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  1. I received my passport yesterday, kind of fast... horrayyyy!!!! but my naturalization certificate wasn't included in the mail. Do they mail it separately? I was hoping it didn't get lost. Huh!!! or else it's another $$$$ to get a replacement.

    and Congratulations MikeWilson, only few days left and you will be a US citizen. :)

    The naturalization certificate gets mailed separately. I got mine exactly a week after my passport. Congratulations! That completes the journey!

  2. Hi everyone,

    Just wanted to give everyone the heads up on passport fees and processing time. Had my oath taking 2 weeks ago and I applied for my passport on June 1. Opted for expedited processing and I paid $149.85 for it. Then an additional $42.50 to the USPS for passport fee and express mail. Yesterday I received my new USA passport. Took only 10 days. Wonderful! I guess the naturalization certificate arrives separately and soon.

    Thanks!

    I still waiting for my citizenship interview, but I would like to apply for a US Passport right after the oath taking. Just curious what documentation did you provide State (passport processing) to prove you are a citizen if your naturalization certificate is not right away in hand? It's logical I guess to assume that that is what State needs.

    You get your Certificate at the Oath Ceremony, I went to my local Post Office to apply for my Passport all I took was The Passport application forms, my certificate, my state drivers license, utility bill showing address and 2 passport photos and the fee.

    I put my certificate in a clear plastic wallet and stapled it closed, that way when they were attaching the application together the did not staple through the certificate only the plastic wallet. I thought the passport office might take it out of the plastic wallet but when I got it back it was still in the wallet.

    Whoa now I feel bad about having had to pay extra for expedited processing! But thanks for the info. Got my sister and her family taking the oath soon, and I'll tell them not to pay the extra for passport expediting. And congratulations to you also for finishing the journey!

  3. Hi everyone,

    Just wanted to give everyone the heads up on passport fees and processing time. Had my oath taking 2 weeks ago and I applied for my passport on June 1. Opted for expedited processing and I paid $149.85 for it. Then an additional $42.50 to the USPS for passport fee and express mail. Yesterday I received my new USA passport. Took only 10 days. Wonderful! I guess the naturalization certificate arrives separately and soon.

    Thanks!

  4. Hi everyone,

    Just wanted to give everyone the heads up on passport fees and processing time. Had my oath taking 2 weeks ago and I applied for my passport on June 1. Opted for expedited processing and I paid $149.85 for it. Then an additional $42.50 to the USPS for passport fee and express mail. Yesterday I received my new USA passport. Took only 10 days. Wonderful! I guess the naturalization certificate arrives separately and soon.

    Thanks!

  5. Congratulations wworld808!!! Finally a US citizen! It's the weekend, so it should probably be non stop partying for you!

    Had my oath yesterday, 88 people were sworn in from different countries. The ceremony was scheduled at 9AM but they started at 10AM. We got there 8:20 and there's a lot of people in the line already. They started to let the applicant in by 8:45AM. At the line one immigration officer was checking the oath notice letter, the one you have to answer after your interview, good thing I asked here if i can fill that up already before going to the ceremony and mostly i got a response that better to fill it up before your ceremony to save your time. By 9:30AM they let the guest in, another immigration officer reminded us how to sign the certificate and advised to check it if all the information is correct before leaving the place. Aso she told us it's better to sign it at home since you will be relax and to avoid mistake. By 10AM the federal judge arrived and started the ceremony. After the oath of allegiance he congratulated us and told we were officially a US citizen. We had 3 guest speakers and after that, the ceremony ended. The ceremony took only 20 mins. After the ceremony we went to SS to update my record but according to them it will take 4-6 weeks before my new card arrive since they have to verify my citizenship since it's only new. Then we went to apply for passport. Finally I'm done. Thank you VJer's for all your help.

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  6. Congratulations to Waiting for Visas for getting approved for citizenship. Now you are just waiting for your swearing in. And good luck to the following interviewees next week:

    Boss 78 June 15

    Faylen June 16

    Mary and Mian June 18

    MWilson 122 June 17

    We're all rooting for you guys!!!

