N-400 timeline: Austin, Texas (San Antonio district office)
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I received another I-797C, Notice of Action today to appear for fingerprinting on July 20, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. The Application Support Center is the INS San Antonio office at Randolph Blvd.
It looks like they conduct fingerprinting on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday afternoons.
My wife is traveling overseas on July 18
Does anyone know if she can just show up and ask for her fingerprints to be taken even though it isn't her turn yet?
It looks like they conduct fingerprinting on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday afternoons.
My wife is traveling overseas on July 18
Does anyone know if she can just show up and ask for her fingerprints to be taken even though it isn't her turn yet?So we were able to get our fingerprints taken by just walking in!
The INS Application Support is NOT the same office as the INS district office. It is off Randolph Blvd & I-35, on east side of I-35, in a strip mall. The street layout is confusing, Google Maps was accurate.
The business hours: Tue - Sat: 8 - 4, Closed Sun, Mon
We arrived at 0940 with plastic green card & notice. Receptionist provided simple form to fill out and then provided a number in the line. He didn't care about the date and time of the actual appointment.
We waited from 0950 to 1200 for the line to advance from #34 to #70. The actual fingerprinting took 15 minutes.
The staff were friendly and courteous. They are actually sub-contractors to the INS.
The INS Application Support is NOT the same office as the INS district office. It is off Randolph Blvd & I-35, on east side of I-35, in a strip mall. The street layout is confusing, Google Maps was accurate.
The business hours: Tue - Sat: 8 - 4, Closed Sun, Mon
We arrived at 0940 with plastic green card & notice. Receptionist provided simple form to fill out and then provided a number in the line. He didn't care about the date and time of the actual appointment.
We waited from 0950 to 1200 for the line to advance from #34 to #70. The actual fingerprinting took 15 minutes.
The staff were friendly and courteous. They are actually sub-contractors to the INS.
Name check is different than fingerprint check.
Name check is different than fingerprint check. This, as far I read, is initiated soon after the payment for N-400 is processed and the FBI will have to clear this seperately.
1. You can send email to fbinncp@ic.fbi.gov. Wait for 6 months to get the status of the your check.
2. You can send a FOIPA (Freedom of Inforation Privacy Act - something like that) and check that you have "NO RECORDS".
This namecheck is the one which usually can be problematic.
Please check the sticky thread at the top for this forum.
kevinp said:
Name check is different than fingerprint check. This, as far I read, is initiated soon after the payment for N-400 is processed and the FBI will have to clear this seperately.
1. You can send email to fbinncp@ic.fbi.gov. Wait for 6 months to get the status of the your check.
2. You can send a FOIPA (Freedom of Inforation Privacy Act - something like that) and check that you have "NO RECORDS".
This namecheck is the one which usually can be problematic.
Please check the sticky thread at the top for this forum.
I just telephoned in a request for an IRS transcript using the instructions here: http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq1-6.html I will update this when I receive them. I requested the last 5 years.
I just received the interview appointment letter - for Oct 3, 2005 
I really lucked out - I have to travel overseas and return at the end of September and was quite concerned that USCIS would schedule the interview while I was out of the country. But it worked out perfectly 
I really lucked out - I have to travel overseas and return at the end of September and was quite concerned that USCIS would schedule the interview while I was out of the country. But it worked out perfectly I am pleased to report that I passed my interview for US citizenship on Oct 26.
It was in the San Antonio district office. I drove down from Austin, and arrived 1.5 hours early. I took a chance and went in anyway. There is a metal detector and X-ray machine. Cameras and cell phones that have cameras are prohibited - you will have to leave them in your car. Regular cell phones are OK.
I took: my existing passport, my previous expired passport, the green card, the appointment letter, my tax transcripts.
There had been some changes to the N-400 form since I had filed it - I had made two trips overseas and my wife had become a citizen. I copied and pasted the relevant form PDF sections into Word, and typed out all the details, and updated the calculation about how many days I had spent outside the country in the last 5 years.
The security staff took away the appointment letter and had me sit down in the waiting room.
After about 20 mins, the examiner came down to the waiting room, called out my name, and we went up in an elevator to a set of private offices.
This happened to be the same examiner who conducted my wife's interview in September. He was polite and professional. It took about a half hour, most of which was spent going over all my immigration papers dating back to when I first came to this country 13 years ago. There were lots of questions about when and how I entered and left, and what I studied and worked as, and when. Then he went over the N-400 form, line by line, asking me the same questions as those on the form, and initializing next to them when I provided the answers.
The actual civics & history exam was straightforward & quick - he printed out a list of ten questions, of which I had to get six correct. He read them out aloud, and I got the first seven correct, at which he stopped, since I had passed. The questions included: The name of the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; the two senators who represent Texas in the US Senate; what the Emancipation Proclamation was; the name of the national Anthem, and some others. Then I had to read out a printed sentence: "I bought a blue car today" and hand write another sentence that was read out to me.
