N-400 December 2011 FILERS

JustWatching · April 12, 2012

I read somewhere that CT has several different cities for the oath (on a rotation), but that they all take place on Fridays. I assume most folks want to do the swearing-in as quickly as possible, but I foresee that we wouldn't be able to miss work on a Friday for a few weeks post-interview. Does Hartford let you choose (ask to postpone the oath) or do they just tell you when to show up, no choice in the matter?

First Friday of the Month: Hartford

Second Friday: New haven

Third Friday: Bridgeport.

Based on your interview date, my guess is your oath will be on 5/4 in Hartford. When you show up they already have your letter printed but as Darren and Crissy was saying I suppose you can try to ask for another day.

good luck

VivaBaños · April 13, 2012

First Friday of the Month: Hartford

Second Friday: New haven

Third Friday: Bridgeport.

Based on your interview date, my guess is your oath will be on 5/4 in Hartford. When you show up they already have your letter printed but as Darren and Crissy was saying I suppose you can try to ask for another day.

good luck

Thanks for the info JustWatching and Darren and Crissy. Congrats to you both for being one step closer!

doctor1 · April 13, 2012

I am super confused now, I was waiting inline to be scheduled for an interview since a month and a half, today I get a status update saying : On April 13, 2012, we mailed you an appointment notice to have your fingerprints taken. Please follow the instructions on the notice.

I thought I didnt require fingerprinting because I was already placed inline for interview scheduling.

any ideas guys what exactly is happening?

Darren And Crissy · April 14, 2012

I am super confused now, I was waiting inline to be scheduled for an interview since a month and a half, today I get a status update saying : On April 13, 2012, we mailed you an appointment notice to have your fingerprints taken. Please follow the instructions on the notice.

I thought I didnt require fingerprinting because I was already placed inline for interview scheduling.

any ideas guys what exactly is happening?

I thought that I avoided it too but I got my bio letter after my interview letter. Bio's last 15 months so it must have expired due to how long the interview is taking. They may hold up your interview so I would attempt to do a walk-in bio as soon as you get the letter if possible. I went the day after I received the letter and had it done immediately.

beejay · April 14, 2012

Congrats to everyone that just had their oath ceremonies!

We're still waiting for the scheduling letter. The data for MN oath ceremonies on vj is kinda all over the place so I'm not even sure when we can expect it. Little worried though that we haven't even gotten a letter saying we've been put in a scheduling queue. Blurg.

RS232 · April 17, 2012

I passed my interview today 04/17/2012 and need to wait for oath ceremony letter.

VivaBaños · April 17, 2012

Well our experience in Hartford was certainly not pleasant today. My husband was called in after the 1.5 hour wait. We'd noticed that all of the USCIS folks who were calling people back there appeared to be one person who was in a really bad mood. And guess who it was who called my husband back for the interview? No smile or handshake to welcome him like all the others were doing with interviewees. She just pointed him back to room for the interview. Apparently from the swearing in to the end of the interview she was cold. And then afterward she tried to give me attitude when I inquired about document he was given. Her bitterness was palpable. Moving forward...

He passed the Civics and English tests without any problem. All of the personal information questions about us were fine as well. But the officer then began asking him specific dates of our trips to Ecuador (none of which were for more than a couple of weeks, nothing anywhere close to the max limit outside the US). She asked for the specific dates that he and I went together and for those trips that he traveled alone. Unfortunately my husband is terrible at remembering dates and we'd not practiced this when preparing for the exam. So he said that he couldn't remember exactly. She asked for the exact amount of time we'd lived at our previous address and for the address and phone number we used there (this was four years ago!). He said to me afterward that he was nervous and all of that info had completely slipped his mind. We had all of the evidence that we were requested to bring in the interview letter.

She gave him a form saying that she'd mail us an N-14 form. I assume that the form will request evidence of our having filed taxes for 2011. Even though that was not a requested doc in our interview letter, she requested to see that and we hadn't taken a copy of the submitted tax docs with us this morning. I'm wondering what else might be requested...

