Received First Notice of Action

[Rob and Cathy 0]

We received our first Notice of Action today from Homeland Security on Rob's citizenship application.

I says that they have received our payment. (I already knew that coz the check already cleared our bank account. lol)

It also says that the application is in proces but has the following exceptions......

"Missing Evidence(s) - your application was missing evidence(s) that you will need to provide at the time of your naturalization interview. You will be notified under separate notice of the necessary evidence(s) that you will be required to bring to your interview. Do not submit the evidence(s) by mail."

Then it also goes on to say check your birthdate and address & notify them if anything is changed.

It says we will be notified of the date & place of your interview when it has been scheduled by the local USCIS office. And that it should be within 365 days from this notice.

And in a tiny paragraph at the bottom it says this.......

All naturalization applicants who were between the ages of 14-75 at the time of filing must have their fingerprints taken at a USCIS Application Support Center (ASC) so they can be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a criminal history check. If we received your application without a fingerprint card (FD-258), or your fingerprint card was received on or after December 3, 1997, you will need to go to an ASC to be fingerprinted. Do not have your fingerprints taken anywhere else. You will receive a notice that will provide you with information about when and where to go to have your fingerprints taken, and what youwill need to bring with you.

So anyway, my whole questions are these.....

I followed the Guide to Naturalization Checklist to the letter. Checked and re-checked the things shown on their checklist. So what could possibly be missing???????

And also, should we have sent fingerprints in with the application? It did not say this either on the Guide/Checklist. It said we would receive the notice of where to go and have them done.

I guess this whole notice just made me feel like I didnt do the application right or something. I don't know.

Did anyone else here have the same experiences? And do you think the evidence(s) would be anything major that might take alot of time for me to locate or get copies of????????

[Jenn! 918]

From what I've heard, this is a standard notice that is sent out regardless of what your application contained, so nothing to be alarmed about. You will receive an appointment for biometrics and as they said, a notice of things to bring to the interview.

See this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=51949&hl=

[Mononoke28 135]

That is a standard NOA1 for N-400, I received the same one when I was going through the process. The next step is they will let you know where your biometrics (fingerprints) will be taking place at, they take care of the whole thing, that's why you paid the extra $70. After that they make an appointment for the interview and ask you to bring anything they might think was missing. That's all.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Good luck!!! I trashed my I-797 form a year after I received them. Forgot what it said.