Pete20155

@YaniroseCongratulations .....!!🎈🥳🎊

Just wanted to let you know I am officially a US citizen 👏🏾💃 ... the interview went well and it was super easy here in Seattle.
 
Good bye USCIS. What a Journey it has been and thank you to everyone on here who has kept me sane through this process from K1, Removing condition and N400.
 
 

yeah, it's a big time suck, but they do respond eventually. 

I just gave them the credit card info over the phone. 
 

If you have a need for a passport soon, it's definitely worth the extra $60. I called for my twins and they printed the passports the next day (even though they told me 20 business days over the phone).

Thanks to all who updated their data in this passport  tracker. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1itagrwXu39t_Gsvi3bXeobhEm74hg2ur1w2CfmD0bm0/edit?usp=sharing
Someone meaningfully updated the format also, thank you for that. 
I have sorted the tracker based on application date to easily look at the current speed of approvals. 
 
 

All, 
I am a new user to this forum. I didn't see any entries in the old tracker for 2021. So i have created a new Google spreadsheet based tracker here for us. 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1itagrwXu39t_Gsvi3bXeobhEm74hg2ur1w2CfmD0bm0/edit?usp=sharing
Please go ahead and put your entries. It's your own tracker, so feel free to make any edits to format etc. 
 

Daughter had her interview at 9am in SF FO today, passed and has an oath scheduled for 2pm today. This will complete the immigration journey for our family. (She aged out of being able to automatically acquire during my process.)

I had my interview yesterday at 8am then after I passed that, they asked me If I want to take my Oath at 11:15 same day! I was so happy because I don’t need to come back. I am from San Bruno. 🤗

Wow! Congratulations! I did mine too in SF FO this morning. 🤗

Congratulations all of you! I had my interview and oath taking same day as well at SFO office. Goodluck to you all!!! 

My husband passed his interview today and took his oath! Thanks everyone for the support and good luck to all those who are still waiting!
Interview was at the San Francisco office. NOA date was Nov 15, 2019. We got the interview notice on Feb 2. 
Husband said the officer was very nice and asked the civics questions first. He said it was very conversational. He said it looks scary at first bc there's a security guard who is stern, of course, but then all the other staff members are super nice and friendly. 
He can only remember five questions:
-what was benjamin franklin famous for?
-who did we fight in ww2?
-who make the laws?
-how many senators in the senate?
-who does your senator represent?
Woohoo!!!

You got this! Just one thing to study that some people miss is the vocab from the yes no questions, they can ask you what any of those mean; and some are not common knowledge!
 
P. S. to all, just got Oath letter! journeys end on March 18th! [timeline is complete if anyone wants to check]

Hello everyone,

Wanted to provide quick update: As of this morning I have officially completed this long journey and become an American Citizen🥳🎈🎉.
 
Oath Ceremony Experience:

Location: USCIS Office,  Fairfax, VA
Arrived 15 mins early at the USCIS office, They led me into a Naturalization Ceremony Waiting room. Officer behind the counter was very polite and courteous He requested my Appointment letter and Green Cards(Current & Expired) Then he proceeded to ask me Yes/No questions Upon completion he provided me a token number, asked me to take a seat in waiting area and there will be some other lady officer who will lead us all up to second floor Oath Ceremony Room. After About 10 mins wait time, we were all asked to follow the lady officer to the second floor oath ceremony room and seat ourselves on the chair that has Naturalization Packet with the Token number provided in the waiting room earlier. The Chairs were all placed 2 meters apart due to social distancing and I noticed they were only 20 chairs in the room. Next, another officer walks in and explains us a few basic stuff such as once we become citizens we will have right to vote, update SSN after 15 days etc etc. Then he proceeds to ask us all to stand up and take oath of allegiance and repeat after him. Once done, our names were called to go one by one and collect the Naturalization certificate and check our information is correctly printed in it. The lady officer who was giving the Certificate of Naturalization congratulated us while giving the certificates. Then we were asked to leave the building. We were told strictly no photos were allowed in the building and not to stop for taking any pictures. In less than an hour since I arrived I was on my way back home full of happiness and joy. Glad this journey ended today.

Best Wishes,
- P

Hello everyone,

Wanted to provide quick update: As of this morning I have officially completed this long journey and become an American Citizen🥳🎈🎉.
 
