ian-mstm

With respect, it's irrelevant - since you don't live there. If you live in Indiana, you'll be interviewed in Indianapolis... but you send the application to the Chicago Lock Box.

Ian

Adnams

Yes I am sure its Chicago, but and I'm guessing here, we would interview, bio, oath etc in Indianapolis. Do you mind me asking when you filed, considering that you received your interview letter in July.

Adnams

I was just being curious as to relative times.

Rete

Do you read all the replies to your questions or just pick one that you like?

The poster you are questioning lives in NYS. He interviewed in NYS. It does not matter where he filed or what his timeline is. Besides which he answered those questions in post #14.

Unless you want to move to NYS and wait out the three months of continuous residency there before you are qualified to file, then his filing office and timeline is irrelevant to you.

You've been told that you need to file at the Chicago office and will interview in Indianapolis. There is no guessing about it ... it is fact.

May I suggest that perhaps you would benefit from the services of an experienced immigration attorney to help you and your become US Citizens.

Adnams

Wow, take it easy, seriously!? I read all the replies thank you very much. I was simply curious as to the NyC posters relative processing times purely as an interesting point. I clearly understand that we don't file through that location. And yup we used our companies immigration attorney to get our original visas and Gc's it was a nightmare so that's why this time we're flying solo. Having been a Member of this site for a long long time I'm surprised at your attitude..

RICH

Regarding travel restrictions, note that between the oath ceremony and applying for & receiving a US passport, you are essentially land locked, as US Citizen MUST use a US passport to (re)enter US. It only takes 3 or 4 weeks, or I think you can do same day if you want to jump through extra hoops.

rpjs

You checked the link I gave you and confirmed you're not in one of the four or five Indiana counties that are served by the Chicago field office? You are correct that your interview will be at the field office (probably Indianapolis, maybe Chicago).

Your oath ceremony may be at the field office, or at a courthouse, or if your approval is close to a "patriotic" holiday like 4th July, you might be part of a mass ceremony at a large venue to mark the holiday.

Your biometrics will be done at an application support center, of which there are a lot more than there are field offices, so it might well be closer to your home than the field office you interview at.

I mentioned in my previous post that my priority date is December 27th 2016. That was the date USCIS accepted my application, which I mailed to them a week or so before.

Shezi59

The actual wording in the oath is:
I, [NAME], hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...

This is what I said at my ceremony last Friday. I handed over my green card but the USCIS officer didn't even look at my passports (I took them as travel docs as instructed). I've now applied for US passport which will take 3 weeks (expedited) and processing in 6-8 weeks standard service.

S Folinsky

[QUOTE=Adnams;12313921] As one Brit friend noted "I told Liz to go to hell. Liz said I can't do that." The fine print in a US passport has warnings about dual citizenship and implications thereof.

But what happens is that US requires a renunciation while HM government does not recognize the renunciation.

Adnams

So finally got the N400 fed-exed off overnight today, yep only took us three weeks of dithering. Anyway I know our processing center is approx nine months behind but I just wondered how long it usually takes for them to enter our forms into their system and moreover how long does it usually take from their receipt of our forms to them processing the CC payment?
Anyone got recent experience of this?

Shezi59

I filed an application within the last 12 months, so recent-ish I guess, receipt was pretty quick and a biometrics appointment within 2 weeks of filing, but that's been pretty standard in my experience. It's the waiting for processing that takes the months.

Adnams

Wow, that seems quick for biometrics. Ty

gad33

Don't worry they'll be really quick at taking your money.