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  1. A few days ago my husband and I spent about an hour filling out the DS-160 online for my in-laws and brother-in-law to come to visit. We didn't have the photos yet so we saved the application. We wrote down the application ID and answered a security question. Now, when we go to retreive the application it asks for the ID number but it also asks a security question we never answered (home phone number when you were a child) as well as the first five letters of the surname and year of birth. Every time we enter in this information it says it is not correct. I know we have the last name and birth date correct but we're not sure about the phone number since we never answered this question - but the error message states that all 3 are wrong. Has anyone experienced this before? We would really hate to have to start from scratch but don't know what other options we have.

    Any help is greatly appreciated!

  2. Review of citizenship interview at the Fairfax, Virginia office

    1-4-2012

    My husband and I had an 8:40am appointment and arrived at the office around 8:30am. There was a line outside waiting to get in and get through security. Once we were inside they told us to take the elevator up to the second floor. We handed the receptionist our interview letter and she told us to have a seat and our name would be called when they were ready. After waiting for about 30 minutes a woman made an announcement that the interviews were running behind. Apparently the metro was down or delayed so people were arriving late for their appointments. She assured as that we would be seen within TWO HOURS. The office opens at 8:30am and our appointment was scheduled for 8:40am so I'm not sure how many people they were trying to squeeze in before us! :)

    After waiting for an hour my husband's name was finally called. I got up to go in with in and the IO immediately asked me if I was the attorney. I said no, I'm his wife. He said he didn't need me and I could wait in the lobby. We weren't sure if I would be allowed back but were hoping I could go. We brought all of our paperwork from the start of our K1 journey and I'm the most familiar with where and how everything is filed in our accordion folder. I handed the folder over to my husband and wished him luck.

    About 20 minutes later the interview was over. He passed the test!! My husband said the IO was tough on him. Apparently we had checked several "no's" on the application when we should have marked "yes" and the IO wanted to know why. My husband said he asked him EVERY single question on the N400 to get his response. After that, he asked for pictures of us together (we didn't bring any) and proof that we live together (we didn't bring any). We were never told to bring any of this, only my birth certificate, our marriage license and his green card. My husband was able to root through all of our previous paperwork and found an old mortgage statement we had previously submitted and he accepted that. Then, the IO asked my husband for his license, which he handed over. Then the IO said it expired in September!!! We never received a notice to renew and I guess my husband never checked it. I was on the edge of my seat as my husband was telling me this story but was at ease because I knew he had passed. :)

    Then, after that, the civics test came. He was asked:

    1. Who is the president?

    2. How many representatives are in the house?

    3. Who is the speaker of the house?

    4. Name one war fought in the 1900's.

    5. He couldn't remember the last question.

    He had to read, "Who is the father of our country?" and write, "The father of our country is George Washington."

    He was then given a piece of paper that said he was approved and to come back at 1pm for the ceremony. We were SHOCKED that the ceremony was happening on the SAME day!! By this time it was about 10:30am so we left the office and went and ate breakfast. After eating we still had time left over so we went to Tyson's Corner mall to walk around.

    We returned to the office and went through security and were seated by 1pm. Then, the IO called my husbands name. About 10 minutes went by and I was getting really nervous. I thought maybe they were doing the swearing in and weren't going to let me in. My husband came back and said the IO made an error on his paperwork and we were pushed to a later ceremony. We were told to come back at 3pm.

    We were upset that we were made to wait but even more shocked to find out that there were multiple ceremonies on that day. We just waited at the office until 3pm. Just after 3pm they started calling people up to sign their naturalization form and pick up a packet. The packet included a letter from the president, an American flag, voter registration form and an overview of your rights and responsibilities as a citizen. We were directed upstairs and into the ceremony room.

    The ceremony was supposed to begin at 4pm but didn't start until 4:30pm. We were told the printer broke and they were trying to get it fixed so everyone could swear in and not have to come back another day. Once the ceremony started, they played a message from the president, did the oath, played a music video "proud to be an American," we said the pledge of allegiance and they handed out the naturalization certificates. At the end everyone stayed to take pictures.

