N-400 JANUARY 2012 FILERS

[DeathStrike 9]

Good luck Sib, Waithatter, Nelly228, Jade_arm, Rylee, DAndy127, Wachodacko, Cwaf .....

looks like two busy weeks for Jan filers

[USA82 4]

I went for walk-in FP on 4/11. Please update it. My status went back to schedule for interviewing. God knows when will I get my IL

[jade_arb 3]

Sorry for the super delayed update...

Resume I passed the interview... I wrote a big detailed story and somehow I back forwarded the page and lost everything... my son just really fussy and crying so I will get back to you later with all the details....

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I went for walk-in FP on 4/11. Please update it. My status went back to schedule for interviewing. God knows when will I get my IL

USA82, I'm sure you'll hear something soon. But I know how agonizing it can be waiting to hear something. Fingers crossed for you.

Sorry for the super delayed update...

Resume I passed the interview... I wrote a big detailed story and somehow I back forwarded the page and lost everything... my son just really fussy and crying so I will get back to you later with all the details....

Yay! Looking forward to hearing the story when you have more time. I have been there and done that in regards to long posts, many times. So frustrating .

[jade_arb 3]

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!!

[jade_arb 3]

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N-400: January 2012 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox

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

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

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

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..........|

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

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!!

:thumbs:Yay! Congratulations! I have a little one myself, so I know what you mean. Poor you! I bet you were glad to be reunited with your baby .

Edited April 17, 2012 by HuffyTheSlayer

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I'm writing this from my oath ceremony. HUGE number of people here. Waiting for everyone to be seated. But looks like we still have a quite a way to go. Will check in again when the ceremony is over. Have a great day everyone!

[jade_arb 3]

1334676408[/url]' post='5307388']

I'm writing this from my oath ceremony. HUGE number of people here. Waiting for everyone to be seated. But looks like we still have a quite a way to go. Will check in again when the ceremony is over. Have a great day everyone!

Yay!!!! Congrats!!!

Edited April 17, 2012 by jade_arb

[pepper 34]

Congrats jade_arb & huffytheslayer!!!

[pandawars 7]

Greetings from Boston! I had my interview this morning, and was approved..this is what happened:

We arrived 10 minutes before (my appointment was at 7.30am) and we sat in the waiting room for about an hour before I was called in. The IO had the entirety of every single form I'd submitted throughout the years, a good couple of inches of paper! I had to raise my right hand and say I was going to tell the truth. He went through the N400 form and asked a couple of questions about the information there. He then asked me the civics questions and wrote down my answers, then I had to read out a sentence 'Which state has the most people?' and write 'California has the most people'. Then he went through some of the character questions, not really pausing after each one, but I answered no to each one, and yes to upholding the constitution.

Then I was given a sheet of paper saying I was approved and to go back into the waiting room. I waited for about 20 minutes and received a yellow letter with my oath date (May 10th) and a whole bunch of 'Welcome the the USA' paperwork. All done! My oath is in Faneuil Hall in Boston which is where America was born, so that's a nice touch (even if I am English lol).

Thank you so much to everyone on Visa Journey, your advice and the guides have been fantastic! Good luck to everyone still waiting

I'm jealous! I wish I could do my oath at Faneuil Hall...I have to go all the way out to Worcester and I live on the North Shore!! Oh well...can't really complain since my oath ceremony is TOMORROW!! WOO HOO!!

[jade_arb 3]

:thumbs:Yay! Congratulations! I have a little one myself, so I know what you mean. Poor you! I bet you were glad to be reunited with your baby .

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

[jade_arb 3]

1334677020[/url]' post='5307418']

Yay!!!! Congrats!!!

Thank You!!!!! Good Luck in interview

[cwaf 1]

congrats to all successful new citizens! My wife has her interview on Thursday and I do not think they perform same-day oath ceremonies in Indianapolis. She is nervous, but I KNOW she is ready. Thank you for posting your interview experiences because it really helps to know what is coming ahead!

[DAndy127 0]

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.