Jump to content
irma24

Chicago, IL - N-400 - Naturalization Experiences

By irma24 in US Citizenship General Discussion

 Share

50 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

NINA80 Explorer

NINA80   9

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Morocco
 Timeline
Posted (edited)

I was just wondering what does the word "salamat" mean in your language? In Arabic, Salamat usually means We wish you best of safety, or we hope you get to your destination safe. I know my question is out of immigration discussion lol.

Hhhh I have the same wonder? Would love to know the meaning:)

Edited by NINA80
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 49
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Jay2Pnoy
Jay2Pnoy

Congratulations kaibigan! I am contemplating on applying for dual citizenship now, the reacquisition of my Filipino citizenship. I hope the process is easy. You should receive the oath letter soon.

Jay2Pnoy Explorer

Jay2Pnoy   3

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Philippines
 Timeline
Posted

Yes, I got approved! And today, I recieved a text/email messages, that I am on the oath ceremony que. Just waiting for the hard copy of the notice with the Oath Ceremony schedule. Salamat, Kaibigan. Malaking tulong ka sa 'kin.

Congratulations kaibigan! I am contemplating on applying for dual citizenship now, the reacquisition of my Filipino citizenship. I hope the process is easy. You should receive the oath letter soon.

I was just wondering what does the word "salamat" mean in your language? In Arabic, Salamat usually means We wish you best of safety, or we hope you get to your destination safe. I know my question is out of immigration discussion lol.

Salamat is a filipino word for "thank you."

Kaibigan means "friend."

I-485 Adjustment of Status

10/21/2000 - Entry as B2 visa, changed status to F1

07/25/2005 - Mom filed F2B

03/01/2007 - Filed AOS to Permanent Resident under 245(i) by virtue of Section 203(h)(3) of the Child Status Protection Act of 2001; Public Law 107-208 (CSPA). Automatic Conversion of F2B petition and Retention of Priority date of an F4 petition as derivative beneficiary of dad filed in 1982 by his sister (hereinafter referred to as the "Automatic Conversion and Retention" clause of the CSPA). With the help of a lawyer from Los Angeles - who sent lots of briefs and case laws previously cited by the Board of Immigration Appeals, and Federal Courts to support our arguments.

03/04/2007 - Notice of Action for AOS Received

03/31/2007 - Biometrics Appointment

06/--/2007 - Interviewed in Chicago, District Adjudicator unable to approve AOS outright as more time was needed to review our case arguments, will notify us of the decision.

08/03/2007 - Decision on AOS - "DENIED" on the basis that F2B petition filed by mom was not current. USCIS misconstrued the basis for eligibility for AOS. (Copy of F2B petition mom filed only submitted as evidence that I sought to acquire status as a permanent resident within one year of the availability of the visa (F4 visa current on 12/2004), a requirement for seeking relief under CSPA and INA 203(h)(3))

08/28/2007 - Filed Request for Reconsideration of Decision on Adjustment of Status Application Based on Service (USCIS) Error, that filing for AOS eligibility was based on dad's 1982 petition, that CIS made an error in determining eligibility. (Motion to Reconsider on Form I-290B was filed without a fee, lawyer argued due to the fact that basis for AOS was erred by the Service)

01/24/2008 - Motion to Reconsider/Appeal Rejected by the USCIS District Adjudicator in Chicago due to non-payment of fee.

02/15/2008 - Re-submitted Motion to Reconsider Denial of AOS to Permanent Resident on Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal to the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), Washington, DC.

02/19/2008 - USCIS received re-filed Motion to Reconsider with a fee of $585. Motion to Reconsider was later transferred to the Administrative Appeals Unit (AAU) in Chicago, IL.

07/28/2008 - Motion to Reconsider Denial of Adjustment on Form I-290B was reconsidered. USCIS Director in Chicago in its own motion submitted a Motion to Reopen, to reopen the case in its entirety. USCIS Director requested for 2nd interview and biometrics (after I sent tons of inquiries to the US Senators Barack Obama and Richard Durbin representing Illinois)

08/02/2008 - 2nd Biometrics Appointment

08/18/2008 - Dad filed another F2B petition requesting F2B conversion from F4 under CSPA and retention of his priority date of 1982. (CSPA decisions and case laws with BIA, Federal Courts and Court of Appeals for the 5th and 9th Circuits do not require that petitioners on later filed F2B petitions be the same as the beneficiary of the original petition, in my case dad was the beneficiary of an F4, but USCIS stance on conversion is that it does not apply to other immigration petitions except F2A and it should not be considered automatic in nature, therefore filing is necessary). A new F2B petition to the derivative beneficiary of the original petition would not have been necessary as afforded by the Act, but the USCIS does not conform to its automatic conversion clause as was on the Act.

