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No-Ten   1

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Hi VJ members, i hope you are all doing fine. My oath ceremony is tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. My question is, should i arrive there exactly at 9.30 a.m. or should i be there earlier than that time? Thank you for always being here. You all have a good day.

Citizenship

Service Center : Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

CIS Office : Norfolk VA

05/31/2011 - Date Filed

06/03/2011 - NOA Date

06/08/2011 - Check Cashed

06/30/2011 - Bio. Appointment

07/05/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

08/15/2011 - Yellow Letter received - Dated August 11TH

09/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

09/15/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

10/19/2011 - Interview Appointment Date (Passed)

10/24/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath scheduled

10/26/2011 - Received Oath letter

11/16/2011 - Oath Taking

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v333k   59

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Hi VJ members, i hope you are all doing fine. My oath ceremony is tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. My question is, should i arrive there exactly at 9.30 a.m. or should i be there earlier than that time? Thank you for always being here. You all have a good day.

Unless the specify to arrive early, be there 5 or 10 minutes earlier than the time mentioned. My oath ceremony time was 7am, but that was when I should arrive. It did not start until 9am since there were 1548 people attending....

Congratulations!!!!!

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

06/28/11 .. Mailed N-400 package via Priority mail with delivery confirmation

06/30/11 .. Package Delivered to Dallas Lockbox

07/06/11 .. Received e-mail notification of application acceptance

07/06/11 .. Check cashed

07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

09/13/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Interview scheduled

09/16/11 .. Received interview letter

10/19/11 .. Interview - PASSED

10/20/11 .. Received text/email: Oath scheduled

10/22/11 .. Received OATH letter

11/09/11 .. Oath ceremony

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Unless the specify to arrive early, be there 5 or 10 minutes earlier than the time mentioned. My oath ceremony time was 7am, but that was when I should arrive. It did not start until 9am since there were 1548 people attending....

Congratulations!!!!!

Thank you V333k. There is no instructions to arrive earlier than 9.30 a.m. I just wanted to make sure. Once again thank you for your prompt reply.

Citizenship

Service Center : Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

CIS Office : Norfolk VA

05/31/2011 - Date Filed

06/03/2011 - NOA Date

06/08/2011 - Check Cashed

06/30/2011 - Bio. Appointment

07/05/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

08/15/2011 - Yellow Letter received - Dated August 11TH

09/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

09/15/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

10/19/2011 - Interview Appointment Date (Passed)

10/24/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath scheduled

10/26/2011 - Received Oath letter

11/16/2011 - Oath Taking

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v333k   59

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Thank you V333k. There is no instructions to arrive earlier than 9.30 a.m. I just wanted to make sure. Once again thank you for your prompt reply.

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have fun tomorrow....

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

06/28/11 .. Mailed N-400 package via Priority mail with delivery confirmation

06/30/11 .. Package Delivered to Dallas Lockbox

07/06/11 .. Received e-mail notification of application acceptance

07/06/11 .. Check cashed

07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

09/13/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Interview scheduled

09/16/11 .. Received interview letter

10/19/11 .. Interview - PASSED

10/20/11 .. Received text/email: Oath scheduled

10/22/11 .. Received OATH letter

11/09/11 .. Oath ceremony

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NickD   202

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Didn't your oath letter depict a starting time? Our last one said ceremony started at 3:00PM, but show up between 1:30 and 2:30 PM. Elected the latter as was a very long line for security, but still seated at 2:30 for a rather long 30 minute wait. Collecting the oat letters and green cards went fast. But that security was a drag, just as bad as airline security. Teased a woman guard about making all of us walk in naked to speed things up, she said if they did that, she would quit.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,235

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It took me 24 minutes from the entrance of the parking lot 'til I got my car parked, then another 10 minutes of time to walk. Be there early, just in case, and don't forget a pen so that you can fill out your N-445 once you are there.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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yep! Brother Hesekiel is exactly right.. be there earlier but not too early though. And the pen should be black ink... :)

It took me 24 minutes from the entrance of the parking lot 'til I got my car parked, then another 10 minutes of time to walk. Be there early, just in case, and don't forget a pen so that you can fill out your N-445 once you are there.

*** CR1 process ***

05/08/2004 - got married (Sydney, Australia)

07/26/2004 - USC mailed I-130 packet to VSC (mine/son)

09/04/2004 - I-130 Approved - yey!!!

04/19/2005 - medicals

05/13/2005 - interview schedule

05/10/2005 - Visa approved! :D

06/24/2005 - Depart Dublin - Arrived at JFK

*** I-751 process ***

04/30/2007 - Mailed I-751 (Mine/son) to VSC

05/30/2007 - check cashed (only my fee and biometrics, not my son's)

06/14/2007 - recvd NOA1 (letter of one year extension)

06/24/2007 - Aussie Girl's condl PRC expires

06/27/2007 - Biometrics appt. Done!

12/14/2007 - Aussie Girl's removal of condition approved!

*** N-400 process ***

03/25/2008 - eligible to apply for US Citzenship

08/05/2011 - sent N-400

08/11/2011 - check cashed

08/16/2011 - received NOA (priority date 08/09/2011)

08/22/2011 - USCIS sent Fprint schedule

08/25/2011 - received Biometrics letter

09/08/2011 - Fingerprinting appointment

10/07/2011 - Interview scheduled; Interview letter issued

11/15/2011 - Interview appointment - now a U.S. Citizen!

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Thank you all for taking your time to read and respond. It's official... :dance: :dance: :dance: i am a US citizen as of 11.30 a.m this morning!

The ceremony did start late but once the judge entered the court room, all was done within half an hour. Total number of all the new citizens - 70. I am glad my hubby, two sisters and a friend made it to the ceremony. Once again thank to all the VJ members for your help through out this journey.

Citizenship

Service Center : Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

CIS Office : Norfolk VA

05/31/2011 - Date Filed

06/03/2011 - NOA Date

06/08/2011 - Check Cashed

06/30/2011 - Bio. Appointment

07/05/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

08/15/2011 - Yellow Letter received - Dated August 11TH

09/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

09/15/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

10/19/2011 - Interview Appointment Date (Passed)

10/24/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath scheduled

10/26/2011 - Received Oath letter

11/16/2011 - Oath Taking

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Congratulations, si man! :)

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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