N-400 Filers @ New York City, Queens and Long Island Field Offices

[Bmc1 2]

Hello Everyone,

Are there any Albany, NY filers in the house?

[UKUSA 17]

On 1/25/2021 at 7:31 PM, lesly87 said:

It will likely show up tomorrow. It usually takes a day or so to post.

 

On 1/25/2021 at 7:36 PM, Sherja said:

 

Call them ask them for a date and time tomorrow 

 

Thanks, it came as you said! Interview 03/08/21

 

On 1/27/2021 at 7:22 PM, Bmc1 said:

Where is your field office?

Federal Plaza

[bklyn24601 17]

Husband got his interview notice today 2/1/2021.

The notice letter hasn't posted yet. 

Filed 11/4/2019

Brooklyn Office

[bklyn24601 17]

17 hours ago, bklyn24601 said:

Husband got his interview notice today 2/1/2021.

The notice letter hasn't posted yet. 

Filed 11/4/2019

Brooklyn Office

Interview date is March 1st. 

So it was sent out 4 weeks ahead of the date.

 

[COYG! 16]

Got the Biometric Reuse notice (dated Feb 1) under documents tab. Status hasn't changed. Still says Case was Received. Filed July 2020. Biometrics were last done in Sept. 2019

[Ring of The fire 55]

52 minutes ago, COYG! said:

Got the Biometric Reuse notice (dated Feb 1) under documents tab. Status hasn't changed. Still says Case was Received. Filed July 2020. Biometrics were last done in Sept. 2019

What is your local office ? Brooklyn, queens or nyc ?

[Neickers 46]

Spoke to a tier 2 officer and was told my fingerprints or biometrics from 2014 are being used for my N400. Although I did not receive any notice regarding biometrics, make sure to call and get an update because they might just be reusing your prints without even knowing.

[COYG! 16]

19 minutes ago, Ring of the lord said:

What is your local office ? Brooklyn, queens or nyc ?

I think Long Island. I live in queens but Field office Locater says Long Island

Edited February 2, 2021 by COYG!

[sender99 6]

My interview is february 16th, with an estimated case completion date of 5 months... hope that's incorrect. 

 

edit: just switched to 8 months.... i'll just ignore it...

Edited February 2, 2021 by sender99

[Raul9 1]

14 minutes ago, sender99 said:

My interview is february 16th, with an estimated case completion date of 5 months... hope that's incorrect. 

 

edit: just switched to 8 months.... i'll just ignore it...

When did you file?

[Alla2020 4]

1 hour ago, sender99 said:

My interview is february 16th, with an estimated case completion date of 5 months... hope that's incorrect. 

 

edit: just switched to 8 months.... i'll just ignore it...

Definitely wrong! Go by your interview date.

I had my oath ceremony in Dec 2020 and checked the portal after out of curiosity and it was saying estimated case completion time of May 2021. Case completion time tends to be way off towards the final steps of the process.
 

Your oath ceremony should be scheduled within 2-4 weeks of your interview, and they’ll give you about 3 weeks notice.

[hungryfornoa 21]

On 12/1/2020 at 2:55 PM, hungryfornoa said:

I had my interview today. Arrived at the waiting room, they signed me in, asked me to take my mask off for a second and took my picture. And finally, confirmed left + right index fingerprints and gave me a number. 

 

When I was called into the interview office, the officer asked for my greencard and passport. Then they scanned every page of my passport that had anything in it. Has that happened to any one before? I'm guessing they wanted to confirm I met the criteria for presence as I have taken a fair number of vacations abroad over the last 5 years.

 

Confirmed my name and other identifying information. Then asked when I was last out of the country. I gave a range stating this month to next month, but they just wanted the answer to "when", so I gave the date the travel began. Didn't ask any questions about my travels beyond that though. Also didn't ask for any other documents like tax returns or my marriage certificate. I'm applying based on 5-years after employment based greencard.

 

Then went straight to the interview. Was asked 1) Name a branch of government, 2) Who is your is representative? 3) Who is the father of US? 4) How many representatives are in the House of Representatives, ... I don't remember the other two. Then the reading and writing test on the ipad.

 

Was then asked to take my mask off for a second. Then confirm some information on the ipad about myself. Like name, DoB, marital status, residence, etc that would appear on the naturalization certificate.

 

Then went through the questionnaire. They paused at some questions and asked me to explain what the question means. For a few of them, they didn't seem satisfied with my answer and kept asking. I got a bit nervous at this point and started looking around, and they were not happy about that. 

 

At the end, the officer gave me a letter that had two boxes checked that said:

• You passed the English, Civics, History, and Government test
• A decision cannot be made about your application at this time.

I really tried to explain the meaning of the questions as they asked. I understand English very well but I have a bit of an accent and speaking through a mask doesn't help. Added to the fact that I got a bit nervous didn't help.

 

I'm really worried, what do you all think?

 

Forgot to provide an update.

 

Guess what the reason for all this was...? Turns out when I was filling out the N-400 online, I had skipped answering the questions on whether I was ever a member of the Nazi's between 1939-1945. I skipped because I was not even alive at that time window referenced in the question, so I guess I incorrectly presumed that the question does not apply to me. I'm also guessing that's the reason why the interviewer was so nasty to me based on the question she pressed me on (the questions on being authoritarian, a communist party membership, sexual violence, etc...) even though I had answered those questions in the application. If I thought someone was intentionally avoiding a question because they were a Nazi, I guess I'd be nasty to them too.

 

Anyhow she got me to provide answers to that question during the interview and sign those new answers and referred my application for quality review.

 

• December 11, 2020 Your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, was placed in line for oath ceremony scheduling.
• December 29, 2020 We scheduled you for an oath ceremony for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
• January 12, 2021 Certificate Of Naturalization Was Issued

 

 

Edited February 3, 2021 by hungryfornoa

[Bb1120023 9]

I filed on 8/8/2020. Still no update on biometric. Manhattan office. 

[ThaOne 101]

7 hours ago, hungryfornoa said:

 

Forgot to provide an update.

 

Guess what the reason for all this was...? Turns out when I was filling out the N-400 online, I had skipped answering the questions on whether I was ever a member of the Nazi's between 1939-1945. I skipped because I was not even alive at that time window referenced in the question, so I guess I incorrectly presumed that the question does not apply to me. I'm also guessing that's the reason why the interviewer was so nasty to me based on the question she pressed me on (the questions on being authoritarian, a communist party membership, sexual violence, etc...) even though I had answered those questions in the application. If I thought someone was intentionally avoiding a question because they were a Nazi, I guess I'd be nasty to them too.

 

Anyhow she got me to provide answers to that question during the interview and sign those new answers and referred my application for quality review.

 

• December 11, 2020 Your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, was placed in line for oath ceremony scheduling.
• December 29, 2020 We scheduled you for an oath ceremony for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
• January 12, 2021 Certificate Of Naturalization Was Issued

 

 

With USCIS it all depends on who the officer dealing with you. Mine was the nicest younger dude I could have asked for. Didn't ask for any documentation and we talked about a lot of things. He shared a lot about his family, brother, and we joked a lot. Although I am sure this was part of him trying to figure out how I could hold a conversation. English may not be my first language but I grew up in England and have been in the US for 20 years, so that wasn't an issue.

Either way, you are done now. Enjoy. You won't have to deal with this ever again.

[M.Z 2]

Long Island update - Just got an interview notice and my appointment is for mid March. I submitted my application online on late January 2020.

 

I have I-751 pending, but nothing on a combo interview was mentioned in the interview notice. Does anyone think I should call and ask if the interview covers the I-751 application?