N-400 FILERS - MARCH 2012

[ChetT 9]

Congratulation *** justagirl24 *** :dance:

[Kiwi123 8]

Congratulations! and thanks so much for sharing your experience with us.

My interview was yesterday, and I passed! Yay!

Here's how it went in details. As you can see, my local office is San Francisco, and I would advise to be there about 15 minutes before your appointment because the building's security is serious. It took us about 10 - 15 minutes just to get through the door. My appointment was at 3.15PM and I was told that it is the last appointment of the day. We ended up waiting for about an hour, and they were closing the office down and stuff so it was getting scary since we were the only people there. I went into the interview around 4.15PM.

The interview itself took only 15 minutes. First the IO asked for my passports, green card and ID. Then he went through every line of the N400 application to verify that all information in it was correct. When he got to the part about my spouse, he started asking questions about what he does, how long he's been at his job, etc. Then he asked who else lives at our house, and I told him it was just us plus three rabbits. He seemed to get a kick out of my answer and loosened up a little bit, which was nice. He then asked to see the originals of my husband's birth certificate and our marriage license. He also took our copy of the 2011 tax return for the file since I've filed our taxes after submitting the application packet.

Then we went through the civics questions, which were:

How many years do we vote for US Representatives?

How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

In what month is the Presidential election?

Who is the Chief Justice of the US?

Who is the Father of our country?

What wars did the US fought in the 1900s?

Then I had to read "When do we vote for the President?" and wrote, "We vote for the President in November."

Then he printed out the interview results paper and checked the "congratulations" box, and told me to expect the oath letter in 3-4 weeks. Then I asked him when generally to expect to attend the oath ceremony after the interview and he said around 6 weeks after the interview.

That's it, folks. I am so glad this all is coming to an end. Thank you all for going through this together. Good luck on your upcoming interviews. My husband and I will definitely celebrate after this is all over, we'll probably have a party or something. Anyways, have a great long weekend, everybody.

[Lonelysoul80 2]

Congrats Justagirl24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UMUC 3]

My spouse applied for her citizen on 03/14/2012. We sent our package to Dallas, TX lockbox and our field office is San Antonio,TX. Our biometric appointment was done on April 10, 2012.

Can you please add us on the list.

thanks,

CS

My interview was yesterday, and I passed! Yay!

Here's how it went in details. As you can see, my local office is San Francisco, and I would advise to be there about 15 minutes before your appointment because the building's security is serious. It took us about 10 - 15 minutes just to get through the door. My appointment was at 3.15PM and I was told that it is the last appointment of the day. We ended up waiting for about an hour, and they were closing the office down and stuff so it was getting scary since we were the only people there. I went into the interview around 4.15PM.

The interview itself took only 15 minutes. First the IO asked for my passports, green card and ID. Then he went through every line of the N400 application to verify that all information in it was correct. When he got to the part about my spouse, he started asking questions about what he does, how long he's been at his job, etc. Then he asked who else lives at our house, and I told him it was just us plus three rabbits. He seemed to get a kick out of my answer and loosened up a little bit, which was nice. He then asked to see the originals of my husband's birth certificate and our marriage license. He also took our copy of the 2011 tax return for the file since I've filed our taxes after submitting the application packet.

Then we went through the civics questions, which were:

How many years do we vote for US Representatives?

How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

In what month is the Presidential election?

Who is the Chief Justice of the US?

Who is the Father of our country?

What wars did the US fought in the 1900s?

Then I had to read "When do we vote for the President?" and wrote, "We vote for the President in November."

Then he printed out the interview results paper and checked the "congratulations" box, and told me to expect the oath letter in 3-4 weeks. Then I asked him when generally to expect to attend the oath ceremony after the interview and he said around 6 weeks after the interview.

That's it, folks. I am so glad this all is coming to an end. Thank you all for going through this together. Good luck on your upcoming interviews. My husband and I will definitely celebrate after this is all over, we'll probably have a party or something. Anyways, have a great long weekend, everybody.

