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Filed: Country: Belarus
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My wife successfully had her scheduled citizenship interview on May 13. I went with her for morale support even though it was not required that I be there. The letter said for us to be at the Houston office at 7:40 AM. We got inside on time after waiting in line for security screening. (A tip: No cell phones and cameras allowed. You will not be allowed in with them. We already knew that and left the phones in the car.) We placed her letter in the box at the window and waited for her name to be called. She was called in a little after 8:00 AM and the interview took about 30 minutes. We were out of there before 9:00 AM.

She will have to wait for her official letter stating the date of her naturalization ceremony, but the interviewer told her that the next ceremony is on June 12 and most likely she will become a US citizen then. This is months earlier than we predicted when she filed in October 2007.

The interviewer asked her 10 civics questions out of the 96. She passed the English proficiency test easily. She was an English teacher in Belarus and the interviewer was impressed with that fact. The interviewer asked a lot of questions about my wife, me, and our marriage. The interviewer also looked at the documents my wife was required to bring, but did not keep any of them. We brought originals and copies.

That's it in a nutshell.

"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

Testimony to the House Immigration Subcommittee, February 24, 1995

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
Timeline
Posted

Congrats!! :dance:

U.S. CITIZEN SINCE MAY 8TH 2008

NATURALIZATION

28th july 2007 - N-400 mailed to VSC

(exactly on the 90th day mark...applications NOT returned although some scared me into thinking they could have!)

30th july 2007 - N-400 delivered to VSC

11th august 2007 - Delivery Confirmation receipt received

17th september 2007 - Money Order (FINALLY!) cashed

9th november 2007 - NOA! (notification period given 180 days)

21th november 2007 - Biometrics appointment letter

18th december 2007 - Biometrics appointment in Baltimore, MD completed

29th march 2008 - FINALLY received letter with interview date!

8th may 2008 H 8:40 AM - Interview in Baltimore-APPROVED!

8th may 2008 H 3:00 pm (yes same day, crazy!) Oath Ceremony in Baltimore

24th may 2008 - US Passport application mailed off

6th june 2008 - US Passport received in the mail!!!

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Philippines
Timeline
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My wife successfully had her scheduled citizenship interview on May 13. I went with her for morale support even though it was not required that I be there. The letter said for us to be at the Houston office at 7:40 AM. We got inside on time after waiting in line for security screening. (A tip: No cell phones and cameras allowed. You will not be allowed in with them. We already knew that and left the phones in the car.) We placed her letter in the box at the window and waited for her name to be called. She was called in a little after 8:00 AM and the interview took about 30 minutes. We were out of there before 9:00 AM.

She will have to wait for her official letter stating the date of her naturalization ceremony, but the interviewer told her that the next ceremony is on June 12 and most likely she will become a US citizen then. This is months earlier than we predicted when she filed in October 2007.

The interviewer asked her 10 civics questions out of the 96. She passed the English proficiency test easily. She was an English teacher in Belarus and the interviewer was impressed with that fact. The interviewer asked a lot of questions about my wife, me, and our marriage. The interviewer also looked at the documents my wife was required to bring, but did not keep any of them. We brought originals and copies.

That's it in a nutshell.

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Our Medical Experience

K1/K2 Interview Experience

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AOS/EAD/AP

09/11/09 *** Mailed to Chicago Lockbox

09/12/09 *** Received/signed by R.Mercado

09/17/09 *** NOA1 (AOS/EAD/AP)

09/21/09 *** NOA1 Hardcopy received (AOS/EAD/AP)

09/24/09 *** Biometrics Appointment Letter Rcvd 10/19, 11am

09/29/09 *** Appt. to correct typographic name error (referred for biometrics..done)

10/06/09 *** RFE: Form 1040 of recent tax yr

10/20/09 *** Processing resumed

10/21/09 *** Touched (AOS/EAD/AP)

10/22/09 *** Touched (AOS/EAD/AP)

10/27/09 *** Transferred to CSC (AOS)

