N-400 Filers in San Antonio, TX

[Dan2015 6]

11 hours ago, Adelina.cecil said:

Hey I got the email today my oath is on Friday in San Antonio, and they sent me oath letter through email in case I don't get the hard copy since is a last minute notice. Let me know when you get yours 

Great news, I am happy for you! I am still waiting on them to get in touch with me. Did you call USCIS again to make this happen or what did you do? Since I got the email from USCIS in San Antonio that they were waiting on the courts to schedule a date I haven't heard anything again. Hopefully, I get called to come get my oath ceremony in San Antonio as well. Perhaps you can help us tell them during your oath ceremony that a lot of Corpus Christi people are waiting, if there is anything we can do. Thanks. Once again, congrats!

[SB5130 88]

12 hours ago, Adelina.cecil said:

Hey I got the email today my oath is on Friday in San Antonio, and they sent me oath letter through email in case I don't get the hard copy since is a last minute notice. Let me know when you get yours 

yay! that's great news! did you call them to get a schedule at San Antonio? Or did they reschedule it on it's own? 

[Adelina.cecil 5]

26 minutes ago, Dan2015 said:

Great news, I am happy for you! I am still waiting on them to get in touch with me. Did you call USCIS again to make this happen or what did you do? Since I got the email from USCIS in San Antonio that they were waiting on the courts to schedule a date I haven't heard anything again. Hopefully, I get called to come get my oath ceremony in San Antonio as well. Perhaps you can help us tell them during your oath ceremony that a lot of Corpus Christi people are waiting, if there is anything we can do. Thanks. Once again, congrats!

Call them again and say Courthouse in Corpus is not doing oath in the near future due to covid and tell them that you called Courthouse and that the lady said to contact uscis in San Antonio for oath, that's what I told them but I really called and spoke to someone there and she just told me to call uscis and tell them Courthouse is not doing oat. 

[Adelina.cecil 5]

15 minutes ago, SB5130 said:

yay! that's great news! did you call them to get a schedule at San Antonio? Or did they reschedule it on it's own? 

Called them and told them courthouse in Corpus Christi is not doing oath due to covid and they told me to call uscis and let them know to schedule me in San Antonio, after the talk my inquiry went to San Antonio and today they emailed me and the oath letter too since is short notice and the hard letter probably won't make it on time

[Dan2015 6]

23 hours ago, Adelina.cecil said:

Call them again and say Courthouse in Corpus is not doing oath in the near future due to covid and tell them that you called Courthouse and that the lady said to contact uscis in San Antonio for oath, that's what I told them but I really called and spoke to someone there and she just told me to call uscis and tell them Courthouse is not doing oat. 

Sure, I will call them again tomorrow and let them know that the courthouse in corpus christi is not conducting any oath ceremony. Thanks for the info.

[Adelina.cecil 5]

24 minutes ago, Dan2015 said:

Sure, I will call them again tomorrow and let them know that the courthouse in corpus christi is not conducting any oath ceremony. Thanks for the info.

Let me know how it went 👍

[Dan2015 6]

On 1/6/2021 at 10:10 PM, Adelina.cecil said:

Let me know how it went 👍

Called them today. I mean  USCIS and I explained that the courts aren't scheduling any oath now or in the nearest future per covid. I was told by USCIS that I am still on the line for an oath ceremony based on the request I made last month. I was told I couldn't make another request until after 30 days after the previous one. I will call them again next Friday, when the 30 days would have elapsed. I hope your oath ceremony went well?

[Adelina.cecil 5]

35 minutes ago, Dan2015 said:

Called them today. I mean  USCIS and I explained that the courts aren't scheduling any oath now or in the nearest future per covid. I was told by USCIS that I am still on the line for an oath ceremony based on the request I made last month. I was told I couldn't make another request until after 30 days after the previous one. I will call them again next Friday, when the 30 days would have elapsed. I hope your oath ceremony went well?

Yes everything was pretty quick, I got there as per letter 30 earlier but I went just in case little bit earlier 😅 as I was exiting the car a guy was asking people are you here for oath? We all went 40 minutes earlier, the entire process was like 20 minutes, it was about 35 people no pictures inside no nothing, I asked the lady about oath in Cc she said there is nothing she can do especially if you wait for a month, but she said if you wait more than 120 days then contact them.

[Dan2015 6]

4 minutes ago, Adelina.cecil said:

Yes everything was pretty quick, I got there as per letter 30 earlier but I went just in case little bit earlier 😅 as I was exiting the car a guy was asking people are you here for oath? We all went 40 minutes earlier, the entire process was like 20 minutes, it was about 35 people no pictures inside no nothing, I asked the lady about oath in Cc she said there is nothing she can do especially if you wait for a month, but she said if you wait more than 120 days then contact them.

 

4 minutes ago, Adelina.cecil said:

Yes everything was pretty quick, I got there as per letter 30 earlier but I went just in case little bit earlier 😅 as I was exiting the car a guy was asking people are you here for oath? We all went 40 minutes earlier, the entire process was like 20 minutes, it was about 35 people no pictures inside no nothing, I asked the lady about oath in Cc she said there is nothing she can do especially if you wait for a month, but she said if you wait more than 120 days then contact them.

