N-400 June 2021 Filers

[bsd058 296]

4 hours ago, spicyguy said:

When did you apply? Mine did go down one month as well. It looks like its automated. When a month wound up, then everyones' numbers go down by 1, since a month passed. 

Correct. It's automated. See my signature below.

[Russell&Maria 13]

Moved post to correct section June 2020 Filers. 

Edited September 8, 2021 by Russell&Maria
Posted in wrong section

[bsd058 296]

Just got my biometrics appointment notice. Received a text at 6:30 this morning. Biometrics appointment on Oct 15th. I actually expected a quicker turnaround time for the biometrics; but I suppose it isn't out of the ordinary to get a notice a few months after submitting the N-400. At least it's progress.

[Leenak 12]

12 hours ago, bsd058 said:

Just got my biometrics appointment notice. Received a text at 6:30 this morning. Biometrics appointment on Oct 15th. I actually expected a quicker turnaround time for the biometrics; but I suppose it isn't out of the ordinary to get a notice a few months after submitting the N-400. At least it's progress.

Congrats.when you first apply did you get any biometric reuse notice or not.after seeing your update I am hoping to get some update also.

[bsd058 296]

2 hours ago, Leenak said:

Congrats.when you first apply did you get any biometric reuse notice or not.after seeing your update I am hoping to get some update also.

The appointment is to give biometrics. If they reused my biometrics, then this appointment for biometrics would not be needed.

[JimmyJane 23]

Citizenship granted!
 

Had my citizenship interview this morning at 7.30am at the Denver field office with a lovely lady who made it a very easy experience. I was asked six “history” questions and got them right so that ended there, read and wrote a sentence in English, then verified my application details on address, marriage date, phone number etc and answered all the standard questions on whether I’d been convicted of crimes, belonged to communist party etc.

 

She did the oath “ceremony” right there in her office and had the certificate printed- DONE!! It is such a relief to be finished with paperwork!! Best of luck to everyone on their way!

 

*off to update my timeline for the last time, hooray!*

[bsd058 296]

3 hours ago, JimmyJane said:

Citizenship granted!
 

Had my citizenship interview this morning at 7.30am at the Denver field office with a lovely lady who made it a very easy experience. I was asked six “history” questions and got them right so that ended there, read and wrote a sentence in English, then verified my application details on address, marriage date, phone number etc and answered all the standard questions on whether I’d been convicted of crimes, belonged to communist party etc.

 

She did the oath “ceremony” right there in her office and had the certificate printed- DONE!! It is such a relief to be finished with paperwork!! Best of luck to everyone on their way!

 

*off to update my timeline for the last time, hooray!*

Man! Denver really streamlines the process!  Congrats!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

This really was the easiest part of the process. 

 

Interview appointment was Sept. 3, 2021. This office is almost 4 hours away, and we made it pretty much exactly at the 15 minutes before interview time that they allow people to enter the building. A guard was walking around outside and asked if we had an appointment, while my husband was trying to get the dog hair and lint off his shirt. I said yes, and the guard asked what time, and then said to go on in and started to walk off. He turned back quickly and added, "Just the one with the appointment." My husband went in and returned about 15 minutes later. He was asked for interview letter and ID to enter. They were not busy, and he was called for his interview pretty much right away. 

 

They looked at his passport and green card and that was it. They asked for no other documentation. I would still bring it, just in case like we did.

 

He was given an English test, which was to read, "Who lives in the White House?" He was then asked to write the answer, "The president lives in the White House."

 

He was asked these civics questions:
"What does the Constitution do?"
"What did Susan B. Anthony do?"
"Name a state that borders Canada."
"What are 3 of the original 13 states?"
"What are the two main political parties in the United States?"
"How many justices are on the Supreme Court now?"

 

The interviewer asked him the yes or no questions from the N400, and that was it. He said that he was putting in for his approval, and he would be getting an Oath Ceremony letter in the mail soon. He also falsely told him he would not have to make the long drive back to that office, but could have his Oath locally. I told my husband that sounds nice, but I know it is incorrect and we will be coming back.

 

We got notice of his Oath Ceremony not long after. It was for Sept. 18th, at the Montgomery, AL field office, just like I knew it would be. We again made it right at the 15 minutes ahead of time, and watched a woman getting her photo taken outside the building after getting her certificate. They had them in chairs spread out from each other, and the man doing the Oath Ceremony was at the front of the room behind a shield. They gave them an envelope with their naturalization certificate, pamphlet and flag before the ceremony began. The family members lined up at the window to see the best we could, wondering why we couldn't just be allowed in with our spouses. We were able to get a short video through the glass. Not great, but better than the nothing at all I thought we would be able to get. They didn't have them repeat all of the Oath because of covid. They didn't want them all talking and spreading germs through the room. Odd cause they all had on masks and were distanced. He had them all raise their hands and read the oath and had them all simply answer, "Yes, I do/will." to agree with the oath statement. That was it. They came outside and we were all taking pictures of and with our loved ones in front of the USCIS building. They rain was not making that easy, but we managed. 