    On our way out, they had a voter registration table set up. My husband filled out his form and was told he would get his voter card in the mail in about 4 weeks. We finally left the office at 5:30pm. We had been there ALL DAY. Next stop......celebration dinner!!! My husband is now a USC!!!!

    This journey has been so long but it's finally over. Good luck to everyone still waiting! I wish you all the best of luck!

  3. This is great news! :dance: Good luck with the studying!

    I was wondering about the June filers! What happened to the other two DC people (cruzfreak and umdterrapins)??? By the end of this week, all of the DC May people will have finished their interviews.

    Thanks Arlington! Where are you on the list? I'm not sure about the other two people....sometimes there is such a large time span between steps that they forget to log back in to update.

    My husband has been studying a lot since he had biometrics taken over the summer. The book USCIS provided has been really helpful. I like to test him because it also tests myself! :lol: As a USC, I SHOULD know all the answers, but I didn't at first.

    I went back and read through the thread since I last posted and everyone has received their oath ceremony on a different date. This is better because we'd like to have a few other family members attend since it's such an important occasion.

    Are USC allowed back during the testing? I know my husband will be so nervous, I think it might help for me to be there.

  4. Our interview letter finally arrived! Can someone update me on the list? Our interview is scheduled for 1/4/12. We received the letter on 12/2. I need to do a little more research, but is it always the case that the Oath Ceremony is scheduled for a different date?

    Thanks and good luck to those still waiting!

  5. I am disappointed! Today I received a letter advising that we have an interview appointment. It is frustrating because we live in rural Alaska, having already had to spend over one thousand dollars for biometrics just for me ( involved staying in a hotel because of flight schedules )now we get to double the expense!!

    OK rant over ...I was interested if anyone had any ROC interview experiences or advice to give?

    Thanks

    We had an interview too! :angry: My advice would be to bring as much evidence as you can and when you think you have enough, bring more! :lol: It's also good to over prepare. Also, look through VJ for some of the typical questions that they ask. My husband and I went over them together so we would be ready for anything.

  6. Disappointed! Received a letter to attend interview on 28th Oct.....now i can worry for the next few weeks!!!

    Congrats to those who have had sucesses finger crossed for those still waiting

    Sorry to hear about your interview request Truffles! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Our interview was earlier this month. I hope we get approved before the end of November because we're scheduled to go on a cruise. Even though we have the paper extending my husband's green card for one year, I'd feel better with an actual green card. :)

  7. My husband and I had our ROC interview on Friday, October 1. Our appointment time was for 9:15am. We arrived at 9am, went through security, showed our interview letter to reception and then were asked to go upstairs to the second floor. When we arrived, we handed over our appointment letter and it was time stamped. The woman told us to have a seat and someone would be with us as soon as possible. We waited TWO HOURS until our name was called! It's not exactly clear on how people are called back because there were several people who arrived after us that were called in before, so they must have certain immigration officers working on certain types of cases.

    We were really nervous and began going over possible questions they would ask us to make sure the nerves didn't get the best of us. When our name was called the immigration officer (IO) greeted us and was very polite. We went back to her office. I should note that on our way back, I noticed stacks and stacks of papers and files sitting all around in boxes and even on the floor next to filing cabinets. Who knows if those are applications waiting to be processed or what they are but there was definitely a lot of paper!

    Once we got to the office, she asked us to raise our right hands and swear to tell the truth. She then asked for our IDs (specifically drivers licenses, not passports). She had our file on her desk with all the paperwork from our initial K1 visa back in 2007. She started asking my husband basics questions - his first name, middle name, last name, etc. As she was asking these she was crossing off each item on the original I-751 document. She then asked for our address and my husband was so nervous he kept messing up on the street number. I couldn't believe it! I told him to just breathe, and explained to her we were both very nervous. She speaks Spanish and my husband's first language is Spanish so she asked him in Spanish but he couldn't get it out. That really aggravated her and she immediately became very rude. She turned to me and asked me for the address which I gave her. She continued down the I-751 first page and checked off that the rest of the information was correct.

