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Good luck to ramanusa, andresamina and seakayaker for the upcoming interview tomorrow!!! :star:

Good luck y'all. Please post your experiences

I just called USCIS and my interview is scheduled for July 23rd at 9:45. I haven't received the IL yet,as it was mailed on May 29. I'll post as soon I have it in hand. What a relief!! Yay!! :thumbs:

Tini27, I am so happy for you!!! Finally you got your IL too!!! :star::star::star::star::thumbs:

Well, tomorrow is the day for me... :help: I wish Ramanusa and Andresamina the best too. I am sure we all want this behind us and finally this group is getting closer to that point now. That is soooo great!!! Good luck my friends!!

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Thanks a lot!!!

Botipapa, Tini27 & Sekayaker for wishing me best of luck for tomorrow , my Interview time is 2pm (west coast) which is kind of late especially on east coast it will be 5 pm.. so my post about the Interview experience will probably come quite late in the evening tomorrow. Anyway best of luck to Andresamina and Sekayaker for tomorrow too! I hope everything goes fine for everybody regarding the interview on this forum!! :dance:

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Woohoo!! I'm so excited!! :wow: I really can't get over it, I know it's a piece of paper but it means NOT having to deal with USCIS ever ever ever again. That feels good.:D

@ WenRi, you're right, I can stop harrassing them on the phone :blush:

@ seakayaker,ramanusa and andersamina, all my prayers go to you. You'll be fine!

Good luck and please post your experiences

animated_us_flag.gifN-400 TIMELINE / NYC District Office

03/10/09--------SENT

03/16/09--------NOA priority date

03/24/09--------NOA DATE

04/01/09--------FP notice date

04/14/09--------FP DATE

06/01/09--------IL notice date

07/23/09--------IL DATE -----APPROVED

08/04/09--------Oath --------US CITIZEN

08/04/09--------Applied for passport

08/14/09--------Received passport

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Good Luck to everyone with interviews this week!

Mailed N-400 March 6th via priority certified mail and Rec'd 9th (confirmation by USPS)

NOA rec'd: 3/19/2009 (date 3/16/2009, priority 3/9/2009)

Biometrics rec'd 3/26/2009, appt 4/9/2009

IL: 5/22/09

ID: 07/06/2009

Oath: 07/16/2009

SSN updated: 7/16/2009 (not received yet)

Passport rec'd: 8/15/2009(nat. certif not rec'd yet)

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Adding my IL infos...

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UserName.... Sent.......NOA1.....Biometric..Int letter rec..Interview..Oath......Office

ramanusa.....02/28/09...03/11/09...03/31/09...04/25/09....06/02/09....--/--/--...Las Vegas, NV

andresamina..03/04/09...03/14/09...04/03/09...04/25/09....06/02/09....--/--/--...San Diego, CA

pure8heart...03/05/09...03/15/09...04/04/09...05/02/09....06/15/09....--/--/--...Portland, OR

Sheryll......03/13/09...03/20/09...04/18/09...05/01/09....06/17/09....--/--/--...Portland, OR

tariktchach..03/18/09...03/30/09...04/18/09...04/29/09....06/05/09....--/--/--...Indianapolis, IN

mikeH........03/23/09...04/03/09...04/30/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...San Jose, CA

ma2moiselle..03/24/09...03/31/09...04/27/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...Chicago, IL

anci78.......03/26/09...04/02/09...04/22/09...05/15/09....06/22/09....--/--/--...San Francisco,CA

meogia.......03/27/09...04/03/09...04/23/09...05/26/09....07/10/09....--/--/--...Los Angeles, CA

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UserName.... Sent.......NOA1.....Biometric..Int lettr rec..Interview..Oath......Office

perdesi......03/02/09...03/11/09...04/06/09...04/27/09....05/29/09....--/--/--...Fairfax, VA

silvershadow.03/03/09...03/12/09...04/03/09...05/08/09....07/20/09....--/--/--...Baltimore, MD

seakayaker...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/04/09...04/20/09....06/02/09....--/--/--...Boston, MA

ikyang.......03/05/09...03/13/09...04/07/09...05/16/06....06/17/09....--/--/--...Memphis, TN

Simo13.......03/05/09...03/21/09...04/08/09...04/16/09....06/24/09....--/--/--...Raleigh, NC

queendlee....03/06/09...03/16/09...04/09/09...05/22/09....07/06/09....--/--/--...Raleigh, NC

rajthebam....03/09/09...03/18/09...04/08/09...05/11/09....07/22/09....--/--/--...Newark, NJ

Tini27.......03/09/09...03/24/09...04/14/09...06/01/09....07/23/09....--/--/--...New York, NY

Krysia.......03/09/09...03/18/09...04/08/09...05/07/09....06/16/09....--/--/--...New York, NY

