N-400 February Filers 2018

[Country Mane 1]

19 minutes ago, love_my_wife said:

 

 

I get this message on the "Case tracker for USCIS" app but when I login to USCIS account, all looks fine!

Yes exactly and it’s still showing like no action has been taken yet 

[mr.turtle 27]

I hate to be that one paranoid person. How safe are apps? As far as accessing your personal info....

Edited July 26, 2018 by mr.turtle

[gc@gc 184]

29 minutes ago, mr.turtle said:

I hate to be that one paranoid person. How safe are apps? As far as accessing your personal info....

 

it is not really personal info,  it is just your number, they dont have access to othe information about you, such as name, age, etc

 

the apps get case number from egov.uscis.gov,  everyone can get case numbers there

 

 

Edited July 26, 2018 by gc@gc

[Country Mane 1]

58 minutes ago, gc@gc said:

 

it is not really personal info,  it is just your number, they dont have access to othe information about you, such as name, age, etc

 

the apps get case number from egov.uscis.gov,  everyone can get case numbers there

 

 

Well Said !!! 💯

[shell20 746]

No longer an Alien, got my little flag to prove it.  Great day actually, really cool, however very tired right now as been out for 14 hours today, so will write about it when I get back from the Chicago as off to my friends wedding.   

[Name O Boy 511]

27 minutes ago, shell20 said:

No longer an Alien, got my little flag to prove it.  Great day actually, really cool, however very tired right now as been out for 14 hours today, so will write about it when I get back from the Chicago as off to my friends wedding.   

Yay  Congratulations Shell. Such a wonderful news of the day. Best wishes 

[shell20 746]

13 minutes ago, Name O Boy said:

Yay  Congratulations Shell. Such a wonderful news of the day. Best wishes 

Thanks, it was just an amazing experience, I think there were 20 different countries there and only 23 citizens to be!  A few funny moments too, but how could it not been funny when I was there!

 

[mr.turtle 27]

Well it looks like i maybe having to wait at the very least 3 more months. I found some info that says that souther Illinois only has 4 judicial ceremonies per year. I think I remember seeing one schedule for July 27th. So if the info is correct I’m looking at late October.

[Knitty8893 0]

13 hours ago, gc@gc said:

 

i didnt have problem to access both sites 

Are there two sites to look at? I’ve only been checking one for mine 😆

[Anabless 68]

Enjoy your big day @CTgal18!! 

[marriedtomrg 141]

Could someone update my timeline item to red? 

 

There were 73 petitioners (including myself) at our Naturalization Ceremony yesterday at the U.S. District Courthouse in Tallahassee, FL.  Check in was at the lobby at 1:30 p.m. and I had arrived earlier to try to get in line sooner but it was already snaking across the hallway lol  I was at a first desk where my N-445 was processed and I returned my green card (which I only had a whopping 1 week or so lol).  Went to the next line to verify that all the information printed on my Naturalization Certificate was correct and I signed it.

 

I inquired if phones were allowed and when I was told they were, I went out to my car and found my husband in the parking lot. lol  We walked back to the courthouse together to go through security.  We went up to the 3rd floor, where there was a holding area for everyone.  And then the petitioners were asked to make their way to the 5th floor, where the courtoom was.  We were each given a seat number during check in - mine turned out to be in the middle of the very front row, just a few feet away from the judge lol  They had all sorts of printed materials on our chairs, including a small American flag, our naturalization certificates, letters from our senators and a nice little certificate from our Congressman.

 

For those who could not be in the same room as us, there was an overflow room across the hall with large TV screens for them to view the proceedings.

 

The program started around 3, with welcome remarks, an invocation, and a short colors march.  The federal judge arrived and after a few remarks, a motion to approve our petitions for naturalization was presented and the judge approved it - along with requests for name changes.

 

Everyone was given the chance to say a little something about what citizenship/the event itself meant to them.  In the row where I sat, there was a lady who spoke and I just about broke down hearing her story...she had been in administrative processing for years and waited a long time to be approved.  There were also folks who had been living in Florida for some 12, 15, 30+ years before deciding to finally go through with citizenship.  Makes me even more grateful to have been able to complete this journey relatively fuss-free.  Tell you what though...many had mentioned how excited they are about being able to vote this year...at some point the judge did say this was our chance to have "the official right to complain." lol

 

The Daughters of the American Revolution were there to take pictures.  We had some of our own and I am sharing a couple with you all.

 

After the ceremony I was greeted by my family, co-workers old and new, my grocery store customers, and my friends.  Refreshments were served in that holding area on the third floor and folks from the Supervisor of Elections office were on hand to accept voter registration forms.  You can bet mine was one of them.  I can't wait to vote, either.

 

All in all an emotional day (and I managed to go through it without crying at all), but a truly happy one.

 

As my husband and I walked back to our cars, he asked me if I felt different.  My response was...well, before this day I already felt like an American - after all, I am working two jobs, we have a mortgage, student loans, car payments, credit card debt, two kids and two dogs.  I felt no different.  But I feel right at home.  If that makes any sense.

 

Can't thank the VJ community enough for their valuable insights and how generous you all have been to share your experiences for the benefit of new members.

 

Good luck with everyone still on this journey.

 

 

Edited July 26, 2018 by marriedtomrg
Removed redundant line; added more info

[santiagosilva 8]

Hello!

 

Did we find out if the "Case Status" message was a glitch or an actual update message?

 

 

[shell20 746]

Just now, santiagosilva said:

Hello!

 

Did we find out if the "Case Status" message was a glitch or an actual update message?

 

 

I think a lot of case status messages got transferred around the same time to Texas or Nebraska. The latest glitch is it seems to say your name was updated etc or your birth date or all, then you get a status up date, normally an approval soon after.  Although the one glitch I got just before I received my N400 interview was 30 text messages to my mobile to say we sent out your card, which they had done 2 months previously. and a few emails saying much the same. The 30 text messages went to my husbands phone at around 4am in the morning when I was away. He wasn't a "Happy Camper". 

[TingX 10]

3 minutes ago, santiagosilva said:

Hello!

 

Did we find out if the "Case Status" message was a glitch or an actual update message?

 

 

The answer is very obvious. You do not expect an actual update message on so many applications simultaneously. 

[shell20 746]

11 hours ago, mr.turtle said:

Well it looks like i maybe having to wait at the very least 3 more months. I found some info that says that souther Illinois only has 4 judicial ceremonies per year. I think I remember seeing one schedule for July 27th. So if the info is correct I’m looking at late October.

Oh dear!   Are you changing your name? Only ask as I thought mine would be in a court house and it wasn't it was at the USCIS. Apparently, they use the court house for name changes or so the USCIS officer told me when interviewing me for my N400.  Sorry you're waiting so long.