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Filed: IR-5 Country: Philippines
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Posted

RW,

Please post the questions once you finish your interview. Me and my wife we have a long journey since she just sent in her N-400 this past saturday.

Cheer from Jersey.

Will do. Still 13 days ahead but I'm excited for this to be over.

IR-5 Petition for Mother:

12-31-10 - Sent Form I-130

01-04-11 - NOA 1

01-10-11 - Check cashed

05-09-11 - NOA 2

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05-18-11 - Case Number, IIN, E-mailed DS-3032

05-19-11 - Paid AOS Fee $88.00

05-23-11 - AOS shows "PAID"

05-24-11 - Paid IV Fee $404.00

05-26-11 - IV Fee shows "PAID"

05-28-11 - Mailed I-864

06-13-11 - I-864 accepted

06-20-11 - Mailed DS-230

07-07-11 - SIF and Case Complete

07-19-11 - Passed the two-day medical

09-06-11 - Visa Approved

09-08-11 - Visa On-Hand

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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Posted

yeah Danny,..late christmas shopping because the majority of it has to be sent back to Australia, and I have to have it in the mail by no later than December 10, to get there by Xmas...:)

I am so happy that a lot of september filers are moving along quickly,..we seem to be doing better than some earlier months.

next up for interview is R&W right?.

Best fo luck to you R&W, you will do great!

"When a man is educated, an individual is educated; when a woman is educated, a family and a country are educated."

— Mahatma Gandhi

The timeline... (Frankfurt) for the kids visas

10/22/2007 Filed I-130 x 2 in person + paid 710 USD (355 each )

10/22/2007 Filed DS-230 part 1 x 2

10/22/2007 Received the document checklist and FRN (case) numbers

12/18/2007 I-130 petition approved, but I didn't know. I was away at the time, didn't get confirmation letters til I got back from the states.

12/20/2007 Notice of Approval arrives in tha mail. According to the date received stamp on back of envelope at my post box.

Will now wait til hubby is back from Iraq to fax in checklist readiness, even though, I have been ready since day of lodging I-130's. all except medical.

02/18/2008 Faxed the "checklist" back to the consulate.

02/25/2008 Medicals completed.

02/25/2008 Appt letters in mail for appt on March 7th. Cant go due to prior military commitments. Emailed consulate and received an amended appt date of March 12th 2008.

03/12/2008 Visa interview - APPROVED x 2

03/27/2008 Visa's finally generated. I emailed the consulate. they apologised for the delay. They forgot to issue the visas after approval.

03/31/2008 Received visas

04/26/2008 Flying out of Frankfurt to next duty station on orders.

Posted

Danny & Jodee,

Congratulations to you both. So weird you had the same dates and the same questions!

Anyway, here's hoping Santa brings you a Naturalization Certificate for Christmas this year. What a great gift it would be to never have to deal with immigration again :crying:

Kim C

Congrats Jodee!!! I know, what are the odds of getting the same interview date, and same questions huh? And yes that is the question I was about to post, name three of the 13 original colonies. :) thanks LOL Do they do the same questions daily or do you think it was pure coincidence??? Anyway congrats again and hope you get your oath letter soon. Late christmas shopping?????? I do late christmas shopping, a day before or sometimes the same day LOL I had to say it LOL good luck jodee

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Mexico
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Posted

Oh That explains why the late christmas shopping, and post as soon as you get your oath letter!!!

yeah Danny,..late christmas shopping because the majority of it has to be sent back to Australia, and I have to have it in the mail by no later than December 10, to get there by Xmas...:)

I am so happy that a lot of september filers are moving along quickly,..we seem to be doing better than some earlier months.

next up for interview is R&W right?.

Best fo luck to you R&W, you will do great!

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Mexico
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Posted

Thanks again for all your nice comments!! Yeah I wish I can get a naturalization certificate for christmas, that would be awesome. I have a question to get all of us more involved here. I read somewhere that that person thought there were US citizens A and US citizens B. The A group being the born citizens and B the naturalized citizens, he wrote that they were not the same and naturalized citizens were not equal to born citizens. What do you guys think about this? One arguement he used was that we cannot run for president. Please everybody post to know how you think!!!

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Mexico
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Posted

Thanks again for all your nice comments!! Yeah I wish I can get a naturalization certificate for christmas, that would be awesome. I have a question to get all of us more involved here. I read somewhere that that person thought there were US citizens A and US citizens B. The A group being the born citizens and B the naturalized citizens, he wrote that they were not the same and naturalized citizens were not equal to born citizens. What do you guys think about this? One arguement he used was that we cannot run for president. Please everybody post to know how you think!!!

