2010 November N-400 tracker

I had my interview a couple of hours after marbell at the San Francisco DO. it went very smoothly with no surprises. I got there 20 minutes early. I had to go thru security like the airport with shoes off, watch off, belt off, etc. I checked in at the second floor reception and then was sent to the third floor waiting room. The officer called my name about 10 min after my scheduled appointment. She was professional and not interested in anything but reviewing ALL the N400 questions and the civic and reading/writing test. No chitchats or anything. She reviewed my green card and passports. I had answered yes to question 16 about being cited for a traffic offense. I volunteered to give her the documents from the court that she put in my file. She then started asking the questions; Name one war we fought in the 1900s, who is the Father of Our Nation? How many voting members does the House have? We elect a US rep for how many years? Who is the chief justice? and in what month we vote for the President? She then asked me to write We vote for President in November and read Why did people come to America?

Since I haven't reached the 5 year remark, she said no decisions could be made. She said once I reach the 5 year remark (1/30), the file will go for the second round of reviews and I will be scheduled for an oath, which will be sometime in Feb but highly unlikely to be Feb 9. she reminded me to bring my green card and the reentry permit to the oath and I was out the door!
 
Congratulations, memo!

As for me, I just got off the phone with tier 2 USCIS customer service - my interview is scheduled for February 28th.
 
Hi biruk60,
actually everyone is told by the IO that " his application has been recommended for approval" and the same sentence is written in the N-652 form. the reason is that it's the IO supervisor who sign the final approval and it happen the same way all over the country immigration offices.
 
Hi Folks,

I received a Yellow Letter a few days ago. Its dated Jan 10th, and was mailed from Lees Summit (MO), I believe one of the service centers. It mentions bringing a DL to the interview.

Also, last week I called UCSIS and spoke to a 2nd tier officer. He said I'm in the interview queue. From experiences, does that mean that my FP and NC are cleared, and should I be expecting an interview letter in the coming weeks?

Thanks
 
Congrats to Marballe and memo the interview experience !
Also congrats to N400Houston got interview date! Can't wait my coming interview. Good luck to all~
 
Received yellow letter today requesting state issued ID and my Green Card at the interview. The letter is dated 1/14/2011.
 
bmp81 said:
Congrats! you should get IL shortly. Which DO (local office) are you from?
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My local office is New Orleans. I haven't heard of them doing oath ceremonies on the same day as interviews, which is really unfortunate as I'll have to fly out there twice in a short time span, which will really mess with my schedule.
 
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First off, congrats to all that have successully passed the interviews or are soon to have one.

I had posted a note a few days ago regarding my yellow letter (jan 10th) mailed from Lees Summit (MO), I believe one of the service centers. It mentions bringing a DL to the interview.

Last week I also called UCSIS and spoke to a 2nd tier officer. He said I'm in the interview queue. From experiences, does that mean that my FP and NC are cleared, and should I be expecting an interview letter in the coming weeks?

Hoping I receive an IL soon. By the way my DO is Boston.

Thanks
 
n4002010 said:
Last week I also called UCSIS and spoke to a 2nd tier officer. He said I'm in the interview queue. From experiences, does that mean that my FP and NC are cleared, and should I be expecting an interview letter in the coming weeks?
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I would say yes, you are not far from your IL. Check out the time lines of other posters, particularly in your DO.
 
Just got my IL with a date of 2/24/2011 (Wednesday) in New Orleans.

I heard that New Orleans does their oaths on Thursdays. Does anyone know if this is true, because if so, I could do mine the next day and get it over with.

cheers
Michael Carrick
 
update

lockbox Phoenix
DO St Paul

app sent 11/12
app received 11/17
check chased around T-day
fingerprint app 1/11/11
interview sched 2/22
 
It's been almost a month since I got my YL...
So although I know I won't get much out of it, I decided to call 1800...
The rep on the phone said that Tampa DO is currently handling June 14 dated applications for N400 and I applied on Nov 6... so I got a long time to wait. She then mentioned that the current processing time in Tampa is 5.5 months. So I asked her then how come there are people from Tampa who applied in October and they already got their interview done or applied after me and received interview letter already?
"Because every applicant is different."
"But you said Tampa office is currently handling June applicants."
"Yes, that's correct."
"Then how did the October and November ones are being handled?"
"Because everyone is different."


Is it just me... or is she just not making sense..? LOL
I know I just have to wait... Oh well. **Shrug**
Good luck everyone... :)
 
KGurl,

Agree with your frustations, I'm much in the same boat. I had an interesting infopass experience, actually quite a positive one.

I was meant to have an infopass appointment this Wednesday (today) in one of the MA offices. However there have been forecasts for heavy snow for the past several days. On Monday around 4pm I got a call from UCSIS, was I surprised. The lady was extremely polite, and said to avoid my travelling on Wednesay due to extreme snow conditions they were calling to inquire if they could help me via phone.
I was driving at the time, so pulled over and told her I had received my YL, and had the FP done about a month ago in December. She confirmed that my name was in the interview queue, an that the FP had cleared and all other checks seemed fine. She said its an automated system and to wait for a few weeks. I also mentioned that people who applied before me were already being interviewed. She alluded to the same conclusion, that all cases are different, it had nothing to do with the applicant, but entirely on where your application lands up in a pile, at the bottom or the top. She said nothing to worry about, and being in the queue is the final step before being scheduled.

For all our cases, the 5 months is correct, but that means from application to oath. I presume at the 4 month mark you should have had an interview, in the case where oath isn't the same day. If its the same day, the interview may be scheduled for later, since you'll be sworn in the same day, just a guess.

Also, my case is still at the service center, I guess once its ready for scheduling the send it to the DO for that. Hoping I get something soon.
 
Had my interview today in Baltimore, despite the snowstorm. I figured the office might be closed, but it wasn't. I sat in the waiting room for about 45 minutes before they called my name, then the officer escorted me to her room. Before anything else I was asked to raise my right hand and take the oath. After that she immediately got down to asking me the civics questions - What did the Declaration of Independence Do?, Name one branch or part of the Government, We elect a Senator for how many years?, If both the President and Vice President cannot serve, who becomes President?, What does the President's cabinet do?, How many justices are on the Supreme Court?. Then I was asked to write a sentence in English, then read a sentence in English. After this the officer told me I had passed the English and civics tests, and she would now go through the N-400 form to see if I was eligible for citizenship. On completion of that, she informed me she was recommending my application for approval, however I would have to wait another week, as my 5 year anniversary is on February 2. I would then receive a letter in the mail about when to return for the oath ceremony. If it hadn't been for that, she said, I could have taken my oath today. All in all I was in her office for about 20 minutes at the most.
 
n4002010 said:
For all our cases, the 5 months is correct, but that means from application to oath. I presume at the 4 month mark you should have had an interview, in the case where oath isn't the same day.
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The person I talked to did tell me to wait till the average processing time mark (which is 5.5 months for my DO) from the application and then contact back if I don't get anything by then. So that would be almost end of April. I thought that the time they talk about was from application to oath too...
 
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