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You may be able to just go and do a walk-in for the biometrics rather than wait for a rescheduled appointment. Depending on the location, they may just take you in. In some locations, it only works on certain days of the week and at certain times of the day.

You can also file a FOIA request with the USCIS and elect to receive the file as scanned pdf on a CD. This way, you can have the USCIS work for you for a change... :-) Remember to make backups.

Rather than speculate, call them and ask. In the unlikely event that she is listed as USC, ask the SSA whether they have any information why she is listed as that and whether her status was ever changed from LPR to USC.

If you are worried about this why don't you have your wife call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 and ask them? She could just say she was waiting for the naturalization case to be completed and she wanted to confirm that her status is still listed as LPR. This should not...

I requested the whole A file and elected to receive it as scans on a CD, which was free. Since there was a big backlog at the time, it took several months to get it (may be faster now). I also waited for several weeks after the oath before filing the request since the actual paper file had to be...

Congratulations! Great that it all worked out in the end.

The IO would not let me cross out the oath lines, and I did not want to come back just to sign the form. So we agreed on a compromise that I would sign the form as is and add the words "Modified oath requested". After the oath, I requested my file through a FOIA request, and sure enough, the...

If your spouse's officer already crossed out the lines in question, I would not be too worried. Then again, one never knows. Yes, my IO asked her supervisor during the interview, came back into the room and declared that the modified oath would not apply in my case. I then had to politely but...

Congratulations, non_linear! I am pleasantly surprised that your offices knew exactly what to do in your case, since many do not. In my case, I also got a "decision cannot be made", and it took exactly 120 days and a few calls to my senator's office to get approved (see my timeline). The IO had...

I did go through the process myself and had my oath modified. There are actually a number of posts from me on the subject on this forum, so you may be able to find more information by searching it. In a nutshell, you need to establish: To qualify for the exemption from the promises to bear arms...

The modified oath itself does not guarantee Conscientious Objector status in the unlikely event that the draft is reinstated. However, it might be an additional argument in the proceedings. On the other hand, if you swore the full oath and then claim CO status, the bar would be significantly higher.

See my answer to your post in the other thread about modified oath.

You or your wife can still get a letter from a secular organization that attests that your "beliefs are sincere, meaningful, and deeply held". The objections based on religious principles includes this secular reasoning, as construed by the Supreme Court in Welsh v. U.S. , 398 U.S. 333 (1970)...

Good luck, and let us know how things turn out.

Usually this is to indicate the unwillingness to bear arms, but to be consistent, you can check No on question 36. Technically, it is sufficient to declare orally at the interview that you want to modify the oath, and there is no additional documentation required. Unfortunately, some...

You should include a cover letter with the application asking to have the part removed. Then remind them again at the interview. You may get some push back (see the earlier link). They will strike out the words on the N-400 form. At the actual oath, you just do not say the words when everyone...

You can have your oath modified and the "so help me God" removed from it. The officially recorded oath is the one on the application, so that should be noted there. Having the oath modified because of objection to bearing arms is a different issue. See for example...

While this may be true as a philosophical point, it is irrelevant for the application, since the military distinguishes between "full" CO (1-O) and non-combatant status (1-A-O). A "full" CO would refuse non-combatant service as well, since he/she would be indirectly supporting the military...

Only if he is willing to do that. The questions 37 and 38 are analogous to the different types of armed forces CO (Conscientious Objector) status.

I was exactly in the same situation that you are in, and I successfully naturalized with a modified oath. There are a number of postings in this forum by me detailing the process. You can provide a letter from an organization who understands the proper legal argument, such as "The Center on...