I actually talked to two officers today, one was the lady in charge of military applications (who was going on leave today until March if I understood correctly) and the second lady was the Congressional Liaison person who answers to the congressional staff like senators, congresspeople.
My main reason was to find out, since I requested a name change, when would the court ceremony take place in my district. She looked and said "July 31" I said "we can't do that because I will be deployed already most likely by then" She proceeded to hang up in an attitude I perceived as "well, though shit for you!" I kept asking questions. After getting my alien number, to one of them she said well we got your FBI name check back and results were positive, which I again perceived as good, saying "oh that is good then" you know, being positive, but it was the other way around I guess like an HIV test, she said "no that is NOT good" She mentioned about the rap sheet and giving the file to the congressional liaison. Most of what I talked with her is kind of blank to me right now as I was kind of nervous anyway. Every word I said, she proceeded to hang up by saying "alright? ok?" My conversation with the liaison lady was more comforting, she painstakingly explained the procedure, being military automatically brings you in front of everyone, and that is what they did with my application. FBI name checks and rap sheet are not the same thing, the name check results indicated my 2001 arrest for the overstay visa. They had fingerprints in file, I do not need to give new fingerprints however the rap sheet had expired therefore they requested a new one, my question was of course how long, fearing another 3 years, she said about 1-2 weeks. She said at the someone will call me from Atlanta to go in whenever possible which I assumed for the oath ceremony. I don't have anything that they don't already know in that rap sheet, as a matter of fact I have one of them that has been done for my military enlistment, it clearly indicates the date, agency and location of the arrest.
Still, I am nervous as hell, because those words of the lady who is in charge of military applications "No, that is not good" rings through my mind, I wonder if she meant "we are going to deny this case" And on the other hand, liaison lady's comment about someone would be calling me and setting up a date comforts me, but negative takes over the positive.
So yet again I am in limbo, at least very close to a decision. A military friend of mine of whose N400 I prepared for the most part back in October, got an interview notice for me March 6 and most likely same day oath and naturalization.
