blushbaby

I got my interview yesterday and I was approved. They already mailed the oath ceremony letter but I don't know the day yet. I applied July 3rd

I got my interview yesterday and I was approved. They already mailed the oath ceremony letter but I don't know the day yet. I applied July 3rd

My attire will be called " dress to kill every USCIS situations" 😂😂😂

Yes, I was approved same day. IO told me and gave me a form she printed out saying approved. My Oath Ceremony has been scheduled and I have received the document.

My IO didn’t ask me for anything. I didn’t go with my tax forms, just a copy of my application and passports just incase, but she did ask for my green card to verify my identity. And oh! I also went in looking as CLASSY and BEAUTIFUL with a lot of smiles and confidence😂 as I could while praying in my heart that all goes smoothly so go in with confidence and smiles! It softens the atmosphere for you.

Awesome!!!!!! Congratulations!! Almost there! Do you remember what questions the IO asked? Mine is coming up in a few days. 

interview date is October 29th
 
You MUST BRING the following with you to the interview:
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This letter.
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Your Alien Registration Card ("green card").
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Any evidence of Selective Service Registration.
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Your passport and/or any other documents you used in connection with any entries into the United States.
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Those items noted below which are applicable to you:
If applying for NATURALIZATION AS THE SPOUSE of a United States Citizen;
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Your marriage certificate.
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Proof of death or divorce for each prior marriage of yourself or spouse.
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Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.
If applying for NATURALIZATION as a member of the United States Armed Forces;
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Your discharge certificate, or form DD214.

It is okay, applicants in this board will be able to handle them.  Will wait and see

In the past ASC Biometrics only had Code 1, 2 and 3.  I believe sometime later in the past couple years they added Code 5.  We recently went in for a 2nd round of biometrics for my wife's I-751 pending 22 months case (probably due to delays in processing and the biometrics maybe expire after some time?).  
Code 1 – fingerprinting only (10 prints); Code 2 – biometrics (photo, signature and index finger); Code 3 – fingerprints (10 prints) and biometrics (photo, signature and index finger). Code 5 – one-hand fingerprints (4 prints on one hand), photo and signature. I asked her what they did different at the biometrics and she confirmed they took a different set of digits this time around.
 
As for the "Biometrics Done" column, once ASC appointment scheduled and notice received, some on this board have been successful with walk-in's prior to their appointment date.

New July filer here with pending ROC.
i751 is waiting for interview to be scheduled so I am hoping to piggy back the N-400 on that.
 
I updated the spreadsheet with my name and also made some changes to make it easier to read.
 
If anyone has issues with with, I will remove the formatting. 
 
Good luck to all!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19rv0w-Ls_-225a0AqzhsTObXb2DcT07oACpdIHhn9dE/edit#gid=0

