San Jose, CA - N-400 Timeline

CitizenKane said:
1) Who signs the N-652 form that USCIS gives you if you successfully pass
the interview. Is it the interviewing officer?
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Usually, the officer put his/her name and/or number, like an employee number.


2) When you get the Oath letter, what are the questions on the back of the oath letter? From this forum it looks like they are Yes or No questions, but it would be helpful if someone can please share what questions are asked and have to be prepared on the back of the oath letter.
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After you get the oath letter, there won't be any verbal questions, just the few "YES/NO" questions on the back of the letter. Please visit this link to take a look on the oath letter along with the questions on it.
http://www.visapro.com/Download/N-445-Form.pdf


3) When you go for oath ceremony, can you apply for a passport at the oath ceremony itself? Or do you have to go to the post office and apply later?
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I am not really sure about that, but what i know that they have a representative from the department of state, in most cases, giving out applications for passports. I think, then you have to submit them by either post office, or application support center. You may want to ask further regarding this issue as i am not sure.


Thanks,
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You are very welcome! :)
Congratulations for getting so close to beeing a citizen :)
I hope that helps!

Good luck and please keep us updated!
 
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Got the interview letter ...

Got the interview letter ...

My details --

DO : San Jose
Application sent on : 9/24
Application received on : 9/27
Priority Date : 9/27
Check cashed on : 10/4
Official Receipt Received on : 10/14
Online application status : Able to check the status
FP Notice received on : 10/24 ( Online status did not get updated )
FP Done : 11/05
Online status updated on : 12/15/05
Received interview letter on : 12/17/05
Interview scheduled on : 02/14/06
 
USCIS dates update to June 10th

Just noticed that the USCIS N-400 processing date has been updated for San Jose. Currently processing cases with PD = June 10th.
I think this means that majority of people with PD=June 10th or earlier should have been scheduled for oath or completed oath by now.

Are there any people here that completed interview in second half of November or anytime in December. Have any of those poeple recd. oath letter yet?

Thank you.
Kane
 
Still waiting for oath letter

Hi,

I had my interview on Nov 28 at the San Jose CIS office
and I still haven't received the oath letter.

The interview went well for the most part except that at
the end the officer wanted a letter from my previous employer
verifying my dates of employment there. I was surprised by
this request. I had an employment letter from my current employer
but she didn't ask about that.

I didn't question her about this surprise requirement. In hindsight,
I should have asked her. Later on, I thought she wanted the letter
because I had left my previous employer 3 months after getting my green card.
(I got my GC in Sept 2000 and left early Jan 2001.)
During the interview, she did ask why I left my former employer and I
said I wanted to work in a different area and we left it at that.

I obtained the letter and sent it to the San Jose office the same
week.

I'm apprehensive about this aspect of my interview but I read
on this forum where someone left their GC sponsoring employer
after 3 months and didn't run into any trouble because of this
and he got his citizenship without any delay.

(If folks are in a similar situation, they might want to obtain an
employment verification letter from their GC sponsoring former employer
and take it to the interview.)

When the officer came to question about being detained by a police
officer, I showed her my 2 tickets, certificates of completion of
traffic school and also my DMV driver's license record.

She noted down the citation details on the N-400 form.


My PD is July 1st, 2005.
 
Looks like nobody here has received oath letter for oath ceremony that is scheduled in campbell heritage theater on Jan 18th. I was expecting that people who were interviewed late november/early december would go to this oath ceremony.

Any thoughts ..
 
No oath letter for me either

I am waiting for the oath letter too (interview date: Nov 18th). May be it is due to holidays and vacations. If so, we might receive letters in the first week of January.

-Raju
 
Got oath letters

Just checked my mail and see oath letters for me and wife...

Applied: 6/28
Priority date: 7/1
Check cashed: 7/12
FP notice: 7/19
FP scheduled date: 8/9
FP actual date: 7/26
Online status disappeared: 9/23
Interview letter received: 9/24
Interview date: 11/28
Oath letter received: 12/24
Oath date: 1/18

-Raju
 
Received oath ceremony letter today

siva_c said:
Hi,

I had my interview on Nov 28 at the San Jose CIS office
and I still haven't received the oath letter.

The interview went well for the most part except that at
the end the officer wanted a letter from my previous employer
verifying my dates of employment there. I was surprised by
this request. I had an employment letter from my current employer
but she didn't ask about that.

I didn't question her about this surprise requirement. In hindsight,
I should have asked her. Later on, I thought she wanted the letter
because I had left my previous employer 3 months after getting my green card.
(I got my GC in Sept 2000 and left early Jan 2001.)
During the interview, she did ask why I left my former employer and I
said I wanted to work in a different area and we left it at that.

