Santa Ana (OC), CA Time Line

Santa Ana DO Interview Notices

Please post your dates if you can so that we can judge the average wait time for Santa Ana DO applicants...

My timelines are as follows:
Applied: 4/26/05
PD: 5/02/05
FP: 5/10/05
Interview Date: Still waiting...

A friend of mine has the following info:

Applied: I don't know...
PD: 4/11/05
FP: I don't know, but he already did give FPs
Interview Notice: 7/28/05
Interview Date: 9/26/05

Please let's share. It would be valuable to know...

Thanks
 
infopass today

I just went to an Infopass appointment today. I sure do not feel getting much help from the appointment.

anyway, i checked with the officer there about my case status.

first, she asked me when i took my FP. I told her it was around April. She said the decision has not been made (oh .. I know!!!) yet. then she said it was waiting for FP. I said again I took my FP in April this year. somehow, she said something March 22. I have no idea what it is about thou.

Then I asked her about if there has anything pending? She said nothing is pending. I repeatedly asked if the background check and name check are cleared. She did not really answer me directly but she said they are not pending.

she took a copy of a letter which I got from the interview last time (regarding... background check pending), then she took my phone number. she said she would make a request to the officer and ask her to make the decision. she told me i shall receive something in the mail.

I asked her when the background check was requested. She said it was requested in Sept 24. I said, "huh? sept? did you mean July?". She said, "July 24, and completed back in July 29".

However, July 24 was a Sunday. :(

Go figure. I will get another infopass again in 1.5-2 months.

Oh well.
 
ocworker said:
I just went to an Infopass appointment today. I sure do not feel getting much help from the appointment.

anyway, i checked with the officer there about my case status.

first, she asked me when i took my FP. I told her it was around April. She said the decision has not been made (oh .. I know!!!) yet. then she said it was waiting for FP. I said again I took my FP in April this year. somehow, she said something March 22. I have no idea what it is about thou.

Then I asked her about if there has anything pending? She said nothing is pending. I repeatedly asked if the background check and name check are cleared. She did not really answer me directly but she said they are not pending.

she took a copy of a letter which I got from the interview last time (regarding... background check pending), then she took my phone number. she said she would make a request to the officer and ask her to make the decision. she told me i shall receive something in the mail.

I asked her when the background check was requested. She said it was requested in Sept 24. I said, "huh? sept? did you mean July?". She said, "July 24, and completed back in July 29".

However, July 24 was a Sunday. :(

Go figure. I will get another infopass again in 1.5-2 months.

Oh well.
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Ocworker,
I am sorry man, but I am setting here and laughing ( how stupid that of them )…. I swear I wish you the best, and I wish get us the good news soon….
 
Mr LA said:
Ocworker,
I am sorry man, but I am setting here and laughing ( how stupid that of them )…. I swear I wish you the best, and I wish get us the good news soon….
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i was not the first one to be served by the same infopass officer. i was hoping i won't get her to talk to me because from previous ppl who were served by her, they left quick and they did not get much answer at all.

oh well... can't do much at this moment.. hope miracle happens soon.
 
ocworker said:
i was not the first one to be served by the same infopass officer. i was hoping i won't get her to talk to me because from previous ppl who were served by her, they left quick and they did not get much answer at all.

oh well... can't do much at this moment.. hope miracle happens soon.
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Just set back and relax man, I done with my fingerprint on Aug 10, still waiting for the interview letter, but u know what man, I try to make my self busy and NOT to think about it, what ever happen happen :)
 
Guess what??

Today, I received a email from DHS.gov regarding my oath ceremony.

To be honest, that email looks very fishy to me and it looks like a spam email.

I tried to call 800-number to talk to a CSR but they were all busy. I scheduled an infopass on this friday to clear out the confusion.

However, when I checked my mail box tonight after work, I received the oath letter!! SURPRISE!! I am very surprised.

I am just way too happy and I am speechless now!

thanks guys and I will report the oath experience. The oath is on next week Sept 28th at 8am in Quiet Cannon!

:) :) :) :) :) :)
 
ocworker said:
Today, I received a email from DHS.gov regarding my oath ceremony.

To be honest, that email looks very fishy to me and it looks like a spam email.

I tried to call 800-number to talk to a CSR but they were all busy. I scheduled an infopass on this friday to clear out the confusion.

However, when I checked my mail box tonight after work, I received the oath letter!! SURPRISE!! I am very surprised.

I am just way too happy and I am speechless now!

thanks guys and I will report the oath experience. The oath is on next week Sept 28th at 8am in Quiet Cannon!

:) :) :) :) :) :)
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Congrats!

How long did your saga last? And if you don't mind me asking - what's your nationality? Well, besides the US, of course :)

K
 
RealSuperK said:
Congrats!

How long did your saga last? And if you don't mind me asking - what's your nationality? Well, besides the US, of course :)

K
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What is "saga"?

I was born in Hong Kong. However, my passport states my nationalitiy is British National (Oversea).
 
