ATL Field office Filers?

[STurcotte77 40]

I would have to say that it's possible that IO has no clue whats going on in GA. The covid restrictions are different in every state and not to be disparaging but the level of attention most USCIS officers have to anything else outside of what is in front of them is limited. 

I am also changing back to my maiden name (I was divorced well over 5 years ago) and I don't want to have to pay and fill out additional paperwork to change it back after the fact.  I will go down the rabbit hole and see if I can dig up some concrete information on this for us and post what I can find out. 

I did contact Fulton County Superior Court (I live in Fulton County)  and they are accepting Name Change Applications currently. 

[PonJor 69]

We're almost done! We had our interview today at 9:55. We were called back at 11:26 (there were about 6 who were called before us) and we were out by 12:15.

It was a combo interview, so I was able to go back with my husband. The I-751 interview was more like a conversation. He asked us both: what's your name, D.O.B, address, social security, where do you work, phone number). We brought a lot of updated and new evidence, but he only wanted updated bank statements, evidence of our joint auto purchase, taxes from 2015-2019 and our 2020 W2s, evidence of our trips together, and arrest records (for driving without a license).  Then he conducted the N400 and allowed me to stay in the room.

The answer to the questions were:

Civil War, Native Americans, John G. Roberts Jr., New York (name a state that borders Canada), President Joe Biden, and Republicans and Democrats. Then the N400 was reviewed and some of the above questions were repeated and there were new ones (what is your height, have you taken a trip outside of the U.S since filing N400, when did you become a green card holder). Hubby had a little trouble with the Yes and No questions. On the application when the question asked if you have ever committed a crime for which you were not arrested for, he answered yes. He received a speeding ticket and because he had his license then, paid a fine as opposed to being arrested when he was driving without a license. The interviewer, asked the question again and he said no. At this point, I realized he was asking if my husband had ever got away with committing a crime. I could see the interview was becoming a little exasperated and even said I'm going to ask you again and if you can't answer, I'm going to stop the interview because you don't understand. The issue was my husband did understand the questions, but was confused. I was trying to telepathically explain this to my hubby and let him know he needed to say no. After an agonizing 5 seconds when the interviewer asked him again, hubby said no and the questions continued. Write: California has the most people. We cant' remember what the reading part was.

At the end, the interviewer asked for the evidence of the speeding ticket (which caused us to answer yes for the above question) and we provided that to him.  We also gave him a copy of hubby's green card (which was taken away at his infopass appointment for the I-551 stamp).

After a lot of computer typing and paper shuffling, hubby reviewed the corrections and signed. We received  a verbal approval for both cases. Officially, the N-400 post interview notice states a decision cannot be made (I think because we submitted more evidence and updated the application). We were told that we would receive a notice later regarding the oath ceremony. We asked if he knew when we might be scheduled and he said "no one knows". I'm trying not to focus on the fact that we didn't get an immediate approval (it's my understanding that this happens from time to time) and ride the high of our passed interviews 😊

 

[Semii 0]

They doing same day interview and oath ceremony in atlanta  ?

[jd2502 29]

22 minutes ago, Semii said:

They doing same day interview and oath ceremony in atlanta  ?

I don't think they are doing the same day oath anymore. I just got done with my Oath Ceremony today in Atlanta. It was 1 month after my day of interview. Finally finished my journey with USCIS after 5 years.

[STurcotte77 40]

4 minutes ago, jd2502 said:

I don't think they are doing the same day oath anymore. I just got done with my Oath Ceremony today in Atlanta. It was 1 month after my day of interview. Finally finished my journey with USCIS after 5 years.

Congratulations. 

[Semii 0]

21 minutes ago, jd2502 said:

I don't think they are doing the same day oath anymore. I just got done with my Oath Ceremony today in Atlanta. It was 1 month after my day of interview. Finally finished my journey with USCIS after 5 years.

You can travel after interview ? 

[-Shana- 152]

1 hour ago, Semii said:

They doing same day interview and oath ceremony in atlanta  ?

Based on recent immigration timelines on VJ it appears Atlanta is not doing same day oath ceremonies.

[-Shana- 152]

20 hours ago, PonJor said:

We're almost done! We had our interview today at 9:55. We were called back at 11:26 (there were about 6 who were called before us) and we were out by 12:15.

