N-400 February Filers 2018

[CTgal18 157]

18 hours 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!

I’m so anxious now too. I had just stopped obsessing over checking and waiting for news and now I’m back to obsessing. 😂

[Anabless 68]

1 hour ago, CTgal18 said:

I’m so anxious now too. I had just stopped obsessing over checking and waiting for news and now I’m back to obsessing. 😂

Haha. Same here.

[ilyak 79]

17 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.

Recommended for approval after a pretty easy interview (20 minutes total), oath letter in hand! Oath scheduled for 5/14. Will post a more detailed interview experience and a timeline update in a few hours. Case currently submitted for quality review based on an approval recommendation.

[Anabless 68]

7 minutes ago, ilyak said:

Recommended for approval after a pretty easy interview (20 minutes total), oath letter in hand! Oath scheduled for 5/14. Will post a more detailed interview experience and a timeline update in a few hours. Case currently submitted for quality review based on an approval recommendation.

Congratulations!!!

[Dualie 185]

45 minutes ago, ilyak said:

Recommended for approval after a pretty easy interview (20 minutes total), oath letter in hand! Oath scheduled for 5/14. Will post a more detailed interview experience and a timeline update in a few hours. Case currently submitted for quality review based on an approval recommendation.

Congratulations!! So good to hear!!

[CTgal18 157]

52 minutes ago, ilyak said:

Recommended for approval after a pretty easy interview (20 minutes total), oath letter in hand! Oath scheduled for 5/14. Will post a more detailed interview experience and a timeline update in a few hours. Case currently submitted for quality review based on an approval recommendation.

Congrats!!

[PositiveThinker 40]

@ilyak Congrats on the approval! Please share us your interview experience. 

[ilyak 79]

6 minutes ago, PositiveThinker said:

@ilyak Congrats on the approval! Please share us your interview experience. 

Thanks, I will in a few hours, got some work stuff to take care of up before I can take the time.

[CarlHamilton 252]

1 minute ago, ilyak said:

Thanks, I will in a few hours, got some work stuff to take care of up before I can take the time.

The public wants to know, Ilyak!  You prioritize work over Visajourney? Tsk, tsk. 

[shell20 746]

1 hour ago, ilyak said:

Thanks, I will in a few hours, got some work stuff to take care of up before I can take the time.

Congratulations!!  So happy for you.

[ilyak 79]

Thanks, everyone, it actually means a lot to get all the good vibes coming my way. As promised, here's my interview experience at USCIS in Buffalo, NY:

 

1. Documents that I submitted scans of along with with my N-400 and brought originals of to the interview.

 

The full list is attached, short summary below:

- Appointment notice

- Green card

- My current and expired passports

- Marriage certificate

- My birth certificate, its translation to English, and letter certifying the translation written by a friend

- Wife's US birth certificate

- Speeding ticket and certified court record showing no balance due

- Information re: voter registration (see below)

- Joint leases for houses bearing mine and wife's names

- IRS tax transcripts and state refund check stubs bearing mine and wife's names

- Joint health, car, and renters' insurance documentation

- Evidence that I was in a non-immigrant status on my 26th birthday for Selective Service. I became a PR at 27, so just missed the requirement

- Passport photos

- Other miscellaneous items such as old USICS notices, explanation letters I furnished with my application, and etc.

 

2. The interview.

 

The interview was scheduled for 10:45 AM. I arrived at 10:15 AM. My wife accompanied me. As usual, we were screened by the security officers and checked in by the receptionist. Around 11:20, a young officer came out from the back and invited me in for my interview. He made no acknowledgement of my wife's presence.

After we entered his office, he asked that I make the standard affirmation that I swear to only tell the truth. Once we sat down, the officer apologized for the delay and explained that he was reading my admittedly rather detailed application.

 

The interview started with the English test. I was asked to read "Columbus day is celebrated in October" and then to write it down.

