N-400 December 2022 Filers

[NYer 10]

2 hours ago, skapali said:

tried t o access interview notice and get this error uscis {"data":null,"error":{"developermessage":null,"usermessage":null}}. any one else expereincing this?

Yes, happened to me too, I’d just wait until the notice arrives in the mail. Should not take more than 5-10 business days.

[Me and her 279]

23 hours ago, JDP91 said:

We’re at the DC/Fairfax field office… I’ve seen several folks get the oath ceremony scheduled within ~3 weeks of the interview, so it doesn’t seem like scheduling is the bottleneck. We filed the N400 electronically. 

Online status still says interview was scheduled. Last updated 101 days ago. 😕 Phone agent said that she could see in her system that the interview had been marked as completed. 

 

Hubby got a call from our senator’s office earlier this week and they said they received his request and would begin working on it. Fingers crossed that gets things unstuck! 

Wow!  That is weird...  fingers crossed 🤞 that you hear something soon !

[skapali 33]

Received an interview notice for my I751 to be held at the local office on August 30th. My N400 online status also says interview scheduled and still waiting on that notice. Did any one else get two separate interview notices ?

[Cata&Ben 199]

On 7/20/2023 at 9:47 AM, skapali said:

just checked my status and says on July 19th we schedule you for an interview and we will mail you the notice. I tried accessing the notice file online and it says blank file. once i have access to the interview notice will provide an update here.

Congratulations!!! Happy to see some movement! Still waiting here - 
 

 

 

[skapali 33]

1 hour ago, Cata&Ben said:

Congratulations!!! Happy to see some movement! Still waiting here - 
 

 

 

Hope you see some action soon. My actual local office is Lawrence MA and not Boston

[skapali 33]

just received my N400 interview letter. N400 and I-751 on August 30th  at Lawrence MA field office

[JaLady 5]

Applied December 27, 2022. Received biometrics reuse letter that same afternoon.

 

I randomly checked my account in second week of June  and saw the notification that interview was scheduled the day prior (received no notification there was movement on my case). Letter was then received a week later.

 

Had my N400 interview in the NEW central field office in Cranbury, NJ a few days ago and it's one of the best govt offices I've visited. Literally everyone in there is pleasant. Everything took place on one floor. I arrived about 30 minutes before my appointment and was told to come back 15 minutes later. So one advice is not to go too early, they'll ask you to come back. 

 

Entered the building, the security checked me in then I went to window 1 to scan by letter, then be assigned a number. After that I sat for about 10 minutes and my number was called before my appointment time. Interview was quick, after scanning my index fingers the officer dived right into the civics question no warning. Lol. Then the yes, no questions. For the written English test, they ask you to write on an iPad with your finger instead of a sheet of paper (yayyy for being tech forward)! 

 

The interview lasted less than 10 minutes. My greencard was taken immediately and I was given a sheet of paper with results and told to wait outside for the oath.The office is new so no one knew exactly what time the oath was. We were told some days they've done it at 10:30am depending on appointments for the day and when they have critical mass. Eventually it happened at 12, lasted 10 minutes. By 12:15 I was a US citizen and out of the building!

 

The office is very nice - much smaller than Newark. Surplus parking and it's free! The supervisor who administered the oath told us this is the first of many offices in the US to come with this easy to navigate model. We were the 10th group to be sworn in at the location. No name change available at the location, so if you requested a name change and your interview is there, you won't be sworn in for months or longer. 

 

 While waiting for the oath ceremony, another guest mentioned checking their USCIS account, so I did. My status was already updated to say oath ceremony scheduled with the letter indicating the same day. After leaving, I checked the account again and it said certificate issued and my case was closed. 

 

The Cranbury USCIS office is great! Had my interview and became a U.S. citizen all in under 3 hours! 

 

So happy to be done with this process and I hope my experience will help someone. 

 

Now on to request my passport for urgent travel as I have a vacation planned in less than 30 days. 

 

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Edited July 24, 2023 by JaLady

[Cata&Ben 199]

What a great story @JaLady! Congratulations! I did not know that an individual could ask for an expedited passport. Let us know if your request was successful.

