N-400 November 2024 Filers

[Thatsright 20]

4 minutes ago, Magi Stark said:

Wait, so you had the oath ceremony without the name change? I thought the name change had to come before the oath ceremony so the CON can have the new name.

Nah I was just sitting in the background watching it/them. My ceremony incl name change will take place in June. It looks like the reason for me having had to watch those was that they tried to fix the problem in the system and needed to keep me entertained or something. It also resulted in an email sent to me with today’s date for the ceremony which then got canceled and I got a new notification with the correct date. 

[Magi Stark 5]

22 minutes ago, Thatsright said:

Nah I was just sitting in the background watching it/them. My ceremony incl name change will take place in June. It looks like the reason for me having had to watch those was that they tried to fix the problem in the system and needed to keep me entertained or something. It also resulted in an email sent to me with today’s date for the ceremony which then got canceled and I got a new notification with the correct date. 

Holy cow! OK. Thanks for the clarification. I'm also doing a name change. I had no idea you have to wait months to get it done! I thought it was like getting married, just sign the document and you're done, lol.  UGH! 

[Thatsright 20]

2 hours ago, Magi Stark said:

Holy cow! OK. Thanks for the clarification. I'm also doing a name change. I had no idea you have to wait months to get it done! I thought it was like getting married, just sign the document and you're done, lol.  UGH! 

It depends on your field office. The extra wait can be as short as 4 weeks…and as long as, well, I have heard horror stories like 6 months…but ~3 months seems pretty common. 

 

The officer was actually trying to gently sell me on just going for the Naturalisation since I could have had that the same day, downstairs. I said heck no, I have waited for 11 years, those measly 3 months ain’t gonna make me drop my new name! He laughed and understood, and 3 1-2 months of exact wait I got. Doesn’t even bother me. The deed is done. The stress is over.