Jaeja........03/09/09...03/18/09...04/17/09...05/04/09....06/09/09....--/--/--...Houston, TX

okfir........03/10/09...03/17/09...04/17/09...05/08/09....06/17/09....--/--/--...New York, NY

botipapa.....03/11/09...03/23/09...XX/XX/XX...05/01/09....06/12/09....--/--/--...Miami, FL

MEKONG.......03/11/09...03/19/09...04/16/09...04/29/09....07/07/09....--/--/--...Orlando, FL

gyenigun.....03/11/09...03/20/09...04/16/09...05/29/09....07/01/09....--/--/--...Atlanta,GA

WenRI........03/13/09...03/24/09...04/15/09...04/24/09....06/04/09....--/--/--...Providence, RI

bluehills73..03/13/09...03/28/09...04/14/09...05/16/09....06/23/09....--/--/--...Tallahassee, FL

Teague719....03/13/09...04/01/09...04/20/09...05/01/09....06/06/09....--/--/--...Houston, TX

simonsays....03/16/09...03/25/09...04/16/09...05/15/09....06/17/09....--/--/--...Washington DC

lkorriku.....03/19/09...03/28/09...04/22/09...05/01/09....06/15/09....--/--/--...Boston, MA

shopfree4pc..03/20/09...03/27/09...04/17/09...05/11/09....07/31/09....--/--/--...Newark, NJ

Cookiee......03/23/09...03/31/09...04/24/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...Miami, FL

kiko.........03/23/09...03/31/09...04/21/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...Philadelphia, PA

merci08......03/25/09...04/01/09...04/23/09...06/01/09....08/12/09....--/--/--...Newark, NJ

nabbas.......03/30/09...04/02/09...04/29/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...San Antonio, TX

ttsully66....03/30/09...04/01/09...04/28/09...05/26/09....07/20/09....--/--/--...Oklahoma City, OK

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N-400 Timeline

Mar 25 09 - Mailed out N-400

Mar 26 - Priority Date

April 1 -NOA Date

April 6 - received NOA in the mail

April 23 - Fingerprint Appt

June 1 - IL Received

Aug 12 - Interview & Oath - PASSED!

I-751 Timeline

Feb 15 08 - Mailed out I-751

Feb 26 - Cashed check

Feb 28 - Received NOA

March 18 - Biometrics Appt

March 19 - "Touched"

October 9- "Touched"

October 14 - "Touched"

January 22 '09 - Approved!!

AOS Timeline

12/10/2004 Filed AOS to Newark

9/27/2005 Case transferred to CSC

12/2/2005 Notice Date of RFE for Medical

2/1/2006 Sent back Medical RFE docs to CSC

2/2 CSC received RFE docs

2/7 Touched

2/8 Touched

3/9 Touched

3/10 Touched

4/20 Another Medical RFE for properly filled out I693

5/10 sent out RFE docs

5/19 case APPROVED

5/26 errorfree Green Card in the mail

Application to Lift Conditions February 19, 2008

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Congratulations merci08!!!

Kiko, cookiee, mikeh , nabbas & ma2moiselle, keep us posted.

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03/10/09--------SENT

03/16/09--------NOA priority date

03/24/09--------NOA DATE

04/01/09--------FP notice date

04/14/09--------FP DATE

06/01/09--------IL notice date

07/23/09--------IL DATE -----APPROVED

08/04/09--------Oath --------US CITIZEN

08/04/09--------Applied for passport

08/14/09--------Received passport

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:dance: The interview is now completed!! Feels good indeed.

Here is a short summary of how it was.

Got to the location 30 minutes early. Not a soul was there other than me.... huh, this was nice (I don't like crowds). Later a few others showed up but it was a very "cozy" atmosphere. They let me in almost on the minute according to my appointment time. The interview was very relaxed and the officer was really friendly. I started off with writing a sentence that he said. After that he asked me the civics questions. It went fine. Then we went over the form and made sure all entries were correct. It was very quick. The whole thing took about 15 minutes. He then asked if I would be available on July 4th for the oath ceremony... Duh, YES! I said I had in fact hoped for that date. Cool. I later joked with my wife that I should had said: "July 4th, that is so great, the day after Independence Day..." :rofl:

As I had read here many times, relax, the interview is nothing to worry about. I had a box full of documents with me, but I didn't need to show anything.

Before I left they even gave me a form for a passport application. They said that there will be staff at hand collecting them directly after the ceremony. That is so great! Man, this whole process has been such a treat (I mean it!).

Cheers!

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Watch me struggle at the piano with a piece from the French movie Amélie on YouTube:

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Adding my Oath date.