Oath Ceremony Experience:

Location: USCIS Office,  Fairfax, VA
Arrived 15 mins early at the USCIS office, They led me into a Naturalization Ceremony Waiting room. Officer behind the counter was very polite and courteous He requested my Appointment letter and Green Cards(Current & Expired) Then he proceeded to ask me Yes/No questions Upon completion he provided me a token number, asked me to take a seat in waiting area and there will be some other lady officer who will lead us all up to second floor Oath Ceremony Room. After About 10 mins wait time, we were all asked to follow the lady officer to the second floor oath ceremony room and seat ourselves on the chair that has Naturalization Packet with the Token number provided in the waiting room earlier. The Chairs were all placed 2 meters apart due to social distancing and I noticed they were only 20 chairs in the room. Next, another officer walks in and explains us a few basic stuff such as once we become citizens we will have right to vote, update SSN after 15 days etc etc. Then he proceeds to ask us all to stand up and take oath of allegiance and repeat after him. Once done, our names were called to go one by one and collect the Naturalization certificate and check our information is correctly printed in it. The lady officer who was giving the Certificate of Naturalization congratulated us while giving the certificates. Then we were asked to leave the building. We were told strictly no photos were allowed in the building and not to stop for taking any pictures. In less than an hour since I arrived I was on my way back home full of happiness and joy. Glad this journey ended today.

Best Wishes,
- P

Hello everyone,

Wanted to provide quick update: As of this morning I have officially completed this long journey and become an American Citizen🥳🎈🎉.
 
Oath Ceremony Experience:

Location: USCIS Office,  Fairfax, VA
Arrived 15 mins early at the USCIS office, They led me into a Naturalization Ceremony Waiting room. Officer behind the counter was very polite and courteous He requested my Appointment letter and Green Cards(Current & Expired) Then he proceeded to ask me Yes/No questions Upon completion he provided me a token number, asked me to take a seat in waiting area and there will be some other lady officer who will lead us all up to second floor Oath Ceremony Room. After About 10 mins wait time, we were all asked to follow the lady officer to the second floor oath ceremony room and seat ourselves on the chair that has Naturalization Packet with the Token number provided in the waiting room earlier. The Chairs were all placed 2 meters apart due to social distancing and I noticed they were only 20 chairs in the room. Next, another officer walks in and explains us a few basic stuff such as once we become citizens we will have right to vote, update SSN after 15 days etc etc. Then he proceeds to ask us all to stand up and take oath of allegiance and repeat after him. Once done, our names were called to go one by one and collect the Naturalization certificate and check our information is correctly printed in it. The lady officer who was giving the Certificate of Naturalization congratulated us while giving the certificates. Then we were asked to leave the building. We were told strictly no photos were allowed in the building and not to stop for taking any pictures. In less than an hour since I arrived I was on my way back home full of happiness and joy. Glad this journey ended today.

Best Wishes,
- P

Finally, my daughter’s case (SF FO) was updated to interview was scheduled today - she filed 11/26/19. Waiting for the letter for the date. . 

@MMarco Thank you! Good news, yesterday I got a noticed that I am scheduled for interview but I don't know when yet. It says they will send a letter in my mail. So happy! Btw yeah I applied online.

Thank you very much !! Hope all of us hear good news very soon!

HI all,
 
I just received this:
 
 
February 2, 2021 Interview Was Scheduled
On February 2, 2021, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, Receipt Number ********. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
Estimated wait time:
6 months
 
 
Do you guys have any experience, how long it takes to receive the interview in mail? What is that ``Estimate wait time: 6 months"?
Thanks.

Update: Hi, I received an update online a couple days ago, the new date for my oath ceremony is on Feb 26th. So about a month's wait time. Keeping fingers crossed. 

Best of Luck to folks who are still waiting.

 

Update: Hi, I received an update online a couple days ago, the new date for my oath ceremony is on Feb 26th. So about a month's wait time. Keeping fingers crossed. 

Best of Luck to folks who are still waiting.

 

After 1 yr 2 months i finally have an interview on February 25, 0930 @ sacramento office. NOvember 19,2019 filer here!im so happy!

Hi All,
 
Update: My oath Ceremony scheduled on Jan 19th was cancelled due to the Presidential Inauguration. Got an email last week stating that : USCIS is Closing All Offices and Cancelling All Appointments on Jan. 19 and 20. All appointments, interviews, and naturalization ceremonies on Jan. 19 and 20 are cancelled, and will automatically be rescheduled. 

Just waiting for the new oath ceremony date to be scheduled. The waiting game never seems to get over for me. Fingers crossed for new date to be scheduled soon.



 

Hi folks,

Just wanted to let you all know,  finally my Oath Ceremony Notice was uploaded online today and it is scheduled for Jan 19th.  It says that I cannot bring any guests due to social distancing, so unfortunately cannot take my family along. Anyway given the current situation I believe it is for the better good. Now I am just waiting for the physical notice to arrive in the mail and hoping everything goes smoothly during the oath ceremony.

Good Luck to folks who are still waiting for their interview/oath ceremonies.

Best,