November 2008 Filers

[vital2006 0]

Dear k1spain...you can write to your representative/and or senator and request them for the status of your application. They can tell you if your application is up for an interview or not.

All the best,

I am starting to think they forgot about me... and getting ready to call USCIS.

[Goran 2]

Updating statistics....

Some statistics for September, October, November, December and January filers as of 6:00PM, Monday, February 23:

Days between application sent and NOA:

........................Min.......Max.......Average...Median

September filers....3.........23................9...........8 (n=19)

October filers........4.........62...............15..........14 (n=20)

November filers.....4.........22...............10..........10 (n=23)

December filers.....4.........26...............12..........12 (n=26)

January filers........5.........16...............11..........11 (n=17)

Days between application sent and Biometrics appointment:

........................Min.......Max.......Average...Median

September filers...24.........51..............32..........31 (n=21)

October filers.......19.........84..............40..........37 (n=17)

November filers....23.........43..............31..........30 (n=19)

December filers....25.........71..............37..........34 (n=21)

January filers.......26.........36..............31..........31 (n=14)

Days between application sent and Interview appointment:

........................Min.......Max.......Average...Median

September filers...75........152............119.......121 (n=17)

October filers.......76........164............119.......115 (n=17)

November filers....92.......151............117........111 (n=17)

December filers....83.......133............109........112 (n=14)

January filers.......70.........70.............70..........70 (n=1)

Days between application sent and Oath appointment (COMPLETION):

........................Min.......Max.......Average...Median

September filers..120........187............162.......162 (n=10)

October filers......114........154............126.......125 (n=7)

November filers...117.......127............122........122 (n=2)

December filers...XXX.......XXX...........XXX.......XXX (n=0)

January filers......XXX.......XXX...........XXX.......XXX (n=0)

[Moe_lisa 0]

Hi All,

We had our interview today. Arrived in K.C. early. Was called back for interview early. Was a woman officer doing the interview. She asked him 6 questions from the new test which he got correctly. They had him read one sentence and write one sentence. THey went over his paperwork on the N400 and printed out the form for him to sign on the name change. He was approved for citizenship. Was told that the oath will be 1 - 2 months from now. It was very easy and very simple. Did not take 15 mins at the most. We were stressing about the english and spelling words. THey used all from the list provided.

SO approved 2/23/09 YEAH!!!!!!

Good Luck to all that is still waiting!

Lisa & Moh

[vital2006 0]

Congratulations Moe_lisa on approval. All the best for oath letter.

Hi All,

We had our interview today. Arrived in K.C. early. Was called back for interview early. Was a woman officer doing the interview. She asked him 6 questions from the new test which he got correctly. They had him read one sentence and write one sentence. THey went over his paperwork on the N400 and printed out the form for him to sign on the name change. He was approved for citizenship. Was told that the oath will be 1 - 2 months from now. It was very easy and very simple. Did not take 15 mins at the most. We were stressing about the english and spelling words. THey used all from the list provided.

SO approved 2/23/09 YEAH!!!!!!

Good Luck to all that is still waiting!

Lisa & Moh

[rightd 0]

Good news from the Baltimore DO... My wife had her interview, was approved and took her oath this afternoon. We are DONE.

The day got off to a slow start... We arrived at the DO about a 1/2 hour early, but as it turned out they were running about 1.5 hours behind schedule. From the look of the waiting room they were not THAT busy, but such is life.

The interview itself was straightforward. They asked my wife 6 questions from a pre-printed list of 10, had her read and write a sentence, went over the information from the N-400 and told her she had been approved. The Officer gave her a "recommended for approval" form letter, a letter telling her to return for the oath ceremony that afternoon and also had her sign the front of one of her pictures (which later showed up on her Naturalization Certificate).

The ceremony was straightforward as well. A group of 38 participants (+ various family members) were brought to a large conference room that had been designated for that purpose. An Officer went over the packet of information that had been provided, said a few words and then handed proceedings over to an attending USCIS Supervisor. She said a few words, played the anthem, and then had the participants recite the oath and everyone recite the pledge of allegiance.

Afterwards the they handed out the Naturalization Certificates and everyone took pictures.

