I need advice regarding Naturalization

I've been following this thread for a while, and though I would be worried too, I think Jackolantern's last post is what you should really take home with you. This things happen without you ever knowing it (it's like that damned credit history thing!). Good luck at your interview.
 
Please stop posting until AFTER you are interviewed and have a decision from USCIS.

And see a shrink.

I agree she should post after interview.This posts and worries are so surreal that I almost belive OP is making fun with us.
 
I agree she should post after interview.This posts and worries are so surreal that I almost belive OP is making fun with us.

Please, excuse my ignorance: what the abbreviation "OP" means? I am not very familiar with the language of modern networking...
 
By the way, I went to the court to get a paper that my "window case" has never been submitted to the court, because it was dissmissed immediately as I installed a new glass. The lady in the court said she could not give me such a letter, because they did not have a number in the system associated with this case. Of course, they do not have!!! She called police, and in police they just printed on the letter that this case was dismissed. What if IO requests to show a letter FROM COURT???? It is a closed loop. The letter from police, besides the dismissal note, has a statement to address to the court for this case disposition. I asked a lady in the police to remove this statement. She refused. She was so rude with me that I have been crying for two days. This all story is surrealistic. My friend's stupidity (she was scared that I cut my hand - I was going through cancer treatment at that time, and heavy bleeding could kill me). She called 911. Ambulance and police came. I refused to go to the hospital, and now I have found out that, according to the policeman' incident record, I could have been arrested for this stupid window!!! Luckily, he did not arrest me. I wonder how would he have explained this arrest, if this had ever happened! Then I would have had filed a lawsuit against this policeman, definitely!!! We live in a small and quiet town, almost nothing except university... Police is almost without work. This stupid policeman issued summons against me in his protocol, but forgot even to give me a ticket! Another friend of mine has confirmed this. She was with us, and she said that she had signed a paper for me that I had refused from medical help. I do not remember this, but I definitely was physically unable to sign anything myself, because I was almost loosing consciousness of blood loss. Now I have to have all these complications because of someone's stupidity, though I did not think about this case all these years... Even when was waiting for my GC!!! And now, after so many years, I must handle responsibility for just a misfortunate and unintentional accident, as if I were guilty, and have to be treated at the police, where I came for a letter, as if I were a criminal!!! Why??? This all seems unreal, like bad dream... But it is pure truth - unfortunately... In dreams people at least sleep, but I cannot. I am very exhausted and desperate. My only hope is that IO does not care about this accident.

STOP POSTING! You will only invite further insults.
 
By the way, I went to the court to get a paper that my "window case" has never been submitted to the court, because it was dissmissed immediately as I installed a new glass. The lady in the court said she could not give me such a letter, because they did not have a number in the system associated with this case. Of course, they do not have!!! She called police, and in police they just printed on the letter that this case was dismissed. What if IO requests to show a letter FROM COURT???? It is a closed loop. The letter from police, besides the dismissal note, has a statement to address to the court for this case disposition. I asked a lady in the police to remove this statement. She refused. She was so rude with me that I have been crying for two days. This all story is surrealistic. My friend's stupidity (she was scared that I cut my hand - I was going through cancer treatment at that time, and heavy bleeding could kill me). She called 911. Ambulance and police came. I refused to go to the hospital, and now I have found out that, according to the policeman' incident record, I could have been arrested for this stupid window!!! Luckily, he did not arrest me. I wonder how would he have explained this arrest, if this had ever happened! Then I would have had filed a lawsuit against this policeman, definitely!!! We live in a small and quiet town, almost nothing except university... Police is almost without work. This stupid policeman issued summons against me in his protocol, but forgot even to give me a ticket! Another friend of mine has confirmed this. She was with us, and she said that she had signed a paper for me that I had refused from medical help. I do not remember this, but I definitely was physically unable to sign anything myself, because I was almost loosing consciousness of blood loss. Now I have to have all these complications because of someone's stupidity, though I did not think about this case all these years... Even when was waiting for my GC!!! And now, after so many years, I must handle responsibility for just a misfortunate and unintentional accident, as if I were guilty, and have to be treated at the police, where I came for a letter, as if I were a criminal!!! Why??? This all seems unreal, like bad dream... But it is pure truth - unfortunately... In dreams people at least sleep, but I cannot. I am very exhausted and desperate. My only hope is that IO does not care about this accident.


Wanna trade problems? You'd probably shoot yourself if you had mine. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT GET OVER IT AND STOP OVER EXAGGERATING there's people on here that have way worse cases then your's and they are not worried like you are about such a small issue that they won't even bring up in your interview just relax.
 
Hi Marusia_GC,

After reading about your incident/accident, it really seems (as many posters pointed out) that you will be 99.9% fine at the interview. So you should really stop worrying, just study for the interview and try to relax. The more relaxed you look at the interview the better. I know it is hard, but after all, you are saying that you are a cancer survivor. Just take a step back and consider the following worst case scenario for your case:

Say your interview goes bad and your N400 gets denied. So with what are you left? You will still have your greencard and you still can live and work forever in the US. There are many people in the World who would trade their place with you just for your greencard. So you will not be a US citizen but you will still have the right to be here permanently.

