lansbury

Much the impression we have. It can be done but knowing what is going to be a successful application in advance is very tricky. He is saying he will just get US citizenship and keep quiet about it, not a good idea.

hobbes79

As I understand the rules, he may as well try and apply for the permit.

Once US citizenship has been obtained, you can't go back and apply after the fact - must be done before.

helwardman

I applied for naturalization back in May of this year. As of 3pm yesterday I am a newly minted US citizen

raaz74

Hello All,

Sorry to jump in the middle of this thread....

I applied for the US Citizenship in Aug 2008
Finger prints done after few months
Interviewed on Jan 14, 2009, officer handed me a letter that says "I have passed the test but decision has not been made yet". An officer also told me that my name has a positive hit.

Since then my case is still pending, i wrote a letter to congressman but no answer.

In november 2011 I received a letter for finger prints again and on Dec 31,2011 i received a letter for re-interview. I am not sure why they want to re-interview?

I was assuming that I should have received the oath letter for citizenship.

I also would like to mention here that it took 2-3 years for me get to gc, either my first name or last name matches with some one and even i came to US on K3 visa it says on visa too "the person is not the same as lookout entry", means my name has a positive hit.

Please let me know if someone has the similar re-interview letter and what exactly happend?

Any suggestion or advise would be really appreciated.

Thank you
-Raaz

ian-mstm

It sounds like you are in Administrative Processing. If so, there is nothing you can do but wait. Nothing at all. You can't find out how long it's going to take; and you can't find out where you are in the process.

The only thing that might help is a Writ of Mandamus... but the chances of it being successful are slim, since this is a matter of national security for the US.

Ian

raaz74

Thanks for reponse, i have already contacted mandamus last year in 2011 around August but they said the same thing that my case is still pending.

My question is what does it mean re-interview? why they called me for re-interview? I checked the status online and it says that they schduled for test and interview again. However i have passed the test.

Please advise.

sir_eccles

Biometrics only have a set length of time they are valid (because obviously you could have cut your hand off and grown another one in the intervening time). Your fingerprints now being a few years old need to be redone, so I suspect they are just going through the motions and that any interview you get will just be a formality to check you are still who you say you are and that you haven't suddenly become a communist or whatever in the intervening period.

Wait for the actual interview date to turn up, go to it and see what happens. Maybe brush up on the civics questions just in case.

Nutmegger

I would suggest that, rather than writing to your congressman and sitting back and waiting for a response, you telephone your congressman's office (the one in the district, not DC) and ask to speak to the person there responsible for immigration affairs for his constituents. When my application apparently got lost, I did just that and the liaison spoke to the state capital INS office and got me sorted out very rapidly. Even if they can't do that, perhaps they can ascertain what is going on for you.

raaz74

Thank you, that's what one of my friend said that it could be just formality or they probably wanna know if i still interested to become US citizen cause my application date is so old....they wanna know if i am the same person.

(i guess that's what you mean right? .....

raaz74

Do you think i should hire a lawyer for this re-interview?

ian-mstm

Whether or not to hire a lawyer is something only you can answer. We don't know your whole story and we don't know the level of your risk tolerance. If hiring a lawyer will help you sleep better at night, do it.

Ian

Poppy girl

Exactly what I did and it was all done and dusted in 2/3 weeks.

cpe111

November 2nd - send off N-400 app
November 15th - Receipt notice
December 20th - Biometrics
Feb 2nd (9:15 am ) - Interview (actually it was more like 11 am by the time I got in)
Feb 2nd (1:30) - Oath Ceremony - finally a US Citizen.

Married2abrit

My husband is a newly-minted USC too (eligible years ago)!

Sent in N-400 application 9-22-11
Biometrics 10-19-11
Interview 2-6-12 at 12:30pm (done by 1:00pm)
Oath and Ceremony with certificate 2-6-12 2:00pm

Seven people representing six countries were sworn in (Belgium, the Netherlands, the Phillippines, Honduras, India, and two people from the UK).

Burn1911

Well we have decided that we are going to start gathering all our information together and get our forms sent off ASAP..... I am actually really excited to become a citizen I pass the civics test!!