Newark, NJ - N-400 Timeline
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immigrant99
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Oct 19 2006 Application Timeline
Application sent: 10/19/2006
Application received by INS: 10/24/2006
PD: 10/24/2006
FP: 11/08/2006
FP was relatively painless. The FP service center is at 24 Commerce St, Suite 200, Newark, NJ. There is a Central Parking place behind the building on Clinton street; I paid $10 for a little over an hour. I got there at 12:45 PM for the 1 PM appointment, but there were several people ahead of me and they were only able to process me at 2 PM.
Application sent: 10/19/2006
Application received by INS: 10/24/2006
PD: 10/24/2006
FP: 11/08/2006
FP was relatively painless. The FP service center is at 24 Commerce St, Suite 200, Newark, NJ. There is a Central Parking place behind the building on Clinton street; I paid $10 for a little over an hour. I got there at 12:45 PM for the 1 PM appointment, but there were several people ahead of me and they were only able to process me at 2 PM.
Jerzee8302
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no I received it on 10/28... otherwise I would have said 9/18... lol
Waiting for Interview Letter: Newark
Hi All,
I havent seen the online case status change since my FP Date nearly a month ago. Both my wife and I have the same dates that are shown below.
Here's my time line.
Vermont Service Center, Newark DO.
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N-400 sent : 09/18/2006
RD: 09/20/2006
PD: 09/20/2006 (checks cashed - 09/22/2006)
NOA: 09/26/2006
FP Notice Date: 09/29/2006
N400 Notice recieved: 10/03/2006
FP Letter recieved: 10/05/2006
FP Date: 10/11/2006
IL: ??/??/????
ID: ??/??/????
Hi All,
I havent seen the online case status change since my FP Date nearly a month ago. Both my wife and I have the same dates that are shown below.
Here's my time line.
Vermont Service Center, Newark DO.
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N-400 sent : 09/18/2006
RD: 09/20/2006
PD: 09/20/2006 (checks cashed - 09/22/2006)
NOA: 09/26/2006
FP Notice Date: 09/29/2006
N400 Notice recieved: 10/03/2006
FP Letter recieved: 10/05/2006
FP Date: 10/11/2006
IL: ??/??/????
ID: ??/??/????
Back as an USC
Hi guys,
Just think I should come back and post and my experience. Last week I did go in for an interview and passed. I did have to remind the officer that I was not qualified to swear in on the same day since it was not 5 year yet. He confirmed with his supervisor and gave me a letter for the swear in ceremony appointment in the following week. So here I am again, officially as an USC. Gook luck to you all.
Hi guys,
Just think I should come back and post and my experience. Last week I did go in for an interview and passed. I did have to remind the officer that I was not qualified to swear in on the same day since it was not 5 year yet. He confirmed with his supervisor and gave me a letter for the swear in ceremony appointment in the following week. So here I am again, officially as an USC. Gook luck to you all.
Online case status disappears
I just noticed that my online case-status disappeared. For those of you who who had FP's around Oct/11/2006 at Newark, NJ and were waiting for the online case-status to disappear, Looks like there is some hope that we may recieve a IL soon.
I am just curious if anyone else with the same FP dates are getting to see some movement in their case status.
Vermont Service Center, Newark (NJ) DO.
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09/18/2006: N-400 sent
09/20/2006: RD
09/20/2006: PD
09/22/2006: checks cashed
09/26/2006: NOA
09/29/2006: FP Notice Date
10/03/2006: N400 Notice recieved
10/05/2006: FP Letter recieved
10/11/2006: FP Date
11/10/2006: Online case status disappears
??/??/????: IL
??/??/????: ID
I just noticed that my online case-status disappeared. For those of you who who had FP's around Oct/11/2006 at Newark, NJ and were waiting for the online case-status to disappear, Looks like there is some hope that we may recieve a IL soon.
I am just curious if anyone else with the same FP dates are getting to see some movement in their case status.
Vermont Service Center, Newark (NJ) DO.
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09/18/2006: N-400 sent
09/20/2006: RD
09/20/2006: PD
09/22/2006: checks cashed
09/26/2006: NOA
09/29/2006: FP Notice Date
10/03/2006: N400 Notice recieved
10/05/2006: FP Letter recieved
10/11/2006: FP Date
11/10/2006: Online case status disappears
??/??/????: IL
??/??/????: ID
Double Alien
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Oath after Pending related 'A' Numbers
I had my interview on August 24th 2006, passed the interview and was told that there was one more related file with a different 'A' number, than what I have on my Green Card. Officer told me that they have to get the file from NRC(national Records Center) verify the file then make a decesion and send me the Oath letter which would take 2 to 3 weeks,I waited for 4 weeks and called Newark office and was told that my case has been approved. I took Infopass yesterday morning 7.30 AM and was sent to 15th floor around 8AM. Supervisor called me at about 11 AM and told me that my case was approved then I requested him if I can take the oath today , he was very nice and allowed me to take the Oath at 1.30 PM.I was done, walked out of the office by 2.30 with certificate of Naturalization.
