N-400 September 2020 Filers

[SadFace 56]

On 4/15/2021 at 5:05 PM, Hawksquill said:

This has happened with multiple CT N-400 cases recently.  I live in southern CT and have had previous interviews in Hartford, but my husband got his interview scheduled in Lawrence, MA which is actually further away than Boston.  It's annoying but I'm just glad he's getting an interview.

 

I suspect Hartford might be overwhelmed and they've transferred some cases to MA offices for interviews.

I got the same, 2,5h traveling. And my time is at 7am, so I have to go evening before

[Hawksquill 151]

Congrats to everyone seeing movement on their cases!  We're currently prepping for my husband's interview next week in Lawrence, MA.  Below is the list of documents we're going to bring with us to the interview:

 

Original documents:

-Green cards (10 year and temporary) 

-State ID

-Passports (current and expired)

-EAD/AP card

-Marriage certificate

-Appointment letter

-USC spouse's birth certificate

-Blue or black pen (The appointment letter explicitly said to bring this because of COVID, so we're making sure to add it to the document folder so he doesn't forget!)

 

Copies:

-Selective service verification

-IRS tax transcripts, 2017-2020

-Scan of USC spouse's driver's license with shared address

-Bank statements for two shared bank accounts, 2017-2021

-Mortgage statements, 2017-2021

-Mortgage refinance documents, 2020

-Utility bills, 2017-2021

-Health id cards showing shared health insurance

-Home insurance statements, 2018-2021

-Car insurance statements, 2017-2021

-Retirement account statements showing beneficiaries, 2017-2020

-Life insurance beneficiary statements, 2017-2020

 

 

Hope this helps anyone who might be preparing!

[ladybataan 22]

On 4/24/2021 at 7:06 AM, LinJoe said:

Don’t get discouraged by the estimated date of completion on the site. My husband’s completion date went from December 2021 to June 2021 back to December 2021. His interview is scheduled for May 12th.a couple of friends that went through the interview process recently said their officer told them within 120 (4 months) they will get their oath ceremony scheduled. ... which is why I was wondering if anyone else from Dallas was told the same. 
stay positive. 

I agree. I had my interview last april 23 and got approved the  same day as well as the oath ceremony. One day before my interview my completion date says February 2022.  I guess their website is not really accurate. 

[rosecloud 43]

 I had my interview at the Milwaukee, WI field office. My interview was at 11:15 AM, but I got called in at 11:20 AM. The officer was nice, just not overly friendly or talkative. He swore me in, wanted to see my driver’s license and permanent resident card - didn’t want my passport or any other documents. We then proceeded to go through my application. He asked a bunch of questions about my spouse since I’m applying based on a marriage to a US citizen (full name, DOB, date of marriage, if we’re still married, asked about trips and whether or not my spouse came with me, and so on). I answered all of the yes or no questions. We then moved on to the civics test. I passed the first six questions, so he didn’t ask all ten. I had to read “The President lives in the White House” and then write the same sentence. He congratulated me and told me I passed my test, saying that in a month I’ll get a notice for my oath ceremony. The whole process took about 10 minutes since I was done by 11:30 AM. 

I can’t believe I’m mostly done with this crazy immigration journey. Like most of you here, I completed the whole process on my own, but with a lot of guidance from VisaJourney. Good luck to you all - you WILL get there! 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2021 by rosecloud

[ladybataan 22]

47 minutes ago, rosecloud said:

 I had my interview at the Milwaukee, WI field office. My interview was at 11:15 AM, but I got called in at 11:20 AM. The officer was nice, just not overly friendly or talkative. He swore me in, wanted to see my driver’s license and permanent resident card - didn’t want my passport or any other documents. We then proceeded to go through my application. He asked a bunch of questions about my spouse since I’m applying based on a marriage to a US citizen (full name, DOB, date of marriage, if we’re still married, asked about trips and whether or not my spouse came with me, and so on). I answered all of the yes or no questions. We then moved on to the civics test. I passed the first six questions, so he didn’t ask all ten. I had to read “The President lives in the White House” and then write the same sentence. He congratulated me and told me I passed my test, saying that in a month I’ll get a notice for my oath ceremony. The whole process took about 10 minutes since I was done by 11:30 AM. 

I can’t believe I’m mostly done with this crazy immigration journey. Like most of you here, I completed the whole process on my own, but with a lot of guidance from VisaJourney. Good luck to you all - you WILL get there! 