I obtained the letter and sent it to the San Jose office the same
week.

I'm apprehensive about this aspect of my interview but I read
on this forum where someone left their GC sponsoring employer
after 3 months and didn't run into any trouble because of this
and he got his citizenship without any delay.

(If folks are in a similar situation, they might want to obtain an
employment verification letter from their GC sponsoring former employer
and take it to the interview.)

When the officer came to question about being detained by a police
officer, I showed her my 2 tickets, certificates of completion of
traffic school and also my DMV driver's license record.

She noted down the citation details on the N-400 form.


My PD is July 1st, 2005.
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I received the oath ceremony letter today - Dec 24. This was a big sigh of
relief after about a month of anxiety.

PD : July 1st '05
Interview date : Nov 28
Rcvd oath letter : Dec 24
Oath ceremony : Jan 18 '06
 
Got Oath letter

As promised, here is an update. Got oath letter today, for 10am on Jan 18th at Campbell Heritage Theater. My interview date was Nov 17th. Thanks for everyone who posted their updates to this thread. It helps those who are in the pipeline. I will post one more time, on 1/18, - that one will be as a proud US Citizen!
 
zygyx said:
As promised, here is an update. Got oath letter today, for 10am on Jan 18th at Campbell Heritage Theater. My interview date was Nov 17th. Thanks for everyone who posted their updates to this thread. It helps those who are in the pipeline. I will post one more time, on 1/18, - that one will be as a proud US Citizen!
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Congratulations!
But what do you mean , that you will post one more time! When you become us citizen you won't post anymore!

I hope i am misunderstanding that:)

sony
 
Interview update

Hello,
I completed my interview just before the holidays. The interview was quite in line with what has been said on this board before. It took about 15 minutes. I was called in about 5 minutes after the appointed time, and the officer took me from the waiting room to his office, as is standard practice. I took a seat and took the oath to tell the truth. Then we went over all N-400, item by item, then updated a travel related item. Traffic tickets were not of itnerest. I brought it up including copies of traffic school, but the officer said it was not needed to be noted down. Then the history and civics test. 10 questions out of the 100 standard questions. Asked orally. Then I had to sign the N-400 again as well as sign the photographs originally submitted. That's it. The officer was courteous and to the point. Above all, make sure you are well rested, confident, and honest.
He gave me a Form N-652 verifying that I had passed the interview. Said oath letter should be arriving by mail in the next month or so.

Here are my dates:
Mailed July 19, 2005
Recd. July 20
Priority Date: July 20
Check Cashed: July 25
Notice Date: July 27
Notice Received: July 30
Finger Printing Notice Recd: Aug 7
Finger printing: Sept 7
FBI got it and fwded to USCIS on same day: Spet 7
Interview Date Recd: October 28
Interview Date: Dec 22

Thanks everyone for contributing on this board. To those reading this thread, please take a couple of minutes to share your experiences too.

Kane
 
FP notice ...

Folks,
Am currently waiting for my fingerprint notice, its been over 6 weeks so far. Wonder if its the holidays. Anyone else waiting for their FP notice?

App sent: Nov 12
App Received: Nov 14th
PD: Nov 17th
Case updated online Nov 28th
FP Notice: Awaited.....
 
Also Waiting

I also have the exact same dates as you and am also waiting. Hope this makes you feel better. Please let me know if you get your notice and I will inform you if I receive mine.
With Best Regards,
Jahangiri
 
zeeji/jahangiri:
Similar dates for me :(

Application Sent --> 11/14/2005
Application received --> 11/16/2005
Checks cashed --> 11/21/2005
Notice Received --> 11/30/2005
Receipt Date --> 11/18/2005
Able to check status on-line --> 11/29/2005

I am hoping that this is just because of the holiday season. Hoping to see FP notice in the next couple of weeks.

-chatrathi
 
Hi
Our interview is on Jan 23 at San Jose. We are planning a trip out of the country for 3 weeks in end of March. Is it possible to request the officer to either:
-> send us to the closest oath ceremony (say early February) so we can get our pass port in time
OR
-> ask him to assign us the oath ceremony in second half of April after we are back.
 
Waiting for the oath Letter

I had our interview today, all routine stuff, nothing unusual. We received the interview pass congratulatory letter and the officer said you will get the oath letter in a few months along with some questions that I should answer and bring with me to the oath ceremony. I wonder what kind of questions could that be. Please share if any of you had similar situation.

Good luck to all in the process.
 
can we bring our child to the oath ceremony?

My wife and I will go to oath ceremony in Campbell on 18th. We are wondering can we bring our child with us? She is US citizen by birth, we just don't have someone to babysit her? Please advice. Thanks!
 
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