Congratulations mfar!
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Thanks, Prusa. It came as a suprise, actually. The letter was sitting for 2 weeks at my old address!!! I would have never known if it was not for my old landlord who notified me!!!PRUSA said:
No, i did not receive anything from FBI yet (it's been 2.5 weeks since i faxed FOIPA request and 3 weeks since i e-mailed the name check request). I am curious to see when they are going to respond, even though it does not matter now
You are right: may be the name check was not the issue...On 10/8/04 (after having waited for 4 months after the interview in June) i called the INS customer service # and ran into this nice lady on the phone, who said "Well, it's been more than 90 days after your interview and no word from your local DO...I am going to send them a request...They are supposed to update you on the status of your case within 30 days. If they don't - call us again and we will send another one". I, of course, asked her nicely if i could then just go to the Boston office and have a little chat in person...and she said:"Yes, you can, but just wait 30 days first". Well, i waited exactly a month and then i called the # again, and the other rep. looked up my file and said she saw the request went out on 10/8/04 but that's all she knows (the central ins customer service can't see the details of your case - only DO can). I told her i don't want another request to go out (they send total of 3), b/c i did not want to wait another 3 months, so she told me to do "infopass". I scheduled my appointment on the web through infopass to see an officer in Boston office this week. That's when, as a coincidence, i heard from my landlord who found the oath letter...I cancelled my infopass on the web, of course...The date on the oath letter stated 10/16/04 or around that (don't have it with me now), and the letter was definitely mailed on 10/22/04 (says on the postmark), so i don't know if the request from central INS on 10/08 played a part or not, but may be when they sent that request, INS in Boston went:"Oh, that's right! We totally forgot about Alien # "such and such" . She is all set to go!" Whatever it is, i was lucky, i guess...But for 4 months i did not hear anything...Listen, you waited almost the same time. Have you contacted anybody about your case?
mfar said:krt,
i hope it's not going to take 6 hours as mentioned in the letter
everybody tells me it does not take that long
Well, it may take 5 and a half
My wife was attending a ceremony a year ago (I am behind her that much). It took about 4 hours and hers was held in Faneuil Hall and its scope was smaller. Seriously, I think it will take less than they state but still more than reasonable amount of time.
krt
Thanks for letting me know! Well, it should not be starting at 8am anyway, so my fiance may even run to his 8am class and still be able to make it to the ceremonykrt said:Well, it may take 5 and a half
My wife was attending a ceremony a year ago (I am behind her that much). It took about 4 hours and hers was held in Faneuil Hall and its scope was smaller. Seriously, I think it will take less than they state but still more than reasonable amount of time.
krt
Wow, i am glad you are all set now....Gee, you had to wait a year after your wife? That's ridiculous! I am happy it's all behind you mfar said:Thanks for letting me know! Well, it should not be starting at 8am anyway, so my fiance may even run to his 8am class and still be able to make it to the ceremony
Thanks. However it will be behind only after the ceremony
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