Chicago IL - N-400 Timeline

Hang on there eo23

eo23,

One of my friend applied around 08/01, FP around 08/20. He too was struck after FP. This week he received IL for dec 06.

His wife and neighbour applied on the same day, all 3 had the FP on the same day, 2 of them are done with interview and are waiting for OL. Some how he was struck.

I guess your letter should also be on its way.

Hang on there.
 
e023

Senator Durbin was more helpful during my GC process. His staff is more experienced in these matters. Immigration liasion even had my file pulled during GC and had INS mail me back my original I-140 approval notice so I could apply for Consular processing. That's how helpful they can be.

The only thing you gotta do is take the receipt notice and tell me clearly that your friends are already done with their interview and you're still waiting.

Good luck!
 
globeseer said:
Senator Durbin was more helpful during my GC process. His staff is more experienced in these matters. Immigration liasion even had my file pulled during GC and had INS mail me back my original I-140 approval notice so I could apply for Consular processing. That's how helpful they can be.

The only thing you gotta do is take the receipt notice and tell me clearly that your friends are already done with their interview and you're still waiting.

Good luck!
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Hi Globeseer,

Thanks again for all your help! I will do that at the end of this month, I will also try calling the senator's office and possibly ask them over the phone if not then walking in shouldn't be a problem.

I will keep you posted for sure.

Thanks oats for your assurances, I am keeping my fingers crossed.
 
Another INFOPASS and Senator office visit

Chicago
Priority Date 2/10/2006
Interview Date 6/8 and passed , only thing to wait is name/background check
Background clearance date: 9/14/2006
since then still wait for oath letter

Today I was told my file was moved to "to-be-processed" category from "waiting for background check" category on 10/20/2006.. I dont understand why it took USCIS 5 weeks to move my file.. cannot believe it

Then I was told today by DO officer I have to wait another 3 months after 10/20. Damn... Just ONE SIMPLE final approval and sending out oath letter take more than 4 month in District Office.
I can not believe it.

Then on the way back to my work, I stopped by Senator's Office and I asked them to help. We will see how fast it will turn out.

GOD BLESS US
 
Fraud Alert!

Does fraud alert with credit union(equifax or transunion) delay your name check with FBI? :confused:

Has anyone faced this situation?

Thanks.
 
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Just got done with interview this morning. It was 101 Congress Parkway

Interview was at 7:45am, my name got called around 7:55am. Interviewer was professional looking lady. Before I got seated, I was put under oath. Than asked civics questions ... let's see if I remember them ....
1) Who was Martin Luther King?
2) Who was president during civil war?
3) Which year was the constitution written/passed?
4) Which amendments to the constitution deal with voting rights?
5) Who becomes president if the president and vice president die?
6) How many supreme court justices are there?

Than she asked me to write on a piece of paper ... Congress makes laws of the United States. Than we went over the application as explained below ...

She asked me about my name, if I wanted to change my name, DOB, citizenship, where I lived, where I worked, why did I have so many trips abroad, copy of marriage certificate, copy of birth certificate of my child, if I file my taxes in time, if I owed anything to IRS. She than verified the yes/no questions, asked me to sign a few papers, write my name on the photos, and than gave a paper saying congratulations you have passed the test and are being recommended for approval. Expect to see from us in 2 to 6 weeks.

Overall it was a pleasant experience especially since I was worried sick. Now off to waiting for the oath letter. :)
 
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scarlethawk said:
Just got done with interview this morning. It was 101 Congress Parkway

Interview was at 7:45am, my name got called around 7:55am. Interviewer was professional looking lady. Before I got seated, I was put under oath. Than asked civics questions ... let's see if I remember them ....
1) Who was Martin Luther King?
2) Who was president during civil war?
3) Which year was the constitution written/passed?
4) Which amendments to the constitution deal with voting rights?
and two more questions that I don't remember.

Than she asked me to write on a piece of paper ... Congress makes laws of the United States. Than we went over the application as explained below ...

She asked me about my name, if I wanted to change my name, DOB, citizenship, where I lived, where I worked, why did I have so many trips abroad, copy of marriage certificate, copy of birth certificate of my child, if I file my taxes in time, if I owed anything to IRS. She than verified the yes/no questions, asked me to sign a few papers, write my name on the photos, and than gave a paper saying congratulations you have passed the test and are being recommended for approval. Expect to see from us in 2 to 6 weeks.

Overall it was a pleasant experience especially since I was worried sick. Now off to waiting for the IV letter. :)
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Congrats! This is great news!

I am still waiting for my interview letter :confused: but I am being as patient as possible. I am going for an infopass next week to find out whats going on.

So I suppose your name check was cleared in that case? I think they are definitely enforcing the new rules - no interview letter before name check has cleared.

I am crossing my fingers that everything is fine, either way I should really 'worry' around the end of January which would be 4 months after my FP was taken.

I have a lot of trips outside, what did she ask you regarding those exactly?