Darren And Crissy · April 17, 2012

Well our experience in Hartford was certainly not pleasant today. My husband was called in after the 1.5 hour wait. We'd noticed that all of the USCIS folks who were calling people back there appeared to be one person who was in a really bad mood. And guess who it was who called my husband back for the interview? No smile or handshake to welcome him like all the others were doing with interviewees. She just pointed him back to room for the interview. Apparently from the swearing in to the end of the interview she was cold. And then afterward she tried to give me attitude when I inquired about document he was given. Her bitterness was palpable. Moving forward...

He passed the Civics and English tests without any problem. All of the personal information questions about us were fine as well. But the officer then began asking him specific dates of our trips to Ecuador (none of which were for more than a couple of weeks, nothing anywhere close to the max limit outside the US). She asked for the specific dates that he and I went together and for those trips that he traveled alone. Unfortunately my husband is terrible at remembering dates and we'd not practiced this when preparing for the exam. So he said that he couldn't remember exactly. She asked for the exact amount of time we'd lived at our previous address and for the address and phone number we used there (this was four years ago!). He said to me afterward that he was nervous and all of that info had completely slipped his mind. We had all of the evidence that we were requested to bring in the interview letter.

She gave him a form saying that she'd mail us an N-14 form. I assume that the form will request evidence of our having filed taxes for 2011. Even though that was not a requested doc in our interview letter, she requested to see that and we hadn't taken a copy of the submitted tax docs with us this morning. I'm wondering what else might be requested...

Sorry it didn't go well - please let us know what the RFE is for. It is probably just taxes as you said.

I was not planning to take my 2011 tax return since my interview was before the tax deadline but I decided to anyway. It was fortunate that I did as the officer asked for it and took a copy of it along with a copy of my bank statement showing my tax refund for 2011-12. You can walk into the IRS office in Norwalk and have tax transcripts printed free for any year. I did this for 2008,2009,2010 and all of them were requested and kept at my interview.

I printed my application and read through it a few times just before my interview in case I was asked any questions about it. The only question was have you been out of the country since you submitted your application which I had not.

RS232 · April 17, 2012

Well our experience in Hartford was certainly not pleasant today. My husband was called in after the 1.5 hour wait. We'd noticed that all of the USCIS folks who were calling people back there appeared to be one person who was in a really bad mood. And guess who it was who called my husband back for the interview? No smile or handshake to welcome him like all the others were doing with interviewees. She just pointed him back to room for the interview. Apparently from the swearing in to the end of the interview she was cold. And then afterward she tried to give me attitude when I inquired about document he was given. Her bitterness was palpable. Moving forward...

He passed the Civics and English tests without any problem. All of the personal information questions about us were fine as well. But the officer then began asking him specific dates of our trips to Ecuador (none of which were for more than a couple of weeks, nothing anywhere close to the max limit outside the US). She asked for the specific dates that he and I went together and for those trips that he traveled alone. Unfortunately my husband is terrible at remembering dates and we'd not practiced this when preparing for the exam. So he said that he couldn't remember exactly. She asked for the exact amount of time we'd lived at our previous address and for the address and phone number we used there (this was four years ago!). He said to me afterward that he was nervous and all of that info had completely slipped his mind. We had all of the evidence that we were requested to bring in the interview letter.

She gave him a form saying that she'd mail us an N-14 form. I assume that the form will request evidence of our having filed taxes for 2011. Even though that was not a requested doc in our interview letter, she requested to see that and we hadn't taken a copy of the submitted tax docs with us this morning. I'm wondering what else might be requested...

My interviewer was not nice too. Once I followed him to his office I just felt myself in a army camp and he is my commander. I completely lost my mind but fortunately I had memorized history questions and I didn't need to think about any of them. he knew that I'm nervous and frequently said relax, relax, relax! but with his special tone even this made me more nervous! No smile at all.

JeroenAndMichelle · April 18, 2012

I went to my interview today and the IO asked why I didn't do my biometrics yet, I replied with the answer that I never had a letter saying I needed to do this and that it was, according to various forums, that it was still valid from the last time since there was less than 15 months in between. She said that this was not correct and told me to do fingerprinting after my interview, which I did as well... soooo updating the timeline with this info now:

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jkelly07.....|11/29/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|03/21/12.|03/23/12.|Orlando, FL.......|

Moony........|12/03/11.|12/09/11.|12/19/11.|12/21/11.|02/03/12.|03/07/12.|03/16/12.|Fort Lauderdale,FL|

TheJourney...|12/05/11.|12/14/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Richmond, VA......|

