N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

[DM4 23]

On 2/11/2021 at 2:35 PM, Marimar04 said:

I did both the same day. I dropped my middle name and I have my oath one hour and a half after my interview. It was the last group of the day.

Was the oath ceremony run by a judge? I understand whenever there is a name change (my case also) the actual judge should be running the oath ceremony, not "just" a USCIS officer. 

Maybe you were lucky enough to be in the right place in the right time! Please advise/clarify. 

 

BTW, I just received the Bio Reuse letter on 2/12/2021 as well. It appears Newark USCIS sent a massive number of noticess to (what appears to be) all 2020 filers. Note, I filed on March 26th 2020. 

Now I'm holding my breath for the interview schedule notice

Good Luck everyone!

[Marimar04 22]

22 hours ago, Annabanana316 said:

Congratulations! What time was your interview?

 

3 minutes ago, DM4 said:

Was the oath ceremony run by a judge? I understand whenever there is a name change (my case also) the actual judge should be running the oath ceremony, not "just" a USCIS officer. 

Maybe you were lucky enough to be in the right place in the right time! Please advise/clarify. 

 

BTW, I just received the Bio Reuse letter on 2/12/2021 as well. It appears Newark USCIS sent a massive number of noticess to (what appears to be) all 2020 filers. Note, I filed on March 26th 2020. 

Now I'm holding my breath for the interview schedule notice

Good Luck everyone!

No. The oath ceremony wasn't run by a judge. I got an envelope like everyone after the ceremony. Mine had the certificate and a court document about my name change

[DM4 23]

27 minutes ago, Marimar04 said:

 

No. The oath ceremony wasn't run by a judge. I got an envelope like everyone after the ceremony. Mine had the certificate and a court document about my name change

Great. I see the approval. Congratulations! 

Just to clarify, please correct me if I misunderstood: in your previus post you mentioned that the name change was, quote: "middle name dropped". I see line #1 "current name" empty for middle name, and line #7 "change name to" empty for midde name. If you were petitioning court to drop your middle name, should't that middle name be listed in line #1? 

Edited February 16, 2021 by DM4

[paul139 3]

Just checked my account and I have a notification that they will reuse my biometrics dated 2/12. Filed October 25th 2020

[Spurs2021 5]

6 hours ago, paul139 said:

Just checked my account and I have a notification that they will reuse my biometrics dated 2/12. Filed October 25th 2020

It looks like a large span of people just got these notices on the same day. I filed end of august and got the same. It might be that they are just catching up and these are further along than it looks. 
 

Interestingly mine said NBC and not Newark. Not sure if that means it’s still at the processing center.

[NihalV 26]

On 2/16/2021 at 8:06 PM, AlxR said:

It looks like a large span of people just got these notices on the same day. I filed end of august and got the same. It might be that they are just catching up and these are further along than it looks. 
 

Interestingly mine said NBC and not Newark. Not sure if that means it’s still at the processing center.

Agree ... I also got the same update and letter for bio reuse on feb 12. I filed on 9/9/20. Estimate was may-21 initially then changed to July-21 and now it says June-21..

 

 

[DM4 23]

20 hours ago, NihalV said:

Agree ... I also got the same update and letter for bio reuse on feb 12. I filed on 9/9/20. Estimate was may-21 initially then changed to July-21 and now it says June-21..

 

 

If you filed in Sept 2020 in Newark then your interview is ballpark Nov 2021. (BTW, it appears you haven't updated your N400 Timeline). 

I'm guesstimating myself (based on other people timelines) for May/June 2021 interview, and I filed 6 month before you in March 2020. Interview notifications appear to be sent about 6 weeks before the date. 

 

DO NOT pay ANY attention to "estimates" in your account as they are reported to be widely fluctuating without ANY rhyme or reason (outdated logarithm, I'm guessing). My account "estimate", after multiple changes simply... disappeared. That's when you know you are getting close LOL!

[Quarknase 1,072]

8 minutes ago, DM4 said:

That's when you know you are getting close

I got “close” in September 2020 (January filer) hahaha...

[roddie2k 68]

6 hours ago, DM4 said:

If you filed in Sept 2020 in Newark then your interview is ballpark Nov 2021. (BTW, it appears you haven't updated your N400 Timeline). 

I'm guesstimating myself (based on other people timelines) for May/June 2021 interview, and I filed 6 month before you in March 2020. Interview notifications appear to be sent about 6 weeks before the date. 

 

DO NOT pay ANY attention to "estimates" in your account as they are reported to be widely fluctuating without ANY rhyme or reason (outdated logarithm, I'm guessing). My account "estimate", after multiple changes simply... disappeared. That's when you know you are getting close LOL!I filed in 

I filed in May 2020..and today my estimate increased by a month.. from September 2021 to October.2021.what a tease 

[DM4 23]

5 hours ago, roddie2k said:

I filed in May 2020..and today my estimate increased by a month.. from September 2021 to October.2021.what a tease 

I see many times people continue to share their timelines on forums (great!), but do NOT fill this information in their profile.

