Citizenship

I know that at the Oath Ceremony you are supposed to give away your green card.

I hold a Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571) which i've been using for travel abroad. Am i expected to give it up as well during the Oath ceremony?

The reason i am asking is because it expires soon and i don't know when will be my Oath scheduled. I would like to ideally renew it using expedited service now so i can still travel for work but i am obliged to send it back to the USCIS along with my application for renewal in order to be issued a new one. Which means potentially i won't have it in my hands when the Oath will happen.

Is it going to be a problem? Is renewal of this document having any effect on my N400 application? I was recommended for approval at the interview and waiting for Oath.

Thanks.

I recently submitted my application and received my notice to be finger printed, after reviewing my submitted app I realized that I had to answer yes to the arrest or detained question even if a case had been sealed.
My question is will I be able to submit documents about this arrest and change my answer to yes during my interview.

I have Oath Ceremony in fairfax tomorrow at USCIS office but i am not sure if that will happen now as due to bad weather. Not sure what will happen if that gets cancelled either. Anyone else in the same boat ? How to know if ceremony is cancelled and what are the next steps.

Got oath scheduled letter today in mail.
For those waiting in Fairfax, the next one in the area is on March 9th 2019 at Fairfax High School.

My Timeline
Application: 06/14/2018
Interview: 01/10/2019
Oath Scheduled Date: 03/09/2019

Hi My Son is in College in Vermont , and he sent his application to the Dallas address, the application arrived on 2/8/2019 and until now we didn't receive any confirmation of the receipt even though we sent G-1145 form for e-notification. When I applied and his sister, we received a notification by text in a couple of days from App. delivery. do you know how can we check what is the status, we only can check by first and last name since no Receipt no. is available yet. appreciate your help

Minneapolis, MN

Application received: 1/12/2019
Biometric Apt Notice: 1/19/2019
Biometric Appointment: 2/7/2019
Current status is "We reviewed your biometrics"....does that mean it's completed?

Then I got engaged...trying to plan a wedding, but not sure when I will receive the notice for the interview. Does it matter if my status is changed to married before the interview? Also terrified to set a wedding date due to a pending interview date that nobody knows what the timeline is...

Any advice?

I moved from Dallas to Houston during my application process, so part of the initial timeline is for the Dallas office.

[Dallas]
11/13/2017: mailed application, 2-day delivery
11/15/2017: application delivered
11/17/2017: received NOA
11/20/2017: Check cashed
11/24/2017: Received biometrics letter
12/06/2017: Biometrics test
12/06/2017: status updated to actively reviewing application
07/16/2018: AR-11 form submitted to update address (as I moved from Dallas to Houston)
10/4/2018: status updated to interview scheduled for 11/8/2018
10/5/2018: interview scheduled at Dallas office when it should have been scheduled for Houston
10/5/2018: called USCIS to update my address
10/10/2018: called USCIS to update my address (again)
10/22/2018: received letter confirming that application was transferred to the Houston office
11/2/2018: called USCIS to see if Houston office received my application; spoke to supervisor this time. Was informed that it can take 30-60 days for the application to be moved/received.

[Houston]
11/8/2018: status updated to interview scheduled for 12/14/2018 at the Houston office
12/14/2018: interviewed at the Houston office. Officer was super nice. He asked for my passport and green card. Next, he asked me 6 civics questions, to write one sentence, to read one sentence, and then reviewed my entire application. At the end, he Recommended me for approval.
12/17/2018: case submitted for quality review
12/17/2018: placed in line for interview
01/23/2019: scheduled for oath
01/23/2019: oath scheduled for 02/13/2019
02/13/2019: oath ceremony completed at M.O. Campbell center (more details below)
02/13/2019: submitted passport application

Entire process took 16 months.

Oath ceremony experience: doors open at 7am, closes at 8am. Ceremony starts at 10am, ends around 11:30am. During sign-in, they collect your green card, give you a packet with a passport application, constitution, flag, letter from the president, etc., and a colored card and ask you to find a seat. At the end of the ceremony, they call you by your card color to collect naturalization certificates. During the ceremony, coffee, water, soda are available for purchase. I also saw them selling donuts at the beginning, but those disappeared quickly. After the ceremony, they have stations setup for updating social security records and submitting passport applications. You can also take photos with the judge after the ceremony, though the judge left around 11:30 so some people weren’t able to take a photo with him.

Hope this helps!

Filed online: March 8, 2018
Biometric: March 26, 2018
Interview: February 7, 2018 (Decision cannot be made yet)
We Scheduled your Naturalization: February 15, 2019

During my interview, IO reconfirmed me about traffic tickets for question #22 on form N-400 and I said, I got some minor traffic tickets and paid them all but I was never arrested. I also provided the payment receipts for those traffic tickets to the IO. IO updated my application for Q#22 from original "No" to "Yes" and scanned the traffic tickets payment receipts in the computer. IO did not ask Q#23.

At the end, IO mentioned that he is recommending the approval for my application but when he printed the final outcome, it said" no decision has yet been taken".

He said I may have to wait upto 120 days as Virginia is a large state.

I am very worried about my case. Did anyone had this type of issue earlier and what was the outcome.
What should I do now?

Today l complet second interview I am already passed in the first interview
But decision can’t be mad ,the officer aske me today about our trip ,second quastion
About my kids if they adopted or piolgical and I think this is the resin for delay my case because he confuse for that and I show hime berth certificates for each one
Third quastion about my job now and in the past before inter USA ,after that he say he will send his decision after tow week ,I hope I receive good news after this long trip ,this is my time line
Send applications 09/15/2017
Interview 10/04/2018
Second interview 02/15/2019
Wait decision