N-400 Seattle (Part 2)

[Nkrish83 65]

1 hour ago, W8ter said:

Congrats to the recent citizens in this thread!

 

I decided to try this thread’s suggestion and have submitted foia request online and it says “submitted” with no updates and no eta for a week already? Is it normal?

It took roughly 10 days for the status to change, but moved rather quickly after that. 

[W8ter 1]

9 minutes ago, Nkrish83 said:

It took roughly 10 days for the status to change, but moved rather quickly after that. 

Thanks! And 2 more things that confused me:

- they mentioned something about 25$ fee but never asked - did you end up paying anything?

- also every time I got check status there is a popup asking for pin and case # - I don’t have a pin, did you somehow got it?

 

thanks again!!

[Qashin 5]

1 hour ago, Seattle2021 said:

Thank you all for keeping these updates coming. It really helps. I applied for my aged parents (74 & 68) on Jan 2021, so the time for their interview date hopefully coming soon. English is not their primary language but if spoken slowly they are able to understand and communicate. Of course with any interview they are nervous. they already got the questions locked down but i wanted to help them practice reading and writing part of things.

 

I would really appreciate if folks (if they remember) share the phrases they had to write and read. It will help them practice. I also plan to go over the application with them in details. anything else i should think about? anyone that gone through this for their parents. Dont know if they will allow me in with them on the day, but preparing them to handle this on their own

 

thanks

I dont know if you know this but, for the civics test, there is this information that you should pay attention to if it applies to your parents.

 

*If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you
may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf

[Nkrish83 65]

1 hour ago, W8ter said:

Thanks! And 2 more things that confused me:

- they mentioned something about 25$ fee but never asked - did you end up paying anything?

- also every time I got check status there is a popup asking for pin and case # - I don’t have a pin, did you somehow got it?

 

thanks again!!

If the file is complex, they CAN charge you upto $25, but i did not see the same for my wife. For the popup you can ignore it, as it doesn;t pertain to the FOIA request you'd have submitted. I used to skip past that to check where our request was in the queue

 

 

[Seattle2021 10]

2 hours ago, Qashin said:

I dont know if you know this but, for the civics test, there is this information that you should pay attention to if it applies to your parents.

 

*If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you
may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf

thanks. Yeah i looked at that but they been in US for only 6 years. immigrated when i got their green card after my citizenship here. Also they are cognitively fine, there is also a provision for seniors if they are unable to retain information etc (need a dr note for it)

[DeGodefroi 17]

Is Seattle only doing virtual interviews? That worries me.

And any of you had the N-400 with I-751 still pending at this office? What happens?

[arnab221 29]

With 2022 summer here already  , has the Seattle field office started working on the 2021 backlog yet ? I cannot believe how LA , a much larger city , is able to process N-400s in 3 months while Seattle takes 1.5 years🤯 . With almost all interviews being remote , I am also hearing that LA officers are now interviewing Seattle applicants.  How then is Seattle not completing its backlog faster ? 

 

[Qashin 5]

3 hours ago, arnab221 said:

With 2022 summer here already  , has the Seattle field office started working on the 2021 backlog yet ? I cannot believe how LA , a much larger city , is able to process N-400s in 3 months while Seattle takes 1.5 years🤯 . With almost all interviews being remote , I am also hearing that LA officers are now interviewing Seattle applicants.  How then is Seattle not completing its backlog faster ? 

 

I can confirm that Seattle is mostly doing virtual interviews conducted by other offices.

[PedroDaGr8 245]

 

On 4/14/2022 at 10:12 AM, arnab221 said:

With 2022 summer here already  , has the Seattle field office started working on the 2021 backlog yet ? I cannot believe how LA , a much larger city , is able to process N-400s in 3 months while Seattle takes 1.5 years🤯 . With almost all interviews being remote , I am also hearing that LA officers are now interviewing Seattle applicants.  How then is Seattle not completing its backlog faster ? 

 

Yes they have. Per the spreadsheet, someone from early JAN2021 received their interview notice on 08APR2022. To be clear, from my understanding, Seattle has a far higher H1B load (and other associated visas) than LA. Not only have a number of these been put on hold but adjucating these takes case officers away from conducting Citizenship interviews.

As for the other sites conducting interviews for Seattle, this is a relatively recent development. Seattle was one of the demo sites early last year but USCIS only recently (relatively speaking) have they started deploying and using it en masse. As it becomes more widespread, I am hopeful that it will help USCIS load balance better between sites for the future (even if we will be done with USCIS by that point). 
 

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by PedroDaGr8

[Seattle2021 10]

Just got interview notification for my parents. Applied Jan 23, 2021 -- interview letter sent Apr 22, 2022. Interview date May 26,2022 in Tukwila

 

Need to make them practice on reading and writing part

Edited April 23, 2022 by Seattle2021

[Bd1981 2]

1 hour ago, Seattle2021 said:

Just got interview notification for my parents. Applied Jan 23, 2021 -- interview letter sent Apr 22, 2022. Interview date May 26,2022 in Tukwila

 

Need to make them practice on reading and writing part

Congratulations!!

 

Just curious - did you apply for FOIA? Or the notifications came on its own? My wife and I are the next in the line (1/29/2021 applicants) per spreadsheet.

[Seattle2021 10]

20 hours ago, Bd1981 said:

Congratulations!!

 

Just curious - did you apply for FOIA? Or the notifications came on its own? My wife and I are the next in the line (1/29/2021 applicants) per spreadsheet.

thanks. No i did not apply for FOIA .. i read about it here but never did anything. Best of luck. i will also update the spreadsheet

[hselin 0]

Just got interview notification. Applied Feb 01, 2021 -- interview letter sent Apr 26, 2022. Interview date May 17,2022 in Tukwila.

 

Any suggestions on what documents should I carry with me for the interview?

[Seattle2021 10]

10 hours ago, hselin said:

Just got interview notification. Applied Feb 01, 2021 -- interview letter sent Apr 26, 2022. Interview date May 17,2022 in Tukwila.

 

Any suggestions on what documents should I carry with me for the interview?

I would carry your passports (current and past), tax returns atleast along with greencard ofcourse

[W8ter 1]

10 hours ago, hselin said:

Just got interview notification. Applied Feb 01, 2021 -- interview letter sent Apr 26, 2022. Interview date May 17,2022 in Tukwila.

 

Any suggestions on what documents should I carry with me for the interview?

Congrats! Could you update the spreadsheet?

I plan to bring hard copies of docs submitted basically (passport/tax/gc etc)