todd2006 said:
Hi,
I submitted my application for N-400 on Jan 10, 2007 i got the notice on Jan 17 saying i have to go for Fingerprinting on 2 feb 2007 but they said some evidence was missing.
Do i have to call the customer service center number to find out what evidence was missing
Can someone tell me when will i receive my interiew date do they tell me during fingerprinting or i will receive a letter abt the interiew date.
My service center is nebraska and district office is denver
any ideas
thanks for all ur help
todd
You probably got a "receipt with exception" and some standard text about "missing evidence" in the receipt notice. I got one of those myself as probably do about half the people in this forum. It is a very common thing and does not mean very much so don't worry about it until the interview.
An N-400 application is only given a brief cursory inspection by the officer who enters it into the system and assigns the case number.
The first substantive review of the case is done by the IO conducting the interview and nobody will be able to tell you much of substance before then.
You can of course call the NSC customer service number (in fact it is probably a good idea to do this, just in case), but they really don't know anything about anything.
One thing that does seem to always result in a 'receipt with exception" notice is if you ansered "yes" to any of the questions regarding convictions, arrests etc on N-400. In that case you'll certainly need to bring all the necessary supporting evidence to the interview, as explained in "A Guide to Naturalization". (As far as I can tell they usually issue a "receipt with exception" even if you do include all the necessary documents regarding the arrests/conviction/citation stuff with an N-400 application).
No, they do not tell you during fingerprinting when you'll get an interview letter. There is no way to predict when you will get an interview letter. This depends mostly on how quickly the background checks, especially the FBI name check, will be done. Could be anything from a few days to a few years.
