karenros

Sorry for barging in on this Oct 2009 N-400 thread but....

Rohitsakp-How was your oath ceremony in Buffalo, NY on March 11? Can you post about that experience on VJ?

I (and others, I'm sure) would definitely like to read about such, as I've kind of wondered what a group oath ceremony would have been like in Buffalo, NY (as there aren't too many people from this area here on VJ)...Thanks in advance. Looking forward to your oath ceremony review! Thanks....

Ant

Hey Ant...

Nice to see you...everything went smoothly with my DL, SSN and also got my passport....

Thanks for being there for us....

Karen

Congrats Richard....

did u get ur ssn card fast?... how long did it take for u get it?.. Strange i had my interview on Dec 15 and my oath was Jan 6... Was ur interview at the charlotte offfice?

I went today morning to the uscis office and they said they will update the system by the end of the month... so the dmv is going to extend my temp driving certificate for another 20 days.. the first one expires on 26...

and the lady at the uscis had the nerve to tell me that u shouldnt have gone to the dmv... hello...I am a being a good citizen and doing my thing by updating all my information and these guys give a stupid reason there are so many ppl took the oath... this aint california or some other big state where u have 200 or more ppl taking.

The lady next to me was had a interview in Oct and has been waiting since then... i think this is a lame excuse...

I will wait until the end of the month if not i will contact my congress person....

Jodi,

You dont update the dmv if u dont have permament resident listedon ur drivers license

Abby,

Congrats on passing your interview...Hope you get ur oath Letter soon and be done with them...

Thanks for the reply... i think we can take 3 inches of snow tonight so that will guarantee to shut our office down for 2 days... I love it when it snows down here...cause there is hardly any traffic on the road...

the licencse looks the same...My license Expires on 3-15-2017 and my greencard expired on 2018...The license doesnt look any different... but in everyone liceense there is a Restriction and endorsment when i had K3 visa the Restriction were none... but now since i had a green card the restriction is no.9 which means legal permament resident on it..

Other than application take 11 months to process in that 10 months were spend in dust collection and 1 month in processing so i didnt have any problems with the dmv... and since i had got my first green card 2006 the uscis had way enough time to update it...but i dont remember having any problems when i went to update status soon after i got my first green card in 2006... I didnt get any letter everything went smoothly and by Feb 18 I got my new card and i didnt wait a long time to go and update it either...and it was fast...

I am not sure whether the cops ask for green and i dont want to find out the hard way... but i am seen cops that land behind me start checking for everybody license plate no's.. and i am sure that the immigration stuff should come up too... actually not cause their systems arent connected.. but NC is pretty harsh when it comes to immigration i think so and that is what i have heard about too...

So i dont know what happened now..

What are u guys going to do with all the letters that the uscis sent?? Keep them burn them? or what..My husband told me to keep it so that we can explain to kids how screwed up the uscis is

Anyways thanks for all the answers.

Regards,

Karen

Ant,

The first time I need a ssn to work it took around 6 months for the SSA to verify it from the USCIS and until then i couldnt get a SSN no. nor i could get my license...

When i first got my license in oct 2005 I was still a K3 visa holder so that time the DMV didnt put any restriction on my License. I went in on Feb to renew my license and since i had a permament resident card they decided to put to a restriction that i am a legal permament resident and then said to come back when i get my Citizenship...

The reason i had first been to the DMV is that incase i get stopped by a cop which i know is possible he will ask me my green card and since i dont have a green and great ol USCIS records still say i am permanent resident..I would have to spend sometime in prison for not being able to produce my green card cause i had to give it up...or for showing a fake naturization certificate

I went to the SSA office yest and she too checked with the USCIS and its still the same so she gave me a letter its going to take 4 weeks for them to get back with me...

I made a appt with the USCIS on monday at 8:15am.. and i am going to demand that they update their status cause i dont want to be spending time in Jail because they cannot do their work.. everybody suggested I stop speeding...everyone speeds in charlotte otherwise u get run over...

