Here is a good start for the newbies - Abbreviations, Time Line List, Helpful Links..

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Here is a good start for any newbie to the N-400 process and this helpful forum

Here is some abbreviation that is used by the visitors

N-400 - the citizenship application form
USC = United States Citizen
LPR = Legal Permanent Resident (fancy way of saying GC holder)
PoE = port of entry
RFE = request for evidence
PD = Priority Date = the date USCIS received your mailed application
IO = Immigration Officer
GC = Green Card
CC = Check Cashed “the clearance date your check/money order you sent along with your N400 application
NOT = Notification
NOA = Notice of action
NOA(I-797C) = The receipt that you receive from the USCIS confirming that they have received your case
DO = District Office
ID = Interview Date
IL = Interview Letter
N-652 - naturalization interview results form
OD = Oath Date
OL = Oath Letter
N-445 - notice of oath ceremony
FP = Finger Print also known as "biometric"
FPN = Finger Print Notification
NOID = Notice of Intent to Deny
SC = Service Center
NSC = National Service Center, and there is four of them, please check which one is your NSC
- CSC = California Service Center
- NSC = Nebraska Service Center 'similer to the abbreviation for Nationonal Service Center
- TSC = Texas Service Center
- VSC = Vermont Service Center

Traffic Tickets..
DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs
OMVI stands for Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence
OVI stands Operating a Vehicle under the Influence
DWI stands for Driving While Intoxicated

Please if you are to post your own Time Lines kindly follow this way (it's more informative, and it will establish some consistencies that will make it easier to read ) :

MM/DD/YYYY = DM = Put the date you mailed your case [the N400]
MM/DD/YYYY = PD = Put the date the NSC received your mail
MM/DD/YYYY = CC = Put the date your check cleared [through your bank online access]
MM/DD/YYYY = NOA Date = The date stated in the receipt you received from the USCIS
MM/DD/YYYY = NOA Mailed = The postmark date on the envelope
MM/DD/YYYY = NOA Received = The date you have received your receipt
MM/DD/YYYY = FPN Date = The date stated in your fingerprint notification
MM/DD/YYYY = FPN Mailed = The postmark date on the envelope
MM/DD/YYYY = FPN Received = The date you have received your fingerprint notification
MM/DD/YYYY = FP = The date of your fingerprint appointment
MM/DD/YYYY = IDN Date = the date stated on your interview notification
MM/DD/YYYY = IDN Mailed = the date stated on the envelope
MM/DD/YYYY = ID = Your interview appointment date
MM/DD/YYYY = OL = Date you have received your oath letter
MM/DD/YYYY = OD = Your oath ceremony date
MM/DD/YYYY = Date applied for US Passport =
MM/DD/YYYY = Date you have received your US-Passport


TIME LINES :
Please note the following about time line list

1-Your city time line could have more then one thread, that’s how I found them in this forum, so please scan them all and see which one you need.
2-There could be more time lines in this forum.. I just collected the ones that are post it in the last 20 pages or as back as Sept-27-2006, so if you don’t see the time line you want do your search before that date


Tampa Timeline?
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=168951
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=168951&goto=lastpost

San Diego N-400 Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=232445

Sacramento Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=202518

NSC / St. Paul ( MN) timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=189218
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=189218&goto=lastpost

My timeline in Dallas
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=146214
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=146214&goto=lastpost

N400 Chicago Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=206052
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=206052&goto=lastpost

My timeline in San Antonio TX
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=134467
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=134467&goto=lastpost

San Jose N400 Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=151918
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=151918&goto=lastpost

Seattle district N400 timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=202387

N400 - Wash DC (Arlington) Tracker
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=117422
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=117422&goto=lastpost

N-400 Time line for Newark, NJ
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=1434
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=1434&goto=lastpost

N-400 Philadelphia Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=87433
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=87433&goto=lastpost

N-400 San Francisco timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=183801
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=183801&goto=lastpost

USCIS - Atlanta N-400 Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=207344

New York City N-400 timelines - what to expect?
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=216579
the lat page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=216579&goto=lastpost

NSC/Columbus(Ohio) N400 Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=130256
the last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=130256&goto=lastpost

Los Angeles, California tracker
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=132560
The last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=132560&goto=lastpost

N400 Miami Timeline What To Expect?
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=229232

Detroit N400 Time line
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=98160
The last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=98160&goto=lastpost

Boston TimeLine
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=186796
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=186796&goto=lastpost

N400 Timeline: Houston, TEXAS
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=200119
last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=200119&goto=lastpost

NSC/Denver, CO District Office N400 Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=201963
The last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=201963&goto=lastpost

N400 Hartford tracker
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=209275
The lat page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=209275&goto=lastpost


San Diego N-400 timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=152777
The last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=152777&goto=lastpost

N400 Timelines South Carolina
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=200308

N-400 thread for Charlotte, NC
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=180878
The last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=180878&goto=lastpost

Santa Ana (OC), CA Time Line
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=171539
The last page of the above
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=171539&goto=lastpost

MIAMI Timeline
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=224279

The following isn’t city or state but I will include it here just incase it’s helpful for some visitors
N-400 timeline for Muslims
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=228352


USEFULL LINKS

V. Good threads in this forum

The mother of all threads
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=143237

Lawsuit against USCIS
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=194681
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=213297
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=223103

Name check
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=136848
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=131026
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=100574

FAQ’s
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=213961

Very Good N-400 process flowchart (the only one that you will find in the net as far as I know)
http://immigrationportal.com/showth...&highlight=flow

What document to the interview
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=197782


Out of this forum links

Good link about USCIS news
http://www.mnllp.com/newnewsinfo.html

2006 Naturalization Ceremony Schedule
Arizona
http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/azd/courtinfo.nsf/court/naturalization?OpenDocument

California
(please go to the bottom of the page)
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/G...4e345f626837d38788256815005aa932?OpenDocument
also
http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/msc/announce/SFMuniUSCISNaturalizationCeremony.htm

Minnesota
http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/2006_naturalization.htm


Good forums about Citizenship process and else
http://immigration-information.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16

Good FAQ about Citizenship
http://www.immigration.com/faq/uscitizen.html

Good article about background check
http://www.mshale.com/article.cfm?articleID=1258






Good luck everybody

Some Naturalization Ceremony 2006 photo gallery
http://www.pbase.com/jal/naturalization2006
http://www.kyrm.org/about/gallery/stage-browse/gallery_id-111
 
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Wow, you've been busy - great start!

Maybe its just me, but when I use and read "IO" I typically assume it means interviewing officer (as distinct from any other type of immigration officer at PoE or wherever).

NSC probably more commonly refers to the Nebraska Service Center, while VSC would be Vermont Service Center etc, etc.

Other terms you might see:
PoE - port of entry
RFE - request for evidence
NOA - notice of action (already sort of mentioned above)
N-400 - the citizenship application form
N-652 - naturalization interview results form
N-445 - notice of oath ceremony
 
boatbod... thanks ..for the additional abbreviations. I really didn’t know some of them.


Gettingclosernow : thanks for finding that thread ..I was looking for it but I couldn’t find it… it is really helpful ..I like it.


Thanks everybody and good luck to all of us
 
This is outstanding Ahmtime!

Here's a few more:

USC = United States Citizen
LPR = Legal Permanent Resident (fancy way of saying GC holder)
DO = District Office (There’s about 33 of the nationwide along with maybe another 30 Sub-offices)
IL = Interview Letter
 
Thanks zuleron :)

So I added everybody contribution above.


And if I have any errors please let me know to correct it.
 
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