09/05/2008 - Email Notice on Adjustment of Status "APPROVAL." (without 2nd interview as originally requested on CIS letter when decided to reopen the case). {Approved AOS based on a hard fought CSPA Automatic Conversion of my F4 derivative status to F2B and Retention of dad's Priority Date of 1982 (therefore making the F2B petition current having retained dad's PD). Law that the government decided to ignore for more than a decade now since the Act was enacted in 2001 signed by President Bush. (The lawyer who represented my case before the District Office Director in Chicago was from the same law firm in Los Angeles who sued the government, in a class action, due to its restrictive interpretation of CSPA denying benefits to those who are otherwise beneficiary of the law, those children of intending immigrants who aged out due to no fault of their own. The law firm was successful in overturning Federal Court ruling in Los Angeles when it appealed the class action to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, En Banc decision.) The government then appealed the decision En Banc of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (which basically entitled "aged outs", or those derivative beneficiariess of any family based, employment based, diversity visa categories, who turned over 21 yrs of age, to join their parents upon receiving permanent residency status) to the Supreme Court, conjoined Federal Courts decisions out of the 2nd and 5th Circuit Courts of Appeals. PENDING before the Supreme Court, anticipating decision or ruling in 2014.}

09/10/2008 - Received Green Card

N-400 Application for Naturalization

09/05/2013 - Eligibility

06/08/2013 - Sent Form N-400 (90-day rule)

06/10/2013 - Priority Date

06/10/2013 - Check Cashed

07/03/2013 - Biometrics

08/05/2013 - In line for Interview

08/12/2013 - Email Notice N-400 scheduled for Interview

08/19/2013 - Interview Letter - received

09/17/2013 - Interview @ 0930am @ 101 West Congress Parkway, 2nd Floor Citizenship Office, Chicago, IL -- APPROVED!!!

09/18/2013 - Oath Letter - mailed from Chicago USCIS Office

09/19/2013 - Oath Letter - mailed from the National Benefits Center

09/20/2013 - Oath Letter - from Chicago USCIS Office received

09/21/2013 - Oath Letter - from the National Benefits Center received

2 Oath Ceremony Appointment Letters

09/27/2013 - Oath Ceremony

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mlbxkllr Apprentice

mlbxkllr   0

Posted
Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Philippines
 Timeline
Posted

Congratulations kaibigan! I am contemplating on applying for dual citizenship now, the reacquisition of my Filipino citizenship. I hope the process is easy. You should receive the oath letter soon.

Salamat is a filipino word for "thank you."

Kaibigan means "friend."

Salamat, Kaibigan. I am looking forward to receive the oath letter next week. I hope I will be in line with others who is doing the oath here 30 miles away from my hometown. As I am not looking forward to go back to drive 6- 6 1/2 hours again so soon. But if that what is gonna be, I'll just go. I can't find any reason to postpone or cancel my oath taking ceremony and mess up the whole process. no0pb.gif . I'll just tough it out.wink.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites
NickD Grand Master

NickD   202

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
 Timeline
Posted

Big fat no parking zone downtown Chicago, did learn can park all day under the SearsTower for under ten bucks. But a bit out of the way. For us, have our two consulates, DOS service center within a 1.5 radius of each other. USCIS is also there, but we were trading between Milwaukee and St. Paul.

Takes us about five hours to drive down to O'Hare, but even as long as four hours just to drive from O'Hare to downtown Chicago. Can only ask why they can't move that DOS service center to O'Hare, sure don't need a passport to leave downtown Chicago.

We are done with the USCIS, but still have to go down to those consulates, learned if we leave at about 1:00 AM and take the train from Harvard can be home at 10:00 PM. Can take a nap on the train, but enjoy looking at intersections where the cars are backed up ten blocks. Cost us 18 bucks each for two round trip tickets, but beats paying a small fortune in parking or staying in a hotel for around 200-300 bucks per night.

Those offices are barely 600 square feet, but must be a certain amount of pride to have them in downtown Chicago. Yes, we have to show up in person.

Wife's friend lives 40 miles Illinois side of the St. Louis Office, but assigned to Chicago. She received an RFE, wouldn't tell her why, but insisted she showed up. For her was the train and an overnight stay in those way overpriced hotels. Only to be told they wanted a joint utility bill for additional evidence. Guess having three years of joint taxes, joint home ownership and a bunch of other stuff wasn't enough for her. Best she could do living in a small town was a minimum wage job. Those trips killed her.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
NINA80 Explorer

NINA80   9

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Morocco
 Timeline
Posted (edited)

I had my oath today in the federal court in 25th floor room 2525 . It' was so quick . They started checking in at 12:00 and were done by 12:25. There were 90 applicants form 32 countries. The judge came in at 1:00 pm. He made us say the oath and the pledge. Than , he gave a quick speech about the diversity of American society. It took him less than 10 min to do all this . He was out by 1:10. After that they handed us the certificates. We left . Out side the court room were couple of ladies carrying the voting registration applications . I decide to go to the dmv to update my DL . I walked there . It's only 3 blocks away from the federal building. I am so happy that o am done with immigration. The whole process took 3 months and 10 days.

Edited by NINA80
Link to comment
Share on other sites
 
Didn't find the answer you were looking for? Ask our VJ Immigration Lawyers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
×
×
  • Create New...