Los Angeles, CA - N-400 Timeline
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Mr LA said:Hello all
Guys, do you think Infopass can help?, i am thinking of doing this week. any suggestion????
i truly appreciate your advice and help ......
well, give a try to the infopass. but i do not know what you could ask. however, i would think they would give you a standard answer if they have not really scheduled your interview. the standard answer would be, more or less, like "pending...not scheduled.. etc etc"
however, don;t be discouraged thou.
ocworker said:
Hello All
Like you see I have sent my application on 7/5/05, and my PD is 7/7/05. When I go to USCIS website it say they received it on 7/12/05, so I do not know which one should I go by, that is my question to them, from there I will ask them if my name check his been cleared or not, and I been told by our landlord, we have new mailman in our area and he is not doing good job, or if there is something is missing and so on ........ I hope to meet with knowledgeable officer.
wish me the best....
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interview in el monte
Hello forum! I went for scheduled interview yesterday in El Monte and thought I'd update you guys on my progress.
Arrived there about 40 minutes before the scheduled time, surredered my appointment letter and was called within 5 minutes (!!!).
A Filippino-American officer took me into his office, made me swear to tell the truth and then went over my application. During this time
he asked me 5 or 6 questions from the standard 100 question list. At some point I wrote a simple sentence in english on a piece of paper.
Then he asked me did I and why I request a name change. It's a spelling problem in my last name, I explained. Then I added a page into my file
where I listed my traffic violations (from 7 years ago 2 speeding tickets and running red light) that I had not included in my original file.
Then (in about 20 minutes) he said that I passed the history/civic/english exam but background investigation is not complete (!). He gave me a
standard from stating just that and said I will be contacted by INS when everything is complete regarding the final decision. So, I shall be
waiting. I kinda hoped that this will not happen and i am recommedned for approval, but alas, it's out of my control.
this is my timeline (aprox)
PD 6/10/05
FP 8/4/05
Interview letter - 09/1/05
Interview 10/20/05
Decision, oath - ????
good luck everyone
Hello forum! I went for scheduled interview yesterday in El Monte and thought I'd update you guys on my progress.
Arrived there about 40 minutes before the scheduled time, surredered my appointment letter and was called within 5 minutes (!!!).
A Filippino-American officer took me into his office, made me swear to tell the truth and then went over my application. During this time
he asked me 5 or 6 questions from the standard 100 question list. At some point I wrote a simple sentence in english on a piece of paper.
Then he asked me did I and why I request a name change. It's a spelling problem in my last name, I explained. Then I added a page into my file
where I listed my traffic violations (from 7 years ago 2 speeding tickets and running red light) that I had not included in my original file.
Then (in about 20 minutes) he said that I passed the history/civic/english exam but background investigation is not complete (!). He gave me a
standard from stating just that and said I will be contacted by INS when everything is complete regarding the final decision. So, I shall be
waiting. I kinda hoped that this will not happen and i am recommedned for approval, but alas, it's out of my control.
this is my timeline (aprox)
PD 6/10/05
FP 8/4/05
Interview letter - 09/1/05
Interview 10/20/05
Decision, oath - ????
good luck everyone
Mr LA said:Hello All
Like you see I have sent my application on 7/5/05, and my PD is 7/7/05. When I go to USCIS website it say they received it on 7/12/05, so I do not know which one should I go by, that is my question to them, from there I will ask them if my name check his been cleared or not, and I been told by our landlord, we have new mailman in our area and he is not doing good job, or if there is something is missing and so on ........ I hope to meet with knowledgeable officer.
wish me the best....
you should go by the PD on your notice.
Also, since you get a mailman in your area, i just hope he did not misdelivery your interview notice. wish you the best in the infopass
My Citizenship interview at El Monte Office on 24th Oct
Hello everyone,
I was not lucky like other people today and even passing the test and given all the correct answers to the interviewer, I was surprised with a letter saying that "Your application has been continued for the following reason" and the reason is that YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED LATER REGARDINGYYOUR CASE.
G-325 PENDING.
