Detroit N400 filers

[Dashinka 24,480]

9 minutes ago, arya said:

I had my interview today.  It was at 8am, but I arrived around 7:30.  There were already whole lot of people getting in the building.  Going through the check in was a breeze, everyone was very friendly.  The agent called around 8:10 with about 10 people going in before me.  The agent that interviewed me was so friendly and very nice.  There was another agent in the room, but she just observed.  She went over some personal info, put me under oath, and then we did the test first.  I read the sentence "Who elects congress?", then I wrote "People elect congress".  My civics test was 6 questions:  Who wrote the declaration of independence, who is in charge of the military, name 3 original states, name one state that borders Mexico, which party is president's party, and which two parties are there in the USA.  Very easy.  Then she asked me all the questions for my eligibility that I answered on my application.  She goes through all of them, so know your answers.  I found out that if you're a member of a union at work, you declare it on that question about if you're a member of any organizations, groups....  Then I showed her my parking ticket I had 4 years ago that I forgot to declare on the application and she said it's no biggie, she did take copy of the receipt.  That was it.  She said I passed and I will be getting the letter about my oath ceremony in the mail, and the ceremony should be within 45 days.  My status changed immediately on my uscis app, saying my oath will be scheduled soon.  

 

Good luck everyone, I'm so glad this is almost over!  

Glad to hear you had a positive experience and Congrats on the interview/test results.  My wife has a traffic ticket she forgot to declare on the N400, but she is taking a copy of it and going to disclose it to the IO next week.

[arya 22]

2 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Glad to hear you had a positive experience and Congrats on the interview/test results.  My wife has a traffic ticket she forgot to declare on the N400, but she is taking a copy of it and going to disclose it to the IO next week.

Thank you! 

 

I don't think she will have any trouble with it.  She also told me they give you benefit of the doubt if you have been married to the same person throughout your immigration process and that statue of limitation is 3 years.  

Edited April 5, 2018 by arya

[Dashinka 24,480]

Katya had her interview today in Detroit.  We got there about 30 minutes early and she was called back about 10 minutes after her scheduled time.  The very nice IO in Detroit also requested me to join them, and she covered the pending I751 first with both of us verifying that form and we updated our tax documents.  That lasted about 10 minutes, then I was walked out and Katya continued with her N400 interview.  She told me that it went very well, she answered the six questions (first president, where is the Statue of Liberty, what does the Oath of Allegiance mean, who is the governor of Michigan, name the three rights enumerated in the DoI, and name two National Holidays) and passed the reading and writing test.  In the end, she was approved for naturalization with an oath to be scheduled later.  The N400 part of the interview lasted about 15-20 minutes.

 

Good Luck to All! 

[Lovetoteach 53]

6 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Katya had her interview today in Detroit.  We got there about 30 minutes early and she was called back about 10 minutes after her scheduled time.  The very nice IO in Detroit also requested me to join them, and she covered the pending I751 first with both of us verifying that form and we updated our tax documents.  That lasted about 10 minutes, then I was walked out and Katya continued with her N400 interview.  She told me that it went very well, she answered the six questions (first president, where is the Statue of Liberty, what does the Oath of Allegiance mean, who is the governor of Michigan, name the three rights enumerated in the DoI, and name two National Holidays) and passed the reading and writing test.  In the end, she was approved for naturalization with an oath to be scheduled later.  The N400 part of the interview lasted about 15-20 minutes.

 

Good Luck to All! 

Many congratulations ❤️

[CoffeeVegan 223]

6 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Katya had her interview today in Detroit.  We got there about 30 minutes early and she was called back about 10 minutes after her scheduled time.  The very nice IO in Detroit also requested me to join them, and she covered the pending I751 first with both of us verifying that form and we updated our tax documents.  That lasted about 10 minutes, then I was walked out and Katya continued with her N400 interview.  She told me that it went very well, she answered the six questions (first president, where is the Statue of Liberty, what does the Oath of Allegiance mean, who is the governor of Michigan, name the three rights enumerated in the DoI, and name two National Holidays) and passed the reading and writing test.  In the end, she was approved for naturalization with an oath to be scheduled later.  The N400 part of the interview lasted about 15-20 minutes.

 

Good Luck to All! 