In your Profile, under My Timeline, under "add comment to Timeline" there is a window for N-400 data. Filing this out will allow people to click on your Timeline next to your pic/avatar and view your time path.

 

MORE importantly, this data will appear in dedicated N-400 Timline on this portal for everyone to compare. LET'S HELP OTHERS TO SEE / COMPARE THE PROGRESS (not just respond to individual ppl in threds)

 

Here it is filtered for Newark NJ filers: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?cfl=0&op1=3&op2=&op3=&op4=2&op5=&op6=All&op7=Newark NJ

[Quarknase 1,072]

1 hour ago, DM4 said:

I see many times people continue to share their timelines on forums (great!), but do NOT fill this information in their profile.

In your Profile, under My Timeline, under "add comment to Timeline" there is a window for N-400 data. Filing this out will allow people to click on your Timeline next to your pic/avatar and view your time path.

 

MORE importantly, this data will appear in dedicated N-400 Timline on this portal for everyone to compare. LET'S HELP OTHERS TO SEE / COMPARE THE PROGRESS (not just respond to individual ppl in threds)

 

Here it is filtered for Newark NJ filers: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?cfl=0&op1=3&op2=&op3=&op4=2&op5=&op6=All&op7=Newark NJ

Couldn’t agree more! Sadly I have two active immigration processes (petitioning my husband and applying for naturalization), and the VJ timeline only allows for one of the two. With the hubbies process having more data points (value for timeline stats), I went with that one.

[NihalV 26]

21 hours ago, DM4 said:

I see many times people continue to share their timelines on forums (great!), but do NOT fill this information in their profile.

In your Profile, under My Timeline, under "add comment to Timeline" there is a window for N-400 data. Filing this out will allow people to click on your Timeline next to your pic/avatar and view your time path.

 

MORE importantly, this data will appear in dedicated N-400 Timline on this portal for everyone to compare. LET'S HELP OTHERS TO SEE / COMPARE THE PROGRESS (not just respond to individual ppl in threds)

 

Here it is filtered for Newark NJ filers: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?cfl=0&op1=3&op2=&op3=&op4=2&op5=&op6=All&op7=Newark NJ

My I-751 I still pending and I think VJ is not allowing enter N400 timeline with I751 pending. 

[ny_a&p 7]

Hello everyone!

 

So, I had my interview this morning in Newark. Everything went smooth and without any issue. I answered everything correctly and I signed the forms as directed, the whole interview took like 10-15 min. Everything was great until the officer gave me the N-652 form saying that I passed the test but with a check on "A decision cannot be made yet about your application". The officer said that the system was down 🤯¿?, so she couldn't recommended me for approval just yet, that I will have to wait to get another notification for the oath ceremony. 

 

I'm very disappointed and sad 😞, I was hoping to become a citizen today, I have being waiting so long for this. I hope my application does not go to the limbo now. Has anyone had any experience with this? 

Edited February 24, 2021 by ny_a&p

[Spurs2021 5]

4 hours ago, ny_a&p said:

Hello everyone!

 

So, I had my interview this morning in Newark. Everything went smooth and without any issue. I answered everything correctly and I signed the forms as directed, the whole interview took like 10-15 min. Everything was great until the officer gave me the N-652 form saying that I passed the test but with a check on "A decision cannot be made yet about your application". The officer said that the system was down 🤯¿?, so she couldn't recommended me for approval just yet, that I will have to wait to get another notification for the oath ceremony. 

 

I'm very disappointed and sad 😞, I was hoping to become a citizen today, I have being waiting so long for this. I hope my application does not go to the limbo now. Has anyone had any experience with this? 

That’s disappointing but I suspect you’ll hear something in the next few weeks. You’re at the end of the process and they want your application to be rounded out.

 

when did you file?

[DM4 23]

On 2/24/2021 at 11:38 AM, ny_a&p said:

Hello everyone!

 

So, I had my interview this morning in Newark. Everything went smooth and without any issue. I answered everything correctly and I signed the forms as directed, the whole interview took like 10-15 min. Everything was great until the officer gave me the N-652 form saying that I passed the test but with a check on "A decision cannot be made yet about your application". The officer said that the system was down 🤯¿?, so she couldn't recommended me for approval just yet, that I will have to wait to get another notification for the oath ceremony. 

 

I'm very disappointed and sad 😞, I was hoping to become a citizen today, I have being waiting so long for this. I hope my application does not go to the limbo now. Has anyone had any experience with this? 

can you share your N-400 timeline with everyone? when did you file?