Next, I was asked the following civics questions:

- If the president and the vice president can both no longer serve, who becomes president (Speaker of the House)

- Name one branch of the government (Executive)

- What is the Declaration of Independence (we declared out independence from the United Kingdom)

- How many justices are on the Supreme Court (9)

- How many years do we elect senators for (6)

- What does the President's cabinet do? (advises the President)

 

First, I was asked for my name, my DOB, where I was born, my wife's name and DOB, and whether I were interested in changing my name.

Next, I was then asked what I expected to be the hardest question - the one about my voter registration. I do not think I mentioned this on VJ in detail before. I was one of the people affected when the State of Vermont erroneously transmitted records for a number of permanent residents to the Secretary of the State during the implementation of the "motor voter" laws. More details can be found in this article or by Googling the matter. As a result, I was automatically registered to vote after changing the address on my car registration. When I found out, I was mortified and immediately began working to fix this. Luckily, I was eventually able to get in touch with the director of operations for the VT DMV, who took full responsibility and promised to help me obtain solid proof that I am not an fault for this registration. He provided me with a certified copy of my original VT DL application,as well as an official letter explaining that I was registered due to an error on their side and not through any fault of mine. I attached these, along with a detailed explanation of the situation, a copy of the local voter roster from my town clerk that showed I did not vote in the only election that was held while I was registered, and a copy of a newspaper article about another permanent resident being erroneously registered by the DMV. This proved sufficient - the officer took a look through a copy of the letter from the DMV official and did not examine any other documents in my presence. He then changed my lengthy answer to the related question to "I was registered to vote by VT DMV in error". The officer did not look at any of the other supporting documents that I've brought, although I suspect he had looked through the copies in my file before inviting me in.

 

Next, he went through the rest of my application question by question. For some reason, the copy that he had did not reflect that my wife was a USC by birth (although I can see it in my online application), he fixed that. He made a few other small adjustments to wording on various questions. His last question was how old I was when I became a PR. Given the fact that I managed maybe 2 hours of sleep the night before, I was stumped by the requiured calculations, so I just mumbled that I was a non-immigrant at 26. That satisfied him. At that point, he asked me to review the changes that he had made on an iPad attached to his desk and to sign for them. He then asked me to sign for a few more things, acknowledging that I know and understand the oath I will have to take and verifying the information that will appear on my naturalization certificate.

 

The officer then said that he is recommending me for approval and congratulated me. He explained that the decision will need to be reviewed by his supervisor, which is standard procedure (it does appear to happen with many junior officers). He then said that he will go ahead and schedule me for the oath. I asked if the Buffalo field office did same day oath ceremonies, and he said that they did not. He then told me my oath will be held on 5/14 in Rochester and provided my with a copy of the N-652 with the Congratulations box checked. He then printed and handed to me a copy of the oath letter, N-445, listing the details of my oath ceremony. At this point, he congratulated me again, I thanked him, and he walked me out.

 

The whole interview took about 20 minutes. After my wife and I left and were walking down the street back to our car, my arm around her shoulders, we ran into the office that interviewed me leaving to get some lunch. He smiled at us, and it was a cute little moment that we shared.

 

3. Next steps.

 

As of right now, my.uscis.gov is still showing the following:

 

egov.uscis.gov is showing the following:

 

finally, under case history and next steps on the same site, I see the following:

 

While these are not entirely consistent with the fact that I have an oath date and letter in hand, I am not reading into them too much. Unless I hear anything from the USCIS between now and 5/14, I am going to continue operating under the assumption that my application is approved and I will be making the oath on that date. To add to this, when I asked the interviewing officer at what point I should expect the final decision, he told me that this was it, and that the quality review thing is just "written that way".

 

This concludes my interview experience at USCIS in Buffalo, NY. Please feel free to ask any questions, and thanks again for the good vibes. I apologize in advance for any typos and mistakes, I am running on just a couple of hours of sleep and am completely exhausted by all of the anxiety that surrounded this interview. 

