STILL No Oath Letter!

[licianne 0]

My husband's interview was in West Palm Beach on August 13th. He passed and the interviewer told him to expect the oath letter in 2 weeks to a month, and that it should be in time for him to vote.

We still haven't heard anything and I am starting to freak out. Especially because we are going out of town for a wedding at the beginning of October.

I have an Infopass scheduled for next week.

Does anyone have any experience with the West Palm Beach timeline?

[akdiver 3]

My husband's interview was in West Palm Beach on August 13th. He passed and the interviewer told him to expect the oath letter in 2 weeks to a month, and that it should be in time for him to vote.

Well, gee....it has not yet been a month. I dunno what you're freaking out about....and if you think your vote actually counts for anything - well - now THAT is something to freak out about.

[NickD 202]

My husband's interview was in West Palm Beach on August 13th. He passed and the interviewer told him to expect the oath letter in 2 weeks to a month, and that it should be in time for him to vote.

Well, gee....it has not yet been a month. I dunno what you're freaking out about....and if you think your vote actually counts for anything - well - now THAT is something to freak out about.

I can understand her state of frustration, we were in a state of semi-permanency with a new five year foreign passport and a ten year green card. But when you are called in for your interview and have no idea when this started process will finish with a simple oath letter. You are back in limbo again. Let bygones be bygones when my wife received her certificate last Wednesday, but was a bit disturbed when our field office had all the tools to issue my wife her oath after her interview, but her interviewer said they did not, that was a lie. When you are waiting for that oath letter, each day becomes an eternity again, because you cannot make plans. Said the hell with it, picked up the phone and called my senator's office and got some quick action.

In the civics test the single most important factor to becoming a USC is the right to vote and since an election is coming up, that is the reason I used and it worked. You don't use logic, you use what works. And we both know that the two parties will use every dirty trick in the book to get your vote, it's a shame that is the way it is, but that is the way it is.

Took my wife in yesterday with her certificate to register to vote, was a bit shocked when they didn't want to see it, just her driver's license for proof of residency. But she had to fill out a form swearing she was a USC and if found out she wasn't, would be in deep trouble. Ha, wife's first question is where can she apply for a government job, since she also works with governmental agencies, well aware of the additional benefits, but learned to get those benefits, has to be on the federal level.

While the hospital and clinic where she works is one big building, each has it's own legal and administration departments. Each said they need a copy of her certificate for their records that she is a USC and made copies for their records, said it was the law.

Decided to hold off on SS and apply for the passport first, have an appointment set up for 8:00AM Monday morning. Have to read the DS-11 instructions again, saw the word legible, but have yet to see the word, original, well doesn't make any difference, they want the original, kind of ties your hands when you need that certificate for other stuff.

Sounds like to me that licianne's husband got the same kind of dingbat interviewer like my wife did, the kind that make their own rules because they don't know ####### about their job. That is where the luck comes in and you have to take extra steps to get out of that state of limbo.

With other agencies, especially for the technical ones, they will hire anybody with a degree in either the arts or basket weaving, don't know #######, but have the authority, never was fun in having to work with people like that. In a like manner, people are put in charge because they helped the president get elected that also don't know #######, and they wonder why there are problems.

[NatHug 1]

I don't know about your area but you if you know the city where you are going for the oath ceremony you can call the US District Court and ask them when the next scheduled oath ceremony is. This will give you a date and normally you will get a letter about two weeks before..

[coloradogirl 0]

Well, my husband didn't make his oath ceremony, the letter came about 6 - 7 days after his interview, and he had left for morocco in the meantime, thinking it would take a long time. What a predicament! All I could do was type the letter explaining the situation and send it along with the oath letter. That oath ceremony was on August 20th in Denver. Mid last week in the mail arrived a notice of action that said: "This is to advise you that, as requested, we have canceled the Oath Ceremony appointment on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 9:15am for the above applicant. We will advise you of anyfurther action taken on this case, including any rescheduled Oath Ceremony appointment information, under separate notice." The NOA was dated August 29th. My heart kind of sunk at the 'advise you of any further action' part. I could only wonder what that meant! And I was so angry with him for not waiting it out! I still am.....

Then yesterday in the mail arrived another 'invitation' (as I call it) to attend the Oath Ceremony held on Tuesday, September 23rd at 8:45am at another place in Denver. He WILL NOT miss this one!

I hope this information is helpful for others who are facing a similar situation.

I have a question though, all the boxes except for 'other' are checked on the letter. Doesn't he need to take just take his 10 yr. gc? What other immigration documents are they talking about? And he won't have a reentry permit.

Thanks!

[cal 0]

Well, my husband didn't make his oath ceremony, the letter came about 6 - 7 days after his interview, and he had left for morocco in the meantime, thinking it would take a long time. What a predicament! All I could do was type the letter explaining the situation and send it along with the oath letter. That oath ceremony was on August 20th in Denver. Mid last week in the mail arrived a notice of action that said: "This is to advise you that, as requested, we have canceled the Oath Ceremony appointment on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 9:15am for the above applicant. We will advise you of anyfurther action taken on this case, including any rescheduled Oath Ceremony appointment information, under separate notice." The NOA was dated August 29th. My heart kind of sunk at the 'advise you of any further action' part. I could only wonder what that meant! And I was so angry with him for not waiting it out! I still am.....

Then yesterday in the mail arrived another 'invitation' (as I call it) to attend the Oath Ceremony held on Tuesday, September 23rd at 8:45am at another place in Denver. He WILL NOT miss this one!

I hope this information is helpful for others who are facing a similar situation.

I have a question though, all the boxes except for 'other' are checked on the letter. Doesn't he need to take just take his 10 yr. gc? What other immigration documents are they talking about? And he won't have a reentry permit.

Thanks!

Well now im worried. I had my interview in denver back in july and still waiting on oath letter. I didnt get one for Augusts ceremony and looks like i missed out on september too. I did tell them i would be out of town till the 19th sept so maybe that messed something up. You must have got your letter on the 7th. Ugh...what can I do now????

[licianne 0]

Whew! Got the Oath Letter on 9/11, just shy of a month from the interview. Our oath ceremony is on 9/24/08!

[ilovecookies 0]

good for you! i got my letter 3 months after the interview, so you're doing really good!