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Hello All, I'm in the process of compiling all the info for filing for my mother's citizenship (N400) application with the USCIS very soon. She is from India and has little to no income here in the USA and is therefore below the threshold for filing taxes. Hence she has never had to file US tax...

:D All, My mother had her AOS (I-485) interview yesterday (St Paul DO, Office is in Bloomington, MN). We applied for her in early Dec (12/14 is the PD). She came as a visitor in late July and we applied for her after 4 months + of her being in the US. We're surprised to receive the...

My wife has changed her last name after marriage and per the rules posted on the CGI-Chicago website she needs to obtain a new passport. The form is now online. On the online form I don't see a way to write her middle name. Her previous name was A (First) B (Last) and now it is A (First) B...

A quick question to all the Gurus here: I'm trying to get a NABC issued for my mother from Bangalore. Should this mention her maiden name (or name at Birth) or her current name? The Bangalore BBMP office first issued her one with the current one but I saw some mentioning it needs to have the...

Dear all, Yesterday (9/2) myself and wife appeared for my wife's AOS interview at the USCIS office in Bloomington, MN (St. Paul DO). I'm a USC sponsoring my wife (who is on a J-1 visa) for US Permananent Residence through marriage. We got married on April 19, 2009, 4 days after I becmae a...

Hello all, I'm trying to get a NABC issued for my mother - getting this from the Bangalore Municipal Corporation (aka BMMP) is proving to be difficult. One attempt at doing this ended up in me getting a weird letter stating that they will do more searches if more documents are submitted (like...

I heard of this service called Your Man in India - supposedly a concierge service for help with obtaining all kinds of documents (BC, MC, NABC etc.). I called the toll-free and India numbers listed on their website: http://www.yourmaninindia.com/ but couldn't get the calls through (even...

Hello All, Regarding the affidavits one needs to get from Indian in lieu of missing Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate (for mother's I-130/I-485 application), my question is as follows: - Is it sufficient to notarize the affidavits by a Public Notary official or do they need to...

Dear all, 28.5 months after filing my N400 application, I finally became a US Citizen. The oath ceremony was today (4/15) at the St. Paul Federal Courthouse. The ceremony was nice and low key (only 68 people were administered oath today) which was just as well. As of 3PM today I officially...

Yo all, I went to my INFOPASS apppointment this AM and was told that I have been scheduled (FINALLY) for an oath on April 15 at the St Paul District Courthouse. I'm yet to receive the oath letter but it should come anytime now. From the PD to finish this would be 28.5 months - bloody long and...

All, If one were to get married after the ID but before the OD, does one have to update their N400 with all the particulars of the marriage? As far as I know the only updates at the oath are regarding the questions related to criminal issues and or moral issues. No name change is requested...

Hi, A friend of mine has applied for her J-1 waiver through the "No Objection Letter" route. She has not received any fnding from the government of her home country. She is on salary from an academic department at a local university. Is this considered funding from the US GOvernment? I think...

All, I had my interview done last week (11/18) and today I tried to access my case status online after a gap of over 10 weeks. I got this error message when I tried to login. It was reported to us that your IP address or internet gateway has been locked out for a select period of time...

I might have made a small error in counting days outside the US in the list of trips I enclosed with my original N400. My ID is 11/18 and I would like to correct this at that time. The questions is: if you leave on day X and return on day Y, do you count those two days as "physically present"...

Hi, My interview is coming up on 11/18. I have a question regarding these moving violations: 1. I jumped a red light in 2005 and the camera at the intersection caught me and sent me a citation which I paid ($142) and have the receipt for. 2. A speeding "warning" (only) - no fine in WI...

Hi all, Question perhaps asked previously in this forum but couldn't find an answer: I received my Green Card in 2001 and moved to a house I bought in 2002. Since then I have lived in the same house. I filed for my N400 in 2006 (still waiting) but in the meantime found out about the AR-11...

I'm considering writing a letter to the VP's Dick Cheney's office - have written to just about everyone else to request expediting the NC/N-400. I want to explore this avenue too. What's the addres to use? I couldn't locate a specific building/street address. Thanks.

Hello all, I recently got a new passport but all my travel stamps at POE in different places are in the old passport. Should I be taking the old passport to the interview? Do they examine each and every stamp to verify the dates of travel in the last 5 years in the passport? AP

Hi all, I would appreciate some responses to this question: My passport had the following name: <P****> <A***********> My green card and every other document in the US has the following: <A***********> <P****> In other words, the reverse order of last and first name. The one...

Hello all, My N400 is pending but lately I have been informed that the name on the B. Cert is what ultimately counts for naturalization. On my Birth Cert I have my name as (per Indian conventions) A. P____ (i.e., first initial followed by the last name). On the GC, DL, Passport etc I have...