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M+K IL

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    Chicagoland, IL
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    Illinois

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  • Immigration Status
    Naturalization (approved)
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    Local Office
  • Local Office
    Chicago IL
  • Country
    Indonesia
  • Our Story
    We met in Indonesia, and after M got a job offer in the US and the H-1B somehow got approved, we got married in the US while K is visiting then she came back with a dependent H-4 visa. 7 years and several states later and we are now almost done with naturalization!

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  1.    M+K IL reacted to a post in a topic: N400 interview question
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  13. M+K IL
    We changed ours during the N-400 process. Not sure how often judicial oath ceremonies happen, since I suspect the local court's news page is not always updated, but I ended up waiting only 6 weeks from our interviews. And it's basically free, the ceremony is more memorable (or so I hear), and there are less documents to update afterwards.
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  20. M+K IL
    It's fine. I had an appointment for my N-400, they just checked two fingers against the old biometrics and then declared themselves satisfied.
  21. M+K IL
    Good to know for next time, thanks. I think I showed mine when I got my GC, but I didn't check to see if I could just show the unrestricted SSN card instead
  22. M+K IL
    Updating citizenship status is still useful, right? So that future employers don't ask you to produce a non existent green card. You just don't get a new card after that. But yes I lifted conditions soon after getting my GC. Will be waiting two weeks before updating SSA.
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  25. M+K IL
    We're through!
  26. M+K IL
    We're through!
  27.    Crazy Cat reacted to a post in a topic: Oath ceremony: clarification on dress code and documents to return
  28. M+K IL
    We did it! 96 people from 41 countries. Only a minority wear a suit and some actually wear jeans or even... a tracksuit. No tie either. With a sport coat, buttoned shirt and dress pants I was probably in the top 5% for attire. No question asked when my wife only had a GC but they took my EAD/AP too. The person in front of me had 10 cards! Overall a smooth experience. The judge was an immigrant himself (came with his parents and siblings) and took his oath in the same courtroom
  29. M+K IL
    In this heat, whoa! Glad it went well We're driving down tomorrow morning. Glad AccuWeather seems wrong in predicting a thunderstorm
  30. M+K IL
    That might be because I mentioned I am going to have a judicial ceremony I could certainly imagine same day a ceremonies are more casual - you won't even know to prepare! Yeah, I'll plan to return them and if they don't want it then I guess I'll keep the old EAD/AP combo
  31. M+K IL
    Seems like it does take a while: (yes, you'd think if the SSA can see the USCIS records, there is no need to also show your proof of citizenship ...)
  32. M+K IL
    I mean, I'm pretty sure they won't but I agree with @Mike E that it's not worth the risk of someone in USCIS being in a bad mood that day! For me the advice of 'wearing the same thing as the interview' won't work as I did wear jeans there
  33. M+K IL
    Yeah, shorts just seem wrong unless you're in Hawaii
  34. M+K IL
    Interesting ... and they did not get scheduled for same day ceremony (so it's not that they didn't know they were going to have one)? I definitely would not dress that informally even for biometrics (and our biometrics was at an ASC, not a full field office!). Always a collared shirt at the minimum and long pants (though in the past it has been jeans). But I'm also not from Canada and not white, so... I can't afford to be that casual
  35. M+K IL
    Will do! There is a museum on the top floor of the courthouse too that is the recommended place to take pictures afterwards, so we'll do that unless the ceremony runs waay overtime. Pants acquired - nice local shop that's been around since before WW2, very friendly staff, can't believe I have not been there before. They promise the alteration can be done by EOD today or first thing tomorrow, phew.
  36. M+K IL
    About to do an emergency run to get dress pants! Thanks to everyone that respond. I have proper dress shirts, and a sports coat, but have in the past been wearing them with (nice) jeans - and the pants from my wedding, of course, no longer fit. One snag is that I normally need to have the legs shortened, but eh, will just have to pay for rush alteration. (You can tell I work in a field where dressing up is not required)
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