2011 January N-400 tracker

We had our interview and Oath today at St Paul MN. Went off very well without a hitch. Wife's interview total time was 14 minutes and mine was 12 minutes including chatting.

Oath was at 3pm and no problem.

Good luck to those who are in line.

Thanks
 
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tgupte1 said:
Indianapolis does it this way. Its at the court house. I didn't know otherwise. Why, where do other cities hold theirs.
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most cities hold the Oath ceremonies on site ...at USCIS local filed office ...In Seattle where I am from, USCIS does ceremonies most of the times the same day, and for those who wish to change their name they would have a date where the judge is present so he sign off on their name change .... still on site , not in court ..
 
immistuff said:
Got my oath today at 10:00 am. and Apply for passpors right after.
Good luck to all and thank you for all your advises!!!!

See you soon in the "Life After Citizenship" forum!!!
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I did my interview yesterday and the IO congratulates me and gave me the N-652 with a check next to “Congratulations! Your application has been recommended for approval”. The IO told me I will receive the oath letter in the mail.
I do not know why he did not offer same day Oath or provide me with a specific date. And how long does it normally take to get an oath letter. Also, immistuff, what is the cost and requirement to apply for the passport at the oath ceremony.
 
I thank God Almighty and this forum. I finally received my oath letter. My oath date is going to be next week 05/13.
Anybody have idea about applying for passport and/or passport ID at the oath ceremony. I want to know the cost, what documents are required and the process.
 
davidyoung said:
I thank God Almighty and this forum. I finally received my oath letter. My oath date is going to be next week 05/13.
Anybody have idea about applying for passport and/or passport ID at the oath ceremony. I want to know the cost, what documents are required and the process.
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You cannot apply for the passport, book/card at the Oath ceremony. Once you get your certificate of naturalization. Use it to apply for your passport at passport agencies or US post offices ...

The total cost of the passport book and card is $165. The link below will show you all the fees:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/fees/fees_837.html

You have to submit your application along with supporting documents in PERSON :


. Submit Completed Form DS-11 In Person for Passport book and card
. Submit Evidence of U.S. Citizenship (certificate of naturalization)
. Present Identification ( drivers License)
. Submit a Photocopy of the Identification each and every Document(s) Presented
. Pay the Applicable Fee
. Provide One Passport Photo


The process takes about 2 to 3 weeks. you can expedite it for an extra $60, but you have to show proof that you will use passport within a time-frame ... such as flight itinerary ....
 
marklivinglarge said:
You cannot apply for the passport, book/card at the Oath ceremony. Once you get your certificate of naturalization. Use it to apply for your passport at passport agencies or US post offices ...

The total cost of the passport book and card is $165. The link below will show you all the fees:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/fees/fees_837.html

You have to submit your application along with supporting documents in PERSON :


. Submit Completed Form DS-11 In Person for Passport book and card
. Submit Evidence of U.S. Citizenship (certificate of naturalization)
. Present Identification ( drivers License)
. Submit a Photocopy of the Identification each and every Document(s) Presented
. Pay the Applicable Fee
. Provide One Passport Photo


The process takes about 2 to 3 weeks. you can expedite it for an extra $60, but you have to show proof that you will use passport within a time-frame ... such as flight itinerary ....
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Thanks so much marklivinglarge....I will apply at one of those places that process the passport....
 
The wait continues, just came back from an info pass appointment to check on my case and was told that my I am still on the queue for an interview. My case has not been transfered yet to the local office and apparently interviews dates are assigned by the computer, once you get on the queue. The IO told me that they are working on cases filed in January, so she said I could get an interview date very soon but she does not when exactly. No other choice, but to wait. My DO is Federal Plaza.
 
Officially an USC

Finished the oath ceremony at the Indianapolis US District Courthouse.
There were 65 people at the ceremony. We were called at 9:00am. The called us up in the line and took the Oath letter and GC and made us all sit. Each chair had a packed with US citizen stuff. The 2 members of the social security office came in and gave us forms to change the status on the SSN. They asked us to drop off the forms outside after the ceremony which we did. The county clerk came in and told us about voter registration and to fill the forms outside after the ceremony, which we did. Saved us 2 trips to the respective offices. That was great.