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  7. my wife has her interview on july 6th. any suggestions.her english is poor. she is nervous.

    I had my interview 2 weeks ago, and it really is just a straightforward interview. You are basically asked questions from the application form. If there are no changes in the application form like travel since the application filing or moving violations and speeding tickets, it's mostly NO and the last part YES of the application form. No need then to explain with more words. As for the history exam, my suggestion is that she study all the interview postings of the VJfilers during the last year, and she will notice that most of the interview questions come from a pool of 20 -30 questions. So I would put particular emphasis on these often repeated questions. As for the English written and reading, it's so simple. Same thing, have her look at all the interview postings. Again the pattern seems to be most around 10 or less of the same test questions, like writing "the President lives in the White House" and reading " Who lives in the White House?" , etc. Good luck to her!

    where i can get those 20-30 questions. please let me know. thanks

    Mike H, what I did was to look at postings of citizenship interviews going back a year. Although the exam changed to a simpler exam , I think, beginning of the year, I noticed the similarity of the questions in more than half of the interviews. That's why I said 20 -30, but again you never know what they'll be asking. Having said that, go over the postings since January 2009 , and there were a lot of questions in the guide that were never asked in any of the posted interviews. Still the caveat, be prepared for everything. The exam isn't really that difficult, so I don't think you'll have problems passing the exam. Good luck!!!!

  8. I am posting this for a Ukrainian friend married to a US citizen. She will be applying for citizenship this year and is in a quandry what to do about her name.

    She was born when the Ukraine was still part of the USSR and her first name on her birth certificate is Anna. That is the name she has always used and still uses. When the USSR dissolved and the Ukraine took over, they insisted on changing the spelling of her first name to include a 'g' in front of Anna so her name is listed on all of her Ukrainian documentation as 'Ganna'. It wasn't a real problem when she was in the Ukraine but it has been a problem here as all of her immigration paperwork, her identification, her registrations, DL, etc. write her name as Ganna. People keep wanting to pronounce the hard G in front of her name not knowing that it isn't a hard 'g'. The citizenship application has the option to change her name and she is considering asking to have her name officially changed back to Anna. She doesn't know what sort of repercussions she is looking at and was wondering if anyone else has gone this route of changing/correcting a name spelling using the citizenship option. What problems might she encounter? Any advise or insight will be appreciated.

    I had my interview 2 weeks ago and my oath 2 days after. I requested a name change and it was no sweat at all. The I/O saw it my application form and asked for the reason for the change. And that was it. I was asked to wait for my oath day schedule after the interview, and 30 minutes later I was shown the naturalization certificate with my new name. 2 days later I received the Court approved letter of the name change with my Naturalization certificate. EASY!!!!

  9. my wife has her interview on july 6th. any suggestions.her english is poor. she is nervous.

    I had my interview 2 weeks ago, and it really is just a straightforward interview. You are basically asked questions from the application form. If there are no changes in the application form like travel since the application filing or moving violations and speeding tickets, it's mostly NO and the last part YES of the application form. No need then to explain with more words. As for the history exam, my suggestion is that she study all the interview postings of the VJfilers during the last year, and she will notice that most of the interview questions come from a pool of 20 -30 questions. So I would put particular emphasis on these often repeated questions. As for the English written and reading, it's so simple. Same thing, have her look at all the interview postings. Again the pattern seems to be most around 10 or less of the same test questions, like writing "the President lives in the White House" and reading " Who lives in the White House?" , etc. Good luck to her!

  10. Welcome to the FEB group, 85n280 and congratulations on your successful interview. Care to write more about your interview experience, I have many friends in the Bay Area who would love to hear about the experience in San Jose.

    Late post addition, but thought it would be helpful to the group:

    1. San Jose, CA filer (anyone else out there in 2009?)

    2. "Walk-in" biometric (was not in country on scheduled biometric date, so walked in to the office a week later, no problem, although probably delayed my process)

    3. Out of country between naturalization interview and oath ceremony, although not even close to having a measurable amount of time outside of the US (in past 3 years) and still a US resident.

