N-400 Filers in San Antonio, TX

[Adelina.cecil 5]

On 12/14/2020 at 10:52 PM, Dan2015 said:

Wow! Hopefully you get scheduled soon. I called USCIS as well today and the officer was nice enough to open a case for me concerning the delay in scheduling an oath ceremony . However, later this evening I got  a response from USCIS San Antonio office via email per the case opened on my behalf. I was told they are waiting for  a date from the court  in order to proceed with the oath ceremony. So, as it stands no oath ceremony for folks in the corpus christi area until the court is back. Do you have the link to where the new court date opening schedule is?

I do, unfortunately I called them yesterday and the lady said no oaths in the near future so I suggest you call the uscis 

Here is the link.  https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/page/covid-19-special-orders-corpus-christi-division

[Adelina.cecil 5]

On 12/14/2020 at 10:52 PM, Dan2015 said:

Wow! Hopefully you get scheduled soon. I called USCIS as well today and the officer was nice enough to open a case for me concerning the delay in scheduling an oath ceremony . However, later this evening I got  a response from USCIS San Antonio office via email per the case opened on my behalf. I was told they are waiting for  a date from the court  in order to proceed with the oath ceremony. So, as it stands no oath ceremony for folks in the corpus christi area until the court is back. Do you have the link to where the new court date opening schedule is?

Oh this email doesn't mean anything, I'm still waiting for them to call me back and if they don't do it I'm contacting the representative for my district.

[Dan2015 6]

Honestly I am tired and frustrated right now. I guess I will just wait till January 2021, before I know my next course of action. Keep me posted on any update. Thanks!

[Adelina.cecil 5]

1 hour ago, Dan2015 said:

Honestly I am tired and frustrated right now. I guess I will just wait till January 2021, before I know my next course of action. Keep me posted on any update. Thanks!

Will do, and usually they have to do something within 120 days, im nearing that 120 day so ill just push until I get something out of it. And if they don't do anything I'll contact my congressman and tell him the situation. Usually from what I've read before contacting your congressman helps a lot. So that's the option for me if uscis don't call me back by Friday.

[HSong 0]

Hi I’d like to share my experience with you folks. I live in Corpus Christi and just completed my interview for my n400 the day before yesterday, 12/15/20(March 2020 filer).
The interview was quick which lasted about 10 mins - and approved on the spot, but wasn’t lucky enough to do same-day oath ceremony. I’m not sure what’s criteria for doing that. The officer told me that I should be hearing back within 150 days, but she also told me that I could be doing my oath next month. She did mention that right now everything is done at San Antonio Office due to Covid. As I walked out, the security officer asked me if I did the same day oath and told me that there was a guy who was selected for it. So I’m not sure who gets to do the same day oath.. I guess you just have to be lucky 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Adelina.cecil 5]

1 hour ago, HSong said:

Hi I’d like to share my experience with you folks. I live in Corpus Christi and just completed my interview for my n400 the day before yesterday, 12/15/20(March 2020 filer).
The interview was quick which lasted about 10 mins - and approved on the spot, but wasn’t lucky enough to do same-day oath ceremony. I’m not sure what’s criteria for doing that. The officer told me that I should be hearing back within 150 days, but she also told me that I could be doing my oath next month. She did mention that right now everything is done at San Antonio Office due to Covid. As I walked out, the security officer asked me if I did the same day oath and told me that there was a guy who was selected for it. So I’m not sure who gets to do the same day oath.. I guess you just have to be lucky 🤷🏻‍♀️

I couldn't do my oath same day since I had my I751 pending, and  the IO was nice enough to place me in CC for oath not knowing that the courthouse is not doing them due to covid, so I called the courthouse twice and they told me call uscis, well I did call and explain to them what is the problem, the tier 1 said she will have tier 2 call me back within a week, but I got automated email saying the same thing I already new, now I'll wait until tomorrow and if they don't call I'm contacting my congressman usually that works. I got 1 month left for my oath according to the estimated completion time. 

