N-400 July 2019 Filers!!! Join here!!!

[AI135 27]

9 minutes ago, Vincent Chu said:

BTW, has anyone been having issues getting to the my.uscis.gov still?  I'm still seeing the error page.

It was working perfectly fine today in the morning. Haven't checked since then, but I think they are still dealing with issues from the scheduled maintenance. 

[neoblast 138]

1 hour ago, Vincent Chu said:

Awesome thanks for the clarification, makes sense.  Will wait for the paper notice to confirm receipt date.

 

Thanks as well.  We did file online but yes will wait for the receipt notice since the payment notice is not quite the NOA.

 

BTW, has anyone been having issues getting to the my.uscis.gov still?  I'm still seeing the error page.

@Vincent Chu if you filed online the receipt should already be there under the document section. I filed after you and mine is already there.

 

 

[Daisy&Vincent 12]

3 minutes ago, neoblast said:

@Vincent Chu if you filed online the receipt should already be there under the document section. I filed after you and mine is already there.

Thanks @neoblast, finally was able to get logged in and see the documents tab now indeed with that receipt notice.  The case status also has a little "countdown" on background check.  Was 6 days at first and day by day has been counting down, currently at 4 days.  

 

Maybe I'm taking down the website cause I log in too often at the edge of my seat wondering on next update... 🤣

[neoblast 138]

@Vincent Chu Awesome!

 

I am at day 5 now, but counting down to what exactly? 

[christophec 16]

Just filed today, the website is acting very weird since their update on the 15th of July.

What I did is keep refreshing the page that gives error, tons of time until it worked!!

Good luck to everybody, let the countdown begin!!

[Daisy&Vincent 12]

6 minutes ago, neoblast said:

I am at day 5 now, but counting down to what exactly? 

For a squeaky clean background we hope.  😇

[neoblast 138]

We can hope. 😅 Hopefully I don't get waiver, wait a year, and the be asked to do biometrics like last time.

[Studentss 6]

On 7/15/2019 at 8:23 PM, CRB said:

I used the step by step process and checklist that is posted on the USCIS website.

Every case is different, so people add to that as they see neccessary. 

The actual N-400 online application will guide you through step by step and if something is missing on the form it will let you know.

 

Thank you CRB,

[SilverLake 40]

Hello July 2019 filers!

 

I'm filling the form online right now and have a couple of questions. I hope you can help:

 

1. My full name is Ha Thuy Nguyen. This is what I put in where they ask for the full name that is on birth certificate. However, on the green card, under Surname it shows Nguyen, and under Given Name it shows Ha T. So they combined the first name and the initial of the middle name as the Given Name on the green card. Now it's getting confusing: the N-400 form also asks for the name that appears on green card, but they have all 3 spaces: Last, Middle, First. My question is: on the form do I put Nguyen as Last Name, Ha T as First Name and skip the middle name altogether? Do I make sense? Lol

 

2. Apparently I had to create an USCIS online account to be able to file online. Now they asked for USCIS Account Number (they also note I can find the number in my profile on my account- which I cannot find). Do I have one actually? This is the first online form I have ever filed with USCIS.

 

These 2 are so far what I've encountered. Your inputs will be greatly appreciated!

 

Edited July 17, 2019 by SilverLake
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[neoblast 138]

26 minutes ago, SilverLake said:

Hello July 2019 filers!

 

I'm filling the form online right now and have a couple of questions. I hope you can help:

 

1. My full name is Ha Thuy Nguyen. This is what I put in where they ask for the full name that is on birth certificate. However, on the green card, under Surname it shows Nguyen, and under Given Name it shows Ha T. So they combined the first name and the initial of the middle name as the Given Name on the green card. Now it's getting confusing: the N-400 form also asks for the name that appears on green card, but they have all 3 spaces: Last, Middle, First. My question is: on the form do I put Nguyen as Last Name, Ha T as First Name and skip the middle name altogether? Do I make sense? Lol

 

2. Apparently I had to create an USCIS online account to be able to file online. Now they asked for USCIS Account Number (they also note I can find the number in my profile on my account- which I cannot find). Do I have one actually? This is the first online form I have ever filed with USCIS.

 

These 2 are so far what I've encountered. Your inputs will be greatly appreciated!

 

1. You should complete the form as you would any normal form. Middle name are usually initialed, not written in full but you should wright it as it show on your birth certificate or like you did for AOC and ROC. 

 

2. The USCIS Account Number can be left blank, as I did. I do not have one. I think that might for lawyers (just guessing here).

[SilverLake 40]

42 minutes ago, neoblast said:

1. You should complete the form as you would any normal form. Middle name are usually initialed, not written in full but you should wright it as it show on your birth certificate or like you did for AOC and ROC. 

 

2. The USCIS Account Number can be left blank, as I did. I do not have one. I think that might for lawyers (just guessing here).