Darren&Crissy|12/05/11.|12/14/11.|12/12/11.|03/26/12.|03/06/12.|04/09/12.|04/20/12.|Hartford, CT......| EB: 03/15/12

doctor1......|12/07/11.|12/13/11.|12/12/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Houston, TX.......|

davecave.....|12/09/11.|12/15/11.|12/31/11.|--/--/--.|02/06/12.|03/13/12.|04/12/12.|Tampa,FL..........|

Kajikit......|12/15/11.|12/22/11.|12/19/11.|01/17/12.|02/05/12.|03/12/12.|03/23/12.|Fort Lauderdale,FL|

pelvicc......|12/15/11.|12/22/11.|--/--/--.|02/12/12.|--/--/--.|03/21/12.|04/23/12.|Philadelphi,PA....| EB: 01/18/12

bkn79........|12/20/11.|12/22/11.|28/12/11.|01/11/12.|01/21/12.|03/06/12.|04/23/12.|San Antonio, TX...|

VivaBaños....|12/20/11.|12/30/11.|12/29/11.|02/16/12.|--/--/--.|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|Hartford, CT......| EB: 02/02/12

LOSTINSPACE2.|12/21/11.|12/30/11.|12/28/11.|01/18/12.|03/08/12.|04/11/12.|--/--/--.|Unknown...........|

JustWatching.|12/21/11.|12/28/11.|12/23/11.|01/18/12.|03/09/12.|04/12/12.|04/20/12.|Hartford, CT......|

lax75........|12/21/11.|12/28/11.|12/23/11.|02/02/12.|02/27/12.|04/02/12.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.......| EB: 01/25/12

Bodmas.......|12/22/11.|12/25/11.|12/27/11.|01/17/12.|02/02/12.|03/06/12.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.......|

Alaskan......|12/27/11.|01/09/12.|01/05/12.|02/16/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|New York, NY......|

ravifos......|12/27/11.|01/03/12.|01/06/12.|01/19/12.|02/06/12.|03/13/12.|03/19/12.|PA................|

migpra.......|12/27/11.|01/03/12.|01/03/12.|01/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Houston, Tx.......| EB: 01/12/12

Paradise123..|12/27/11.|01/06/12.|01/05/12.|01/30/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.......| EB: 01/20/12

DigheM.......|12/27/11.|../../...|01/03/12.|01/20/12.|01/30/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, Tx........|

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mnbvcxz........|12/04/11.|$order-..|12/08/11.|-waived-.|01/20/12.|02/27/12.|--/--/--.|Centennial, CO...|

Jeheidz........|12/08/11.|12/13/11.|12/13/11.|01/09/12.|01/24/12.|02/27/12.|--/--/--.|San Bernardino,CA|

Luv2travel.....|12/10/11.|12/14/11.|12/12/11.|01/06/12.|01/17/12.|02/16/12.|04/12/12.|Yakima, WA.......|

Cautious.......|12/12/11.|12/16/11.|12/16/11.|01/09/12.|01/19/12.|02/23/12.|03/16/12.|Cincinnati,OH....|

beejay.........|12/12/11.|12/20/11.|12/15/11.|02/08/12.|02/15/12.|03/16/12.|--/--/--.|St. Paul, MN.....|

Jeroen&Michelle|12/14/11.|12/22/11.|12/21/11.|04/17/12.|03/17/12.|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|Honolulu, HI.....|

RS232..........|12/14/11.|12/22/11.|12/21/11.|01/10/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|San Francisco,CA.|

Shaq...........|12/16/11.|12/22/11.|12/22/11.|01/26/12.|--/--/--.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA..|

timcass_12.....|12/19/12.|--/--/--.|12/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Phoenix, AZ......|

love2win.......|12/19/11.|12/27/11.|12/26/11.|--/--/--.|03/12/12.|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL......|

mrsartis.......|12/21/11.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA..|

L3m0n..........|12/27/11.|01/04/12.|01/10/12.|01/23/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA..|

scriber........|12/29/11.|--/--/--.|01/03/12.|01/24/12.|03/09/12.|04/25/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA..|

lws............|12/27/11.|01/04/12.|01/03/12.|01/30/12.|03/15/12.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA......|

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jeheidz · April 18, 2012