citizenship interview canceled

Nimche said:
OK

I just went to post office and guess what?
Vorpal, I let you guess...

I got the letter as she said,

So, they delayed my interview for 25 days.

Now,

I will go to DO and as some people have suggested here, I will ask them to give me an early time. See if that would work?

Thank you guys.
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pheww...good luck bro..
 
E-mailing is a good idea, but.....

Bobsmyth said:
Try emailing the Atlanta District director Rosemary Melville at Rosemary.L.Melville@dhs.gov or Rosemary.Melville@dhs.gov and give her a piece of your mind.
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Great, I will e-mail her, but listen......wassup with that plan or idea of going for the interview on May 13th and pretending that I never received that cancellation notice few weeks back. If I e-mail Rosemary, don't you think going for the interview on the 13th would be pointless since they will now know that I was already aware of the cancellation and despite of knowing I still showed up for the interview. Let me know what your thoughts are on this and I'll do things and plan it out accordingly.

Thanks again.
 
Nimche said:
OK

I just went to post office and guess what?
Vorpal, I let you guess...

I got the letter as she said,

So, they delayed my interview for 25 days.

Now,

I will go to DO and as some people have suggested here, I will ask them to give me an early time. See if that would work?

Thank you guys.
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Hey Nimche - even if they aren't able to give you an early time, its okay, at least you have the new date in your hands and there isn't that uncertainty. I know you are going through a rough time with the separation, but 25 days isn't so bad considering most have at least an 8 week delay when de-scheduled.

Any ways, I wish you luck bro. Just type up the I-130 upgrade letter and prepare all your paper work to sponsor your wife so that you can mail them out the same day as your oath. This way you don't waste another minute.
 
LolaLi said:
Hey Nimche - even if they aren't able to give you an early time, its okay, at least you have the new date in your hands and there isn't that uncertainty. I know you are going through a rough time with the separation, but 25 days isn't so bad considering most have at least an 8 week delay when de-scheduled.

Any ways, I wish you luck bro. Just type up the I-130 upgrade letter and prepare all your paper work to sponsor your wife so that you can mail them out the same day as your oath. This way you don't waste another minute.
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Lolali, Good to hear from you.
Last time when I had the Infopass, nice IO gave a form which you fax in to your service center (this form is for CSC) and they will upgrade you case + copy of your naturalization certificate.

I have already join the Visa Journey and read whole bunch of stuff there and figured some stuff out and forms and so on. I hope it will be fine.

Thank you for your good wishes.
 
Atlanta_Brother said:
Great, I will e-mail her, but listen......wassup with that plan or idea of going for the interview on May 13th and pretending that I never received that cancellation notice few weeks back. If I e-mail Rosemary, don't you think going for the interview on the 13th would be pointless since they will now know that I was already aware of the cancellation and despite of knowing I still showed up for the interview. Let me know what your thoughts are on this and I'll do things and plan it out accordingly.

Thanks again.
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The only thing about showing up at the canceled interview is that the case file may not be at the DO. If the DO is not too far away, then go for it and show up for original interview..it's worth a try.
I doubt that sending an email to the director would somehow trigger them to flag the file to say that you knew of the interview cancellation. I'd be even more surprised if the director responds to your email.
 
From my own experience......just go for an originally scheduled interview without your cancellation notice, just bring your interview letter that you received initially and you might be able to go through with your interview.......it happened to me and now i am waiting for my oath to be scheduled :):)
 
What do u guys think ?

Bobsmyth said:
The only thing about showing up at the canceled interview is that the case file may not be at the DO. If the DO is not too far away, then go for it and show up for original interview..it's worth a try.
I doubt that sending an email to the director would somehow trigger them to flag the file to say that you knew of the interview cancellation. I'd be even more surprised if the director responds to your email.
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Bobsmyth, Olbkin and everyone out there,

Good suggestion. Though I am in Boston with my family but I will do whatever it takes to be there in Atlanta for the interview on May 13th. I like to get your suggestion and your opinion on this. I happen to know this immigration officer at Atlanta DO. He was the one who had interviewed me in Jan for my citizenship. He & I had been in touch almost all of last year since my interview was descheduled couple of times and I only came to know when I was there at the DO. No notices were sent to me. Long story short, I have his direct number. The only thing is he deals with N-400 applicants only. Should I bring this to his knowledge that our GC interview has been descheduled and can he do anything from his end to help us out. If he cannot help us & I still show up for the interview, I don't know how will that look.

Please let me know how should I proceed with this.

Thanks.
 
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olbkin said:
From my own experience......just go for an originally scheduled interview without your cancellation notice, just bring your interview letter that you received initially and you might be able to go through with your interview.......it happened to me and now i am waiting for my oath to be scheduled :):)
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You forgot to mention to bring a copy of your N-400 application in case your case file isn't at DO.
 