[Adelina.cecil 5]

On 12/14/2020 at 10:52 PM, Dan2015 said:

Wow! Hopefully you get scheduled soon. I called USCIS as well today and the officer was nice enough to open a case for me concerning the delay in scheduling an oath ceremony . However, later this evening I got  a response from USCIS San Antonio office via email per the case opened on my behalf. I was told they are waiting for  a date from the court  in order to proceed with the oath ceremony. So, as it stands no oath ceremony for folks in the corpus christi area until the court is back. Do you have the link to where the new court date opening schedule is?

Hey man I got the response from them, I think it takes 15 days for them to contact me back. I'll update you

[SB5130 88]

On 12/17/2020 at 9:31 AM, HSong said:

Hi I’d like to share my experience with you folks. I live in Corpus Christi and just completed my interview for my n400 the day before yesterday, 12/15/20(March 2020 filer).
The interview was quick which lasted about 10 mins - and approved on the spot, but wasn’t lucky enough to do same-day oath ceremony. I’m not sure what’s criteria for doing that. The officer told me that I should be hearing back within 150 days, but she also told me that I could be doing my oath next month. She did mention that right now everything is done at San Antonio Office due to Covid. As I walked out, the security officer asked me if I did the same day oath and told me that there was a guy who was selected for it. So I’m not sure who gets to do the same day oath.. I guess you just have to be lucky 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am also from Corpus Christi and was interviewed Dec 15, 2020. I was told that the same day oath taking is already full and have to wait to be scheduled. I guess not my lucky day too.

[HSong 0]

4 minutes ago, SB5130 said:

I am also from Corpus Christi and was interviewed Dec 15, 2020. I was told that the same day oath taking is already full and have to wait to be scheduled. I guess not my lucky day too.

I see.. what time was yours? Mine was at 11:15. My status has been showing  “case was submitted for quality review” since the day of the interview... it’s a quite long drive from corpus to San Antonio 🤪

[SB5130 88]

On 12/31/2020 at 8:50 PM, HSong said:

I see.. what time was yours? Mine was at 11:15. My status has been showing  “case was submitted for quality review” since the day of the interview... it’s a quite long drive from corpus to San Antonio 🤪

Mine was also 11:15AM. My Status is "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled" since the interview. 

Yes it's a long drive but I dont mind going back just to get this over. Hopefully we will hear some news soon.

[el_greco 20]

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!

Edited January 4, 2021 by el_greco

[HNZ91 70]

42 minutes ago, 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!

Congrats

 

so they don’t have USCIS FO in Austin?

[el_greco 20]

3 minutes ago, HNZ91 said:

Congrats

 

so they don’t have USCIS FO in Austin?

Thanks!

 

Nope, this is how it has always been, San Antonio FO is responsible for a huge area in South/Central Texas. Austin only has an Application Support Center (for biometrics) 

[Adelina.cecil 5]

On 12/16/2020 at 6:52 PM, Dan2015 said:

Honestly I am tired and frustrated right now. I guess I will just wait till January 2021, before I know my next course of action. Keep me posted on any update. Thanks!

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 

[Rachel90 5]

Hi Everyone!
My interview was on the 31st at 1:30pm, the interview lasted less than 15 minutes, I waited for almost an hour in the waiting room before I was called, my experience was completely different to my AOS interview, the interviewing officer was a very nice person and that really helped me to feel less nervous. The questions were: 

1.- Who vetoes bills?

2.- When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

3.- What did Susan B. Anthony do?

4.- We elect a president for how many years?

5.- Name 3 original states.

6.- What is one reason colonists came to America?

Reading: What state has the most people?

Writing: California has the most people.

He approved my application and told me to wait for the oath ceremony letter because it could be this month, my online status still says Oath ceremony will be scheduled but I don't have a date yet, hopefully it'll be soon. 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2021 by Rachel90