    Waiting for my oath appointment -- in San Jose there are no same-day oaths, but the municipal theater the USCIS uses (Campbell theater) publicly posts their calendar and so at any given time, the next 5-6 oath ceremony dates are clearly posted!

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  11. Finally took my oath of citizenship last Friday, May 29. It was a short ceremony but very meaningful. There were only 17 oath takers, but everyone seems to have been moved by the ceremonies. I understand from the officers because of the low numbers of citizenship applicants in South Jersey, they were gathering all those were approved for oath taking during the week and had their swearing on the following Friday. And so I've been doing the samba since Friday night. It's good to be US citizen finally. And congratulations to all those who have been naturalized. Good luck to klebog and marcyny who are having their interviews this week.

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    honey19_sweet 28.02/17/09...03/02/09...03/20/09...04/03/09...05/12/09...06/01/09...Cranston, RI

    araz87...............02/17/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    riosling..............02/17/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/14/09...05/27/09...05/29/09...Mt.Laurel, NJ

    BigRay...............02/18/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/06/09...05/21/09...--/--/--...Tampa, FL

    upstategal..........02/23/09...03/04/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Albany, NY

    MaryandMian......02/24/09...03/11/09...04/01/09...04/30/09...06/18/09...--/--/--...Atlanta, GA

    RositaL...............02/24/09...03/04/09...04/07/09...04/17/09...06/24/09...--/--/--...Newark, NJ

    kleobg................02/26/09...03/12/09...--/--/--...04/24/09...06/03/09...--/--/--...Boston, MA

    mwilson122.........02/24/09...03/03/09...03/17/09...04/16/09...06/17/09...--/--/--...West Palm Beach, FL

  12. Updating

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    Rabie007.........02/03/09...02/14/09...03/04/09...03/16/09...04/20/09...06/19/09...Cleveland, OH

    charuhans .......02/09/09..02/17/09....03/13/09...03/27/09..05/13/09...05/13/09...Portland, Oregon [/color]

    rachel...........02/11/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Chicago, IL

    Boss78...........02/16/09...02/28/09...03/23/09...04/20/09...06/15/09...--/--/--...Omaha, NE

    wworld808........02/17/09...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/06/09...05/13/09...06/10/09...Honolulu, HI

    waiting4visas....02/21/09...03/05/09...03/21/09...04/23/09...06/09/09...--/--/--...Denver, CO

    faylen...........02/23/09...03/02/09...03/25/09...05/04/09...06/16/09...--/--/--...????

    Smoothsailing....02/25/09...03/05/09...03/17/09...04/23/09...05/15/09...06/04/09...Boise, Idaho[/font]

    USCIS Lockbox Texas

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    legalalien30.....01/31/09...02/03/09...03/04/09...03/13/09...05/05/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    peruvianfamily...02/02/09...02/09/09...02/25/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...St. Albans, VT

    Deirdre76........02/03/09...02/17/09...03/10/09...04/18/09...05/28/09...--/--/--...Oklahoma City, OK

    Eons.............02/04/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...04/08/09...05/07/09...--/--/--...Dallas, TX

    Negrecita2007....02/05/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...03/24/09...05/06/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    Alien57..........02/10/09...02/23/09...03/12/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/03/09...Boston, MA

    fahadkhan00......02/10/09...03/05/09...03/14/09...04/13/09...05/27/09...05/27/09...Atlanta, GA

    Perdesi..........02/11/09...02/19/09...03/17/09...04/09/09...05/15/09...05/15/09...Fairfax, VA

    marcnycity.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/12/09...05/06/09...06/02/09...--/--/--...New York, NY

    kumar_n400.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/27/09...04/07/09...05/12/09...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    Ahuacatl.........02/14/09...03/02/09...03/24/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/11/09...Boston, MA

    honey19_sweety28.02/17/09...03/02/09...03/20/09...04/03/09...05/12/09...06/01/09...Cranston, RI

    araz87...........02/17/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    riosling.........02/17/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/14/09...05/27/09...05/29/09...Mt.Laurel, NJ

    BigRay...........02/18/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/06/09...05/21/09...--/--/--...Tampa, FL

    upstategal.......02/23/09...03/04/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Albany, NY

