Infopass at Boston office

[TayRivers 4]

I went to an infopass appointment this morning at Boston office, I wanted to know why people who filed a month after I did have recieved their interview appointments and I have not.

I filed on Aug 11th 2008 and did my Biometrics on Sept 13th 2008. I had noticed that people going through Boston office who filed in Sept 2008 already had their interview appointments for Dec 2008, and this is what I was told.

All my checks have come back and cleared, so my case is ready to be scheduled for interview, but it is Boston offices practice to not issue interview appointments until after the 3rd anniversary of LPR status. So because my 3rd anniversary was only on Nov 11th I should be scheduled for interview in the next block of dates to be opened, that will be for Jan 2009.

So the waiting continues.

[sakura888 0]

hi TayRivers,

I am a little bit confused, did I understand it correctly that when you applied for naturalization, you were not yet on the 3rd year of your LPR status? Can someone file for naturalization when that person has not yet been a legal permanent resident for at least 3 years if married to an american citizen? I am assuming here that you are, maybe I am wrong. Forgive me for assuming, I am just curious on your case because like you, I've been waiting for my interview letter. It has been more than 2months since my biometrics. I've been a resident for over 3 years now and is married to a US citizen.

This whole process is a whole lot of waiting and waiting and waiting... I cant wait to get through this.

Thanks a lot.

I went to an infopass appointment this morning at Boston office, I wanted to know why people who filed a month after I did have recieved their interview appointments and I have not.

I filed on Aug 11th 2008 and did my Biometrics on Sept 13th 2008. I had noticed that people going through Boston office who filed in Sept 2008 already had their interview appointments for Dec 2008, and this is what I was told.

All my checks have come back and cleared, so my case is ready to be scheduled for interview, but it is Boston offices practice to not issue interview appointments until after the 3rd anniversary of LPR status. So because my 3rd anniversary was only on Nov 11th I should be scheduled for interview in the next block of dates to be opened, that will be for Jan 2009.

So the waiting continues.

[TayRivers 4]

hi TayRivers,

I am a little bit confused, did I understand it correctly that when you applied for naturalization, you were not yet on the 3rd year of your LPR status? Can someone file for naturalization when that person has not yet been a legal permanent resident for at least 3 years if married to an american citizen? I am assuming here that you are, maybe I am wrong. Forgive me for assuming, I am just curious on your case because like you, I've been waiting for my interview letter. It has been more than 2months since my biometrics. I've been a resident for over 3 years now and is married to a US citizen.

This whole process is a whole lot of waiting and waiting and waiting... I cant wait to get through this.

Thanks a lot.

I went to an infopass appointment this morning at Boston office, I wanted to know why people who filed a month after I did have recieved their interview appointments and I have not.

I filed on Aug 11th 2008 and did my Biometrics on Sept 13th 2008. I had noticed that people going through Boston office who filed in Sept 2008 already had their interview appointments for Dec 2008, and this is what I was told.

All my checks have come back and cleared, so my case is ready to be scheduled for interview, but it is Boston offices practice to not issue interview appointments until after the 3rd anniversary of LPR status. So because my 3rd anniversary was only on Nov 11th I should be scheduled for interview in the next block of dates to be opened, that will be for Jan 2009.

So the waiting continues.

You can apply for Citizenship 90 days before the 3rd anniversary of your LPR and that is what we did. We sent the application on Aug 11th 2008 and the 3rd anniversary of the LPR was on Nov 9th 2008.

I do know that some offices will conduct the interview before the 3rd anniversary but make you wait for the oath ceremony until after the 3rd anniversary but the officer told us yesterday that in Boston the will not schedule your appointment until after the 3rd anniversary.

We hope to hear in the next few weeks about an appointment. The officer did say it would be in January.

[silanone 0]

I applied in June 2008 (from Boston), 90 days prior to the 3-year anniv of my conditional PR approval date. I was sent an interview letter for Oct 1, which was cancelled. I have not heard anything sense. So I'm in the same boat. Perhaps they're waiting to give me a date after the anniv of the date on which my I-751 was approved....who knows.

Edited November 22, 2008 by silanone