    She asked if we brought any additional evidence that wasn't submitted with the original application or with the RFE that we responded to. We did have additional evidence but before I could get that out she then asked for all the originals of everything we submitted so I began looking for that. But before I could get that out she then asked me for our complete tax transcripts (which I began looking for) and then for the past YEAR of bank statements (seriously? doesn't that seem to be a bit much?). There appears to be no "protocol" on what they have to ask you for or what they need to see. She kept flipping through our file and asking for things and asking for more before we even got out the first thing. It was very frustrating and made us feel very unorganized.

    She got even more angry/rude when we told her we didn't bring some of the things she was asking for. We didn't have one year's worth of bank statements, only the past two months. We also didn't bring a complete tax transcript, just the first page that includes how we filed and how much money we made. She then asked for our W2's which we didn't bring either. The interview was going downhill VERY fast. She asked for credit cards bills/statements (we didn't bring). Maybe we were just under the wrong impression as to what to bring. I thought we weren't supposed to bring anything we already submitted so I didn't. A piece of advice to anyone preparing for an interview....bring everything!

    We brought our wedding album with photos. That seemed to make her happy. She started flipping through the pages and removing photos to put into her file. I really didn't want her to keep them but I thought, what the hell, we can make more copies. If that is what she wants, I didn't want to argue. We also spent a lot of time creating a disc with photos of us together, photos with friends, etc from the time my husband arrived in 2007 until now. She told us she is not supposed to accept discs but she will this time and made a note of the photos that were included.

    She left the room to make photo copies and then I remembered we didn't turn over the NEW evidence that we brought - an offer on a home we put in recently and a receipt for our cruise vacation in November. We also remembered that the interview notice said to bring 2 passport photos which she didn't ask for so she took all of that and placed it in our file. She said she would have to think about our case before making a decision which made us feel very sad, scared and uncertain.

    I asked her what we needed to do in November when we left for our cruise if my husband didn't have his green card. She said, don't worry, you'll probably have it by then (which gave us some indication that she would approve us). So then I asked, well just in case we don't, what should we do? She said just to travel with the one year extension letter and we should be good. I also asked her is she would like us to mail in the documents she requested that we didn't have. She told us that wouldn't be necessary. (I was thinking to myself if it's not necessary to send them in, then why even ask for them in the first place?!?)

    My personal opinion is that she was angry with us for not bringing/not having everything she asked for and she was annoyed when my husband slipped up on the address. Because of that, she decided not to make a decision then and there just to be mean and make us wait longer. Because she made the comment "you'll probably have your green card by then" indicated to me that she does plan to approve it but we will just have to wait longer.

    Wish us luck and thanks for your support!

  8. 1. Not all RFE's get an interview.

    2. Unlikely. Most of the time, you are told that you will be informed weeks later.

    3. They will still mail it to you.

    4. Depending on what they send you after the interview, it will determine your next steps.

    When your petition is adjudicated, it is categorized by USCIS into different risk levels. Even at the lowest risk level, I believe they are required to interview 10% of the petitioners. As long as you both show up to the interview, and if you are a married couple who is not marrying to evade immigration laws, you really have nothing to worry about. Keep in mind that although you are filing for the right reasons, USCIS has to deal with a lot of people who are fraudulently filing, and they won't even show up to the interview, because they know they will be caught.

    I would recommend doing some searches for i-751 interview on this forum and see how others have prepared. The key things would be to make sure your documentation is in order (now is the time to order tax transcripts, get a join bank account, etc...) and relax.

    Best of luck!

    Thanks for the info and advice! I really appreciate it! I will do more research on the I-751 interviews and see what additional info I can come up with.

  9. Did you guys receive any touched in your case after you send the response?? im getting nervious too:unsure:

    We didn't get any touches on our case after responding to the RFE or even after getting the interview letter. The last touch we have is from 7/21.