Good luck to everyone!

 

List of documents in naturalization folder (redacted).doc

[ilyak 79]

Did my best to get us all updated on this list - apparently I missed some drama! 
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D3si.H3art.......|05/08/15|02/07|02/07|02/07|02/27/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Newark, NJ........|IOE....|.........|
Positive Thinker.|03/12/15|02/07|02/07|02/08|02/28/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|St.Paul MN........|IOE....|.........|
Nightingalejules.|11/07/14|02/08|02/08|02/08|02/26/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Tucson, AZ........|IOE....|6 months.|
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évariste.........|03/14/12|02/09|02/09|02/09|03/02/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Jose, CA......|IOE....|12 months|
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ilyak............|10/29/14|02/11|02/11|02/17|03/08/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|04/17/18|05/14/18|Buffalo, NY.......|IOE....|9 months.| Recommended for approval, under quality review
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[shell20 746]

2 hours ago, ilyak said:

Thanks, everyone, it actually means a lot to get all the good vibes coming my way. As promised, here's my interview experience at USCIS in Buffalo, NY:

 

1. Documents that I submitted scans of along with with my N-400 and brought originals of to the interview.

 

The full list is attached, short summary below:

- Appointment notice

- Green card

- My current and expired passports

- Marriage certificate

- My birth certificate, its translation to English, and letter certifying the translation written by a friend

- Wife's US birth certificate

- Speeding ticket and certified court record showing no balance due

- Information re: voter registration (see below)

- Joint leases for houses bearing mine and wife's names

- IRS tax transcripts and state refund check stubs bearing mine and wife's names

- Joint health, car, and renters' insurance documentation

- Evidence that I was in a non-immigrant status on my 26th birthday for Selective Service. I became a PR at 27, so just missed the requirement

- Passport photos

- Other miscellaneous items such as old USICS notices, explanation letters I furnished with my application, and etc.

 

2. The interview.

 

The interview was scheduled for 10:45 AM. I arrived at 10:15 AM. My wife accompanied me. As usual, we were screened by the security officers and checked in by the receptionist. Around 11:20, a young officer came out from the back and invited me in for my interview. He made no acknowledgement of my wife's presence.

After we entered his office, he asked that I make the standard affirmation that I swear to only tell the truth. Once we sat down, the officer apologized for the delay and explained that he was reading my admittedly rather detailed application.

 

The interview started with the English test. I was asked to read "Columbus day is celebrated in October" and then to write it down.

Next, I was asked the following civics questions:

- If the president and the vice president can both no longer serve, who becomes president (Speaker of the House)

- Name one branch of the government (Executive)

- What is the Declaration of Independence (we declared out independence from the United Kingdom)

- How many justices are on the Supreme Court (9)

- How many years do we elect senators for (6)

- What does the President's cabinet do? (advises the President)

 

First, I was asked for my name, my DOB, where I was born, my wife's name and DOB, and whether I were interested in changing my name.

Next, I was then asked what I expected to be the hardest question - the one about my voter registration. I do not think I mentioned this on VJ in detail before. I was one of the people affected when the State of Vermont erroneously transmitted records for a number of permanent residents to the Secretary of the State during the implementation of the "motor voter" laws. More details can be found in this article or by Googling the matter. As a result, I was automatically registered to vote after changing the address on my car registration. When I found out, I was mortified and immediately began working to fix this. Luckily, I was eventually able to get in touch with the director of operations for the VT DMV, who took full responsibility and promised to help me obtain solid proof that I am not an fault for this registration. He provided me with a certified copy of my original VT DL application,as well as an official letter explaining that I was registered due to an error on their side and not through any fault of mine. I attached these, along with a detailed explanation of the situation, a copy of the local voter roster from my town clerk that showed I did not vote in the only election that was held while I was registered, and a copy of a newspaper article about another permanent resident being erroneously registered by the DMV. This proved sufficient - the officer took a look through a copy of the letter from the DMV official and did not examine any other documents in my presence. He then changed my lengthy answer to the related question to "I was registered to vote by VT DMV in error". The officer did not look at any of the other supporting documents that I've brought, although I suspect he had looked through the copies in my file before inviting me in.

