Citizenship

I just did my fingerprints 09/10 and on 09/14 my status changed indicating that am in line for interview scheduling. Has anyone in Denver recently gone through the process? How long after fingerprints did you receive your interview letter?

Hi everyone,
I recently got my fingerprints taken on September 11 2015 in Rhode Island.

Does anyone know how long the whole process takes in RI?

has anyone applied or finished the process in RI recently?

How long does it usually taken between finger prints and interview in RI?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

- 4/10/15 Bio-metrics taken
- No Interview yet.

It's been more than 5 months already. Has anybody been waiting this period for N400 thro marriage? what should I do?

Thx,

WLB

So I wanted to share my experience so that you can see that there is still hope no matter what your situation. I received my green card in March 2010 based on a VAWA petition. In April 2011 I had an incident on my daughter’s school bus. In June 2011 the local sheriff came to my home and said that they had a warrant for my arrest, stemming from the said incident. I was mortified, but was advised that I can turn myself in later that night after I had my daughter sorted out. I did as instructed, was arrested, booked, fingerprinted, and mug shot taken. I spent the night in jail, saw a judge in the morning and bonded out on $5,000 bail.

I went to court in July 2011 and pled Nolo Contendere on a misdemeanor charge of disrupting a public school bus. I received 1 year non report probation, anger management and $100.00 fine.

Fast forward to March 2015. I decided that I wanted to file my N-400 for US citizenship, but was a bit skeptical because of the arrest and all. I was worried that they will consider it a crime of moral turpitude and that it would be grounds for denial. I contacted several attorneys who told me that I should wait at least five years after the arrest because that would show good moral character. Nevertheless, I decided to go ahead and file anyways.
March 23rd, 2015: Filed N-400 and included final disposition of the case (certified from the court), notice of probation completion (also certified from the court) and copies of my degrees. At that point I had a BS degree and two MS degrees and was working on a third MS and PhD at the same time. I figured that it wouldn’t hurt and could only help.

April 16th, 2015: We received your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization
April 27th, 2015: We scheduled you for a fingerprint appointment.
May 15th, 2015: Went to Atlanta GA support office to have fingerprints taken.
May 19th, 2015: We are scheduling your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, for an interview.
June 16th, 2015: We scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
July 21st, 2015: Attended interview and testing
August 26th, 2015: Your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, was placed in line for oath ceremony scheduling.
September 4th, 2015: Received notice to appear for oath ceremony on September 11th, 2015.

Interview: My officer was very nice. My appointment was at 2:30 pm and I got there around 1:50 pm. Checked in down stairs, then the clerk (happened to be a lady from my church) advised me to go to the third floor and wait to be called. It seemed like I was waiting forever (turned out to be about 10 minutes), but then an officer came out and called my name. He asked for my notice and instructed me to step inside of his office.

Once inside, I was asked to raise my left hand and say I do to the oath that he repeated. I was instructed to have a seat and he began reviewing the information that was on my application so that he can make any changes that needed to be made, and to see if anything had changed since I filed. He asked about my trips outside of the US and a couple other basic questions.

He then told me he would begin the testing and I was asked to read a sentence. I can’t quite remember, but I think that it was something to the effect of “Mexico is on the border of the United States.” I was then asked to write the same sentence on another sheet of paper.

I was then asked my six questions which he checked off as I answered:
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
2. What did the declaration of independence do?
3. How many us senators are there?
4. If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
5. What does the presidents’ cabinet do?
6. What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?

Whew, I aced the interview and the test. The immigration officer then congratulated me and said that I had passed the interview and the testing and that he was recommending me for U.S. citizenship. However, he said that he could not give me an oath letter right away because my file was huge (and it was), and needed to be looked at by his supervisor. He said that it was nothing to worry about, but of course I was still worried, thinking that they may change their minds because of the arrest. He did give me a letter stating that I had passed everything and was recommended for citizenship. The immigration officer was just so nice.

I was on pins and needles waiting for my letter, and just when I was not thinking about it because I figured that it would take a while, there it was in my mail box. So this is the end of my journey and next week this same time (and believe me, I am counting the seconds, minutes, hours and days…literally), I will be a US citizen, gods willing.
So I hope that this will give someone hope, no matter what.
Soon to be new US citizen.

N-400 was filed on February 08, 2015 in Chicago. I received a notice from
USCIS that they received my case February at the end of the month. Later on in March i received another notice to appear for biometrics on March 18 2015. Done with fingerprints. Today is September 2. 6 month and 24 days passed since I filed my application, and no interview date yet.

More to that, when checking my case status on USCIS website, the only update there is regarding my case is that my case was received on February 23, and that they sent me a notice on that. And that's it. Not even an update that they send me a biometrics letter, even though I completed that in March. I keep checking their website since May 2015, for an update, but everything is still the same from day one.

Also, when checking processing times for Chicago, it's showing that as of June 30 2015, they are working on January 23 applications. The chart has not been updated since than.

Perhaps someone else also in the same situation? Any suggestions, inputs will be greatly appreciated.

hello,

I filled my N400 application on 07/29. I received the letter of receipt a week after i mailed in the application on 08/07/15 however i have yet to receive anything for fingerprints. is it normal to take this long? While reading this forum i noticed everyone received their fingerprints notice fairly quickly and I'm starting to get worried. any advice/ insights will be greatly appreciated.

-application sent: 07/29/2015
-letter of receipt: 08/07/2015

Hi I filled the application to NBC. Received on June 12th 2015. Biometrics done on July 9th 2015. The status updated to On July 29, 2015, we started the interview scheduling process for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , We will send you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice.

My question is does anyone know how much time it takes in Holtsville, Long Island, NY center to get interview letter? I ma trying to look but I found about New York City but not Long Island. I looked on USCIS site for the processing times it shows last year cases. But thats not true as I know many people who filled in Dec 2104 and finished every thing in April 2015 and Jan 2015 finished in May 2015. This is with Oath ceremony. So if anyone has any clue please update. Thanks

Hi all,

I am new to this thread. Has anyone received the citizenship approval in California. I am planning to apply for the citizenship and would like to get an idea of how long it takes to get the citizenship after filing the N400 in California.

Your inputs or comments will be much appreciated.

Rmeng

I strongly believe newark nj facility is one of the best in the country. Great customer service, and very friendly IO's. My experience at the office was awesome. If someone needs any information about the naturalization process feel free to ask me any questions and i will be very happy to assist you.

This site has been so helpful and informative to me, so I figured I'd share my the little I have with everyone in process of becoming a citizen like myself. ??

-Application received on 4/28/15 (1 week after I mailed it)
-Money Order cashed on 4/30/15
-Fingerprints done on 5/20/15

My fingerprints appointment was scheduled for 11:00am, I got there at 10:30am and went right in. You have to show the appt letter, along with your Green Card and they give you a form to fill out (basic info). Then you stand on a line and wait to be called, someone reviews your info and stamp your appt letter and give you a # and you have a seat and wait, my # was called at 12:45?? And no cell phone is allowed in there (well it is, but you have to turn it off or put it away) so I was bored AF! Lol. It was a smooth process, other than the long wait.

So now I'm patiently waiting for my interview letter. ??

I will update, in case anyone is interested in any info.

***And for anyone wondering what picture is used on the Naturalization Certificate, it's the one taken at the biometric appointment. (They just used the one you sent with the application to confirm that it's the same person)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!??