 

Almost 11 years to the day of getting his K-1 visa approval. That happened on Sept. 21, 2010. It feels good not to worry about immigration factors any longer. Now to get his US passport. Oh yeah, the guy doing the ceremony told them to do their social security first. Weird ,as the people here on the forum know, do the passport first.

 

[bsd058 296]

5 hours ago, KayDeeCee said:

This really was the easiest part of the process. 

 

Interview appointment was Sept. 3, 2021. This office is almost 4 hours away, and we made it pretty much exactly at the 15 minutes before interview time that they allow people to enter the building. A guard was walking around outside and asked if we had an appointment, while my husband was trying to get the dog hair and lint off his shirt. I said yes, and the guard asked what time, and then said to go on in and started to walk off. He turned back quickly and added, "Just the one with the appointment." My husband went in and returned about 15 minutes later. He was asked for interview letter and ID to enter. They were not busy, and he was called for his interview pretty much right away. 

 

They looked at his passport and green card and that was it. They asked for no other documentation. I would still bring it, just in case like we did.

 

He was given an English test, which was to read, "Who lives in the White House?" He was then asked to write the answer, "The president lives in the White House."

 

He was asked these civics questions:
"What does the Constitution do?"
"What did Susan B. Anthony do?"
"Name a state that borders Canada."
"What are 3 of the original 13 states?"
"What are the two main political parties in the United States?"
"How many justices are on the Supreme Court now?"

 

The interviewer asked him the yes or no questions from the N400, and that was it. He said that he was putting in for his approval, and he would be getting an Oath Ceremony letter in the mail soon. He also falsely told him he would not have to make the long drive back to that office, but could have his Oath locally. I told my husband that sounds nice, but I know it is incorrect and we will be coming back.

 

We got notice of his Oath Ceremony not long after. It was for Sept. 18th, at the Montgomery, AL field office, just like I knew it would be. We again made it right at the 15 minutes ahead of time, and watched a woman getting her photo taken outside the building after getting her certificate. They had them in chairs spread out from each other, and the man doing the Oath Ceremony was at the front of the room behind a shield. They gave them an envelope with their naturalization certificate, pamphlet and flag before the ceremony began. The family members lined up at the window to see the best we could, wondering why we couldn't just be allowed in with our spouses. We were able to get a short video through the glass. Not great, but better than the nothing at all I thought we would be able to get. They didn't have them repeat all of the Oath because of covid. They didn't want them all talking and spreading germs through the room. Odd cause they all had on masks and were distanced. He had them all raise their hands and read the oath and had them all simply answer, "Yes, I do/will." to agree with the oath statement. That was it. They came outside and we were all taking pictures of and with our loved ones in front of the USCIS building. They rain was not making that easy, but we managed. 

 

Almost 11 years to the day of getting his K-1 visa approval. That happened on Sept. 21, 2010. It feels good not to worry about immigration factors any longer. Now to get his US passport. Oh yeah, the guy doing the ceremony told them to do their social security first. Weird ,as the people here on the forum know, do the passport first.

 

Which field office, if you don't mind me asking?

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

4 hours ago, bsd058 said:

Which field office, if you don't mind me asking?

Montgomery Alabama

[bsd058 296]

5 hours ago, KayDeeCee said:

Montgomery Alabama

Looking at Q2 N-400 end of quarter stats (Jan 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2021), that's about what was expected. They didn't have many applications at the beginning of the year. The Q3 stats should come out sometime this week or next, hopefully.

 

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

7 minutes ago, bsd058 said:

Looking at Q2 N-400 end of quarter stats (Jan 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2021), that's about what was expected. They didn't have many applications at the beginning of the year. The Q3 stats should come out sometime this week or next, hopefully.

 

Yeah, not a super busy place. Our field office used to be Jacksonville, which was a lot busier. I'm grateful our zip code was switched to the Montgomery one because it's a slightly shorter distance and it's less crowded. There were about 10 or so people in his oath ceremony group.

[Mason_inami 3]

On 8/24/2021 at 5:26 AM, Savva said:

You will know only when you'll be scheduled for an interview, because the NBC (the place where all cases no matter where you live are going to) only does background checks then they send it to your local office so interview could be scheduled

if NBC does all the background checks, and the offices do the interviews, why are some offices slow and some fast? the bottleneck should be NBC not the offices, right?

[Savva 222]

3 hours ago, Mason_inami said:

if NBC does all the background checks, and the offices do the interviews, why are some offices slow and some fast? the bottleneck should be NBC not the offices, right?

Because besides N400 interview the offices conduct many many other Interviews, (asylum/marriage based/parents based/work based and many other, and based on their schedule the NBC schedule interview for that offices 

[bsd058 296]

I didn't realize it but the performance data has been available since August. lol.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/N400_performancedata_fy2021_qtr3.pdf