Dear members including people who were giving me good advice in this lengthy process, I became a US Citizen on last Friday. Most of you know that I have been waiting for 20 months after my first interview that was on April 2009. I have not filed mandamus or 1447 (B), I was just following with senator and ombudsman’s office. They were following my case. I got a third interview with my husband on last month and after a lengthy written test ( Stoke Interview) for both of us, the office approved my case but Bio was expired. I gave my fingerprint on that same day. I was waiting for oath letter by mail which the officer told me but I did not get anything for the last thirty days. I went ifopass and asked them about my oath. The officer at counter printed and asked me to come for oath on the next day.
I determined to wait to get decision without help of a lawyer because I don’t want to give my hard earned money to give them. I took total 19 Infopass appointment and I called 31 times to 1800 number asking my status. I figured out if the case was not approved the info pass would not help. For my bad luck the officer who interviewed me left the job after couple of the month of the interview and my file was abandoned for couple of months. The file was move to table to table every 120 days to a new officer’s table but nobody knew what happed at the first interview and why the case was not approved at the first time. Any way the third interview I took my husband and the interview were about 2 hours at early morning.
I am so excited and happy and will apply for passport soon. I got the old style, photo pasted naturalization certificate. Most of the people at the hall got new computer printed. I noticed some of them have not signed their name on the photo. I have signed on my photo.
Now I have to deal with Indian embassy after I get my U.S passport. Thank you so much to everybody in the forum especially to Bobsmith for giving me advice and to be patient. My advice to people who wait for a long time after interview is there are some reason for all of these. We really don't know why the IO wrote "A decision could not b made", only you know what happened at the interview. We are all anxious and nervous and don't know what we said to the IO. Please do hard work before the interview. Try to remember every moment of your life if the application is marriage based. Try be honest and humble to officer even he is angry and you feel he is arrogant.
I determined to wait to get decision without help of a lawyer because I don’t want to give my hard earned money to give them. I took total 19 Infopass appointment and I called 31 times to 1800 number asking my status. I figured out if the case was not approved the info pass would not help. For my bad luck the officer who interviewed me left the job after couple of the month of the interview and my file was abandoned for couple of months. The file was move to table to table every 120 days to a new officer’s table but nobody knew what happed at the first interview and why the case was not approved at the first time. Any way the third interview I took my husband and the interview were about 2 hours at early morning.
I am so excited and happy and will apply for passport soon. I got the old style, photo pasted naturalization certificate. Most of the people at the hall got new computer printed. I noticed some of them have not signed their name on the photo. I have signed on my photo.
Now I have to deal with Indian embassy after I get my U.S passport. Thank you so much to everybody in the forum especially to Bobsmith for giving me advice and to be patient. My advice to people who wait for a long time after interview is there are some reason for all of these. We really don't know why the IO wrote "A decision could not b made", only you know what happened at the interview. We are all anxious and nervous and don't know what we said to the IO. Please do hard work before the interview. Try to remember every moment of your life if the application is marriage based. Try be honest and humble to officer even he is angry and you feel he is arrogant.
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