N400 Timeline: Houston, TEXAS

Has anyone had their FP done at 11777 State hwy 6 south, Sugar Land, TX 77498 recently? I can't find the exact location? I will take 59south->Hwy 6(go about 4 miles to Voss road, according to USCIS). But can anyone tell me if this center is located on the east or west side of Hwy 6? North or south of Voss Road? Are there any buildings nearby that I can easily recognize? Thank you for your help.

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11/23/2009 (Day 01): N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
12/03/2009 (Day 10): NOA Received (RD&PD:11/30/09)
12/15/2009 (Day 22): FP notice
 
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rebeccali65 said:
Has anyone had their FP done at 11777 State hwy 6 south, Sugar Land, TX 77498 recently? I can't find the exact location? I will take 59south->Hwy 6(go about 4 miles to Voss road, according to USCIS). But can anyone tell me if this center is located on the east or west side of Hwy 6? North or south of Voss Road? Are there any buildings nearby that I can easily recognize? Thank you for your help.

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11/23/2009 (Day 01): N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
12/03/2009 (Day 10): NOA Received (RD&PD:11/30/09)
12/03/2009 (Day 10): LUD (did not specify what and why)
12/10/2009 (Day 17): LUD (requesting additional evidence)
12/15/2009 (Day 22): FP notice (scheduled on 01/07/2010)
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hi rebeccali65 - if you are driving from 59 to Voss road, service center is on your right. Once you have taked Highway 6, you will get on the flyover bridge to cross route 90A. Therafter, you will see small airport on your left. After crossing route 90A, service center is two or three intersections away. It is in a small strip mall kind of building. You will see it on your right immediately after crossing Voss Rd intersection. As such it is easy to locate. I been there quite a few times. Let me know if you need any more landmarks. I vaguely remember there is a Jack in the box on the left side of the road and Application Srvice Center is on the right. (try this address in maps.google.com 11777 Texas 6, Sugar Land, Fort Bend, Texas 77498)
 
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Thank you, Citizenwannabe. Very helpful. Why do I have to cross half the city, while my friend who lives closer to the sugar land center had to go to the one located on 45 South?

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11/23/2009 : N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
11/30/2009 : RD&PD
12/15/2009 : FP notice
 
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Passport, Passport Card Received

Received Passport Card and the Naturalization Certificate today. Had received the passport itself 2 days ago. All in separate mails.

TIMELINE
5 Year based N-400
GC Date: Oct 27, 2004
DO: Houston, TX
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07/31/2009 (Day 01): N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX (Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation)
08/03/2009 (Day 04): N-400 Delivered @ Lewisville, TX
08/05/2009 (Day 06): Check Cleared
08/10/2009 (Day 11): NOA Received (Priority Date: 08/03/2009)
08/12/2009 (Day 13): Online Case Status changes to RFE (Finger Print Notice)
08/18/2009 (Day 19): FP Notice Received
08/25/2009 (Day 26): FP Done (Original Appointment Date: 09/04/2009)
09/05/2009 (Day 37): Online Case Status changes to CASE SENT to DO
10/03/2009 (Day 65): Missing Interview Letter arrives at the Door Step!
10/20/2009 (Day 82): Original Interview Date (Was rescheduled to later date for me to complete 5 Years)
10/28/2009 (Day 90): Rescheduled Interview Date (Done, Approved, Received Oath Letter)
11/18/2009 (Day 110): Oath Done, Applied for the US Passport & Card
12/16/2009 (Day 139): US Passport Received
12/18/2009 (Day 141): US Passport Card & Naturalization Cert. Received
 
Hi Citizenwannabe, your "Jack in the box on the left side of the road" really helped me. I thought I was one the wrong road since I never expected there were traffic lights on Hwy 6. I have to bother guys here with another question. Does anyone know the contact number of FBI to find out if they have processed my FP and sent it back to USCIS?
Thank you very much, Citizenwannabe and everyone here.
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TIMELINE
5 Year based N-400
GC Date: Dec 20, 2004
DO: Houston, TX
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11/23/2009 : N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
11/30/2009 : RD&PD
12/18/2009: FP done
 
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Seems Houston has no oath scheduled for January, just got my oath letter and its scheduled for February the third (02/03/2010).
 
updates:

11/23/2009 : N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
11/30/2009 : RD&PD
12/18/2009: FP done
01/02/2010: Case has been transferred to a local office and an interview will be scheduled.
 
I had my Interview on Jan 5th - a very pleasant experience and here are the details:

As we enter USCIS:

We had to drop our Interview letters in the tray.

I saw a lady collecting interview letters, taking the files out and keeping the files ready and interviewing Officers were getting hold of files and calling the N-400 applicants based on the file/interview letter.

