samdog

Interview 11/4
N-400 in active review 22/4
ROC transfered 25/4
N-400 recommended for approval, waiting on quality review; oath will be scheduled 30/4
 
Things are moving forward!!

I did - athough mine was scheduled/de-scheduled the same day and the very next day they re-scheduled it.

I did - athough mine was scheduled/de-scheduled the same day and the very next day they re-scheduled it.

Good luck! Hope it happens soon for you.

My ROC has been transfered to the local office and the N-400 is now actively being reviewed. Considering how these combo interviews usualy go, I think the officer that did my interview was just being nice when he gave me the full approval on the spot instead of "can't decide today because I need the ROC first". I'll take it!

Just finished the I-751 + N-400 combo interview at the St. Louis, MO office.
 
Went in at 9:10 and came out at 9:31. US citizen spouse was present for the first 5 ish minutes and then it was just me later. Officer just verified all the dates and asked 6 questions and then verified my driver's license + passport + (expired) green card + SSN card. They took away my OPT EAD (was on F-1 visa before I met my spouse) and the EAD/AP combo card, lol.
 
They did not take any copies from me that I had printed, and didn't look at any other original documentation.
 
At the end they gave me a sheet of paper that said they have recommended my approval and that they will send oath ceremony appointment via USPS. Case status changed for I-751 as approved and for N-400 as oath ceremony will be mailed.

UGH they don't make it any easier, do they?!

check out this link: 
 
 
 "You first need to receive your new passport. Apply online to renounce. You will have to mail some photocopies of documents and your actual Indian passport.
In the mail you will receive a surrender certificate along with your canceled passport which will have the needed stamps. At this point, you can apply for OCI online. You will also have to mail photocopies of various documents.
The instructions are confusing but you can do it all by mail.
This is my experience in the US. You clearly live somewhere else so don't know if there are any differences there."

And my I-751 just changed to case was transferred.

Re-posting from the I-751 thread. Back from my I-751/N400 interview at the Fairfax office. In a surprising turn of events it was a virtual interview. The officer told me it would be a combo interview, but they never called my spouse in. I had uploaded lots of evidence documents with my N400 (combining finances, taxes, leases etc.) and that seemed to have sped it up.
 
Interview lasted 10 minutes - civics questions first (how many senators, how long do they serve, what rights are protected in the first amendment, who is the speaker of the house, two US holidays, promise you make when becoming a citizen), confirmed address, updated a couple of errors I made on the N400 form, and asked if we had filed taxes. Done and conditionally approved pending I-751 approval - said it would take 2-3 days for the I-751 to get transferred, 2-3 weeks for approval, oath scheduling could be as fast as a couple of weeks. I let them know i was travelling all of May and they said they would shoot for June.

Just finished the I-751 + N-400 combo interview at the St. Louis, MO office.
 
Went in at 9:10 and came out at 9:31. US citizen spouse was present for the first 5 ish minutes and then it was just me later. Officer just verified all the dates and asked 6 questions and then verified my driver's license + passport + (expired) green card + SSN card. They took away my OPT EAD (was on F-1 visa before I met my spouse) and the EAD/AP combo card, lol.
 
They did not take any copies from me that I had printed, and didn't look at any other original documentation.
 
At the end they gave me a sheet of paper that said they have recommended my approval and that they will send oath ceremony appointment via USPS. Case status changed for I-751 as approved and for N-400 as oath ceremony will be mailed.

Just finished the I-751 + N-400 combo interview at the St. Louis, MO office.
 
Went in at 9:10 and came out at 9:31. US citizen spouse was present for the first 5 ish minutes and then it was just me later. Officer just verified all the dates and asked 6 questions and then verified my driver's license + passport + (expired) green card + SSN card. They took away my OPT EAD (was on F-1 visa before I met my spouse) and the EAD/AP combo card, lol.
 
They did not take any copies from me that I had printed, and didn't look at any other original documentation.
 
At the end they gave me a sheet of paper that said they have recommended my approval and that they will send oath ceremony appointment via USPS. Case status changed for I-751 as approved and for N-400 as oath ceremony will be mailed.

Approved this morning, had my spouse with me at first for the ROC part. A couple of basic questions of when we started dating, marriage, honeymoon. Then the officer asked for him to leave and started to ask the civics questions, read and write. After that we went through the yes/no questions, confirmed my information and I got the N-652 with approval.
 
Waiting for status to change and oath scheduling now!

Congratulations!!!

Just finished the I-751 + N-400 combo interview at the St. Louis, MO office.
 
Went in at 9:10 and came out at 9:31. US citizen spouse was present for the first 5 ish minutes and then it was just me later. Officer just verified all the dates and asked 6 questions and then verified my driver's license + passport + (expired) green card + SSN card. They took away my OPT EAD (was on F-1 visa before I met my spouse) and the EAD/AP combo card, lol.
 
