Citizenship

Hi guys does anyone know how long it takes to get a biometric letter after the uscis received your application AND how many weeks do they give you to get the biometric done? Also can I walk in and do my biometric before the actual date on the paper if they can allow me?

Hi everyone. I have a question for my friend,, he will attend the interview on November ,he is unemployment, if the officer ask him how do you live ? Will be answer he get the Pandemic unemployment assistant , this will affect the approval? Anyone has this experience? Please share . Thank you very much!

Hello guys, i just got a notification for oath ceremony. It will be held on nov6th 2020 i wish i had the possibility to vote but it’s all good, will vote next time. I do have a question though.
I did a name change and i wanted to get a new Driving license. Now should i visit/ send the certificate of naturalization to Social service administration before going to the DMV, since i need it corrected, or it is just ok to go to the DMV before contacting the SSA.
Any thoughts/advice is welcome.
Thanks🙏🏾

Today I had my interview in Boston. It was scheduled for 12:45 pm and they called me about 15 minutes later.
The IO was very polite. He asked me how I got my Green Card and I replied that it was through marriage. He also asked me if I had taken any evidence, I said yes and he asked me to leave everything I had taken there.
Then we move on to the questions, which I no longer remember what they were and we moved the on to the oral and written part.
In the end, he congratulated me and told me that he would recommend that it be approved.
My online status changed instantly to Oath Ceremony will be scheduled.
Does anyone know low it takes for the Oath to be scheduled?
The journey is almost over. Good luck everyone!!

Hi All, I have my N-400 Interview scheduled for next month (nov 18) my green card expires end of November. Anyone know if they are doing same day oaths in NYC or what the current turn around time for them seems to be?

Or any guidance on if they will give me an extension stamp or something?

Hi all,

I finally had my interview today in baltimore Md. So weid the ucis closes at 4:30pm and my interview was scheduled at 4pm. So i knew from the beginning i would have no chance for same day oath.
So i arrived an hour early stayed un the car and by 3:43pm they allowed me to enter the building. Passed trhough security checks and was assigned a number waited for about 20min and i was called by the officer.
He asked to show him my passport, green card and DL. He didnt want to touch it i just showed me about 4ft distance.
Then he placed me under oath and sat down to his desk after typing on his computer he asked me if i was ready i said yes. And went Started straight to civis questions.
- when is last day to file taxes
- what stops one branch of gvnmt from becoming too powerful
- name two us holidays
- what is the capital of your state maryland and virginia ... i answered both as i applied in MD then moves in virginia while my case was pending.
-whats the president political party
Who is in charge of the executive branch...
Got all of them , then askes me to read on the ipad, "how many senators are there"? And write" there are one hundred senators" Next was just application related questions. I applied through mariage to us citizen so only asked my wife's name, date of birth and my two kids name that's it, anu travel out of us? I gave him the exact dates and travel countries. He didnt even look at any documents i brought with me.. felt like i spent my time for nothing preparing , printing out all documents 😁😁..useless effort.then went through all yes, no questions....at the end he showed me my info on the ipad to confirm if it was correct and it said ob the ipad that it would be the info to be printed in the certificate , i confirmed all and signed. Then he printed the form I-652 and said congratulations and iwill be scheduled for oath. Another 60 miles drive to do as i moved from MD to VA in the DC metro. Just glad im over it. Now just i dont know when my oath will be scheduled crossing my fingers. When should i find out about that?

Good luck to you all waiting. These interviews are wayyyy easy than you can imagine...

N-400 application Submitted on February 05, 2019 from Seattle, WA.
Received notice on February 09, 2019 for Scheduling Biometrics appointment.
Biometrics was completed in WA on March 01, 2019.
I Moved from WA to NC in July 2019.
My application was transferred to North Carolina USCIS field office on August 13, 2019.
Scheduled Naturalization Interview for September 19, 2019.
Received two traffic speeding tickets (criminal cases) under class 1 and class 2 Misdemeanor in Virginia.
Naturalization Interview was conducted on September 19, 2019. I informed the pending traffic case details and submitted all the related documents.
Results were declared on the same day by IO like the following:
• You passed the English test and the US history and government test.
• USCIS will send you a written decision about your application.
• A decision cannot be made yet about your application.
I moved again from NC to Texas in March 2020.
My application was transferred to Texas USCIS field office in June 2020.
My traffic cases were dismissed in July 16, 2020 by Virginia Court.
I informed the traffic cases dismissal details to USCIS.
Received RFE from USCIS on July 22, 2020.
I submitted all the evidences for RFE on August 1, 2020.
How long will take decision from USCIS? What is the next course of action for Naturalization? I request you to give me suggestion for next steps. Thanks in advance.