Filed: IR-5 Country: Philippines
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Posted

Thanks again for all your nice comments!! Yeah I wish I can get a naturalization certificate for christmas, that would be awesome. I have a question to get all of us more involved here. I read somewhere that that person thought there were US citizens A and US citizens B. The A group being the born citizens and B the naturalized citizens, he wrote that they were not the same and naturalized citizens were not equal to born citizens. What do you guys think about this? One arguement he used was that we cannot run for president. Please everybody post to know how you think!!!

I haven't heard of that before that there's Class A and B. Interesting.

But I do know that naturalized citizens cannot run for presidency, and I don't argue with that. I think it is the right thing to do. One loyalty. One allegiance. No strings attached with other country, the original birthplace. Because no matter what we say, our nationality will continue to flow in our blood. You feel bad when something happened to your birth country. You feel ashamed too when they do something stupid. There's a chance that presidential decisions might be affected. We're connected, even not on papers... and even how proud we are to be Americans (to be).

IR-5 Petition for Mother:

12-31-10 - Sent Form I-130

01-04-11 - NOA 1

01-10-11 - Check cashed

05-09-11 - NOA 2

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05-18-11 - Case Number, IIN, E-mailed DS-3032

05-19-11 - Paid AOS Fee $88.00

05-23-11 - AOS shows "PAID"

05-24-11 - Paid IV Fee $404.00

05-26-11 - IV Fee shows "PAID"

05-28-11 - Mailed I-864

06-13-11 - I-864 accepted

06-20-11 - Mailed DS-230

07-07-11 - SIF and Case Complete

07-19-11 - Passed the two-day medical

09-06-11 - Visa Approved

09-08-11 - Visa On-Hand

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Belgium
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Posted

Thanks again for all your nice comments!! Yeah I wish I can get a naturalization certificate for christmas, that would be awesome. I have a question to get all of us more involved here. I read somewhere that that person thought there were US citizens A and US citizens B. The A group being the born citizens and B the naturalized citizens, he wrote that they were not the same and naturalized citizens were not equal to born citizens. What do you guys think about this? One arguement he used was that we cannot run for president. Please everybody post to know how you think!!!

That was said by somebody as a way of speaking. Whatever they try to tell you, a naturalized citizen NEVER will have equal rights to a natural born citizen. The fact that you can't run for President is one argument. A very important one though. Natural born citizens never can lose their citizenship. Naturalized citizens still can lose it. Not very easy but it can happen.

Naturalization Journey

7/16/2010 N400 sent to Texas Lockbox

7/20/2010 Delivery Notification N400 Package

7/28/2010 Check Cashed

7/29/2010 NOA received per mail / Notice date = 7/26/2010

8/09/2010 NOA received per mail / FP / Notice date = 8/05/2010

9/03/2010 Fingerprints

9/27/2010 Yellow letter received per mail / Notice date = 9/23/2010

10/21/2010 Case touched and file send to local office

10/29/2010 NOA2 interview received per mail / FP / Notice date = 10/22/2010

11/23/2010 Citizenship Interview - APPROVED

11/23/2010 Oath Ceremony in Newark, NJ - U.S. CITIZEN

11/24/2010 Received my passport

11/24/2010 Took care of my SSC and Driver's License

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Jamaica
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Posted

I agree with CVB's answer and R&W is completely correct. I am a naturalized US citizen, but I have very strong emotional ties to the land of my birth, Jamaica. I am happy that at least I could represent the people in Local, State or National politics, but do agree with a natural born citizen running this country. So at least my children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews have an opportunity to be President one day.

I-130 for husband - see TIMELINE

10/23/2007 - Receive SSC (took 9 days from POE)

12/04/2007 - Receive Welcome Letter

12/14/2007 - Received 2nd Welcome Letter and Green card!!!

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N-400

09/21/2010 - Mailed application to Lewisville TX location

09/23/2010 - Information input in the system/check cashed

09/29/2010 - N-400 receipt received

09/30/2010 - RFE mailed

10/15/2010 - Biometrics appt (@8am) YAY!!!!

11/20/2010 - Received the yellow letter (dated 11/17/2010)

11/30/2010 - Case moved to the Testing & Interview stage (Email)

12/03/2010 - Received interview letter

01/06/2011 - Interview @ 10:15a...APPROVED!

