N-400 May 2023 Filers

[Stardust0523 6]

On 9/20/2023 at 8:25 AM, johnnyRoe said:

That's fantastic news. Patience pays off in the end.

It sure does ! Thank you 

[MamaBoyz 15]

On 8/13/2023 at 1:29 PM, MamaBoyz said:

 

Filed 3rd May 2023, based on 5 year rule (divorced). 

Bio Reused notification same day.
Notice of Interview August 11th 2023
Interview September 23rd 2023

 

Office is Atlanta, GA

I had my citizenship interview today.

 

1. Arrived at 9:10 for a 9:30 appointment (big mistake as it was extremely busy)

2. Got through security at 9:25.

3. Was called into the interview room around 9:50

  - Civic Test (my officer stopped after I answered 6 questions correctly).

  - I was asked to read a sentence.

  - I was asked to write a sentence.

  - Officer went through my application and added trips I made since my application.

  - Officer asked about Yes & No questions

  - She asked me if I had any questions and I used that opportunity to ask for a same day Oath which she granted.

 

4. I was escorted back  to the waiting area at 10:06 to wait for my Oath ceremony at 11:30.

5. I was checked in for Oath Ceremony at 11:15 and my green card was taken away for good.

6. Oath Ceremony was completed and I got my certificate of citizenship.

 

I will be applying for my passport and going to the social security office on Monday. Good luck to you all.

[johnnyRoe 10]

44 minutes ago, MamaBoyz said:

I had my citizenship interview today.

 

1. Arrived at 9:10 for a 9:30 appointment (big mistake as it was extremely busy)

2. Got through security at 9:25.

3. Was called into the interview room around 9:50

  - Civic Test (my officer stopped after I answered 6 questions correctly).

  - I was asked to read a sentence.

  - I was asked to write a sentence.

  - Officer went through my application and added trips I made since my application.

  - Officer asked about Yes & No questions

  - She asked me if I had any questions and I used that opportunity to ask for a same day Oath which she granted.

 

4. I was escorted back  to the waiting area at 10:06 to wait for my Oath ceremony at 11:30.

5. I was checked in for Oath Ceremony at 11:15 and my green card was taken away for good.

6. Oath Ceremony was completed and I got my certificate of citizenship.

 

I will be applying for my passport and going to the social security office on Monday. Good luck to you all.

I see you are the mother of this thread, N-400 May 2023. Congratulations on becoming a new citizen! 🇺🇸🎉

[maryLu 58]

My husband and I got our interview for October 6, we filed on May 29, ou4 local office is Sacramento, CA.  We tried to reschedule our interview since we have an international trip coming up mid November.  We were told that we need a compelling reason to reschedule the interview,  so we kept the appointment.  My question is: do you uys think we can reschedule the oath ceremony ( assuming we get approved) if it gets scheduled too close or during our trip?  

[Emmz 154]

6 hours ago, MamaBoyz said:

I had my citizenship interview today.

 

1. Arrived at 9:10 for a 9:30 appointment (big mistake as it was extremely busy)

2. Got through security at 9:25.

3. Was called into the interview room around 9:50

  - Civic Test (my officer stopped after I answered 6 questions correctly).

  - I was asked to read a sentence.

  - I was asked to write a sentence.

  - Officer went through my application and added trips I made since my application.

  - Officer asked about Yes & No questions

  - She asked me if I had any questions and I used that opportunity to ask for a same day Oath which she granted.

 

4. I was escorted back  to the waiting area at 10:06 to wait for my Oath ceremony at 11:30.

5. I was checked in for Oath Ceremony at 11:15 and my green card was taken away for good.

6. Oath Ceremony was completed and I got my certificate of citizenship.

 

I will be applying for my passport and going to the social security office on Monday. Good luck to you all.

congrats

[BMU9 8]

7 hours ago, maryLu said:

My husband and I got our interview for October 6, we filed on May 29, ou4 local office is Sacramento, CA.  We tried to reschedule our interview since we have an international trip coming up mid November.  We were told that we need a compelling reason to reschedule the interview,  so we kept the appointment.  My question is: do you uys think we can reschedule the oath ceremony ( assuming we get approved) if it gets scheduled too close or during our trip?  

Yes that's much easier to request for a future date than the actual interview. 

[BMU9 8]

11 hours ago, MamaBoyz said:

I had my citizenship interview today.

 

1. Arrived at 9:10 for a 9:30 appointment (big mistake as it was extremely busy)

2. Got through security at 9:25.

3. Was called into the interview room around 9:50

  - Civic Test (my officer stopped after I answered 6 questions correctly).

  - I was asked to read a sentence.

  - I was asked to write a sentence.

  - Officer went through my application and added trips I made since my application.

  - Officer asked about Yes & No questions

  - She asked me if I had any questions and I used that opportunity to ask for a same day Oath which she granted.

