TastyCake

I did 18 months of bank statements, 12 months utility bills. Quite frankly I think that was as far back as I could go at this time because I was not meticulously printing statements month-by-month over a two and a half year period. A lot of places only save your statements so far back. I think I had four or five years of tax returns (some overlap there from when we submitted the I-751). I went back four or five rental contracts when we had an apartment (again some overlap). I'm surprised I didn't get a hernia lugging that all over the city yesterday. Against a cold wind no less.

We had our combo interview today. We checked in, waited maybe 10-15 minutes and were called in. The officer never asked a question or looked at a document we brought for the I-751. Went straight into the citizenship interview. My wife nailed the reading and writing tests and then it was time for the civics test. 6 questions asked, 6 unwavering (and correct) answers provided and we were done. Just the usual questions after that and then the officer gave us some GREAT news. Even though my wife was doing a small name change, they could accommodate that TODAY because they were doing oaths in the building. After an hour or so my wife took the oath, got her naturalization document with her new name on it and moments later we were out celebrating! We made an appointment with the USPS for tomorrow morning to send out the passport application. WE'RE DONE !!!!! Good luck to everyone out there!

And for the second one I hope you have ample discretionary cash in your bank account or you're going to be eating tuna casserole for the next 6 months to fund that option.

I would like some guidance from people who have prior experience with the use of a writ of mandamus for immigration purposes. I don't want amateur responses. Either an immigration lawyer or someone with firsthand knowledge of the process please. We have now hit the one-year mark for our N400 and TWO-YEAR mark for our I-751 and are now at wit's end. We're on the cusp of going with a WoM. This is because the senator's office is about as much help as a bad case of acne and we see others from our local USCIS office in the same exact situation who have been waiting on their N-400 for months longer with no movement. This whole situation is absolutely ridiculous, unacceptable and inexcusable. It seems if nothing changes we will technically be considered outside normal processing in early December. 1) What additional steps should we take before we go the WoM route? We have made periodic inquiries at the USCIS. We engaged our senator's office TWICE with nothing coming from it. Do we first wait until we are outside of normal processing and then get a Tier 2 officer involved? I want to make sure we lay the proper groundwork as a foundation for a WoM if all else fails (i.e. "Yes, your Honor, we did do X, Y and Z with no movement or results") 2) What are the criteria for a WoM to be successful? What are all the steps to take initially? (maybe this is a repeat of question #1 above) 3) We have BOTH an I-751 and N-400 outstanding. So would this be TWO WoMs? If a WoM runs circa $5k, would that hit our wallet to the tune of $10k? Thanks in advance for any valuable guidance experienced people can offer us.

This post is for those who submitted an N400 (especially if you did it online) within the last 6 or so months and, like us, are in the Boston area and will be processed out of the Boston field office. Has anyone seen any movement yet? In particular, anyone receive a letter with an interview date? I ran some reports here on VJ but not sure how comprehensive the results are as not everybody maintains a VJ timeline. Thanks in advance for any intel you may have on this matter.