Recent content by wafr

It does take about 3 weeks to get the completed Name Check status reflected in USCIS computers ... I would give it a month from when the NC was completed and check then. Also, if your Senator had pull with the FBI they may also have pull with the USCIS - I would definitely talk to the Senator...

I doubt the USCIS would ask about absences prior to the five years statutory period to become eligible for naturalization. In fact, since you only have to specify in the form N400 any trips in the five years prior to application, I don't even see how the issue would come up. If the issue...

I think you should use every resource at your disposal: 1) Contact the new Cogressperson - it will only take you a few mins to write a passionate letter 2) Give the US Attorney the name of the current Name Check program director - I am sure she would be able to speak to that person as a fellow...

Guys, I really hate to disappoint anyone, but it seems the law specifically states that more than 1 year's unbroken absence from the country (you didn't return to the US even for a day) specifically breaks continuous residence, regardless of reentry permit. In fact I believe the reentry permit...

Publicus, this is a country of laws. Sometimes bureacrats make us frustrated and make us forget the above simple fact. You know that by law you are entitled to US Citizenship and at the least entitled to a speedy answer. You will prevail because the attorney that will represent the USCIS is a...

OK JoeF. I will do some legal research and if I find out any more info to support either mine or your argument I will post. You have a strong argument but I am just not 100% convinced ...

You don't have to be physically present in the US for 90 days immediately prior to application - the 90 days rule relates to residence in a state NOT physical presence. I presume his parents stayed in the same state with their son all this time so they have already established residence in the...

Yes, of course US cannot force another country to stop considering you a citizen. However I believe the fact that you gave an oath to abrogate current allegiances requires one to try. If the other country says 'no way, you're our citizen because you were born here' then neither you nor the US...

1. US Citizenship by birth doesn't count obviously - if you're born in the US, you're a citizen, period. The only way to not be a US citizen in that case would be to give it up. The crux of the matter here is the oath of citizenship where you PROMISE UNDER OATH that you will abrogate existing...

I would be careful with that. Part of the citizenship oath is a promise to give up allegiences to any other country. Hence by keeping your old passport, you are breaking the oath. I don't think the government actively pursues stripping people of citizenship based on keeping their former...

However as an aside this is not true for every passport. Some countries do not automatically strip you of citizenship when you aquire another and in fact getting rid of your original citizenship may be time consuming and even cost money!

Yeah, I had that helpful message for close to a year now. That system is a joke anyway. USCIS claims everything is fine, just waiting for name check.

Dude, I hear you. The reasons are different, but the end result is pain for the little people.

Good luck to you!

If your case was unique it would probably be easier to resolve. However literally thousands are stuck in as one attorney's web site coined it 'FBI purgatory'. Mine is stuck for over 1.5 yrs and I've seen a lot of people on this forum cite 2 yrs + wait times (though for some people something...