Hello,

I just want to know if any November, 2019 filers have any information about the interviews. The processing times shows that they are working of files from April, 2018.

Hi there
Anyone from Tampa FL got their biometrics rescheduled who couldn’t attend after USCIS closed due to covid since 3/18/2020?
Mine was scheduled for 3/20/2020 obviously I couldn’t go, but nothing since! I don’t know if they are planing to reschedule or apply old ones from i751 form.

Posting my N400 experience for benefit of everyone. Here is my time line:

Date applied - Oct 13, 2019
Biometrics appointment completed - Oct 23, 2019
Interview scheduled - April 9, 2020 (de-scheduled due to COVID)
Interview rescheduled - Sept 28, 2020
Interview & Oath - Sept 28, 2020

One thing I noticed at San Diego USCIS office is that if you have interview in the morning, and if you get approved, they will most likely administer oath the same day. My wife's interview took place a week earlier than mine but it was in the afternoon. Even though she was approved, she had to wait for her oath ceremony to be scheduled. In contrast my interview and oath took place the same day. A friend of mine also had interview in the morning and his case was approved and he took oath the same day.

I was scheduled for 8:00 am in the morning. I reached the place a good 30 to 35 mins before. Even though they suggest to stand 15 mins before interview, I noticed that there were people before me in the queue. I was probably 8th person. At about 8 am they opened the office and took folks in one by one. The queue after me was already big by this time. After security check, I went to the floor where interviews take place. There I had to show the interview notice and was asked to sit and wait in the lobby for name to be called. My name was called out at 8.30 or so. The IO officer was a female. She took me to her office. After initial greetings, I was asked me to swear. Then she asked for my passports, driving license and green card. Then she started with the civic test. These are the questions she asked which I answered correctly:

1) When is selective service?
2) Who is Vice President?
3) Who is speaker of the house?
4) Which party does the President belong to?
5) Why does the flag have 50 stars?
6) What is one right that everyone living in US has?

After this I was asked to read ' When is Flag Day?' and write 'Flag Day is in June'. After this she switched to N400 and started asking basic questions. She did ask me if I rent or own the current residence. She also asked me the monthly mortgage amount. Then she moved to the travel section.

A day before the interview, I had realized that I had forgotten to mention 3 trips in travel section when I had applied online. One was a cruise for 3 days, one was work trip abroad for 5 days and one was India trip for 9 days or so. There were already 7 trips mentioned, so adding these 3 should be 10 trips in last 5 yrs. So when she reached travel section she said that she ran report and she found that I had more trips than what was mentioned in application. At that point I told her that there was oversight on my part and I had forgotten to mention 3 trips. I apologized for missing them. She said no problem since it is hard to keep track of all trips if there are many trips abroad. I gave her the 3 trip dates which she added.

After that she went through Yes/No questions and finally made me sign the changes. By this time, the way interview was going, I had a feeling that she will approve the application which she did. She was having trouble in the system to schedule me for same day oath. She explained the issue to me and said she will still try to get my oath done the same day. I had to wait in her office for 10mins as she tried to seek help to fix the issue and voila, she was able to schedule me for oath. I was asked to wait in the lobby. After 15 mins the same IO officer administered the oath to me. I think the IO officer was super sweet, cool and helpful.

Here are some tips that I would like to offer to fellow applicants:
1) Reach early so that you can relax before the interview. For those in San Diego, you can park in downstairs parking lot of 110 Plaza (same building which has USCIS office)
2) Dress nicely, it creates good 1st impression. I was in business casual and was probably the most dressed among all the other candidates.
3) If you made genuine errors in your application, feel free to let the IO officer correct them. As I mentioned above, I had to add 3 trips which I genuinely forgot to add when I applied online and it did not have any impact on interview results.
4) If you travel for work, please spend time looking at you passport carefully before you fill N400 applications and also before the interview so that you don't miss any travel trips like I did :)
5) Civics, writing and reading test are easy to pass. Spend time studying N400 application, they focus on that these days.
6) IO officers are human beings like us and from our experience, they are super helpful if your case is clear.

Wishing you all the very best folks!