N-400 JANUARY 2012 FILERS

Tijay · April 17, 2012

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N-400: January 2012 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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Miguel123..........|12/27/11.|01/03/12.|01/03/12.|01/20/12.|03/19/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|Houston, Tx.........|EB: 01/12/12

DeathStrike_1......|12/28/11.|01/02/12.|01/04/12.|02/02/12.|03/19/12.|04/24/12.|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL.........|

Sib................|12/30/11.|01/05/12.|01/03/12.|Waived...|03/13/12.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL....|

zebra212...........|12/31/11.|01/07/12.|01/06/12.|02/12/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|EB: 01/27/12

DeathStrike........|01/04/12.|01/10/12.|01/13/12.|01/25/12.|03/19/12.|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|Jacksonville, FL....|

Pinktulips2012.....|01/04/12.|01/11/12.|01/10/12.|02/07/12.|03/02/12.|04/02/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.........|

Notscenenough......|01/06/12.|01/11/12.|01/09/12.|01/26/12.|03/26/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|New York City, NY...|EB: 01/18/12

Pandawars..........|01/06/12.|01/12/12.|01/09/12.|02/02/12.|02/11/12.|03/19/12.|04/18/12.|Boston, MA..........|EB: 01/27/12

Waithatter.........|01/09/12.|01/13/12.|01/12/12.|Waived...|03/17/12.|04/19/12.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Derpina............|01/10/12.|01/18/12.|01/13/12.|Waived...|04/02/12.|05/03/12.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.........|

Ree................|01/10/12.|--/--/--.|01/13/12.|02/01/12.|02/21/12.|03/21/12.|04/19/12.|Buffalo, NY.........|EB: 01/31/12

Nelly228...........|01/13/12.|01/20/12.|01/19/12.|02/07/12.|03/19/12.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|New Orleans, LA.....|

Blessed N Favored..|01/15/12.|01/23/12.|01/20/12.|02/17/12.|03/09/12.|04/10/12.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Fuzzymiss..........|01/17/12.|01/25/12.|01/23/12.|02/15/12.|03/08/12.|04/12/12.|05/10/12.|Boston, MA..........|

Corishman..........|01/17/12.|01/26/12.|01/23/12.|03/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....|

New2009............|01/17/12.|01/26/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Fairfax, VA.........|

USA82..............|01/18/12.|01/26/12.|01/20/12.|??/??/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Hartford, CT........|EB: 04/11/12

Jade_arm...........|01/26/12.|02/01/12.|01/30/12.|Waived...|03/12/12.|04/16/12.|04/16/12.|Dallas, TX..........|

SiteDirector.......|01/30/12.|--/--/--.|02/10/12.|02/29/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Raleigh, NC.........|

Rylee..............|01/30/12.|02/03/12.|02/03/12.|03/05/12.|03/12/12.|04/16/12.|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.........|

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox

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Rodgieslove........|01/02/12.|01/??/12.|01/??/12.|02/08/12.|02/??/12.|03/19/12.|03/19/12.|Seattle, WA.........|

Randye80...........|01/04/12.|01/10/12.|01/10/12.|01/26/12.|??/??/12.|03/19/12.|04/12/12.|Fresno, CA..........|

DAndy127...........|01/05/12.|01/12/12.|01/11/12.|Waived...|03/12/12.|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

HuffyTheSlayer.....|01/05/12.|01/13/12.|01/12/12.|02/02/12.|02/10/12.|03/19/12.|04/17/12.|San Bernardino, CA..|

Raul y Karla.......|01/14/12.|01/20/12.|01/17/12.|02/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

Last Stand.........|01/14/12.|01/24/12.|01/23/12.|02/09/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

Mary'n'Ev..........|01/16/12.|01/23/12.|01/23/12.|02/08/12.|03/19/12.|05/03/12.|--/--/--.|Kansas City, KS.....|

Pepper.............|01/17/12.|01/25/12.|01/24/12.|Waived...|03/22/12.|04/25/12.|--/--/--.|Denver, CO..........|

Rosie74............|01/20/12.|01/26/12.|01/23/12.|Waived...|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|San Diego, CA.......|