The judge came in at 10am sharp. He gave a speech and then there were many people who came and spoke. The senators office, the congressman's office, the bar association and the brothers of the American independence war. These are direct decedents of people who fought in the independence way.
The oldest new citizen was given an American flag. The youngest member led the pledge of allegiance. The judge asked the court associate to read the oath and then we all said I do and at that time we were technically US Citizens.

Finally they called one person at a time to receive the certification of naturalization from the judge. He was very nice and stood with each person as long as needed to take pictures. We were given letters and from the senators office and also American Flags.

--> Thanks to all the regular contributors to this forum who have made things better to understand and easy for the rest of us. Now lets focus on the National Debt which is now my concern as well. Thanks All…
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N400 - Local Office INDIANAPOLIS, IN
01/26/2011 - N400 Mailed-Phoenix, AZ
01/28/2011 - Received Date
01/28/2011 - Priority Date
02/22/2011 - FP completed
03/08/2011 - Received Interview Letter
04/04/2011 - Interview Date
04/26/2011 - Received Oath Letter
05/11/2011 - Oath Date
 
tgupte1 said:
Officially an USC

Finished the oath ceremony at the Indianapolis US District Courthouse.
There were 65 people at the ceremony. We were called at 9:00am. The called us up in the line and took the Oath letter and GC and made us all sit. Each chair had a packed with US citizen stuff. The 2 members of the social security office came in and gave us forms to change the status on the SSN. They asked us to drop off the forms outside after the ceremony which we did. The county clerk came in and told us about voter registration and to fill the forms outside after the ceremony, which we did. Saved us 2 trips to the respective offices. That was great.

The judge came in at 10am sharp. He gave a speech and then there were many people who came and spoke. The senators office, the congressman's office, the bar association and the brothers of the American independence war. These are direct decedents of people who fought in the independence way.
The oldest new citizen was given an American flag. The youngest member led the pledge of allegiance. The judge asked the court associate to read the oath and then we all said I do and at that time we were technically US Citizens.

Finally they called one person at a time to receive the certification of naturalization from the judge. He was very nice and stood with each person as long as needed to take pictures. We were given letters and from the senators office and also American Flags.

--> Thanks to all the regular contributors to this forum who have made things better to understand and easy for the rest of us. Now lets focus on the National Debt which is now my concern as well. Thanks All…
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N400 - Local Office INDIANAPOLIS, IN
01/26/2011 - N400 Mailed-Phoenix, AZ
01/28/2011 - Received Date
01/28/2011 - Priority Date
02/22/2011 - FP completed
03/08/2011 - Received Interview Letter
04/04/2011 - Interview Date
04/26/2011 - Received Oath Letter
05/11/2011 - Oath Date
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Congratulations!
 
tgupte1 said:
Officially an USC

Finished the oath ceremony at the Indianapolis US District Courthouse.
There were 65 people at the ceremony. We were called at 9:00am. The called us up in the line and took the Oath letter and GC and made us all sit. Each chair had a packed with US citizen stuff. The 2 members of the social security office came in and gave us forms to change the status on the SSN. They asked us to drop off the forms outside after the ceremony which we did. The county clerk came in and told us about voter registration and to fill the forms outside after the ceremony, which we did. Saved us 2 trips to the respective offices. That was great.

The judge came in at 10am sharp. He gave a speech and then there were many people who came and spoke. The senators office, the congressman's office, the bar association and the brothers of the American independence war. These are direct decedents of people who fought in the independence way.
The oldest new citizen was given an American flag. The youngest member led the pledge of allegiance. The judge asked the court associate to read the oath and then we all said I do and at that time we were technically US Citizens.

Finally they called one person at a time to receive the certification of naturalization from the judge. He was very nice and stood with each person as long as needed to take pictures. We were given letters and from the senators office and also American Flags.

