Relocated to CA during citizenship process

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DesiGuy28

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I relocated to San Jose, CA from Seattle. I filed for my citizenship in Jan 2008 and completed my fingerprinting in Seattle. Just as I moved here, I filed for change of address. On the day after I mailed my change of address, I got my citizenship interview notice from INS Seattle for this month - and about 2 weeks later, my interview notice was canceled stating that it was due to unforeseen circumstances. I suspect this is because my case was transferred to California.

Is there anything I need to be doing to validate that my citizenship application is still moving forward? Should I be worried?

Suggestions on what I should do?

Thanks.
 
You should immediately make an infopass appointment with your local San Jose DO to make sure your case/file is now handled by San Jose and not Seattle office. Show them the cancelation letter as well and see if the officer could find out exactly to why your interview was canceled. In my mind there could be 3 reasons:
1) Your case was moved from Seattle office to San Jose.
2) Too many interviews were scheduled that day (Overstaff issue)
3) Background check was still not completed.

All these answers & more on infopass appointment. Make sure you get completely satisfied when you get done with your appoinment otherwise have a supervisor look into your case in detail.
 
You need to live in the district where you are for 90 days before becoming eligible for citizenship again. If you get another interview letter for a date that is before 90 days after your relocation to San Jose, ask for a reschedule, because even if you go to that interview they can't legally approve you.
 
Jackolantern said:
You need to live in the district where you are for 90 days before becoming eligible for citizenship again. If you get another interview letter for a date that is before 90 days after your relocation to San Jose, ask for a reschedule, because even if you go to that interview they can't legally approve you.
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The 90 day rule is correct, but if USCIS sends you an interview letter for a date before 90 days after you've relocated to CA, please for God's sake don't ask USCIS to cancel your interview or ask them to reschedule you for another date. It is their problem & let them sort out. Don't try to be extra smart and start showing them rules and regulations.
 
Atlanta_Brother said:
The 90 day rule is correct, but if USCIS sends you an interview letter for a date before 90 days after you've relocated to CA, please for God's sake don't ask USCIS to cancel your interview or ask them to reschedule you for another date. It is their problem & let them sort out. Don't try to be extra smart and start showing them rules and regulations.
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An interview before the 90 day mark would either be a waste of time, as they'll realize what happened and schedule another interview anyway ... or it would result in an erroneous approval, which leaves one's citizenship forever vulnerable to denaturalization.
 
Jackolantern said:
An interview before the 90 day mark would either be a waste of time, as they'll realize what happened and schedule another interview anyway ... or it would result in an erroneous approval, which leaves one's citizenship forever vulnerable to denaturalization.
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Again, I am not there to teach them any rules. If they like to grant me citizenship, it's their call and good for me. Let the mother nature do things in my favour.
Secondly, I happen to know a friend of a friend who became a perm resident in 2002 but somehow at that time the INS system showed that he was granted GC in 2000. Thought it was an error from their side but he was asked to apply for his citizenship according to what the system was saying which was 2000. He lucked out & saved 2 yrs & was able to apply for his citizenship at the end of 2004 instead of 2006.
 
Atlanta_Brother said:
Secondly, I happen to know a friend of a friend who became a perm resident in 2002 but somehow at that time the INS system showed that he was granted GC in 2000. Thought it was an error from their side but he was asked to apply for his citizenship according to what the system was saying which was 2000. He lucked out & saved 2 yrs & was able to apply for his citizenship at the end of 2004 instead of 2006.
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So he got away with it ... for now. But he is vulnerable to denaturalization at any time. They don't even have to go to the extent of digging up any old crime or anything, because the information to support the denaturalization is right at their fingertips if they ever decide to look for it.
 
IO will ask for your driver license of your current address to see if you live under the jurisdiction of the DO or IO will not approve it. Jack/Atlanta, is it true?
 
My 2 cents.

Citizenship based on naturalization can be taken back if inconsistencies are found in the approval process. It would be a small risk but with big consequences.

My recommendation is to fulfill ALL the criteron (including 90 day residency).

Vik_b
 
USGC485 said:
IO will ask for your driver license of your current address to see if you live under the jurisdiction of the DO or IO will not approve it. Jack/Atlanta, is it true?
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Yes, it is very true. Couple of my friends were asked to provide their DL at the time of the interview. One of them had an out state license from OR and the officer at San Antonio DO asked my friend to immediately change her license to the local one and fax the information to her as soon as possible. In 2 weeks she received an OL from the office.
 
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