My advise to all in waiting is to make an early appointment and request the immigration information officer at 3rd floor to send you to 15th floor, they give you a number and a form to be filled out to be taken to 15th floor.
I thank all the members for very helpful, useful information.
I had my interview on August 24th 2006, passed the interview and was told that there was one more related file with a different 'A' number, than what I have on my Green Card. Officer told me that they have to get the file from NRC(national Records Center) verify the file then make a decesion and send me the Oath letter which would take 2 to 3 weeks,I waited for 4 weeks and called Newark office and was told that my case has been approved. I took Infopass yesterday morning 7.30 AM and was sent to 15th floor around 8AM. Supervisor called me at about 11 AM and told me that my case was approved then I requested him if I can take the oath today , he was very nice and allowed me to take the Oath at 1.30 PM.I was done, walked out of the office by 2.30 with certificate of Naturalization.
My advise to all in waiting is to make an early appointment and request the immigration information officer at 3rd floor to send you to 15th floor, they give you a number and a form to be filled out to be taken to 15th floor.
I thank all the members for very helpful, useful information.
Case Status Disappears
sjmurthy,
I had my FP on 10/06/2006 and my status also disappeared today. However I see a message on the USCIS website that due to Site Outages they are having problems with Case Status Online application. I hope that this is not the issue why we dont see our status and hopefully we have our IL on the way.
I have made an account the USCIS website where I see Last Updated date as today's date. So lets keep our fingers crossed!!
sjmurthy,
I had my FP on 10/06/2006 and my status also disappeared today. However I see a message on the USCIS website that due to Site Outages they are having problems with Case Status Online application. I hope that this is not the issue why we dont see our status and hopefully we have our IL on the way.
I have made an account the USCIS website where I see Last Updated date as today's date. So lets keep our fingers crossed!!
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Could you please tell me what number did you call?
And how long did you wait prior to talk to a USCIS representative?
My N-400 timeline:
07/26/06 : N-400 mailed to VSC
07/28/06 : N-400 VSC Priority Date
08/10/06 : N-400 NOA Received
08/11/06 : FP NOA recvd
08/16/06 : FP Appointment
??? : Interview notice recvd
??? : Interview Appointment
??? : Oath
And how long did you wait prior to talk to a USCIS representative?
My N-400 timeline:
07/26/06 : N-400 mailed to VSC
07/28/06 : N-400 VSC Priority Date
08/10/06 : N-400 NOA Received
08/11/06 : FP NOA recvd
08/16/06 : FP Appointment
??? : Interview notice recvd
??? : Interview Appointment
??? : Oath
I called (800) 375-5283. This was the number given on the USCIS website. Had to wait about 5 min, to speak to someone, who then told me that my case status was unavailable. When I said it disappeared, she transferred me to customer service....this was a 10 minute wait...the customer service rep told that a letter was mailed on 11/9 & that was all the info she could give me.
Trust me, don't call, just wait for your letter...you'll save time.
Trust me, don't call, just wait for your letter...you'll save time.
@SJMurthy/@avaswa,
I had my FP on 10/06/06 and my case status disappeared on 11/10/2006. I had checked the Last Updated Date under my account on 11/10/2006 and it was 11/10/2006.
However,today when I logged in again I see Last Updated Date as 11/14/2006. Is anyone observing similar things?
Thanks
I had my FP on 10/06/06 and my case status disappeared on 11/10/2006. I had checked the Last Updated Date under my account on 11/10/2006 and it was 11/10/2006.
However,today when I logged in again I see Last Updated Date as 11/14/2006. Is anyone observing similar things?
Thanks
Case Status dissapeared: FP Date: Oct 11th
SJMurthy; My FP was on Oct 11th as well and was waiting on case status to dissaper..I ahven't checked my online status last couple of days but today I saw that the case status did dissapear..must have happened on monday or tuesday...I am hoping I would see the letter in the mail by this weeekend...keep posting here if you see any further progress...
SJMurthy; My FP was on Oct 11th as well and was waiting on case status to dissaper..I ahven't checked my online status last couple of days but today I saw that the case status did dissapear..must have happened on monday or tuesday...I am hoping I would see the letter in the mail by this weeekend...keep posting here if you see any further progress...
Online case status update
patkt,
Yes, I forgot to indicate earlier that I did monitor my case status after creating an account on the USCIS web-site. I kind of assumed that everyone was checking their status after creating an account (which I believe need not be the case) and hence did not mention it.
Yes, I did notice an update in my case as well which is exactly the same as yourself. The first update was on 11/10/2006 and the second update was on 11/14/2006 (4 days after the case status disappeared). Infact, I was about to ask the same question, but you beat me to it.
I seriously doubt the reliability of this online update. A colleague of mine (@ work) said that her case status did NOT change even after she had obtained her citizenship and told me not to bet on it. In her case, I believe it only showed that the USCIS had obtained her application. But she was referring to sometime in Apr 2005 and may be USCIS got their act straightened up.
