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Congratulations! That must be such a relief!

Congratulations! You've made it! I think the split interview scheduling just shows how disorganized they are in boston.

Lol, you are right!

My hubby took the free classes at our local library for a while. And then just kept reading and rereading the study material. Closer to the interview- I was quizzing him, asking the questions and he responded. And it worked!

Yes, no IPad. You have to answer verbally. Our officer was nice, when my hubby answered one question wrong, but then asked a clarifying question, and then answered correctly- the officer accepted the right answer.

Talking about dysfunction at USCIS... If you guys recall, my hubby gave his oath last week. Guess what! Yesterday he received his 10-year green card! What are we supposed to do with it now???

LOL DH- dear hubby. Yes, the courthouse just happens to be one of the places where they schedule oaths in Boston. Nothing to do with a name change. There were 99 people, one person did not show up. So they must be scheduling in 100 people batches? Who knows!

Just wanted to share the update from the oath ceremony yesterday. DH was scheduled to give the oath at the Moakley Courthouse. The ceremony was scheduled for 12:30 pm, but in actually started just at 1:30 pm! We were there at 12pm, so the wait was very long. I wish they had communicated it beforehand because many people had family and friends with them, and everybody was just sitting there for more than an hour. Very hard on little kids! Since it was at the courthouse, the phones and any electronic items like Bluetooth earphones had to be left at the security check-in. That meant that we didn't have a single picture from the ceremony! Very disappointing! However, glad that it all is done!

Boston is finally moving!!

Happy to report that my hubby successfully passed his naturalization interview! It was a combo interview for us, I-751 and N-400. We quickly showed some evidence for I-751, she asked a couple of questions and said that she is approving our I-751. After that I was allowed to stay in the room for the N-400 part, just had to move to the back of the room, so that I don't help him with the questions. Then she started asking questions, who is MA governor, one war in the 1900s, what is an amendment, name of the vice president, one thing only the federal government can do, and why does the flag has 50 stars. one sentence to read and one to write. was very quick. And then she went over several sections on his form like if he has started working, which he started just last year.. So she needed the address and phone number of his employer etc. Then she checked some entries on the form about how many times we have been married, and how many kids he has. read him the oath questions and asked if he was willing to take it. and that's it! She gave him his approval paper and said he would be scheduled for the oath on February 21. We got the scheduling confirmation right after. And then on the way home I got text messages that our cases' status had changed. When I checked for updates, I-751 said that the card is being produced, which I doubt:D. and N-400 said that an oath scheduling notice is being sent. So relieved to be almost done! And big thank you to all VisaJourney community! Couldnt have done it without all the information shared here!

Congratulations!!!!!

Hi! It was exactly what happened to us on January 3rd. Check your documents section online and see if there is any new notice from USCIS. That's where the interview scheduling notice was posted.

You were right! We got the invite for the I-751 interview as well, so it will be a combo interview! Yay!

Have you tried submit congressional inquiry? Service request and ombudsman? I can't prove it that it helped, but it didn't hurt either. Forces them to look up the case.

Thanks! I will definitely share updates if any! I really hope it is a combo interview! In this forum, I have seen that it can go either way.

The I-751 case did not have any updates. I hope they do a combo interview, but we have not requested it at this time.

Wanted to share good news! After waiting for a year and 4 months, our N-400 interview is finally scheduled for February! We tried everything- congressional inquiry, USCIS service request, and finally ombudsman. Not sure if it all helped, but nevertheless, we are so relieved! The I-751 is still pending from August, 2021. I hope it all gets processed at the same interview. I will post updates next month. If anybody from August 2022 is still waiting- stay strong, your day will come!!!

Good news for us today!! Wanted to share with our Boston buddies. I check the case status daily, and today it said it is current as of today, which surprised me because up to this point, it stated the submission date as the date since they were "actively processing the case." So I logged in to the account to see if any additional details were there, and voila! The interview is scheduled for February! We are so relieved and excited!!! Best of luck to everyone still waiting! There is hope!

not sure what would that help! But as of today we actually have an update! interview scheduled for February!

Yep... no updates. We submitted an ombudsman inquiry in December, since we have tried everything else, and there has been no change.

Congratulations! Boston office is so frustrating! I am glad that you are halfway there!

Ditto! We also just submitted case inquiry for I-751. Hopefully some update soon!

Fingers crossed! I hope you have a date with them soon! I posted in another thread about our experience with Sen. Markey's office. I hope once our case makes it to Boston, it will start moving for us as well.

We reached out to Senator Markey's office at the end of June, and they inquired on our behalf to USCIS. A month later, since we did not hear back from them, I reached out and got a response that USCIS is flooded with these update requests, and they are really behind. We should just keep waiting. Another month- reached out to the senator's office again, asking if any updates. Same response. Then I emailed back asking then what is the point of asking for help from the senator's office?? What can they actually do? This time I got a much better response: turns out within the first month they did find out that out case was still at NBC, and then 30 days later it was in transit to the Boston office. They will follow up in another 30 days with the Boston office. I am not sure why they couldn't share these details immediately. It gives at least some information! So we keep waiting, but at least we know where the case is.

Nice! At least some timeframe! Let us know if any other update!