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@dnhk it seems you just were not fully prepared in my opinion not to mention based on some of your responses, seems your english is still not fully polished as well these with accumulation of a lot of "I don't remember" and your mere presence in the United States was to study meaning improve polish your english since that is the native language may have just irritated the officer. Remember many times when these officers are just not having a good day their easy out is recommend you withdraw and if you agree that is one less file they will worry about. My biggest issue are certain key information you do not remember, as an immigrant and i believe many people on here will agree with me are we depend on accurate dates and information memorized whiles still at the mercy of greencards that is no brainer. You may want to do some more due diligence in understanding ur entire history and dates. I know you are seeking legal assistance, but an attorney will not answer some of these questions for you, so even retaining one with you not prepared or not knowing basic simple question will lead you to the same path. I recommend listening to some of the members, getting your A file and going through your entire history from when you applied for F1 all the way down to current. You actually are lucky they asked basic simple questions, many have been asked much more headscratching questions. Best of Luck

Unfortunately I do not have an decision as of today, I did receive an RFE in February for records regarding misdemeanor that was expunged. Unfortunately since case was back in 2008 and in a different state had to fly out there get records retrieve from archive but couldn't get everything they were seeking ( wanted minutes, police report, charge, etc) got certified copies of all what court had and I recently mailed it to USCIS May 3rd which they acknowledged they received information. Current time is now 3 months in my account. I definitely will update everyone on here if and when I do get a decision. Thanks

Sorry haven't been on here for a while been busy with work etc but notice the tag from @Mike E, I am not sure how similar our cases are but for mine the issue I encountered at my N400 was due to me having a criminal record from 2008. Again seems everyone's case is different so can't say yours will work out similar as mine were I did not have any issues during my residency switch from F1. Good luck.

Morning everyone, I know when I initially asked this question it gained alot of traction and attention and various others reached out personally to ask about my case. I promised I was going to update everyone after my second interview which happened earlier this week. I went for second interview, it was a different officer than the initial one, officer asked for my greencard driver license and said I am sure you are aware why you are here I stated yes and no, yes as in here for a second interview for my citizenship and no as in have no clue why a second one is needed. He went straight to the point advised me I was there due to my arrest back in 2008. And I was there today to sign a sworn statement (seems they had about 15 to 20 questions already pretyped to ask me). Started off with name, address, when did the incident happened, who was involved was anyone involved, was time served, how many years probation etc on and on. Asked if I had anything else to add to you. Just to summarize some of the answers incident happened in 2008 I was in possession of some stolen items, shoes. I owned up to my foolishness and probation was for 1 year, judge dismissed probation after 2 months since I had scholarship to play sports and he said I was heading in right direction made a silly mistake and that shouldn't hinder my success. I explained to officer how far I have came and where I was now serving my community and all the good stuff. Why is this case coming back up I have no idea because it has been disclosed from when I applied i30, i765 and during citizenship. I also disclosed it upon re entry into the country so this hasn't been an issue of me not disclosing. The headscratching part about this is during my travel back in 2010-2011 upon reentry I advised officer of the arrest but they had no record of it in the system and that was thier first time hearing it. They were able to speak to my attorney get copies and I assume have it added to my immigration file. I left the interview with same notice that a decision could not be made, officer explained all cases involving any sort of criminal history requires a supervisor review and signature. I also want to make mention that my first interview for N400 the female officer did not inquire about criminal history she just asked and that was it didn't ask details or nothing so I don't know if that was what prompted a second interview or they wanted a much detail information about the incident I have no clue and can't tell. My status was at 7months before interview as of returning from interview it has switched to 4 months which i think falls in line with the 120 days they need to make a decision. I hope I was able to share as much information as possible for those who wanted to see how it played out or what triggered the rear second interview. I know many of the discussion was focused on marriage, reentry etc but seems even 14 years from a misdemeanor crime could raise alot of red flags. Forgive me if I have any typo I used my phone to type this up.

Afternoon, trying to get some opinions, I had interviewed in January of 2022 I applied June 1st 2021. Today I just received NOA to appear January 18th 2023. Has anyone experienced this? Do I need to restudy for the N400 questions even though I had passed earlier in the year? I do have an attorney on record but I am awaiting his call to ask, am just kind of confused and nervous. Thanks