N-400 ... April 2009 Applicants, Post your dates here!

[lina-s 0]

khathryn41

thanks for the information my interv was in indianpolis. whats do you think?

hope manday will have more information about whats going on. thanks for all your help

regards lina

[pampita2 0]

Where is everybody?? Am I in the right page??

Edited August 26, 2009 by pampita2

[MsAnn 0]

Where is everybody?? Am I in the right page??

Hehe!! Now that I'm a citizen, I don't check back as much I guess...

[KromiX 1]

Where is everybody?? Am I in the right page??

Hehe!! Now that I'm a citizen, I don't check back as much I guess...

Same here lol.... I try to come on every once in a while..... I got my passport in hand, so not as much info for me here, but I try to come back and answer some Q's and PM's.... You'll be that way too ;P

[jeangab75 0]

Congrats, I hope your oath letter arrives quickly !!! Were you 3 yr or 5 yr?

Thanks MsAnn, It was marriage based (3 years)

Bravo. Felicitations.

[pampita2 0]

Well guy you are right I forgot that now you are citizen , but was really nice read all your experience and support, my Oath is in sept 21 so I will stay here for a while. maybe after sept 21 I wont be here neither aggggggg God bless you all.

[wifey246 0]

Well guy you are right I forgot that now you are citizen , but was really nice read all your experience and support, my Oath is in sept 21 so I will stay here for a while. maybe after sept 21 I wont be here neither aggggggg God bless you all.

My oath ceremony is on Friday. I'll be checking in until my daughter and I get our US passports.

I just can't think of how to spend all the extra time I will have when I finally stop lurking in immigration websites .

[tpontirolli 0]

Just wanted to post and update about my passport application. I applied for my passport last Thursday (8/20/09) and for my surprise I received it yesterday (8/27/09). I did ask for expedited service, but that was faster than I though it would be!

The certificate has not arrived yet and they say it will come in a separate envelope. I also applied for a passport card. The more evidence I am done with USCIS, the better!

Good luck to you all still waiting for the ceremony!

[FormerBrit 0]

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your oath experiences. There is quite alot of variation between different offices.

[macb1980 0]

I am now a USA citizen. We had 83 people from 40 countries. The whole program was about 1:30hrs. I applied for my passport today. can anyone update me. thx

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I applied for my passport today and the passbook as well. She told me it would be 2 1/2 weeks non-expedited which is fine. I'll let you know if it does come through in that time frame.

[cookiee 0]

I applied for my passport today and the passbook as well. She told me it would be 2 1/2 weeks non-expedited which is fine. I'll let you know if it does come through in that time frame.

Kathryn , what did you take with you ? not only naturalization certificate, right ?

[rebelheart 0]

Hi Kathryn,

Just a question... did u apply your passport at the Post Office or City Hall?? Where did you apply then??

It's because I apply my son US passport at our Post Office area last July 31st, and she said it will take 4-6 weeks for non-expedited application..

Thanks.

I applied for my passport today and the passbook as well. She told me it would be 2 1/2 weeks non-expedited which is fine. I'll let you know if it does come through in that time frame.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Hi Cookiee,

I took the completed application form, the two photographs and my Naturalization Certificate. I had also made a copy of my DL as the instructions said, however, the Naturalization Certificate counts as both proof of citizenship and proof of identification so she didn't need that. Oh, I also took a cheque for the actual passport fees, and then paid the administration processing fee by debit card.

Rebelheart,

Yes, I applied at our local Post Office. When she asked if I wanted regular or expedited service I asked how long the regular service was taking and she said that in their experience people were getting their passports in 2 1/2 weeks, although some were getting them back in about 2 weeks as well. She said that the passport/card sould be returned separately from the Citizenship Certificate but they didn't always do that either and sometimes both came back in the same envelope.

I wonder if the extra time involved has to do with when you applied for the passports? Summer tends to be a busy time for travel and I wonder if they were processing more applications mid-Summer than now at the end of Summer. It is the only real reason I can think of for a discrepancy.

Edited August 29, 2009 by Kathryn41

[wifey246 0]

Took my oath yesterday with 3,497 other new citizens! I was amazed at how organized they were! The judge was a little late. When it was announced, the crowd booed loudly. I thought it was rude - of the judge to be late knowing thousands of people were waiting and of the crowd to be so disrespectul. But as I overheard somebody say - most of us waited 5 years, what's a few minutes more?

Most people were emotionally moved after the videos were played and were dabbing their eyes when the lights were turned back on. A few looked bored as hell.

In my opinion, it was a good ceremony.

Now, I'm heading to costco to have a passport picture taken, then off to the post office to apply for a passport.