Heck i went to the dmv at 4:00pm (closes at4:30pm) and they gave me a call next day around 1pm...and i am pretty sure that the dmv is busy than the charlotte uscis office.. why cant i recieve the same nice service from the USCIS...

My colleagues that came for the Ceremony too said that they guys up in the uscis office in charlotte could have done a better job with the ceremony...

So on Monday i am going to call the DMV lady from the USCIS office(she said to call her soon after i amout from their office she went to the extent of giving me her direct no..) and i am going show them a letter from the SSA.. about it...Now the USCIS have 2 strikes from different Govt agencies..

Any ways i think i am done venting... will let u know what happens on Monday evening...

I have

Thanks,

SO i will go to the SSA office in the lunch break and update my status with the SSA

Kathyrn,

Thanks for the answer... so should i wait for few days and then make a infopass appt?

waiting2008,

I think its something to do with NC Field Offices cause when i was in for my inteview she asked me questions as to where does ur husband live, and she wanted to see him. When i told her he was in the waiting room she printed out the approval paper and asked me to call him to the door....

Thank God i dragged him with me to the interview just incase they pulll this stunt...and when he met him at the waiting room he was asked to see his Drivers licencse just to prove that we have been staying in the same houseand then i had towait to get my oath letter...

goodluck

Thought i was done with the USCIS...Not yet...

They havent updated my status... I am still listed as a Legal permament Resident....

Cause yest i had been to the DMV to remove my LPR Status from my License.. so i took the certificate(forgot to sign it) but later signed it...

Today i got a call from the DMV saying that i need to call the USCIS and update my status as being a citizen until then they wont send me my drivers license ...when they issue the certificate why cant they update their system..

The infamous line is good for nothing they dont know to check for anything i would have to make an infopass appointment to tell them to do their job...

I am seeing a trend where the uscis issues something and doesnt update the status... the same thing happened tome soon after i gotmy EAD.. whatever they send to the SS office didnt make it...it took me 6 months to get my SSN because the system sucked...

I am going to the SS office to Change my status tomm if that doesnt workout i will contact my congresswoman..

I was so happy in the morning and when i heard the news from the dmv i wanted to wring some necks today...

on the bright side my computer is fixed

Thanks,

Karen

I heard its suppose to snow and we all want it to snow...

UPDATE..

Thought i was done with the USCIS...Not yet...

They havent updated my status... I am still listed as a Legal permament Resident....

Cause yest i had been to the DMV to remove my LPR Status from my License.. so i took the certificate(forgot to sign it) but later signed it...

Today i got a call from the DMV saying that i need to call the USCIS and update my status as being a citizen until then they wont send me my drivers license ...when they issue the certificate why cant they update their system..

The infamous line is good for nothing they dont know to check for anything i would have to make an infopass appointment to tell them to do their job...why me....

I am going to the SS office to Change my status tomm if that doesnt workout i will contact my congresswoman..

I was so pissed today...

I am finally a US Citizen with some technical difficulties at the ceremony..

I headed out of the office at 11:00 am and met my husband, Father inlaw and Mom at home at 11:30.. We I pick my paper work and we head out to the USCIS office in charlotte, NC and the Ceremony was at 12:30..

We got there at 12:00pm and shortly thereafter my bosses boss, the HR of the Company i work for and one of my Colleague arrived to attend the ceremony..

We had to wait in line until the we clear security just like an airport... where you got to remove your shoes and walk in thru the metal detector...

Once that was done i had to go a different room were they collected the paper work for the oath and the Green cards (have 2 based on the 3 yrs marriage) and then we were made to stand inline and we went to room 106 where all the other family members and friend of the applicants were seated.. When we were going to the seat they gave us the naturalization certificated and they had a envelope on the seat.. The envelope contained things as to sponsor ppl, a flag, a copy of the declaration of independence and The Citizen's Almanac and some information about the passport, voters registration..