Justagirl24...congratulations to you..I know you dont have to deal with USCIS anymore

[JillA 2]

Good Luck today JillA

Thank you so much, it went great! I passed, and he asked me the exact same questions you got - same form I guess!! It was way easier than i thought. Also, I brought SO MUCH evidence of my marriage, etc. and he didn't even ask me for anything! He just went by what was in my file that I already sent in.

I take my oath on June 4th at the Philadelphia Constitution Center I can get a passport same day as well!! I'm so relieved.

[renlovesjesus 1]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad that it went by so quickly for you, you deserved it after all those trouble!!! YAYY!!

Finally I get to a laptop to share my crazy experience.

So my experience started with USCIS when they lost my paperwork for almost a month, not cool, then I was told I did not qualify for the 319(b) Expedited Naturalization, even though I did. I sent an email to Fairfax VA office to request an interview with them because they are familiar with the 319(b), they forwarded my email to Boston who got in touch with me and they were great, the USCIS Officer there was amazing. He knew all about the 319(b) and did everything he could for me, then we hit a snag, he was on leave two weeks ago and said the my local office would be the best to interview me and he sent an email to them requesting they interview me, thats where we hit yet another snag. My local office refused to have my packet sent to them because my N400 packet wasn't cleared when they checked, yet half an hour later it was complete and they said I was good to go, however my local office had refused the packet and USCIS scheduled my appointment. Last week the USCIS Officer in Boston emailed me again and asked what had happened and if I had had my interview etc, when I told him no and why he was p*ssed, he moved heaven and earth to get me interviewed as we were only here for a week. Anyways he couldn't get my packet last week so asked me to stay an extra week and he would do his best to interview me and have my Oath done. My packet was on its way to Fairfax VA last week, he got on the phone on Monday this week and found out they had my packet, he asked them to forward it overnight to Boston, he called them back half an hour later and my packet was still sitting on a shelf so hadn't gone out in the mail. He made them go and get it and promise to mail it Tuesday overnight. He called me Tuesday and asked me to be in Boston between 1400 and 1500 on Wednesday for an interview, I was there early and sent him an email letting him know I was in town. So yes at 1315 I had my interview and was approved for Naturalization. The IO asked if I had any family around that would want to be there for my Oath, I said my kiddo and MIL. I had an Oath Ceremony with the Regional Director of USCIS and he just kept saying thanks for everything and for being so hardworking with my packet and getting to the Interview stage. Anyways I am now all done, I am an American Citizen with a passport, I am happier than a pig in sh*t

Here are the questions they asked me:

Name three of the original thirteen colonies

Name one state that borders Mexico

Who is the Commander in Chief of the Miitary

What are the two major political parties in the US

What is the political party of the President now

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

Then the Reading and Writing:

Who is George Washington?

George Washington was the first US President (my writing)

I have to say I am very lucky to get this done so quickly, I honestly believe it was because I wrote an email to Fairfax VA and they had the good grace to forward it to Boston and it was received by an incredibly good IO.

I have to say that this has been an incredibly stressful time and I am truly glad its all over. I wish you all the best in the future with your Naturalization process

Oh and I guess if we really want to keep all the dates on the thread, my interview notice was May 23rd, interview date May 23rd, Oath Ceremony May 23rd and my office ended up being Boston, MA. If anyone wants to add my info feel free, I don't want to go messing up the info, thanks

[BethandBilly 86]

Hi JillA, great that everything went well, funny we got the exact same questions, you even got the reading and writing ones too?

Wahoo so your Oath is in less than two weeks, how totally cool is that, you'll be American

Did you make an appointment yet for your passport, if not get the earliest in the morning, like 0800 then you can request they do yours straight away, when I did mine they asked me how far I had to drive and then said I would get it by mid day at the latest, I got it at 1000, nice and easy.

I just used mine at the airport and it was nice and easy, felt strange handing over my new passport, but good at the same time

Congrats and hurry up 4th of June

Thank you so much, it went great! I passed, and he asked me the exact same questions you got - same form I guess!! It was way easier than i thought. Also, I brought SO MUCH evidence of my marriage, etc. and he didn't even ask me for anything! He just went by what was in my file that I already sent in.