Manias.............|01/22/12.|02/02/12.|01/30/12.|03/30/12.|04/02/12.|05/02/12.|05/02/12.|Honolulu, HI........|

JK0926.............|01/23/12.|01/27/12.|01/30/12.|02/13/12.|03/17/12.|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|Omaha, NE...........|

SerenityNOW........|01/24/12.|01/31/12.|01/26/12.|02/22/12.|03/06/12.|04/12/12.|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA...|

Wackodacko.........|01/24/12.|01/31/12.|01/26/12.|02/22/12.|03/16/12.|04/19/12.|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA...|EB: 02/14/12

Calibound..........|01/24/12.|01/25/12.|01/27/12.|02/21/12.|04/12/12.|05/15/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|EB: 02/15/12

Cwaf...............|01/26/12.|02/02/12.|02/03/12.|--/--/--.|03/17/12.|04/19/12.|--/--/--.|Indianapolis, IN....|

KathrynP...........|01/27/12.|02/02/12.|02/01/12.|Waived...|02/29/12.|04/04/12.|04/12/12.|Portland, OR........|

Bayojona3131.......|01/28/12.|02/03/12.|02/08/12.|02/28/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

TiJay..............|01/30/12.|02/03/12.|02/06/12.|02/24/12.|04/11/12.|05/23/12.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|EB: 02/17/12

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

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Ruffie.............|01/06/12.|01/20/12.|01/12/12.|01/03/12.|03/08/12.|03/15/12.|03/15/12.|Frankfurt, Germany..|

Nanitao............|12/28/11.|01/11/12.|01/21/12.|Waived...|03/08/12.|03/21/12.|03/21/12.|Newark, NJ..........|

BePatience · April 17, 2012

jade_arb,

Congratulations!! Thank you for detail interview and oath experience. I cant wait for my wife's interview to be over this Thursday at Dallas office.

Sorry for the super delayed update..

I will try to post for the 3rd time!! lol

I didn't have access to Internet. I couldn't get any bars at the USCIS office or maybe it was my iphone, AT&T sucks haha..

Here is how my interview went..

After getting lost in traffic thanks to my very bad navigation skills(according to my husband), Google maps and my lovely husband that forgot how to get there we got there .

We finally got there at 9:10 am, my appointment was at 9:30 am, there were a lot of people waiting for security check. After waiting like forever (about 10 min) but seriously it felt like an hours hehehe

we finally got through security . There was a Oath Ceremony in process when we got there so I thought "oh well I may not get to do the oath today ".

Blessed and Favored you may get the 9:00am or 1:00pm slot. We waited in the lobby for about 30 min. I was called I think around 9:55am.

While I was waiting it was nice to see applicants coming out all happy almost jumping and dancing. Hehehe my IO didn't look friendly at all.

I was like "oh, sh!t I hope she doesn't eat me alive " hahaha. She was so seriuos until she did swore me in, after I sat down she switched to really friendly mode and told me to relax (I guess it was pretty obvious that Ii was nervous)

because it was going to take a few minutes to get everything together. She asked me a few questions about my husband and told "Happy Biirthday"(my birthday was yesterday) while going throughout my personal information then asked me to show her any ID passports and SS card, after that she asked the civic questions.

The questions were:

Who wrote the constitution?

What is the political party of the president?

Name tree of the original Colonies

Name one state that borders with Mexico

What are two political parties?

Who is the commander in chief of the military.

She said that it was the easiest test ever, that only one guy had failed today but he would have failed anything. I just smiled and didn't ask for more details about the poor guy.

For the reading part was "who elects congress"

Writing: "the people elect congress"

She asked me to look at my sentence and see if I could find an error. I misspell "people"!!! I couldn't believe it!! I wrote "peope" I corrected it and she said "Congratulation your passed your civic test"

She went on to ask the yes or not questions with a twist since she was alternating them.

She asked me if i had any pictures with me. I said "yes" and I asked her if she knew what had happened to the ones I submitted with my application. She look in my very thick file and found them, she let me chose which ones I wanted for my naturalization certificate. She told me that she was glad I was naturalizing because my file was really big. After signing the pictures and signing some documents she got out a seal with red ink (I almost froze, with AOS it was green so I was expecting green ink again) it was the APPROVE seal and she said "congratulations you passed your interview. Would you like to do your Oath Ceremony today?" I said "Yes!!"

