| Names |
 Service Center  |
CIS Office |
Filed |
NOA |
Bio. Appt. |
Interview |
Approved ? |
Oath |
Comments |
Updated Last |
  T & J
|
Lewisville TX Lockbox |
Washington DC |
2020-03-23 |
|
|
2021-03-30 |
Yes |
2021-04-23 |
Approval came later by mail in the form of an NOA dated 30 March - on the day of the interview, they gave us a form that said the interviewer was recommending approval. |
2021-05-04 |
 Kean & Kirk
|
Online |
Washington DC |
2022-08-27 |
2022-08-27 |
2022-08-27 |
2022-12-30 |
Yes |
2023-01-21 |
|
2023-05-17 |
 M & C
|
Online |
Washington DC |
2020-12-29 |
2020-12-29 |
2021-02-27 |
2021-10-27 |
Yes |
2021-11-06 |
The interview itself was incredibly quick. I had a fairly new officer, which I only know because another officer said she was going to observe the interview and helping the interviewing officer here and there with the system. Also, USCIS had apparently not updated my electronic file after my I-751 had been approved, so this had to be taken care of first, right after I was sworn in.
After that, we started with the civics questions:
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Who is the governor of you state?
How many years do we elect a president for?
What did the emancipation proclamation do?
When do all men have to register for the selective service?
And one more question I cannot remember right now (I will update if it comes back to me).
We proceeded with the English test, where I had to read “What do we pay to the governmentâ€, or something along those lines, and then, I had to write, “We pay taxesâ€.
As usual, we went over my file then; there was nothing to write home about in there, just a speeding ticket from two years ago, which she crossed out and changed the answer (in #23 and 24, have you ever been arrested, detained or cited, on the N400 form) back to “noâ€. She updated my work history as well, and before I knew it, I heard “approved†and whether I had time on November 6 for my ceremony (of course I have time to become a U.S. citizen!!! Lol). I then got the N445 with the oath date and was walked out.
The whole experience was very warm and welcoming, and more like a friendly conversation than an official immigration interview, and I have nothing but positive feedback.
Finally, I came armed with a lot of extra stuff as I had applied under INA 319a, the 3-year-rule, but they didn’t want any of it, not even my wife’s birth certificate or our marriage certificate (both forms are already somewhere in our pile, which is about 6inches thick…).
Update regarding oath: our ceremony was scheduled at 7.30 on a Saturday morning. There were only 21 of us, the chairs were spaced far apart, and nobody was allowed to come in with us (no family or friends). The ceremony was incredibly short; we basically swore the oath, and by 7.37am, we had been made U.S. citizens. We were then called to a counter one by one to receive our certificates and then exit the building as the next ceremony was scheduled at 8.00am.
While this sounds pretty sterile, it was actually a nice and, despite all the restrictions, pretty nice ceremony. The immigration official administering the oath had a very welcoming attitude, and even though it might seem like it, nobody seemed to feel rushed at all. My wife and a close friend of ours were waiting outside the building, and while I would have wished for them to be inside with me, it was a good feeling to rejoin them as a citizen just about 40mins after entering the building. |
2021-11-08 |
 Bobby & Anthony
|
Online |
Washington DC |
2021-04-30 |
2021-04-30 |
|
2022-01-06 |
Yes |
2022-02-25 |
|
2022-02-28 |
 Sharon & Aaron
|
Lewisville TX Lockbox |
Washington DC |
2017-12-01 |
2017-12-17 |
2018-01-13 |
2018-08-20 |
Yes |
2018-09-22 |
|
2018-11-11 |
 A & M
|
Lewisville TX Lockbox |
Washington DC |
2018-11-16 |
2018-11-23 |
2018-12-18 |
2019-08-29 |
Yes |
2019-09-25 |
I live in Maryland but the interview was in Fairfax, VA. |
2019-09-27 |
   D & Ch
|
Lewisville TX Lockbox |
Washington DC |
2016-11-25 |
2016-12-06 |
2017-01-04 |
|
|
|
|
2017-01-04 |
 Ed & Elizabeth
|
Online |
Washington DC |
2021-03-21 |
2021-03-21 |
|
2021-12-07 |
Yes |
2022-01-14 |
Biometrics waived.
Dual N-400 and I-751 interview. Both approved about a week later. |
2021-12-18 |
 Ben & Alice
|
Online |
Washington DC |
2020-11-30 |
2020-12-01 |
2021-02-27 |
2021-09-27 |
Yes |
2021-10-23 |
USCIS reused the applicant's previously captured biometrics. Biometrics appointment waived. Interview on September 27 went well and was approved. Our ceremony went well :) |
2021-10-25 |
 A & I
|
Online |
Washington DC |
2020-10-01 |
2020-10-01 |
|
2021-05-27 |
Yes |
2021-05-28 |
|
2021-05-28 |
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