I will tell you the easiest way to study the 100 questions.. I am an Immigration Officer that spent 10 years interviewing the N-400 application at our Field Office, I no longer interview but I do spend a lot of time talking to N-400 applicants when they come into my ASC site and get their biometrics taken for their application. I show them this simple way of studying for the 100 questions and I'm telling you honestly it is the fastest and easiest way to study. Stay away from the phone apps, the CD and the book, why??? Because you are constantly looking at and hearing too much information that is not needed to successfully pass the test. The administration of the history/civics tests is standard across all of our Field Offices, the test is administered orally, so you are never looking at a written multiple choice question, the Officer will ask you the question verbally and you must respond verbally.
So as you can see in the questions that many of them indicate, Name one or Name two in the question and then they give you multiple choices to pick from, only study what you have to and not more, so for every single question that asks you to Name one thing or Name two things, you go through those questions and pick out the one or two answers that you like and are easy for you to remember and you put that answer on your flash card, then for the questions that don't specifically ask you to name one or name two things and just asks the question like "Why did the colonists fight the British" and it gives you more than one choice, then for these questions the answer defaults to just one of the choices, the Officer does not expect you to say all three of the choices that are there for that question, as long as you give one answer that is fine, believe me the Officer does not want you rattling off all of the choices because we have to write down all of your answers, and only one answer for those questions is necessary to have passed that question. Many times for the questions that don't specifically ask you to name one or name two things and it gives you more than one choice, it is many times a different way of saying the same thing.
The best way to study the 100 questions is to go to the store, and do this old fashioned, buy a set of blank index/flash cards and make your own flash cards. Go through the entire book and write out each question on one side of the card, then on the other side put the answer, but again remember only do what the question asks you, if the Question says "There were 13 original states, name 3" Do not try to memorize more than 3, pick three, and put those down on the flash card and only remember those three, etc.. and go on for all of the questions and only pick the one or two answers you have to remember. And again, the Officer does not care which ones you give them, as long as it is just one answer or two if the questions ask you to name 2 things etc.. you are fine,
Also when you sit down to study never ever ever sit down and go through all 100 questions in one sitting, that is just too much information overload at one time, Just sit down every night with just 5 questions at a time for about 15-20 mins and only study those 5 questions that night, then the next night study 5 different questions and so on, if you follow this simple way of studying you will have all 100 questions memorized in just 20 days.
Believe me this really helps and is a much more efficient way of studying than trying to do it online with some online quiz, or with a phone app or with the CD or with the book directly. Why???? Because when you are studying like that, you are constantly looking at ALL of the choices for the questions, so for every question that says Name one or Name two and you see a huge list of choices, your eyes are always staring at those other choices and that can be confusing, and if you are listening to the CD then you are hearing them list ALL of the choices, just let your brain focus on the one or two answers you need to memorize for each question. There is only 1 question that asks you to name three things, and that is the question, "There were 13 original states, name three" every other question is just asking you to name one or name two and again for the questions that don't specifically name one or two then those questions just require you to give one answer.
The day of the interview the officer randomly pulls a test sheet, and we have 10 different test sheets that have 10 questions already on them, we must ask only those 10 questions and cannot pick and choose which questions we ask you, if we pull test number 1 then you get asked all of the 10 questions on test number 1, you must get 6 out of 10 questions correctly and we are told that if you answer the first 6 questions in a row correctly then we are to stop the history test as you already passed and then move on to the writing and reading portion.
I hope all this info was helpful,

All the best now

Dont be surprise if u get ur interview date right after u do ur biometric.Its a super fast office.

There is someone in the march filer who had their interview in april from that field office.
Right after biometric

Hey congratulations on your approval!
1) I’d wait for the card to arrive. Actually that’s what i did before filing my N-400
2) i dont think it is necessary to upload statements for all 3 years. YTD should do. Maybe some from 2018. Don’t forget to upload your Tax Returns for the past 3 years at least. Good luck and welcome to the group!
 
@blushbaby welcome to the group! I’m sure that your estimate will change (shorten) after you are done with your biometrics. Happened to almost all of us here. Mine shifted from July 2020 to May 2020 and now it says February 2020

Thanks for the assurance! And good luck with your process. Hopefully it goes by pretty quick. ❤️

You are eligible under the 5 year rule.  There is no need to submit evidence of your marriage with the N400 as it will be adjudicated based on your residency, and not on your marriage (or marital status if you end up filing for divorce).

I realize you said  you were married for 8 years...not sure how long of that has been spent as an actual LPR.....
 
If you filed the N400 based on the 3-year rule, your N400 will be denied once the IO realizes you are divorced/separated/or going through actual divorce proceedings---because you are no longer eligible to be granted your naturalization based on marriage.  You would have to wait until you reach the 5-year eligibility to file.
 
If you filed the N400 based on the 5 year rule, your marital status/future divorce is irrelevant to the adjudication, as you are eligible to be granted your naturalization based on residency---questions about your marriage may come up during your interview, but being divorced/divorce proceedings/separation cannot be used as a sole reason for denial.