N-400 July 2017 Filers

[reneesuarez 21]

@Going through and @vkhutchings best wishes for your interviews tomorrow!!!!!!!

 

[sjs87 27]

@Going through - sending happy thoughts for your interview today! Very jealous you got your so soon :). Tell us how it went, etc! Thinking of you!

[SamBillz 23]

Good luck @Going throughand @vkhutchings! I am also curious to know how it goes so please do share. 

[SamBillz 23]

I just randomly checked my account and it now shows "USCIS has scheduled your interview appointment and will mail you the appointment notice".  However, I did not receive any text or email communication (it doesn't really bother me)  and the Case status site is still showing Biometrics Appointment was Scheduled. 

 

[sjs87 27]

48 minutes ago, SamBillz said:

I just randomly checked my account and it now shows "USCIS has scheduled your interview appointment and will mail you the appointment notice".  However, I did not receive any text or email communication (it doesn't really bother me)  and the Case status site is still showing Biometrics Appointment was Scheduled. 

 

WOW - amazing news! And again, very jealous. Congratulations!

Just out of curiosity, which Field Office did you file with? I see your profile says you're in Houston TX?

[SamBillz 23]

3 minutes ago, sjs87 said:

WOW - amazing news! And again, very jealous. Congratulations!

Just out of curiosity, which Field Office did you file with? I see your profile says you're in Houston TX?

Thanks @sjs87. Looking at your timeline, you have been 'in line' since August 28th so you will definitely get a date before me (that will be my guess). Anywho, yes I am in Houston, TX. 

[vkhutchings 15]

I passed!!!! And I saw @Going through coming out as I was going in and she passed too!! 

 

More details to come - too exhausted and overwhelmed to type up the experience now. Congrats to everyone getting their interview letters!

[peachlings 68]

39 minutes ago, vkhutchings said:

I passed!!!! And I saw @Going through coming out as I was going in and she passed too!! 

 

More details to come - too exhausted and overwhelmed to type up the experience now. Congrats to everyone getting their interview letters!

Congrats @vkhutchings and @Going through!

 

Look forward to all the gossip 

[nit407 11]

Congratulations guys! 

[SamBillz 23]

Congratulations @vkhutchings & @Going through !!!!! Job well done

 

[JoeSchmoe2017 92]

58 minutes ago, vkhutchings said:

I passed!!!! And I saw @Going through coming out as I was going in and she passed too!! 

 

More details to come - too exhausted and overwhelmed to type up the experience now. Congrats to everyone getting their interview letters!

Congratulations! 

[bountyhunter 6]

Congrats @Going through and @vkhutchings! The first ones from the July filers to get through the final hurdle!! Both of you must be in cloud 9 today!!

[Going through 5,671]

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

 

Ok, so my interview was at 10:40am, about 15 minutes to go through screening (they made me take my shoes off which was only because in my case the metal buckle on my sandals set off their alarm twice.)  

 

There were plenty people there when my husband and I arrived, and there were two doors in which they were calling applicants from.  Some where there for AOS interviews, some were there for N400 interviews.  About an hour and a half of waiting and I was starting to get anxious thinking they'd forgotten about me since people who came in for later appointments were getting called first.  Sitting there I did happen to notice that a few people left looking either confused or sad, so again my anxiety started to rise a bit but I kept trying to calm myself down (I'm a doom-and-gloom kind of person to begin with so this is normal for me).

 

When my name was finally called, my husband and I both approached the IO and she asked my husband to not come in (I figured this would happen, but thought it would at least show he was there and in support of me---which the IO addressed later in my interview that she was glad to see he had taken the day off work to accompany me).

 

On to the interview---she asked to see my GC and passport, said "oh you're a Canadian", and then confirmed my birthdate and then asked to see my birth certificate (I had brought this with me in case she asked for it, and she took my photocopy to keep on file).  She then asked me to raise my right hand, swear to tell the truth, etc.

 

Upon sitting back down she immediately said "So you've been arrested before.  Let me see the documents about that."  I handed them to her and reiterated that I had submitted them years ago with my AOS application, again with the ROC application, yadda yadda yadda.  I gave her the court document (which showed her only that the records had been destroyed since the charge was 23 years ago), and a letter from the police department (which showed her only that their records had been destroyed as well).  The original documents I submitted in 2005 stated that they were already destroyed years ago.  I also offered her the RCMP clearance letter which covers the country of Canada as something "extra" which she said she didn't really need, but she'd take it---added that to my file.