Thanks for your reply but let me clarify my first question. Form N-400 asks for your name twice, one as it appears on birth certificate (which I have no problem with), and one as it appears on your green card. In both cases they leave 3 boxes for inputs (Last/ Middle/ First). The first case is straight forward, but I’m confused in the second case where my first name and initial of middle name were combined into Given Name on the green card.

 

So my question is, in the second case, should I put Ha T as First Name and leave the box for middle name blank; or should I put Ha as First Name, T as Middle Name?

[neoblast 138]

19 minutes ago, SilverLake said:

Thanks for your reply but let me clarify my first question. Form N-400 asks for your name twice, one as it appears on birth certificate (which I have no problem with), and one as it appears on your green card. In both cases they leave 3 boxes for inputs (Last/ Middle/ First). The first case is straight forward, but I’m confused in the second case where my first name and initial of middle name were combined into Given Name on the green card.

 

So my question is, in the second case, should I put Ha T as First Name and leave the box for middle name blank; or should I put Ha as First Name, T as Middle Name?

I think they are wrong the way they put on your green card, but you did not correct it. That's an oversight on your part. I would say write your name the way it's supposed to be written (they will have a copy of your gc anyhow), first, middle, last. Otherwise, you would just be continuing with an correctly written form of your name. 

[wbeem 568]

3 hours ago, Vincent Chu said:

Maybe I'm taking down the website cause I log in too often at the edge of my seat wondering on next update... 🤣

😂   You got a background countdown? I didn’t even see that. Now that my biometrics are done there’s no point even checking for a few months so my plan is to hang out here and annoy all of you 😁

[Joyce Morrison 0]

It has been 16 months since my husband filed 1-130  for me and our son when I check my case status, no update. Please when am I going to hear from them. Thanks

[Daisy&Vincent 12]

1 hour ago, SilverLake said:

Thanks for your reply but let me clarify my first question. Form N-400 asks for your name twice, one as it appears on birth certificate (which I have no problem with), and one as it appears on your green card. In both cases they leave 3 boxes for inputs (Last/ Middle/ First). The first case is straight forward, but I’m confused in the second case where my first name and initial of middle name were combined into Given Name on the green card.

 

So my question is, in the second case, should I put Ha T as First Name and leave the box for middle name blank; or should I put Ha as First Name, T as Middle Name?

@SilverLake, here's some further insight, we ran into something similar for my wife with her unmarried name (which has a 2 "part" given name).  Even at PoE on K-1 visa, the initial I-94 issued completely omitted the second part of her given name -- it was frustrating but we ended up doing a court ordered name change after marriage and re-did the whole name with western Given/First name, her unmarried name all within the Middle name and my Last name.  Anyways, on to my point...

 

The Form N-400 has three fields that asks for names (excluding field 4 for optional name change as part of naturalization process):

1. Legal Name = as y'all have discussed on birth certificate unless already officially changes
2. Name on PR Card
3. Other Names

Commonly western culture typically has [First Middle Last] , hence it looks like USCIS misinterpreted the "Thuy" portion of your name.  And although they treat Legal Name as [First Middle Last], the formatting on the PR Card seems to be [First MI Last].  If my assumption is correct that "Thuy" is the second part of your given name, then I think you should proceed in the latter approach for second case.  Unless someone can answer... Its anyones guess whether they use field (1) or (2) for your naturalization certificate.  Here's my reasoning for the latter approach:

• Since field (2) says exactly you don't wanna mess that up.  Hopefully the IO is smart enough to see the mistake but you never know.
• If you put "Ha T" as the Given/First Name field, (a) that could be flagged as wrong for name checks and (b) you willingly deleted "huy" from "Thuy" further more exacerbating the mistake.
• The source of truth really is the Legal Name which is what I would guess they'd use for naturalization, so ensure that one is exactly what you want in the end.

My recommendation is to ensure fields (1) and (2) are handled properly and any additional potential names but put in the (3) other section as well to ensure no permutation is left unchecked.  See below where colons (;) seperate the fields [First Middle Last]:

1. Legal Name = once again -- my assumption = "Ha Thuy; ;Nguyen"
   1. [Last] = Nguyen
   2. [First] = Ha Thuy
   3. [Middle] = 
2. Name on PR Card = EXACTLY on PR Card = "Ha; T; Nguyen"
   1. [Last] = Nguyen
   2. [First] = Ha
   3. [MI] = T
3. Other Names = Any other variations like "Ha T; ;Nguyen", "Ha; ;Nguyen", etc. <<< these other names likely wouldn't be used for official documentation but in case they've ever come up that way -- including the USCIS PR Card mistake.

Hope that helps and has not made it more confusing haha.  Feel free to DM me and I'd be happy to share the specifics of the fiasco with my wifes full name, name change, other names if you'd like the examples.  Just don't wanna publish her whole name here.

 

 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Vincent Chu