She told me to wait while she took my file to the next place and came back printed my Oath letter and I was out by 10:10am

We went to eat breaskfast, to get a few items at a store nearby and headed back to the USCIS at 12:00, thank god because we got lost again!! I hate you ATT!!! The google maps took forever to update our location and by the time it did we were not longer even close to that location... we got back there at 12:30pm

OATH CEREMONY

Around 12:50.. Only applicants were called in... we got sat down and slowing went to give up our Green cards and get assigned seats... Around 1:30 family and friends were let in. The Ceremony didn't actually started until around 1:45.. We were 73 persons from 24 countries... I sat next to a lady from Kenya and a guy from India. At 1:57pm I became a US Citizen.... I guess we were bunch of softies because about 80% of us were either about to cry or crying after the supervisor said "Congratulation you are now US Citizens" and they put a video ... It took a while for it to be over, since they asked not to leave until everybody had their certificates and had verified all he information, otherwise get ready to pay $400. if you found any mistake later... We left the building around 2:15 I was desperate to leave because I breastfeed my 11 month old, and if you are a woman and have/had breastfed you know why I was in a rush to leave hahahha

I was asked to register to vote, but I had to pass...

Good Luck everybody who still waiting for the interview!!

"rylee" · April 17, 2012

i had my interview yesterday at memphis service center...it went fine... drove almost 8 hours from knoxville to memphis (driving time is only 6 hours straight but we have a 2 year old so we had to stop alot)...waited 10-15 minutes before they called my name....and only been interviewed for 5-10 minutes...some officer allowed hubby and kid in the room but the officer who interviewed me said im the only one allowed in the room so hubby and son had to wait in the waiting room...and like everyone said here all your file from K1 (or whatever application you had before you came here) to the citizenship is on the officer's table...he even told me i sent alot of stuff and took him forever to go through all of them...

after he intoduced himself to me he asked me to remain standing and swear that i will tell the truth and nothing but the truth....of course i said yes...

he started to ask me...the simplest one....state your complete name....then i stated my name and before i finish stating my name middle name he told me that thats not my name and have to do all over again....so he repeated the question..what is your complete name? and I said the same thing..and like the first one i havent done saying my middle name and he said its not my name...and i was like well… in my head....im pretty sure i know my name and thats my name....lol....so he asked me whats my name when i was still single...so i stated that and he said thats correct and then asked me again of that stupid complete name...and of course i said my name whatever im using now..and still told me wrong..i thought he will send me out and deny my application...so i said...thats the name i use since i got married and in all of my application in USCIS or any government office and work..so how come its not my name? and he said unless i have a court document that i change my name to that thats the only time he will accept that....then i told him i use the philippine code for married name... thats why it was that way...he said...were you married in the philippines? i said no..and he said then the philippine code is not valid..and then told me to state my complete name....lol....so i have to say it whatever US code nameing is and he noticed that it was a little hard for me to say it right and i apologized and told him that im not use to saying it coz its not my name and its not what i use...he said its okay because almost all women he interviewed from the philippines had the same issue...

to clarify the Philippine name code:

maiden name: anna nicole smith

hubby name: charles andrew wales

my married name now will be: anna smith wales

my last name before will become my middle name and my hubbys last name will be my last name….so that’s what im using from the start….and he said that the USCIS shouldn’t accepted that from the start because its wrong…and even told me that USCIS don’t care….wait a minute..is he not from the USCIS? Lol..oh well… so we proceed with the interview…

he asked me about the yes or no question in the application…he was taking notes while interviewing me….then asked me if that was my hubby and son in the lobby..i said yes….asked personal details about me…my address, how long I been living there….my work…how long I been working there….how many travel outside US I made….and if me and my hubby ever been separated….things like that…then info about my hubby and son….then he asked me our tax form and handed tax transcript from 2008-2010 and the 1040 form that we recently filed…then asked some bills with both our names..and handed whatever I had with me…he looked at it…then took down notes and then handed it back to me…

then he asked me to read out loud a question:

what do we pay the government? (something like that) still taking notes and then gave a paper and said write…we pay taxes…so I wrote we pay taxes…

then he told me he will ask me about us history and government and civic question….i said okay…

What is freedom of religion?