    I was doing more research on VJ and it looks like it's pretty common to have an interview for ROC if you did NOT have an interview for AOS. Because that is our situation I'm not THAT nervous now.....but it's still pretty scary. :(

  10. We got a letter today stating our ROC interview is scheduled for 10-1-10 at 9:15am. It looks like I'm the first June filer to actually have an interview. :(

    I have a few questions:

    1. Do all RFE's mean you'll get an interview?

    2. Will we get a yes or no at the interview?

    3. If the answer is yes, do we get the greencard there or will they still mail it to us?

    4. If the answer is no, what are our next steps?

    I'm pretty nervous about the interview. We weren't required to have an interview for my husband's temporary greencard. Any suggestions on how to prepare?

    Thanks (and congrats to all the recent approvals!!!!!)

  11. On Friday we sent additional paperwork in response to our RFE that said we didn't prove that we both share responsibility for most of the assets and liabilities. We included:

    -Lease agreement

    -Letter from leasing office stating we have lived and currently do live together

    -Cell phone bill showing one name on bill and other other as an authorized user

    -Electric bill with both our names

    -Two affidavits from friends stating our relationship is real

    -Our mortgage pre-approval letter

    If for whatever reason this is not enough, will they issue another RFE and ask for more or will they just deny our case?

    I'm really surprised that we are having difficulties with this! It seemed so much easier than the initial K-1 visa we applied for several years ago or my husband's green card!

  12. it worries me now as we sent our 1 month bill too, car insurance cards, credit cards... we are staying in my husband's parents house + driving their cars as they live overseas so we don't have joint lease or car payments... can you see RFE on your USCIS account?

    When I check our status online it just says that our case is in the initial review phase. It doesn't reference the RFE.

  13. Doh! We got an RFE in the mail today! It says, "The evidence you sent is not enough because you don't show that you and your spouse share responsibility for most of the assets and liabilities of the marriage. You have not sent sufficient examples of shared assets and liabilities spanning the period of your marriage to show that you continue to share a life together."

    Any thoughts or suggestions on what we can send? We already sent our joint bank account statement for one month. Should I got back and send a statement from the date the account was opened? We are in the process of buying a house so I think I will also send our mortgage pre-approval letter.

    All of the utility bills are in my name with my husband as an authorized user. Do you think it would be helpful to send a paper that says this? I'm going to call each company to see if I can change the bill to his name. Typically it requires a credit check and sometimes a deposit of several hundred dollars which we are trying to avoid.

    I'd appreciate any other advice or ideas. :help:

  14. We got the biometrics letter today for 8/17/10.

    If someone could update our info I would appreciate it.

    I have seen on this board that the Detroit location doesn't seem warm to the idea of going in on a day before your appt.

    We have a small dilemma where our appointment is at 1pm on the day that we are leaving for a trip and I was hoping

    we could go on the appointment day but a few hours earlier. Feasible perhaps?

    We went in about an hour early for our appointment. They took our appointment letter but didn't really check the day or time. I think you'll be okay to go in earlier but just be prepared for them to tell you to come back.

  15. We got our biometrics appointment! Yay! I see that some people went in earlier than the appointment date. Has that been successful for everyone? We plan on keeping our date but going in first thing in the morning. Our appointment is for 11am. Does anyone have experience with this? Were you seen earlier than your appointment time?

    California Service Center (24 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    EXTRACARE..........05/29/10..........06/07/10.......07/20/10........--/--/10....

    TRI_GEAR...........06/01/10..........06/03/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    SKYKATE............06/01/10..........06/03/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    GCHAN100...........06/01/10..........06/07/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KAFFY..............06/02/10..........06/07/10.......07/27/10........--/--/10....

    AANDLKC............06/04/10..........06/07/10.......07/16/10........--/--/10....

    CELLARLILY.........06/04/10..........06/07/10.......07/22/10........--/--/10....

    C AND J............06/04/10..........06/14/10.......07/23/10........--/--/10....

    TRUFFLES...........06/04/10..........06/14/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    WEATHERMAN.........06/08/10..........06/10/10.......07/23/10........--/--/10.... (Early Bio 7/08)

    BLUEGREEN..........06/09/10..........06/16/10.......07/27/10........--/--/10.... (Early Bio 7/09)

    ALWAYSWAITING......06/12/10..........06/14/10.......07/23/10........--/--/10....

    CHINTAN............06/15/10..........06/21/10.......07/26/10........--/--/10....

