Hi,
I desperately need suggestions! I filed N400 in San Francisco in the beginning of October, 2007, and got my fingerprinting done in mid-December. I recently received the letter stating that my interview had been scheduled on 4/30/08, which was much sooner than I was initially told it would take (16-18 months).
Here is my problem. In the beginning of this year, I left the States to be with my husband (U.S. citizen) who gained employment in Switzerland. My mistake was that I expected to have the oath ceremony to be offered on the same day of the interview, without doing enough research. Now I know that in San Francisco, it's offered 2 to 3 ceremonies a month, and I most likely have to wait until I receive a invitation letter for the oath ceremony.
Well, it's extremely expensive to fly one way from where we live. If I purchase a round trip ticket, I need to know the return date as well. If I am staying in the States more than a few weeks, I need to arrange for accomodation, find a temp job, etc, etc... So my question is, does anyone know if this is something I can bring up to the interview officer? Can they be flexible enough to give me the date earlier if they see my return ticket? Should I just plan to stay in the States for a few months just to be safe? Or should I just stay for the interview, come back to Switzerland, and come back again for the oath(which is going to cost me a lot...)? Did anyone experience pleading with the officer to obtain the earliest oath date?
Any information or suggestions are greatly appreciated! I need to purchase the ticket very soon...
I desperately need suggestions! I filed N400 in San Francisco in the beginning of October, 2007, and got my fingerprinting done in mid-December. I recently received the letter stating that my interview had been scheduled on 4/30/08, which was much sooner than I was initially told it would take (16-18 months).
Here is my problem. In the beginning of this year, I left the States to be with my husband (U.S. citizen) who gained employment in Switzerland. My mistake was that I expected to have the oath ceremony to be offered on the same day of the interview, without doing enough research. Now I know that in San Francisco, it's offered 2 to 3 ceremonies a month, and I most likely have to wait until I receive a invitation letter for the oath ceremony.
Well, it's extremely expensive to fly one way from where we live. If I purchase a round trip ticket, I need to know the return date as well. If I am staying in the States more than a few weeks, I need to arrange for accomodation, find a temp job, etc, etc... So my question is, does anyone know if this is something I can bring up to the interview officer? Can they be flexible enough to give me the date earlier if they see my return ticket? Should I just plan to stay in the States for a few months just to be safe? Or should I just stay for the interview, come back to Switzerland, and come back again for the oath(which is going to cost me a lot...)? Did anyone experience pleading with the officer to obtain the earliest oath date?
Any information or suggestions are greatly appreciated! I need to purchase the ticket very soon...