Seattle, WA area tracker
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Thanks for the post seattleWA. This definetely lifts up my spirits...the processing dates site says they are processing applications from March 19th, 2004...your case shows that they might be faster than this. I am a month behind you...hopefully I will get my interview letter next month.
BTW, did your online status change at all?
BTW, did your online status change at all?
Online status is same - no change.
Your N400 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION was received on June 21, 2004. We mailed you a receipt with information about processing. It is taking between 370 and 385 days for us to process this kind of case. We will mail you a decision as soon as processing is complete.
Your N400 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION was received on June 21, 2004. We mailed you a receipt with information about processing. It is taking between 370 and 385 days for us to process this kind of case. We will mail you a decision as soon as processing is complete.
Interview Date Rcvd
Here is an update on my status -
PD - August 4th, 2004
Application Receipt Date - August 16th, 2004
Received in Mail - August 18th, 04
FP Notice in mail - August 28th, 04
FP Date - September 14, '04
Interview Letter Rcvd - Dec 8th. '04
Interview Date - Feb 17th, 2005
There are a cpl of interviews coming up in Jan and Feb. Guys, pl' post your interview experience once u r done with it.
Thanks a lot.
Here is an update on my status -
PD - August 4th, 2004
Application Receipt Date - August 16th, 2004
Received in Mail - August 18th, 04
FP Notice in mail - August 28th, 04
FP Date - September 14, '04
Interview Letter Rcvd - Dec 8th. '04
Interview Date - Feb 17th, 2005
There are a cpl of interviews coming up in Jan and Feb. Guys, pl' post your interview experience once u r done with it.
Thanks a lot.
Folks in the Seattle Area...there are a couple of interviews this month and next...starting with Jan 13th 
...
Pl' keep posting your experiences here once you are done with it. It will be very helpful for the others...
Thanks a lot and best of luck to all of us....
...Pl' keep posting your experiences here once you are done with it. It will be very helpful for the others...
Thanks a lot and best of luck to all of us....
Rahul Kumar
Registered Users (C)
jsjseata said:
IP is 'Indices Popular'. Its the status of the name check. Not the check itself
Seattle interview on Jan. 13
We had our interview in Seattle DO on Jan. 13, 05. Here are the details for us:
Filed based on five years
File received by NSC and priority date: June 3, 04
Check cashed: June 9, 04
Receipt Notice dated June 15, 04 received in the mail on: June 17, 04
Finger Print Notice dated June 24, 04 received in the mail on: July 2, 04
Finger Printed on July 16, 04
Interview Letter dated November 5, 04 received in the mail on: November 12, 04
Interview on Jan. 13, 05 at 10 AM for me and 10:30 AM for my wife
We received a call on Jan. 12, 04 around 3:30 PM from Immigration officer saying that she is handling my case and the photos that I have submitted were not acceptable since it was taken with the eye glasses on. She wanted me to bring new photos without eye glasses on. And she mentioned that since I am going to bring in new photos any way then bring the photos with the new requirement as well which is the pose of the front of the face and not the right ear pose.
Showed up around 9:30 at the Seattle office. There were approximately 150 candidate for the naturalization interview on that day. The oath ceremony takes place every day for the one who makes the interview.
Called for the interview at 10:40. Very polite and professional immigration officer. She asked me to raise my hand and take a oath before sitting down. She asked me take out green card, passport and selective service registration card. She informed me that she has received my case about two days ago and that was the time she started to analyse my case. She realized about the photos yesterday and thus called me to bring new photos. She went through the application extremely fast. She stopped at the employer section and asked me if I work for the same employer which I responded in Yes. Since my employer is a foreign company so she asked me do I work from home in which I responded Yes as well. She wrote down on the application under the employer, "Work for home." She stopped again at the trips taken abroad and started looking into my passport for the trips. Since my old passport expired in July and I have received new passport, none of the trips mentioned in the application were mentioned in the new passport. She asked me about the old passport in which my reply was the old passport was kept by the embassy when they issued the new passport. She just ticked marked ok on all the trips and at the bottom wrote down, "work related trips." She asked if all the three children were born in the US, and I said Yes. She asked if they were going to school, and I said Yes. She wrote down on the application, "Children going to school in the US". Asked me to read a simple sentence (I don't remember what it was), and asked me to write, "My children live in the United States." She asked six questions from the 100 question and told me I scored 100%. She informed me at this time that when she was looking at my application two days ago, my FBI name check was not clear and she will check it again at this time to find out if it had been clear. She said unfortunately your name check has not cleared yet and gave me a sheet of paper saying you passed the interview, however, a decision can't be made until the name check is cleared. I should contact CIS if I don't hear from them in three months. She told me that my file will move to the record room and they normally check the update every two weeks to finalize the cases which are pending due to name check.
My wife was next with the same officer. Pretty much the same process, however, her name check was cleared and she was given a congratulation letter to attend the oath ceremony at 2 PM the same day. We were there for the oath ceremony which lasted for about two hours. 83 people from 33 different countries were naturalized on that day. Since we were travelling within the next 14 days so I took the apointment at the Seattley Passport Agency for Jan. 14. Applied for the passport at the Agency and received her passport within 2 hours with expedited fee of $145.
Please let me know if anybody has any question. Sorry for the late update because we were travelling and did not have access to the internet.