So that's the worst case scenario, and again, reading your posts, I feel the probability for this worst case to happen is near zero. Most likely, and really most likely, your interview will go well and you will become a citizen soon. As I said, just stop worrying and be confident and relaxed at the interview. Everything will work out.

Please report back once you do the interview.

Best of luck!

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I can really understand why everyone is pissed off.

Joe - Do you know if the DC DO office still do same day oaths?

In theory EVERY USCIS Local Field Office may perform same day oath. Legally, the Court can formally exert exclusive jurisdiction to administer the oath to EVERY applicant for naturalization within its geographic jurisdiction with limited exceptions. I don't know the specific arrangements at that Office.

INA Sec. 310. [8 U.S.C. 1421]

(a) Authority in Attorney General.-The sole authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the Attorney General.

(b) Court Authority To Administer Oaths.-

(1) Jurisdiction.-Subject to section 337(c)-

(A) General jurisdiction.-Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each applicant for naturalization may choose to have the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) administered by the Attorney General or by an eligible court described in paragraph (5). Each such eligible court shall have authority to administer such oath of allegiance to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court.

(B) Exclusive authority.-An eligible court described in paragraph (5) that wishes to have exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court during the period described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall notify the Attorney General of such wish and, subject to this subsection, shall have such exclusive authority with respect to such persons during such period.​

(2) Information.-

(A) General information.-In the case of a court exercising authority under paragraph (1), in accordance with procedures established by the Attorney General-

(i) the applicant for naturalization shall notify the Attorney General of the intent to be naturalized before the court, and

(ii) the Attorney General-

(I) shall forward to the court (not later than 10 days after the date of approval of an application for naturalization in the case of a court which has provided notice under paragraph (1)(B)) such information as may be necessary to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) , and

(II) shall promptly forward to the court a certificate of naturalization (prepared by the Attorney General).​

(B) Assignment of individuals in the case of exclusive authority.-If an eligible court has provided notice under paragraph (1)(B), the Attorney General shall inform each person (residing within the jurisdiction of the court), at the time of the approval of the person's application for naturalization, of-

(i) the court's exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) to such a person during the period specified in paragraph (3)(A)(i), and

(ii) the date or dates (if any) under paragraph (3)(B) on which the court has scheduled oath administration ceremonies.

If more than one eligible court in an area has provided notice under paragraph (1)(B), the Attorney General shall permit the person, at the time of the approval, to choose the court to which the information will be forwarded for administration of the oath of allegiance under this section.​

(3) Scope of exclusive authority.-

(A) Limited period and advance notice required.-The exclusive authority of a court to administer the oath of allegiance under paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to a person-

(i) only during the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the Attorney General certifies to the court that an applicant is eligible for naturalization, and

(ii) only if the court has notified the Attorney General, prior to the date of certification of eligibility, of the day or days (during such 45-day period) on which the court has scheduled oath administration ceremonies.​

(B) Authority of attorney general.-Subject to subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall not administer the oath of allegiance to a person under subsection (a) during the period in which exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance may be exercised by an eligible court under this subsection with respect to that person.

(C) Waiver of exclusive authority.-Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this paragraph, a court may waive exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) to a person under this subsection if the Attorney General has not provided the court with the certification described in subparagraph (A)(i) within a reasonable time before the date scheduled by the court for oath administration ceremonies. Upon notification of a court's waiver of jurisdiction, the Attorney General shall promptly notify the applicant.​

(4) Issuance of certificates.-The Attorney General shall provide for the issuance of certificates of naturalization at the time of administration of the oath of allegiance.

(5) Eligible courts.-For purposes of this section, the term "eligible court" means-


(A) a district court of the United States in any State, or

(B) any court of record in any State having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions in law or equity, or law and equity, in which the amount in controversy is unlimited.​

(c) Judicial Review.-A person whose application for naturalization under this title is denied, after a hearing before an immigration officer under section 336(a) , may seek review of such denial before the United States district court for the district in which such person resides in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. Such review shall be de novo, and the court shall make its own findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall, at the request of the petitioner, conduct a hearing de novo on the application.

(d) Sole Procedure.-A person may only be naturalized as a citizen of the United States in the manner and under the conditions prescribed in this title and not otherwise.
 
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Wrongly stamped date in my travel passport

On a different topic. I left the U.S. for my home country on Dec. 14, 2007, and returned on Jan.4, 2008. At the U.S. passport control they stamped my passport mistakenly as "Jan.4, 2007". I noticed this mistake a few months later, in 2008. I decided to take an info pass in St.Louis DO, where I asked them whether it was possible and how to correct this obvious error. They said it could not be corrected, but they should have the correct information, since my GC was scanned at the passport control, when I was entering the US. From the pure logical point of view, this should not be a problem at the interview. How could I come back earlier than I left? Just in case, I will take all my salary slips since 2007 to prove that I was permanently here. Am I correct, or I might have any problems with this stamp?
 