[Cata&Ben 199]

On 7/24/2023 at 2:18 PM, skapali said:

just received my N400 interview letter. N400 and I-751 on August 30th  at Lawrence MA field office

Hi Skapali!

 

A question for you:

Was your case at the NBC or at Vermont?

Thank you, Cata

 

[skapali 33]

5 hours ago, Cata&Ben said:

Hi Skapali!

 

A question for you:

Was your case at the NBC or at Vermont?

Thank you, Cata

 

Só my status still says case received. I received an interview notice from the local office for my I-751 so I don't know if it weren't from Vermont to Lawrence or from Vermont to NBC to Lawrence 

[Saman1103 41]

12 hours ago, skapali said:

Só my status still says case received. I received an interview notice from the local office for my I-751 so I don't know if it weren't from Vermont to Lawrence or from Vermont to NBC to Lawrence 

You received a notice in the mail but your status still says case received for i751? Does it say interview scheduled for n400?

[Cata&Ben 199]

13 hours ago, skapali said:

Só my status still says case received. I received an interview notice from the local office for my I-751, so I don't know if it weren't from Vermont to Lawrence or from Vermont to NBC to Lawrence 

 

Thank you! Great to see your journey is almost completed! 

[skapali 33]

7 hours ago, Saman1103 said:

You received a notice in the mail but your status still says case received for i751? Does it say interview scheduled for n400?

yes N400 status says interview scheduled

[DASH_US 23]

Hello everyone,

 

I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to share my recent experience of passing the interview earlier this week to help others going through a similar process.

 

Here is the timeline of my application:

- Applied for I-751 in 12/21/2021

- Applied for N-400 online on 12/23/22.

- Received the receipt notice on 12/23/22.

- My interview was scheduled for 06/05/23.

- The interview was held on 07/25/23.

I applied under the 3-year rule based on my marriage, with a pending I-751 in Chicago, IL.

On the day of the interview, I arrived at the Chicago local office and went to the second floor, where I stood in line with my appointment letter. The officer took my details and asked me to wait for my turn. I patiently waited until 9 am, but nobody called me. Feeling concerned, I approached the officer's desk to inquire about the delay. She informed me that the wait time shouldn't exceed an hour. She took my details again, and shortly after, they called my name.

 

As my I-751 application was still pending, the officer conducted a combo interview and also called in my husband for the interview. We both took an oath to speak the truth during the interview.

 

The officer began with the I-751 interview, going through the case file I had submitted two years ago. She asked me about my name, date of birth, my husband's name, and his date of birth. She inquired about how we met, where and when we got married, the location of our wedding, our honeymoon destination, and our travel history since marriage. She also asked about the proposal and the attendees at our wedding, inquired about children, and asked about the place I lived when I first met my husband. Additionally, she questioned us about the number of countries and cities we have visited together. I provided various supporting documents to prove that we are living together, including lease agreements, joint house insurance, joint bank account statements, all travel tickets and hotel reservations from the past three years, over 25 pictures of us together, joint phone bill, car insurance, and tax transcripts for the last three years. She also asked if we owed any money to the IRS, to which I informed her that we had a small amount owed but that it was already paid off during our tax filings. Unfortunately, we didn't have evidence of the payment, so she asked us to log in to our IRS account, take a screenshot, and email it to her. Thankfully, we were able to do so, and after reviewing everything, she approved our I-751 case. She did not ask any questions to my husband during this part of the interview.

 

Following the I-751 interview, she proceeded with the N-400 interview. She asked for my name, current address, my husband's name, his date of birth, and all previous addresses where we have lived since moving to the US. She inquired about the countries I have visited since entering the US. She also checked our transcripts again and inquired about any outstanding taxes. I confirmed again that we had a small amount owed but that we had already paid it to the IRS while filing taxes. She asked if she could use the same screenshot I had shared earlier as evidence, and I said yes. Then she moved on to the civics questions:

 

1.       How many years do we elect a president for?

2.       What is the rule of law?

3.       How many U.S. Senators are there?

4.       What does the President's Cabinet do?

5.       Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

6.       What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
 

After that, she asked me to read a sentence (I don't remember) and write a sentence (New York was the first capital city) in English. She then asked me some yes or no questions. Next, she asked if I wanted to change my name, and I said yes. She confirmed my new name and address and asked me to sign. Then she congratulated me and approved my N-400 application. I inquired if my oath ceremony could be expedited as I have travel plans on August 24. She said she would try her best, but changing the name takes time as it needs to go through the court, and the judge has to sign and approve it. I left the office at 9:30 am. To my surprise, within 2 hours, my status changed to "oath will be scheduled." The next day, my status changed again, and my oath was scheduled for August 16, which left me in shock. On the same day, my I-751 status changed to "approved."