    MaryandMian......02/24/09...03/11/09...04/01/09...04/30/09...06/18/09...--/--/--...Atlanta, GA

    RositaL..........02/24/09...03/04/09...04/07/09...04/17/09...06/24/09...--/--/--...Newark, NJ

    kleobg...........02/26/09...03/12/09...--/--/--...04/24/09...06/03/09...--/--/--...Boston, MA

    mwilson122.......02/24/09...03/03/09...03/17/09...04/16/09...06/17/09...--/--/--...West Palm Beach, FL

  13. Hi everyone,

    After anxiously waiting 100 days for the interview day, that day finally arrived today. My interview was scheduled for 10:45, and I arrived at 10:20. I had just finish registering at the reception window and had just sat down for 10 seconds or so, when I got called. The officer was an early 30ish man built like a pro football linebacker. I commented to him that it was fast. Meaning I just had arrived and I was already called in. And he replied that he was ahead of schedule. Definitely looked like a no nonsense fellow. Anyway he told me to follow him to his room. As soon as he got behind his desk, he asked me to raise my right hand and swear to tell the truth. Then we both sat and he immediately went through my application after asking me to show my greencard, driver's license, and passport ( I had 2). At the same time while he was looking at his computer screen, he asked me to say my SS number.

    He noticed that I had requested a name change. Actually I told him that I wanted to add to my middle name. I had been using my mother's maiden name as a middle name, but in Brasil, we usually have 2 given names, then your mother's maiden name and then your father's name. He then looked at my passport and I told him that the middle name that I wanted included was not in my passport, but I told him it was in my birth certificate. Which I brought along, but he didn't bother to ask to ask for it. If there's anything I learned from all the VisaJourney stories is never to volunteer or raise any information/issue if not asked.

    He then proceeded to ask about my present address. I have been staying at the same address for 5 years, so no problem there. All this time, I noted that he only looked at my greencard. None of the other documents. So it was employment history. Although I am still working for the same company that sponsored me 5 years ago, I had listed 2 other employers that I had worked for also on a contractor basis. He just asked if I was working for the same sponsoring company, and I replied in the affirmative.

    So it was next to my travels. I had been quite anxious about this portion as I had done 18 trips totaling 591 days in 5 years. Although I was far from 2.5 year limit of being outside the US, I was kinda concerned because of the length of the trips. My longest trip was 65 days and the average was about 40 days. Most of my trips were to Brasil and Asia. Most of them work related. In addition I had gone to the Philippines after getting my fingerprinting, but the officer didn't say anything about the trips. Only question was whether any of my trips had been more than 6 months. And I said none and that was it.

    Next set of questions were about my marital history. I'm divorced so he asked me about it. Specifically the reason for my divorce. Told him it was about compatibility issues. Then he checked to see how long I've been divorced, and he confirmed that I've been divorced 3 days short a one year. I then asked if I needed to inform him that my ex wife had just gotten married 2 weeks ago, and he said it had no bearing. Good!

    Then he asked me all the questions re good moral character. I said no to everything until he asked about being cited or arrested etc. I left the portion blank as I had consulted with an immigration lawyer and he said that I didn't have to include my traffic violations. But having read many of the interview stories in this forum, I told the officer that I had a moving violation back in December 2004. I had gotten a ticket for an illegal U turn. I told him that I didn't include it because the fine was $120. I had read that only to report fines of $500 and up. He then replied that I should have written it down. All traffic violations or citations must be reported. So that answers the most common question asked in the VJ forums about the N400 application,the necessity of reporting traffic violations or speeding tickets. He asked for the details of the violation, and while I didn not have a copy of the ticket, my reporting it verbally seemed to have satisfied him.

    Again it was back to answering the Yes and No questions. About being a member of the communist party etc and the YES questions about serving the US. Then the test. Here are the test questions asked.

    1. Who is the present governor of New Jersey?

    2. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

    3. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

    4. Who was the first president of the United States?

    5. Name two national US holidays

    6. Where is the statue of liberty.

    Got them all correct and that was the end of the test.