While handing me over this letter to me, interviewer told me that my background investigation pending. Can someone explain what it is, and how I can followup on my case. Interviewer asked me whether I applied for Selective Services, I showed him the letter that I received from Selective Services he didn't ask me any further question about selective services. He asked me if I had traffic voilations in the past 5 years. I showed him all the proof of payments and dismissals of the tickets. Only thing that I can see could have caused this is my request of name change. I don't know that I am right or not. anyway nothing that I can do about it.
good luck to all of you guys.
Thanks for helping.
My Time Line:
PD : 06/10/2005
FP : 07/26/2005
Int : 10/24/2005 G-325 Pending
Oath : ????
Hello everyone,
I was not lucky like other people today and even passing the test and given all the correct answers to the interviewer, I was surprised with a letter saying that "Your application has been continued for the following reason" and the reason is that YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED LATER REGARDINGYYOUR CASE.
G-325 PENDING.
While handing me over this letter to me, interviewer told me that my background investigation pending. Can someone explain what it is, and how I can followup on my case. Interviewer asked me whether I applied for Selective Services, I showed him the letter that I received from Selective Services he didn't ask me any further question about selective services. He asked me if I had traffic voilations in the past 5 years. I showed him all the proof of payments and dismissals of the tickets. Only thing that I can see could have caused this is my request of name change. I don't know that I am right or not. anyway nothing that I can do about it.
good luck to all of you guys.
Thanks for helping.
My Time Line:
PD : 06/10/2005
FP : 07/26/2005
Int : 10/24/2005 G-325 Pending
Oath : ????
SyedNaqvi said:
I am not familiar with G-325 since I did not have to file it for my naturalization application. However, about your background check, if it is the FBI background check, I read that they stopped to reply any status requests to applicants. other than that, FBI tries to clear the backlog.
If it is the IBIS check, USCIS would do the IBIS check by themself.
you can check out the sticky post regarding My Name Check Experience and here
SyedNaqvi said:
I filed G325 along with my application. The reason is my firstname is too long and at DMV they use only 8-9 letters on my drivers license. In addition to that I want to change my firstname (on INS records there is blank space in my first name, where as SSN and tax records no gaps) to the one similar to my SSN records. G325 also gives info to INS about where you worked and lived for past the past few years (I moved from East coast to west coast recently and did not file AR-11). Since I provided all this info,during my interview I found that INS verified all this info with FBI and appoved my name change(which is simlar to SSN records) on the spot (during interview)
Hope this info helps
Oath Experience
hi, I finally got sworn this friday. The process took almost 1 1/2 hour including passport application. The judge made a nice speech and it was very touching. I am glad everything went smooth. here are my timelines
my time line:
N400 mailed: 05/12/2005
PD: 05/17/05
FP NOA received: 06/15/2004
FP Taken: 7/07/05
FP received by FBI: 07/08/05
FP sent to USCIS by FBI: 07/08/05 (Called FBI to check)
Interview NOA's Notice Date: 08/01/05
Interview NOA received: 08/02/05
Interview: 09/27/05
Oath letter mailed out (from LA DO): 10/03/05
Oath letter received in mail: 10/7/05
Oath: 10/28/05 8am
hi, I finally got sworn this friday. The process took almost 1 1/2 hour including passport application. The judge made a nice speech and it was very touching. I am glad everything went smooth. here are my timelines
my time line:
N400 mailed: 05/12/2005
PD: 05/17/05
FP NOA received: 06/15/2004
FP Taken: 7/07/05
FP received by FBI: 07/08/05
FP sent to USCIS by FBI: 07/08/05 (Called FBI to check)
Interview NOA's Notice Date: 08/01/05
Interview NOA received: 08/02/05
Interview: 09/27/05
Oath letter mailed out (from LA DO): 10/03/05
Oath letter received in mail: 10/7/05
Oath: 10/28/05 8am
Guys! This is an exciting forum. Here is my question. My wife was given asylum in 1999. She petitioned me, and I came in 2000. I applied Green Card in 2001. My application is still pending though that is not my concern. My real concern is when I get greencard, how far are they gonna roll it back. When I was coming to the US, I had a I-94 which said that I was admitted under section 207 as refugee. but when I applied for change of status they said my status is sylee. so, when I get my greencard would treat me as an asylee who got in the us or will treat me as a refugee and start my residence from the date i was admitted. thanks! if you have a difinitive answer please send me your coments at xafsa94@hotmail.com
wentrealfast
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Hi Everyone
Having read so many posts on this forum during my nat process, I thought I'd chime in and provide you with some of the details of my recent interview experience.