10/28/09 *** Touched(AOS)

10/29/09 *** Notices sent: EAD card production, AP approved

10/30/09 *** Touched (EAD/AP)

11/02/09 *** Touched (AOS: processing resumes at CSC)

11/02/09 *** Touched (AP)

11/03/09 *** Touched (AP)

11/04/09 *** AP approval letter received

11/03/09 *** Card production (EAD)

11/04/09 *** Touched (AOS)

11/05/09 *** Touched (EAD)

11/06/09 *** Touched (AOS)

11/07/09 *** EAD Card received

12/07/09 *** Welcome Notice mailed

12/08/09 *** Card production (AOS)

12/10/09 *** Approval notice mailed

12/12/09 *** GREEN CARD received

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Philippines
Timeline
Posted
My wife successfully had her scheduled citizenship interview on May 13. I went with her for morale support even though it was not required that I be there. The letter said for us to be at the Houston office at 7:40 AM. We got inside on time after waiting in line for security screening. (A tip: No cell phones and cameras allowed. You will not be allowed in with them. We already knew that and left the phones in the car.) We placed her letter in the box at the window and waited for her name to be called. She was called in a little after 8:00 AM and the interview took about 30 minutes. We were out of there before 9:00 AM.

She will have to wait for her official letter stating the date of her naturalization ceremony, but the interviewer told her that the next ceremony is on June 12 and most likely she will become a US citizen then. This is months earlier than we predicted when she filed in October 2007.

The interviewer asked her 10 civics questions out of the 96. She passed the English proficiency test easily. She was an English teacher in Belarus and the interviewer was impressed with that fact. The interviewer asked a lot of questions about my wife, me, and our marriage. The interviewer also looked at the documents my wife was required to bring, but did not keep any of them. We brought originals and copies.

That's it in a nutshell.

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FILING FOR LIFTING OF CONDITION

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awesome news!! :thumbs:

Lord blessed be Your name!

K1:

NOA 1 - March 31 2004

NOA 2 - July 7

to Manila - July 30

called embassy for interview date - Aug 17

Recvd K packet - Aug 24

CFO - Sept 7

Medical - Sept 15 & 16

Interview - Oct 8

Visa on hand - Oct 13 YES! thank You God!

POE - October 23

AOS & EAD:

Marriage at the beautiful St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands - Nov 6

SSN - Nov 29

State ID - Dec 1

AOS & EAD applied for - Dec. 6

NOAs for AOS & EAD - recvd mail on Dec 15 but receipt date is Dec 8

got TD shot for AOS - Dec. 15 paid $15

passd written exam for DL- Jan 03 2005

Biometrics for EAD & AOS - Jan 10

Biometrics AGAIN (???) - Feb 2

EAD recved - Jan 29

recved AOS interview letter - march 2

AOS interview - april 27 SUCCESS!! Thank You so much God! You never fail.

welcome to America letter - may 2

recvd "green" card - may 5 2005

got driver's license - may 20

removing conditions:

lifting of conditions on GC - jan 31 2007

NOA date - february 06

recvd NOA - february 26

recvd biometrics apptmnt letter - march 2

biometrics appt - march 12

citizenship:

sent N-400: february 25, 2008

recved: february 27

priority date: february 27

notice date: march 4

recved NOA1: march 6

recved biometrics letter: march 10

biometrics: march 19

intrvw letter rec'd: april 3

intrvw: may 13 - APPROVED!

