Detroit N400 filers

[Dashinka 24,480]

2 hours ago, CoffeeVegan said:

Yes! Congrats you guys.Did they interview both of you (for I 75)? Also did you guys take passport pics ? Thanks and Congrats  once again! What a relief this got to be😀

Thanks, it is a relief, I talk Katya we should call Senator Stabenow's office next week if we didn't hear about the I751 by then, obviously we can forget about that now.

 

Yes, the IO did interview both of us for the I751 (prior to the N400 interview for my wife), and no, we did not take passport photos, and were not asked to provide them either.

[CoffeeVegan 223]

2 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Thanks, it is a relief, I talk Katya we should call Senator Stabenow's office next week if we didn't hear about the I751 by then, obviously we can forget about that now.

 

Yes, the IO did interview both of us for the I751 (prior to the N400 interview for my wife), and no, we did not take passport photos, and were not asked to provide them either.

I see, thank you so much for the info.😀

[reddbear 28]

I see Detroit scheduling interviews, in the last week I have seen 3, so fingers crossed.

[CoffeeVegan 223]

1 hour ago, reddbear said:

I see Detroit scheduling interviews, in the last week I have seen 3, so fingers crossed.

That would be delightfully awesome!!!!!

[gpntb 9]

Had my oath this morning.  Finally done with USCIS, yay.

 

Few more notes on top of what @arya already said:

 

If your ceremony is before 10am, the garage next door is not an option.  They let people w/o a pass in only starting 10am.

You'd have to remove your belt, etc, but they did let us keep our shoes on.

 

We had a judge sing us a song at the end.  The dude lied though when he said he wasn't a good singer.

The judge also stayed after the ceremony to let people take pictures with him and their certificates.

 

If you need a passport quick (and have proof of travel ) and have an appointment either on the same day or with a few days they will likely let you come in right after your ceremony regardless of when is your actual appointment.  If you don't have an appointment, still try to see if they'd let you in, but you'd likely have to rush there right after the ceremony, since a few people may try that as well.

 

Good luck all!

[Sam Kam 13]

23 minutes ago, gpntb said:

Had my oath this morning.  Finally done with USCIS, yay.

 

Few more notes on top of what @arya already said:

 

If your ceremony is before 10am, the garage next door is not an option.  They let people w/o a pass in only starting 10am.

You'd have to remove your belt, etc, but they did let us keep our shoes on.

 

We had a judge sing us a song at the end.  The dude lied though when he said he wasn't a good singer.

The judge also stayed after the ceremony to let people take pictures with him and their certificates.

 

If you need a passport quick (and have proof of travel ) and have an appointment either on the same day or with a few days they will likely let you come in right after your ceremony regardless of when is your actual appointment.  If you don't have an appointment, still try to see if they'd let you in, but you'd likely have to rush there right after the ceremony, since a few people may try that as well.

 

Good luck all!

So anyone can apply for passport at the passport office after Oath Ceremony? or you can only go to passport office if you need passport in Rush for urgent overseas travel? Please let me know. Thanks

[gpntb 9]

5 minutes ago, Sam Kam said:

So anyone can apply for passport at the passport office after Oath Ceremony? or you can only go to passport office if you need passport in Rush for urgent overseas travel? Please let me know. Thanks

Technically, you need to have travel coming up to book an appointment.  I do, and I did.  That said, I think they may let you apply in person if they are not too busy.  The office is just across the road from the courthouse and it takes like 5 minutes to try.

[Dashinka 24,480]

37 minutes ago, gpntb said:

Had my oath this morning.  Finally done with USCIS, yay.

 

Few more notes on top of what @arya already said:

 

If your ceremony is before 10am, the garage next door is not an option.  They let people w/o a pass in only starting 10am.

You'd have to remove your belt, etc, but they did let us keep our shoes on.

 

We had a judge sing us a song at the end.  The dude lied though when he said he wasn't a good singer.

The judge also stayed after the ceremony to let people take pictures with him and their certificates.