I take my oath on June 4th at the Philadelphia Constitution Center I can get a passport same day as well!! I'm so relieved.

Thank you hun, just glad it's over, not long til yours now. Good Luck

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad that it went by so quickly for you, you deserved it after all those trouble!!! YAYY!!

[BethandBilly 86]

Dash-TX, Good Luck for your interview on Thursday, hoping all goes well for you

[UMUC 3]

Am i the only one with Baltimore local office?

[Filipina66 1]

CONGRATS BethandBilly (that was fast ), Justgirl24 (let us know your oath taking) and JillA :joy:

thanks for sharing your experience too during your interview..

hope we hear the next good news from ella and mark

already added crazysamurai too

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N-400: March 2012 Applicants

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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox (Sorted by Priority Date)

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UserName..........|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|PriorityD|Bio......|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Remarks..|Oath.....|FieldOffice

JillA.............|03/01/12.|03/05/12.|03/02/12.|04/09/12.|--/--/--.|05/25/12.|PASSED...|06/04/12.|City, ST........|

crabcakeface .....|03/01/12.|03/07/12.|03/05/12.|04/09/12.|05/07/12.|06/13/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Norfolk, VA.....|

Dash-TX...........|03/01/12.|--/--/--.|03/05/12.|04/11/12.|04/26/12.|05/31/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX......|

Gigi0101..........|03/02/12.|--/--/--.|03/05/12.|03/30/12.|05/18/12.|06/18/12.|------...|--/--/--.|New York, NY....| EB 03/15/12

jons_wifey........|03/03/12.|--/--/--.|03/06/12.|04/05/12.|05/03/12.|06/15/12.|------...|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.| EB 03/29/12

BCP47.............|03/05/12.|03/12/12.|03/09/12.|04/03/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|City, TX........|

phill86518........|03/09/12.|03/14/12.|03/12/12.|04/11/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|New York, NY....| EB 03/26/12

mayanksanghavi....|03/07/12.|03/15/12.|03/15/12.|04/30/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA|

SydneytoWaco......|03/09/12.|03/19/12.|03/16/12.|04/10/12.|05/07/12.|06/08/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX......|

Dedee.............|03/13/12.|03/19/12.|03/17/12.|04/27/12.|05/10/12.|06/12/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Raleigh, NC.....| EB 04/05/12

crazysamurai......|03/14/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|04/10/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.|

abdo..............|03/15/12.|--/--/--.|03/23/12.|05/07/12.|05/17/12.|06/18/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Binghamton, NY..|

CarlosAndSveta....|03/19/12.|03/27/12.|03/23/12.|04/10/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX......|

darkequitus.......|03/21/12.|03/27/12.|03/23/12.|05/09/12.|05/15/12.|06/18/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.....|

Paadoggi..........|03/13/12.|03/21/12.|03/24/12.|04/25/12.|05/10/12.|06/12/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Washington, DC..| EB 04/04/12

Crazy & Mad.......|03/23/12.|03/29/12.|03/26/12.|05/18/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Memphis, TN.....| EB 05/03/12

JandC.............|03/21/12.|03/29/12.|03/26/12.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|New Orleans,LA..|

Peter'n'Jaime.....|03/24/12.|03/29/12.|03/26/12.|05/16/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Raleigh, NC.....|

Isobel Birnie.....|03/19/12.|03/28/12.|03/27/12.|05/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|City, ST........|

Eddy67............|03/26/12.|03/30/12.|03/27/12.|06/11/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Orlando, FL.....| EB 05/21/12

renlovesjesus.....|03/24/12.|04/11/12.|03/27/12.|05/14/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Houston, TX.....|

Jenn!.............|03/24/12.|03/28/12.|03/27/12.|05/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Boston, MA......|

champi............|03/26/12.|--/--/--.|03/28/12.|05/14/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Charlotte, NC...|

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox (Sorted by Priority Date)

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UserName..........|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|PriorityD|Bio......|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Remarks..|Oath.....|FieldOffice

MCKS..............|03/01/12.|03/07/12.|03/02/12.|04/12/12.|--/--/--.|06/06/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA.......|