Congrats! I am happy for you. At least you have one less thing to worry about. Appreciate your response and tips all the time. All the best in your future endeavors. Mine will be 120 days next week from the date  my interview was approved and scheduled for oath ceremony. Hopefully after the 120 days, I will be called to San Antonio for Oath ceremony, just like you.  

[Adelina.cecil 5]

48 minutes ago, Dan2015 said:

 

Congrats! I am happy for you. At least you have one less thing to worry about. Appreciate your response and tips all the time. All the best in your future endeavors. Mine will be 120 days next week from the date  my interview was approved and scheduled for oath ceremony. Hopefully after the 120 days, I will be called to San Antonio for Oath ceremony, just like you.  

You will soon be done, I hope pretty quick. Good luck and let me know when you get your oath I would like to know 😊 

And you are welcome it was no problem helping you, I am glad I could 😊

[ioxtremod 23]

On 1/4/2021 at 11:46 AM, el_greco said:

I had my N-400 interview in San Antonio on 12/31/2020. I was scheduled for 08:45 am, and I entered the building at 08:30. After checking in I was asked to wait at the naturalization ceremony room,  along with another ~10 people, very distanced from each other. It seems that they allow phones now, because I was the only one that had left it in my car (remembering that this was the case for our AOS interview a couple of years prior).

 

The IO called me at ~09:15 and we walked back to her office. I swore I would tell the truth, and then the IO spent a few minutes verifying dates between my application and her system to ensure I was eligible for filing (I filed online under the 3 year rule, the day that my window of eligibility had opened in August 2020). After that she just asked to see my passport and my green card, and just asked to verify that I am still married to the same person. Although I had brought originals of everything submitted electronically (marriage certificate, birth certificate of USC spouse, etc), the IO did not ask to see any of them.

 

Then we moved to the test portion of the interview. For English, I had to read the sentence "Who elects Congress?" from an iPad, and then scribble with my finger "The People elect Congress". As for the civics test, the six questions I got were:

• Eisenhower was a general in which war prior to becoming president? (WW2)
• What is the capital of your state? (Austin, TX)
• Describe one of the amendments that set who can vote (All citizens age 18 and older can vote)
• What is one right reserved only for US citizens? (Vote in a federal election)
• Where is the Statue of Liberty (Libery island, New York harbor)
• For how many years do we elect the president? (4 years)

After going over all Yes/No questions (terrorism, communism, prostitution, etc), the IO said she would recommend me for approval, and showed me the information that will go on the Naturalization certificate to make sure I don't need any changes. I asked whether there would be a same-day oath, but unfortunately they did not have oaths scheduled for 12/31 because of the holiday. I was told I would be asked to come back to San Antonio (alone, only bringing my Oath notice, my green card, and a pen) during a Friday over the next 30 days for the Oath, and that they schedule oaths between the hours of 8 am and 1 pm. I asked whether they would be resuming oath ceremonies in Austin (where I reside) but unfortunately this is not possible either due to COVID restrictions. Of course I also got the reminder that I am not a citizen yet, so I should not go register to vote, apply for passport, etc just yet.

 

All in all the interview lasted for ~20' and I was on my way back to Austin to ring in the New Year with my family. A few minutes after I left the USCIS office I got notifications that my online status had changed to "Post Decision Activity - Quality Review" and then to "Oath Ceremony". This morning (January 4th) I saw a weird change that over the course of the same minute (7 am) my status got to "Canceled oath interview" to "quality review" to "oath ceremony" again, so I think it must have been some system glitch. Waiting for the oath ceremony notice in the mail now.

 

I hope everyone gets as smooth an experience as I did, looking forward to the very last step before I become a USC!

I had the exact same experience same office same we don't do same day oath because of holidays the day before you. It sucks we can't do same day oath. I am worried about glitches, delays, or a lockdown of federal level that will push back and reschedule everything another 6 months

[el_greco 20]

On 1/8/2021 at 8:16 PM, ioxtremod said:

I had the exact same experience same office same we don't do same day oath because of holidays the day before you. It sucks we can't do same day oath. I am worried about glitches, delays, or a lockdown of federal level that will push back and reschedule everything another 6 months

Agreed, although the IO mentioned that my Oath would be taking place on a Friday during the next 30 days (so until January 30th) I haven't heard anything new from USCIS since my status changed...

[ioxtremod 23]

2 minutes ago, el_greco said:

Agreed, although the IO mentioned that my Oath would be taking place on a Friday during the next 30 days (so until January 30th) I haven't heard anything new from USCIS since my status changed...

Me neither. Same 1 month expected, and it has been 12-13 days since IO approval and no news.

[el_greco 20]

My Oath Ceremony Notice was mailed! No idea about the actual date yet, waiting for the PDF copy to show up on my.uscis.gov

[SB5130 88]

16 minutes ago, el_greco said:

My Oath Ceremony Notice was mailed! No idea about the actual date yet, waiting for the PDF copy to show up on my.uscis.gov

congrats! which city? Im under Corpus Christi and nothing. I called the hotline and they could not put me in line somewhere else