To whom might be interested:

N400 mailed: 03/08/2005
N400 received: 03/09/2005
PD: 03/09/05
FP NOA mailed out: 04/13/2005
FP NOA received: 04/14/2004
FP Taken: 04/27/05
FP received by FBI: 04/27/05
FP sent to USCIS by FBI: 04/27/05 (Called FBI to check)
Interview NOA's Notice Date: 05/23/05
Interview NOA mailed out: 05/24/05
Interview NOA received: 05/25/05
Case be able to add online: 05/25/05
Interview: 07/19/05
Oath letter mailed out (from LA DO): 09/20/05
Oath notification email received: 09/21/05
Oath letter received in mail: 09/21/05
Oath: 09/28/05 8am
 
ocworker said:
To whom might be interested:

Oath letter mailed out (from LA DO): 09/20/05
Oath notification email received: 09/21/05
Oath letter received in mail: 09/21/05
Oath: 09/28/05 8am
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congratulations, OCWorker.
 
Oath experience

I went to the Oath Ceremony this morning, the following is my experience

I live in OC and it is around 1hr drive to the Oath Ceremony place (Quiet Cannon). I woke up at 3:15am; left apt by 4:45am; arrived to Quiet Cannon at 5:45am. It was so early and dark and I did not think there had anyone there yet (a guard came to me but before he said anything, i said "I am here too early; i will be back. what time should I come back?").

I went to Denny's for a breakfast; I went back to Quiet Cannon at 6:20am or so. I already saw people coming in. Lot of people had already got in and parked. However, they formed a line waiting to get into the hall.

Parking was $10. No big deal. I was in the first 20-30 people batch. After a while, line was getting longer and longer. Around 7:xx, they let us in. We sat down, and i found out some of the USCIS officers were kind of rude. May be it was too early for them coming to work. some of them were nice; some of them were impatience.

We sat down; County of LA register's office started giving out the regirstation form to vote. filled in. left out the signature and the check box for "are you citizen". filled both places out after the oath was completed.

etc etc.... after all, oath was ok. the judge was talking lot of his personal immigration experience; he was a born citizen however his parents were immgrants from China. so it went on and on and on.

I liked everything until I went to pick up my natruzliation cert and the court paper for name change. My cert has the new name, but they did not have the court paper for me. I was all panic at that time. the person who gave out the cert WAS RUDE. I told her nicely saying I had my name changed during the interview process, and the cert showed the new name (I had my old name on my green card). She said no, no court paper. However, even name was mismatch from the green card and cert, she could give me the cert. interesting (may be she only matched the A#). she asked me to go to "Table B" and asked them.

I tried to go back to the hall and looked for Table B. Another USCIS officer blocked me and asked where I was going. I said I had my name changed but no court paper. He (with heavy accent) said "It is too late for name change". I said "No, I am not asking for name change. Name has already changed. It is on my cert. I need to have the court paper to prove the old name changed to new name). He said "No.. no.. go back go back".

I was very upset, and very frustrated. People started coming out from the ceremony and I could not go back to there to ask what's going on. Another (NICE one) USCIS officer asked me what happened. I told him I requested name change. it is changed and it shows my new name. however they did not give me the court paper. He held my arm, and asked me to go back in with him. At the door, that bad sucker tried to block me again; but the nice uscis officer explained and that bad sucker let me in.

finally, someone wrote my old name, new name, A# on a form (green form which it is the court paper) and asked me if i got approved on the same day of my interview. i said 'no, it was not approved on the day of my interview". she just put 9/21/2005 (the day i received the oath letter) and checked "Granted".

Then I was on my way out to get my SS / DL / Car Title / Bank name changed.

By the way, I know it is a long story, Johnny Cash, do you think the green form I received from Oath Ceremony is a legal document to use with my naturalization cert?

The reason I ask is no signature whatsoever on the green form. Should I go to the court to have someone looks into the case??
 
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by the way, i noticed they updated the oath schedules. i wonder if they were trying to schedule more oath ceremonies because there has an election coming up in Nov.
 
ocworker

Since every state has its own local rules for a Name Change, thereby it might be possible that the green form given to you is some sort of temporary legal document for Name Change in CA. However, I'm skeptical about this "green form" to be a legal document as a proof of your name change. Because, if it doesn’t contain family Judge’s signature and Court seal then it CANNOT be considered a legal document, no matter what.

I think Court personnel gave you a temporary legal document (green form) as to a proof for your Name Change as USCIS mistakenly forgot to petition for Name Change with Court on your behalf even though they did change your name on Naturalization Certificate.

You should go back to your local Court and ask the clerk for a Name Change Decree based upon this 'granted green form'; otherwise you really have no LEGAL document to prove your name change.

Good Luck.
 
JohnnyCash said:
Since every state has its own local rules for a Name Change, thereby it might be possible that the green form given to you is some sort of temporary legal document for Name Change in CA. However, I'm skeptical about this "green form" to be a legal document as a proof of your name change. Because, if it doesn’t contain family Judge’s signature and Court seal then it CANNOT be considered a legal document, no matter what.