02/12/2011 - Received oath ceremony letter (dated 02/10/2011)

02/18/2011 - Received descheduled oath ceremony letter (dated 2/15/2011)

02/26/2011 - Received new oath ceremony letter

03/02/2011 - Oath Ceremony @ 1:30p (IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!)

03/09/2011 - Oath Ceremony @ 1:30p...FINALLY A CITIZEN!!!

Posted

Hey everyone,

I am so excited that I just had to share... I have been watching my online case status since early last month and absolutely nothing has changed. I was beginning to get really bummed that nothing would ever happen and so today I spoke with the USCIS Customer Service Center helpline.

Rather than mess around (okay it took me about 2.5hrs to actually get through to a live person since I am calling from China), I asked to be transferred to a tier 2 level supervisor and here is what he told me:

Sept 3 - Application received inc fingerprint cards

Sept 20 - Check cashed and application entered into system

Sept 21 - I797c sent out as official receipt

Nov 4 - Online system updated to reflect the I797 dated Sept 21 (only 6 weeks after)

Nov 24 - Background Check cleared - YEAY!

Nov 25 - File updated confirming our request for interview in Fairfax

Nov 26 - Fairfax Office, requested file to be sent to them

He then said I should receive a letter with an interview date sometime in the next 60 days!!!! Of course, who knows if that will happen, but I am just so happy to know that things have been happening even though my online status has never changed. Just goes to show the online status is not up to date. So for those of you still waiting with me, keep the faith our turn is coming soon. :yes:

I don't think I can add any new info to the database, but I am copying the latest one below as a form of celebration.

BTW - the 2nd tier supervisor man was REALLY helpful and polite. I think it was the best interaction I have had with USCIS in all of the 7 years I have been dealing with them.

Kim C

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N-400 September 2010 Applicants

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USCIS Arizona Lockbox

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UserName...........Sent......ChkCashd..NOA.......Fprints...Int Ltr...Intview...Oath......Office

newbie81...........09/03/10..09/07/10..09/08/10..09/23/10..10/08/10..11/15/10............Utah

luckytag...........09/09/10..09/15/10..09/15/10..10/20/10..10/25/10..12/02/10............Seattle, WA

RichardShane.......10/11/10..10/13/10..10/14/10..11/09/10................................Sacramento, CA

DOZ................09/11/10..09/22/10..09/24/10..10/26/10..11/04/10..12/07/10............Seattle, WA

Dannyh86...........09/14/10..09/21/10..09/24/10..10/14/10..10/25/10..11/30/10............San Diego, CA

Morrocco4ever......19/15/10..10/06/10..10/04/10..10/28/10................................Salt Lake City, UT

mae................09/23/10..09/29/10..10/04/10..10/20/10................................San Bernardino, CA

JeanneVictoria.....09/25/10..10/01/10..09/30/10..10/21/10..11/16/10..01/12/11............Tucson, AZ

canuck_girl........09/16/10..09/24/10..09/27/10..10/14/10................................Los Angeles, CA

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USCIS Texas Lockbox

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UserName...........Sent......ChkCashd..NOA.......Fprints...Int Ltr...Intview...Oath......Office

Way2Go.............09/01/10..09/07/10..09/10/10..09/27/10..10/12/10..11/23/10............Jacksonville, FL

Agnar..............09/01/10..09/07/10..09/07/10..10/07/10................................Newark, NJ

mzswing............09/01/10..09/09/10..09/11/10..........................................Atlanta, GA

Almostthere2010....09/10/10..09/17/10..09/14/10..10/06/10................................Orlando, FL

PedroH.............09/13/10....n/a.....09/16/10..10/07/10................................Charlotte NC

Lace ..............09/15/10..09/22/10..09/27/10..10/15/10................................Washington, DC

j_infy.............09/16/10..09/22/10..09/20/10..10/22/10................................Newark, NJ

mainyasha .........09/18/10....n/a.....09/22/10..........................................Dallas, TX

hhN400.............09/20/10..09/24/10..09/27/10..10/25/10................................Washington, DC

BL & LC............09/20/10..09/22/10..09/26/10..10/18/10................................NYC, NY

Ja_Tam.............09/21/10..09/24/10..09/29/10..10/15/10................................Oakland Park, FL

R&W................09/22/10..09/28/10..09/28/10..11/01/10..11/05/10..12/14/10............Dallas, TX

