N-400 September 2020 Filers

[ZKT 118]

6 hours ago, maupolot said:

Good luck! I hope it is all going smooth for you! 

 

Exciting to be almost over! We are waiting to hear the news!

 

Hey maupolot! Thanks so much for the well wishes and luck! I really needed it today with both the uscis and department of state. Uscis is more predictable and pleasant for sure but that department of state is a wild card. Hehehe. You never know what to get everyday and if they would grant my appointment.  So far i'm happy to say that the uscis one went so smoothly while the department of state as expected and feared is not going as smoothly as i had hoped for. But imma update my case so when you guys have to deal with them or ssa or whatever office in the future.

[ZKT 118]

2 hours ago, DoraS said:

Thank you so much for your reply! I’ll also attach tax transcripts as well! Did you attach 3 or 5 years tax?

 

For mine i sent them my husband's 3 years of tax transcripts returns (as single) then the last 2 years (2018 & 2019) married filled jointly as proof of real marriage. We've only been married for 2 years. If you submit 1040's, they want your w2's also. But they are happy with just tax transcripts most of the time. 

[DoraS 9]

7 hours ago, EmilAustin said:

Initially, I did only divorce certificate and green card photos but a week ago also attached tax transcripts. Not sure if it'll make it any faster but won't hurt

Thank you so much for your reply! I’ll also attach tax transcripts as well! Did you attach 3 or 5 years tax?

33 minutes ago, ZKT said:

 

For mine i sent them my husband's 3 years of tax transcripts returns (as single) then the last 2 years (2018 & 2019) married filled jointly as proof of real marriage. We've only been married for 2 years. If you submit 1040's, they want your w2's also. But they are happy with just tax transcripts most of the time. 

I am sorry I wanted to ask someone else, but thank you for your reply as well

[DoraS 9]

Can anyone tell me how did you answer these questions please? 

 

[Smile4rill1 64]

23 minutes ago, DoraS said:

Can anyone tell me how did you answer these questions please? 

 

I answered yes to all 3

[DoraS 9]

1 minute ago, Smile4rill1 said:

I answered yes to all 3

Thanks, I'll put 3 yes as well then.

[ZKT 118]

 

Hey guys!

 

so after my adventurous n400 day this is my uscis status on the new website.

Edited October 27, 2020 by ZKT

[fishe23a 240]

36 minutes ago, DoraS said:

Can anyone tell me how did you answer these questions please? 

 

You must answer yes to these questions in order to become a citizen. Unless there is a medical or documented religious objection reason why not (I.e. you are a practicing Mennonite or Quaker and war is antithetical to your religious moral code) you must say that if the law requires you to do something, you will do it.

[fishe23a 240]

39 minutes ago, DoraS said:

Can anyone tell me how did you answer these questions please? 

 

Please see attached photos describing what these mean. 

[DoraS 9]

11 minutes ago, fishe23a said:

You must answer yes to these questions in order to become a citizen. Unless there is a medical or documented religious objection reason why not (I.e. you are a practicing Mennonite or Quaker and war is antithetical to your religious moral code) you must say that if the law requires you to do something, you will do it.

Thanks so much for your reply! 3 Yes from me then!!

[Cantik 1]

10 hours ago, ZKT said:

 

 

Hi north south! 

 

Thanks so much for the luck! I super super appreciate it. 

 

So it went like this...

 

i was busy packing all our stuff in plastic totes till like 2:30am, simoultaenously doing laundry (i heard you can't use your washer & dryer 72 hours before they pack it up) and i was preparing my outfit and all my documents until almost 5am. I woke up at 8:15am had breakfast so i won't get hungry while playing those 100 questioms civics review youtube video. Then took a shower, placed make up & got dressed while playing a sample n400 interview youtube video. I leave my house at 9:05am. 

 

I get there to the uscis local field office at 9:14am just 1 minute before my 15mins of 9:30am. There was a lady who they did not entertain until 9:16am. When she got in finally at 9:21, i went out of my car and stood by the door (it was really windy with so much dust/sand like a sandstorm which has been happening the night before). The guard asked me covid test questions, took my temperature and then asked for my id my green card, my military id and passport and then my interview letter. He checked all the info and then let me in. 

 

Once i got in, another officer asked for my green card, military id, passport and appointment letter making sure its me and my appointment time is now. He asked me to take my mask of for a few seconds to match up my face with my id's. Then he asked me to put my jewelry and hairband on the box, my hand bag and my documents folder bag and my shoes on the xray security machine and then he let me go to the people  xray for screening. I got all my things and he made me sit in the chair. It was only that lady who entered before me and me. Then another guy who entered a few mins after me.

 

In the waiting room, i was the first person called. A very friendly uscis officer asked me to follow her. She let me enter an interview room. She explained that i have to sit down on this chair in front of an ipad and then the whole interview will take place on a video call on the ipad. There was a bin behind me close to the door where i will put any documents she asks me to put or if she printed something that i have to sign and then put at the bin for her to pick up. There was a printer and a pen beside on the left side of the ipad and the sanitary wipes and alcogel on the right side and a plexiglass in between me and a small area for the interviewer whenever she enters that room. And then she left to go to the room accross the hall. So i could see and talk to her through the ipad video call. 

 

She asked me what kind of military documents i submitted to that show proof i'm leaving to live abroad because the computer system was kinda wonky and slow because of the wind and sandstorms. I told her the names of the documents I sent in and then she reviewed them and saw them. Then she said i did a great job with my documents, all the files were complete and organized and easy that she wished most of her cases were like mine. She said they were satisfied with all the evidences and that this interview is iust a mere formality for the civics and english test that i have to pass but that everything is ok and approved already. 