I was interviewed by a lady who was nice and sweet. She walked with me to her office, explained me the process briefly and the ususal oath was done first.

Then she asked for Passport, Green Card and Driver's License.
She obtained my signature on the photographs that were sent alongwith N-400 earlier.

Immediately after that she said she would ask me the questions first

Questions asked -

1. What did the declaration of independence do

(declared our independence from GB)

2. Name one branch or part of the govt

(Executive - others being legilature and Judiciary)

3. We elect US Senator for how many years

(six years)

4. If both President and VP can no longer serve, who becomes President

the Speaker of the House (not Speaker of the Congress)

5. What does the president's cabinet do

(Advises the President)

6. When must all men register for selective service

between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) (not Between the ages of 16 and 25)

She said I was supposed to answer 6 questionscorrectly, which I did so I passed that part and that she does not have to ask any more questions in that category.

Next she moved on to the English test Read the sentence- When is Columbus Day? and write the sentence - Columbus day is in Oct.

Once we were done with the above, she quickly ran through the N-400 applications, ran through almost all the questions from there, like checking it once again with me, then she verified some details of visits outside US with entries in my passport - everything appeared OK and she informed me that I passed the test and interview and that I should wait for about an hour to collect Oath Ceremony letter.

Briefly thats what happened - it was a very pleasant interview experience and it laster roughly about 1.5 to 2 hours.

We collected the Oath Ceremony letter and came back home happily.

I thank everyone on this forum - contribution on this forum was immensely helpful in preparing for all the steps.

Now getting ready for the Oath Ceremony - GLTA
 
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Congratulations!

Thank you for sharing your experiences. My friend is also going to the Oath ceremony on Feb 3rd. I am still waiting for my IL.

You must have answered it correctly. Just a typo on Q6. Can we say Speaker of the Congress, or it has to be Speaker of the House?
Anyway, Congratulations!

11/23/2009 : N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
11/30/2009 : RD&PD
12/18/2009: FP done
01/02/2010: Case has been transferred to a local office and an interview will be scheduled.
 
11/23/2009 : N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX
11/30/2009 : RD&PD
12/18/2009: FP done
01/02/2010: Case has been transferred to a local office and an interview will be scheduled.
01/11/2010: Received IL
 
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I found this thread today that's a little closer to home (I was previously using the October N-400 filers) thread. Best wishes to all.

Some excellent reading on here! We (myself and spouse) have our interview scheduled for 1/22/2010. I'm just wondering - for anyone who has interviewed at the Houston Office (North Point Location), were children permitted in the interview process? It's conceivable that we may have to take our young children to the interview...just wondering if anyone has experienced (or observed) that.

One further question - assuming the interview is ok, how soon after can the oath be scheduled? Is it possible that the oath on 2/3/2010 would be the one for us?

See details below (I also got a yellow letter around November 20th (but my wife didn't) that asked for all travel documents - this isn't surprising since I travel a bit with my job).

10.9.2009 - N-400 mailed to Lewisville, TX
10.16.2009 - Received Date
10.20.2009 - Priority Date
10.20.2009 - Payment Processed
10.20.2009 - Notice Date
10.24.2009 - Notice of Action Received
11.10.2009 - Request for Evidence
11.20.2009 - Finger Print Notice received
12.3.2009 - Finger Print Appointment Date
12.3.2009 - Finger Print Completed on
12.11.2009 - Status Updated to "Testing and Interview"
12.14.2009 - Interview Notice Received
1.22.2010 - Interview Date
 
Muffun - I attended interview at this office recently. I am not sure if you are allowed into the interview along with children but you can take children into the waiting area. May be one of you can wait with kids while the other is interviewing - so you can take kids for sure. Once you pass the interview you will get an oath letter. Next interview is on Feb 3 on Houston. Most likely, you will get the same date.
 
We (myself and spouse, left the kids with a sitter) had our interview on 1/22/2010 and it was smooth. First, you drop off your interview letter in a box and then you wait until they call your name. The first Officer took me to a small cubicle and he asked me the six questions (How many amendments in the Constitution - 27; Who makes federal laws - Congress; What is the name of the VP - Joe Biden; What is the highest court - Supreme Court; What group was taken to America as slaves - Africans; Why did the colonists fight the British - taxation without representation). He was very polite, and we made some small talk about taxation and my occupation.