--> Thanks to all the regular contributors to this forum who have made things better to understand and easy for the rest of us. Now lets focus on the National Debt which is now my concern as well. Thanks All…
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N400 - Local Office INDIANAPOLIS, IN
01/26/2011 - N400 Mailed-Phoenix, AZ
01/28/2011 - Received Date
01/28/2011 - Priority Date
02/22/2011 - FP completed
03/08/2011 - Received Interview Letter
04/04/2011 - Interview Date
04/26/2011 - Received Oath Letter
05/11/2011 - Oath Date
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what a great Oath, Congratulation- tgupte1...!!!
 
Finally I got my interview letter yesterday...What a long waiting....Congrat to all of you who already accomplished this long journey..
 
tgupte1 said:
Officially an USC

Finished the oath ceremony at the Indianapolis US District Courthouse.
There were 65 people at the ceremony. We were called at 9:00am. The called us up in the line and took the Oath letter and GC and made us all sit. Each chair had a packed with US citizen stuff. The 2 members of the social security office came in and gave us forms to change the status on the SSN. They asked us to drop off the forms outside after the ceremony which we did. The county clerk came in and told us about voter registration and to fill the forms outside after the ceremony, which we did. Saved us 2 trips to the respective offices. That was great.

The judge came in at 10am sharp. He gave a speech and then there were many people who came and spoke. The senators office, the congressman's office, the bar association and the brothers of the American independence war. These are direct decedents of people who fought in the independence way.
The oldest new citizen was given an American flag. The youngest member led the pledge of allegiance. The judge asked the court associate to read the oath and then we all said I do and at that time we were technically US Citizens.

Finally they called one person at a time to receive the certification of naturalization from the judge. He was very nice and stood with each person as long as needed to take pictures. We were given letters and from the senators office and also American Flags.

--> Thanks to all the regular contributors to this forum who have made things better to understand and easy for the rest of us. Now lets focus on the National Debt which is now my concern as well. Thanks All…
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N400 - Local Office INDIANAPOLIS, IN
01/26/2011 - N400 Mailed-Phoenix, AZ
01/28/2011 - Received Date
01/28/2011 - Priority Date
02/22/2011 - FP completed
03/08/2011 - Received Interview Letter
04/04/2011 - Interview Date
04/26/2011 - Received Oath Letter
05/11/2011 - Oath Date
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Congratulations! I really enjoyed reading your post!!!

marklivinglarge, good luck on your interview! (If I remember correctly, yours is coming up few days before my husband's, so it's really soon).

Drlove, good luck to your father as well :)

And of course, good luck to the rest of people waiting for their letters and interviews :)
 
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2much2handle said:
Congratulations! I really enjoyed reading your post!!!

marklivinglarge, good luck on your interview! (If I remember correctly, yours is coming up few days before my husband's, so it's really soon).

Drlove, good luck to your father as well :)

And of course, good luck to the rest of people waiting for their letters and interviews :)
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YEP ... My interview is This Monday the 16th of May at 9:55 AM ... I will post how things go ...

Thank you all, and Good Luck to your husband and everyone else on here with USCIS Journey ..
 
For these of you have had oath ceremony and have passed interview, congratulations!
For these who are still waiting, good luck to you all.

I have passed my interview last Wednesday, May 4th. It took less than 20 minutes, including the officer went down stairs to pick me up before the interview and escort me out after that. He was super friendly. He kept telling me I was doing great. He even wrote down "100%, great job!" on the form he gave to me after the interview.

I received my oath letter this Tuesday, which was mailed the next day after the interview. The oath is next Wednesday, 2 weeks after the interview.


Local office: San Antonio,TX

01/28/2011 N-400 sent to Lewisville, TX
2/11/2011 FP letter received(scheduled on 2/18/2011)
2/14/2011 walk-in FP done
3/17/2011 online status changes
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5/4/2011 interview
518/2011 oath ceremony
 
Glory be to God Almighty after eleven and a half years in this God’s Own Country, I finally became a US Citizen @ around 9:30 am this morning. I give thanks to God, to the great people with the great foresight to create this forum and also to all the members of this forum that share their experiences and give valuable advice.
May God bless all of us and wish everyone best of luck in all our endeavors.
 
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