Chicago N400 filers

[ChicagoN400 31]

I read somewhere that it is recommended to bring over 2 passport size photographs to the interview. Is that true? I didn't see that on the list of doc's I am supposed to bring over on the letter I received.
 

Anything else that I should bring over that is not mentioned in the interview letter?

[Waitinggame16 91]

4 minutes ago, ChicagoN400 said:

I read somewhere that it is recommended to bring over 2 passport size photographs to the interview. Is that true? I didn't see that on the list of doc's I am supposed to bring over on the letter I received.
 

Anything else that I should bring over that is not mentioned in the interview letter?

I sent two photos with my application and am definitely bringing two more with me because I saw a lot of people asked for it earlier in the year and it held them up a lot waiting to get their case looked at again once they resubmitted photos. 

 

[AK_2014 113]

Public Service Announcement:

 

I'd like to encourage all fellow Chicago filers to please, please create & update your VisaJourney Timeline!

 

It's the only way that data gets into the VJ system and updates cool, helpful features such as this: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=Chicago+IL&op1=3&op2=d&op4=1&op5=&cfl=0

 

I've noticed that a lot of people commenting in our Chicago thread don't have timelines; this means that you're not providing data that will really help your fellow filers try to predict how fast/slow things are moving with our Field Office.

 

Thanks!

[Steelers1020 64]

4 hours ago, ChicagoN400 said:

I read somewhere that it is recommended to bring over 2 passport size photographs to the interview. Is that true? I didn't see that on the list of doc's I am supposed to bring over on the letter I received.
 

Anything else that I should bring over that is not mentioned in the interview letter?

I have see many people say to bring passport pictures. Also tax returns. 

[ChicagoN400 31]

1 hour ago, Steelers1020 said:

I have see many people say to bring passport pictures. Also tax returns. 

Thank you @Steelers1020 and @Waitinggame16

 

I had no idea I would have to take pics with me...if u guys think of anything else, please do share

[caeremonarius 26]

It's official: my wife's a US Citizen, having just taken the Naturalization Oath at the USCIS Chicago office this morning. I'll post a more detailed description of the oath experience later this week. 

 

Thank you to the entire Visa Journey forum for the kind words, advice, helpful comments and hints over the last 8+ years.

 

Good luck to everyone!

 

AJ

[Waitinggame16 91]

1 hour ago, caeremonarius said:

It's official: my wife's a US Citizen, having just taken the Naturalization Oath at the USCIS Chicago office this morning. I'll post a more detailed description of the oath experience later this week. 

 

Thank you to the entire Visa Journey forum for the kind words, advice, helpful comments and hints over the last 8+ years.

 

Good luck to everyone!

 

AJ

Congratulations! 

[jujusju 10]

18 hours ago, caeremonarius said:

It's official: my wife's a US Citizen, having just taken the Naturalization Oath at the USCIS Chicago office this morning. I'll post a more detailed description of the oath experience later this week. 

 

Thank you to the entire Visa Journey forum for the kind words, advice, helpful comments and hints over the last 8+ years.

 

Good luck to everyone!

 

AJ

Congratulations!

 

[Steelers1020 64]

On 2/8/2018 at 2:41 PM, caeremonarius said:

It's official: my wife's a US Citizen, having just taken the Naturalization Oath at the USCIS Chicago office this morning. I'll post a more detailed description of the oath experience later this week. 

 

Thank you to the entire Visa Journey forum for the kind words, advice, helpful comments and hints over the last 8+ years.

 

Good luck to everyone!

 

AJ

Congratulations!

[Waitinggame16 91]

Got my letter. Interview 03/13/18! 

[Steelers1020 64]

1 hour ago, Waitinggame16 said:

Got my letter. Interview 03/13/18! 

Awesome! 

[Steelers1020 64]

On 1/19/2018 at 2:51 PM, ChicagoN400 said:

Congratulations @cupcake123 - you are almost there!

Quick turn around from Interview to Oath, I wouldn't mind that  

I got notice today, my interview is scheduled for 15th February.

Hope everything went well with the interview!

[ChicagoN400 31]

2 hours ago, Steelers1020 said:

Hope everything went well with the interview!

It went great! Officer was super friendly and I was out in 30 mins

 

He had to check the box "A decision cannot be made at this time" and said that it was because he was new to USCIS and that only his supervisor can recommend for approval. He said he is going to recommend my approval to his supervisor. This adds another layer to my process, but nothing I can do about it.

 

He said the next communication I will receive will be about my oath ceremony and that I should expect it in the next 5-6 weeks. Let's see how that goes 

 

[Steelers1020 64]

On 1/27/2018 at 10:58 PM, AK_2014 said:

For those of us who applied for N-400 online but ran into the no-combo-interview situation in Chicago, my sneaking suspicion lately is that in the back-and-forth between the N-400 people and the I-751 people (different floors of the same building), the application got printed & converted to a paper application. Given the slower timing of paper applications, this means it'll take even longer for the interview to be rescheduled. I'd love to be proven wrong, but at this point I don't expect any motion on our case for several more months. That extra wait, on top of so many extra trips to the service center...  and we're moving out-of-state this summer, which will add all sorts of fun complications if it isn't completed by then... 

Any updates for you guys?

[AK_2014 113]

6 hours ago, Steelers1020 said:

Any updates for you guys?

Thanks for asking.

 

Radio silence, alas.

 

I really do suspect that our application got printed out as part of the I-751 level, and we're now in line among the printed applications, which is so much slower, as we all know. Or maybe that's ascribing too much logic to the whole USCIS system.

 

So frustrating that Chicago won't act like most other office and just conduct joint interviews, or at the very least do the N-400 interview but say that no decision can be made until the I-751 is finished, which has happened to some people at some other offices.  She "should" have done the joint interview in early November, had an oath ceremony a month or two after that, and been done with the whole matter!  Plus, they're wasting so many interview slots with their short-sighted policy, which only makes lines longer and longer for everybody... :-/  Rant over.

 

Hoping we all get through this sooner rather than later. Go Chicago!