Congrats to both of you🥂what a relief it must be! Did you get notified about oath date? Oh also what questions did they ask regarding the ROC part? Thank you!

[arya 22]

Congrats Bill and Katya!  It feels great to have it over with!

 

I still don't have my oath letter uploaded on the website.  I got an email yesterday that they scheduled my oath, today that the letter was sent but it's still not up on the website.  I'm expecting it to be posted tomorrow.  

[Dashinka 24,480]

6 hours ago, CoffeeVegan said:

Congrats to both of you🥂what a relief it must be! Did you get notified about oath date? Oh also what questions did they ask regarding the ROC part? Thank you!

Thanks.  The one website shows the oath to be scheduled, but we don’t know the date yet.  As to the ROC, the IO just verified the form information with respect to the names, addresses, phone numbers, DOBs, email addresses and to verify our signatures.  She also asked if we had any additional evidence to add and we gave her copies of our last two tax returns.  I asked her if they were seeing a lot of combo I751s and N400s, and she said yes, it was becoming more common.

[reddbear 28]

On 4/5/2018 at 6:40 AM, Bill & Katya said:

Welcome.  Where are you at in the process?

filed in December, still waiting!

[lynchje2 10]

19 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Katya had her interview today in Detroit.  We got there about 30 minutes early and she was called back about 10 minutes after her scheduled time.  The very nice IO in Detroit also requested me to join them, and she covered the pending I751 first with both of us verifying that form and we updated our tax documents.  That lasted about 10 minutes, then I was walked out and Katya continued with her N400 interview.  She told me that it went very well, she answered the six questions (first president, where is the Statue of Liberty, what does the Oath of Allegiance mean, who is the governor of Michigan, name the three rights enumerated in the DoI, and name two National Holidays) and passed the reading and writing test.  In the end, she was approved for naturalization with an oath to be scheduled later.  The N400 part of the interview lasted about 15-20 minutes.

 

Good Luck to All! 

Congrats Bill and Katya!   What a relief!!   We had our interview nearly 2 weeks ago in Detroit and haven't received anything about the oath ceremony.  Let us know when you receive something!    Has anyone else waited this long to receive the oath appointment??  What's the typical wait time between interview and getting the letter for oath?  Thus far Detroit has been FAST.  The wait for this last part has been excruciating!   

[arya 22]

They just uploaded my oath ceremony letter.  My ceremony is on April 26 at 1pm.  I didn't expect it to be so soon!  I thought maybe sometime in May.  

[CoffeeVegan 223]

8 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Thanks.  The one website shows the oath to be scheduled, but we don’t know the date yet.  As to the ROC, the IO just verified the form information with respect to the names, addresses, phone numbers, DOBs, email addresses and to verify our signatures.  She also asked if we had any additional evidence to add and we gave her copies of our last two tax returns.  I asked her if they were seeing a lot of combo I751s and N400s, and she said yes, it was becoming more common.

Thank you !!!

28 minutes ago, arya said:

They just uploaded my oath ceremony letter.  My ceremony is on April 26 at 1pm.  I didn't expect it to be so soon!  I thought maybe sometime in May.  

Yes!!!! Congrats. Where is it going to be ?

Edited April 11, 2018 by CoffeeVegan

[gpntb 9]

27 minutes ago, arya said:

They just uploaded my oath ceremony letter.  My ceremony is on April 26 at 1pm.  I didn't expect it to be so soon!  I thought maybe sometime in May.  

Congrats! 

Where is it?

 

[arya 22]

4 minutes ago, gpntb said:

Congrats! 

Where is it?

 

It is at US District Court on West Lafayette. 

[gpntb 9]

5 minutes ago, arya said:

It is at US District Court on West Lafayette. 

Thanks!

Did you require a judicial oath ceremony?  I'm still trying to figure out whether to ask the IO at the interview to scrap the name change request off N400, if that speeds things up.

[arya 22]

3 minutes ago, gpntb said:

Thanks!

Did you require a judicial oath ceremony?  I'm still trying to figure out whether to ask the IO at the interview to scrap the name change request off N400, if that speeds things up.

No, the IO just told me that I'll be doing the oath at the court in downtown Detroit.  I'm not sure how name change works since I changed my name when I got married.  Is that done at the oath ceremony?