Well, let's hope that the IL is on it's way
patkt,
Yes, I forgot to indicate earlier that I did monitor my case status after creating an account on the USCIS web-site. I kind of assumed that everyone was checking their status after creating an account (which I believe need not be the case) and hence did not mention it.
Yes, I did notice an update in my case as well which is exactly the same as yourself. The first update was on 11/10/2006 and the second update was on 11/14/2006 (4 days after the case status disappeared). Infact, I was about to ask the same question, but you beat me to it.
I seriously doubt the reliability of this online update. A colleague of mine (@ work) said that her case status did NOT change even after she had obtained her citizenship and told me not to bet on it. In her case, I believe it only showed that the USCIS had obtained her application. But she was referring to sometime in Apr 2005 and may be USCIS got their act straightened up.
Well, let's hope that the IL is on it's way
Wiating on IL: FP Date: Oct 11th. Case status not availble (I guess its a good thing)
Did Any one see any changes..any one recived Interview letters yesterday..not me..! I called the customer service number this morning..and they told me that the case status is not available (duh !) ...but they said something I am not sure is a good thing or not..! they said my case is with vermont service center...! So is it a normal process...after FP is complete and FBI check in complete...the case is sent back to VSC from Newark and VSC sends the interview letter...! or is it Newark which sends the Interview letter..!
Did Any one see any changes..any one recived Interview letters yesterday..not me..! I called the customer service number this morning..and they told me that the case status is not available (duh !) ...but they said something I am not sure is a good thing or not..! they said my case is with vermont service center...! So is it a normal process...after FP is complete and FBI check in complete...the case is sent back to VSC from Newark and VSC sends the interview letter...! or is it Newark which sends the Interview letter..!
Selective SErvice
govindm,
I came to this country before my 26th birthday on a business visa. B1 is considered as a Non-immigrant Visa and the N-400 Application specifically aks if you were here on any visa "other than" a Non-Immigrant Visa. Hence I did not worry about this.
I guess this is only relevant for folks (minors), who come to this country on a green card, turn 18 and then apply for their US Citizenship. I guess this question is more for folks in this situation.
I hope it helps.
Disclaimer
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I am not an immigration attorney and please dont take this as legal advice. I am just telling you what I did in my N-400 application
govindm said:
govindm,
I came to this country before my 26th birthday on a business visa. B1 is considered as a Non-immigrant Visa and the N-400 Application specifically aks if you were here on any visa "other than" a Non-Immigrant Visa. Hence I did not worry about this.
I guess this is only relevant for folks (minors), who come to this country on a green card, turn 18 and then apply for their US Citizenship. I guess this question is more for folks in this situation.
I hope it helps.
Disclaimer
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I am not an immigration attorney and please dont take this as legal advice. I am just telling you what I did in my N-400 application
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Recieved Interview Letter atlast
patkt, avaswa, muddur01
I just recieved my Interview letter (and also for my wife). I checked the envelope which indicated that it was mailed out from VSC on Nov 14 2006. However, the IL NOA date is dated Nov 09 2006. This may probably explain the updates we saw in our case, after the case status disappeared.
I also may start a separate thread regarding parking tickets. (I had one which I forgot to disclose in my N-400 Application). But that is a separate issue.
Check your mails. I am sure you should have recieved it. Good Luck. Keep us posted.
Vermont Service Center, Newark (NJ) DO.
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Same dates for myself and my wife.
09/18/2006: N-400 sent
09/20/2006: RD
09/20/2006: PD
09/22/2006: checks cashed
09/26/2006: NOA
09/29/2006: FP Notice Date
10/03/2006: N400 Notice recieved
10/05/2006: FP Letter recieved
10/11/2006: FP Date
11/10/2006: Online case status disappears
11/16/2006: IL (NOA date is 11/09/2006)
01/25/2007: ID
patkt, avaswa, muddur01
I just recieved my Interview letter (and also for my wife). I checked the envelope which indicated that it was mailed out from VSC on Nov 14 2006. However, the IL NOA date is dated Nov 09 2006. This may probably explain the updates we saw in our case, after the case status disappeared.
I also may start a separate thread regarding parking tickets. (I had one which I forgot to disclose in my N-400 Application). But that is a separate issue.
Check your mails. I am sure you should have recieved it. Good Luck.
Keep us posted.Vermont Service Center, Newark (NJ) DO.
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Same dates for myself and my wife.
09/18/2006: N-400 sent
09/20/2006: RD
09/20/2006: PD
09/22/2006: checks cashed
09/26/2006: NOA
09/29/2006: FP Notice Date
10/03/2006: N400 Notice recieved
10/05/2006: FP Letter recieved
10/11/2006: FP Date
11/10/2006: Online case status disappears
11/16/2006: IL (NOA date is 11/09/2006)
01/25/2007: ID
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