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UserName.... Sent.......NOA1.....Biometric..Int letter rec..Interview..Oath......Office

ramanusa.....02/28/09...03/11/09...03/31/09...04/25/09....06/02/09....--/--/--...Las Vegas, NV

andresamina..03/04/09...03/14/09...04/03/09...04/25/09....06/02/09....--/--/--...San Diego, CA

pure8heart...03/05/09...03/15/09...04/04/09...05/02/09....06/15/09....--/--/--...Portland, OR

Sheryll......03/13/09...03/20/09...04/18/09...05/01/09....06/17/09....--/--/--...Portland, OR

tariktchach..03/18/09...03/30/09...04/18/09...04/29/09....06/05/09....--/--/--...Indianapolis, IN

mikeH........03/23/09...04/03/09...04/30/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...San Jose, CA

ma2moiselle..03/24/09...03/31/09...04/27/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...Chicago, IL

anci78.......03/26/09...04/02/09...04/22/09...05/15/09....06/22/09....--/--/--...San Francisco,CA

meogia.......03/27/09...04/03/09...04/23/09...05/26/09....07/10/09....--/--/--...Los Angeles, CA

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UserName.... Sent.......NOA1.....Biometric..Int lettr rec..Interview..Oath......Office

perdesi......03/02/09...03/11/09...04/06/09...04/27/09....05/29/09....--/--/--...Fairfax, VA

silvershadow.03/03/09...03/12/09...04/03/09...05/08/09....07/20/09....--/--/--...Baltimore, MD

seakayaker...03/03/09...03/19/09...04/04/09...04/20/09....06/02/09....07/04/09...Boston, MA

ikyang.......03/05/09...03/13/09...04/07/09...05/16/06....06/17/09....--/--/--...Memphis, TN

Simo13.......03/05/09...03/21/09...04/08/09...04/16/09....06/24/09....--/--/--...Raleigh, NC

queendlee....03/06/09...03/16/09...04/09/09...05/22/09....07/06/09....--/--/--...Raleigh, NC

rajthebam....03/09/09...03/18/09...04/08/09...05/11/09....07/22/09....--/--/--...Newark, NJ

Tini27.......03/09/09...03/24/09...04/14/09...06/01/09....07/23/09....--/--/--...New York, NY

Krysia.......03/09/09...03/18/09...04/08/09...05/07/09....06/16/09....--/--/--...New York, NY

Jaeja........03/09/09...03/18/09...04/17/09...05/04/09....06/09/09....--/--/--...Houston, TX

okfir........03/10/09...03/17/09...04/17/09...05/08/09....06/17/09....--/--/--...New York, NY

botipapa.....03/11/09...03/23/09...XX/XX/XX...05/01/09....06/12/09....--/--/--...Miami, FL

MEKONG.......03/11/09...03/19/09...04/16/09...04/29/09....07/07/09....--/--/--...Orlando, FL

gyenigun.....03/11/09...03/20/09...04/16/09...05/29/09....07/01/09....--/--/--...Atlanta,GA

WenRI........03/13/09...03/24/09...04/15/09...04/24/09....06/04/09....--/--/--...Providence, RI

bluehills73..03/13/09...03/28/09...04/14/09...05/16/09....06/23/09....--/--/--...Tallahassee, FL

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lkorriku.....03/19/09...03/28/09...04/22/09...05/01/09....06/15/09....--/--/--...Boston, MA

shopfree4pc..03/20/09...03/27/09...04/17/09...05/11/09....07/31/09....--/--/--...Newark, NJ

Cookiee......03/23/09...03/31/09...04/24/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...Miami, FL

kiko.........03/23/09...03/31/09...04/21/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...Philadelphia, PA

merci08......03/25/09...04/01/09...04/23/09...06/01/09....08/12/09....--/--/--...Newark, NJ

nabbas.......03/30/09...04/02/09...04/29/09...--/--/--....--/--/--....--/--/--...San Antonio, TX

ttsully66....03/30/09...04/01/09...04/28/09...05/26/09....07/20/09....--/--/--...Oklahoma City, OK

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Great news!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Seakayaker, I'm really happy your interview went well. I wanted to thank you again for the online tool test, it saved my life:)

And this got me cracking up: " "July 4th, that is so great, the day after Independence Day..."

Hurrah :star: :star: :star:

And another little dance for our very first oath date :dance: :dance: :dance:

animated_us_flag.gifN-400 TIMELINE / NYC District Office

03/10/09--------SENT

03/16/09--------NOA priority date

03/24/09--------NOA DATE

04/01/09--------FP notice date

04/14/09--------FP DATE

06/01/09--------IL notice date

07/23/09--------IL DATE -----APPROVED

08/04/09--------Oath --------US CITIZEN

08/04/09--------Applied for passport

08/14/09--------Received passport

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My interview was really easy. The hardest part about it was finding and paying for parking in downtown San Diego.