We had our interview in Seattle DO on Jan. 13, 05. Here are the details for us:
Filed based on five years
File received by NSC and priority date: June 3, 04
Check cashed: June 9, 04
Receipt Notice dated June 15, 04 received in the mail on: June 17, 04
Finger Print Notice dated June 24, 04 received in the mail on: July 2, 04
Finger Printed on July 16, 04
Interview Letter dated November 5, 04 received in the mail on: November 12, 04
Interview on Jan. 13, 05 at 10 AM for me and 10:30 AM for my wife
We received a call on Jan. 12, 04 around 3:30 PM from Immigration officer saying that she is handling my case and the photos that I have submitted were not acceptable since it was taken with the eye glasses on. She wanted me to bring new photos without eye glasses on. And she mentioned that since I am going to bring in new photos any way then bring the photos with the new requirement as well which is the pose of the front of the face and not the right ear pose.
Showed up around 9:30 at the Seattle office. There were approximately 150 candidate for the naturalization interview on that day. The oath ceremony takes place every day for the one who makes the interview.
Called for the interview at 10:40. Very polite and professional immigration officer. She asked me to raise my hand and take a oath before sitting down. She asked me take out green card, passport and selective service registration card. She informed me that she has received my case about two days ago and that was the time she started to analyse my case. She realized about the photos yesterday and thus called me to bring new photos. She went through the application extremely fast. She stopped at the employer section and asked me if I work for the same employer which I responded in Yes. Since my employer is a foreign company so she asked me do I work from home in which I responded Yes as well. She wrote down on the application under the employer, "Work for home." She stopped again at the trips taken abroad and started looking into my passport for the trips. Since my old passport expired in July and I have received new passport, none of the trips mentioned in the application were mentioned in the new passport. She asked me about the old passport in which my reply was the old passport was kept by the embassy when they issued the new passport. She just ticked marked ok on all the trips and at the bottom wrote down, "work related trips." She asked if all the three children were born in the US, and I said Yes. She asked if they were going to school, and I said Yes. She wrote down on the application, "Children going to school in the US". Asked me to read a simple sentence (I don't remember what it was), and asked me to write, "My children live in the United States." She asked six questions from the 100 question and told me I scored 100%. She informed me at this time that when she was looking at my application two days ago, my FBI name check was not clear and she will check it again at this time to find out if it had been clear. She said unfortunately your name check has not cleared yet and gave me a sheet of paper saying you passed the interview, however, a decision can't be made until the name check is cleared. I should contact CIS if I don't hear from them in three months. She told me that my file will move to the record room and they normally check the update every two weeks to finalize the cases which are pending due to name check.
My wife was next with the same officer. Pretty much the same process, however, her name check was cleared and she was given a congratulation letter to attend the oath ceremony at 2 PM the same day. We were there for the oath ceremony which lasted for about two hours. 83 people from 33 different countries were naturalized on that day. Since we were travelling within the next 14 days so I took the apointment at the Seattley Passport Agency for Jan. 14. Applied for the passport at the Agency and received her passport within 2 hours with expedited fee of $145.
Please let me know if anybody has any question. Sorry for the late update because we were travelling and did not have access to the internet.
Congrats abd97 for finishing interview and good luck with namecheck.abd97 said:
My question is how to go about finding local pasport agency and what is the process of getting appointment for passport to get it in couple of hours. I am in process and waiting for interview but I will also need to get my passport fast and in person like you guys did. I am in San diego, by the way.
Thanks for your time!!!
Kind_SD said:
Here are all the 13 passport agencies where you can apply in person with a proof that you are leaving or required to apply a visa within 14 days. The closest agency to San Diego is LA.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/about/agencies/agencies_913.html
Rahul Kumar
Registered Users (C)
abd97 said:
You can visit a regional passport office also and get the passport the same day. I got my expedited passport (all via overnight mail) in 3 business days
Rahul Kumar
Registered Users (C)
You need an appointment and proof stating your urgency.
Seattle Interview details, Oath on Feb 1st 2005
Interview details:
Filed based on 4 years (NSC)
Priority date: June 21, 2004
FP date: Aug 3, 2004
Interview notice received date: Nov 10, 2004
Interview date: January 25, 2005 7:30 AM
Showed up around 7:00 at the Seattle office.
Called for the interview at 7:14.
Very polite and professional immigration officer.
He asked me to raise my hand and take a oath before sitting down.
Gone through N-400...
He asked me take out green card, passports, driving license.
He asked me Did you file all Taxes? I told "YES"
He asked me to write "This is mild winter"
He asked me did you read all 100 questions?, I told "YES"
He asked questions from the 100 question and told me I scored 100%.
What do the stars on the flag mean?
--- One for each state in the Union
Who said: "Give me liberty or give me death?"
---Patrick Henry
Can the Constitution be changed?
---Yes
What do we call a change to the Constitution?
---An amendment
How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
---27
What is the Bill of Rights?
---The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution
What is the United States Capital?
---Washington, D.C
I was given a congratulation letter to attend the oath ceremony at 2:30 PM on Feb 1st 2005
Interview details:
Filed based on 4 years (NSC)
Priority date: June 21, 2004
FP date: Aug 3, 2004
Interview notice received date: Nov 10, 2004
Interview date: January 25, 2005 7:30 AM
Showed up around 7:00 at the Seattle office.
Called for the interview at 7:14.
Very polite and professional immigration officer.
He asked me to raise my hand and take a oath before sitting down.
Gone through N-400...
He asked me take out green card, passports, driving license.
He asked me Did you file all Taxes? I told "YES"
He asked me to write "This is mild winter"
He asked me did you read all 100 questions?, I told "YES"
He asked questions from the 100 question and told me I scored 100%.
What do the stars on the flag mean?
--- One for each state in the Union
Who said: "Give me liberty or give me death?"
---Patrick Henry
Can the Constitution be changed?
---Yes
What do we call a change to the Constitution?
---An amendment
How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
---27
What is the Bill of Rights?
---The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution
What is the United States Capital?
---Washington, D.C
I was given a congratulation letter to attend the oath ceremony at 2:30 PM on Feb 1st 2005