N400- November 2014 Filers

[ahmedeg 0]

On April 7, 2015, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400.

I guess I should start studying for the civic exam, does anybody know a good website to study from, I cant find the book that they gave to me on fingerprints.

Thanks

[PrincessBM 11]

Congrats here is the link

[Alphonse 2]

On April 7, 2015, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400.

I guess I should start studying for the civic exam, does anybody know a good website to study from, I cant find the book that they gave to me on fingerprints.

Thanks

Congrats, you are one step closer he USCIS website is a good source. it has flash cards, exercises etc

http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-civics-test

[britinusa 0]

A relative of mine who also applied for his citizenship in the first week of November, like me is waiting for his interview. He called the USCIS office regarding his interview date or lack of it and was told, That at the San Francisco office was dealing with August 2014 applications and to call back if he was outside the time line for his application. On asking what is the the time line, he was told he is within it at the moment and thats all the information they had. So I guess the time line is set to what ever the Office wants.

[Alphonse 2]

A relative of mine who also applied for his citizenship in the first week of November, like me is waiting for his interview. He called the USCIS office regarding his interview date or lack of it and was told, That at the San Francisco office was dealing with August 2014 applications and to call back if he was outside the time line for his application. On asking what is the the time line, he was told he is within it at the moment and thats all the information they had. So I guess the time line is set to what ever the Office wants.

SMH....That rep on the other line is just quoting the website. Not helpful

[sweetbabe 2]

Finally done with my interview. It went very fast, the session last for only 5 minutes. Officer ask me to read one question, then write it down. i answer the first 6 question correctly and said i passed the test and wait for letter when and where is the oath. he said within 2 months, does anybody wait that long for oath?

[JimmyHou 611]

A relative of mine who also applied for his citizenship in the first week of November, like me is waiting for his interview. He called the USCIS office regarding his interview date or lack of it and was told, That at the San Francisco office was dealing with August 2014 applications and to call back if he was outside the time line for his application. On asking what is the the time line, he was told he is within it at the moment and thats all the information they had. So I guess the time line is set to what ever the Office wants.

What people have been told in the past is that USCIS will consider an application out of the normal processing time if it has been over 120 days from the last update in status. So if you got your NOA 120 days ago and haven't got your biometrics letter, then you are outside of normal processing times. Likewise, if you had your interview 120 days ago but haven't received a decision, or if you received a decision 120 days ago but haven't been scheduled for an oath, then you're out of normal processing times.

[ahmedeg 0]

Congrats here is the link

Congrats, you are one step closer he USCIS website is a good source. it has flash cards, exercises etc

http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-civics-test

Thank you guys

[sunnysyed 1]

Just a little update since my interview and oath on March 13th(same day).

i applied for my U.S. passport at a U.S.P.S. on Tuesday March 17th and selected regular service which takes about 4-6 weeks. i received my passport today(3 weeks/15 business days) later.

the reason i am stating the above is because i just checked my case status on uscis.gov(just for the heck of it) and it STILL says "interview scheduled March 4th, you'll receive a letter with the date of the interview....."etc. clearly, they aren't very quick with updating online case status.

[Alphonse 2]

Just a little update since my interview and oath on March 13th(same day).

i applied for my U.S. passport at a U.S.P.S. on Tuesday March 17th and selected regular service which takes about 4-6 weeks. i received my passport today(3 weeks/15 business days) later.

the reason i am stating the above is because i just checked my case status on uscis.gov(just for the heck of it) and it STILL says "interview scheduled March 4th, you'll receive a letter with the date of the interview....."etc. clearly, they aren't very quick with updating online case status.

Hey Sunnysyed,

What's up man? it's been awhile. I am glad that you are officially at the end of your journey after rescheduling your interview twice.

Take care man

[Jack_den 1]

Hi Jack_den!

Thank you for letting me know that they just printed out the letter. Thought it already lost its way here.lol Yup I'm guessing we're in the same boat And we might have the same interview date too! Most probably it'll be here by next week.

Will keep you updated if I have the letter on hand already.

God bless us!

Hi hiroin,

still no notice. I am gettting more and more skeptical of what the officer told me last Friday on the phone.

She said the notice was printed on the day when I decided to call (4/3). What a coincidence?! too good to be true!

She did confirm that the notice would be sent from the district office. I am only 40 miles away from the district office, and I really don't think it would take this long for the letter to arrive. It is also a bit hard to believe that it would take that long before they would print the notice.

She also said that my interview would be near the end of April, but due to privacy policies, she could not tell me what date it was. I am the applicant, and she clearly read the record. What kind of privacy is this?

I also noticed another Denver filer who received the notice on 4/1 for an interview on 5/1.

This leads me to believe that our batch of notices were simply never sent.

I am getting tired of waiting, so I have scheduled an Infopass for Friday.

If I don't receive the notice tomrrow, I am going down to Denver on Friday.

[sweetbabe 2]

New update for my case...so close but yet so far :-)

We placed you in line for your oath ceremony and will send you a notice for Receipt Number NBC**********, with the date, time, and location of your oath ceremony. You should receive your notice within 30 days of its mailing date. Please follow the instructions in the notice.

[Jack_den 1]

Hi hiroin,

I called USCIS again and talked to another 2nd tier officer.
He said that there was no record on when the notice was printed. Yeah, the officer I talked to last Friday was totally clueless about what she was talking about.
The officer has ordered to have the notice to be sent to me again.

He did clarify the privacy policy to me: they are only allowed to provide information about the interview when it is within 7 days, including faxing a copy to the applicant.
Thus, he told me that he could not tell me anything about the interview as of now.
But he did tell me to call back on April 24 if I still don't have the notice.
He seemed to imply that by then they would be allowed to fax me the notice.

Edited April 9, 2015 by Jack_den

[PrincessBM 11]

guys should i call them and ask about interview or not? i am waiting since November and no news yet.

[JimmyHou 611]

Hi hiroin,

I called USCIS again and talked to another 2nd tier officer.

He said that there was no record on when the notice was printed. Yeah, the officer I talked to last Friday was totally clueless about what she was talking about.

The officer has ordered to have the notice to be sent to me again.

He did clarify the privacy policy to me: they are only allowed to provide information about the interview when it is within 7 days, including faxing a copy to the applicant.

Thus, he told me that he could not tell me anything about the interview as of now.

But he did tell me to call back on April 24 if I still don't have the notice.

He seemed to imply that by then they would be allowed to fax me the notice.

Other people have written about this 7 day policy before... thanks for the information; I think this confirms that this isn't just a local office policy, but a general USCIS policy.

So since he said that he can tell you on April 24th, doesn't that mean your interview is May 1st or earlier? :-)