 

Moved on to the YES/NO questions, only asking me a few of them and then confirmed my place of work, my husband's place of work, and asked how we met (at this point I realized she was just validating that the GC was received appropriately).  I told her, and she seemed impressed that we had carried out a long distance relationship for 3 years before getting married.  She then casually said "so then you decided to move here when you came last"  I then said "No.  I came here on a visit and he proposed, we got married and then we had figure out what to do now in terms of legalities since I wasn't an American."  She didn't question my estimated travel dates at all, and just confirmed that I visited only Canada over the past 5 years---she then questioned my nationality (I was born in Canada), and asked if my parents were Canadian citizens and if they were married at the time I was born (not sure where she was going with this line of questioning about my parents since it was irrelevant...).  I explained my parents became Naturalized Canadian citizens back in 1964, before I was born, but originally they were from ____.  She then asked again if my parents were citizens of the US, I answered no...I'm the only one in the US, my parents and siblings, aunts and uncles, etc. are all in Canada.  She spoke about how she'd like to visit Canada again herself.  We had some small talk about differences in the two countries and things like that.

 

She moved back to the questioning about my arrest and said "so what happened???"  I explained and confirmed that there was no jail time, no probation, nothing of that sort.  She had me electronically sign a few documents and then said "ok we go by the name on the birth certificate, but since you've already had a legal name change on your marriage certificate your naturalization certificate will read your married legal name (this is what I wanted, anyhow, since I hadn't asked for a name change, and I LOVED how she was speaking as though she was going to approve me already).  She then said it was time to move on to the tests.

 

Asked me the first question three times.  Yes, three times because three times I just blurted out the wrong answer---each time she kept saying "relax" and would ask the question slowly.  After the third incorrect answer, I told her the same incorrect answer just keeps popping up in my head and she said ok we're going to move on and asked me 6 more questions, all of which I answered correctly (once I relaxed, as she said).  English test was no problem---read a sentence, wrote a sentence.  She clarified I needed to print the answer (not write in cursive) in case someone else needs to read it later on so it's clear.

 

At the end of the interview she said she is recommending me for approval but because of the prior charge she needed to get her supervisor to review it---in my shock I blurted out "from 23 years ago??"  and "but you guys knew about it with my AOS" and "I sent it in with my ROC and even now today too!!"  She nodded sympathetically and said it still needs to go under supervisor approval...to which I softly responded "I guess he couldn't do that now, huh?".  She then, to my surprise, took my entire file and got up and left the office with me sitting there.  She came back in a few moments later and started typing stuff on her computer, picked up my file again and left the office once more.  About 5 minutes after that she came back in and said she'd spoken to her supervisor and they said it was fine and that I was approved!  I asked her if she's SURE...and she said "yes I looked at his computer and he was already entering you in for your oath ceremony."   

 

When I got home, there was an email that showed that I was inline for my Oath, and then five minutes later another email that stated my Oath had been scheduled and the letter mailed out earlier that afternoon (almost immediately after I'd left the office, going by their time stamp).  So now I'm waiting for that letter to arrive in the mail.

 

Met vkhutchings when leaving and briefly spoke to her, sorry about leaving so soon---I was tired and coming down from adrenaline!!

 

Any questions, feel free to ask.  

 

[lover5 5]

1 hour ago, Going through said:

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

 

Ok, so my interview was at 10:40am, about 15 minutes to go through screening (they made me take my shoes off which was only because in my case the metal buckle on my sandals set off their alarm twice.)  

 

There were plenty people there when my husband and I arrived, and there were two doors in which they were calling applicants from.  Some where there for AOS interviews, some were there for N400 interviews.  About an hour and a half of waiting and I was starting to get anxious thinking they'd forgotten about me since people who came in for later appointments were getting called first.  Sitting there I did happen to notice that a few people left looking either confused or sad, so again my anxiety started to rise a bit but I kept trying to calm myself down (I'm a doom-and-gloom kind of person to begin with so this is normal for me).

 

When my name was finally called, my husband and I both approached the IO and she asked my husband to not come in (I figured this would happen, but thought it would at least show he was there and in support of me---which the IO addressed later in my interview that she was glad to see he had taken the day off work to accompany me).

 

On to the interview---she asked to see my GC and passport, said "oh you're a Canadian", and then confirmed my birthdate and then asked to see my birth certificate (I had brought this with me in case she asked for it, and she took my photocopy to keep on file).  She then asked me to raise my right hand, swear to tell the truth, etc.