ChetT.............|03/03/12.|03/06/12.|03/06/12.|04/04/12.|05/07/12.|06/12/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Sacramento, CA....|

Caforum...........|03/05/12.|03/06/12.|03/07/12.|04/04/12.|05/11/12.|06/25/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Kansas City,MO....| EB 03/26/12

Justagirl24.......|03/05/12.|03/12/12.|03/07/12.|04/16/12.|04/20/12.|05/24/12.|PASSED...|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA.|

ella and mark.....|03/02/12.|03/09/12.|03/08/12.|04/17/12.|04/23/12.|05/24/12.|------...|--/--/--.|San Jose, CA......|

rootbeer..........|03/06/12.|03/14/12.|03/09/12.|04/25/12.|05/08/12.|06/13/12.|------...|--/--/--.|San Francisco, CA.|

RIDION............|03/03/12.|03/07/12.|03/10/12.|04/04/12.|04/30/12.|06/06/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Denver, CO........|

Brad Charel.......|03/08/12.|03/15/12.|03/12/12.|04/10/12.|05/11/12.|06/15/12.|------...|--/--/--.|San Jose, CA......| EB 04/06/12

rheanick..........|03/06/12.|--/--/--.|03/12/12.|04/25/12.|05/11/12.|06/12/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Phoenix, AZ.......|

iiogherkin........|03/01/12.|03/13/12.|03/14/12.|02/27/12.|05/08/12.|06/11/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Honolulu, HI......|(319b)

envy_me...........|03/14/12.|03/21/12.|03/19/12.|04/18/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.......|

Filipina66........|03/14/12.|03/21/12.|03/19/12.|04/23/12.|05/11/12.|06/18/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Denver, CO........|

Daruma07..........|03/12/12.|03/21/12.|03/20/12.|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|06/04/12.|------...|--/--/--.|Kansas City, MO...|

Steve D...........|03/21/12.|03/28/12.|03/23/12.|04/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA...|

D08...............|03/28/12.|04/04/12.|03/30/12.|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|St. Paul, MN......| EB 04/19/12

Justdazed.........|03/28/12.|04/03/12.|04/03/12.|05/17/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA.......|

SQtoUS............|03/29/12.|04/03/12.|04/03/12.|05/30/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|------...|--/--/--.|Phoenix, AZ.......|

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

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UserName..........|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|PriorityD|Bio......|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Remarks..|Oath.....|FieldOffice

BethandBilly......|03/05/12.|03/29/12.|03/21/12.|03/01/12.|05/23/12.|05/23/12.|PASSED...|05/23/12.|Fairfax, VA.......|

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[Filipina66 1]

goodluck too Dash-TX

Dash-TX, Good Luck for your interview on Thursday, hoping all goes well for you

[Crazy & Mad 0]

I received two email on friday

first one at 8:16am

Application Type: N400 , APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION

Your Case Status: Testing and Interview

On May 25, 2012, your N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION was placed in line for interview scheduling. When scheduling is complete, you will receive a written notice with a time and place for your interview. Please check the website for further updates on your case. If you move, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address

Second one at 815pm

Application Type: N400 , APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION

Your Case Status: Testing and Interview

Your N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION is now scheduled for interview. You will receive a written notice with a time and place for your interview. You should receive this notice within 14 days. If you do not receive this notice within 14 days from May 25, 2012, please call customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for further assistance. If you move, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address

[dash-tx 1]

goodluck too Dash-TX

Thank you all!

Hard to believe this journey is actually coming to an end!

I'm here doing some last minute review of the questions and making sure I have all documents in order in my folder.

I'll post an update tomorrow.

dash-tx

[BethandBilly 86]

How did it go Dash, can't wait to hear your good news and all about your interview

Thank you all!

Hard to believe this journey is actually coming to an end!

I'm here doing some last minute review of the questions and making sure I have all documents in order in my folder.

I'll post an update tomorrow.

dash-tx

[UMUC 3]

How did it go Dash, can't wait to hear your good news and all about your interview

BethandBilly, congrats again

I was trying to send u an email but not able to