Citizenship

Hi everyone,

I am about to start my N-400 citizenship application process after being a permanent resident for 3 years through marriage to a US citizen. My spouse wasn't born in the US; he was naturalized about 7 years ago. The problem is, he lost his naturalization certificate, so we can't submit it with the N-400. Would it be sufficient to submit copies of his passport pages instead, or do we absolutely need to apply for a naturalization certificate replacement for him first?

Thanks in advance!

Hi All,

Was recently surprised by application being scheduled for interview much sooner than expected in NYC. Share my timeline/experience in case it helps others, or gives hope (it would for me!). I heavily front loaded each application, submitted lots of documents
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Applied for citizenship under 3 year rule, spouse of USC, NYC Field office

3/24/2017 - AOS application received
2/8/2018 - AOS Interview Scheduled
3/15/2018 - AOS Interview
4/28/2018 - AOS Approved, GC Mailed. 13 months

1/29/2020 - i-751 Application to remove conditions received
3/6/2020 - i-751 Fingerprints taken (just before pandemic, very lucky)
1/6/2021 - i-751 Approved WITHOUT interview. 12 months
1/7/2021 - 10 year GC received in mail

1/29/2021 - N-400 application received by USCIS (Exactly 89 days before 3 years with GC)
2/19/2021 - Biometrics reuse notice
8/31/2021 - N-400 Interview Scheduled Notice. Interview date: 9/28/21. 7 months after application received
9/28/2021 - N-400 interview

This site has been extremely helpful with others experiences/questions/etc. Thanks all and good luck!

Hi guys,

Here is my N400 timeline. It may help you to compare with your applications.

10/30/2020 submitted
8/31/2021 interview day ( I studied all the civic questions and the officer, she was super nice to me. I passed it successfully )
9/20/2021 oath ceremony ( checks my online account and it was written there )

Hopefully I am almost at the end of my journey in 20 days ( based on a marriage status ) It had taken 4 years and 6 months from the beginning of my first green card application in USA.
Wish you good luck and patience in your applications. I may suggest you to stop counting down the days cause otherwise it is stressful. I did it like that and relieved.

8/31/2021 n400 Certificate Of Naturalization Was Issued. Oath ceremony lasted for 2 minutes
8/31/2021 n400 We scheduled you for an oath ceremony for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
8/31/2021 n400 Your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, was placed in line for oath ceremony scheduling.
8/31/2021 n400 We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review.
8/30/2021 n400 the officer called to schedule oath and email the notice
8/30/2021 i751 the officer updated the application
8/27/2021 n400 interview. Application for n400 and i751 is approved (only verbally), but the officer needed to update all documents online. He'll call to make an oath appointment
8/19/2021 n400 We scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization for Aug 27
7/25/2021 n400 I cancelled the interview via phone
7/19/2021 n400 We scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization for July 27
6/25/2021 n400 We cancelled the scheduled interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
5/19/2021 n400 We scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization for June 21
8/19/2020 i751 transferred to NBC
8/1/2020 n400 submitted (3 years rule)
5/13/2020 i751 fingerprint used from previous application
7/31/2019 i751 submitted

Santa Ana do same day ceremony.
There was no letter or instruction for I751 interview, but I brought documents proofing we still together. Spouse waited outside since only applicant can enter the building. The officer asked where he is and most recent picture.

I plan to apply for my passport for the first time in LA.

On the website said "Expedite service (for an additional $60) can take up to 12 weeks from the day an application is submitted to the day a new passport is received. The 12-week timeframe includes 6 weeks for processing and 5 to 6 weeks for mailing times on the front and back end."

But I need it much faster (like 2-3 weeks). I called some companies and they offered 15-10 days time fram with 700-800 $ for their companies' fee. Is the process that complicated and really worth for this amount of money?

Also, is there anyway that I can apply by myself and get my passport in 2-3 weeks.
Please share your experience.

MANY Thanks for your help

Today i had interview for naturalization.
First part was good for tests.

Second part she was asking about application. So the situation is happened : We have a condo on my name and needed to use the address to get loan however,  i have living in my original address with my husband. So the officer making this issue that i have lied about my address with loan officer. and she gave me a letter with that can't take decision this time. 

Anyone has any idea what might be the consequences of this? 

Please help!