They did not take any copies from me that I had printed, and didn't look at any other original documentation.
 
At the end they gave me a sheet of paper that said they have recommended my approval and that they will send oath ceremony appointment via USPS. Case status changed for I-751 as approved and for N-400 as oath ceremony will be mailed.

@jackiegringa I found a couple other timelines from the STL area with N400 filing around the same time we filed:
 
Applied in October 2023 and already done with interview/oath! - https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=118078; @sweetbrat they don't seem active on any forums/topics
Applied in January 2024 and waiting for interview - https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=240174; @Carpe Vinum they seem active on some forums/topics but just not here. Maybe they will see my comment and keep us posted with their interview invite!
 
 

Just finished the I-751 + N-400 combo interview at the St. Louis, MO office.
 
Went in at 9:10 and came out at 9:31. US citizen spouse was present for the first 5 ish minutes and then it was just me later. Officer just verified all the dates and asked 6 questions and then verified my driver's license + passport + (expired) green card + SSN card. They took away my OPT EAD (was on F-1 visa before I met my spouse) and the EAD/AP combo card, lol.
 
They did not take any copies from me that I had printed, and didn't look at any other original documentation.
 
At the end they gave me a sheet of paper that said they have recommended my approval and that they will send oath ceremony appointment via USPS. Case status changed for I-751 as approved and for N-400 as oath ceremony will be mailed.

I’m a person with a “good luck” lol, so when I went to the interview I was prepared for “something might be happening”.
My interview was at 8:30.
There was a line outside with 15-20 people.
They allowed us in at 8:15.
Got to the waiting room by 8:30 and saw there were still people waiting to be called.
Around 8:35 they started calling people who were scheduled for 8:30. 20 minutes passed and most of the people were called in.
9:10 - 3-4 people left in the waiting room including me and noticed another group was checking in for 9:30 interviews. That’s when I thought hm I might be the last one (as always) lol.
9:45- 2 people for 8:30 including me are left and they started calling people who got there for 9:30 interview 
9:55 -my fellow from 8:30 was called in and then I started worrying.
10:00 - they kept calling people for 9:30 and I decided to ask an officer if everything is ok with me I was supposed to have my interview at 8:30 and he said yes you have to wait someone will call you. Meanwhile people get called in and more than a half of the group for 9:30 was called in.
10:10 - I asked another officer and showed my interview notice with time and his eyes were surprised and he said wait a second I’m gonna ask someone he got a person for the interview inside I sat down and was laughing inside realizing my “good luck” and what happened, was it cancelled, was my file lost or something… he came back to me and said the officer is next to me and you should be called in just wait
10:15 - I was finally called in.
That’s not the end of my nerve wracking story. Civics, reading, writing - all good. Went through the application with the officer - all good until we got to my citations I had 2. Showed the court dispositions (court reduced it to stop parking violations) which states they were paid. 
the officer was super nice(please forgive my Miami English accent lol) 
and the officer asked me- do you have these citations tickets. I said no only the dispositions. And then she said you probably will need the police report. 
and then inside of me I was like omg, here we go again, that means the decision won’t be made today and everything will be postponed until who knows when. Then she said let me ask my supervisor. When she was coming back I heard she said to him- thank you I just wanted to make sure.
Then there were issues with scheduling me for the oath because I was based on VAWA and the supervisor helped us and when the supervisor was leaving he said - relax and congratulations, it’s over! Then I finally relaxed.
Came back 2 hours later for the oath ceremony.
Finally felt relieved and realized that the journey is over a day after.
 
01.02.24- filled VAWA based 3y rule
01.24.24- biometrics reuse 
03.01.24- interview scheduled 
04.09.24- interview with the same day oath
 
Good luck to everyone!!

Just take one copy. If you’ve uploaded the documents to the USCIS website you’re fine just taking originals too. They should have the copies on file. 

I would only take one copy, but it's your call. I typically like being bullet proof, but two copies feel like an overkill. You have one alien file in the system, I'm sure they can share this evidence?
Others can suggest.

You both missed my point entirely.......
 
Of course I am taking originals of everything (passports, GC, EAD, birth certificates etc.) - my intention of making that comment was to ask whether I should take two COPIES of each of the originals in case they ask for separate ones for I-751 and N-400.

My interview was yesterday at 3 pm in Los Angeles. I got there around 2:30. Apparently it's good to be a little early as people online said there's often a lot of people lined up outside before security. In my case, there wasn't anyone lol. Went through security quickly, went to the 8th floor to meet a lady who did some kind of 'check in' I assume, and she sent us to a different waiting area. 
We sat down to wait by 2:40 and I spent a little bit of time on my phone before deciding to go over my flashcards (that I made for the civics test) one more time. I didn't get to go over many, since my name was called just minutes later. I forgot to check the time but I'm pretty sure it was a little earlier than 3pm. I was quite nervous, so waiting 5 or 10 minutes less was nice.