    He then got his red rubber stamp and stamped my papers APPROVED. And for the first time he smiled and congratulated me. He then said that I would probably take my oath next week. I was surprised because normally New Jersey is known to have same day oath taking. I asked him about it and he replied that used to be the case but since there were VERY FEW citizenship applicants these days, they didn't have enough people for the same day oath taking. He told me to wait for my name to be called again in the reception area as they were going to schedule me for my oath taking.

    I then signed more papers including the new name request form, and then he congratulated me again. I told him I was very happy and this time he gave a hearty laugh. So looks can be deceiving. The officer looked very stern in the begining but he was very pleasant. Imagine all that needless worrying during the last hundred days. I looked at my watch, and the interview had lasted a good 14 minutes.

    It was back to the reception area. There were about 20 people and as far as I could gather, most had come for their greencard interviews. After half an hour waiting. A very pleasant lady called me and another interviewee to a hall. Looked like the oath taking venue. She told us that our oath taking schedules had been made, and that I was to have it this Friday, May 29. Again that was fast. She showed us our naturalization certifications and asked us a to sign all these documents. She then told us that since our oath was going to be in a day and a half, we still had to report any traffic violations or speeding tickets if they happened before the oath taking. She said it would not have any bearing on the oath taking but it was important for us to report it. So that confirms again that all traffic violation or speeding tickets have to be reported. That was it, and so Friday is the big day for me again.

    Will return to talk about the oath taking after it's over.

    Thank really to all of you who have posted your interview experiences. They are really so helpful. Removes lots of the anxiety involved in waiting for the interviews.

  14. Congratulations Charuhan! You still must be celebrating. Hopefully all of us will get there in the coming days and weeks. Good work Big Ray! It should just be a formality for them to get the needed document and you should be approved!

    USCIS Lockbox Arizona

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    Rabie007.........02/03/09...02/14/09...03/04/09...03/16/09...04/20/09...--/--/--...Cleveland, OH

    charuhans 02/09/09..02/17/09....03/13/09...03/27/09..05/13/09...05/13/09...Portland, Oregon

    rachel...........02/11/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Chicago, IL

    Boss78...........02/16/09...02/28/09...03/23/09...04/20/09...06/15/09...--/--/--...Omaha, NE

    wworld808........02/17/09...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/06/09...05/13/09...--/--/--...Honolulu, HI

    waiting4visas....02/21/09...03/05/09...03/21/09...04/23/09...06/09/09...--/--/--...Denver, CO

    faylen...........02/23/09...03/02/09...03/25/09...05/04/09...06/16/09...--/--/--...????

    Smoothsailing....02/25/09...03/05/09...03/17/09...04/23/09...05/15/09...--/--/--...Boise, Idaho

    USCIS Lockbox Texas

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    legalalien30.....01/31/09...02/03/09...03/04/09...03/13/09...05/05/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    peruvianfamily...02/02/09...02/09/09...02/25/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...St. Albans, VT

    Deirdre76........02/03/09...02/17/09...03/10/09...04/18/09...05/28/09...--/--/--...Oklahoma City, OK

    Eons.............02/04/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...04/08/09...05/07/09...--/--/--...Dallas, TX

    Negrecita2007....02/05/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...03/24/09...05/06/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    Alien57..........02/10/09...02/23/09...03/12/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/03/09...Boston, MA

    fahadkhan00......02/10/09...03/05/09...03/14/09...04/13/09...05/27/09...05/27/09...Atlanta, GA

    Perdesi..........02/11/09...02/19/09...03/17/09...04/09/09...05/15/09...05/15/09...Fairfax, VA

    marcnycity.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/12/09...05/06/09...06/02/09...--/--/--...New York, NY

    kumar_n400.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/27/09...04/07/09...05/12/09...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    Ahuacatl.........02/14/09...03/02/09...03/24/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/11/09...Boston, MA

    honey19_sweety28.02/17/09...03/02/09...03/20/09...04/03/09...05/12/09...06/01/09...Cranston, RI

    araz87...........02/17/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    riosling.........02/17/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/14/09...05/27/09...--/--/--...Mt.Laurel, NJ