It was a combo interview, so I was able to go back with my husband. The I-751 interview was more like a conversation. He asked us both: what's your name, D.O.B, address, social security, where do you work, phone number). We brought a lot of updated and new evidence, but he only wanted updated bank statements, evidence of our joint auto purchase, taxes from 2015-2019 and our 2020 W2s, evidence of our trips together, and arrest records (for driving without a license).  Then he conducted the N400 and allowed me to stay in the room.

The answer to the questions were:

Civil War, Native Americans, John G. Roberts Jr., New York (name a state that borders Canada), President Joe Biden, and Republicans and Democrats. Then the N400 was reviewed and some of the above questions were repeated and there were new ones (what is your height, have you taken a trip outside of the U.S since filing N400, when did you become a green card holder). Hubby had a little trouble with the Yes and No questions. On the application when the question asked if you have ever committed a crime for which you were not arrested for, he answered yes. He received a speeding ticket and because he had his license then, paid a fine as opposed to being arrested when he was driving without a license. The interviewer, asked the question again and he said no. At this point, I realized he was asking if my husband had ever got away with committing a crime. I could see the interview was becoming a little exasperated and even said I'm going to ask you again and if you can't answer, I'm going to stop the interview because you don't understand. The issue was my husband did understand the questions, but was confused. I was trying to telepathically explain this to my hubby and let him know he needed to say no. After an agonizing 5 seconds when the interviewer asked him again, hubby said no and the questions continued. Write: California has the most people. We cant' remember what the reading part was.

At the end, the interviewer asked for the evidence of the speeding ticket (which caused us to answer yes for the above question) and we provided that to him.  We also gave him a copy of hubby's green card (which was taken away at his infopass appointment for the I-551 stamp).

After a lot of computer typing and paper shuffling, hubby reviewed the corrections and signed. We received  a verbal approval for both cases. Officially, the N-400 post interview notice states a decision cannot be made (I think because we submitted more evidence and updated the application). We were told that we would receive a notice later regarding the oath ceremony. We asked if he knew when we might be scheduled and he said "no one knows". I'm trying not to focus on the fact that we didn't get an immediate approval (it's my understanding that this happens from time to time) and ride the high of our passed interviews 😊

 

Oof, your poor husband! It's easy to get flabbergasted during these super official procedures. Sounds like your IO was uptight, I had a similar experience with my green card interview when my husband laughed at one of the yes or no questions. We walked away without an immediate approval (despite everyone else on VJ saying their experience was super casual and nice!) but the next day my case was updated to say approved. 

[Semii 0]

If you travel overseas for how long you have to be here in us before your interview  ? 

[-Shana- 152]

16 hours ago, Semii said:

If you travel overseas for how long you have to be here in us before your interview  ? 

No idea on what the official answer is, but I'm guessing if your interview is within the 2 weeks when you returned from abroad they'll reschedule you. If you have a choice, I'd recommend not traveling because it might delay your interview by several months. 

[Semii 0]

42 minutes ago, -Shana- said:

No idea on what the official answer is, but I'm guessing if your interview is within the 2 weeks when you returned from abroad they'll reschedule you. If you have a choice, I'd recommend not traveling because it might delay your interview by several months. 

I will come before 2 weeks

[PonJor 69]

On 2/5/2021 at 1:03 PM, -Shana- said:

Oof, your poor husband! It's easy to get flabbergasted during these super official procedures. Sounds like your IO was uptight, I had a similar experience with my green card interview when my husband laughed at one of the yes or no questions. We walked away without an immediate approval (despite everyone else on VJ saying their experience was super casual and nice!) but the next day my case was updated to say approved. 

Yes, it was so rough! I was dying in the back, so I know he was so confused and worried. He seemed uptight just for that questioning, but otherwise was pleasant and even smiled and chuckled during the interview. Some of the questions made us laugh too while we practiced. 

We're still waiting on the approval. The I-751 was approved later that day. Hopefully by the end of week, we'll get the N-400 approval. 

 

P.S I LOVE Tonari no Totoro

[SparklePony 238]

1 hour ago, PonJor said:

P.S I LOVE Tonari no Totoro

How can anyone not love Totoro?

[-Shana- 152]

3 hours ago, PonJor said:

P.S I LOVE Tonari no Totoro

 

2 hours ago, SparklePony said:

How can anyone not love Totoro?

I see you both have excellent taste 🧐😍

Edited February 8, 2021 by -Shana-

[PonJor 69]

Received hubby's 10 year green card and I-751 approval letter yesterday. Still waiting  for official approval of N-400/Oath ceremony