I think Court personnel gave you a temporary legal document (green form) as to a proof for your Name Change as USCIS mistakenly forgot to petition for Name Change with Court on your behalf even though they did change your name on Naturalization Certificate.

You should go back to your local Court and ask the clerk for a Name Change Decree based upon this 'granted green form'; otherwise you really have no LEGAL document to prove your name change.

Good Luck.
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thanks Johnny. My friend told me her name change doc has the judge's signature.
I will go to the local court and ask the clerk. (the local court is part of the "Central District Court")

Do I have to mention whom Judge performed the Oath to the court clerk?

Also, it has the notice

"Your copy of this aplication, along with your Certificate of Naturalization, which you will reeive upon taking the oath of allegiance, will verify that you elected to change your name. Your Certificate of Naturalization bears your new name as changed per Order of the Court."

Well, I will go to the court to check it out for sure. Man, how could USCIS miss it????

I think my case was approved after the interview (I waited for 2 months because of the pending background check), and i wonder would it be the reason they missed.

gosh, i thought my (personal) immigration path is done. and now it still has some issues.

:(
 
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JohnnyCash -- pls read

Johnny,

how much % would you think I would get the Name Change Decree without any issues / troubles? i hope they would not need to go back to my immgriation file from SNA sub office and all crap again.

SIGH

(however, DMV / SS / Bank changed name for me without any issues. Oh well.. it is just different story)
 
I went to Court House in Santa Ana today. They told me they do not handle neturalization. They directed me to LA Court house. I spent another 1.5 hrs to drive to LA court house (with traffic). Talked with the guy on 3rd floor who handles the naturalization. I guess I did not use the right terms of what I was looking for. I said I should have the court order for my name change since I requested it on my N400 form. He said "What court order?".

Anyway, i showed him the green paper I got. He told me where I received it. I said i received it from the oath yesterday. He asked me, was it attached to the cert? I said no, i got it seperately. he looked into the green form. he said.. "here is your old name, here is your new name. that is it."

I said, "however, the form does not have the court house seal and the signature of the judge." He said, the seal is on the cert. He told me "didn't they tell you don't lost it. so, keep them safe and do not lost them". I asked him, "so, is it a legal document along with the naturalization cert". he said, "yes".

I am confused. I do not know I should trust him or not. I went up to see the judge who went to Oath yesterday. the clerk said she does not deal with naturalization at all. she asked me to go to 3rd floor to ask. she said they know more than she would.

i told her i went to 3rd floor already, and i told her what I was told. she said, then that was it.

I will look for a lawyer and ask for the advice. i hate to spend $$ on such issues when it is not my fault. (i would rather spend $$ on a lawyer for getting I-130 or I-129F done).

Any suggestions?
 
ocworker said:
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I said, "however, the form does not have the court house seal and the signature of the judge." He said, the seal is on the cert. He told me "didn't they tell you don't lost it. so, keep them safe and do not lost them". I asked him, "so, is it a legal document along with the naturalization cert". he said, "yes".

i told her i went to 3rd floor already, and i told her what I was told. she said, then that was it.
Any suggestions?
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Hi,
I did the name change in SanDiego. On my naturalization certificate it is written my new name. They attached a paper to the naturalization certificate, which says thae what is my old name and new name. It is attested in bottom by court clerks (clerk and deputy clerk) but no seal. You are getting too much worried, just chill out.
 
SDQmer said:
Hi,
I did the name change in SanDiego. On my naturalization certificate it is written my new name. They attached a paper to the naturalization certificate, which says thae what is my old name and new name. It is attested in bottom by court clerks (clerk and deputy clerk) but no seal. You are getting too much worried, just chill out.
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may be it is different than NYC. my friend in NYC told me her name change paper is a computer-printed with judge's signature on it.

The paper I have is not attached to the naturalization certificate and there has no name (clerk / deputy clerk) printed / signed. Oh well, I will chill out for now. If issues come, I will have to deal with them later. So far, SS / DMV / work HR / Bank / other places change my name according to my new name. i guess it is good for now.

thanks :)

just wondered: did you get your passport? i plan to do that when i get a chance in next week. do i have to send the "court paper" about my name changed or just give the USPS on the cert? I hope they would not lost the cert! :(
 
Passport

I went to post office to apply the US passport today. I added extra $60 for faster service. Originally I wanted to pay for 2 ways overnight delivery. However, the USPS staff told me if I mailed the application out on Saturday using overnight delivery service, USPS would only promise the mail that would be deliveried by Tue. She suggested me to pay for 1 way overnight delivery (for return). She said USPS would send the applications out today via Priority Mail (i know someone was ahead of me who applied for passport also. may be all applications would be going out at the same time in one big package).

Anyway, I cross my fingers that my application would get to the passport service center next week, ie, hope my natz. cert won't be lose.

I will update when they would receive the application, and when they would return it to me.
 
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