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Good luck today!!!
Thank you!!!
Everything went OK. I am an American citizen now. I applied for passport today at the post office where they kept my original naturalization certificate and they will mail it back to me along with the passport. I suppose that is the normal procedure. After that, I suppose I have to visit SSA to change my status
I wish everyone all the best.
Thank you Visajourney for everything!!!
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Congratulations, stavroula58! I'm so happy for you!!! I hope you make it on time for this election.
That's crazy that you had to wait for so long and go to 2 info pass appointments just to remind them to do their jobs ((( But your journey is coming to an end and everything won't matter very soon. Congrats again and good luck!
Thank you Spmaria,
So sweet message. Everything won't matter if I make to vote.
I am sorry for the format of my message, I also want to make a correction in my last sentence to:
I DO NOT KNOW IF ALL THE ABOVE RESULTED TO THE TODAYS OUTCOME, BUT I OUGHT TO FIGHT FOR MY RIGHT TO VOTE.
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If you're interested in voting:
Just so you know, Illinois has very voter-friendly registration timelines.
Unlike in most other states, you can register all the way through election day (11/8) in Illinois.
The only catch is that because it's late, you'll have to register in person under something called "Grace Period Registration".
http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/PDF/registervote.pdf
So if your ceremony is on or before 11/8, you'll be able to vote in the general election.
Thanks Jimmy. I am aware for the same day registration. I am so eager to vote. I hope to have this opportunity.
So what happened at the two appointments? It's a long story..........
I had my first infopass on September 20, the officer was very polite. I explained him that I was out of the processing time and I wanted to know why is that or if there was some
kind of problem. He looks at my file on his computer and told me that he sees no reason for the delay, that my interviewer still has my file and advise me to wait her reply. I
told him that this is not an answer to my question and that I would like to see his supervisor. He told me that he do that for me. He left for some minutes and turning back he
told me that he spoke with his supervisor, who is going to handle personally my case with the supervisor of my interviewer officer. He also told me that if I have not any news
in 10 days, to submit a new case inquiry or to schedule a new info pass.
As I hadn’t any news by end of September I scheduled a new appointment. The appointment was for Tuesday, Oct 11. So I went there with my son. I had to deal with the same officer of my
previous info pass appointment. We said the same bla… bla.. as at my previous appointment. But this time I insisted to see his supervisor. He told me that she was in a meeting and she
will be free after an hour or so. I told him that I will wait as long as needed to see her. I also handed him a letter I had written, addressed to my interviewer with cc to Field Office Director,
and District Director of the Chicago office.
He left and came back in one minute or two with his supervisor. She told us that she is going to talk to the supervisor of my interviewer and bla.. bla… We informed her that we had the
same answer about 20 days ago and nothing happened since. I asked her if I had to mail the letter as it was addressed and she asked us if she could handed the letter directly to my
interviewer or her supervisor. I said OK. Then she said that she would do that right away and asked us to wait her to come back. After 10-15 minutes she came back and told us that she
handed the letter to my interviewer’s supervisor. She also told that this was the only thing that she can do for us and she told us to wait and follow up the case status. The last thing I told her
was that the only thing they will achieve from this delay is stopping me to vote. Someday, sooner or later I will be an American citizen as I am eligible to be. We said thank and bye. I was
very disappointed as I hadn’t some real answer. I was thinking that if I wouldn’t have something till Oct 20, to mail that letter as it was addressed, but also to send a mail to the President of
US. I thought that it was unfair, as I am eligible for naturalization, that bureaucratic delay to deprive me of the right to vote.
In that letter I answered portion by portion all requirements for “SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE NATURALIZED: SPOUSES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS”, §
Sec. 319.1 Persons living in marital union with United States citizen spouse.