On a different topic. I left the U.S. for my home country on Dec. 14, 2007, and returned on Jan.4, 2008. At the U.S. passport control they stamped my passport mistakenly as "Jan.4, 2007". I noticed this mistake a few months later, in 2008. I decided to take an info pass in St.Louis DO, where I asked them whether it was possible and how to correct this obvious error. They said it could not be corrected, but they should have the correct information, since my GC was scanned at the passport control, when I was entering the US. From the pure logical point of view, this should not be a problem at the interview. How could I come back earlier than I left? Just in case, I will take all my salary slips since 2007 to prove that I was permanently here. Am I correct, or I might have any problems with this stamp?

Try some NyQuil, or Bendryl, or perhaps you have some leftover Dramamine?

Take a chill pill!
 
In theory EVERY USCIS Local Field Office may perform same day oath. Legally, the Court can formally exert exclusive jurisdiction to administer the oath to EVERY applicant for naturalization within its geographic jurisdiction with limited exceptions. I don't know the specific arrangements at that Office.

INA Sec. 310. [8 U.S.C. 1421]

(a) Authority in Attorney General.-The sole authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the Attorney General.

(b) Court Authority To Administer Oaths.-

(1) Jurisdiction.-Subject to section 337(c)-

(A) General jurisdiction.-Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each applicant for naturalization may choose to have the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) administered by the Attorney General or by an eligible court described in paragraph (5). Each such eligible court shall have authority to administer such oath of allegiance to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court.

(B) Exclusive authority.-An eligible court described in paragraph (5) that wishes to have exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court during the period described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall notify the Attorney General of such wish and, subject to this subsection, shall have such exclusive authority with respect to such persons during such period.​

(2) Information.-

(A) General information.-In the case of a court exercising authority under paragraph (1), in accordance with procedures established by the Attorney General-

(i) the applicant for naturalization shall notify the Attorney General of the intent to be naturalized before the court, and

(ii) the Attorney General-

(I) shall forward to the court (not later than 10 days after the date of approval of an application for naturalization in the case of a court which has provided notice under paragraph (1)(B)) such information as may be necessary to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) , and

(II) shall promptly forward to the court a certificate of naturalization (prepared by the Attorney General).​

(B) Assignment of individuals in the case of exclusive authority.-If an eligible court has provided notice under paragraph (1)(B), the Attorney General shall inform each person (residing within the jurisdiction of the court), at the time of the approval of the person's application for naturalization, of-

(i) the court's exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) to such a person during the period specified in paragraph (3)(A)(i), and

(ii) the date or dates (if any) under paragraph (3)(B) on which the court has scheduled oath administration ceremonies.

If more than one eligible court in an area has provided notice under paragraph (1)(B), the Attorney General shall permit the person, at the time of the approval, to choose the court to which the information will be forwarded for administration of the oath of allegiance under this section.​

(3) Scope of exclusive authority.-

(A) Limited period and advance notice required.-The exclusive authority of a court to administer the oath of allegiance under paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to a person-

(i) only during the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the Attorney General certifies to the court that an applicant is eligible for naturalization, and

(ii) only if the court has notified the Attorney General, prior to the date of certification of eligibility, of the day or days (during such 45-day period) on which the court has scheduled oath administration ceremonies.​

(B) Authority of attorney general.-Subject to subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall not administer the oath of allegiance to a person under subsection (a) during the period in which exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance may be exercised by an eligible court under this subsection with respect to that person.

(C) Waiver of exclusive authority.-Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this paragraph, a court may waive exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) to a person under this subsection if the Attorney General has not provided the court with the certification described in subparagraph (A)(i) within a reasonable time before the date scheduled by the court for oath administration ceremonies. Upon notification of a court's waiver of jurisdiction, the Attorney General shall promptly notify the applicant.​

(4) Issuance of certificates.-The Attorney General shall provide for the issuance of certificates of naturalization at the time of administration of the oath of allegiance.

(5) Eligible courts.-For purposes of this section, the term "eligible court" means-


(A) a district court of the United States in any State, or

(B) any court of record in any State having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions in law or equity, or law and equity, in which the amount in controversy is unlimited.​

(c) Judicial Review.-A person whose application for naturalization under this title is denied, after a hearing before an immigration officer under section 336(a) , may seek review of such denial before the United States district court for the district in which such person resides in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. Such review shall be de novo, and the court shall make its own findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall, at the request of the petitioner, conduct a hearing de novo on the application.

(d) Sole Procedure.-A person may only be naturalized as a citizen of the United States in the manner and under the conditions prescribed in this title and not otherwise.

Read about the Naturalization Oath.
 
Thanks for advises, but, unfortunately, nothing helps. Yes, I read what you have posted about Oath. Not everything is clear, because it is difficult for me to get through this specific legal language - every area of knowledge has its own terminology. If it were written as mathematical formulas, I would probably have understood better...

But what's about wrongly stamped passport? Should it be a problem?

No, it wasn't your fault you will be fine. Anything else your worried about?
 
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