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My wife had her naturalization interview today at 9:40am in Fairfax, VA under section 319(b). Our trip got off to a bad start when United Airways lost my luggage on our flight from Frankfurt to Dulles. Luckily, my wife's luggage arrived safely but I was without clothes and toiletries for 4 days until my luggage was delivered last night.

We arrived at the USCIS office around 9am and parked across the street at the Metro Park and Ride parking lot. We cleared security and then went upstairs to the interview office. My wife wasn't called until around 10:30 so we spent about 1.5 hours waiting. The waiting room was full of people and there was quite a few immigration lawyers milling about. My wife was called and I nervously sat for about 30 minutes. Then my wife exited with the IO and called my name. I think my blood pressure spoked when she said I needed to go back to her office to go over some documents and answer some questions. Luckily, the IO only wanted a copy of our travel itinerary to see when we were schedule to depart the US.

The IO was super, super nice and we talked about her travels in Europe. She then finished all the documents and then said her supervisor needed to sign off on everything. She left for about 15 minutes and then returned with the Naturalization appointment letter for that afternoon at 2pm. We then went next door to a small cafe for lunch and returned for the naturalization ceremony check-in at 1pm. The ceremony started at 2pm and was finished around 3pm.

It was a long day but I'm very glad its all over! As far as questions, my wife was asked the following:

Who wrote the declaration of independence?

What are the 2 major political parties?

Which political party does the president belong to?

Name 3 of the original 13 colonies?

Name 1 native american tribe

She then showed a letter from my employer showing that I'm working in Germany, my military orders, and a couple other things. She also showed my military ID, passport, SOFA card, etc....

My wife and I have only been married for 14 months and she only had her green card for about 8 months. She's only visited the US for a total of 3 weeks and she's already an American citizen. Thats pretty amazing!

Hope it helps everyone and good luck to everyone!

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05/25/2009 - DCF I-130 in Kuwait

06/01/2009 - Approved by DHS/UCIS

06/01/2009 - Packet 3 received with approval email

07/05/2009 - Uzbek Police report received

07/07/2009 - Uzbek Police report authenticated by embassy

07/08/2009 - Medical Exams completed

07/30/2009 - Birth certificate translated and authenticated

08/12/2009 - Kuwait police certificate requested (10 days to process)

08/13/2009 - Sent email to embassy to request interview appointment date

08/16/2009 - Kuwait embassy responded with interview date

08/26/2009 - Interview for wife!!!

08/26/2009 - VISA APPROVED!!!!!!

09/01/2009 - Passport with visa and immigration package received by DHL

10/05/2009 - POE at DFW. No issues, very quick

10/15/2009 - Applied for SSN

10/15/2009 - Back to Kuwait to pack and move to Germany

Now working on expedited naturalization....

02/18/2010 - Now working in Germany. Filed N-400 under INA sectin 319(b)

02/24/2010 - Received in Lincoln, NE

03/17/2010 - Check Cashed

03/26/2010 - NOA received requesting additonal payment for Biometrics even through 2 fingerprint cards were supplied with the application.

03/29/2010 - Mailed additional check for $80

04/12/2010 - Biometrics check cashed

04/19/2010 - NOA received saying that payment for biometrics was received

05/11/2010 - Email alert saying case is now in Testing and Interview status. Waiting for interview appointment.

06/15/2010 - Passed Naturalization exam. Same day Oath Ceremony

06/17/2010 - Applied for US Passport

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My wife had her naturalization interview today at 9:40am in Fairfax, VA under section 319(b). Our trip got off to a bad start when United Airways lost my luggage on our flight from Frankfurt to Dulles. Luckily, my wife's luggage arrived safely but I was without clothes and toiletries for 4 days until my luggage was delivered last night.

We arrived at the USCIS office around 9am and parked across the street at the Metro Park and Ride parking lot. We cleared security and then went upstairs to the interview office. My wife wasn't called until around 10:30 so we spent about 1.5 hours waiting. The waiting room was full of people and there was quite a few immigration lawyers milling about. My wife was called and I nervously sat for about 30 minutes. Then my wife exited with the IO and called my name. I think my blood pressure spoked when she said I needed to go back to her office to go over some documents and answer some questions. Luckily, the IO only wanted a copy of our travel itinerary to see when we were schedule to depart the US.

The IO was super, super nice and we talked about her travels in Europe. She then finished all the documents and then said her supervisor needed to sign off on everything. She left for about 15 minutes and then returned with the Naturalization appointment letter for that afternoon at 2pm. We then went next door to a small cafe for lunch and returned for the naturalization ceremony check-in at 1pm. The ceremony started at 2pm and was finished around 3pm.

It was a long day but I'm very glad its all over! As far as questions, my wife was asked the following:

Who wrote the declaration of independence?

What are the 2 major political parties?

Which political party does the president belong to?

Name 3 of the original 13 colonies?

Name 1 native american tribe

She then showed a letter from my employer showing that I'm working in Germany, my military orders, and a couple other things. She also showed my military ID, passport, SOFA card, etc....

My wife and I have only been married for 14 months and she only had her green card for about 8 months. She's only visited the US for a total of 3 weeks and she's already an American citizen. Thats pretty amazing!

Hope it helps everyone and good luck to everyone!

Congratulations!!!

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

06/28/11 .. Mailed N-400 package via Priority mail with delivery confirmation

06/30/11 .. Package Delivered to Dallas Lockbox

07/06/11 .. Received e-mail notification of application acceptance

07/06/11 .. Check cashed

07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

09/13/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Interview scheduled

09/16/11 .. Received interview letter

10/19/11 .. Interview - PASSED

10/20/11 .. Received text/email: Oath scheduled

10/22/11 .. Received OATH letter

11/09/11 .. Oath ceremony

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Awesome! Your wife's process went really fast!