FWIW, the Officer told my wife that the Baltimore DO was conducting same-day oath ceremonies for people who have their interviews M-TH (and who are approved, of course).

If I left something out please feel free to ask...

[Moe_lisa 0]

Congrats to you to be finally done! I wished ours was the same day! Instead it will be another return long long drive for us for one more day. THey told us that the reason they did not have the oath the same day was that there is not a federal judge in the homeland security office building. This will be done later at the federal building in downtown kansas city. We will see after we get the oath letter!

Anways, Congrats on your success!

Lisa

Good news from the Baltimore DO... My wife had her interview, was approved and took her oath this afternoon. We are DONE.

The day got off to a slow start... We arrived at the DO about a 1/2 hour early, but as it turned out they were running about 1.5 hours behind schedule. From the look of the waiting room they were not THAT busy, but such is life.

The interview itself was straightforward. They asked my wife 6 questions from a pre-printed list of 10, had her read and write a sentence, went over the information from the N-400 and told her she had been approved. The Officer gave her a "recommended for approval" form letter, a letter telling her to return for the oath ceremony that afternoon and also had her sign the front of one of her pictures (which later showed up on her Naturalization Certificate).

The ceremony was straightforward as well. A group of 38 participants (+ various family members) were brought to a large conference room that had been designated for that purpose. An Officer went over the packet of information that had been provided, said a few words and then handed proceedings over to an attending USCIS Supervisor. She said a few words, played the anthem, and then had the participants recite the oath and everyone recite the pledge of allegiance.

Afterwards the they handed out the Naturalization Certificates and everyone took pictures.

FWIW, the Officer told my wife that the Baltimore DO was conducting same-day oath ceremonies for people who have their interviews M-TH (and who are approved, of course).

If I left something out please feel free to ask...

[vital2006 0]

rightD...Congratulations on approval and for the oath AND getting done...What a relief

One quick question, was your wife asked to show documents to strengthening the proof of marriage and/or anyother documents during the interview or they just went through the application.

I guess it depends on IO.

Thanks a lot for sharing the experience.

Good news from the Baltimore DO... My wife had her interview, was approved and took her oath this afternoon. We are DONE.

The day got off to a slow start... We arrived at the DO about a 1/2 hour early, but as it turned out they were running about 1.5 hours behind schedule. From the look of the waiting room they were not THAT busy, but such is life.

The interview itself was straightforward. They asked my wife 6 questions from a pre-printed list of 10, had her read and write a sentence, went over the information from the N-400 and told her she had been approved. The Officer gave her a "recommended for approval" form letter, a letter telling her to return for the oath ceremony that afternoon and also had her sign the front of one of her pictures (which later showed up on her Naturalization Certificate).

The ceremony was straightforward as well. A group of 38 participants (+ various family members) were brought to a large conference room that had been designated for that purpose. An Officer went over the packet of information that had been provided, said a few words and then handed proceedings over to an attending USCIS Supervisor. She said a few words, played the anthem, and then had the participants recite the oath and everyone recite the pledge of allegiance.

Afterwards the they handed out the Naturalization Certificates and everyone took pictures.

FWIW, the Officer told my wife that the Baltimore DO was conducting same-day oath ceremonies for people who have their interviews M-TH (and who are approved, of course).

If I left something out please feel free to ask...

[Moe_lisa 0]

Our officer asked him about his job and where he worked. She also asked him if we had bought a house together. His file was about 4 inches thick he said. He told her that we had and she looked for that papers and it was in the file. she said that is good. and he asked her if she wanted the originals that we had to bring. the only thing she looked at was my divorce papers from my ex husband, which was already in the file. She asked about the taxes, as we have not done this years yet, he told her that. She stated that was okay, that they had the last 3 years that we submitted. Other than that, she didnt ask for anything more than what we submitted. Of course we sent a lot of stuff, hoping that it would help and i guess it did.

Hope this helps....

Lisa

rightD...Congratulations on approval and for the oath AND getting done...What a relief

One quick question, was your wife asked to show documents to strengthening the proof of marriage and/or anyother documents during the interview or they just went through the application.

I guess it depends on IO.

Thanks a lot for sharing the experience.

Good news from the Baltimore DO... My wife had her interview, was approved and took her oath this afternoon. We are DONE.

