Atlanta Citizenship interview for 07/15

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rbhatt123

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Here is my time line

PD dec 17 2001
fingerprint mar 2002
interview at Atlanta today everyting well as planned
only few questions asked like

what are the colors of US flag
who is the vice president
when is independence day
etc


and one sentence to write in english etc

hope to hear from them within 2 weeks that is what the lady
told me regarding the Oath ceremony
 
Oath

rbhatt

Congrats man.

Do let us know when you get your oath ceremony letter and date.

d sm
 
When did you get the letter in mail for interview ?

hi bhatt:

after how long after the fp did you get letter in the mail telling you aout the interview ?
 
thanks for the info

hello bhatt, thanks for the info. for me the fp was on april 20th i hve not heard any thing since then from the atlanta office. i am not sure that should i go there or just call the texas servic center ?
 
rbhatt123,

congratulations for getting your citizenship first. Hopefully you will see this post. I'm in Atlanta and have very similiar situation as yours, I wonder if the INS questioned you a lot about your divorce and remarriage in your interview. If you know any good immigration attorneys here, could you recommand some of them to me?:)

Thanks,

Vivalice
 
My case is similar to yours I guess. Waiting for the oath since 02/28/2002 in new orleans Louisiana. Was divorced in 1997/dec by my wife who GOT her gc through me I got my gc through employment . When I passed my interview on 02/28/2002 I was told to get my divorce certificate and the new marriage certificate which I personally gave them on 03/12/2002. My finger prints got expired on june 1st week and they retook my fp on 06/22/2002. Since then I went to INS New orleans several times and I'am always told to wait for a few more months . They tell me it may take 2-5 years for the oath ceremony. I'am told that it is taking a lot of time for everybody for the oath ceremony in new orleans.
 
I had my interwiew on july 15 and still awaiting for the oath letter so far none

During my interwiew I was not questioned regarding my previous marriage as I had already submitted my divorce decree along with the application.

all that I was told to do was to sign on a piece of paper the date of my first marriage the divorce date and name of my previous spouse and reason of divorce.

I was told that I shall get my letter between 2 weeks to 90 days

so I am hoping that something might happen in the next 1 month
 
My time line is --New Orleans, Louisiana

01/29/2001 receipt date
03/09/2001 finger prints taken
02/28/2002 us citizenship exam/interview (passed but asked to bring my divorce certificate and the new marriage certificate which I did personally submitted on the INS on 03/10/2002)

Since then I have been to INS New Orleans almost once every month. in th elast week of june/2002 they realised that my finger prints expired(15 months) and they retook my finger prints. They said that the fps came back good from the FBI in the last week of july/2002. Whenever I go to INS I get different answers like wait for 2 more months, give it some more time, and even that it may take 2 -5 years for the whole process.

During my last visit to the INSon 09/16/2002 after mentioning that I have a new wife in India waiting to join me, I was made to wait for more than 2 hrs by the officer . She then pulled up my file and then answered my questions. She said that the officer had not yet looked into my file and it is longer for everybody for the oath ceremony.When asked if I can come back in a month and check on my status she told me to wait for 2 more months. Does it really take so long to schedule the oath?
 
rbhatt123


Please can you post your timeline in Atlanta Georgia

I believe it is taking almost 2 years for the whole process(till the oath )in Atlanta as per this site.

Thanks

Ram
 
Help!!

Hi guys,

Thank you for sharing your expirence.

rbhatt123,

I've thought the interview and oath ceremony are on the same day in Altanta.... I guess my situation is different as yours now, I got my permanent residence based on marriage, and then we divorced after three years' marriage, and I married again.... I don't know what I should do, giving up my permanent residence or continuing to apply the citizenship after all those happened to me. I don't know how to give up the permanent residence either.
Can anybody give me some advice? Your help is always higher appreciated.

Thanks,

Viv
 
No No No !!! Don't do that !

You do not need to give up your permanent resident at all. I know somebody in the same shoe as your. All you need do is to wait till your permanent resident is Five years old before you filed. I am not a solicitor but, I am talking from my friends experience. All the best.
Oluyi
 
Hi oluyi,

Thank you for your response. Did your friend get his/her citizenship yet? Did the interview run well?

Thanks,

Vivealice
 
Atl N-400 Update

Well, we have made it through the citizenship process in less than 2 yrs. As rpomised and sorry for teh delay, here is our timeline. My fiance is from Morocco with no notable problems in his file except for a divorce and a name change. No arrests or tickets, he's been a good boy whose been in the US for 12 yrs. Here we go on our timeline:

Priority Date 12/14/00
Fingerprint 01/26/01
Fingerprint #2 06/18/02
Notice of Interview rcvd 06/28/02
Interview Date 09/16/02 (set up for same day Oath)
Oath Date 09/30/02

Okay, our experience on the Interview date was he passed everything with flying colors and given a letter stating he passed and then he was sent on his way to wait for the next, same day Oath ceremony. Well, once they started calling in people for the oath, they didn't call him b ut rather called him back to the interviewier. The interviewer said something was wrong with his file, like a date misfiled and that they would straighten up this matter and send him a notice for the oath ceremony. Quite a bummer and he actually found an immigration Attny who helped him find out what was wrong. Be it soemthing with his ex-wife or the dates on his green card. The attny advised him to file a form for Freedom of Information Act so that he could see his entire file and in hopes of forcing the INS to keep the file active. He went back to the INS the next day to see what he could do to keep things going, and nothing. That was Tuesday. On friday of the same week, we received his Oath Ceremony letter, which signalled that all was worked out and we now had a date. They must have just run him back through the FBI again cause the file was cleared up by Thurs and we got the notice on friday. They worked fast to ajdicate him.

Day of Oath: Well, 8am we're there for the Oath Ceremony. The day was uneventful as he was administered the oath at 9:50am. This was the last day of their fiscal year, so they were cramming in so many people for the morning oath. There was about 115 people. Of that, there were maybe 3 muslim men, 1 older palestinian lady and 1 30 something Iranian mother. The rest were Vietnamese, China, and latin folks. Sorry to be so crude, but this is the same mix of people he saw on Sept 16 (Interview date). They are no processing quickly or with any frequency any males from muslim countries, simple fact I saw with my own eyes. Well, he got his certificate in hand and we left, hopefully never to set foot in the INS again. The day was hectic and you could see that the INS is trying to weed down it's outstanding cases from the timelines of the people I spoke to.

Well, that's all for me. I truly appreaciate all those who've shared their experience and who gave us hope that we too would see the light at the end of the tunnel. If you need a lawyer, please contact Marshall Cohen of Cohen & Associates in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Cohen was generous with his time and extremely helpful and knowledgable. Should you need an atty, call him. Thank you and bon Voyage.

Kim
 
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