2013 August N-400 Tracker

Passed my interview today:eek:!!! now the wait for oath letter starts!

PR since 08/2005
08/20/13: N-400 mailed to Dallas lockbox
8/22/13: N-400 delivered
8/27/13: check cashed
8/27/13: email received
9/1/13: NOA Received
9/3/13: FP notice recvd
9/20/13: FP done
10/15/13: File trnfd from NBC to Dallas office
10/20/13: YL Received
11/08/13: rcvd interview notification email
11/12/13 : Interview letter received
12/16/13 : Interview Done-Recommended for approval!
xx/xx/13 : Oath scheduling
xx/xx/13 : Oath Letter received
xx/xx/13 : Oath Ceremony
 
***update***

Son
08/02/13: N-400 couriered to Phoenix, AZ
08/03/13: N-400 delivered
08/07/13: Check cashed
08/05/13: NOA received (Priority date 08/05/13)
08/13/13: Online update that says on 8/13/13 they mailed the FP notice
08/17/13: FP notice rec'd (8/29/13 Scheduled Date)
08/29/13: FP as per scheduled date - 1 hour 15 min wait (Santa Ana)
09/03/13: In Line
10/25/13: Interview scheduled online update
10/31/13: IL received (Dec 3)
11/01/13: YL received
12/03/13: Interview completed (Passed)
12/17/13: Online update that says on 12/17/13 scheduled for oath ceremony

Daughter
08/05/13: N-400 couriered to Phoenix, AZ
08/06/13: N-400 delivered
08/08/13: Check cashed
08/09/13: NOA received (Priority date 08/07/13)
08/15/13: Online update that says on 8/14/13 they mailed the FP notice
08/19/13: FP notice rec'd (8/28/13 Scheduled Date)
08/28/13: FP as per scheduled date - 2 hour wait (Santa Ana)
08/30/13: In Line
10/25/13: Interview scheduled online update
10/31/13: IL received (Dec 3)
10/31/13: YL received
12/03/13: Interview completed (Passed)
12/17/13: Online update that says on 12/17/13 scheduled for oath ceremony
 
Had my interview and Oath yesterday. Thank you all, my 13 year journey finally came to an end, going to post office to apply for passport
 
Congrat...... Lagosguy, you left me behind....am still waiting. can you give some details.....?

thanks
 
USC2013 said:
Congrat...... Lagosguy, you left me behind....am still waiting. can you give some details.....?

thanks
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Yeah it was surprising to me, never thought yesterday was the day that i get to be a US citizen. my interview was at 12 but i got there 11
a good thing too, because there was a line outside the building. I got in and i did fingerprint and picture.
I sat down in the hall and a chinese guy came out, he failed the test, this got me into reviewing the booklet again, suddenly a man came out and
called my name, all in all the interview took 10mins, i got the first 6 correct, after he finished with the questions and other test. he asked if i wanted to take the oath today and i said yes, he led me to another hall and informed
me that i can either wait for the oath or go out for lunch and come back in 2.5 hours for the oath.
Guess what i did, I waited (The longest wait ever), I did not want to go outside the building ( who knows what will happen if i went out ), at about 3 a security guard came in and asked us to form a line , we went upstairs and we took the oath
. I was so happy but so tired and hungry that i could only smile. It feels goods to be a citizen
 
Finally... US Citizen! Good luck to everyone!

08/14/13: N-400 mailed, Phoenix AZ
08/27/13: N-400 delivered
08/30/13: check cashed
09/03/13: NOA Received
09/12/13: FP notice recvd for 9/19/2013
09/19/13: FP done
09/24/13: In line for interview scheduling
10/15/13: Interview Scheduled Email
10/21/13: Interview Letter Received
11/01/13: Yellow Letter Received
11/20/13: Interview Scheduled
11/20/13: Interview Done- 'Passed'
12/09/13: Oath Letter received
12/19/13: Oath Ceremony "US Citizen"
xx/xx/13: Applied for Passport
xx/xx/13: Received Passport
 
Quick question guys. You have recently passed the interview and would like to know whether the questions asked were from the Booklet and CD or were there any questions not mentioned in those.

Please help as I have an interview soon.
 
hello ....got online notification testing and interview....cant wait to open that mail box.....

12/22/13 : Online update; testing and interview mode
 
***update - just back from 2 week vacation and letters in the mail***

Son
08/02/13: N-400 couriered to Phoenix, AZ
08/03/13: N-400 delivered
08/07/13: Check cashed
08/05/13: NOA received (Priority date 08/05/13)
08/13/13: Online update that says on 8/13/13 they mailed the FP notice
08/17/13: FP notice rec'd (8/29/13 Scheduled Date)
08/29/13: FP as per scheduled date - 1 hour 15 min wait (Santa Ana)
09/03/13: In Line
10/25/13: Interview scheduled online update
10/31/13: IL received (Dec 3)
11/01/13: YL received
12/03/13: Interview completed (Passed)
12/17/13: Online update that says on 12/17/13 scheduled for oath ceremony
01/05/14: Oath letter received, Oath Ceremony January 14th LA Convention Center

Daughter
08/05/13: N-400 couriered to Phoenix, AZ
08/06/13: N-400 delivered
08/08/13: Check cashed
08/09/13: NOA received (Priority date 08/07/13)
08/15/13: Online update that says on 8/14/13 they mailed the FP notice
08/19/13: FP notice rec'd (8/28/13 Scheduled Date)
08/28/13: FP as per scheduled date - 2 hour wait (Santa Ana)
08/30/13: In Line
10/25/13: Interview scheduled online update
10/31/13: IL received (Dec 3)
10/31/13: YL received
12/03/13: Interview completed (Passed)
12/17/13: Online update that says on 12/17/13 scheduled for oath ceremony
01/05/14: Oath letter received, Oath Ceremony January 14th LA Convention Center
 
Today I had my interview. It went well and I was "recommended for approval". Afterwards I was given the appointment for the oath ceremony next Friday, January 17.