The day got off to a slow start... We arrived at the DO about a 1/2 hour early, but as it turned out they were running about 1.5 hours behind schedule. From the look of the waiting room they were not THAT busy, but such is life.

The interview itself was straightforward. They asked my wife 6 questions from a pre-printed list of 10, had her read and write a sentence, went over the information from the N-400 and told her she had been approved. The Officer gave her a "recommended for approval" form letter, a letter telling her to return for the oath ceremony that afternoon and also had her sign the front of one of her pictures (which later showed up on her Naturalization Certificate).

The ceremony was straightforward as well. A group of 38 participants (+ various family members) were brought to a large conference room that had been designated for that purpose. An Officer went over the packet of information that had been provided, said a few words and then handed proceedings over to an attending USCIS Supervisor. She said a few words, played the anthem, and then had the participants recite the oath and everyone recite the pledge of allegiance.

Afterwards the they handed out the Naturalization Certificates and everyone took pictures.

FWIW, the Officer told my wife that the Baltimore DO was conducting same-day oath ceremonies for people who have their interviews M-TH (and who are approved, of course).

If I left something out please feel free to ask...

[haiti 0]

congratulations!!!!

Let's bring it on!

[vital2006 0]

Thank a lot Moe_lisa for the input.

All the best for the oath letter.

Our officer asked him about his job and where he worked. She also asked him if we had bought a house together. His file was about 4 inches thick he said. He told her that we had and she looked for that papers and it was in the file. she said that is good. and he asked her if she wanted the originals that we had to bring. the only thing she looked at was my divorce papers from my ex husband, which was already in the file. She asked about the taxes, as we have not done this years yet, he told her that. She stated that was okay, that they had the last 3 years that we submitted. Other than that, she didnt ask for anything more than what we submitted. Of course we sent a lot of stuff, hoping that it would help and i guess it did.

Hope this helps....

Lisa

rightD...Congratulations on approval and for the oath AND getting done...What a relief

One quick question, was your wife asked to show documents to strengthening the proof of marriage and/or anyother documents during the interview or they just went through the application.

I guess it depends on IO.

Thanks a lot for sharing the experience.

Good news from the Baltimore DO... My wife had her interview, was approved and took her oath this afternoon. We are DONE.

The day got off to a slow start... We arrived at the DO about a 1/2 hour early, but as it turned out they were running about 1.5 hours behind schedule. From the look of the waiting room they were not THAT busy, but such is life.

The interview itself was straightforward. They asked my wife 6 questions from a pre-printed list of 10, had her read and write a sentence, went over the information from the N-400 and told her she had been approved. The Officer gave her a "recommended for approval" form letter, a letter telling her to return for the oath ceremony that afternoon and also had her sign the front of one of her pictures (which later showed up on her Naturalization Certificate).

The ceremony was straightforward as well. A group of 38 participants (+ various family members) were brought to a large conference room that had been designated for that purpose. An Officer went over the packet of information that had been provided, said a few words and then handed proceedings over to an attending USCIS Supervisor. She said a few words, played the anthem, and then had the participants recite the oath and everyone recite the pledge of allegiance.

Afterwards the they handed out the Naturalization Certificates and everyone took pictures.

FWIW, the Officer told my wife that the Baltimore DO was conducting same-day oath ceremonies for people who have their interviews M-TH (and who are approved, of course).

If I left something out please feel free to ask...

[lomeshp 0]

A big congrats to Moe_Lisa and RightD

[lomeshp 0]

lomeshp let's hope that is the case. Looks to be very random though. Couple of posters in immigration.com forums were lucky to have oath on the same day. For some others that is not the case. Moving to the new USCIS office in Irving unfortunately was a setback for us as it has piled up lot of backogs for oath ceremony. Looks like lot of people from Nov and Dec are still waiting for their oath. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they clear all of them by the time we get around. Good luck.

For those of you going through Dallas, I've seen some post on other sites where they are saying, if you are not doing a nama change you can do Oath same day. Wil find out in a couple of weeks

Looks like people who have morning interview get same day interview. Ones who have afternoon interview are not getting this deal. What you think?