First, it took about 130 days from the USCIS received my app to the actual interview date. Obviously the LA DO is moving things rather quickly these days as many others have been scheduled for their interview within a similar time frame.
Some thoughts about the process...
The El Monte location has lots of street parking, so those of you worried about this particular issue needn't.
As others have mentioned, dont take cameras or camera phones into the building - they will look at your phone to make certain it does not have a camera.
Once you pass the security screening and metal detector, you are told to sit down and then the secuity officer escorts those with an appointment up to the second floor. At this point, he will take your appointment letter form you. You are told to sit down again and the officer takes all appt letters he has collected to a room presumably to get you into the queue.
At this stage, you wait until your name is called. While waiting, I made some observations...
1) Amazingly, there are some who for reasons I cannot understand did not do their homework. Folks, study the 100 questions. I overheard one lady being asked by her lawyer what the supreme law of the land was and she did not know the answer.
2) Each officer is different and it manifests itself from the moment they call your name to take you to their office for the actual interview. Some are cordial and ask how you're doing and some call a name and once they see the person stand up, they make a bee-line to their office without even acknowledging the person.
My name was called, and the officer said hello and proceeded to walk to his office and I followed. When we got to his office, he asked me to raise my right hand and promise to tell the truth.
Now, if you are like me, you have spent hours reading through posts on this forum and have come to a certain set of conclusions as to what you will be asked and what you need to bring with you. Tax returns (and for some actual IRS transcripts of the returns they've filed) are high on the list of things one must take to the interview. I did not obtain transcripts but did take copies of my returns for the last 5 years. The officer asked me the following question:
"Do you owe any taxes?" I answered no, and offered to provide him copies of my returns to which he did not respond (he simply moved on to the next question).
Next, the issue with traffic citations. This one issue alone made me want to pull out my hair. If you've lived in the US for a long time and have had tickets but dont recall when you received those tickets, you might be interested in the following. I went to the DMV to obtain my 10 year driving record (maximum you can get is 10 years). On it were no references to any tickets. Long ago, I recall receiving a couple of tickets, but I have no idea when nor what courthouse I went to. I was ready to mention this to the officer of course, but he did not ask. What he asked was:
"Have you been arrested for DUI in the last 5 years?"
He asked me whether Im married and have children then he asked me to write a sentence. He asked if I want to change my name, which I did not.
We then went onto the civics questions. I was asked the following:
Who wrote the Dec of Ind?
When was the Constitution written?
Who said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death?
What is the name of our national anthem?
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
What are the Consitutional requirements to becoming President?
Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
What was the holiday the colonists celebrated?
When do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
While in my interview, I overheard the officer next door asking the applicant whether he had ever been a member of the Communist party. I was not asked this question. Clearly, each officer has their own question set and demeanor.
The officer also asked if I had travelled outside the US "in the last 5 years."
The interview went extremely fast (I know he asked a couple of other questions, but it's sort of a blur now and I dont recall what they were). At the end, the officer congratulated me and handed me a form and told me to go back downstairs and sit in the blue chair and wait for my oath ceremony letter.
I proceeded downstairs, sat down, and after about an hour was called by a security officer and handed my oath ceremonty letter.
To summarize:
I stressed far too much in advance of this interview.
USCIS seems to be getting its act together and things move very efficiently.
Best of luck to all of you awaiting your interview.
Having read so many posts on this forum during my nat process, I thought I'd chime in and provide you with some of the details of my recent interview experience.
First, it took about 130 days from the USCIS received my app to the actual interview date. Obviously the LA DO is moving things rather quickly these days as many others have been scheduled for their interview within a similar time frame.
Some thoughts about the process...
The El Monte location has lots of street parking, so those of you worried about this particular issue needn't.
As others have mentioned, dont take cameras or camera phones into the building - they will look at your phone to make certain it does not have a camera.
Once you pass the security screening and metal detector, you are told to sit down and then the secuity officer escorts those with an appointment up to the second floor. At this point, he will take your appointment letter form you. You are told to sit down again and the officer takes all appt letters he has collected to a room presumably to get you into the queue.
