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Hey everyone, got a question, im filling out the I130 for my father now that i have naturalized. However when i looked at my birth certificate i noticed something i never noticed before. He is a pastor and for some reason on his name the wrote PASTOR JOHN DOE VILLAGE OF BIRTH PASTOR NATIONALITY His name however on his brith certificate is JOHN MIDDLENAME DOE (obviously john doe isn't his real name. is this going to be a problem when i submit my birth certificate or do i need to fix this on mine which in itself will be quite the undertaking but still doable.

Hey everyone, i had my oath ceremony today and im officially a US Citizen will post my entire timeline as well Case notes: Detroit Field office Filed with a divorce waiver Filed while owing taxes but on payment plan with irs --i751 Originaly California Service Center but transfered to Nebraska during the 2018 fiasco--- 09/24/2018 fingerprint fee received and then nothing for years......... After many I551 stamps in my passport i applied for the N400 -N400 NBC -- 05/29/2022 Receipt notice 09/05/2022 Interview Scheduled for Oct 26th 10/26/2022 Interview Descheduled due to i751 file not being in the office 10/31/2022 Interview Scheduled for Dec 5th 12/05/2022 Interview passed and recommended for approval pending approval of I751 01/03/2023 Placed in line for oath ceremony 01/03/2023 Recommended for approval, submitted for quality review 01/04/2023 I751 Finally approved after 1595 days 02/13/2023 Oath ceremony notice was mailed 03/07/2023 Oath ceremony! - FINALLY A US CITIZEN!! Now to get my passport and register to vote!

The funny thing is I didn't even think to check I just assumed that it would be at the Detroit office but thanks for that it looks like it's going to be in Holland I wonder if they take a while to try to find you something closer to where you live because Holland is definitely way closer than Detroit would be

Hey so actually a few minutes ago I got the notification of my oath ceremony date being March 7th. And from everybody else that I've talked to that has had the same timeline as us with the i-751 and the n400 it looks like it does take a while for Detroit to schedule the actual oath ceremony I would anticipate getting yours within the next month for sure but if it takes longer than that just start calling them to see the update. But like yours my online showed interview scheduled for a month after I had already done the interview and was told that I passed. So I'm sure it'll come soon we just seem to have a very slower than normal field office

Finally got my oath ceremony notice! March 7th glad the journey is in the final stretch!

filing my N400 sped up my i751 massively. During my 3rd ADIT stamp appointment the IO suggested i file the N400 as in her words (my I751 was not going to go anywhere until i do, and that USCIS was waiting for me to file the N400) Took her advice and now my I751 was approved on Jan. 4th of this year, just waiting on an oath ceremony date. Detroit FO

As someone who now has 3 of those stamps in their passport (originally filed i751 in 2018) i can say confidently that they do call back within the 30 day window if they dont give you a 72hr emergency one. Also if they dont call you back within the 30 days and you in turn call them. They no longer make you wait a further 30 days and instead give you a call within 72hrs

no im not changing my. and didn't have any special requests.

yes they were also from the Detroit field office with n400 + i751 as well.

i should add the odd thing is that people that interviewed a month after me in February have already been given oath ceremony dates for this month

Had my joint i751 + N400 interview back on Dec 5th. I was told I passed n400 and would receive an oath ceremony pending i751(divorce waiver) on January 3rd n400 status changed to recommended for naturalization submitted for quality review. And then changed same day to the oath ceremony will be scheduled. Jan 4th i751 changed to case was approved. Now I've been waiting for an oath ceremony for over a month with no details from USCIS on when that'll be. Detroit FO. My ADIT stamp expires in April and I'm planning to leave the country in April for about two months, so I fear not getting a passport in time if I have to wait much longer. My questions are is it still too early to involve a congressman to get my oath ceremony scheduled? Is this much of a wait time normal? Is there any other option to get scheduled? Edit: Ive come across a few people that interviewed a month after me this February in the same situation, that already have their oath ceremony dates for this month. And i find it odd that i have not yet gotten mine.

congrats on the oath date, hopefully ill hear something soon for mine

Did you manage to find the letter in the documents tab and did it have an oath date?

Yes the call came directly from USCIS it was an unknown number so I'm just lucky I picked up

fellow Detroit filler here. i had my interview Dec 5th it was joint with i751, also go the for N652 saying it was recommended for approval. on Jan 3rd my status changed to oath ceremony will be scheduled. Still waiting for the actual oath ceremony date to be scheduled. so your not alone. as others have said you have passed, Detroit is just really slow from what ive been seeing. We will get there soon enough.

I had my i751 + N400 interview last Dec 5th, They called me a week before to tell me to bring my spouse with me. (however i had filed my i751 with a divorce waiver. so after i informed the agent on the phone, they told me to let the IO know) The officer did a combo I751 and N400 interview. And at the end handed me the paper saying i passed the N400 and recommended my approval. But then he told me that it was pending i751 approval. On January 3rd i received Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled January 3, 2023 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. January 3, 2023 And then on January 4th i received Case Was Approved On January 4, 2023, we approved your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt Number LINXXXXXXXXX. We sent you an approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your approval notice by January 19, 2023, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address. Now my n400 still says oath ceremony will be scheduled, so im just waiting for that. Hopefully that helps to everyone wondering about the i751 process in Detroit that was my FO

and i think this is one of the biggest issues she'll face when trying to come back in, i can easily see CBP denying her entry due to the fact that her now husband is a USC and them knowing that at any time she could be filling AOS within the country to avoid the consular process. I don't know if having a pending Consular application would help with that, so i cant really answer on that.

