N-400 OCTOBER 2011 FILERS

[mari&Ryan 93]

In my job, we attend the oath ceremonies once a month (those are held once a month). People before entering to the oath auditorium are required to show their passports, USCIS officials check them to see if the applicants were out of the US after the interview. People who has travel out of the US within such period are not allowed to attend the oath ceremony.

I do not know why but that is what I have seen in such ceremonies. Please be careful giving advice.

I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas & an a happy new year!!!

Marymoon.

I stand for my words and experience. You become a US citizen once and after you take your oath. As far as travel, the rules are the same as they were any time before you filled out the N-400. In other words, as long as the trip doesn't cause you to abandon your LPR status, and as long as it doesn't cause you to fail to meet the physical presence requirement, then it won't cause a problem with naturalization. At your interview and at your oath ceremony you'll be asked about any international travel -- you must mention your trip next time you speak with them.

They don't take your green card at the interview (unless the oath is the same day of the interview), you will surrender it at the oath ceremony. He can definitely travel on his passport and greencard until he has his oath. Ultimately it's a personal decision to seek more information and even asking about this during the interview and see what they say. People that I know I done this with not problem whatsoever.

[Maad 0]

They don't take your green card at the interview (unless the oath is the same day of the interview), you will surrender it at the oath ceremony. He can definitely travel on his passport and greencard until he has his oath. Ultimately it's a personal decision to seek more information and even asking about this during the interview and see what they say. People that I know I done this with not problem whatsoever.

I concur on that. Last August a friend of my left for UK from ORD ON the day of interview and came back two days before Oath Ceremony. Did not have any problem since it is a standard procedure to write any trips between interview and oath on the back of invitation form for the Oath Ceremony. The officer at the door asked him the same question before taking his GC.

[Anna C. 4]

I received my interview letter today: 1/24/2012! The notice date is 12/20/2011. It came with a white instructions letter. What is the yellow letter everyone is talking about? My white letter lists what documents to bring (green card, tax records and such). It also says the interview takes 2 hours???

[Alice 0]

received 2 notices today .

I am placed in the line for interview , and in a few hours I received another message : I am scheduled for interview.

What a nice X-mas surprise !

[Alice 0]

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N-400: October 2011 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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UserName..........|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice......|

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Kingstonjamaica...|09/28/11.|--/--/--.|10/04/11.|10/04/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL......| EB: 10/21/11

DreamLoverBoy.....|09/30/11.|10/05/11.|10/04/11.|10/25/11.|12/07/11.|01/19/12.|--/--/--.|Houston, TX......|

foreverido........|10/01/11.|10/20/11.|10/18/11.|11/17/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Tampa, FL........| EB: 11/01/11

Zen Den...........|10/03/11.|10/13/11.|10/07/11.|11|01|11.|11/03/11.|12/02/11.|04/--/12.|Johnston, RI.....| EB: 10/25/11

flint-35..........|10/05/11.|10/11/11.|10/06/11.|11/10/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL......|

GinFar............|10/09/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL......|

NotBonJovi........|10/12/11.|10/21/11.|10/18/11.|11/18/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ.......|

Mandy2008.........|10/12/11.|10/18/11.|10/13/11.|11/29/11.|12/16/11.|01/26/12.|--/--/--.|Tampa, FL........| EB: 11/07/11

msnoob............|10/13/11.|10/19/11.|10/18/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Baltimore, MD....|

Ontarkie..........|10/17/11.|10/25/11.|10/20/11.|11/15/11.|12/06/11.|01/12/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis,TN.......|

ethel_eric........|10/17/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|.................|

elmirakz80........|10/18/11.|10/25/11.|10/21/11.|11/30/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL......| EB: 11/10/11

marymoon..........|10/18/11.|--/--/--.|10/20/11.|11/10/11.|12/06/11.|01/10/12.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL.|

MirandaVC.........|10/18/11.|10/21/11.|10/21/11.|11/23/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ.......|