After all the 86 applicants from 44 different countries were situated in their places... they started the ceremony by a small talk, a video and the national anthem...and then they called out each country and we had to stand up and when they had called all the countries the made us take the oath of alegiance and then everyone including the family members had to take the pledge of Alegeiance...

then We saw 2 videos and the speech of the president.. and that was it.. the lady who conducted the ceremony told us that "you need to check your certificate carefully cause if we find anything after we get off the building we would have to pay some fee and it would take 6 months to get the certificate" and she also said she knew that many of us there were glad to be done with the USCIS... and looked like many of them agreed with it...My husband, mom, father in law and I checked the certificate to see that there was nothing wrong

The ppl at the USCIS were thinking that they need a new projector and they said that they were conducting this in a different way... but i thought that their equipment... cause they had a tough time rewinding and forwarding the vidoes and they were freezing... but hey they take so much money in the form of fees so they better have a good equipment... atleast run the thing before so that they know its going to work... looked like there were making a fool of themselves...

The Cermony ended around 2:30pm ish and then we got some lunch and then headed to the doctors office and my first stop was the dmv and I removed the Permanent resident Restriction on my license and also registered to Vote at the DMV... I will go to the SS office tomm in my lunch break..

So that was how my day was.. it was pretty good and i was happy and i think the ceremony (though with some technical difficulties) went well..

I also want to take this opporunity to Thank every one at VJ for being helpful in my journey with the USCIS through all the ups and down(lot of downs) I had with the USCIS..

Thank you every one and good luck with your Visa Journey...

Thanks,

Karen

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N-400 October 2009 Applicants

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USCIS Lewisville,Texas Lockbox

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wmand.............10/01/09..10/05/09..10/11/09..10/30/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..Columbus, OH

tenmex............10/02/09..10/13/09..10/15/09..11/05/09..11/18/09..12/30/09..--/--/--..Memphis, TN

Karenros..........10/03/09..10/13/09..10/07/09..10/30/09..11/23/09..12/15/09..01/06/10..Charlotte, NC

Together..........10/03/09..10/09/09..10/08/09..11/02/09..11/20/09..12/15/09..12/15/09..Atlanta, GA

abimbola82........10/05/09..10/08/09..10/08/09..10/29/09..11/10/09..01/08/10..--/--/--..San Antonio, TX

faisalb...........10/05/09..10/08/09..10/08/09..11/03/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..New York, NY

tnh9479...........10/06/09..10/08/09..10/08/09..11/06/09..11/30/09..01/04/10..--/--/--..West Palm Beach, FL

rohitsakp.........10/09/09..--/--/--..10/15/09..11/30/09..12/08/09..01/12/10..--/--/--..Buffalo, NY

RichardS..........10/15/09..10/20/09..10/21/09..12/04/09..12/17/09..01/19/10..--/--/--..Atlanta, GA

Larry and Maria...10/20/09..--/--/--..10/26/09..11/17/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..Tampa, FL

mrosenberg........10/24/09..--/--/--..10/29/09..11/19/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..Boston, MA

flsusi............10/23/09..10/26/09..10/29/09..11/17/09..12/20/09..01/19/10..--/--/--..Miami, FL

insearch..........10/23/09..10/27/09..10/29/09..11/09/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..Newark, NJ

Lissa04...........10/26/09..10/29/09..10/29/09..11/17/09..12/07/09..01/11/10..--/--/--..Fairfax, VA

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USCIS Phoenix,Arizona Lockbox

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UserName..........Sent......ChkCashd..NOA.......Fprints...Int Ltr...Intview...Oath......Office

calOC.............10/05/09..10/13/09..10/13/09..11/04/09..11/23/09..01/12/10..--/--/--..Santa Ana, CA

clocita...........10/09/09..10/19/09..10/16/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..San Diego, CA

cali_girl.........10/13/09..10/21/09..10/20/09..11/09/09..12/10/09..01/15/10..--/--/--..Sacramento, CA