 

So she then suggested we do the english test. She printed a paper out and there was 3 sentences.  She chose for me to read 1 sentence out loud and then i got carried away and answered it which made her laugh. Then she printed another sheet again this time this time for me to write an answer to question she asked. Both questions were on taxes. Then she asked me to sign it and then she asked me 6 civics questions that i got right and then she asked me those yes and no questions from the n400 form randomly. Then she printed out another paper which i had to sign again and just put x marks. After that she said i passed my civics and english test and then i can do my oath taking now. But then her computer froze (not the ipad video but the computer system and her computer). She said it might take awhile and asked if it was ok for me to wait or if i wanted to come back in the afternoon or possibly tom morning. I told her i was chill and can wait awhile. Then we started casually talking. She said she saw how neat all my documents are in all those color coded binders that had dividers, and title pages and really organized that i brought and i submitted. She said she was terrible in filing things and that her husband was terrible at it. Then she asked how excited i was to move to japan and asked me where it was and told me she's always wanted to live in japan. Then we talked about japanese food, culture and places to see and go to (we were really just killing time till the system went back up). And then she asked me how i met my husband i told her i was working in dubai and he was deployed for 11 months out at sea in 2014 and by chance his air carrier landed in dubai 2x. And he and his buddies asked for directions from me to an american resto and they asked me to join them for lunch. And we've been friends since then and i visited the states 3x and he visited me in indonesia (jakarta and bali) where i workef for 2 years and i met up with him in singapore while he was deployed and then he went to my country 2x where he met my whole family and we traveled around and he proposed. She said i was one of the most interesting couples she's ever interviewed and then she looked at my travel history (i submitted a list of my travel history cause i had 3 tourist visas sincr i was 1 yrs old and i frequently visited the us so i had many entries and exits throughout my childhood till now i'm 37 so 37 years of travel.) and we talked about the countries i visited and lived. She liked my jobs. And then asked me why i didn't migrate earlier when i had lotsa chances to apart from my brother is a us citizen but never lived here. And i said i never planned to be an american or dreamed about it. I liked being an asian and living in asia even my brother being an american was unplanned and my mom was just forced to stay here in the us with me for health/pregnancy reasons when we attended a wedding and got stuck here back when i was a toddler. But i made this move myself because i wanted to be with my husband and he's in the us navy. So then i had to make the move to be with him so he can continue his career. She asked how my parents felt about me moving. Then she said if she was me, she wouldn't have moved and would just ask my husband to move. I told her my husband didn't graduate a university degree so its gonna be tough for him to get a job in asia and without much job experience apart from the navy. Then we talked about other countries and their economies and how different types education affects chances of getting jobs in asia. Then finally another uscis officer tried to fix her computer she's been troubleshooting but nothing. Then a technician came. We talked about the elections and she asked if i will register. I told her i volounteered to be a poll watcher during the march 3, 2020 california elections and asked me about my experience being a poll watcher. We talked about the process of voting and how she was gonna do a drop in ballot in one of the poll watcher centers. Then she told me how to register to vote. Then the computer got fixed and then i took the oath of allegiance and then she entered the room to give me the citizenship packet and the certificate. Hehehe..again it was like 1 hr and 30 mins and timing everything we finished in 30 mins or less if it wasn't for that glitchy computer system. She was a pleasant interviewer and bright sunny person. She kept apologizing for the slow system since their main server is still in san diego. 

 

So it was a pleasant experience. Surreal and so fast. I didn't think it would be that easy. I was thinking i had to prove myself more since i've been in the us for just 2 years since i arrived last sept 5, 2018 and got married sept 16, 2018 and got my green card on april 1, 2019. But it was all soo smooth until i got home and had to deal with the department of state for my emergency tourist passport. Hehehe. 

 

I did successfully apply for a state id and register to vote in the afternoon. I didn't have a driver's license or state id ever until today (but its coming in the mail in 3 days). And i was able to set up an appointment for the military passport for my no fee military passport and the ssa office to update my case.

 

Do you mind sharing what N-400 form’s questions she asked you? Thank you & Congrats!!!

[fruitcake 31]

On 10/26/2020 at 10:29 PM, fishe23a said:

Please see attached photos describing what these mean. 

I answered yes to all of those questions.

[Ben&Lan 13]

A little update on my wife’s N-400 application (applied online on 9/20/20). After checking our USCIS online account, I saw that yesterday (10/28) we received a notice that the biometrics from her still pending I-751 (from Sept. 2019) will be reused for her N-400 application. Our USCIS online account has April 2021 as the estimated completion date for our N-400. Happy to see some movement and to see that we don’t have to drive to one of the offices for the biometrics at least! 

[Smile4rill1 64]

2 hours ago, Ben&Lan said:

A little update on my wife’s N-400 application (applied online on 9/20/20). After checking our USCIS online account, I saw that yesterday (10/28) we received a notice that the biometrics from her still pending I-751 (from Sept. 2019) will be reused for her N-400 application. Our USCIS online account has April 2021 as the estimated completion date for our N-400. Happy to see some movement and to see that we don’t have to drive to one of the offices for the biometrics at least! 

I got same letter in the mail today, does dis make it faster and how can we get the practice questions

[Prashant Dewan 17]

Hi Everyone! So I applied for my N400 online on Sept 28, 2020 and my case timeline shows May 2021 as completion time. But it has been one month now and no update so far on biometric appointment is that expected? The status currently shows "We are taking longer than expected to process your case. You do not need to do anything at this time."

 

Application location - New Jersey