[hassan_debbie 4]

My husband passed his interview this morning and we are going back for the oath ceremony at 2pm. It was so easy, the guy didn't even ask to see anything we were asked to take to the interview. Just asked him 6 questions and had him write a sentence. It was funny when we saw this guy coming out to get people we both said oh he looks like John Mcain. He was a very nice guy.

Deb

[lomeshp 0]

My husband passed his interview this morning and we are going back for the oath ceremony at 2pm. It was so easy, the guy didn't even ask to see anything we were asked to take to the interview. Just asked him 6 questions and had him write a sentence. It was funny when we saw this guy coming out to get people we both said oh he looks like John Mcain. He was a very nice guy.

Deb

Great news!! Congratulations!

[lomeshp 0]

I am marking all those who have finished the journey (interview and oath) with red fonts...

Name.............Date sent....NOA1.....Biodate...Interview....Oath.....Center..Local Office..Check Cashed

MaryR............10/18/08...11/01/08...11/19/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...NSC....San Juan, PR....10/24/08

myfellah.........11/03/08...11/15/08...11/29/08...02/03/09...03/10/09...NSC....Columns,OH......11/10/08

ziia.............11/03/08...11/08/08...12/03/08...03/17/09...--/--/--...NSC....Chicago, IL.....--/--/--

RightD...........11/04/08...11/12/08...12/12/08...02/23/09...02/23/09...VSC....Baltimore, MD...11/10/08

rwj..............11/05/08...11/13/08...12/04/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...CSC....Reno, NV........11/13/08

phl_nov08........11/05/08...11/10/08...12/10/08...03/20/09...--/--/--...VSC....Philadelphia,PA.11/10/08

k1spain..........11/10/08...11/14/08...12/13/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...NSC....Detroit, MI.....11/12/08

hassan_debbie....11/06/08...11/15/08...12/04/08...02/24/09...02/24/09...TSC....Atlanta, GA.....11/10/08

asid.............11/07/08...11/20/08...12/06/08...04/07/09...--/--/--...VSC....Hartford, CT....11/14/08

duomi............11/07/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...03/03/09...--/--/--...VSC....Fairfax, VA.....11/19/08

JennySala........11/07/08...11/22/08...12/11/08...02/09/09...03/04/09...TSC....Houston, TX.....11/13/08

lomeshp..........11/10/08...11/21/08...12/04/08...03/03/09...--/--/--...TSC....Dallas, TX......11/17/08

Moe_Lisa.........11/10/08...11/18/08...12/10/08...02/23/09...--/--/--...NSC....St. Louis, MO...11/17/08

martingopher.....11/13/08...11/22/08...--/--/--...03/03/09...--/--/--...TSC....Dallas, TX......11/18/08

manty............11/14/08...11/24/08...12/18/08...03/27/09...--/--/--...VSC....Norfolk, VA.....11/17/08

bryand1..........11/15/08...11/22/08...12/10/08...03/05/09...--/--/--...CSC....L.A., CA........--/--/--

TridentMoss......11/15/08...11/19/08...--/--/--...02/17/09...--/--/--...VSC....Washington DC...11/19/08

mavsfans.........11/15/08...11/25/08...12/12/08...03/03/09...--/--/--...TSC....Dallas,TX.......11/25/08

chefdino.........--/--/--...11/20/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...???....????............--/--/-

vital2006........11/18/08...11/28/08...12/11/08...03/31/09...--/--/--...VSC....NYC, NY.........11/21/08

Brian-Charisma...11/20/08...12/12/08...12/24/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...VSC....Charlotte, NC...12/05/08

gennyangel.......11/20/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...CSC....Honolulu, HI....--/--/--

nzu..............11/20/08...12/01/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...CSC....Phoneix, AZ.....11/25/08

doodle...........11/24/08...12/10/08...01/06/09...--/--/--...--/--/--...TSC....Charlotte, NC...12/04/08

haiti............11/24/08...12/08/08...01/06/09...03/26/09...--/--/--...TSC....Charleston, SC..12/04/08

karotte..........11/28/08...12/12/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...--/--/--...CSC....S.F., CA........12/14/08

Merindah13.......11/28/08...12/04/08...12/26/08...--/--/--...--/--/--...VSC....GardenCity, NY..12/04/08