N-400 January 2024 filers

[minivatreni 193]

40 minutes ago, happydoctor said:

Hi! I applied online around 3 weeks ago and received a notice in my profile that my biometric will reuse. At that moment it says waiting time was 4 months ( Chicago ).Now it says 7 months . I don’t know why …

Also, do we need to upload out taxes for the last 5 years to online profile ? Or do we need to bring it to the interview?

You can upload the last five years of your tax transcripts. I did it with the original application, but you can upload evidence now. Would’ve been better if you uploaded it to begin with but it doesn’t really matter.

 

Also the timelines on the USCIS website are not any indication of the processing times of your case. 
 

in case you haven’t noticed, everyone’s increased by a few months, that’s because everyone gets the same timeline and it is a useless measure of when you’re going to hear back about an interview 

[happydoctor 36]

9 hours ago, minivatreni said:

You can upload the last five years of your tax transcripts. I did it with the original application, but you can upload evidence now. Would’ve been better if you uploaded it to begin with but it doesn’t really matter.

 

Also the timelines on the USCIS website are not any indication of the processing times of your case. 
 

in case you haven’t noticed, everyone’s increased by a few months, that’s because everyone gets the same timeline and it is a useless measure of when you’re going to hear back about an interview 

Thank you ! I didn’t know that I should upload taxes to my online application 🤔 Is it mandatory ? It didn’t mention  in the instructions or anything like that.

[OldUser 6,636]

41 minutes ago, happydoctor said:

Thank you ! I didn’t know that I should upload taxes to my online application 🤔 Is it mandatory ? It didn’t mention  in the instructions or anything like that.

No it's not mandatory with initial submission, but it proves good moral chatacter and may speed up approval.

[Rhythmlicious 75]

On 3/26/2024 at 12:22 PM, AAAGE000 said:

Anyone that filed in January 2024 with the Los Angeles Field Office have an interview yet? 

I am married to a USC and filed about 80 days early, based on the 3 year rule. 

Seeing so many others get their interview scheduled and just wondering about the LA office experiences.

 

 Yes me I filed January 5th and my interview is this Wednesday. 

[Rhythmlicious 75]

Did anyone take the oath yet? My interview is this week and since it's at 3 pm, I assume I won't have same day oath ceremony if all goes well. 

 

I'm just debating what to wear. I've seen a stunning floor length, gala style red dress that I personally think would be very appropriate, but maybe I'm expecting way too much lol.

 

What is everyone else planning to wear?

[minivatreni 193]

14 minutes ago, Rhythmlicious said:

Did anyone take the oath yet? My interview is this week and since it's at 3 pm, I assume I won't have same day oath ceremony if all goes well. 

 

I'm just debating what to wear. I've seen a stunning floor length, gala style red dress that I personally think would be very appropriate, but maybe I'm expecting way too much lol.

 

What is everyone else planning to wear?

Just wear something that you’d be comfortable showing up to a job interview with. Not too extravagant, but respectable. 

[Rearviewmirror 397]

2 hours ago, Rhythmlicious said:

Did anyone take the oath yet? My interview is this week and since it's at 3 pm, I assume I won't have same day oath ceremony if all goes well. 

 

I'm just debating what to wear. I've seen a stunning floor length, gala style red dress that I personally think would be very appropriate, but maybe I'm expecting way too much lol.

 

What is everyone else planning to wear?

 

If you have a pending I-751 I've heard they can't approve same day or do same day oath ceremony.

[OldUser 6,636]

1 hour ago, Rearviewmirror said:

 

If you have a pending I-751 I've heard they can't approve same day or do same day oath ceremony.

I don't agree. There were cases of combo interview and same day oath. Those are rare though. 

Edited March 31 by OldUser

[happydoctor 36]

On 3/30/2024 at 10:56 AM, minivatreni said:

You can upload the last five years of your tax transcripts. I did it with the original application, but you can upload evidence now. Would’ve been better if you uploaded it to begin with but it doesn’t really matter.

 

Also the timelines on the USCIS website are not any indication of the processing times of your case. 
 

in case you haven’t noticed, everyone’s increased by a few months, that’s because everyone gets the same timeline and it is a useless measure of when you’re going to hear back about an interview 

 Thank you! Can I just attach tax returns from TurboTax or freeTaxUsa? Or should it be original transcripts from IRA? 📚📚📚

[marmott 7]

I believe you need the transcripts from the IRS, fairly fast to request them online.

[minivatreni 193]

On 3/31/2024 at 5:51 PM, happydoctor said:

 Thank you! Can I just attach tax returns from TurboTax or freeTaxUsa? Or should it be original transcripts from IRA? 📚📚📚

Obtain your Tax Return Transcript, it's a couple of pages. Do not upload the return itself. 

 

More info here: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

On 3/31/2024 at 1:50 PM, Rhythmlicious said:

Did anyone take the oath yet? My interview is this week and since it's at 3 pm, I assume I won't have same day oath ceremony if all goes well. 

 

I'm just debating what to wear. I've seen a stunning floor length, gala style red dress that I personally think would be very appropriate, but maybe I'm expecting way too much lol.

 

What is everyone else planning to wear?

Business casual is more the way to go. But if you want to rock that dress, go for it,

 it's your day🙂

[Rhythmlicious 75]

14 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Business casual is more the way to go. But if you want to rock that dress, go for it,

 it's your day🙂

Thank you! I'll probably go for something a lil less extravagant lol. I also don't want to feel uncomfortable being way too overdressed. I came across some old posts from people years ago that really dressed up with suits and long dresses and I was hoping that was still a thing haha!

[cardia 146]

On 3/31/2024 at 10:50 AM, Rhythmlicious said:

Did anyone take the oath yet? My interview is this week and since it's at 3 pm, I assume I won't have same day oath ceremony if all goes well. 

 

I'm just debating what to wear. I've seen a stunning floor length, gala style red dress that I personally think would be very appropriate, but maybe I'm expecting way too much lol.

 

What is everyone else planning to wear?

 

I just took the oath today. I wore a knee-length, bright blue button front dress with a matching belt, and 1-in black pumps. Most people in the room were dressed about the same, generally somewhere between business casual to business formal.

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[happydoctor 36]

On 3/31/2024 at 11:42 AM, Rhythmlicious said:

 

 Yes me I filed January 5th and my interview is this Wednesday. 

Good luck with your interview tomorrow!

When did you get the actual letter about the interview ( how many days / weeks before the interview)?  Our postman doesn’t really do a good job recently, and I worry about getting the letter in time .