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18 minutes ago, Anezka said:

20th! I think your interview was one day before mine too! Am I correct that you can’t bring any family members with you?

Oh, yes! You are right. Congratulations on passing your interview, btw! 

I am going to bring my boyfriend with me because he is my ride to Boston, but I have a feeling they will make him wait in the lobby. It seems like most people here in the forums had their ceremony in the federal building, so I don't really know what the process at the courthouse will be like.

1 hour ago, Debai said:

Hey, how did it went yours?

BTW when you change address from Portland to Boston, how long does it take to update uscis address from your old address? Did you do it online or called the USCIS?

My interview went well, I am just waiting for my oath ceremony  I filed my change of address online and then followed up with USCIS. It took around three weeks for me to get a notification from them that my case was transferred to my new field office.

19 hours ago, Anezka said:

Just received my oath ceremony date (was uploaded into the documents tab one day after the interview), it's a little over 2 weeks away at a courthouse (I requested a name change).

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a passport afterwards if you do expedited? Is it really 4-6 weeks as stated on the website?

Mine is at the courthouse too, even if I didn't request a name change. When is your ceremony scheduled? Mine is on the 19th.

I completed my interview this morning in Boston, MA. Here is my experience.

My interviewer was very nice and put me at ease right away. We started with reading and writing. I read out the phrase “What do we pay the government?” And I wrote down the answer “We pay taxes”.

These were the civics/history questions:
- What is the supreme law of the land? 
- Who vetoes bills?
- Who is the father of the nation?
- What is one right reserved just for US citizens?
- Who is your representative?
- What month are the elections held? (I said November and that they were being held today, and at this point the interviewer laughed.)

I got 6 correct and she said I passed.

Then we went through my application. She confirmed some information like how I got my green card, my employment, my new address, my trips outside of the country, and then asked most of the yes/no questions.

Then I signed two papers, one to confirm corrections/updates and the other to certify that I will say the oath.

Just have to wait for the oath ceremony to be scheduled and I am done! Thank you to everyone here who answered my questions. And best of luck to everybody waiting for their interview! 

I completed my interview this morning. Here is my experience.

My interviewer was very nice and put me at ease right away. We started with reading and writing. I read out the phrase “What do we pay the government?” And I wrote down the answer “We pay taxes”.

These were the civics/history questions:
- What is the supreme law of the land? 
- Who vetoes bills?
- Who is the father of the nation?
- What is one right reserved just for US citizens?
- Who is your representative?
- What month are the elections held? (I said November and that they were being held today, and at this point the interviewer laughed.)

I got 6 correct and she said I passed.

Then we went through my application. She confirmed some information like how I got my green card, my employment, my new address, my trips outside of the country, and then asked most of the yes/no questions.

Then I signed two papers, one to confirm corrections/updates and the other to certify that I will say the oath.

Just have to wait for the oath ceremony to be scheduled and I am done! Thank you to everyone here who answered my questions. And best of luck to everybody waiting for their interview!

10 hours ago, MaleAlpha said:

Thank you @shebeingbrand 

I had my interview today and you were right that it is same day oath ceremony. It's really fast. About 1hr from start to finish.

I'm glad your interview went well! Congratulations on getting your oath on the same day too. I have mine in Boston MA in a few days.

6 minutes ago, ajafarzadeh said:

And we're all done! Had my naturalization ceremony Monday afternoon (10/26).

 

Some insight for folks scheduled to take theirs at the Boston office: while guests aren't allowed inside, there were a few who were able to stand in the hallway and snap some photos through the door. Probably not officially allowed but if you have a family member who absolutely wants to see you take the oath, you can probably get up there and do so from outside the door.

 

A slightly sad moment was when we were informed that we had the right to vote, but that the registration deadline passed on Saturday night in MA. I was already aware of this, but some in the room audibly gasped.

 

Still - a great day all round and we'll be celebrating this weekend with some grilled steaks (yes, even in 40 degree weather!)1 and chocolate cheesecake!

Congratulations!!  And thanks for the tip about having guests

On 6/4/2015 at 1:35 PM, JimmyHou said:

You have to live in your state for 90 days before you file.

You can move after you file. This may cause complications and delays because you will have to get USCIS to transfer your case.

It would be easier to wait the 3 months in your new state and then apply.