These things happen in cases from all over the world. One list of countries of high fraud cases goes as follows, this is not in order of fraud but in alphabetical order. China Ghana India Kenya Mexico Morocco Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Yemen The burden of proof on your friend is between him and USCIS not between him and the members on here. If he can establish that the original marriage was indeed bonafide with-ought a reasonable doubt. Your biggest issues are going to be the fact that she is here on a B1, once USCIS puts together the timelines on when they met it becomes obvious she arrived purely to circumvent the consular process. Its not impossible but they will have a long journey ahead. And if they are unlucky could cause them to be denaturalized if its determined that the first marriage was only entered into to gain immigration benefits. So the question really is, are they willing to take that chance to do this now or can they wait it out by allowing more time to pass and go the proper route with fiancé visa's etc?

Anyone get their oath ceremony yet? Trying to figure out an estimate for Detroit. I had my interview back in December. The agent said i Passed it pending i751. And then got my oath ceremony will be scheduled notice on the website on January 3rd and a i751 approval on Jan 4. Just playing the waiting game and trying to see if there's a usually timeframe for the oath ceremony in Detroit

Thank you so much, i just got an email as well saying the I751 was also approved and the online case status also shows this. So now its on to the oath ceremony, thanks for all the words of encouragement!

Got an update today on the USCIS portal Status Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled Date January 3, 2023 January 3, 2023 Status We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. Date January 3, 2023 The interesting thing is my i751 application is still only showing fingerprint fee was received. I guess that'll probably never update? It never even showed that I had my interview for it already. But I think this a good step if I'm interpreting the quality review cirrectly

Thank you so much this really gives me a lot of relief. I think i just woke up feeling very nervous i thought that it would all be approved at once and when he told me he couldn't approve me right before i gave him more evidence it really freaked me out even more. ill be patient and wait on a result Yes im learning now that patience is key, its been a long wait already so waiting more is still ok and worth it in the long run, thank you for your help Yes it was thanks to this forum that i even had the notion to bring any documents at all, so many great resources here that truly had me prepared for any scenario. time for me to be patient indeed

I'll try to be as detailed as I can I'm totally freaking out over here . Case History, All at DET center In a relationship with USC spouse for 4 years prior to marriage. (I was on DACA) Married in April 2016 Filed for AOS the next month. Interviewed and approved on the spot in September 2016 for AOS and received Conditional green card a few weeks later Marriage got rocky mid 2017 ultimately filed for divorce end of 2017, divorce finalized may 2018 Filed I751 August 2018 and then the long wait Met my current spouse in 2018 and was remarried at the end of 2018 (still married) Filed N400 this year in May after the 5years had elapsed Received first interview appointment for last October. After waiting in the lobby of the agent came out to let me know that they couldn't find my paperwork from my i-751 and that they couldn't proceed with the interview that day and they would reschedule it after they found my paperwork. Got a notice on October 31st of new interview date of December 5th and just had my interview yesterday. It was a combo interview i751 and N400 as the i751 had still been pending. The agent I had was a bit more stern than I had anticipated, however I tried to keep my cool and stick to what I knew. Issues I ran into: A page of my judgement of divorce was missing from my original file. Luckily I had read on here to make sure to have extra certified copies and I gave them one copy. Second issue and this would be the most pivotal. Midway through which you told me that he could not approve my i751. He still has a lot of questions to which I instantly told him I have even more proof of our relationship being bonafide. I brought a album of photos which showed our relationship from the very beginning when we were just dating. Much younger through marriage that show trips with family with each other, etc. He also asked if we owned any property. I told him we didn't. I did have extra copies of our lease agreements bills in both of our names, utilities, credit cards. She was listed as the primary beneficiary on my 401k. My life insurance we shared medical insurance as well through my workplace. I had records of all the trips we took together. Also had copies of letters from the state or address changes etc. Affidavits from some of our friends. In my paperwork and at the interview I did mention how we started clashing on religious beliefs. We both share the same religion but she chose to not actively practice and it caused clashes on how we planned to raise the kids we were trying to have and it led to other arguments etc. I assume this wasn't a good enough reason for the agent. Because after I showed him the photo album did state. Are you sure that it wasn't because you guys were too young and didn't understand how serious marriage was. To which I did mention we were very young. We got married. Not super young but early 20s and because of this we didn't understand a lot of things that I know now in life after therapy etc. Of our relationships change and how we can't expect them to be the same and then as I was getting ready to pull out more information, he said that's all right. Let's move forward with the n400. We went through the entire n400 at the end he told me that I have passed the n400 and he would be recommending me for naturalization pending the i751. On the paperwork that they gave me he did select that I was recommended for naturalization and not the section that says a decision can't be made at this moment. I don't know if this has any weight. I'm just confused because my 751 is of course still pending and I don't know if I gave him enough proof. I offered to leave it any extra documents that I have with him and he told me that he didn't need them and that the next steps after they make their decision would be the scheduling me for my oath ceremony. He went into detail about how I wouldn't receive a green card as what I would receive instead would be a notice of my schedule of ceremony. So I don't really know how it went. Hopefully somebody has some advice am I overthinking? It really caught me off guard when he told me that he wasn't going to approve my i751 during the interview. And I don't know if they normally continue the interview for the n400 if they can't prove the i751. Let alone give me the paper at the end recommending my naturalization. Has anyone been through something similar?