Summarizing that “Therefore, now there are more than 120 days since my interview date and by law a decision needs to be made and I am convinced that according USCIS law, there is
not any reason for my application to be denied. “
And as closing my letter I wrote “I am the only member of my family that is not an American citizen, which means I cannot vote on the upcoming presidential elections and I hope you
understand why I am so eager to obtain the U.S. Citizenship. As I stated before my husband is an American Citizen, his father and grandfather were also American citizens. We have been
married for 27 years. He is a PhD Biologist, with huge experience, excellent performance and numerous publications. He works abroad (at an international research institution,
*************** INSTITUTE, Greece) so he can support his family and fulfill his eligibility requirements for retirement in 2-3 years. For this reason I have multiple trips to Greece, to be with
my husband. We have two sons who both of them are 4th generation American citizens and permanent residents of Illinois. One of them is an electrical engineer who works for Com-Ed and
the second one is a student at University of Illinois in Chicago studying Mechanical Engineering. Thus, when my husband retires, he will return to live permanently in Chicago, with me, close
to our sons.”
I DO KNOW IF ALL THE ABOVE RESULTED TO THE TODAYS OUTCOME, BUT I OUGHT TO FIGHT FOR MY RIGHT TO VOTE.
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Congrats! So happy for you!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!
You are the only one left from December 2015 fillers and I wish you to have good news the soonest possible!!!!
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I am very happy. After phone calls, inquiry and two infopass appointments I have this notice in my case status
Oath Ceremony Notice Was MailedWe scheduled your oath ceremony for Receipt Number NBC* *********. We sent a notice with the date, time, and location of your oath ceremony to the address you gave us. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your notice by November 12, 2016, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request a copy of the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
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USCIS response I received today.
"On August 27, 2016, you or your representative contacted USCIS concerning your Application for Naturalization, N-400 to notify us that you believe your case is outside of our normal processing time. Below is a summary of what we found and how the issue has been or may be resolved.
Our records show that your Application for Naturalization , N-400 is pending review. The Immigration Officer reviewing your case has not made a decision. We regret that we are unable to provide you with a completion date at this time. We apologize for the delay. You are welcome to schedule an INFOPASS appointment with an Immigration Officer to inquire further. "
What is that INFOPASS appointment? Is it like the interview? Any clues?
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Thank you Jimmy.!!!
I assume that means that they've mailed you a letter of some kind. That's just a guess.
This may just be another automatic step; meaning you might get a letter stating that the office is behind and please be patient.
However, that doesn't mean that your cases won't move forward due to your inquiries. Even when they send such standard replies, just having someone look at your file gets the ball moving. So hopefully you'll see some action shortly.
Keep checking for updates.
Good luck.
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I saw the same message on my status. Any idea someone what does it mean?
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09/01/2016
On September 1, 2016, your inquiry about why your case is taking longer than our processing time, referral number SR*************CHI, was completed.
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09/01/2016
On September 1, 2016, we sent a response to your inquiry about why your case is taking longer than our processing time, referral number SR*****************CHI.
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I asked the congresswoman of my area to check about my case. She did it and the answer of USCIS was :
" Our records indicate that the case is under further review by an officer. All evidence submitted in support of the application for the immigration benefit being sought is being examined. Cases may require additional review for a variety of reasons. It is difficult to predict with accuracy when this review will be completed. Every effort is being made to render an accurate and final decision. We thank you for your understanding and patience."
Which for me means NOTHING.
I also submitted a case inquiry online for "case out of normal processing time" and I had the following answer by email.
"Thank you for your request:
USCIS will review and process the request
Expect a reply by September 18, 2016
Your request ID number is SR************** "In my case status there is also a note :
As of August 27, 2016, your inquiry about why your case is taking longer than our processing time, referral number SR**********CHI, is currently not assigned for processing.
So I have nothing till now.
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What is "service request" ?
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I hope this will be a good month for our 3 remaining December 2015ers.
With spring333 approaching 120 days since his interview, let's hope we hear some good news soon.
Good luck!
We also hope to hear soon. Thank for your wishes.
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Congratulation everyone. I'm so happy for you all.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck to daqh
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Tomorrow's a big day for our group with 4 December 2015ers being naturalized at the same ceremony.
And I hope we get some good news for out two folks in Chicago soon.
Congrats to all of you!!!!
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Congratulations Jimmy
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Coming up this week for Dec2015ers...
We have the following interviews scheduled:
Monday: -
Tuesday: JimmyHou
Wednesday: -
Thursday: -
Friday: -
We have the following naturalization ceremonies scheduled:
None
Good luck, to me!