Let's look at what the policy manual says in two areas on the same page:

http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartD-Chapter6.html

"A. Three-Month Residency Requirement (in State or Service District)

In general, an applicant for naturalization must file his or her application for naturalization with the State or Service District that has jurisdiction over his or her place of residence. The applicant must have resided in that location for at least three months prior to filing.

The term “State” includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [1] The term “Service District” is defined as the geographical area over which a USCIS office has jurisdiction. [2]

The Service District that has jurisdiction over an applicant’s application may or may not be located within the State where the applicant resides. In addition, some Service Districts may have jurisdiction over more than one State and most States contain more than one USCIS office.

In cases where an applicant changes or plans to change his or her residence after filing the naturalization application, the applicant is required to report the change of address to USCIS so that the applicant’s A-file (with application) can be transferred to the appropriate office having jurisdiction over the applicant’s new place of residence."

 

That's the first point which is related to when you are eligible to apply. The second point is related to which office has jurisdiction over your application.

 

"In cases where an applicant has filed early and the required three month period of residence in a State or Service District falls within the required five-year period of continuous residence, jurisdiction for filing will be based on the three-month period immediately preceding the examination on the application. [15]"

 

This means that if you apply 90 days early and then move, your new local office, and not the office you were near when you applied, has jurisdiction over the application.

So these are two separate issues; one related to eligibility and one related to jurisdiction. You need to live in a state 90 days prior to applying, not prior to your interview. That's very clear. But the jurisdiction issue is not as clear. If you live in LA and you apply and then move to NY, then clearly, LA no longer has jurisdiction over your application because you don't live there. But according to the above, NY doesn't have jurisdiction over your application either until you've lived in NY for 90 days. So according to the rules, you can apply in LA and move to NY the next day/week/month. NY should then schedule your interview only after you've been in NY for 90 days, but what happens if they mess up and schedule your interview for less than 90 days after you move? Do they reschedule for a later date? Approve you anyway? Deny the application? None of that is spelled out in the rules, which means it's up to the interviewer and supervisor unless you can convince them otherwise.

 

Some, maybe even many, USCIS officers aren't fully aware of these rules, so it's best to avoid the issue, in my opinion, and apply 90 days after moving to NY. Considering that people regularly face delays of several months when transferring their cases, it seems obvious to me that the best thing to do would be to move, wait, and then apply.

I hope it’s okay to respond to this not-so-recent thread/comment as I feel this might apply to me.

I filed my n400 in Portland, OR in February 2020 after 4 years of living there. This month, October 2020, I moved to Boston, MA. The day after the USCIS received my change of address, I was scheduled for my interview. It is next week, November 3rd. (I did not expect it to be so soon, I was anticipating that my interview would be scheduled at a much later date due to COVID and processing my case from one state to another.) 

By that time my interview happens, I would have been living in MA for just about a month. I’m hoping this is not going to be grounds for denial, as I have not been living here for 90 days yet? The fact that my interview was scheduled much, much quicker than expected was not a circumstance I could control. Should I ask for my interview to be rescheduled?

On 10/23/2020 at 5:29 PM, MaleAlpha said:

Question.

 

I have my N400 interview in the PDX office next week, 10/28.

I'm trying to schedule my interview around my work and not sure if they do same day Oath ceremony or not.
 

If they don't, I will take probably about 2 hours off work to attend the Interview.

If they do, I will have to take the whole day off. I just don't want to take the entire day off if I don't need to.

 

Has anyone had an interview these past few months?

 

I saw a post on Reddit 23 days ago that Portland OR is doing same-day oath ceremonies. Best of luck to you!

42 minutes ago, Anezka said:

I would go with the later, as that is probably a correction to the first. But maybe bring both notices with you and let them figure it out on the spot. 

Is your interview in Boston on the 3rd? Mine is on the 4th. I hope you will let us know how it went!

Thanks for the suggestion, I was also thinking of bringing both letters just in case. Small things like this are making me nervous! And yes, mine is on the 3rd in Boston.  

I just received another interview notice in the mail (5 days after my first notice was sent). Two differences, one is the address.

The first notice said 9th Floor Room 950, and now the second notice says 6th Floor Room 600. I don't really know what this means?