At this stage, you wait until your name is called. While waiting, I made some observations...
1) Amazingly, there are some who for reasons I cannot understand did not do their homework. Folks, study the 100 questions. I overheard one lady being asked by her lawyer what the supreme law of the land was and she did not know the answer.
2) Each officer is different and it manifests itself from the moment they call your name to take you to their office for the actual interview. Some are cordial and ask how you're doing and some call a name and once they see the person stand up, they make a bee-line to their office without even acknowledging the person.
My name was called, and the officer said hello and proceeded to walk to his office and I followed. When we got to his office, he asked me to raise my right hand and promise to tell the truth.
Now, if you are like me, you have spent hours reading through posts on this forum and have come to a certain set of conclusions as to what you will be asked and what you need to bring with you. Tax returns (and for some actual IRS transcripts of the returns they've filed) are high on the list of things one must take to the interview. I did not obtain transcripts but did take copies of my returns for the last 5 years. The officer asked me the following question:
"Do you owe any taxes?" I answered no, and offered to provide him copies of my returns to which he did not respond (he simply moved on to the next question).
Next, the issue with traffic citations. This one issue alone made me want to pull out my hair. If you've lived in the US for a long time and have had tickets but dont recall when you received those tickets, you might be interested in the following. I went to the DMV to obtain my 10 year driving record (maximum you can get is 10 years). On it were no references to any tickets. Long ago, I recall receiving a couple of tickets, but I have no idea when nor what courthouse I went to. I was ready to mention this to the officer of course, but he did not ask. What he asked was:
"Have you been arrested for DUI in the last 5 years?"
He asked me whether Im married and have children then he asked me to write a sentence. He asked if I want to change my name, which I did not.
We then went onto the civics questions. I was asked the following:
Who wrote the Dec of Ind?
When was the Constitution written?
Who said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death?
What is the name of our national anthem?
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
What are the Consitutional requirements to becoming President?
Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
What was the holiday the colonists celebrated?
When do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
While in my interview, I overheard the officer next door asking the applicant whether he had ever been a member of the Communist party. I was not asked this question. Clearly, each officer has their own question set and demeanor.
The officer also asked if I had travelled outside the US "in the last 5 years."
The interview went extremely fast (I know he asked a couple of other questions, but it's sort of a blur now and I dont recall what they were). At the end, the officer congratulated me and handed me a form and told me to go back downstairs and sit in the blue chair and wait for my oath ceremony letter.
I proceeded downstairs, sat down, and after about an hour was called by a security officer and handed my oath ceremonty letter.
To summarize:
I stressed far too much in advance of this interview.
USCIS seems to be getting its act together and things move very efficiently.
Best of luck to all of you awaiting your interview.
wentrealfast said:Hi Everyone
Having read so many posts on this forum during my nat process, I thought I'd chime in and provide you with some of the details of my recent interview experience.
First, it took about 130 days from the USCIS received my app to the actual interview date. Obviously the LA DO is moving things rather quickly these days as many others have been scheduled for their interview within a similar time frame.
Some thoughts about the process...
The El Monte location has lots of street parking, so those of you worried about this particular issue needn't.
As others have mentioned, dont take cameras or camera phones into the building - they will look at your phone to make certain it does not have a camera.
Once you pass the security screening and metal detector, you are told to sit down and then the secuity officer escorts those with an appointment up to the second floor. At this point, he will take your appointment letter form you. You are told to sit down again and the officer takes all appt letters he has collected to a room presumably to get you into the queue.
At this stage, you wait until your name is called. While waiting, I made some observations...
1) Amazingly, there are some who for reasons I cannot understand did not do their homework. Folks, study the 100 questions. I overheard one lady being asked by her lawyer what the supreme law of the land was and she did not know the answer.
2) Each officer is different and it manifests itself from the moment they call your name to take you to their office for the actual interview. Some are cordial and ask how you're doing and some call a name and once they see the person stand up, they make a bee-line to their office without even acknowledging the person.
My name was called, and the officer said hello and proceeded to walk to his office and I followed. When we got to his office, he asked me to raise my right hand and promise to tell the truth.