Innuendo..........10/13/09..10/22/09..10/20/09..11/10/09..11/24/09..12/22/09..01/08/10..Las Vegas, NV

Elle..............10/19/09..10/28/09..10/27/09..11/16/09..12/18/09..02/04/10..--/--/--..Chicago, IL

Mr. Li............10/26/09..11/04/09..11/04/09..11/20/09..01/02/10..02/02/10..--/--/--..Sacramento, CA

hrithikjc100......10/28/09..10/29/09..10/30/09..12/03/09..--/--/--..--/--/--..--/--/--..Chicago, IL

maika tereza......10/15/09..10/22/09..--/--/--..11/12/09..12/26/09..02/01/10..--/--/--..Los Angeles, CA

I would put them in the same envelope but seperate each application in a small yellow jacket file and put ur A# and N-400 on each jacket so that they know...they are two different applications in there

Thanks for the answers and Merry Christmas everyone...

I will take a copy, go to the SSN office, then Passport office, the DMV and voters registration.. Cause on the back of my drivers licence it says legal to stay until 2017... and they told me to come back and change it when i get my citizenship...

Call USCIS and tell them what a sh1tty information service they have.

I think they have heard enough and they know about it.. cause if u see my timeline all my other application have taken a year to 10 months to be processed but the citizenship was done in record time...

Hi,

I am going to take my oath on Jan 6.. So i was wondering after the cermony should i go to SSN office first or should i go to the dmv first?

what did you guys do??

Thanks,

Karen

take ur ssn card...

When person X goes to the citizenship interview, there will be a divorce decree and a new marriage certificate. Will have to wait and see what happens. I think that person X needs to just state that yes got married, got divorced and getting married again. It is what it is, cant plan the life around what immigration may or may not think...

i dont think it works like that... when u go for interview you cannot submit a different marriage certificate you will have to be married to the same guy in order to get citizenship esp if your going to apply based on the 3 yr rule..

but something here looks fishy...

Mine took 9 months to process... but i think its time to the senator or your local congressman involved... you may get a answer faster and you will get the real answer as to why they are taking so long... goodluck...

Yeah i thought it was weird too.. but they didnt seperate us at the AOS interview.. I think the IO who interviewed me hadnt interviewed any marriage based cases so may be she was curious...

Congrats on becoming a citizen

Hi everyone,

I had a interview at Charlotte,NC and everything went good here are the details...

I went to pick my husband at work around 9:30 am.. We reached the office around 10:10am or so. my interview was at 10:30am..

We checked in and submitted my form to the lady and then waited until 11:30 for my name to be called...looks like there were around 5 -6 ppl who were there for the Citizenship interview but looks like none of them were there based on marriage cause they were alone and had no significant other...

I was called in around 11:30am and i had to take a oath to the tell the truth..

She asked me to give her my green card, Drivers licencse and passport and then she asked to read a sentence that said

Who can Vote.and told me to write.. only citizens can vote.

Then she asked 7 question yeah i got one wrong...and then we went through the application.. looked like she knewthe application thoroughly cause while she was doing other things like preparing my picture forme to sign she was going through the application...

She asked me some questions as to when was the last time i went out of the country and she looked in the passport for the date it was stamped... and asked if i am still married to the same person... and where does my husband live...

and then she recommended my application for approval.. she gave me notice that she has approved my application and she is going to give it to her supervisor for final approval... She also asked me where my husband was and I told her that he was sitting in the waiting room and then she wanted to meet him.. when she met him she asked him whether we are still married and asked for his drivers licence so that she could verify that he had the same address listed or what...

I had to wait in the waiting room until the decision was made and then she came out and handed the Letter for my naturalization ceremony... which is going to be on Jan 6 2010 at 12:30 pm and told me to be there...

I am so close being done with them...

Thanks,

Karen