Congrats again!
 
eo23 said:
Congrats! This is great news!

I am still waiting for my interview letter :confused: but I am being as patient as possible. I am going for an infopass next week to find out whats going on.

....

I have a lot of trips outside, what did she ask you regarding those exactly?

Congrats again!
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Thanks!

I hope your letter comes in soon (good luck!). Thanks for providing energy to this thread.

I have lots of small trips (never out more than six months though), but overall a big chunk that I have spent abroad for business and/or personal reasons. I just explained those to the interviewer, and she seemed satisfied.
 
scarlethawk said:
Thanks!

I hope your letter comes in soon (good luck!). Thanks for providing energy to this thread.

I have lots of small trips (never out more than six months though), but overall a big chunk that I have spent abroad for business and/or personal reasons. I just explained those to the interviewer, and she seemed satisfied.
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Great! Yeah I have a ton of trips outside but again nothing more than 6 months - business and leisure so shouldn't be a problem.

Yeah I am keep my fingers crossed, thank you for your positive wishes and let me know once you receive the oath letter!
 
scarlethawk said:
Just got done with interview this morning. It was 101 Congress Parkway

Interview was at 7:45am, my name got called around 7:55am. Interviewer was professional looking lady. Before I got seated, I was put under oath. Than asked civics questions ... let's see if I remember them ....
1) Who was Martin Luther King?
2) Who was president during civil war?
3) Which year was the constitution written/passed?
4) Which amendments to the constitution deal with voting rights?
and two more questions that I don't remember.

Than she asked me to write on a piece of paper ... Congress makes laws of the United States. Than we went over the application as explained below ...

She asked me about my name, if I wanted to change my name, DOB, citizenship, where I lived, where I worked, why did I have so many trips abroad, copy of marriage certificate, copy of birth certificate of my child, if I file my taxes in time, if I owed anything to IRS. She than verified the yes/no questions, asked me to sign a few papers, write my name on the photos, and than gave a paper saying congratulations you have passed the test and are being recommended for approval. Expect to see from us in 2 to 6 weeks.

Overall it was a pleasant experience especially since I was worried sick. Now off to waiting for the IV letter. :)
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Congratulations on a successful interview!

Did you list any traffic tickets in N-400? Was the traffic tickets issue ever brought up during the interview?
 
baikal3 said:
Congratulations on a successful interview!

Did you list any traffic tickets in N-400? Was the traffic tickets issue ever brought up during the interview?
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Yes I had one. I listed it. The interviewer just read it out loud and moved on to next questions (without asking me anything about it).
 
First (but long) post!!!

Hi,
Long time reader, first time poster. I took my citizenship oath today at 9:00 am. Thus completing my N-400 process. This is my time line.

19 Jul 2006: N-400 mailed to NSC (Certified Mail/"Return Receipt" requested)
21 Jul 2006: N-400 received by NSC (Confirmed via http://usps.gov)
27 Jul 2006: USPS "Return Receipt" received
27 Jul 2006: Cheque cashed by NSC
02 Aug 2006: NOA received from NSC
02 Aug 2006: Fingerprinting notice received
10 Aug 2006: Fingerprinted
29 Aug 2006: Receipt number disappears from Case Status
31 Aug 2006: Interview notice received
12 Oct 2006: Interviewed
09 Nov 2006: Oath notice received
21 Nov 2006: Oath taken

Here are my detailed experiences for all three stages of the process.

Fingerprinting

The ASC (in Naperville) was less than a mile away from my house. My appointment was for 9:00 am. I got there at 8:40 am. Was given an AIW (Applicant Information Worksheet) to fill in. I filled it in and handed it back. By 8:45 am I had my number and the wait began. I got called at 9:05 am. It took ten minutes for their staff to take my prints and the supervisor to approve them. By 9:15 am I was out of there.

Interview

Arrived there at 12:30 pm for a 1:00 pm interview. Checked in and waited. Was called promptly at 1:00 pm. Officer Bischel was a gentleman in his 50s. He lead me to his office and asked me to raise my right hand to affirm I will only speak the truth. Once that was done, I sat down and he asked for the following 4 items:-

(1) Interview letter
(2) Green card
(3) Passport
(4) Drivers license

My entire A-file was there in front of him. I was able to recognise a document that I had attached as part of the I-129F petition in 2002. He attached the interview letter to my A-file and put the other three items in front of him without looking them over. He then handed me a civics test sheet. I was asked the following 6 questions:-

(1) What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War?
(2) What is the Constitution?
(3) What makes up Congress?
(4) How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?
(5) Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
(6) Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

I got them all correct. Then he made me write "America is the land of the free" on the test sheet. Once I wrote that, he congratulated me on passing the test. Next he went through my application itself. Used a red pen to tick mark each of my answers after double checking with me verbally. Only correction he made was the (in)famous Part.D/Q-16. Since I had one traffic citation from 2001, I had answered "Yes" to that question. He asked me if there were any non-traffic related citations or arrests. When I said "No", he crossed out my "Yes" to that question and checked "No". He initialed it and wrote "traffic stop only" against it. At the end he made me sign my N-400 and print my name on the two photographs. Handed me an N-652 where he had ticked "Congratulations, you have been recommended for approval....". He informed me that I should expect an oath invitation in the next 3-5 weeks. He then shook my hand and escorted me out. I checked the time and it was 1:15 pm sharp.