    BigRay...........02/18/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/06/09...05/21/09...--/--/--...Tampa, FL

    upstategal.......02/23/09...03/04/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Albany, NY

    MaryandMian......02/24/09...03/11/09...04/01/09...04/30/09...06/18/09...--/--/--...Atlanta, GA

    RositaL..........02/24/09...03/04/09...04/07/09...04/17/09...06/24/09...--/--/--...Newark, NJ

    kleobg...........02/26/09...03/12/09...--/--/--...04/24/09...06/03/09...--/--/--...Boston, MA

    mwilson122.......02/24/09...03/03/09...03/17/09...04/16/09...06/17/09...--/--/--...West Palm Beach, FL

  15. Congratulations Perdesi and Smoothsailing! So far everyone seems to have had good and fruitful interviews. So let's all continue to keep our fingers crossed!

    I don't have the details yet, but passed the interview. Oath was a few hours after the exam. Seems like it depends on local office. Some do it the same day and others do it at a later day.

    USCIS Lockbox Arizona

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    Rabie007.........02/03/09...02/14/09...03/04/09...03/16/09...04/20/09...--/--/--...Cleveland, OH

    rachel...........02/11/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Chicago, IL

    Boss78...........02/16/09...02/28/09...03/23/09...04/20/09...06/15/09...--/--/--...Omaha, NE

    wworld808........02/17/09...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/06/09...05/13/09...--/--/--...Honolulu, HI

    waiting4visas....02/21/09...03/05/09...03/21/09...04/23/09...06/09/09...--/--/--...Denver, CO

    faylen...........02/23/09...03/02/09...03/25/09...05/04/09...06/16/09...--/--/--...????

    Smoothsailing....02/25/09...03/05/09...03/17/09...04/23/09...05/15/09...--/--/--...Boise, Idaho

    USCIS Lockbox Texas

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    legalalien30.....01/31/09...02/03/09...03/04/09...03/13/09...05/05/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    peruvianfamily...02/02/09...02/09/09...02/25/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...St. Albans, VT

    Deirdre76........02/03/09...02/17/09...03/10/09...04/18/09...05/28/09...--/--/--...Oklahoma City, OK

    Eons.............02/04/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...04/08/09...05/07/09...--/--/--...Dallas, TX

    Negrecita2007....02/05/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...03/24/09...05/06/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    Alien57..........02/10/09...02/23/09...03/12/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/03/09...Boston, MA

    fahadkhan00......02/10/09...03/05/09...03/14/09...04/13/09...05/27/09...05/27/09...Atlanta, GA

    Perdesi..........02/11/09...02/19/09...03/17/09...04/09/09...05/15/09...05/15/09...Fairfax, VA

    marcnycity.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/12/09...05/06/09...06/02/09...--/--/--...New York, NY

    kumar_n400.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/27/09...04/07/09...05/12/09...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    Ahuacatl.........02/14/09...03/02/09...03/24/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/11/09...Boston, MA

    honey19_sweety28.02/17/09...03/02/09...03/20/09...04/03/09...05/12/09...06/01/09...Cranston, RI

    araz87...........02/17/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    riosling.........02/17/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/14/09...05/27/09...--/--/--...Mt.Laurel, NJ

    BigRay...........02/18/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/06/09...05/21/09...--/--/--...Tampa, FL

    upstategal.......02/23/09...03/04/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Albany, NY

    MaryandMian......02/24/09...03/11/09...04/01/09...04/30/09...06/18/09...--/--/--...Atlanta, GA

    RositaL..........02/24/09...03/04/09...04/07/09...04/17/09...06/24/09...--/--/--...Newark, NJ

    kleobg...........02/26/09...03/12/09...--/--/--...04/24/09...06/03/09...--/--/--...Boston, MA

    mwilson122.......02/24/09...03/03/09...03/17/09...04/16/09...06/17/09...--/--/--...West Palm Beach, FL

  16. Good work wworld808 and ahuacatl! And good luck to the next in line, Big Ray.......Taking a page from the other's months previous postings, I've changed the lines of those already interviewed to red. It should help us to keep tabs.