Now, if you are like me, you have spent hours reading through posts on this forum and have come to a certain set of conclusions as to what you will be asked and what you need to bring with you. Tax returns (and for some actual IRS transcripts of the returns they've filed) are high on the list of things one must take to the interview. I did not obtain transcripts but did take copies of my returns for the last 5 years. The officer asked me the following question:
"Do you owe any taxes?" I answered no, and offered to provide him copies of my returns to which he did not respond (he simply moved on to the next question).
Next, the issue with traffic citations. This one issue alone made me want to pull out my hair. If you've lived in the US for a long time and have had tickets but dont recall when you received those tickets, you might be interested in the following. I went to the DMV to obtain my 10 year driving record (maximum you can get is 10 years). On it were no references to any tickets. Long ago, I recall receiving a couple of tickets, but I have no idea when nor what courthouse I went to. I was ready to mention this to the officer of course, but he did not ask. What he asked was:
"Have you been arrested for DUI in the last 5 years?"
He asked me whether Im married and have children then he asked me to write a sentence. He asked if I want to change my name, which I did not.
We then went onto the civics questions. I was asked the following:
Who wrote the Dec of Ind?
When was the Constitution written?
Who said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death?
What is the name of our national anthem?
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
What are the Consitutional requirements to becoming President?
Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
What was the holiday the colonists celebrated?
When do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
While in my interview, I overheard the officer next door asking the applicant whether he had ever been a member of the Communist party. I was not asked this question. Clearly, each officer has their own question set and demeanor.
The officer also asked if I had travelled outside the US "in the last 5 years."
The interview went extremely fast (I know he asked a couple of other questions, but it's sort of a blur now and I dont recall what they were). At the end, the officer congratulated me and handed me a form and told me to go back downstairs and sit in the blue chair and wait for my oath ceremony letter.
I proceeded downstairs, sat down, and after about an hour was called by a security officer and handed my oath ceremonty letter.
To summarize:
I stressed far too much in advance of this interview.
USCIS seems to be getting its act together and things move very efficiently.
Best of luck to all of you awaiting your interview.
Hello wentrealfast,
Thank you so much for taken the time and coming here to post your experience, people like us are nerves, waiting and need people like you to share with us their interview experience. It does help big time, Thank you again.....
dks35 said:
Hi dks35,
did u receive any letter from INS, i also gave my interview at el monte office on 10/24/2005 and i was not approved for citizenship also, i was given a letter saying that my G325 pending. If i want to followup on my case what should i do? can you also tell me that did your interviewer returned your green card to you or not? my interviewer never returned my green card, now I was wondering that If I have to travel how am I going to travel when I don't have any official document with me to travel.
My timeline
PD : 06/11/05
FP : 07/26/05
Int : 10/24/05
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SDQmer said:
Hi SDQmer,
thanks for responding, but I don't understand that all of the information that is asked in G325 like past 5year residence or employment history is also asked in N400 application then why they need G325? I don't know how long I have to wait before I get any response from INS.
thanks anyway.
When I called the USCIS, one officer told me that Santa Ana center takes more time to process ...
I see that people who applied along with me got interview dates in LA/El Monte centers.
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N-400 mailed - 7/27/05
N-400 received - 7/28/05
Priority Date - 7/28/05
Notice Date - 8/9/05
Finger Print Notice Date - 8/12/05
Finger Print Date - 8/26/05
Interview Date - No date yet
I see that people who applied along with me got interview dates in LA/El Monte centers.
============
N-400 mailed - 7/27/05
N-400 received - 7/28/05
Priority Date - 7/28/05
Notice Date - 8/9/05
Finger Print Notice Date - 8/12/05
Finger Print Date - 8/26/05
Interview Date - No date yet
Interview Documents
My interview is coming up on December 21st at El Monte. I am planning to attend the interview with my previous years tax returns,however, I have to order the copies from IRS since I don't have any at this moment. Please I was wondering if at the interview do they requested tax return or tax transcript. In other words, which one is better to order - tax return or tax transcript. How long does it take to get them if I order the copies?
Please help me out.
My interview is coming up on December 21st at El Monte. I am planning to attend the interview with my previous years tax returns,however, I have to order the copies from IRS since I don't have any at this moment. Please I was wondering if at the interview do they requested tax return or tax transcript. In other words, which one is better to order - tax return or tax transcript. How long does it take to get them if I order the copies?
Please help me out.