 

Upon sitting back down she immediately said "So you've been arrested before.  Let me see the documents about that."  I handed them to her and reiterated that I had submitted them years ago with my AOS application, again with the ROC application, yadda yadda yadda.  I gave her the court document (which showed her only that the records had been destroyed since the charge was 23 years ago), and a letter from the police department (which showed her only that their records had been destroyed as well).  The original documents I submitted in 2005 stated that they were already destroyed years ago.  I also offered her the RCMP clearance letter which covers the country of Canada as something "extra" which she said she didn't really need, but she'd take it---added that to my file.

 

Moved on to the YES/NO questions, only asking me a few of them and then confirmed my place of work, my husband's place of work, and asked how we met (at this point I realized she was just validating that the GC was received appropriately).  I told her, and she seemed impressed that we had carried out a long distance relationship for 3 years before getting married.  She then casually said "so then you decided to move here when you came last"  I then said "No.  I came here on a visit and he proposed, we got married and then we had figure out what to do now in terms of legalities since I wasn't an American."  She didn't question my estimated travel dates at all, and just confirmed that I visited only Canada over the past 5 years---she then questioned my nationality (I was born in Canada), and asked if my parents were Canadian citizens and if they were married at the time I was born (not sure where she was going with this line of questioning about my parents since it was irrelevant...).  I explained my parents became Naturalized Canadian citizens back in 1964, before I was born, but originally they were from ____.  She then asked again if my parents were citizens of the US, I answered no...I'm the only one in the US, my parents and siblings, aunts and uncles, etc. are all in Canada.  She spoke about how she'd like to visit Canada again herself.  We had some small talk about differences in the two countries and things like that.

 

She moved back to the questioning about my arrest and said "so what happened???"  I explained and confirmed that there was no jail time, no probation, nothing of that sort.  She had me electronically sign a few documents and then said "ok we go by the name on the birth certificate, but since you've already had a legal name change on your marriage certificate your naturalization certificate will read your married legal name (this is what I wanted, anyhow, since I hadn't asked for a name change, and I LOVED how she was speaking as though she was going to approve me already).  She then said it was time to move on to the tests.

 

Asked me the first question three times.  Yes, three times because three times I just blurted out the wrong answer---each time she kept saying "relax" and would ask the question slowly.  After the third incorrect answer, I told her the same incorrect answer just keeps popping up in my head and she said ok we're going to move on and asked me 6 more questions, all of which I answered correctly (once I relaxed, as she said).  English test was no problem---read a sentence, wrote a sentence.  She clarified I needed to print the answer (not write in cursive) in case someone else needs to read it later on so it's clear.

 

At the end of the interview she said she is recommending me for approval but because of the prior charge she needed to get her supervisor to review it---in my shock I blurted out "from 23 years ago??"  and "but you guys knew about it with my AOS" and "I sent it in with my ROC and even now today too!!"  She nodded sympathetically and said it still needs to go under supervisor approval...to which I softly responded "I guess he couldn't do that now, huh?".  She then, to my surprise, took my entire file and got up and left the office with me sitting there.  She came back in a few moments later and started typing stuff on her computer, picked up my file again and left the office once more.  About 5 minutes after that she came back in and said she'd spoken to her supervisor and they said it was fine and that I was approved!  I asked her if she's SURE...and she said "yes I looked at his computer and he was already entering you in for your oath ceremony."   

 

When I got home, there was an email that showed that I was inline for my Oath, and then five minutes later another email that stated my Oath had been scheduled and the letter mailed out earlier that afternoon (almost immediately after I'd left the office, going by their time stamp).  So now I'm waiting for that letter to arrive in the mail.

 

Met vkhutchings when leaving and briefly spoke to her, sorry about leaving so soon---I was tired and coming down from adrenaline!!

 

Any questions, feel free to ask.  

 

Congratulations

[sjs87 27]

3 hours ago, Going through said:

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

 

Ok, so my interview was at 10:40am, about 15 minutes to go through screening (they made me take my shoes off which was only because in my case the metal buckle on my sandals set off their alarm twice.)  

 

There were plenty people there when my husband and I arrived, and there were two doors in which they were calling applicants from.  Some where there for AOS interviews, some were there for N400 interviews.  About an hour and a half of waiting and I was starting to get anxious thinking they'd forgotten about me since people who came in for later appointments were getting called first.  Sitting there I did happen to notice that a few people left looking either confused or sad, so again my anxiety started to rise a bit but I kept trying to calm myself down (I'm a doom-and-gloom kind of person to begin with so this is normal for me).