MJZ................09/25/10..10/01/10..10/04/10..11/04/10................................Newark, NJ

Anh map............09/27/10..10/04/10..10/04/10..11/04/10................................Boston, MA

SM&LP..............09/29/10............10/06/10..11/01/10................................Oklahoma City, OK

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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)

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UserName...........Sent......ChkCashd..NOA.......Fprints...Int Ltr...Intview...Oath......Office

Manohara...........09/20/10..09/27/10..09/28/10..10/25/10..11/03/10..12/03/10............San Diego, CA

Jodee..............09/28/10....n/a.....10/07/10..10/27/10..11/10/10..11/30/10............San Bernardino, CA

Choir001...........09/03/10..09/21/10..09/21/10.(inc cards)..............................Fairfax, VA

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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Posted

That's great news!

I spoke to second tier a couple of days ago and they were very nice. I was told I should receive an interview notice 90 days from biometrics so now I have about 60 days left... good luck to you!

Hey everyone,

I am so excited that I just had to share... I have been watching my online case status since early last month and absolutely nothing has changed. I was beginning to get really bummed that nothing would ever happen and so today I spoke with the USCIS Customer Service Center helpline.

Rather than mess around (okay it took me about 2.5hrs to actually get through to a live person since I am calling from China), I asked to be transferred to a tier 2 level supervisor and here is what he told me:

Sept 3 - Application received inc fingerprint cards

Sept 20 - Check cashed and application entered into system

Sept 21 - I797c sent out as official receipt

Nov 4 - Online system updated to reflect the I797 dated Sept 21 (only 6 weeks after)

Nov 24 - Background Check cleared - YEAY!

Nov 25 - File updated confirming our request for interview in Fairfax

Nov 26 - Fairfax Office, requested file to be sent to them

He then said I should receive a letter with an interview date sometime in the next 60 days!!!! Of course, who knows if that will happen, but I am just so happy to know that things have been happening even though my online status has never changed. Just goes to show the online status is not up to date. So for those of you still waiting with me, keep the faith our turn is coming soon. :yes:

I don't think I can add any new info to the database, but I am copying the latest one below as a form of celebration.

BTW - the 2nd tier supervisor man was REALLY helpful and polite. I think it was the best interaction I have had with USCIS in all of the 7 years I have been dealing with them.

Kim C

N- 400

09/16/2010 N400 Application sent via USPS

09/18/2010 USPS delievery notification received - application has arrived at Arizona Lockbox

09/23/2010 Received SMS and email. Application has been received

09/24/2010 $675.00 Check cashed

09/27/2010 NOA

10/02/2010 Biometrics Letter arrived. Appt is on 10/14/2010

10/04/2010 Early Biometrics/Walk-in -- completed

10/14/2010 Actual Biometrics Appt

12/06/2010 Email notification from USCIS, Case transferred to local office

12/08/2010 Interview Letter arrived in mail

01/20/2011 Scheduled Interview

02/14/2011 Received Oath Letter for Feb 25th but had to request a change to accomodate travel plans

04/28/2011 Scheduled Oath

04/28/2011 Now a US CITIZEN!!!!

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Jamaica
Timeline
Posted

That's awesome news, Kim C!!!! I am pretty sure we'll have a bunch of interviews in January/February 2011.

I-130 for husband - see TIMELINE

10/23/2007 - Receive SSC (took 9 days from POE)

12/04/2007 - Receive Welcome Letter

12/14/2007 - Received 2nd Welcome Letter and Green card!!!

======================================================

N-400

09/21/2010 - Mailed application to Lewisville TX location

09/23/2010 - Information input in the system/check cashed

09/29/2010 - N-400 receipt received

09/30/2010 - RFE mailed

10/15/2010 - Biometrics appt (@8am) YAY!!!!

11/20/2010 - Received the yellow letter (dated 11/17/2010)

11/30/2010 - Case moved to the Testing & Interview stage (Email)

12/03/2010 - Received interview letter

01/06/2011 - Interview @ 10:15a...APPROVED!

02/12/2011 - Received oath ceremony letter (dated 02/10/2011)

02/18/2011 - Received descheduled oath ceremony letter (dated 2/15/2011)

02/26/2011 - Received new oath ceremony letter

03/02/2011 - Oath Ceremony @ 1:30p (IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!)

03/09/2011 - Oath Ceremony @ 1:30p...FINALLY A CITIZEN!!!

 
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