Now I am eagerly waiting for my oath ceremony. Finally, the long process is over!

[johnnyI129F 86]

9 minutes ago, DASH_US said:

Hello everyone,

 

I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to share my recent experience of passing the interview earlier this week to help others going through a similar process.

 

Here is the timeline of my application:

- Applied for I-751 in 12/21/2021

- Applied for N-400 online on 12/23/22.

- Received the receipt notice on 12/23/22.

- My interview was scheduled for 06/05/23.

- The interview was held on 07/25/23.

I applied under the 3-year rule based on my marriage, with a pending I-751 in Chicago, IL.

On the day of the interview, I arrived at the Chicago local office and went to the second floor, where I stood in line with my appointment letter. The officer took my details and asked me to wait for my turn. I patiently waited until 9 am, but nobody called me. Feeling concerned, I approached the officer's desk to inquire about the delay. She informed me that the wait time shouldn't exceed an hour. She took my details again, and shortly after, they called my name.

 

As my I-751 application was still pending, the officer conducted a combo interview and also called in my husband for the interview. We both took an oath to speak the truth during the interview.

 

The officer began with the I-751 interview, going through the case file I had submitted two years ago. She asked me about my name, date of birth, my husband's name, and his date of birth. She inquired about how we met, where and when we got married, the location of our wedding, our honeymoon destination, and our travel history since marriage. She also asked about the proposal and the attendees at our wedding, inquired about children, and asked about the place I lived when I first met my husband. Additionally, she questioned us about the number of countries and cities we have visited together. I provided various supporting documents to prove that we are living together, including lease agreements, joint house insurance, joint bank account statements, all travel tickets and hotel reservations from the past three years, over 25 pictures of us together, joint phone bill, car insurance, and tax transcripts for the last three years. She also asked if we owed any money to the IRS, to which I informed her that we had a small amount owed but that it was already paid off during our tax filings. Unfortunately, we didn't have evidence of the payment, so she asked us to log in to our IRS account, take a screenshot, and email it to her. Thankfully, we were able to do so, and after reviewing everything, she approved our I-751 case. She did not ask any questions to my husband during this part of the interview.

 

Following the I-751 interview, she proceeded with the N-400 interview. She asked for my name, current address, my husband's name, his date of birth, and all previous addresses where we have lived since moving to the US. She inquired about the countries I have visited since entering the US. She also checked our transcripts again and inquired about any outstanding taxes. I confirmed again that we had a small amount owed but that we had already paid it to the IRS while filing taxes. She asked if she could use the same screenshot I had shared earlier as evidence, and I said yes. Then she moved on to the civics questions:

 

1.       How many years do we elect a president for?

2.       What is the rule of law?

3.       How many U.S. Senators are there?

4.       What does the President's Cabinet do?

5.       Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

6.       What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
 

After that, she asked me to read a sentence (I don't remember) and write a sentence (New York was the first capital city) in English. She then asked me some yes or no questions. Next, she asked if I wanted to change my name, and I said yes. She confirmed my new name and address and asked me to sign. Then she congratulated me and approved my N-400 application. I inquired if my oath ceremony could be expedited as I have travel plans on August 24. She said she would try her best, but changing the name takes time as it needs to go through the court, and the judge has to sign and approve it. I left the office at 9:30 am. To my surprise, within 2 hours, my status changed to "oath will be scheduled." The next day, my status changed again, and my oath was scheduled for August 16, which left me in shock. On the same day, my I-751 status changed to "approved."

Now I am eagerly waiting for my oath ceremony. Finally, the long process is over!

Congratulations