 

When my name was finally called, my husband and I both approached the IO and she asked my husband to not come in (I figured this would happen, but thought it would at least show he was there and in support of me---which the IO addressed later in my interview that she was glad to see he had taken the day off work to accompany me).

 

On to the interview---she asked to see my GC and passport, said "oh you're a Canadian", and then confirmed my birthdate and then asked to see my birth certificate (I had brought this with me in case she asked for it, and she took my photocopy to keep on file).  She then asked me to raise my right hand, swear to tell the truth, etc.

 

Upon sitting back down she immediately said "So you've been arrested before.  Let me see the documents about that."  I handed them to her and reiterated that I had submitted them years ago with my AOS application, again with the ROC application, yadda yadda yadda.  I gave her the court document (which showed her only that the records had been destroyed since the charge was 23 years ago), and a letter from the police department (which showed her only that their records had been destroyed as well).  The original documents I submitted in 2005 stated that they were already destroyed years ago.  I also offered her the RCMP clearance letter which covers the country of Canada as something "extra" which she said she didn't really need, but she'd take it---added that to my file.

 

Moved on to the YES/NO questions, only asking me a few of them and then confirmed my place of work, my husband's place of work, and asked how we met (at this point I realized she was just validating that the GC was received appropriately).  I told her, and she seemed impressed that we had carried out a long distance relationship for 3 years before getting married.  She then casually said "so then you decided to move here when you came last"  I then said "No.  I came here on a visit and he proposed, we got married and then we had figure out what to do now in terms of legalities since I wasn't an American."  She didn't question my estimated travel dates at all, and just confirmed that I visited only Canada over the past 5 years---she then questioned my nationality (I was born in Canada), and asked if my parents were Canadian citizens and if they were married at the time I was born (not sure where she was going with this line of questioning about my parents since it was irrelevant...).  I explained my parents became Naturalized Canadian citizens back in 1964, before I was born, but originally they were from ____.  She then asked again if my parents were citizens of the US, I answered no...I'm the only one in the US, my parents and siblings, aunts and uncles, etc. are all in Canada.  She spoke about how she'd like to visit Canada again herself.  We had some small talk about differences in the two countries and things like that.

 

She moved back to the questioning about my arrest and said "so what happened???"  I explained and confirmed that there was no jail time, no probation, nothing of that sort.  She had me electronically sign a few documents and then said "ok we go by the name on the birth certificate, but since you've already had a legal name change on your marriage certificate your naturalization certificate will read your married legal name (this is what I wanted, anyhow, since I hadn't asked for a name change, and I LOVED how she was speaking as though she was going to approve me already).  She then said it was time to move on to the tests.

 

Asked me the first question three times.  Yes, three times because three times I just blurted out the wrong answer---each time she kept saying "relax" and would ask the question slowly.  After the third incorrect answer, I told her the same incorrect answer just keeps popping up in my head and she said ok we're going to move on and asked me 6 more questions, all of which I answered correctly (once I relaxed, as she said).  English test was no problem---read a sentence, wrote a sentence.  She clarified I needed to print the answer (not write in cursive) in case someone else needs to read it later on so it's clear.

 

At the end of the interview she said she is recommending me for approval but because of the prior charge she needed to get her supervisor to review it---in my shock I blurted out "from 23 years ago??"  and "but you guys knew about it with my AOS" and "I sent it in with my ROC and even now today too!!"  She nodded sympathetically and said it still needs to go under supervisor approval...to which I softly responded "I guess he couldn't do that now, huh?".  She then, to my surprise, took my entire file and got up and left the office with me sitting there.  She came back in a few moments later and started typing stuff on her computer, picked up my file again and left the office once more.  About 5 minutes after that she came back in and said she'd spoken to her supervisor and they said it was fine and that I was approved!  I asked her if she's SURE...and she said "yes I looked at his computer and he was already entering you in for your oath ceremony."   

 

When I got home, there was an email that showed that I was inline for my Oath, and then five minutes later another email that stated my Oath had been scheduled and the letter mailed out earlier that afternoon (almost immediately after I'd left the office, going by their time stamp).  So now I'm waiting for that letter to arrive in the mail.

 

Met vkhutchings when leaving and briefly spoke to her, sorry about leaving so soon---I was tired and coming down from adrenaline!!

 

Any questions, feel free to ask.  

 

SO HAPPY FOR YOU @Going through & @vkhutchings!!!!