The second notice doesn't have the DHS Form 1-797C header on it, but the first notice does.

My document on the myUSCIS website says 9th Floor Room 950.

On 10/14/2020 at 7:08 PM, sparrow60 said:

Hi All ,
this website help me a lot so i want to update and share my important experience.

I learned a lesson today that i want to share with anyone logged to this site.

My interview was today  in Detroit the officer was real nice I did everything this website suggested but i forgot one very important thing ,to go over my  n400 docs. they will ask you questions that you filled up months ago and if you forgot it might start some trouble. I cant stress enough to do this for sure. the 100 questions is important but one main key to pass the interview is to pass that your docs were and are truthfully and accurate. They hate when you seem unsure or confused. 

The officer told me that a decision cant be made and it actually made me sad but a few hours later i saw a change in my uscis profile that i was approved.  I cant wait for my ceremony and i wish you guys all the best

Congrats on being approved!   Were you asked definitions of the n400 questions as well?

3 minutes ago, undecided_gal010 said:

Thank you!

Thank you! Out of curiosity, did you also move to another state? Or just within the state that you filed?

I moved to another state.  

15 hours ago, undecided_gal010 said:

Hi all,

 

Submitted N-400 end of August 2020. Last update from USCIS says "We received your application", and Estimated Wait Time says "We are taking longer than expected to process your case. You do not need to do anything at this time"

 

I will be moving to another state next month. I understand this will probably slow down the citizenship process. I have an attorney, but quite frankly, I'm trying to see if I can handle this on my own (so my attorney doesn't find another way to bill me lol). Is handling this on my own a bad idea? As I understand it, all I would need to do is submit a Change of Address (Form AR-11) once I move. Am I missing anything else? Obviously I would notify my attorney that I am moving so he is in the loop.

 

Thanks!

I moved recently and all I did was fie the AR-11 online, then called USCIS to make sure they received it. You should be able to do file that change without your attorney billing you

Two weeks after I filed my change of address to another state, I got a notice that they had successfully moved my case (filed in February 2020) from OR to MA. Then the day after that, my interview got scheduled in MA, on election day. I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly they had scheduled me, really was expecting to be waiting for my turn for months. 

It says on my interview letter that the proceeding will take about two hours. Is that usually how long interviews take?

I just got scheduled for my interview in the Boston office! It will be on November 3rd, election day. Pretty excited

28 minutes ago, Anezka said:

Hi everyone, I just received my interview notice and to my surprise it will not be at the Lawrence office where I have been multiple times but in some governmental building in Boston city center. Has anyone had their interview there? Any ideas if this is normal? I may be overthinking this but definitely a bit nervous.

Could it be because I wanted a name change?

Also, did anyone filing under the 3 year rule bring their joint marriage docs? (proof docs for i-751) like joint insurance, bank accounts, etc.

Thanks!

 

The JFK Federal Building is where the Boston USCIS office is.

My interview has just been scheduled. It is on November 3rd, election day!

I just got scheduled for my interview. It is on November 3rd, election day!

I filed my application in Portland, OR in February 2020. After my biometrics taken in March, I had no movement on my case for months. I moved to Boston inn the beginning October, and filed my change of address. Today I just got a notification that my interview has been scheduled in Boston. I'm so pleasantly surprised! Looks like the Boston office is working more efficiently than the Portland one. I will update once I have my interview date  

So just a couple of weeks after I moved from OR to MA, I got a notice that my interview has been scheduled! I was genuinely surprised! Looks like the Boston office is a little more efficient than the Portland one?

Anyway, I wish everyone here the best of luck!

1 hour ago, MaleAlpha said:

Yeah I was expecting something in the 4 weeks range as well. I had to look a 2nd time to make sure it wasn't September 28.

I have a feeling they are quite backlogged. I think you will probably get yours scheduled perhaps by the end of this week or next week.

 

Will definitely do. When did you file?

I filed at the end of February, and I am planning on moving to a different state next month. So I probably won't be getting my interview scheduled any time soon. 

2 hours ago, MaleAlpha said:

Interview letter showed up in the portal this morning with the interview date = October 28 (12.30 PM).

They must be really backlogged if they are scheduling interviews over 7-8 weeks out.

Congrats on getting your interview scheduled! Please let us know how it goes.

Same here, still stuck with the September status