I was almost an hour early so I had to wait. The waiting room was half filled. The interview started on time and the officer was Filipino. We spoke in English the whole time though and she was polite but serious. The whole interview took about 15-20 mins. The questions were easy:

1. Who wrote the declaration of independence?

2. Who is the commander in chief of the army?

3. What are the major parties in the US?

4. What is the party of the current president?

5. Name a country that borders mexico

6. Name 3 original colonies

Good luck to all!!!

Andre (Philippines) & Nicole (USA)

I129-F Sent : 08-24-2004 (California S.C.)

1st NOA: 08-30-2004

2nd NOA: 10-18-2004

Recd By Consulate: 10- 3rd week-2004

Interview Appt Recd: 12-07-2004 (for an appt the next day)

Medical@St Luke's: 12-07-2004 to 12-09-2004

Letter sent to resched intrview: 12-08-2004

Packet 4 recd: April 2005

Intrvw: May 6, 2005

Visa Recd: May 11, 2005

US entry: May 27, 2005

Wedding: June 16, 2005

I-485&I765 sent: July 15, 2005

NOA for I-485&I-765: July 21, 2005

Biometrics @ San Diego: Aug 20, 2005

NOA2: Aug 5, 2005

AOS Interview Chula Vista: Sept. 8, 2005

Welcome to USA: Sept. 15

Conditional Greencard: October 2005

I-751 sent to CSC: June 29, 2007

Received by CSC: July 18, 2007

Biometrics: August 29, 2007

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Hello everybody!! :dance:

After Seakayaker its my turn to declare , the interview is finally over and it went really well...I think so.. u guys can decide after reading about what happened!!!

Reached the place 15 minutes earlier than scheduled time of 2pm. I was called at about 2.10 pm .The IO was a really nice guy and started the interview by going over my application in a quick manner.I noted he was pretty happy in dealing with me which later turned out due to the fact that before me he had been dealing with people who came with lawyers and interpreters as in his words which he said to me that it is more comfortable in dealing with sumone who can speak the language and explain his or her own facts on the application...although i did not had to explain any thing in detail, it was more of a yes/no kind of interview..

I was a bit anxious abt one part of my application , the part which had questions about arrest, jail etc. I had a DUI in 2006 which got reduced to reckless driving in 2006. I was thinking he will grill me abt that but no he was just concerned abt the correctness of the info on the application and remarked that the DUI reduction to reckless driving helped u on this application but on whole did not made a big deal out of it. I tried to dance around 2 questions like when he asked me have u ever been charged and I said ya but the charge got reduced to reckless driving, he laughed and said but u did get charged right!! then he said have u ever been in jail,,, I again tried to wiggle my way out of it by saying ya for some hours in a detention center!!! again the IO said with a smile ya that is jail... and then moved on..

He asked me about any citations, I said just some parking tickets which I thought did not needed to be mentioned, he asked me do u remember them I said I remember one in last december 2008, he noted it down.

then came the selective service part , i had filled N/A on application but as he asked me I told him that I discovered later on that during my student years I got registered thru DMV when I applied for my driver license for the first time. He took the registration card and made a copy of it.

Whatever I have explained above is only 10% of the interview but i thought it is better to explain things which can give any kind of insight to others.Rest of the interview was a breeze and the whole process took about 15-20 minutes.He then gave me that N-652 which said I was recommended for approval and said u will receive ur oath letter in about 4 weeks... i am attaching a link if u guys wanna see what it look like

any questions anybody has I will try to answer!!

raman :dance:

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http://www.zshare.net/image/60865472c41c8353/

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I forgot to mention the civic and the written test!! :bonk:

they were really easy, :dance: he asked to read "WHO CAN VOTE" and asked me to write "CITIZENS CAN VOTE" which I did

I answered the first 6 questions right so he did not go any further!!

1.which race suffered slavery in U.S

2.vice president of US

3.Who makes FEDERAL laws in U.S

4.WHY colonists fight the british.

5.which is the highest court in U.S

6.how many amendments in U.S Constitution..

that is all ,,best of luck to every body else for their coming interviews!!!!

peace

raman :dance:

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@Raman, thanks for sharing the form, that's cool!! I'm happy for you and wish you have the oath ceremony very soon.

@Andresamia, congrats!! it must've been funny to have an IO from the Philippines, so you did not speak Tagalog at all??

animated_us_flag.gifN-400 TIMELINE / NYC District Office

03/10/09--------SENT

03/16/09--------NOA priority date

03/24/09--------NOA DATE

04/01/09--------FP notice date

04/14/09--------FP DATE

06/01/09--------IL notice date

07/23/09--------IL DATE -----APPROVED

08/04/09--------Oath --------US CITIZEN

08/04/09--------Applied for passport

08/14/09--------Received passport

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