    YGANDMAT...........06/15/10..........06/21/10.......07/15/10........--/--/10....

    MCFEI..............06/18/10..........06/21/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    SHEL444............06/18/10..........06/21/10.......07/21/10........--/--/10....

    THANH..............06/18/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MEOWGIRL...........06/22/10..........06/28/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    WELLYWENCH.........06/22/10..........06/23/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    FOULTE.............06/22/10..........06/24/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KAYLEIGH+KYLE......06/23/10..........06/25/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KELZM..............06/24/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    SHE_HIM............06/25/10..........06/28/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    EM79SUGAR..........06/28/10..........06/29/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    Vermont Service Center (25 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    EM&ED..............05/28/10..........06/01/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MRS W..............05/28/10..........06/02/10.......07/26/10........--/--/10....

    OLD DOMINION.......06/01/10..........06/03/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CIVIRAM_HCL........06/01/10..........06/08/10.......07/20/10........--/--/10....

    HONDO1Z............06/01/10..........06/04/10.......07/20/10........--/--/10....

    DHSPLEASE..........06/01/10..........06/11/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LIZARED78..........06/03/10..........06/08/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ELMIRA.............06/04/10..........06/07/10.......07/20/10........--/--/10....

    SSAH...............06/04/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    L640...............06/06/10..........06/09/10.......07/21/10........--/--/10....

    EARMUFFS.......... 06/06/10..........06/12/10.......07/27/10........--/--/10....

    LINDSEY Y KOKI.....06/07/10..........06/10/10.......07/20/10........--/--/10....

    LADYAMALTHEA.......06/10/10..........06/14/10.......07/22/10........--/--/10....

    ALETHEIA...........06/10/10..........06/14/10.......07/22/10........--/--/10....

    DOMINICANGIRL3.....06/10/10..........06/16/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    JMK................06/11/10..........06/16/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MDTOVA.............06/15/10..........06/17/10.......07/27/10........--/--/10.... (Early Bio 7/08)

    TRAZOM.............06/15/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LA VIDA ES BELLA...06/16/10..........06/19/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MALLA..............06/17/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KJW................06/21/10..........06/28/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    RANDOM NONSENSE....06/22/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MARCUS AND LAURA...06/22/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ALL4KWEKU..........06/22/10..........06/25/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KITEEGIRL..........06/29/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

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  16. We received our NOA 1 today!!! I updated my entry on the list.

    Good luck everyone! :star:

    California Service Center (9 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    SKYKATE............06/01/10..........06/03/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    GCHAN100...........06/01/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KAFFY..............06/02/10..........06/07/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CELLARLILY.........06/04/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    C & J..............06/04/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    WEATHERMAN.........06/08/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    BLUEGREEN..........06/09/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CHINTAN............06/15/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    YGANDMAT...........06/15/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    Vermont Service Center (14 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    MRS W..............05/28/10..........06/02/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    OLD DOMINION.......06/01/10..........06/03/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CIVIRAM_HCL........06/01/10..........06/08/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    HONDO1Z............06/01/10..........06/04/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    DHSPLEASE..........06/01/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LIZARED78..........06/03/10..........06/08/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ELMIRA.............06/04/10..........06/07/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    AANDLKC............06/04/10..........06/07/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    SSAH...............06/04/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    L640...............06/06/10..........06/09/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LINDSEY Y KOKI.....06/07/10..........06/10/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LADYAMALTHEA.......06/10/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ALETHEIA...........06/10/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    MDTOVA.............06/15/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

  17. We're sending our application to remove conditions tomorrow! I added myself to the list.

    Good luck everyone!

    California Service Center (2 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    SKYKATE............06/01/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    KAFFY..............06/02/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    Vermont Service Center (6 applicants)

    VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

    MDTOVA.............05/28/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    CIVIRAM_HCL........06/01/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    HONDO1Z............06/01/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    DHSPLEASE..........06/01/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    ELMIRA.............06/04/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

    LINDSEY Y KOKI.....06/07/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

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    Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application

    NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter

    Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment

    Approved = The Date your case was approved

    * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list

    * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly*

    * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so.

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