Hello All,

Below are my timelines. I see some people doing oath and receiving certificate same day as interview and others getting it later. Are there certain offices do it same day and others scheduling it for later times? Can somebody please share their experience/knowledge with Chicago office so that we can prepare?

Nov 19 2020: Applied in Chicago area based on employment GC(Towards end of Dec 2015)
April 18 2021: Finger prints reused. With time spent outside US my full 5 years would have been complete in April 2021.
Aug 16 2021: Received Interview notification for 29 Sept 2021

Thank You

Hey you guys!
After having stalked this site for the past two years it’s finally my turn to talk about my experience so far, I live 1hr away from NYC but for some reason my “local” field office is over 2hrs away in Albany and I couldn’t find any info about Albany here, but I still found great general information and I thank you all :)

Interview-
My interview was set to 12:45 so I entered the building at 12:30, showed the appointment letter to an officer who x-rayed my purse and watch, went thru a metal detector and gave my letter to a lady who checked me in, and asked me to take a seat. There was six of us. Every time someone got called in I noticed they would get out in about 20min so I thought ok it can’t be that bad…I continued to wait, and wait, 3 people who came after me got called in before me and I really started to worry if there was a reason why they were leaving me for last.
Finally at 2.10 I got called in by a lady officer, I was expecting an intimidating-looking uniform but she had like a nice summer dress with a sweater, we speed-walked to her office, there was a plexiglass between us, we wore masks the whole time and there was an iPad on my side, she had me swear to tell the truth, asked for my passport, GC and DL. Not a single paper came out of my folder, all those copies I made lol.
She quickly verified my personal info that was on my application, my daughter’s name, when my height came out I said I must be shrinking bc my recent physical showed that I was 1” shorter than what’s on my DL and she told me a funny story about her son who’s 6’3” and we laughed.
She had me sign on the iPad verifying the name change I requested and made three copies, the printer was not cooperating.
She informed me I was exempted from taking the reading and writing tests bc I’m 55, so I said there’s some benefits about getting older after all, and she said oh no! you don’t look it at all, that’s why I had to verify your date of birth twice! We laughed and she completely put me at ease. She said let’s do the civics.

Questions:
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is one right from the First Amendment?
What is the rule of law?
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Then quickly asked all the no/yes questions after saying if I didn’t understand her to ask her to repeat herself. Lastly she asked if I was willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance and I answered yes I am, heck yeah!! She said I like that answer!
Then I signed three times on the iPad for the corrections about my height, occupation and name change.

She said I passed the civics and that she didn’t see anything wrong, that in about a month I would receive a letter informing me of the decision, do you have any questions? I asked so that letter will be for the Oath? She said it’ll be for the decision if it’s approved or denied, but I don’t see any problem so I Am anticipating that everything will be fine, if my computer cooperates I could continue to review your case. She walked me out and I thank her for seeing me.
It all lasted 20min with the last 5min of her writing in her computer.
I didn’t know how to feel, I had planned to stop at some areas for sightseeing but now all I wanted to do was rush home to check on my status like I see some people here do, and 2hrs later when I got home THERE IT WAS!! Oath ceremony will be schedule!

Now I just have to wait for the letter and oath ceremony, meanwhile my GC will expire in a couple of weeks and I don’t know how to prove my legal status if anything should happen while waiting for that letter or ceremony, I forgot to ask her about that :( I did pay to renew it back in March bc I didn’t know how long this process would take, but it’s been stuck on it’s taking longer than expected since April… fingers crossed that letter won’t get delayed or lost :(

Oct 2, 2020- Form N-400 was received
Feb 1, 2021- Biometrics reused
July 19, 2021- Interview was scheduled
Aug 25, 2021- Form N-400 approved and submitted for quality review
Aug 25, 2021- Oath ceremony will be scheduled

Applied Aug 20 2020 base on Marriage 3 year rule
Bio reuse feb 11 2021
Interview scheduled July 19th 2021 for Aug 23 2021
Interview cancelled because there was supposed to be a storm.
New date Sept 27 2021
I get shipped out for basic training on September 1 2021 so I called in to get an expedited appointment. I was told to walk in Federal Plaza NYC. My Interview was done virtual and I was approved and got a same day oath because I'll be away for a while. Big smile 😀 😃 😄 today

Hi has anyone applied for their passport I paid for expedite a week ago and I wanted to know how long it took to get with the certificate.