 

 

Congratulations!

[mrstomates 12]

3 hours ago, rosecloud said:

 I had my interview at the Milwaukee, WI field office. My interview was at 11:15 AM, but I got called in at 11:20 AM. The officer was nice, just not overly friendly or talkative. He swore me in, wanted to see my driver’s license and permanent resident card - didn’t want my passport or any other documents. We then proceeded to go through my application. He asked a bunch of questions about my spouse since I’m applying based on a marriage to a US citizen (full name, DOB, date of marriage, if we’re still married, asked about trips and whether or not my spouse came with me, and so on). I answered all of the yes or no questions. We then moved on to the civics test. I passed the first six questions, so he didn’t ask all ten. I had to read “The President lives in the White House” and then write the same sentence. He congratulated me and told me I passed my test, saying that in a month I’ll get a notice for my oath ceremony. The whole process took about 10 minutes since I was done by 11:30 AM. 

I can’t believe I’m mostly done with this crazy immigration journey. Like most of you here, I completed the whole process on my own, but with a lot of guidance from VisaJourney. Good luck to you all - you WILL get there! 

 

 

Congrats!!!!

[iPod 89]

I randomly checked my account this morning and there was nothing new. About an hour later I got an email saying that my interview was scheduled!!! It will be on June 4th, so pretty close to the original estimate of May. I cannot wait to be done with the interview!! 

[Zai-am 1]

7 minutes ago, iPod said:

I randomly checked my account this morning and there was nothing new. About an hour later I got an email saying that my interview was scheduled!!! It will be on June 4th, so pretty close to the original estimate of May. I cannot wait to be done with the interview!! 

Yayy. What is our field office? 

[iPod 89]

22 minutes ago, Zai-am said:

Yayy. What is our field office? 

Los Angeles downtown.

[NorthSouth 21]

For those that have received interview notices, do you get the e-mail  notice the same time as it shows in my.uscis site?  I think I'm going nuts checking several times a day so if it's just as easy to wait for the e-mail that will save me some anguish.  

[iPod 89]

Ye

7 minutes ago, NorthSouth said:

For those that have received interview notices, do you get the e-mail  notice the same time as it shows in my.uscis site?  I think I'm going nuts checking several times a day so if it's just as easy to wait for the e-mail that will save me some anguish.  

I got an email and then checked my account and there it was. I never got an email before the interview notice.

[ladybataan 22]

1 hour ago, iPod said:

Ye

I got an email and then checked my account and there it was. I never got an email before the interview notice.

On my case Yes.

[Hawksquill 151]

2 hours ago, NorthSouth said:

For those that have received interview notices, do you get the e-mail  notice the same time as it shows in my.uscis site?  I think I'm going nuts checking several times a day so if it's just as easy to wait for the e-mail that will save me some anguish.  

We got an email saying action had been taken on our case about a week and a half before we got the interview notice. 

[Hawksquill 151]

My husband's interview is in about an hour!  Please send us good vibes 🙏

[Hawksquill 151]

Update - everything went well and my husband is now a US citizen!

 

His appointment was for 10:10 AM at the Lawrence, MA office.  I dropped him off a few minutes before 10 and he went through security without any issues.  He waited until about 10:15 and then got called back.  The interview was super quick, and only lasted about 10 minutes!  He got the first 6 questions right on the test, so didn't have to do the last 4. The officer asked him a couple questions about his job, my job, and where we live.  Then he ran through all the questions confirming he's not committed any crimes, has never been arrested, etc.  He didn't ask to see any of the evidence we brought, just asked for my husband's green card.  No one ever even asked him for his appointment letter, not even security at the entrance to the building, which surprised me.

 

The IO told him that he had been approved and he could take the oath in a few minutes.  Then, USCIS had to throw us for one final loop - the printer they use to print the naturalization certificates was broken!  So they took him to another waiting room for like ~40 minutes while they tried to fix it.  He said it felt like something out of a sitcom, a room full of people who have taken off from work and driven hours out of their way for a 10 minute interview just to be foiled by a broken printer, and the backlog of waiting people is getting larger and larger and more and more staffers are crowding around this broken printer trying to figure out what's wrong.  Eventually they fixed it and he took the oath and was outside at about 11:30.  So if you were at the Lawrence office today and things were running about an hour behind, that's why 😛

 

Now we're home celebrating being done with USCIS forever - feels good!