Oath - Sept. 17

US Passport - Sept 26

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
Timeline
Posted

Congratulations on being completely done with your journey! I'm so jealous. ^_^

Diana

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
Timeline
Posted

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My son named Zac

"My son's smile makes my day complete"

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MY K3 TIMELINE purple4.gifVid of how I prepared my interview documents purple.gifPapers that I brought on my USEM interview

AOS TIMELINE

06.17.2010 - submitted our papers

06.19.2010 - papers arrived at Chicago lockbox

06.24.2010 - Check cashed

06.28.2010 - NOA1 Hardcopy received (9 days from the day they got our papers)

07.05.2010 - Received Biometrics Schedule (July 26)

08.05.2010 - Biometrics done! (had to re-schedule from 7/26 to 8/5)

08.13.2010 - Got my interview letter

08.20.2010 - EAD card on production

09.06.2010 - Got my EAD Card (62 days)

09.07.2010 - Applied for SSN

09.14.2010 - SSN Card received

09.16.2010 - Interview schedule (APPROVED)

09.20.2010 - Welcome Notice Received ("Welcome to the USA")

09.25.2010 - 10 yr Green Card received! (98 days)

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
Timeline
Posted

Holy cow, ten civics questions? Everyone else that reported were only asked 5 or 6.

If they asked my wife to write down, "The patient’s bronchitis was exacerbated by pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis." She would also do okay as she is working as a medical translator, but I would flunk that test. Neither my wife or I can speak teenage, and I have a great deal of difficult speaking and writing USCIS that is also a new form of language.

Would be nice if your wife would post her experience, and great that you went in with her.

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Turkey
Timeline
Posted

Congratulations!!!!

12/30/1999 -marriage to a US Citizen

01/31/2005 - applied for AOS (sent documents to Chicago lockbox)

03/21/2005 - Biometrics and fingerprinting done in Norfolk

11/14/2005 - Interview letter dated November 7th is received

01/23/2006 - Interview at Washington DC - APPROVED

02/03/2006 - RECEIVED MY PERMENANT RESIDENT CARD

10/31/2008 - Filed N400 at TSC

11/04/2008 - Application Received

11/28/2008 - Fingerprinting done in Norfolk VA

02/23/2009 - Interview in Dallas TX - not enough evidence on marriage -given till 03/23/2009 to submit all the necessary documents

2009 - CITIZEN

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Russia
Timeline
Posted
My wife successfully had her scheduled citizenship interview on May 13. I went with her for morale support even though it was not required that I be there. The letter said for us to be at the Houston office at 7:40 AM. We got inside on time after waiting in line for security screening. (A tip: No cell phones and cameras allowed. You will not be allowed in with them. We already knew that and left the phones in the car.) We placed her letter in the box at the window and waited for her name to be called. She was called in a little after 8:00 AM and the interview took about 30 minutes. We were out of there before 9:00 AM.

She will have to wait for her official letter stating the date of her naturalization ceremony, but the interviewer told her that the next ceremony is on June 12 and most likely she will become a US citizen then. This is months earlier than we predicted when she filed in October 2007.

The interviewer asked her 10 civics questions out of the 96. She passed the English proficiency test easily. She was an English teacher in Belarus and the interviewer was impressed with that fact. The interviewer asked a lot of questions about my wife, me, and our marriage. The interviewer also looked at the documents my wife was required to bring, but did not keep any of them. We brought originals and copies.

That's it in a nutshell.

Congratulations!

We are close too. The struggle will be over soon :). I am planning on sending a N-600 for the kids to cross the T's and dot the I's.

Please fill in your TIMELINE!!!

I-751

10/19/2006 I-751 send to Vermont

11/07/2006 NOA (Kids)

12/01/2006 BIO Appointment (Kids)

04/02/2007 NOA (Wife dated 11/7)

04/11/2007 BIO (Wife 2nd )

06/07/2007 received all 3 approval emails

06/11/2007 Green cards in Mailbox

N-400

09/17/2007 N-400 sent to Vermont

09/20/2007 signed for

11/21/2007 Check Cashed

12/11/2007 Noaa mailed

12/14/2007 Noaa arrives in mailbox

12/15/2007 Biometrics letter in mailbox

12/29/2007 Biometrics Appointment

04/03/2008 Interview letter arrives

05/22/2008 Interview passed, But waiting on two A-Files to be integrated into one.

07/28/2008 Infopass Appointment

09/19/2008 Citizenship Ceremony

 
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