The lady was so lovely and nice. It didn't even feel like she was the one taking the interview, I was expecting someone very serious and intimidating! She asked for my passport, greencard and California ID. We talked a little bit, she kinda threw the questions out there almost as if it was part of our conversation. 
My questions were:
- why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
- where is the statue of liberty?
- what did Susan B Anthony do?
- who signs bills to become laws?
- name ONE branch or part of the government
- who vetoes bills? 

Because my answers to the last 3 questions were all 'the President', the lady asked me if I knew a different answer to question 5. So even though the question says to name ONE, I guess it's smart to prepare to have an extra answer where possible.

After the questions she asked me if I wanted to take the oath immediately. I wasn't expecting this, but I thought might as well. We were running out of time, so she quickly went over some info about the oath and if I understood everything. She then rushed me downstairs. The interview part was no more than 20 minutes, and a good part of it I was waiting because she had to type some things and the computer was taking it's sweet time lol. Even though my husband and I didn't submit a lot of evidence of our relationship, I did not have to show any additional proof at all.

Downstairs we checked in at another lady, handed her some papers that I was given and my greencard. I received another packet, a little flag and a paper with the pledge of allegiance on it. I had a different hair color when I had my biometrics appt, so I was asked if I wanted to take a new photo, which I did (this new photo was used on my cert of Naturalization). Another 10-15 minutes later we were welcomed by the man that would take the oath. We all lined up in the front, and repeated after him. After that he called our names one by one to hand us our Certificate of Naturalization. After that he gave all of us time to take photo's, including with himself for whoever wanted to
My husband was able to be with me the whole time, apart from the interview itself. Since I was quite nervous and I'm pretty shy, that was very pleasant. The whole experience was VERY nice and quick. 

I hope this helps anyone  If anyone still has any questions, let me know!  
 

This morning I had my naturalization interview in Houston. I just wanted to share my experience. The appointment was at 10:10am and I was at the door at 9:50am when I was asked for the appointment notice. I went through security and when I was putting my belt back I heard an officer shout my name on the hallway. He then rapidly conducted me inside his room down the hallway. The only documents he asked for were my passport, my driver’s license and my LPR card. He started with the civics questions, which he probably stopped before 10. It seems like he was typing my questions. Then he asked me to read one sentence and to write another sentence in his tablet, after spending a minute or two to make it work. Then he asked me if I support the constitution and some other questions after that in the form, including if I understood the oath and its requirements. Then he asked me to confirm some personal information in the tablet. At that point he already had the results form filled out and ready to hand it to me, which he did right after that. The officer seemed to be in a rush and at some point mumbled something about something going on over there at 10am. He said I should be getting the appointment in the mail. I asked if there’s a way to expedite due to urgent family matters back home and he said that he can’t do anything about it. I’d say the whole thing lasted 15-20 minutes. Let me know if y’all have any questions. 

Just found out that DHS does accept certified copies of the naturalization cerfiticate for initial passport applications. All we have to do is call USCIS and schedule an appointment to get a certified copy once we take oath. Getting a certified copy is free... but if your (original) naturalization certificate is lost in the mail it'll take $500+  (AND you get to deal with USCIS and VisaJourney all over again!) for USCIS to issue a new naturalization certificate.
 
Although there's some ambiguity here:
(A) USCIS says original must be submitted for passport application: https://www.uscis.gov/tools/how-do-i-guides/us-citizens/how-do-i-obtain-an-authenticated-copy-of-a-certificate-of-naturalization
(B) BUT DHS says certified copy is fine: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/apply-in-person.html#:~:text=ALL%20%2F%20ALL%20%2F-,Get%20evidence%20of%20U.S.%20citizenship%20(and%20a%20photocopy),of%20the%20official%20issuing%20authority.

I had my interview yesterday in the Sacramento office and the case officer recommended that my application be approved. I think like most I came over prepared with a lot of documents but he only asked my for my green card, passport and marriage certificate. On a side note it was fun to see my file with my whole history since the fiance visa application, I caught glimpses of old pictures I had submitted.
For civics he started with the writing test, then the reading test and finished with the questions. I got the first 6 right so it stopped there. Once the verification on my application were finished the tone definitely relaxed and it was a nice conversation until he finished his paperwork. I'm waiting for the oath ceremony to be schedule now.
 
My N-400 timeline looks like this:
Jan 3 2024 - Filed N-400
Jan 4 2024 - Biometrics reused notice
Feb 14 2024 - Interview scheduled
Mar 26 2024 - Interview; recommended for approval