Concorduser.......|10/19/11.|--/--/--.|10/24/11.|11/16/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Manchester, NH...| EB: 11/07/11

sleepyhead123.....|10/19/11.|10/27/11.|10/24/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Providence, RI...|

hondo1z...........|10/21/11.|10/27/11.|10/24/11.|11/22/11.|11/30/11.|01/05/12.|--/--/--.|Syracuse, NY.....|

TexaswithLove.....|10/22/11.|10/28/11.|10/24/11.|11/17/11.|11/29/11.|01/19/12.|--/--/--.|El Paso, TX......|

Bode..............|10/22/11.|10/24/11.|10/24/11.|12/14/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA......| EB: 12/13/11

gwenneh...........|10/24/11.|11/02/11.|10/28/11.|12/07/11.|12/16/11.|01/20/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA.|

stinke.socke......|10/24/11.|11/02/11.|11/01/11.|11/22/11.|--/--/--.|01/17/12.|--/--/--.|Baltimore, MD....|

lucy4.............|10/25/11.|11/02/11.|10/28/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York, NY.....|

Jb_vj.............|10/26/11.|10/31/11.|10/31/11.|11/28/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Baltimore, MD....|

R and F...........|10/28/11.|--/--/--.|11/02/11.|--/--/--.|12/01/11.|01/10/12.|--/--/--.|Harlingen, TX....|

uk2usa............|10/28/11.|--/--/--.|11/01/11.|11/28/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Alexandria, VA...|

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

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UserName..........|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice......|

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mari&Ryan.........|10/02/11.|10/11/11.|10/05/11.|10/28/11.|11/22/11.|01/31/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL......|

goucho727.........|10/04/11.|10/12/11.|10/06/11.|11/15/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Sacramento, CA...|

happyinlove012408.|10/07/11.|--/--/--.|10/13/11.|11/09/11.|11/21/11.|12/19/11.|12/19/11.|Seattle,WA.......| I'm a USC!

machmoum..........|10/15/11.|10/20/11.|10/17/11.|11/15/11.|12/01/11.|01/04/12.|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA......|

tdegrenier........|10/20/11.|10/26/11.|10/21/11.|11/15/11.|11/29/11.|01/23/12.|--/--/--.|Tucson, AZ.......| EB: 11/10/11

Joker69...........|10/25/11.|--/--/--.|11/01/11.|11/22/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA..| EB: 11/07/11

Nimche............|10/26/11.|11/01/11.|11/04/11.|11/30/11.|12/15/11.|01/18/12.|--/--/--.|San Diego, CA....| EB: 11/14/11

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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.....|FieldOffice......|

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Anna C............|10/15/11.|10/20/11.|10/17/11.|11/25/11.|12/20/11.|01/24/12.|--/--/--.|Denver, CO.......|

Alice.............|10/24/11.|10/27/11.|10/27/11.|11/18/11.|12/23/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA......|

Edited December 23, 2011 by Alice

[Alice 0]

I received my interview letter today: 1/24/2012! The notice date is 12/20/2011. It came with a white instructions letter. What is the yellow letter everyone is talking about? My white letter lists what documents to bring (green card, tax records and such). It also says the interview takes 2 hours???

Updated the schedule with your information , if you dont' mind

[ingucis78 1]

great news Anna and Alice.

[Jemmi 3]

Anna i didnt get a yellow letter either. some people get it some dont. also they say 2 hours because sometimes there is a wait. my appointment was at 9 and they called me in at 10:30. i was back out before 11. it went really quick.

good luck Anna and toi toi toi

[Anna C. 4]

Thanks Ingucis, Alice and Jemmi! My friends' interviews were under 20 minutes as well... I suppose it's just a generic message. It also says to arrive no earlier than 30 minutes prior to the interview as they have limited waiting space... I'm just thinking about my hubbie and the two kids (and making sure that our daughter has some pumped milk and such, she'll go ballistic without me for too long) - and how they will manage waiting for me.

[lucy4 11]

Got my yellow letter.

