N-400 February Filers 2018

[nightingalejules 678]

Just now, AmusingCamera said:

@CTgal18and @Anabless just got the notification - interview was scheduled !!!!

That's awesome!

[nightingalejules 678]

1 hour ago, NEENEE NYC said:

GC 04/20/2005

I filed on 03/14/2018 

BIO-METRICS ON 04/06/2018

TODAY 04/16/18 STATUS MESSAGE CHANGED TO WE HAVE SCHEDULED AND INTERVIEW TO NOTICE WILL BE MAILED. I THOUGHT I WAS A MISTAKE SO OF COURSE I CALLED AND THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO A TIER-2 OFFICER WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CORRECT, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A DATE YET BUT I SHOULD RECEIVE IT 30 DAYS BEFORE INTERVIEW.

 

THIS IS FAST

Good for you! Have you posted this on the March filers list as well?

[Anabless 68]

Just now, AmusingCamera said:

@CTgal18and @Anabless just got the notification - interview was scheduled !!!!

OMG!!😮 Congratulations!🎊 very exciting news👏🏻  Got anxious now as if they had scheduled mine. Let us know when they update with location etc. I think I can start studying for the civics test.😝 Thanks for sharing!

[AmusingCamera 128]

16 minutes ago, Anabless said:

OMG!!😮 Congratulations!🎊 very exciting news👏🏻  Got anxious now as if they had scheduled mine. Let us know when they update with location etc. I think I can start studying for the civics test.😝 Thanks for sharing!

Thank you!!! I can’t belive it! I need to start studying now. I’ll post the location when the letter appears. 

[CTgal18 157]

32 minutes ago, AmusingCamera said:

@CTgal18and @Anabless just got the notification - interview was scheduled !!!!

Nice!!! Congrats! I hope I get mine in the next couple weeks!

[AmusingCamera 128]

3 hours ago, CTgal18 said:

Nice!!! Congrats! I hope I get mine in the next couple weeks!

I hope so too. it should be coming soon since we now know that they are working on jan fillers. 

Edited April 17, 2018 by AmusingCamera

[ilyak 79]

Interview tomorrow morning at the Buffalo field office, will post an update afterwards. Secretly hoping for a same day ceremony, but really - who am I kidding - just hoping to get approved. I was one of the few people affected by Vermont's erroneous automated voter registration of permanent residents, so I have some good old 'splaining to do. Fingers crossed.

[sw88 25]

On 4/14/2018 at 7:07 AM, AmusingCamera said:

Thanks. Hope so to.. it was an interesting convo with the L2 rep “ she said I was in queue and then requested for interview last month” 

Hi, congratulations on getting the interview scheduled. Can you share your call experience? Do the immigration officer call back the same day?
I called just now and they gave me a call back estimated wait time of 420minues. Just wondering will I be getting a back today (since it takes about 7 hours wait time ).
 

[AmusingCamera 128]

Just now, sw88 said:

Hi, congratulations on getting the interview scheduled. Can you share your call experience? Do the immigration officer call back the same day?
I called just now and they gave me a call back estimated wait time of 420minues. Just wondering will I be getting a back today (since it takes about 7 hours wait time ).
 

Thank you ! And yes sure- I usually call L1 and they transfer me to L2 because they don’t have answers. I get the recording to leave my number and they will call me back.. one time , they called me 4 hours later and the second time they called at 10:00 pm est which is after hours for them.. so not sure how that works

[sw88 25]

2 minutes ago, AmusingCamera said:

Thank you ! And yes sure- I usually call L1 and they transfer me to L2 because they don’t have answers. I get the recording to leave my number and they will call me back.. one time , they called me 4 hours later and the second time they called at 10:00 pm est which is after hours for them.. so not sure how that works

That's a relief to know they can even call back at 10:00 PM. Hoping to receive a callback today. Thank you so much  

[nuno 16]

13 hours ago, ilyak said:

Interview tomorrow morning at the Buffalo field office, will post an update afterwards. Secretly hoping for a same day ceremony, but really - who am I kidding - just hoping to get approved. I was one of the few people affected by Vermont's erroneous automated voter registration of permanent residents, so I have some good old 'splaining to do. Fingers crossed.

Good luck!

[HappyinLove2014 30]

MY INTERVIEW APRIL 16 EXPERIENCE

 

Hi guys! I just want to share my interview experience yesterday and hopefully it helps in you preparation in your upcoming interview! Good luck! 

 

My interview was scheduled at 8:00am, I arrived 25 mins early. I was checked in and called by the officer around 7:50am. 

Documents I brought with me

- Interview Letter

- Green Card/ Driver's License

- Passport (expired and renewed)

- Husband's birth cert & passport

- Updated form of recent travels

- Marriage certificate

- IRS we filled joint

I  brought the original &photocopied them as well

 

Documents that the officer asked

- Interview Letter

- Green Card/ Driver's License

- IRS tax that we filled joint

 

I started with the English test and just have to read 1 sentence and then write the sentence he asked me to write. That was it! I then proceed to the CIVIC questions. They gave me this red booklet about the 100 questions to study for Naturalization when I did my biometrics. Everything is on the booklet.  The officer probably asked me 10 questions total. Like how many supreme court justice? What does declaration of the independence entails? Give me one branch of the government? etc. I got them all right. Then we proceed to the next part of the interview...

