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Wife's Friend in Central Illinois had her oath ceremony.

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NickD   202

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She called yesterday, after many calls about what to do, she had her interview around February 15, 2008 and they wanted additional utility bills for evidence, then she heard nothing for over a year. She was shy about contacting her senator or taking them to court after 120 days, but one day, her oath letter did come in a couple of weeks without her doing anything to expedite it. So she is a USC now. She was a year ahead of us and let us know about her problems with the USCIS, so we could be prepared for them. The bottom line is thanks to her problems, we spent 19 months less with the USCIS than she did.

Since she had her interview, 02/15/2008 and was called in 30 later to supply utility bills, I included those with our application that was sent in 03/31/2008. But where in the instructions did it say to include those utility bills? We included everything they asked for plus some extra things, then the utility bills as well.

Wish her congratulations when I talked to her yesterday, and thanks for letting us know all the problems she went through.

Just posting this as a warning, send lots and lots of evidence or have a very long wait.

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I wonder what your wife's friend submitted with N-400 ? i guess nothing since they ask for utility bills

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animated_us_flag.gifN-400 Naturalization

03/23/09 Sent N-400 to Lewisville, Texas by UPS

03/25/09 delivered

03/30/09 check cashed

03/31/09 NOA

04/03/09 Touched

04/24/09 Biometrics

07/18/09 Interview letter received

08/19/09 Interview -*APPROVED*

08/27/09 Oath date -** US CITIZEN **

09/01/09 Applied for passport

09/14/09 Passport Received !!!

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jasminelily   1

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Congratulations! This is good news for her after long wait. I think they probably know that she's already eligible to file under the 5 year rule after such a long wait so they just let it be.

N-400

5/29/2010 - USPS Express Mail Out N-400

6/2/2010 - Priority date

6/9/2010 - Check cashed

6/11/2010 - NOA in my mail box

6/17/2010 - Able to see case status "Initial Review"

6/18/2010 - LUD

7/2/2010 - Called mis-information line to put in a service request for STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED "FP NOTICE"

7/8/2010 - LUD, at 2:32am, received text msg and e-mail for req. for add'l evidence being mailed out on July 6th, believe it's for the FP

7/12/2010 - Received FP notice in mail, scheduled for 8/2/2010

7/15/2010 - Walk in FP

7/22/2010 - Online status changed to "Case sent to local office for interview schedule"

7/27/2010 - Received interview letter for 8/23/2010

8/23/2010 - Passed interview, was informed that next oath date is 9/22/2010 and oath letter will come in the mail

9/3/2010 - Received oath letter in the mail for 9/22/2010

Disclaimer: All comments, advice and information are given out by my kind intention, please use them at your own risk and do not hold me liable or responsible for any inaccuracy.

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Congratulations! This is good news for her after long wait. I think they probably know that she's already eligible to file under the 5 year rule after such a long wait so they just let it be.

We went over her evidence, everything in the instructions and the M-476, but just seems like they are having a bug on with utility bills. Does it make any sense? Why don't they included utility bills in the instructions? Weakest form of evidence ever, can call and tell them Rachel, Cher, or even Laura Bush is my wife, what do they know, just go by the name you give with no additional proof? Hear the same request at our DMV, crazy.

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jasminelily   1

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Congratulations! This is good news for her after long wait. I think they probably know that she's already eligible to file under the 5 year rule after such a long wait so they just let it be.

We went over her evidence, everything in the instructions and the M-476, but just seems like they are having a bug on with utility bills. Does it make any sense? Why don't they included utility bills in the instructions? Weakest form of evidence ever, can call and tell them Rachel, Cher, or even Laura Bush is my wife, what do they know, just go by the name you give with no additional proof? Hear the same request at our DMV, crazy.

Yup! Agree - utility bills are crazy requirement. I've mentioned before on other posts, those don't prove anything and are weak evidence because the utility company is going to add whatever name on the bills next to the account holder name as long as the account holder requests. Well... if that's what USCIS wants, better get prepared then. :blink:

N-400

5/29/2010 - USPS Express Mail Out N-400

6/2/2010 - Priority date

6/9/2010 - Check cashed

6/11/2010 - NOA in my mail box

6/17/2010 - Able to see case status "Initial Review"

6/18/2010 - LUD

7/2/2010 - Called mis-information line to put in a service request for STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED "FP NOTICE"

7/8/2010 - LUD, at 2:32am, received text msg and e-mail for req. for add'l evidence being mailed out on July 6th, believe it's for the FP

7/12/2010 - Received FP notice in mail, scheduled for 8/2/2010

7/15/2010 - Walk in FP

7/22/2010 - Online status changed to "Case sent to local office for interview schedule"

7/27/2010 - Received interview letter for 8/23/2010

8/23/2010 - Passed interview, was informed that next oath date is 9/22/2010 and oath letter will come in the mail

9/3/2010 - Received oath letter in the mail for 9/22/2010

Disclaimer: All comments, advice and information are given out by my kind intention, please use them at your own risk and do not hold me liable or responsible for any inaccuracy.

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I am glad I was not asked to submit utility bills, because they are not under both my husband and my name.

May be you had a picky agent.

12/30/1999 -marriage to a US Citizen

01/31/2005 - applied for AOS (sent documents to Chicago lockbox)

03/21/2005 - Biometrics and fingerprinting done in Norfolk

11/14/2005 - Interview letter dated November 7th is received

01/23/2006 - Interview at Washington DC - APPROVED

02/03/2006 - RECEIVED MY PERMENANT RESIDENT CARD

10/31/2008 - Filed N400 at TSC

11/04/2008 - Application Received

11/28/2008 - Fingerprinting done in Norfolk VA

02/23/2009 - Interview in Dallas TX - not enough evidence on marriage -given till 03/23/2009 to submit all the necessary documents

2009 - CITIZEN

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