[ingucis78 1]

Thanks Ingucis, Alice and Jemmi! My friends' interviews were under 20 minutes as well... I suppose it's just a generic message. It also says to arrive no earlier than 30 minutes prior to the interview as they have limited waiting space... I'm just thinking about my hubbie and the two kids (and making sure that our daughter has some pumped milk and such, she'll go ballistic without me for too long) - and how they will manage waiting for me.

he will do just fine.i'm shore

but ye,i know what you mean.thaat's the downside when you in military,you move around so often that i feel like by the time i start making good friends that i would leave my kids with..it's time to pack up and do that all over again.

my worrie is...my hubby may not even be in town.then i will have problem to find someone to watch my 2 year old(and then..who knows for how long) and pick my 5 year old up from school.i really hope that i get my interview when hubby is home.

[Anna C. 4]

You can take the kids to the interview if you have no other option.... Are you far away from the interviewing office? We have to drive 2 hours down to Denver, so it's not even an option to leave our 10 months old daughter with a different person - she has never been in daycare, nurses on demand and suffers from great stranger anxiety. If I left her with someone else for a minimum of 5 hours she would be screaming non-stop and refuse even pumped milk, it would be horrible. But luckily it's ok to bring your kids. DH luckily has the day off, he will tell his commander and squadron commander that the interview is that day so they won't schedule him for anything else. Phew. So he will wait with the kids, but I assume if she really freaks out they would allow DH, DS and DD to join me. But I think if it goes as quick as my friends' interviews, I'll be in and out in under 30 minutes and then be heading to Ikea as my 3 year old wishes to go back there (it's around the corner from the USCIS office) - he wants to ride the escalators up and down (hahahaha simple pleasures for 3 year olds!!!), and Ikea is excellent, cheap organic coffee

Merry Christmas to you guys We celebrated yesterday as DH is working today, so this is just any other day for me. We make Christmas the day that we are together as a family.

[ingucis78 1]

You can take the kids to the interview if you have no other option.... Are you far away from the interviewing office? We have to drive 2 hours down to Denver, so it's not even an option to leave our 10 months old daughter with a different person - she has never been in daycare, nurses on demand and suffers from great stranger anxiety. If I left her with someone else for a minimum of 5 hours she would be screaming non-stop and refuse even pumped milk, it would be horrible. But luckily it's ok to bring your kids. DH luckily has the day off, he will tell his commander and squadron commander that the interview is that day so they won't schedule him for anything else. Phew. So he will wait with the kids, but I assume if she really freaks out they would allow DH, DS and DD to join me. But I think if it goes as quick as my friends' interviews, I'll be in and out in under 30 minutes and then be heading to Ikea as my 3 year old wishes to go back there (it's around the corner from the USCIS office) - he wants to ride the escalators up and down (hahahaha simple pleasures for 3 year olds!!!), and Ikea is excellent, cheap organic coffee

Merry Christmas to you guys We celebrated yesterday as DH is working today, so this is just any other day for me. We make Christmas the day that we are together as a family.

google is telling me about 50 min,but with DC traffic,i'm shore it will be over on h(depending on what time will be my apt).

depending on when the big day will be,i'm hoping my 5 year old will be in school.my 2 year old also is not really big people person.and trust me...i am not taking him with me.LOL not a good idea.

ye my hubby is home today(for now at least).we know better then making plans.....

but i am lucky to ahve him home.dont happens very often.

Merry Christmas to you as well.hope santa was good this year.

[Elmira 1]

No Christmas miracles for me I guess Orlando office didn't want to give their Christmas gift for me

[Joker69 10]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy! Finally got some in the mail today! the famous so called yellow letter Lol ...and i knew that it was coming too ..it said !!!!!!THIS IS NOT AN INTERVIEW LETTER!!!! USCIS recommends to bring following document to your interview x You indicated in your application that you been arrested.. to bring original or certifed copies of all arrest record and court disposition to show how each incident was resolved. Thank god just got back from san francisco getting my old and last courts dispositions got 10 of them GREAT !!!!!! NOW I'M READY FOR MY INTERVIEW LETTER SO BRING IT ! HAHAHAHAHA

Edited December 27, 2011 by Joker69