 

If you need a passport quick (and have proof of travel ) and have an appointment either on the same day or with a few days they will likely let you come in right after your ceremony regardless of when is your actual appointment.  If you don't have an appointment, still try to see if they'd let you in, but you'd likely have to rush there right after the ceremony, since a few people may try that as well.

 

Good luck all!

Congrats!

[Dashinka 24,480]

Oath scheduled for June 11th!

 

 

[Dashinka 24,480]

On ‎4‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 11:24 PM, arya said:

I had my oath ceremony today at the US District Court.  My letter said to show up at 1pm.  We were there around 12:45.  There was a big line up when we got there.  We got through security and then we had to wait in line to sign the naturalization certificate.  They gave us the flag and a packet with passport application, couple of booklets and other papers.  A lady was there with forms to register to vote.  The ceremony itself started around 1:45.  First a lady from USCIS talked about what not to do with our certificate and what to do once you become the citizen.  Then the judge came out, played the anthem and she talked about right and responsibilities we now have.  Then they called us one by one to come and get our certificates.  THere were 70 of us getting naturalized today.  We were finished around 2:30pm.  

 

Couple of notes:  Parking is 20 dollars!  We parked in the garage next to the court.  The garage has 10 floors and we could not find a free parking spot until we reached the 8th floor.  I was worried we wouldn't be able to find one and that we'd be late.  So leave yourself extra time just in case.  

 

No phones inside the courtroom but you can bring an ipad?! Weird!  Didn't know that, otherwise I would have brought it instead of our digital camera.  The flash was not on (because who uses a digital camera anymore?! Totally forgot how to use it!) so pictures didn't turn out.  

 

If your ceremony is in the morning you can go to the passport office across the street and apply for passport right away so you don't have to mail your certificate with your application.  I don't know if you need to have pictures for it before or if you can get them there.  We were not able to go because they close before 2:30? 

 

Anyway, it was a nice experience.  Especially that the judge played the anthem on her phone, performed by Whitney Houston!  My favorite rendition.  And hers!  

 

 

Any limit on the number of family that can attend?

 

On ‎5‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 2:55 PM, gpntb said:

Had my oath this morning.  Finally done with USCIS, yay.

 

Few more notes on top of what @arya already said:

 

If your ceremony is before 10am, the garage next door is not an option.  They let people w/o a pass in only starting 10am.

You'd have to remove your belt, etc, but they did let us keep our shoes on.

 

We had a judge sing us a song at the end.  The dude lied though when he said he wasn't a good singer.

The judge also stayed after the ceremony to let people take pictures with him and their certificates.

 

If you need a passport quick (and have proof of travel ) and have an appointment either on the same day or with a few days they will likely let you come in right after your ceremony regardless of when is your actual appointment.  If you don't have an appointment, still try to see if they'd let you in, but you'd likely have to rush there right after the ceremony, since a few people may try that as well.

 

Good luck all!

Any limit on the number of family that can attend?

[arya 22]

3 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Any limit on the number of family that can attend?

 

Any limit on the number of family that can attend?

They did not say anything about that.  There were lots of seats in the room and some were not filled for my oath.  I think that if there were too many people, they would be able to stand because there was lots of room.  

[Dashinka 24,480]

2 hours ago, arya said:

They did not say anything about that.  There were lots of seats in the room and some were not filled for my oath.  I think that if there were too many people, they would be able to stand because there was lots of room.  

Thanks!

[Sam Kam 13]

Are 10000 application for N-400 pending at Detroit?

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports and Studies/Immigration Forms Data/Naturalization Data/N400_performancedata_fy2018_qtr1.pdf

[Dashinka 24,480]

2 hours ago, Sam Kam said:

Are 10000 application for N-400 pending at Detroit?

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports and Studies/Immigration Forms Data/Naturalization Data/N400_performancedata_fy2018_qtr1.pdf

Looks that way as of December 31, 2017.

[Sam Kam 13]

wow....then we will definitely need to wait 9 months to get interview invite...:(