Recent content by srimango

OCI is granted for all 3 of us (we applied as a family) but the status shows that the documents were printed and mailed for me alone. My wife's and daughter's status still is Granted. Is there a problem with the status or something bigger like my wife and child have to wait for theirs to be...

The only thing I would suggest is: If you are more than 3 months from date of Acknowledgement, then call the consulate every day between 2 PM and 4 PM central time. Don't relent. You will be rewarded in a week or so.

After almost 7 months my OCI was granted and the documents are being shipped from Delhi on May 6th. This is what happened: - I emailed in Feb 09 and got a reply that they will look into it and no response after that. - Called Houston in March 09 and the receptionist took my info and...

harvydonald - You are lucky. I mailed mine in Oct 2008 and was acknowledged and the photos and signature scanned on Nov 28, 2008. No word yet. I emailed them few times (received a reply once that they will look into it), called them once and gave the info. No information. We spent so much...

The most important thing for me is free of travel, not to deal with USCIS anymore (the mc at the oath ceremony joked that now us, the newly minted citizens, finally don't have to deal with them anymore), social security (if paid when I retire, I put money into it for so long) and protection when...

At the oath ceremony, you are asked to verify all the information printed in the certicate are correct. Once you agree with it, then you are asked to sign the certificate EXACTLY AS YOU SIGNED THE PHOTO DURING THE INTERVIEW. This way the signature in the photo (your certificate has your photo...

Voter registration Then how do you register to vote? In Florida at least, they asked for me to fill the form with the DL number in it? When verifying the DL, would it not show that I am a GC holder (since I provided my GC as a proof while getting my DL renewed and they took a copy of it too)...

We had our oath ceremony on 8/19. It was well organized. Took about 2 Hours (the actual process is less than 30 minutes). My questions now are: 1. How do you update your DL (which is what is used by the supervisor of elections to register for voting) 2. Do I have to update the SSN...

Oath I have not received our oath letters. I am surely anxious to get it done as soon as possible. But my guess is it won't happen until Mid August.

Had mine and my wife's today. Our time was 7:30 AM for my wife and 7:50 AM for me. They did not call us until 7:45. My wife went first and then me (same officer interviewed both of us). It took 10 minutes for each. As mentioned in innumerable posts, the lady reviewed the N400, asked me to...

Since we worry about anythhing and everything here is mine: 1. Would we be getting questions that are taken from the detailed explanationn of the answers? (For every question in the booklet, there is the italicized explanation. Ex: How the VP took over after Roosevelt and JFK died etc) 2...

Residency requirement Where does it say when the residency requirement have to be met? Is it a rule that the residency requirement should be met on the day of the interview? USCIS accepted the application because it was filed after the 5 years - 90 days rule. I don't think this grace...

IL in Jacksonville I mentioned in another thread. I also got the interview letter. Its scheduled for 07/02. My timeline: Priority Date: 4/15/2008 FP done: 05/07/2008 So, as someone said, I think its faster at Jacksonville. Hopefully the IOs don't give excuses in approving us (like...

Thanks. I came to US in H1 when I was 25. How do I prove the status? Do I have to search for my I-797 from a long-long time ago? Mine is 5 year based - I have all 5 years of tax returns. Shouldn't that be enough?

I have a question: If you are not required to register when you came to this country, do you still need to get a letter from them or just say at the interview that you were not eligible/required? I guess for tax returns, the copy that I have from filing should be enough? Should it not? (or do...