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Thanks! Yeah. I'm really glad it worked out this way. I would have accepted it but I'd still have been bummed if they told me to come back some other day. The Rockville office is closest to where I live.

Ok, so yesterday I took my oath at the Baltimore office. Here's how it went down. I live in a DC suburb and the ceremony was at 9am so I had to plan for traffic. I had planned a good 40 minutes buffer. An accident close to the start of my drive (not something which would make it on TV and...

I was curious about this so I did a Google search. According to some people, the clerks at the DMV in some states are overeager in registering people to vote. Basically, a clerk checks the voters registration box, the permanent resident does not catch the mistake and then they are registered to...

Your case status won't progress any further. When I got my oath letter, I checked my case status and found it was still at "testing and interview." I was surprised by this but after searching this forum I found this is the case for everyone. The status gets to "testing and interview" and stops...

Note that if you seek professional advice, you should call an immigration lawyer and formally ask for advice. (Other than that... your questions have been answered already, so I won't answer them again.)

If you voted in an election which is open only to US citizens, then you broke the law. Also, the USCIS could take that as evidence that you misrepresented yourself as a US citizen. Note that on form N400, which is the form for naturalization, the USCIS does ask you whether you've voted illegally...

Well, the oath is necessary, in one form or another. What document did you show to the immigration officers when you came back to the US? Citizenship means someone is a citizen of a country but it does not tell why that person is a citizen. Naturalization tells why someone is a citizen and...

Michael, your story does not mesh with what I've read here and with my own (partial) experience. (My oath is scheduled for next week.) I've never heard of people being made citizens just after meeting with someone in an office. What normally happens is that you are interviewed by an immigration...

I had a traffic ticket which was such that as per the instructions in the guide, I did not need to produce documentation for it. (Less than $500, no alcohol, nobody hurt, etc.) The guide still says that you have to report everything they ask for so I had to report it. Well, during the interview...

You got Al's experience. Here's mine: * Before my interview, everything indicated that I would be able to get the oath on the same day as the interview. My interview was very early in the morning. I was waaaaaay past the minimum number of years I had to be a permanent resident, etc. * Got...

I think the way to get the details of your case is to contact the court in which the case was heard. If that court has a computerized records system accessible online, search for your name and you might be able to find the date at least. This will also provide you with all the references you...

I was out for 8 months at some point to do research abroad since it is a requirement of my Ph.D. program. I provided tax transcripts as proof that I did not abandon my residency. During the interview, the IO was confused about the rules regarding continuous presence. (She was flat out...

You should consult the Guide to Naturalization. As far as time requirements go, you need to: a) have been a permanent resident for a certain number of years (depending on how exactly you apply), b) have a certain number of months of continuous residence and c) have a certain number of months...

Yeah, that's what I've been thinking: send it after. Although a few posts above I considered maybe sending it earlier, I'm still thinking it will go out after the case is decided. My letter focuses on facts. I am convinced the IO was incompetent but I do not use such qualification in my letter...

I have not sent my complaint yet. I don't know which bit of "I did not send it right away because I was concerned it might delay my case (I was thinking of sending it after the oath) but since my case is being delayed anyway maybe I should send it in." was unclear. As for pissing off the...

As they say, "Your mileage may vary". My priority date is June 3rd and I have yet to get a decision. The IO who interviewed me at the Baltimore field office was clearly incompetent. She claimed I had not filed some documents. Only after I insisted that I had filed them she found them in the...

You are correct that November 11th would be five months after June 11th. And indeed, as per the instructions given by the USCIS itself you should be contacting them if your case takes more than the processing time posted for the field office which is dealing with your case. If they say that...

cafeconleche, I'm following your story because the USCIS is close to busting its own claimed "processing time" on my case. It seems to me that the processing times the USCIS publishes are so much hot air. It takes us 5 months to process a N400... except that we have up to 90 days after your...