Good luck!!!
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I assume stravoula only meets the physical presence and/or continuous residence requirement for the past 3 years and not the past 5.
Example: couple married for 20 years and living abroad. Moved to the U.S. 3 years ago and husband gets GC. Wife gets job abroad and they want to move before the 5 year mark.
Exactly. I only met the physical presence and continuous residence requirement for the past 3 years and not the past 5.
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Good luck today, savroula58!
Thank you Jimmy.
Well, I had my interview today. Unfortunately, the result was " A Decision cannot yet be made about your application"
She told me that she has to ask her supervisor if I am OK with my continuous residence and my physical presence requirements.
I applied under 3 years rule. I know that I have multiple and long trips to Europe, as my husband lives and work there. But we have been married for 27 years and she didn't seem to have any objection about that although she asked me if I live with my husband and I answered that I spent some time of the year in Europe with my husband (and that's the reason for my multiple long trips) and some time in the States with my sons.
I am sure that everything is calculated very very correctly and I hope the immigration not to find anything else to delay my procedure again.
Some things about my visit to USCIS office today.
Too many people there, waiting their interview or their oath. My appointment was for 9 am and she (my interviewer) called me at 9.20. She started with civics, which I passed right away. The questions were:
1. Who is in charge of the executive branch.
2. If the president can no longer serve, who becames President?
3. What was one reason colonists came to America?
4. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
5. During the Cold War, what was the main concernof the United states?
6. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
I don't remember the reading portion, but the writing was about "California has the most people?" I am not quite sure.
Now I have to wait their decision. Do you know the time frame for their answer?
Thanks in advance
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This morning I got a text message and an email from USCIS and my online status shows that an interview has been scheduled.
Obviously, I'm happy to hear this, but there's also an interesting piece of information hidden in here...
Houston is a backlogged office. I applied 6 days after Boy15's parents, who also applied in Houston. They were placed inline almost immediately after biometrics, whereas I waited 3.5 months. Their interviews were scheduled last week.
So I was wondering where I would be in the line of people waiting for an interview... would I be behind the Jan, Feb, and Mar Houston applicants who were placed inline right after biometrics, or would I jump ahead of them because I have an older priority date (on the NOA) than they do.
It looks like it's the priority date that's important, because if they were using the inline date, I should not have had an interview until everyone who was inline before me got one.
This is pretty consistent with what I've seen in other months and at other offices where an applicant waits for months to be placed inline then has an interview scheduled almost immediately... same thing happened to Stravoula and Groovyaardvark here.
So, maybe there's some good news in this for Spmaria too... meaning that when you do get your inline notice, you'll jump ahead of a whole bunch of Newark applicants from this year who are already inline!
Welcome to the club JimmyHou and good luck!!!
Little update on my case - My lawyer is sending all paperwork requested in N14 today. We were able to obtain ALL papers requested plus few more recommended by lawyer.
Lets waiting game begin now!
Good luck spring333. I wish you all the best!!!
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It's normal.
Thank you Boy15. It's a relief!!!
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I received today the "Request for Applicant to Appear for Naturalization Initial Interview" letter dated 04/27. The appointment is for June 1st. What is that Initial? Is that in every letter? Or is something just for me?
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Thank you Jimmy Hou. Good luck to you too.!!!
Congratulations and good luck!
Well, Groovyaardvark already has his interview date, so it'll be a close call as to which of the four of us makes it first... we'll find out who's faster; Denver or Chicago... but the important thing is that you guys (and us) get approved eventually.
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Aaaaaah that's awesome! You'll be the first one of us to become a citizen. Congratulations. It's time to start studying the questions and collecting documents.
Thank you Spmaria. I pray your wish to come true. I wish you too and all other applicants the very best.
N-400 December 2015 Filers
in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports
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Thank you all guys. Your comments have given me hope at my time of blue. I wish for the soonest positive outcome for Spring 333 and Daqh. Thanks again all of you and of course VisaJourney!!!!!!!
Thank you all guys. Your comments have given me hope at my time of blue. I wish for the soonest positive outcome for Spring 333 and Daqh. Thanks again all of you and of course VisaJourney!!!!!!!