ShallowShrek

Congrats!!!

thanks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello,

I am applying for Citizenship end of August and I just got a traffic ticket for faliure to obey highway sign. I think the fine is under $200 and my court date is 09/19/08

When I am filling out the form for part 10 for Good Moral Character it asks me if I had:

1. ever been arrested, cited or detained by any law inforcement officer.

2. ever been charged with any crime or offense.

Does this apply to minor traffic ticket or no?

Please let me know. I am sure few ppl might have gotten traffic tickets before.

Thanks.

yes it does. they ask about traffic tickets and even the nimor ones. some people dont mention them some do.

Interview was a breeze - very quick and most of the time was spent on the paperwork. There were 11 quick questions asked but very straightforward.

At the end of the interview, I was handed a form N-652 stating that I passed the test. Also they mentioned that the decision cannot yet be made - because the officer needed a final signature from the supervisor. As per the officer that is not a big deal. But I was assured to get a letter of oath in mail in next 2-4 weeks. Did anyone have a similar answer?

Also, they made me sign both the photographs and I was under an impression that you have to write your full name. I don't know this may be something new.

But overall it was a good experience.

Thnx.

thats nice congrats

Hi All

I got my IL, and was just wondering if everyones' letter says that the proceedings will take about 2 hours!!?

I have read a few reports on here and seems like people are in an out in about 30 mins max.

was just wondering if all letters are just standard wording?

thanks

Jelly

look on the bright side you have an interview.

does it matter if you filed 2 months ago and had your finger prints cleared already and still did not get your Interview letter? are they over the backlog?

proabaly in 2 more months.

Attorneys are regulated by a state bar association. If you feel that your atty. has treated you unfairly, taken advantage of you, ignores your attempts to communicate with him/her, then file a bar complaint with the state bar association in the state you either live in or your attorney practices in. Bar complaints are taken very seriously and in many instances the filing of a bar compliant causes a magical change in attorney attitude.

ok thanks alot

Wondering how one can get hold of IO ..I called customer services twice ...they even didn't bother to look in to case .just saying I should wait as it taked 10-12 months

those are CSR. you have to ask them to transfer you. only IO's know whats really going on with your case.

I called today, and they said they were working really hard on all our files and had no time to update the site

that is not possible. people who are working on our case are different people. the ones who update are the engineers who do this sort of thing of updating.

Do you know if the amount you are showing on your tax copies is not enough to show as support to bring your spouse. what if you make too little and you have to pay extra. My lawyer said I have to pay 3 grand out of my own pocket to the IRS. yes he is a lawyer yes he advises but I want to ask people here. Is this what happens? when you are not making enough you have to pay from your own pocket to IRS?

Wait a second. you were posting yesterday that you are bringing your husband to the US and don't have any money and today you are going to your citizenship interview? Come on, get real.

yes ofcourse. i applied for my husband along with filing for the n-400 i applied last month for citizenship i didnt get my interview yet but if i get it soon either way my husband will come here. firstly due to cause his date is current not due to me becoming a citizen in the future. wait what do you mean? I cant do two things at once? I cant apply to become a usa citizen and i cant apply to bringing spouse?

he is snotty..i asked him when i go on my citizenship interview what should i say he made a snotty nose flare and said TELL THEM YOU CAME HERE ILLEGALLY. why would he say that? then after our convo was done i said thank you. he said yeah yeah bye while waving his hand as if telling my to get the heck out. again i called him today he said dont call me back today. when i call him he talks fast and hangs up on me while im left talking to mr.dail tone. are lawyers like this? should i kick him out? others take $$$$$$$ he just takes $$$$ that is why i have him..known him for 15 years. please help?

why did they not update the august dates. they still have july on and its already august 20th

Seems ironic as the USCIS, your congressman, that ombudsman all go on these processing dates as posted on the internet. While our N-400 receipt notice said would be nine months to our processing date that site posted more like 15 months, but the actual processing took 3 1/2 months. Was just the opposite for the I-751 where according to their site, that application should have been processed 7 months ago and we were still waiting.

I sincerely believe they are using a pseudo-random generator to come up with those dates, but you are helpless to do anything until your application date is at least a month prior to the posted date. We were lucky enough to get our receipt date posted, but has never changed, the Department of State is the same way.

And you want to know why? Even if they did update the dates, won't even be in the ballpark, can only assume someone isn't doing their job. We would be better off if they dumped that site as whatever it says, is law.

thats not nice they should update we are all waiting.

why did they not update the august dates. they still have july on and its already august 20th

Its all in the Guides.

i dont have any guide. my lawyer does he gets the paper work not me. my lawyer doesnt talk much hes snotty and just says yeah yeah or no no then hangs up. dont ask why i picked him..he was cheaper and known him for 10 years..i didnt realize his attitude till now lol so please if you guys do know tell me.

what happenes after your I-130 is in process and they ask you for the $470 money order for the application fee an afidavit fee? how far is the rest when do they get thier interview in over seas at their american embassy??

it has been 5 years now my spouses current date is currently CLOSE..i mean like what else happenes after thier first official contact to you to ask you for the $470 how far is the rest of the process?????????

Same process as everybody else who did not have to wait for a visa number.

LOL that is what I am asking. What is the process?

what happenes after your I-130 is in process and they ask you for the $470 money order for the application fee an afidavit fee? how far is the rest when do they get thier interview in over seas at their american embassy??

it has been 5 years now my spouses current date is currently CLOSE..i mean like what else happenes after thier first official contact to you to ask you for the $470 how far is the rest of the process?????????

what happenes after your I-130 is in process and they ask you for the $470 money order for the application fee an afidavit fee? how far is the rest when do they get thier interview in over seas at their american embassy??

husband is coming with his visa. my question if any can help is how will we live. what are living expences? I live with my brothers and never been on my own. now that he's coming we are on our own. guys /gals who live alone help me out by telling me how much to earn at a job that will help you out with rent/food/bills/? when people come from other countries how do they manage living please thank you.

thats great.

Hey all,

Hope someone here can help me out on this one... so i just received a phone call from my sister in India that she wants to visit the US later this year. She's not looking to emigrate. She's got a good job with the UN back home in India and is financially secure. She just wants a temporary tourist visa (B visa if I'm not mistaken) .. She wants me to sponsor her to make the visa process easier and faster..I'm a conditional green card holder here for little over a year have a pretty good job here as well.. I can give her all the documents that the embassy requires ( here's what they want http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/nivbvisas.html)

So my question to the wise is, as a conditional permanent resident, can I legally sponsor a relative for a 'temporary' visit as a tourist?

Hopefully someone can help me figure out this one. So far I've not seen any information that says I can't but wanted to make sure before I sent off a little packet full of my 'progress report' back home..

Thanks!

she should go to the indian embassy and ask for a visitors visa and she should present her good job incase they think she is coming to the usa to live as an illegal and have children. its been done. she should show that india is important to her she has a house a job and she is only visiting.

I filed for my spouse in april 2004 im a greencard holder and its taking forever, the current dates for august 2008 are doing oct 2003 now..does anyone know when april 2004 will be current??? and also can you tell me when the date goes current what does immigration do? do they call you right away give you a visa or make you wait? I live in the usa my spouse lives in his country in the east waiting for his I-130 PD to be current.