All of the above was in English, and would be easy for a person who spoke English and reasonably prepared for the exam; I imagine that non-English speakers might find it difficult.
Then he announced that I had passed and had me sign my name onto what will become my certificate of naturalization. I will actually become a US citizen when I take the oath of naturalization. I don't yet know when that will be. I will "receive a letter" directing me to appear at the oath ceremony "sometime in the next two months". As of 11/5, I have not yet received this.
So that was it! Somewhat anti-climactic after all the anticipation. I am looking forward to the oath ceremony. Best wishes to all those still in line.
It was in the San Antonio district office. I drove down from Austin, and arrived 1.5 hours early. I took a chance and went in anyway. There is a metal detector and X-ray machine. Cameras and cell phones that have cameras are prohibited - you will have to leave them in your car. Regular cell phones are OK.
I took: my existing passport, my previous expired passport, the green card, the appointment letter, my tax transcripts.
There had been some changes to the N-400 form since I had filed it - I had made two trips overseas and my wife had become a citizen. I copied and pasted the relevant form PDF sections into Word, and typed out all the details, and updated the calculation about how many days I had spent outside the country in the last 5 years.
The security staff took away the appointment letter and had me sit down in the waiting room.
After about 20 mins, the examiner came down to the waiting room, called out my name, and we went up in an elevator to a set of private offices.
This happened to be the same examiner who conducted my wife's interview in September. He was polite and professional. It took about a half hour, most of which was spent going over all my immigration papers dating back to when I first came to this country 13 years ago. There were lots of questions about when and how I entered and left, and what I studied and worked as, and when. Then he went over the N-400 form, line by line, asking me the same questions as those on the form, and initializing next to them when I provided the answers.
The actual civics & history exam was straightforward & quick - he printed out a list of ten questions, of which I had to get six correct. He read them out aloud, and I got the first seven correct, at which he stopped, since I had passed. The questions included: The name of the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; the two senators who represent Texas in the US Senate; what the Emancipation Proclamation was; the name of the national Anthem, and some others. Then I had to read out a printed sentence: "I bought a blue car today" and hand write another sentence that was read out to me.
All of the above was in English, and would be easy for a person who spoke English and reasonably prepared for the exam; I imagine that non-English speakers might find it difficult.
Then he announced that I had passed and had me sign my name onto what will become my certificate of naturalization. I will actually become a US citizen when I take the oath of naturalization. I don't yet know when that will be. I will "receive a letter" directing me to appear at the oath ceremony "sometime in the next two months". As of 11/5, I have not yet received this.
So that was it! Somewhat anti-climactic after all the anticipation. I am looking forward to the oath ceremony. Best wishes to all those still in line.
My oath of citizenship was on Thursday, 12/15/05 at Trinity University in San Antonio. I received an appointment letter in the mail about two weeks prior to it.
The ceremony was nice and meaningful. I went in with the appointment letter and plastic green card at about 11:45 and emerged at about 3 pm with Certificate of Naturalization in hand There were about 460 applicants for naturalization from 62 countries! The ceremony is a court proceeding and was conducted by a Federal judge.
I applied for a US passport at the Burleson Rd. post office on 12/20/05 and paid the extra money for expedited service. I had to turn in my original Certificate of Naturalization, but received it back in good shape along with my shiny new US passport on 12/31/05 (11 days). I travel overseas frequently on business and requested a 48-page passport at no additional charge.
The ceremony was nice and meaningful. I went in with the appointment letter and plastic green card at about 11:45 and emerged at about 3 pm with Certificate of Naturalization in hand
There were about 460 applicants for naturalization from 62 countries! The ceremony is a court proceeding and was conducted by a Federal judge.I applied for a US passport at the Burleson Rd. post office on 12/20/05 and paid the extra money for expedited service. I had to turn in my original Certificate of Naturalization, but received it back in good shape along with my shiny new US passport on 12/31/05 (11 days). I travel overseas frequently on business and requested a 48-page passport at no additional charge.
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Hi kevinp,
Congragts on completing your journey!
I'm also close to doing that, and I too am from Austin. I came back to these forums after 3 or 4 years and was nice to read your detailed posting.
Just curious. Why did you got to SA for the Ceremony? Austin has ceremonies too right?
Cheers,
Hi kevinp,
Congragts on completing your journey!
I'm also close to doing that, and I too am from Austin. I came back to these forums after 3 or 4 years and was nice to read your detailed posting.
Just curious. Why did you got to SA for the Ceremony? Austin has ceremonies too right?
Cheers,