 

4. I was escorted back  to the waiting area at 10:06 to wait for my Oath ceremony at 11:30.

5. I was checked in for Oath Ceremony at 11:15 and my green card was taken away for good.

6. Oath Ceremony was completed and I got my certificate of citizenship.

 

I will be applying for my passport and going to the social security office on Monday. Good luck to you all.

Congrats!!  Also thanks so much for the details. The interview didn't last long at all.  

[onetothered 90]

On 8/29/2023 at 5:01 PM, onetothered said:

Ceremony completed today, lasted around an hour. Finally done with USCIS.

 

A  Huge tremendous thank you to everyone in this Forum for all the help, experience sharing and guidance, it was priceless.

No words can give justice to how much I appreciate everyone here and wish you all the best.

 

Now dealing with department of state, seem passport is taking 10 months or something 🤪🤪 

Passport received Sep 26, it took 3 weeks (with Expedite and priority shipping option), so the ETA in the DoS is not true after all.

[Binna 108]

On 9/27/2023 at 3:54 PM, onetothered said:

Passport received Sep 26, it took 3 weeks (with Expedite and priority shipping option), so the ETA in the DoS is not true after all.

I agree!! mine took 4 weeks with expedited and priority mail express 1-Day.

[Crazy Cat 41,923]

On 9/27/2023 at 2:54 PM, onetothered said:

Passport received Sep 26, it took 3 weeks (with Expedite and priority shipping option), so the ETA in the DoS is not true after all.

Earlier this year, wife's passport took 7 weeks (with expedite and 1 day shipping).  The DOS estimate was exactly correct.  Hopefully, the turn-around times have gotten better. 

[GEOntificator 281]

- Mailed 5/26

- NOA 6/2

- Interview was scheduled update 8/20

- Interview scheduled for 9/27

- Same day oath 9/27

 

Evidence submitted: Copy of GC, cooy of current marriage certificate, copy of previous divorce, copy of my disclosed traffic violation and payment, copy of selective services card.

 

Arrived at 8:20 for 8:35 interview. Check in took 10 mins. Was valled in around 8:45. IO was super friendly. Got 6/6 civics part and moved to reading and writing a sentence. Then Yes and No questions. My attorney asked the IO to update my recent travel dates.

 

IO said everything looked good and asked if I planned to travel in the next few weeks. He informed me that of I agreed to the same day oath my GC was going to be taken away and that I'd need to wait weeks for my passport. I took the same day oath 30 mins after my interview. Oath took 30 mins or so. Received my Naturalization Certificate immediately and left 🇺🇸 

 

Total timeline 4 months from mailing the docs to naturalizing. 

Good luck to all!

[Emmz 154]

24 minutes ago, kvito28 said:

- Mailed 5/26

- NOA 6/2

- Interview was scheduled update 8/20

- Interview scheduled for 9/27

- Same day oath 9/27

 

Evidence submitted: Copy of GC, cooy of current marriage certificate, copy of previous divorce, copy of my disclosed traffic violation and payment, copy of selective services card.

 

Arrived at 8:20 for 8:35 interview. Check in took 10 mins. Was valled in around 8:45. IO was super friendly. Got 6/6 civics part and moved to reading and writing a sentence. Then Yes and No questions. My attorney asked the IO to update my recent travel dates.

 

IO said everything looked good and asked if I planned to travel in the next few weeks. He informed me that of I agreed to the same day oath my GC was going to be taken away and that I'd need to wait weeks for my passport. I took the same day oath 30 mins after my interview. Oath took 30 mins or so. Received my Naturalization Certificate immediately and left 🇺🇸 

 

Total timeline 4 months from mailing the docs to naturalizing. 

Good luck to all!

congrats

[Caligirl1 213]

One question  while preparing for Combo interview: do I really need to make another set of bank statement copies from marriage until now - they got already all of those for I-751 and N-400 up to May'23 , or is it enough to just add the most recent ones/ since applying for N-400? I plan to take the originals for at least since I751. Any thoughts?

[Crazy Cat 41,923]

58 minutes ago, Caligirl1 said:

One question  while preparing for Combo interview: do I really need to make another set of bank statement copies from marriage until now - they got already all of those for I-751 and N-400 up to May'23 , or is it enough to just add the most recent ones/ since applying for N-400? I plan to take the originals for at least since I751. Any thoughts?

Our officer wanted to see evidence from time of initial filing of the I-751 to interview date.  He was especially interested in bank statements, leases, drivers licenses addresses, etc.

[Caligirl1 213]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Our officer wanted to see evidence from time of initial filing of the I-751 to interview date.  He was especially interested in bank statements, leases, drivers licenses addresses, etc.

Thank you- I want to take the required evidence and new evidence since initial filing. Just because they got already the bank acc copies from AOS until filing for N-400 ( basically twice) I'm thinking to take all originals since I-751 until now plus a few from opening one acc in 2014 until now and highlight utility bills, trips, car purchases and so on. Showing shared responsibilities. Good idea?