 

So, Its kinda like adjustment of status interview but w/o my husband. lol. I was asked about our relationship. Me and my husband are together for 4 years and no kids yet. He asked me like maybe 5 times if I have kids. I said "we don't have kids" and I" don't have kids". So he asked for more evidence. Health insurance, bank accounts, life insurance etc. But I didn't bring any with me. Luckily I brought the IRS tax we filled joint 2014-2016  with me so I gave it to him. So that kinda stopped him and then he write notes in his computer. I was then asked about the yes or no questions in the N-400 form that we filled up and questions about pledging loyalty to the United States. I also wanted to point out that the officer also asked me if I have arrested or had any traffic violations. So I kinda paused because I just had a recent one, its obstruction of control/vision. From holding my phone! lol. Anyway I told him that I went to court and pay the fees so I wont get the points. Its my 1st ever ticket. So he put that in his computer again. Kinda freak me out because I thought its gonna be the only reason that I wont be approved. The officer is nice and professional. After that, I was asked to review infos he typed in his computer in this IPAD and signed couple pages. And then he told me Congratulations! I will send recommendation in your case for approval ! He congratulate me 3 times. Yeyyy!!

 

I just checked my status online when I woke up today and it says 

 

We approved your application

Your final step to becoming a citizen is to attend your naturalization ceremony

We will mail you a letter when we schedule your naturalization ceremony.

 

I'm over the moon. I'm gonna kissed the USCIS good bye soon. Over all it was a smooth process. Our field office here is very organize and not so busy. I wont be able to complete this journey w/o my VisaJourney family my no.1 source of information  . 

Let me know guys if you have more questions. Good luck to everyone!!!  

[Anabless 68]

13 minutes ago, HappyinLove2014 said:

MY INTERVIEW APRIL 16 EXPERIENCE

 

Hi guys! I just want to share my interview experience yesterday and hopefully it helps in you preparation in your upcoming interview! Good luck! 

 

My interview was scheduled at 8:00am, I arrived 25 mins early. I was checked in and called by the officer around 7:50am. 

Documents I brought with me

- Interview Letter

- Green Card/ Driver's License

- Passport (expired and renewed)

- Husband's birth cert & passport

- Updated form of recent travels

- Marriage certificate

- IRS we filled joint

I  brought the original &photocopied them as well

 

Documents that the officer asked

- Interview Letter

- Green Card/ Driver's License

- IRS tax that we filled joint

 

I started with the English test and just have to read 1 sentence and then write the sentence he asked me to write. That was it! I then proceed to the CIVIC questions. They gave me this red booklet about the 100 questions to study for Naturalization when I did my biometrics. Everything is on the booklet.  The officer probably asked me 10 questions total. Like how many supreme court justice? What does declaration of the independence entails? Give me one branch of the government? etc. I got them all right. Then we proceed to the next part of the interview...

 

So, Its kinda like adjustment of status interview but w/o my husband. lol. I was asked about our relationship. Me and my husband are together for 4 years and no kids yet. He asked me like maybe 5 times if I have kids. I said "we don't have kids" and I" don't have kids". So he asked for more evidence. Health insurance, bank accounts, life insurance etc. But I didn't bring any with me. Luckily I brought the IRS tax we filled joint 2014-2016  with me so I gave it to him. So that kinda stopped him and then he write notes in his computer. I was then asked about the yes or no questions in the N-400 form that we filled up and questions about pledging loyalty to the United States. I also wanted to point out that the officer also asked me if I have arrested or had any traffic violations. So I kinda paused because I just had a recent one, its obstruction of control/vision. From holding my phone! lol. Anyway I told him that I went to court and pay the fees so I wont get the points. Its my 1st ever ticket. So he put that in his computer again. Kinda freak me out because I thought its gonna be the only reason that I wont be approved. The officer is nice and professional. After that, I was asked to review infos he typed in his computer in this IPAD and signed couple pages. And then he told me Congratulations! I will send recommendation in your case for approval ! He congratulate me 3 times. Yeyyy!!

 

I just checked my status online when I woke up today and it says 

 

We approved your application

Your final step to becoming a citizen is to attend your naturalization ceremony

We will mail you a letter when we schedule your naturalization ceremony.

 

I'm over the moon. I'm gonna kissed the USCIS good bye soon. Over all it was a smooth process. Our field office here is very organize and not so busy. I wont be able to complete this journey w/o my VisaJourney family my no.1 source of information  . 

Let me know guys if you have more questions. Good luck to everyone!!!  

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[mr.turtle 27]

I am very happy , proud and jealous of all of you who have or are getting ready to finish this process . Hoping for a quick response to the rest who are still waiting.

[HappyinLove2014 30]

Thank you! good luck in your future interview