I'm going to apply for citizenship under the same sec 319 b and my husband works in Germay, too. Currently I'm waiting for the letter from an employer. Obviously, it's so much trouble for them, cause I've been waiting for a while.I can wait a little longer ,cause I'd be ready to fly to the States in a few months. We just came back from California and we're recovering financialy after that awesome vacation ;)

N-400 timeline (under sec. 319 b from overseas)

9/13/2010 - N-400 packet sent to Vermont

9/21/2010 - NOA

3/11/2011-after emailing Faifax Office: biometrics scheduled for 1 Apr, 2011 and interview date 6 Apr 2011

4/6/2011 - interview and oath ceremony

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  • 5 months later...

My wife had her naturalization interview today at 9:40am in Fairfax, VA under section 319(b). Our trip got off to a bad start when United Airways lost my luggage on our flight from Frankfurt to Dulles. Luckily, my wife's luggage arrived safely but I was without clothes and toiletries for 4 days until my luggage was delivered last night.

We arrived at the USCIS office around 9am and parked across the street at the Metro Park and Ride parking lot. We cleared security and then went upstairs to the interview office. My wife wasn't called until around 10:30 so we spent about 1.5 hours waiting. The waiting room was full of people and there was quite a few immigration lawyers milling about. My wife was called and I nervously sat for about 30 minutes. Then my wife exited with the IO and called my name. I think my blood pressure spoked when she said I needed to go back to her office to go over some documents and answer some questions. Luckily, the IO only wanted a copy of our travel itinerary to see when we were schedule to depart the US.

The IO was super, super nice and we talked about her travels in Europe. She then finished all the documents and then said her supervisor needed to sign off on everything. She left for about 15 minutes and then returned with the Naturalization appointment letter for that afternoon at 2pm. We then went next door to a small cafe for lunch and returned for the naturalization ceremony check-in at 1pm. The ceremony started at 2pm and was finished around 3pm.

It was a long day but I'm very glad its all over! As far as questions, my wife was asked the following:

Who wrote the declaration of independence?

What are the 2 major political parties?

Which political party does the president belong to?

Name 3 of the original 13 colonies?

Name 1 native american tribe

She then showed a letter from my employer showing that I'm working in Germany, my military orders, and a couple other things. She also showed my military ID, passport, SOFA card, etc....

My wife and I have only been married for 14 months and she only had her green card for about 8 months. She's only visited the US for a total of 3 weeks and she's already an American citizen. Thats pretty amazing!

Hope it helps everyone and good luck to everyone!

Hey, congrats on getting your wife naturalized thats awesome and so quick!

I do have a question thought, what is the 319(b) and is it just used for military spouses? Sorry for flinging this at you.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline

Thnaks for sharing your experience. Congratulations!

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Belgium
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Thanks for sharing. Congratulations! :dance:

Naturalization Journey

7/16/2010 N400 sent to Texas Lockbox

7/20/2010 Delivery Notification N400 Package

7/28/2010 Check Cashed

7/29/2010 NOA received per mail / Notice date = 7/26/2010

8/09/2010 NOA received per mail / FP / Notice date = 8/05/2010

9/03/2010 Fingerprints

9/27/2010 Yellow letter received per mail / Notice date = 9/23/2010

10/21/2010 Case touched and file send to local office

10/29/2010 NOA2 interview received per mail / FP / Notice date = 10/22/2010

11/23/2010 Citizenship Interview - APPROVED

11/23/2010 Oath Ceremony in Newark, NJ - U.S. CITIZEN

11/24/2010 Received my passport

11/24/2010 Took care of my SSC and Driver's License

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  • 2 years later...

It looks like all the 319bs are having better experiences in Fairfax, looks like thats where im going to request mine interview and oath be.

K1 Process 192 Days (From Mailing to POE)

Spoiler

08-17-2018 Mailed I-129F to Dallas, TX

08-20-2018 Delivered to Dallas, TX

08-23-2018 USCIS Text and email with Receipt #

08-27-2018 Received NOA1 Hard Copy

11-21-2018 CFO Interview- Passed. Received certificate and Receipt.

01-11-2019 Approved I129F. Received Text and Email. 

01-14-2019 NOA2 Hard Copy received- Stated Received date as 20Aug18, and NOA2 date as 10Jan19. DS-160 Submitted

01-25-2019 NVC Case Number by phone.

01-28-2019 Paid Visa Fee at BPI

01-29-2019 Scheduled Interview

02-05-2019 Case "In Transit" from NVC to USEM Philippines

02-07-2019 “Case Ready” at NVC 

02-08-2019 Received NVC Letter email

02-12-2019 Completed Medical

02-14-2019 Interview Passed

02-15-2019 Case Immigrant "Administrative Processing"

02-25-2019 Case “Nonimmigrant Administrative Processing”

02-27-2019 Visa Issued

03-04-2019 Visa On Hand

03-06-2019 CFO Sticker received

03-07-2019 POE Atlanta 

 

AOS Process

Spoiler

05-03-2019 Mailed AOS/EAD/AP

05-07-2019 Packet arrived to USCIS

05-28-2019 AOS Fee Charged to Card

05-29-2019 NOA Date

06-03-2019 Received NOA Receipts

06-07-2019 Biometrics Letter

06-17-2019 Biometrics appointment

08-07-2019 Ready to schedule interview

08-27-2019 Interview Scheduled

09-03-2019 Interview letter received.

09-18-2019 EAD Card in production 

09-19-2019 AP Approved

09-23-2019 EAD Card mailed

09-30-2019 EAD Card received 

10-04-2019 Interview passed/Card in production

 

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