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Bobsmyth said:
You forgot to mention to bring a copy of your N-400 application in case you case file isn't at DO.
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yes you are absolutely right.....or they will make you fill out a new one but you have to be sure that information on application you filled at the beginning is the same on one that is filled out at the office
 
You know, even I have a new appointment for June 3rd. I will prepare my self for next week and I will show up there and see what will happen.

I might be lucky if there is an open hour for me to get interviewed.

I will give it a try.

OLBKIN,
COuld you explain your experience if you don't mind?

THanks
 
The only issue I see with going to the canceled interview instead of the rescheduled interview is if your DO offers same day oaths, they wouldn't be able to perform a same day oath if your case files are not at the DO. They would first have to consolidate the interview results with your file when it arrives and then schedule you for an interview. Whereas if they have same day oaths and your rescheduled interview is early enough in the morning, you don't have to worry about any additional delays after the interview.
 
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I know for the fact (based on the IO speech on the phone) DO has my files ready.
San Diego doesn't have the same day OATH which sucks bad but that is why I am pushing this so hard cuz' I know it will take them couple months to schdule my Oath

Tanx
 
Nimche,
If you already have a scheduled date on hand (June 3, right) then even if the USCIS take you for interview on earlier date, will it cause any confusion? I dont know your exact situation (havent read all the posts), but if you have the interview date of June 3, then why not play it safe and just get it done on June 3?

Is the 25 days earlier going to matter a lot to you (assuming they let you do it 25 days before)? As far as possible, it can be good to stick to the dates the USCIS has committed to you - so that way, they dont get overly confused and misplace things or miss things they need to do properly.
 
Atlanta_Brother said:
Long story short, I have his direct number. The only thing is he deals with N-400 applicants only. Should I bring this to his knowledge that our GC interview has been descheduled and can he do anything from his end to help us out. If he cannot help us & I still show up for the interview, I don't know how will that look.

Please let me know how should I proceed with this.

Thanks.
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Use all the internal contacts you have to see if he can help you out. I don't think it will look bad or they will somehow flag you down if you show up for the interview.
Also, if you go to the interview May 13, make sure to bring a copy of the case file with you in case the DO doesn't have it yet.
Btw, have you moved to Boston or are you just visiting?
 
No, I have not moved to Boston

Bobsmyth said:
Use all the internal contacts you have to see if he can help you out. I don't think it will look bad or they will somehow flag you down if you show up for the interview.
Also, if you go to the interview May 13, make sure to bring a copy of the case file with you in case the DO doesn't have it yet.
Btw, have you moved to Boston or are you just visiting?
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Bobsmyth,

Thanks for your reply. No I haven't moved to Boston. I still have my residence in Atlanta. I am just here on a temp assignment/project, that's all. I think my project will be done next Fri on May 9th. I plan on heading back to Atlanta immediately so I could make it to the interview on May 13th.

BTW, I spoke to the officer yesterday, I don't know, I can't remember if I told you guys this but I talked to him and he will check out what's happening and why my interview was cancelled. I will follow with him again tomorrow aftersoon & see what he has to say. Yes you are right, it doesn't hurt to bring him in the picture. If the DO was overbooked for interviews on May 13th, may be he can just ask me to show & try to squeeze me in. I dunno, may be I am thinking too much but we'll see.
 
Atlanta_Brother said:
Bobsmyth,

Thanks for your reply. No I haven't moved to Boston. I still have my residence in Atlanta. I am just here on a temp assignment/project, that's all. I think my project will be done next Fri on May 9th. I plan on heading back to Atlanta immediately so I could make it to the interview on May 13th.

BTW, I spoke to the officer yesterday, I don't know, I can't remember if I told you guys this but I talked to him and he will check out what's happening and why my interview was cancelled. I will follow with him again tomorrow aftersoon & see what he has to say. Yes you are right, it doesn't hurt to bring him in the picture. If the DO was overbooked for interviews on May 13th, may be he can just ask me to show & try to squeeze me in. I dunno, may be I am thinking too much but we'll see.
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Good luck and don't give up..it can be frustrating to deal with bureaucracy but once it's over it will be long forgotten.
 
Well, hello everybody on the board.
First of all I should announce that San Diego CourtHouse which all of the Citizenship Interview happen there had an accident of pipe bombing couple days ago which the building remains close for today.
I am going to my first schduled interview on this thursday and I need to be prepare as I have lots of documents.

What if you guys give me a heads up about all the papers I may need.?

So please you guys help for this, I wish we had some sticky over this issue.

Appreciate your help...
 
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Mr Nimche when you have gotten a new interview date why would you go to interview on the old cancelled date? Why would you pretend a lie that you never got a notice of cancellation and then a notice for the new interview date? Does not seem honest.
 
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