N-400 January 2023 Filers

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

1 minute ago, Cheschirecat said:

We applied Jan 27th. Interview was yesterday 6/20. We are approved! Now waiting on the oath. 

Congratulations!!!!!  It's a great achievement!!!

[Sarge2155 4,587]

Wife got her passport on 6/24/23!

[Emw2290 50]

We had quite an interesting experience last Thursday. Two immigration officers showed up at the house. 
Our living situation is unusual, so we think they wanted to verify a few things. It was a coincidence we were even at the house, yet alone even in the state. 

I’m a travel nurse and we use my parents’ house as our permanent address and tax home. It’s been that way since we got married. It’s where we keep all our things other than the clothes we take while I’m working elsewhere. My husband (the applicant) travels with me always. He’s with me wherever my work assignment is (typically 13 weeks). We wrote up an explanation of this in our original ROC packet and N400. We have a signed document by my parents that we pay rent and it’s our permanent address which was also included in both packets. 
They asked for our IDs, took pictures of them with us holding them, asked if we had pictures of us together around the house (fortunately we have them and my parents display them), asked about work. They clearly read up on us and were very familiar with our file. The whole interaction was probably less than 5 minutes. They practically ran away while saying, “you’ll be contacted for your civics exam soon and the 751 and 400 will be processed at the same time.” 
 

No updates on our cases yet. 

[Sarge2155 4,587]

56 minutes ago, Emw2290 said:

We had quite an interesting experience last Thursday. Two immigration officers showed up at the house. 
Our living situation is unusual, so we think they wanted to verify a few things. It was a coincidence we were even at the house, yet alone even in the state. 

I’m a travel nurse and we use my parents’ house as our permanent address and tax home. It’s been that way since we got married. It’s where we keep all our things other than the clothes we take while I’m working elsewhere. My husband (the applicant) travels with me always. He’s with me wherever my work assignment is (typically 13 weeks). We wrote up an explanation of this in our original ROC packet and N400. We have a signed document by my parents that we pay rent and it’s our permanent address which was also included in both packets. 
They asked for our IDs, took pictures of them with us holding them, asked if we had pictures of us together around the house (fortunately we have them and my parents display them), asked about work. They clearly read up on us and were very familiar with our file. The whole interaction was probably less than 5 minutes. They practically ran away while saying, “you’ll be contacted for your civics exam soon and the 751 and 400 will be processed at the same time.” 
 

No updates on our cases yet. 

That apparently was a good thing,  they had a few things to verify and you aced it. You'll be getting further details soon about your combo interview as they so much as said you'll have a combo  interview. Congrats!

[Emw2290 50]

On 6/27/2023 at 1:53 AM, Sarge2155 said:

That apparently was a good thing,  they had a few things to verify and you aced it. You'll be getting further details soon about your combo interview as they so much as said you'll have a combo  interview. Congrats!

Thanks! I hope we get a notice soon. Still no updates.
Remind me, did you get to go inside along with your wife for her interview? I’m so curious how the rest of the process will play out. 

[Sarge2155 4,587]

1 hour ago, Emw2290 said:

Thanks! I hope we get a notice soon. Still no updates.
Remind me, did you get to go inside along with your wife for her interview? I’m so curious how the rest of the process will play out. 

No she had a combo interview all by herself. I waited in the car in the parking lot. She did tell the IO that I was out in the car. Just take ALL your 751 documents along with your N400 documents and you'll be fine.

[Cheschirecat 176]

Good Morning! 
 

He received the oath letter yesterday 6/29  and he  is scheduled to take the oath on 8/24 in Nashville!! 

[Emw2290 50]

Did get notice online yesterday for interview in Milwaukee August 1st. 

[yoda one for me 322]

4 hours ago, Emw2290 said:

Did get notice online yesterday for interview in Milwaukee August 1st. 

That agent visit sounds like it was a really weird experience but congrats on the ROC approval and getting a citizenship interview date! I'm curious, did your ROC file ever get transferred out of LIN to the local office? Some people report a status change before anything happens. Both my ROC and N400 statuses are still the same as they were months ago, but I'm hoping someone looking at your file (and obviously deciding to send agents over to check up on you 🤯) means they'll get to mine at some point soon!

Edited July 1, 2023 by yoda one for me

[Emw2290 50]

4 minutes ago, yoda one for me said:

That agent visit sounds like it was a really weird experience but congrats on the ROC approval and getting a citizenship interview date! I'm curious, did your ROC file ever get transferred out of LIN to the local office? Some people report a status change before anything happens. Both my ROC and N400 statuses are still the same as they were months ago, but I'm hoping someone looking at your file (and obviously deciding to send agents over to check up on you 🤯) means they'll get to mine at some point soon!

We never got any updates until yesterday and today, besides the unexpected visit last week. I’m still in shock about the whole thing.  It seems they were very familiar with our ROC, like my travel job (new since AOS), places we’ve been, and processing them together. So I assume my file was transferred at some point. 
 

I hope you hear something soon!!! 

[beloved_dingo 1,976]

Just one final update in our journey - 

 

My husband applied for his U.S. passport on 5/25. The status updated to "In process" on 5/31. Yesterday, it changed to "Approved" and today it is out for delivery, per the tracking number.

 

We paid for expedited service and faster shipping, and it's been exactly 7 weeks since we submitted the application. 

[yoda one for me 322]

Just got an alert on my phone - Interview scheduled!  Had to immediately log into the status website & check the PDF of the interview notice for the date 😆

 

Did anyone else have a sudden burst of emotion and want to cry when they saw those words? lol

 

(No update to the ROC case as yet but fingers crossed that gets a checkmark on the day )

[Pininfarina 74]

Got an appt at the passport agency yesterday and passport was printed in 2 hrs!!! When I picked it up they returned the naturalization certificate with passport.  

 

Journey is finally over! 

[Sarge2155 4,587]

Wife just got her Naturalization Certificate mailed back to her today after applying for her passport in early May 2023. Immigration is a rap now, done book closed visa journey over!!!

Edited July 15, 2023 by Sarge2155

[Sarge2155 4,587]

4 hours ago, Pininfarina said:

Got an appt at the passport agency yesterday and passport was printed in 2 hrs!!! When I picked it up they returned the naturalization certificate with passport.  

 

Journey is finally over! 

Yeah it's a rap!