    USCIS Lockbox Arizona

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    Rabie007.........02/03/09...02/14/09...03/04/09...03/16/09...04/20/09...--/--/--...Cleveland, OH

    rachel...........02/11/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Chicago, IL

    Boss78...........02/16/09...02/28/09...03/23/09...04/20/09...06/15/09...--/--/--...Omaha, NE

    wworld808........02/17/09...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/06/09...05/13/09...--/--/--...Honolulu, HI

    waiting4visas....02/21/09...03/05/09...03/21/09...04/23/09...06/09/09...--/--/--...Denver, CO

    faylen...........02/23/09...03/02/09...03/25/09...05/04/09...06/16/09...--/--/--...????

    Smoothsailing....02/25/09...03/05/09...03/17/09...04/23/09...05/15/09...--/--/--...Boise, Idaho

    USCIS Lockbox Texas

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    legalalien30.....01/31/09...02/03/09...03/04/09...03/13/09...05/05/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    peruvianfamily...02/02/09...02/09/09...02/25/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...St. Albans, VT

    Deirdre76........02/03/09...02/17/09...03/10/09...04/18/09...05/28/09...--/--/--...Oklahoma City, OK

    Eons.............02/04/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...04/08/09...05/07/09...--/--/--...Dallas, TX

    Negrecita2007....02/05/09...02/10/09...03/05/09...03/24/09...05/06/09...05/28/09...Boston, MA

    Alien57..........02/10/09...02/23/09...03/12/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/03/09...Boston, MA

    fahadkhan00......02/10/09...03/05/09...03/14/09...04/13/09...05/27/09...05/27/09...Atlanta, GA

    Perdesi..........02/11/09...02/19/09...03/17/09...04/09/09...05/15/09...--/--/--...Fairfax, VA

    marcnycity.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/12/09...05/06/09...06/02/09...--/--/--...New York, NY

    kumar_n400.......02/12/09...02/19/09...03/27/09...04/07/09...05/12/09...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    Ahuacatl.........02/14/09...03/02/09...03/24/09...03/24/09...05/11/09...06/11/09...Boston, MA

    honey19_sweety28.02/17/09...03/02/09...03/20/09...04/03/09...05/12/09...06/01/09...Cranston, RI

    araz87...........02/17/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Houston,TX

    riosling.........02/17/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/14/09...05/27/09...--/--/--...Mt.Laurel, NJ

    BigRay...........02/18/09...02/25/09...03/20/09...04/06/09...05/21/09...--/--/--...Tampa, FL

    upstategal.......02/23/09...03/04/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Albany, NY

    MaryandMian......02/24/09...03/11/09...04/01/09...04/30/09...06/18/09...--/--/--...Atlanta, GA

    RositaL..........02/24/09...03/04/09...04/07/09...04/17/09...06/24/09...--/--/--...Newark, NJ

    kleobg...........02/26/09...03/12/09...--/--/--...04/24/09...06/03/09...--/--/--...Boston, MA

    mwilson122.......02/24/09...03/03/09...03/17/09...04/16/09...06/17/09...--/--/--...West Palm Beach, FL

  17. Congratulations to all those who passed their interviews! Thanks for posting your interview experience. Somehow or some way it takes away some of the anxiety.

    Updating the table:

    UserName.........Sent.......NOA1.....Biometrics.Int ltr rec..Interview...Oath......Office

    Rabie007.........02/03/09...02/14/09...03/04/09...03/16/09...04/20/09...--/--/--...Cleveland, OH

    rachel...........02/11/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...Chicago, IL

    Boss78...........02/16/09...02/28/09...03/23/09...04/20/09...06/15/09...--/--/--...Omaha, NE

    wworld808........02/17/09...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/06/09...05/13/09...--/--/--...Honolulu, HI

    waiting4visas....02/21/09...03/05/09...03/21/09...04/23/09...06/09/09...--/--/--...Denver, CO

    faylen...........02/23/09...03/02/09...03/25/09...05/04/09...06/16/09...--/--/--...????

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