How many US senators?

When must all men register for selective service?

When was the constitution written?

What ocean is on the east coast?

Name one state that borders Canada?

That’s all….then he handed me a paper and said print the name written in there..of course that was the confusing name again..so I wrote wrong…and he said..okay take two..he printed me another one and told me to print whatever is in the paper…and asked me to sign my regular signature and that paper say that I want to ‘change my name’ even I don’t have to…to whatever im using now….(funny..change my name to the name im using…lol) asked me to sign the pictures I sent them and he said that’s it…he said I passed the English and civic test and that he will recommend me for approval of citizenship..i have to wait 60-90 days for oath letter and it should be within the cities close to me….i shook his hand and he guided me out….

And then the long drive back home…lol

DeathStrike · April 17, 2012

i had my interview yesterday at memphis service center...it went fine...

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And then the long drive back home…lol

congratz ! what i read from other memphis interviewees ..... the oath may take some time, but who knows .....

HuffyTheSlayer · April 17, 2012

Yay!!!! Congrats!!!

Thanks, Jade.

Congrats jade_arb & huffytheslayer!!!

Thank you, Pepper.

How old is your little one? I was actually sad hahahah when we picked up he didn't want me to hold me. He only wanted his dad to hold him. For about 3 mins he pretty much ignore me! It was his way of letting me know he wasnt happy that I let him for so long... I told my husband "I really need to nurse him right now and he doesn't want me "...... "If he does this now, what is going to when he is older?" lol

Our little one is 21 months, so we are done nursing. Had a good time at the ceremony with my hubby and only got fussy once or twice, which is great considering how long it took!

Approved! Got there 20 minutes early and proceeded to to wait for about 90 minutes for my interview. Despite getting a yellow letter with requests for tax transcripts, my IO laughed and said she didn't need to see anything else. Was shocked to see my 4 inch file even had all the original mailing envelopes. My IO laughed again, then suddenly turned serious and said... "We keep everything..." She was great

We went over my app, she printed name change documents, and then we dived into the tests. I was asked to read "Who elects Congress?" I was asked to write "The people elect Congress." I was asked, "Who wrote the Declaration, who is the commander in chief, name a state that borders Mexico, what is the party of the President, what are the two main parties in the US, and name 3 original colonies."

I passed and signed my pictures with my new signature. She even let me practice on a post-it. One of my pics got smudged on in the mail, so phew for duplicates.

Still waiting for the oath letter in the lobby! So relieved it's over and that my IO really made it a pleasant experience.

Thanks to everyone for the positive encouragement and good luck to those of you still waiting.

Yay! Congrats, DAndy! :dance: :dance: Great to see everything went well. Hope your oath letter arrives soon!

i had my interview yesterday at memphis service center...it went fine... drove almost 8 hours from knoxville to memphis (driving time is only 6 hours straight but we have a 2 year old so we had to stop alot)...waited 10-15 minutes before they called my name....and only been interviewed for 5-10 minutes...some officer allowed hubby and kid in the room but the officer who interviewed me said im the only one allowed in the room so hubby and son had to wait in the waiting room...and like everyone said here all your file from K1 (or whatever application you had before you came here) to the citizenship is on the officer's table...he even told me i sent alot of stuff and took him forever to go through all of them...

Ouch, that's a long drive! I hope what your IO said is true and your oath ceremony is a little closer to home. Still, almost done! :yes:

HuffyTheSlayer · April 17, 2012

Changing the colour of my name!

Ceremony was nice and not overly long. Spent time waiting in the wrong line, since the IO who stapled my GC to my letter wrote the wrong table number on it. :bonk: Still, it was only the line next to me, so they let me go next when the person at the other line was finished which was nice. I thought I was going to have to go to the back of the line again.

After I got my Naturalization certificate, I took a picture, signed it and kissed it goodbye after waiting half an hour in a line to apply for my passport. So while I am FINALLY finished with my Visa Journey :dance: , I am still waiting :rofl: . I guess that is just the story of my life.

Congratulations to everyone who has had interviews today. For those who are waiting for interviews, I hope that you get your letter very soon in the mail. So nice to be over and done with.