N-400 May 2013 Filers

[kanga 2]

Congrats to all that have a new step to add!

[oliver-chris 3]

Had my interview today and it went well. The officer asked for my driver's license, greencard and passport. The interview is based on everything you have written in my N-400, so it's basically easy. Then she made me read this "Who is Lincoln?" and made me write " Lincoln was the president during the civil war." She then asked me the following:

When was the Declaration of independence adopted?

What is the name of the speaker of the House of representative now?

Give the two longest rivers?

How many years do we elect a president?

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

She said I passed and gave me N-652 Naturalization Interview Results, stating that I passed the test and I'm recommended for approval.

She said I will receive a letter within 30 days for the Oath taking ceremony but she said that most probably next week and Oath taking is next month.

Now my question is ,she made photocopies of all the pages of my Philippines passport but she did not return it. Is it what is supposed to happen?

[sumer 1]

My interview is tomorrow at 1:45pm CT, please wish me luck, getting so nervous

[Jamericanlove 31]

Now my question is ,she made photocopies of all the pages of my Philippines passport but she did not return it. Is it what is supposed to happen?

Congrats! And no, that's not supposed to happen. You should get your passport back. Hopefully you haven't left the office as yet and if you have call and request to speak to the IO who interviewed you and let them know they forgot to return it to you.

My interview is tomorrow at 1:45pm CT, please wish me luck, getting so nervous

Good luck sumer! Don't be worried. You're going to do great.

[Terry J 50]

On August 14, 2013, we placed your application in the oath scheduling queue. We will send a notice when the ceremony is scheduled.

Whohoo!!!

[suzeegb 0]

I thought I had better bump this up before it gets lost Congrats to all those that have had interviews so far !! I hope we can start adding lots of those oath dates in here really soon

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-- N-400: MAY 2013 APPLICATIONS --
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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
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UserName.......|Eligible|Sent....|ChkCashd|Priority|Bio.....|In Line.|Int Ltr.|Intview.|Oath....|FieldOffice
TINJF10........|--/--/--|04/29/13|05/06/13|05/02/13|05/23/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NEW ORLEANS, LA
JD.TH..........|--/--/--|05/01/13|05/07/13|05/02/13|06/05/13|06/05/13|06/21/13|07/26/13|--/--/--|WASHINGTON, DC
LASTJOURNEY....|--/--/--|05/01/13|05/07/13|05/02/13|06/03/13|07/01/13|08/01/13|08/28/13|--/--/--|BOSTON, MA
TERRY J........|--/--/--|05/01/13|05/07/13|05/02/13|06/06/13|--/--/--|06/17/13|07/23/13|08/14/13|NEW YORK, NY
MERKIE.........|--/--/--|05/04/13|--/--/--|05/17/13|06/19/13|07/01/13|07/09/13|08/13/13|--/--/--|NEW YORK, NY(RFE:05/15)
OMEGA25........|--/--/--|05/08/13|05/13/13|05/09/13|06/07/13|06/24/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|OAKLAND, FL
JOHN331982.....|--/--/--|05/13/13|--/--/--|05/14/13|06/05/13|--/--/--|07/08/13|08/12/13|--/--/--|MEMPHIS, TN
HAPPYKNAPPY....|05/18/13|05/16/13|05/23/13|05/20/13|06/17/13|07/16/13|08/01/13|09/09/13|--/--/--|TAMPA, FL (EB:06/12)
HIEUMIN........|--/--/--|05/23/13|05/30/13|05/23/13|06/25/13|06/27/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|DALLAS, TX
LUCKYNIZ.......|--/--/--|05/23/13|--/--/--|05/28/13|06/26/13|07/08/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|HOUSTON, TX
MINAADI .......|--/--/--|05/23/13|05/28/13|05/24/13|06/25/13|06/27/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NEW YORK, NY
KANGA..........|--/--/--|05/23/13|06/03/13|05/29/13|06/21/13|06/25/13|06/27/13|08/23/13|--/--/--|SAN ANTONIO, TX
SONG41.........|--/--/--|05/24/13|06/06/13|05/29/13|06/28/13|07/22/13|07/23/13|08/29/13|--/--/--|WASHINGTON, DC
NICKLE.........|--/--/--|05/28/13|06/03/13|05/29/13|06/26/13|06/28/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|DALLAS, TX
ROYALET........|--/--/--|05/28/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|06/26/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NEW YORK, NY
RYANNTANYA.....|05/24/13|05/30/13|06/03/13|05/30/13|07/01/13|07/22/13|07/23/13|08/27/13|--/--/--|ALBANY, NY