Oath

Arrived there at 8:00 am for a 9:00 am ceremony. There were already 50 people ahead of me. Within 20 minutes, another 70 odd joined the line after me. It took nearly 50 minutes for them to process each applicant and seat us according to their intended scheme. Judge Virginia Kendall arrived at 9:00 am sharp. The "Oath of Allegiance" and the judge's speech took just 15 minutes. Another 15 minutes for the distribution of the naturalisation certificates.


Over all it took exactly 4 months from my PD (7/21) to my oath (11/21). What is more amazing is that my entry into the US from Canada on my K1 was on 11/21/02 and I naturalised on 11/21/06. So my K1-->AOS-->CPR-->LPR-->USC journey completed its course in exactly 4 years to the day. Not bad, not bad at all.

I wish the best of luck to all other applicants.

Regards,
S K Ghori
skg@vex.net
http://www.vex.net/~skg/

**NOTE**
I underwent the immigration process in both Canada and the US. I hold Pakistani, Canadian and US citizenship.

**DISCLAIMER**
I am neither a lawyer nor an immigration consultant. My comments should NEVER be considered as legal or professional advice as they are not meant to be such.
 
Triple Citizen said:
Hi,
Long time reader, first time poster. I took my citizenship oath today at 9:00 am. Thus completing my N-400 process. This is my time line.
...

**NOTE**
I underwent the immigration process in both Canada and the US. I hold Pakistani, Canadian and US citizenship.

**DISCLAIMER**
I am neither a lawyer nor an immigration consultant. My comments should NEVER be considered as legal or professional advice as they are not meant to be such.
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Thank you for the detailed and informative post.
 
Thanks Chi-Guy

Hi Chi-guy

Sorry I missed seeing you on Nov 2nd. As you could see from my postings, I was tense about not receiving the oath notification not to mention the conflicting answers I got from USCIS help desk line when I called one day before the oath ceremony. So I decided to arrive very early at the court (contingency planning). Around 8.20am, I checked in to find if I was all set for 12 noon but the officers on-site asked me to go ahead with the 9am ceremony. So I was all done by 10.30 am and back home by 12 noon.

Many thanks for your guidance and congrats on the big milestone. Hope our paths will cross some other time.

All others, I will post my experience/timeline details shortly. Many thanks to all who provided guidance and good luck to those who are still waiting. Like Chi-guy said, persistence is the key to success in this battle.

Cheers,
RV


chi-guy said:
hey all ... rakish ... congrats bro ... you're all good now ... looking forward to joining you in a few hours now ... R V i'll hopefully find you in the crowd ... i'll be wearing a light blue button shirt with a blue/dark blue/white tie and dark gray pants .... regardless if i meet you or not, good luck to you, and everyone else here. as rakish has done, i too will post my experience from tomorrow.. to all who're waiting, don't despair until you've exhausted all your options, e.g. calling USCIS, contacting the Senator, contacting the FBI, etc. If attaining US citizenship was a simple process, no one would not be one from the people i've been in communication with on this forum ... anyways, i'm babbling, i'm drunk :) ... good luck all.
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Done with the interview

Today I had my interview at 9:45.

Reached 101 Congress pkwy office at 9:30, called in at 9:35. Officer was very polite.

IL, GC, Passport (expired and current) and DL were the only doc that were asked.

Passed the first 6 questions in civics.

Went thru the N400.

Signed the application.

Oath letter could be early but not more than 90 days.

Entire process took less than 15 mins.
 
oats said:
Today I had my interview at 9:45.

Reached 101 Congress pkwy office at 9:30, called in at 9:35. Officer was very polite.

IL, GC, Passport (expired and current) and DL were the only doc that were asked.

Passed the first 6 questions in civics.

Went thru the N400.

Signed the application.

Oath letter could be early but not more than 90 days.

Entire process took less than 15 mins.
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Congrats oats! I hope you get your oath letter soon, keep us posted. I have an infopass next week just for my peace of mind, I hope everything will turn out well.
 
chicagolady said:
Hey DMAX,

Did you receive anything after fingerprint appt?
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Nothing so far. Unless I get stuck in "Name Check" hell, I am hoping to receive interview letter in a week or two.
 
Just doing some back of the envelope calculation looking at the recent history and postings on this thread, it looks like people generally get interviews done anywhere from 2.5 - 3 months after application submission. The oath letters appear to be varying anywhere from one week to six weeks after a successful interview.
 
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