After answering these correctly, I waited again until I was called in for my formal interview. The interviewing Officer (a different Officer) was very polite. She introduced herself, and placed me under oath. She went through my application, asked about some travels that I had taken, where I had lived, who I worked for, family questions, etc. Since everything was in order, she told me that my application was being recommended for approval and that I would wait in the lobby until given further paperwork (N-445) for the oath ceremony scheduled for February 3rd, 2010. The documentation that you are given is a form N-445, and it basically tells you to bring that N-445, your green card, and any immigration documents that you may have. I'm not sure what exactly they mean by any immigration documents that you have - 10 years of documents is a pretty big file :) Nonetheless, we're very excited to be bringing this process to a conclusion and taking the oath on February 3rd, 2010. We'll take the kids to the oath ceremony and enjoy some hot dogs and apple pie!

10.9.2009 - N-400 mailed to Lewisville, TX
10.16.2009 - Received Date
10.20.2009 - Priority Date
10.20.2009 - Payment Processed
10.20.2009 - Notice Date
10.24.2009 - Notice of Action Received
11.10.2009 - Request for Evidence
11.20.2009 - Finger Print Notice received
12.3.2009 - Finger Print Appointment Date
12.3.2009 - Finger Print Completed on
12.11.2009 - Status Updated to "Testing and Interview"
12.14.2009 - Interview Notice Received
1.22.2010 - Interview Date, Passed
2.3.2010 - Oath Date
 
Thank you, muffin1973, and congratulations!

You are right in time. My friend was interviewed in Dec last year, and she is also going to 2.3 Oath day. Do you know what the next Oath day would be?
 
Houston N-400

We had our oath date on February 3, 2010 - we're now officially US citizens. So from the mailing of the N-400 applications until we took our oath, it was approximately 4 months - not too shabby.

There were 2,280 people from 120 different countries being naturalized. We arrived at 6:50 am, and got in the appropriate line (there are 10 different lines - one for GC's ending in 000-099, one for GC's ending in 100-199, etc.). Once you get in the lineup, they check to see if your N-445 is in order and if you have your green card. Once you get to the top of the line, you surrender your green card and you check your certificate of naturalization to ensure it is error free. Then you enter the arena...it took us about 10 minutes for this first part.

The ceremony started at 9 am. The Judge from the US Southern District of Texas Court enters, everyone rises, and then everyone is seated once the judge says "please be seated". The representative from the USCIS is the "petitioner" of the court, and he asks for the Judge to approve the citizenship of all the applicants. The Judge asks some routine questions of the USCIS representative (e.g. do all the applicants properly fulfill the requirements). Then the Judge approves the petition, everyone raises their right hand, and takes the oath of allegiance. Then you wait until your paper color is called, and then you retrieve your certificate of naturalization from the same table that you checked in at.

Good Luck to all, never forget where you come from, and give everything you do (no matter how trivial) your very best effort.

10.9.2009 - N-400 mailed to Lewisville, TX
10.16.2009 - Received Date
10.20.2009 - Priority Date
10.20.2009 - Payment Processed
10.20.2009 - Notice Date
10.24.2009 - Notice of Action Received
11.10.2009 - Request for Evidence
11.20.2009 - Finger Print Notice received
12.3.2009 - Finger Print Appointment Date
12.3.2009 - Finger Print Completed on
12.11.2009 - Status Updated to "Testing and Interview"
12.14.2009 - Interview Notice Received
1.22.2010 - Interview Date, Passed
2.3.2010 - Oath Completed
2.3.2010 - Passport Application
 
Update my case:

Finally, my interview was completed successfully today, and got the oath letter scheduled for March 3rd after interview. The journey is almost over after this long exhausted waiting, my case might be the one of the oldest. Anyway, it's done within one year, what we can say.
 
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I didn't know how to change my signature after they changed to this new face. So I put in the text below:

1/11/10: Rescheduled IL received
2/8/10: Rescheduled ID
3/3/10: OD
 
Experience at the Houston DO. Very simple. I went to that place before to apply OPT and EAD.
Arrived around 1:10pm. Called around 1:20pm. 6 Qs asked. I don't remember exactly how the lady asked the questions, but the following was my answers
1)By loyal to the USA
2)George Washington
3)Texas Governor-Perry
4)Two holidays
5)New York Harbor
6)civil right movement
The lady wrote my answers on the sheet, and checked. Done, went back to the waiting area.
Then, 10~15 minutes waiting, another lady called my name. When sat down, she requested GC, passport, and DL. Went through my home address, telephone, my company, emphasized only a couple of travels made. Asked if I've joined any parties, been arrested, and jailed. "No" to all of them. She also went through if I am wiling to bear arms on behalf of the USA, performed work of national importance under civilian direction, and if i understand the full oath of allegiance to the US. "Yes" to the above. Then asked me to sign on my pictures, and several places on the form.
That's it. 10~15 minutes. She was very nice and polite and professional. She walked me out to the hallway and said my letter with the oath information was going to be ready in 45 mins. I waited another 20 mins in the waiting area, got the letter (OD 3/3/2010), and left.
Good luck to everyone!
 
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