent bank statements, updated picture as well.  (from the day I filed N400 until now)
 
Officer didnt ask for anything but my attorney told me its 50/50 so I recommend you to bring EVERYTHING.
 
Good luck!!

Congratulations!!!

My interview is scheduled for 12/03. The letter was uploaded to my account earlier today. 

I just got a notification from USCIS that my interview has been scheduled 
Estimated completion time was showing July 2020 so I was really bummed out for a while.

12/02/2019 and Orlando office too.
Was a nice surprise considering initial projections

Congratulations! Yesterday I got the physical letter for my interview 😃 

Well wonders of wonders, I awoke this morning to a text saying my interview has been scheduled!  I have checked the portal, but the letter is not there yet.  I will post the date as soon as I know.  Today is a good day!

@EmsVnt, congratulations! Hopefully you will see it by tomorrow.

Hello everyone,
 
I just got an e-mail saying that my interview is scheduled. There is no change in my online profile, the status is still ‘we reviewed your biometrics ‘.
 
Hopefully I get the document updated by tomorrow so I can see the date and time scheduled for the interview. I’m so excited!
 
Thank you all and congratulations to those of you who already became citizens! 

same here 

😕 yeah, hopefully they will schedule it before your trip - they could still do that! Don't stress yourself out about it. There is no way of knowing when they will schedule you until they do it...and it is silly to let the waiting wreck your experiences in life. I do understand how hard it is - some days the waiting drives me nuts also, but then I remind myself of this old flow chart I saw: 

Thanks for sharing and congratulations!!!

Hi Guys,
 
I know you guys are waiting to hear my story. First of all I passed my test, so that's a  big relief. Since my I751 is pending the officer said he can't update my profile to "approved", but he was a super nice person, he said one of his colleague have to go through it and approve, the second he approve my I751 he said he'll approve my N400. But he printed the results for me and said he'll probably schedule my oath for August 23.
 
First he asked me to read " who can vote?"
Then asked me to write "citizens can vote"
 
Ask six questions, I can't remember the order, but he asked the following questions, 
1) What is one promise you make when you become a US citizen?
2) How many senators there?
3) What is the "rule of the law"
4) What's the war between North and South?
5) Who vetoes the bills?
6) What happened in the constitution convention center?
 
Then he went through some general "yes" and "no" questions and ask where i work. I said I worked as an Assistant Professor in University where my field office is, then he said he's an alumnus there couple of years ago. Then he changed my name legally and said I have to do it in court, not sure how that going to happen since he didn't tell anything after that? Anyone have any idea?
 
We chit chat a bit and said my I751 will approve soon since we have a kid and that's one of biggest bona fide evidence. We checked in around 1:25 and interview scheduled for 1:45, we were out by 2:15. It was pretty quick and easy. Officer said I'll get a mail with approval.
 
I was married for 3 years and when I file I751 last year March and until this year April nothing happened, (not even my fingerprints were updated) i went ahead and applied N400, it went pretty fast since i applied in April and I am thankful that i decided to take the chance. 
 
Good luck for everyone waiting for their turn and i'm sure everyone will have a happy ending.
 
PS: My folder with all the material i sent over 4 years were there with this office. I even saw my mail envelop that i send last year, everything was neatly clipped and organized.