MMSM

44 minutes ago, Decent80 said:

Cool. Thanks for the info. I will file for their passport with me. Can I also file for N600 for my kids after they get their passport?

Should be possible. But not sure if it is worth to do so.

8 minutes ago, Ahava said:

Assuming your kids are under 18, they automatically become citizens the same date you and your wife become citizens. You can apply for a passport for your kids or you can file N 600 ( certificate of citizenship).

 

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship/i-am-the-child-of-a-us-citizen

My child was in same situation, when you apply for passport you can apply along with your passport , that way you dont need to send original naturalization certificate twice

1 hour ago, Guest User said:

Thank you!

I applied recently (waiting for approval) 

Applied at USPS: 6/14/2021 (expedite , paid for extra overnight postage as well)
Application Received: 6/18/2021 
Approved: Waiting..

Shipped:

Passport delivered: 
Passport card delivered: 
Naturalization cert delivered: 

50 minutes ago, Alpa Alpa said:

Thank you, this is helpful at least I know now what it looks like the process over there. My interview is at 6:30 am. I hope things will be fine. Thanks again. 

Best of luck, it should be fine

7 minutes ago, Alpa Alpa said:

That is good news, thanks for the feedback. If you can write a small summary would be great for the whole process in there.

Appllication date - jan 2020

Interview date - june 11 , 12 pm noon

Location- tukwilla

Oath date - june 11

Reached at 11.50, there were two diff lines at the gate - fingerprints and interview. Guard asked what time interview was and since it was within 15 min, he allowed us to go in.  There was security check and then a counter where i got a token and was asked to go on second floor. Waited for 5 min and i was called for interview. Guy asked me to only keep gc passport and dl on table and rest in drawer. Interview was virtual , i was sitting in a cubicle with headsets. Officer was  really nice and was often cracking jokes and doing informal conversation during interview. It started with showing gc on camera and then oath and basic questions abt me. Post that she asked 6 questions and verbal and written. Those were really easy. After that 50 yes/no questions. They were boring and tiring. Headsets along with mask did hurt my ears. After we were done she asked if i am traveling , i said no and then she said we will do oath today and u have to give up gc. She printed a page and asked me to mark everything no and sign and give my gc along with that page. Post that she printed test results. I was asked to wait outside for oath. After 1-1.15 hours they called my name for oath and 5-6 folks went to a room , oath ceremony was done in less than 5 min and we were handed naturalization certificates.

It wasnt bad, but yesterday with rain traffic was little bad that added to the whole process.

1 minute ago, Alpa Alpa said:

I will let you know because I have an interview on the 23rd of this month at the same office.

I went yesterday for interview at tukwila and oath happened same day. It took total of 2 hours.

30 min interview (asked literally all 50 no/yes questions). 

After that they make u wait for 5-6 folks to be ready for oath. In my case i was first from this group so had to wait more than hour. But there were folks who did have to wait. Oath was just 5-10 min.

3 hours ago, AlienLife said:

Just one is sufficient. For questions that require multiple answers, it is explicitly stated in the question. For example: There were 13 original states. Name three.

thanks this is really helpful

Once parents get naturalization certificate they can apply for their usa passports, how about for their minor kids  born outside usa (U.S. Citizenship through Naturalization of a Parent)? I was reading online to apply for kids you would require parents naturalization certificate. If parents are applying passport at the same time as kid, would they accept documents together or parents need to apply and then wait for naturalization certificate to come back and then re-apply for kid? 

2 hours ago, MGMA said:

This is an awesome news! Congratulations. It puts some light and hope for us. 

Thanks all! Hopefully others get their interview soon as well 

4 hours ago, KurzaDupa said:

Filed end of January 2020 and still don't have a date. I had a counter back in April saying I would have my interview date available on 4/23 and then everything suddenly disappeared. I called USCIS and they told me that as of end of March my interview request has been sent to the Seattle office and is in the queue and there is nothing else to do other than waiting.

Good news for Dec/Jan fillers. I just got interview scheduled notification. Mine was first week of Jan'20 and interview is scheduled for June 2 week (at tukwilla)

1 minute ago, MGMA said:

I can work on a template, but to be honest, I think we need to file the same template together with the same message. As you can see, they started to process March applicant. We will not get anything any sooner, without speaking out together. I am not sure if they are aware of the issue that there is 2 months of applicants are left out at all. If you sent an inquiry to your elected official, they will just get the same response you get when you call info path, but if we made it clear that there is an issue that need to be addressed, I hope we can get some more luck. 

 

Who else is Dec, and Jan that did not hear yet? Guys, let's put something together and unify our message.  

+1 Mine is Jan 1st week

9 minutes ago, Birdy-flying said:

Woohoo just got scheduled for the interview !! (Checked online) 

I filed March 1st 2020. Will update the excel when I know the exact date of the interview from the letter. 

☺️☺️☺️

Congrats! So guess there is not much for dec/jan fillers in coming days. 

Just now, kels430 said:

I'm pretty sure mine said "invalid case date" for a long time too, and just got my interview date on Tuesday.

I may be wrong , but I believe folks who are getting interview with feb date are the ones who applied later than 5 year mark. 

6 minutes ago, AlienLife said:

Congratulations! You filed 2/25/2020 right?

 

Maybe distributing the case workload between ASCs is reducing the wait time for some of us.

 

 

Happy to see things are moving for everyone, but also curious about what scheduling criteria is being used as we see folks from Feb being scheduled. Folks who are getting interviews from Feb, did you file exactly at 5 years or bit later? 

20 minutes ago, seahawk24 said:

I am anxiously waiting for mine to update. I had filed for 12/24 but seeing folks before and after me get theirs and am optimistic. However, wanted to check with this group, how long should I wait before i reach out to USCIS.

I believe you are not alone , there are others in late dec and early jan who are waiting for updates. Mine is 01/03 and it has been stuck in maintenance for last few days - "Your N-400 personalized processing time is down for maintenance. Check the estimated case processing times for your field office or service center."

Is everyone seeing down for maintenance message or this is a sign for interview date is close?

18 minutes ago, Kam🇺🇸 said:

Thanks my friend 

 

no we just apply normal way also I have 2 other family friend they are same processing

and  I'm sure the The process getting faster than before 

So your family friends also got interview and they applied in jan'20?

3 minutes ago, MGMA said:

What day did you apply in January? How many days does it say for for "time until decision"? Keep us updated.

1 hour ago, Kam🇺🇸 said:

Hi . MMSM yes , also I receive the email take action on UCIS but noting on website change

As MGMA said its should show up soon .. 

exited 😅  

Nice! Mine is early jan'20 it is still not there, but good to see yours coming thru faster than normal.  

9 hours ago, Kam🇺🇸 said:

Congrats! It shows your submission date as Jan 25'2020. So Jan'20 has started?

25 minutes ago, JFH said:

Anyone else got a red error message when checking their case status online?

Yes, i also see - "

2 minutes ago, seahawk24 said:

I am Dec end filer. I am gearing up for June or July

 

What does it show for u (dec end filer) - estimate wait time and estimate case completion time? I understand this is not fully reliable.

4 minutes ago, RainbowMonkey said:

100% not accurate. My estimated completion time is Mar 2021. I got my citizenship Dec 2020.  I’ve seen lots of cases that run out of time on their counter and still no updates on their case/waiting. 

I would hope they do faster than estimation for me as well :-). 

How accurate is the estimate case completion time? My application date is jan 2020 and it is showing estimation completion time by April 21. Looking at current situation -  interviews are being scheduled for july-aug 19, it looks little unrealistic that I would receive interview by March/April 21..