In case anyone cares for the details of how the interview went, here they go:
My appointment was at 11AM at the Miami Office. I arrived 15 minutes before the appointment time. I counted about 150 people in the waiting room, which was a combination of people waiting for InfoPass appointments, Citizenship interviews and others that came for interviews for LPR based on marriage to USC. I waited for about 45 minutes until they called my name. Officer Leonidas was very courteous despite having a rather intimidating name. As soon as he asked me to take a seat, he requested my appointment letter, Driver's License, Green Card and all my passports (I had 3, plus one travel document), he forgot to ask for the Selective Service registration proof then, but he asked for it later.

Then he asked me to read a simple sentence, I forgot what it was, but I remember it was on of the 100 questions from the study guide. Then he asked me to write "The White House is in Washington D.C.", which I did. Then he went over the history and government questions as follows: (my answer in parenthesis)
1. What's an amendment? (change or addition to the constitution)
2. Who vetoes bills? (the President)
3. What's the supreme law of the land? (the Constitution)
4. What's the capital of Florida? (Tallahassee)
5. Who did the US fight in WWII? (Germany, Italy & Japan)
6. What do we say we'll protect when we say the Pledge of Alliance? (The flag and the country)

Then he started to go over my passports and asked my if I had traveled abroad in the last 5 years, which was the toughest part of the interview for me. He asked what countries I visited, I told him the 3 countries I had visited. Then he said: "You are aware that your Residence was granted based on Asylum?". Yes. "That means that you were afraid of living in your COP". Yes. "So why did you go there?" I explained to him that I had gone back to my COP after 10 years to attend a wedding for a weekend, that things had changed there, and that the people who were persecuting us were all dead. He was satisfied with my answer after a little back and forth regarding some details of dates and so on. He took a lot of notes after our exchange and then we moved on to go over the rest of my application. My address and place of employment for the last 5 years. My marriage history and children. Then asked me to sign a document to compare my signature from the application. He then proceeded to the list of questions that you would generally a answer "no" to (e.g. have you been convicted? have you trafficked drugs? etc). He blew through those. Then he said "Would you like to change your name?" and then I knew the interview was over. He congratulated me and asked me to return to the waiting room for my oath ceremony appointment. The interview took about 15 minutes.

I waited outside again for about 1 hour an 30 minutes until they called my name and gave me the appointment for next Friday.

[sigh of relief]

One more week and is off to get the passport!
 
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***update ***

Son
08/02/13: N-400 couriered to Phoenix, AZ
08/03/13: N-400 delivered
08/07/13: Check cashed
08/05/13: NOA received (Priority date 08/05/13)
08/13/13: Online update that says on 8/13/13 they mailed the FP notice
08/17/13: FP notice rec'd (8/29/13 Scheduled Date)
08/29/13: FP as per scheduled date - 1 hour 15 min wait (Santa Ana)
09/03/13: In Line
10/25/13: Interview scheduled online update
10/31/13: IL received (Dec 3)
11/01/13: YL received
12/03/13: Interview completed (Passed)
12/17/13: Online update that says on 12/17/13 scheduled for oath ceremony
01/05/14: Oath letter received, Oath Ceremony January 14th LA Convention Center
01/14/14: Oath Ceremony - Citizen

Daughter
08/05/13: N-400 couriered to Phoenix, AZ
08/06/13: N-400 delivered
08/08/13: Check cashed
08/09/13: NOA received (Priority date 08/07/13)
08/15/13: Online update that says on 8/14/13 they mailed the FP notice
08/19/13: FP notice rec'd (8/28/13 Scheduled Date)
08/28/13: FP as per scheduled date - 2 hour wait (Santa Ana)
08/30/13: In Line
10/25/13: Interview scheduled online update
10/31/13: IL received (Dec 3)
10/31/13: YL received
12/03/13: Interview completed (Passed)
12/17/13: Online update that says on 12/17/13 scheduled for oath ceremony
01/05/14: Oath letter received, Oath Ceremony January 14th LA Convention Center
01/14/14: Oath Ceremony - Citizen
 
Applying in a week!

Been reading all the threads a lot and it has really been big help.
Gettingcloser, So happy ur son and daughter finally got it all done.
I live in greater LA area too, so I`m pretty happy to see it is going at a pretty good speed : )
 
i was recommended for approval today. interview was pretty smooth.....
the officer didn't even touch my passport and travel document.
civics and review of my application......
15 mn ....man
thanks you everyone.
i got the letter for oath 2mn later.
already home.....
 
USC2013 said:
i was recommended for approval today. interview was pretty smooth.....
the officer didn't even touch my passport and travel document.
civics and review of my application......
15 mn ....man
thanks you everyone.
i got the letter for oath 2mn later.
already home.....
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When is your oath?
 
Congrats USC2013!

I had my oath ceremony on January 17th. It may be worth mentioning that I was asked to turn in my travel document at the oeth ceremony, so if you have a travel document, bring it with you.
 
US citizen! applied for passport on mon feb 3rd.

PR since 08/2005
08/20/13: N-400 mailed to Dallas lockbox
8/22/13: N-400 delivered
8/27/13: check cashed
8/27/13: email received
9/1/13: NOA Received
9/3/13: FP notice recvd
9/20/13: FP done
10/15/13: File trnfd from NBC to Dallas office
10/20/13: YL Received
11/08/13: rcvd interview notification email
11/12/13 : Interview letter received
12/16/13 : Interview Done-Recommended for approval!
1/15/14 : Oath Letter received
1/27/14 : Oath Ceremony
 
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