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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox
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UserName...... |Eligible|Sent....|ChkCashd|Priority|Bio.....|In Line.|Int Ltr.|Intview.|Oath....|FieldOffice
CBRNINER.......|04/29/13|04/28/13|05/06/13|05/01/13|05/31/13|06/28/13|07/05/13|08/14/13|--/--/--|LAS VEGAS, NV
SUMER..........|05/01/13|05/01/13|05/07/13|05/02/13|05/28/13|07/01/13|07/08/13|08/15/13|--/--/--|CHICAGO, IL
SIMPS..........|--/--/--|05/03/13|--/--/--|05/06/13|06/04/13|06/07/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|SALT LAKE CITY, UT (EB:06/03)
CIRCULAR.......|--/--/--|05/06/13|--/--/--|05/09/13|06/11/13|06/10/13|06/17/13|07/16/13|07/18/13|SAN JOSE, CA
SUZEEGB........|01/25/04|05/07/13|05/14/13|05/09/13|06/07/13|06/12/13|07/16/13|08/19/13|--/--/--|MILWAUKEE, WI
E&K............|--/--/--|05/07/13|05/14/13|05/09/13|06/10/13|06/12/12|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|DETROIT, MI
AYOB...........|--/--/--|05/07/13|--/--/--|05/08/13|05/30/13|--/--/--|07/03/13|08/09/13|--/--/--|SACRAMENTO, CA
MRMRS DRUMMER..|09/15/12|05/--/13|--/--/--|05/08/13|05/30/13|06/03/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|PORTLAND, OR
CENTURYMAN.....|--/--/--|05/13/13|05/20/15|05/15/13|06/07/13|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|SEATTLE, WA
OLIVER-CHRIS ..|--/--/--|05/14/13|--/--/--|05/20/13|06/11/13|06/19/13|07/23/13|08/14/13|--/--/--|ANCHORAGE,AK
KATAANDFREDDY..|--/--/--|05/15/13|05/22/13|05/17/13|06/13/13|07/15/13|08/01/13|09/03/13|--/--/--|SANTA ANA, CA
BJINC..........|--/--/--|05/22/13|05/28/13|05/23/13|06/19/13|06/11/13|07/09/13|08/15/13|--/--/--|SACRAMENTO, CA (EB:06/07)
CARAMEL Y......|--/--/--|05/28/13|06/03/13|05/29/13|06/26/13|07/19/13|07/22/13|08/26/13|--/--/--|HONOLULU, HI
MRSSR..........|03/09/13|05/28/13|06/03/13|05/29/13|06/26/13|06/28/13|08/05/13|09/09/13|--/--/--|MILWAUKEE, WI
CASSI9879......|12/08/11|05/30/13|06/05/13|06/03/13|06/28/13|--/--/--|07/02/13|08/06/13|--/--/--|INDIANAPOLIS, IN

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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)
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UserName.......|Eligible|Sent....|ChkCashd|Priority|Bio.....|In Line.|Int Ltr.|Intview.|Oath....|FieldOffice
EXAMPLE........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|City, ST


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[Terry J 50]

I thought I would share my husband's oath ceremony experience with you. It was today

I flew in from Montreal to share this moment with his because it really means a lot to us. I was prepared for any potential inquisition from immigration at the airport but they didn't even ask me what immigrant status my husband had. They asked me where am I going and who am I visiting, stamped my passport and voila hello USA

The oath ceremony was held at the Eastern District Court of NY which is at 225 Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn. Our time was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. and we got there a little before that. There were already so many people. You do go through a search and no cameras or cellphones are permitted past security. So we handed over our phones and they gave us a square piece of wood with a number on it so that we'd collect them on our way out.

The naturalization court is on the 2nd floor. From there, the guests were separated from the intending citizens and the guests were told to wait upstairs in the cafeteria on the 3rd floor and watch the events in the courtroom via closed circuit tv until the ceremony was done. That was a letdown as I had hoped to be able to be in the courtroom but there were just too many intending citizens; close to 300 people from 75 different coutries took the oath today! I guess they should get the courtroom seats after all the years of stressful immigration proceedings eh

It took forever and a day until the actual ceremony started which was nearly 11:45 a.m.! However I did tear up when I heard all in the courtroom voicing the Oath of Allegiance and the Pledge of Allegiance...it was very moving and all us family & friends upstairs clapped loudly when they had finished! The judge was very warm and seemed genuinely excited for all the new citizens and had wise words of wisdom and advice to share. She also welcomed them by calling up people to stand as she announced each former country of citizenship, and everyone else would clap for them as they stood. The judge told of her immigration roots as her grandparents immigrated to NY from Russia and her grandmother who was 14 years old at the time is listed on Ellis Island intake records.

She said that the Eastern District Court gave the oath to over 50K people in 2012, second to only the Los Angeles District Court!

So that's how our morning went. We are off to celebrate this afternoon and enjoy a nice dinner.

Have a wonderful evening everyone!

[oliver-chris 3]

Congrats! And no, that's not supposed to happen. You should get your passport back. Hopefully you haven't left the office as yet and if you have call and request to speak to the IO who interviewed you and let them know they forgot to return it to you.

Good luck sumer! Don't be worried. You're going to do great.

Oh really I should go back , I'm just like 20 minutes drive away from it .

[Terry J 50]

Oh really I should go back , I'm just like 20 minutes drive away from it .

Definitely go back

[oliver-chris 3]

Definitely go back

I got a phone call just now from the Immigration feild office . I'm driving back to get my passport.

Definitely go back

I got a phone call just now from the Immigration feild office . I'm driving back to get my passport.

[Terry J 50]

I got a phone call just now from the Immigration feild office . I'm driving back to get my passport.

I got a phone call just now from the Immigration feild office . I'm driving back to get my passport.

Phewfff! Good stuff!

[oliver-chris 3]

Im at the parking lot of the feild office as I write this. Got my passport back.

[merkie 0]

Oath Ceremony

On August 14, 2013, we scheduled you for your oath ceremony and sent a notice providing the date, time, and location. If you move prior to the scheduled ceremony, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

[kanga 2]

So nice to see so much happening with May filers! Congrats to new citizens and good luck to all those refreshing their email accounts 30 times a day and those study for the test!

[oliver-chris 3]

On August 14, 2013, we placed your application in the oath scheduling queue. We will send a notice when the ceremony is scheduled.

Nice .Congratulations!!!! there's nothing more satisfying than seeing these words on you status! I'm waiting for mine to update ,I just had my interview today.