Hi!
I applied for my citizenship through my wife late 2007 and got interviewed on May 22 of 2008. After the interview the counselor gave me N-652 stating that I passed the test but a decision cannot yet be made.
During the interview the counselor asked me several questions about US history and I answered all of them correctly then she asked me whether my wife is there with me or not. I said yes and she asked me to write down something about my wife in English on a piece of paper. So I did.
I showed her document like joint bank account statement, joint property leasing document, health benefit papers, Joint tax filing papers, etc, while I was answering her questions. Then she started asking question like where we live, what kind of car we drive, how many bedrooms we have in our house, etc.
Then she took me outside where my wife was sitting and took her inside while having me waiting outside. She asked my wife same kind of questions and my wife answered most of them correctly meaning that matches with mine. However there were couple places where both of our answers did not quite match; like to answer what kind of car we drive, I answered Honda Accord and my wife said Mercedes because she thought she was asked what kind of car we drove that morning because we drove my father in law’s Mercedes that morning to get to the interview. To answer how many rooms we have, she said 2 and I said 3 (we have a den which I counted as a room).
I did not worry about this then cause I thought this gotta be a minor thing. However I am kinda worried not since I have not got any decision yet and it has been more than six months. I wrote to the officer who interviewed me in August and I got a reply saying that my case is waiting REVIEW. I talked to USCIS (Texas) and they sent me a letter in September saying that my case is going through background check and it may take up to 6 months. I recently wrote to the Congressman in my area and his office attempted to enquire about my case and got the same reply: my case is waiting for REVIEW.
Now my question is: what can I do now (besides waiting)?
How did the discrepancy we had in answering personal questions affect in making a decision in my case? (If it were a big deal, I would think, my case would get denied long ago)
What is the worst can happen? (I guess my case can get denied and I can reapply or go to court.)
Has anyone experienced same situation?
Any insight/advice is rally appreciated.
I applied for my citizenship through my wife late 2007 and got interviewed on May 22 of 2008. After the interview the counselor gave me N-652 stating that I passed the test but a decision cannot yet be made.
During the interview the counselor asked me several questions about US history and I answered all of them correctly then she asked me whether my wife is there with me or not. I said yes and she asked me to write down something about my wife in English on a piece of paper. So I did.
I showed her document like joint bank account statement, joint property leasing document, health benefit papers, Joint tax filing papers, etc, while I was answering her questions. Then she started asking question like where we live, what kind of car we drive, how many bedrooms we have in our house, etc.
Then she took me outside where my wife was sitting and took her inside while having me waiting outside. She asked my wife same kind of questions and my wife answered most of them correctly meaning that matches with mine. However there were couple places where both of our answers did not quite match; like to answer what kind of car we drive, I answered Honda Accord and my wife said Mercedes because she thought she was asked what kind of car we drove that morning because we drove my father in law’s Mercedes that morning to get to the interview. To answer how many rooms we have, she said 2 and I said 3 (we have a den which I counted as a room).
I did not worry about this then cause I thought this gotta be a minor thing. However I am kinda worried not since I have not got any decision yet and it has been more than six months. I wrote to the officer who interviewed me in August and I got a reply saying that my case is waiting REVIEW. I talked to USCIS (Texas) and they sent me a letter in September saying that my case is going through background check and it may take up to 6 months. I recently wrote to the Congressman in my area and his office attempted to enquire about my case and got the same reply: my case is waiting for REVIEW.
Now my question is: what can I do now (besides waiting)?
How did the discrepancy we had in answering personal questions affect in making a decision in my case? (If it were a big deal, I would think, my case would get denied long ago)
What is the worst can happen? (I guess my case can get denied and I can reapply or go to court.)
Has anyone experienced same situation?
Any insight/advice is rally appreciated.