 

Next, he went through the rest of my application question by question. For some reason, the copy that he had did not reflect that my wife was a USC by birth (although I can see it in my online application), he fixed that. He made a few other small adjustments to wording on various questions. His last question was how old I was when I became a PR. Given the fact that I managed maybe 2 hours of sleep the night before, I was stumped by the requiured calculations, so I just mumbled that I was a non-immigrant at 26. That satisfied him. At that point, he asked me to review the changes that he had made on an iPad attached to his desk and to sign for them. He then asked me to sign for a few more things, acknowledging that I know and understand the oath I will have to take and verifying the information that will appear on my naturalization certificate.

 

The officer then said that he is recommending me for approval and congratulated me. He explained that the decision will need to be reviewed by his supervisor, which is standard procedure (it does appear to happen with many junior officers). He then said that he will go ahead and schedule me for the oath. I asked if the Buffalo field office did same day oath ceremonies, and he said that they did not. He then told me my oath will be held on 5/14 in Rochester and provided my with a copy of the N-652 with the Congratulations box checked. He then printed and handed to me a copy of the oath letter, N-445, listing the details of my oath ceremony. At this point, he congratulated me again, I thanked him, and he walked me out.

 

The whole interview took about 20 minutes. After my wife and I left and were walking down the street back to our car, my arm around her shoulders, we ran into the office that interviewed me leaving to get some lunch. He smiled at us, and it was a cute little moment that we shared.

 

3. Next steps.

 

As of right now, my.uscis.gov is still showing the following:

 

egov.uscis.gov is showing the following:

 

finally, under case history and next steps on the same site, I see the following:

 

While these are not entirely consistent with the fact that I have an oath date and letter in hand, I am not reading into them too much. Unless I hear anything from the USCIS between now and 5/14, I am going to continue operating under the assumption that my application is approved and I will be making the oath on that date. To add to this, when I asked the interviewing officer at what point I should expect the final decision, he told me that this was it, and that the quality review thing is just "written that way".

 

This concludes my interview experience at USCIS in Buffalo, NY. Please feel free to ask any questions, and thanks again for the good vibes. I apologize in advance for any typos and mistakes, I am running on just a couple of hours of sleep and am completely exhausted by all of the anxiety that surrounded this interview. 

Good luck to everyone!

 

List of documents in naturalization folder (redacted).doc

Thank you so much for sharing. I smiled when I heard about the car park bit with your wife and the IO. This is how its meant to be, not what poor @Pat80 received yesterday, I still am in utter shock about that interview and if I could file a complaint on their behalf I would. However, this particular story restored my faith in the USCIS and their officers. I guess it the minorities that cause a bad name for them.  Congratulations again, I will look for your final leg of the journey the Oath Ceremony, I am in England at that time, but still will look out for your post about your Oath ceremony.

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So yesterday I was on ROC Feb filers and someone shared this link the old N400 case status via Ellis. You may all want to look at this to see whats going on. Warning, you go there and think its the new N400, use the same credentials as you would to log into the new N400 status update. I was hesitant at first as it looks exactly the same, but when you log in with the same email and pass words it takes you too Ellis and it tells if you are inline or not.  

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  On 16/04/2018 at 5:46 PM, shell20 said:

We are actively reviewing your case!  Makes me laugh out a loud each time as USCIS and actively don't seem to go together! 

shells log in to this site and see what the latest update is your credentials will be the same as the new USCIS site you filed N-400 on but after you log in the page will be different. https://public-prod-elis2.uscis.dhs.gov/efile/app/app/

 

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@Anablessand @CTgal18 interview is on May 24th in Albany. (Latham)