Masood Afzal- (guest from Sacramento, CA, USA)    •   07/18/2008 03:25:55 AM

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i filed N-400 in Oct 07, was fingureprinted in Mar 2008.finally i passed citizenship interview on May 7th but still waiting to be called for oath ceremoney. some of the people i know were interviewd at the same date, they got their citizenship certificate with in same month, i donot know why is my case taking so long.

themoon- (guest from waseca, mn, usa)    •   07/02/2008 11:01:47 AM

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i finally had my interview..went pretty good...last bout 45 mins. the officer did couple of changes on my n 400 applicaition in total of 7.i did pass the tests and sign the oath form. finally got a congratulations letter stating my application is recommended for approval and a decision cannot be made at this moment and a written decision of the application will be mailed out and if approved , oath ceremony date will be published...do anyone know what this means..got congratuations letter but decision is pending....

willjdenn- (guest from Houston, Texas, )    •   06/20/2008 15:32:28 PM

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I'll be attending my Naturalization interview in Houston at the end of July.

Question: When am I expected to surrender my Green Card? and when or will I be expected to surrender my passport ?

thanks.

Mahendra Chawan`- (guest from New York, NY, USA)    •   06/06/2008 11:11:31 AM

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Had a quick Question, I'm sure someone would be able to answer..The day you get your citizenship you have to surrender your Green Card and if you have to go to India for any kind of emergency how do you travel ? You can't travel on your Indian Passport and you don't have a green Card either . What are the option available, I saw on the Website of Passport available on Same day if you apply in person and they will have to evaluate the emergency...Does anyone have any experiences in this regard..

Thanks

Mahendra

Jean- (guest from Oroville, CA, USA)    •   05/19/2008 16:11:20 PM

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I filed for naturalization in October 2007. Was called for fingerprinting in March 2008 and my interview for naturalization was on 7th May 2008.
The officer was extremely nice and went through my application, asking me to confirm everything was correct. He then asked me ten questions on US history/civics - all from the list of questions and answers given to study at the time of fingerprinting. The interview only lasted some 25 minutes and at the end, he congratulated me and said he was recommending me for citizenship. My husband was allowed to go to the waiting room with me but not into the interview with me. Cell phones that can take photographs or cameras are not allowed in the building.
I have received my letter stating my oath taking ceremony will be at the Memorial Auditorium on "J" Street in Sacramento (not the Immigration offices you go to for interview) on the 28th May 2008, at which time I will surrender my permanent resident card and receive my naturalization papers.

Karl- (guest from Fairfax, VA, )    •   05/13/2008 06:37:32 AM

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Hi everybody,

For those who are luck, I'd like to hear your experience as well as the dates.

First notice: 3/19/2007
Finger print: 4/12/2007
still waiting

Carol- (guest from El Paso, TX, )    •   05/09/2008 16:02:36 PM

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When I went for my interview, I passed and everything was ok. Then the officer asked me about my name, that it must be changed to my husband's name. I said, I prefer my name but if there is no choice...
Later I received the letter for my oath ceremony. I found out that it is not mandatory to change names if you do not want to.
I sent a letter requesting no to change my name, and not attending to the oath ceremony (invitation that arrived with my new last name). I went to INFOPASS, they say I'd might be called for oath ceremony on June, he did not say about my name to be changed back. Is it someone who knows about this special situations?
Thanks for your response.

VJ- (guest from Edison, NJ, US)    •   04/16/2008 18:14:31 PM

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Hello all.
I completed my naturalization process in Newark. The experience was very pleasent. Here are the details.

My appointment was at 8:00 AM, i reached Broad street around 7:30, there is parking lot just apposite to the federal building, very convenient. I presented my interview notice in the counter and waited for like 30 minutes, My name was called my interviewing officer was very pleasent, he asked me very few question, Mainly around my travel around the world for the last 5 years. In the civic questions he asked me very easy questions like, who is the president, vice prsident, Chief justice etc. I cleared the questions like a breeze. He congtulated me for becoming citizen and asked me to wait in the waiting area till they call my name. My wait was close to 2 hours then they called my name and signed the papers and 1 more hour for oath taking ceremony. All went well, i was out of the building by 1:00 PM, I will strongly recommend to bring some books to read in the spare time, since the waiting is long.
Good luck all.

SP0526- (guest from Kendall Park, NJ, US)    •   03/27/2008 20:32:03 PM

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Our experience at Newark was great. There were three steps in the process.
 

Citizenship Interview
Certificate Verification and Surrendering of your Green Card
Oath Ceremony
 

Citizenship Interview - We handed over our appointment letter at counter and it was assigned to an USCIS Officer. The office took me inside and asked me to show my passport and the green card. He asked me to show my old passport where my I-551 permanent residence visa was stamped. He asked me some simple US history questions.
How many stripes are there in the US flag?
What does the strip mean?
What do we celebrate on July 4 the?
How many house of representatives are there in the congress?
How often do we elect the house of representatives?
Who are our enemies in the second world war?
What is the constitution?
Who is the chief executive of our state?
Name one right guaranteed by the constitution and bill of rights
what holiday was celebrated for the first time by American Colonists?
Note : I hope you received the US Citizenship civic and history questions book and a CD at the time of finger print.You may find 96 questions.They will ask questions only from that questions. You may find it in the USCIS web site also.

He also asked me some standard questions like

Do you owe any money you IRS? Do you pay taxes on time?
Were you ever arrested?
Do you accept our constitution? Etc...
He asked me to write a simple sentence "Today is a cold day"

 
Then he told me that he is going to give me Citizenship and Congratulated me.

 
 

2. Certificate Verification and Surrendering of your Green Card

 

They printed the US Citizenship certificate and asked us to verify our name and sign in the original and the copy. They took our green card.

 
3. Oath Ceremony

 
We took the oath and the pledge of Allegiance .They played a video with President's message. Finally the USCIS supervisors distributed the Citizenship.They also distributed the passport application forms.

 
The whole process went smoothly and it took half a day for us.

 
I hope I have given you some insight into the US Citizenship Interview process. I hope this helps.

 I wish you all the best.

Cheers !
SP0526

Jeska DeSzily- (guest from San Francisco, CA, USA)    •   03/26/2008 19:09:24 PM

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July 24, 2007 Sent in N400 Application with detailed coversheet of all documents attached.
Oct 16, 2007 received I-797 Notice of Action stating receipt of check and paperwork (I knew they already cashed the check - appr. 3 weeks after I sent in paperwork)
Oct 27, 2007 received Appointment Notice to get fingerprints done
Nov 24, 2007 had fingerprints done in Oakland ( I live in Fremont).
January 2008 received Appointment Notice for Interview in SF
Feb 20, 2008 was interviewed in San Francisco- DO NOT BRING A CAMERA PHONE- THEY DO NOT ACCEPT THESE INSIDE; was asked 10 History questions and had to read and write a sentence in English. She went through the Application and verified a lot of the items.
About 2 weeks later received notice for Oath ceremony.
March 25, 2008 attended the Oath cermeony in SF and became a citizen! Camera's are allowed here and it is quite impressive. There were 1500 people from 99 countries.
Good luck to everyone!