Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Jun 21st 2004, 12:56 am
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Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting.
After applying in September 2002, it arrived at INS (BCIS) 3 days before the
time she was supposed to apply. So they sent the whole thing back and told
us to resubmit in 3 days. We resubmitted immediately, since it had been
over 3 days for it to come back to us. We waited for only a couple of weeks
for a Notice of Action/receipt. Then we waited, and waited, and waited.
It was February 2004 when we finally got a Notice of Action/Appointment
Notice. We eagerly awaited her appointment. Two weeks before the
appointment date, she got a Notice of Action/Appointment De-scheduling
Letter. They said she was being de-scheduled indefinitely. We didn't know
what that meant, but it didn't sound good.
Well, in about a month, she got another NOA/Appointment Notice. As the
date approached, we halfway expected them to de-schedule her again. But the
day before finally came and we made the drive to Jacksonville to attend her
interview appointment.
We got there and emptied our pockets before going into the office. My wife
put her appointment notice in the wall box as told and we sat down. We
waited about 20 minutes, but we were 15 minutes early, so they were pretty
much on time.
They called her name and through the door she went. About 20 minutes later
she came back out, smiling. The interview was a success.
They asked her to write a simple sentence. Then she had to read a simple
sentence out loud. Then they asked her 10 questions out of the 100 they
give out on their website. She had studied those questions backwards and
forwards. She could hear the answer and give you the question. Hahaha!
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the
interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had
accumulated along the years through this process. Then their was some
discussion about when she would be sworn in and where. They have swearing
in ceremonies here in our city, but she may have to go to Jacksonville to do
it.
That's about all there was to it.
Other offices, YMMV.
She came here on the K-1.
1/28/1997 I-129F rec'd by INS
2/18/1997 Notice of Approval
6/23/1997 Arrived in US on K-1 Visa
7/4/1997 Married at court house.
7/25/1997 Filed for AOS
1/13/2001 AOS interview
9/30/2002 N-400
6/18/2004 Naturalization Interview
?/??/2004 Swearing in ceremony
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting.
After applying in September 2002, it arrived at INS (BCIS) 3 days before the
time she was supposed to apply. So they sent the whole thing back and told
us to resubmit in 3 days. We resubmitted immediately, since it had been
over 3 days for it to come back to us. We waited for only a couple of weeks
for a Notice of Action/receipt. Then we waited, and waited, and waited.
It was February 2004 when we finally got a Notice of Action/Appointment
Notice. We eagerly awaited her appointment. Two weeks before the
appointment date, she got a Notice of Action/Appointment De-scheduling
Letter. They said she was being de-scheduled indefinitely. We didn't know
what that meant, but it didn't sound good.
Well, in about a month, she got another NOA/Appointment Notice. As the
date approached, we halfway expected them to de-schedule her again. But the
day before finally came and we made the drive to Jacksonville to attend her
interview appointment.
We got there and emptied our pockets before going into the office. My wife
put her appointment notice in the wall box as told and we sat down. We
waited about 20 minutes, but we were 15 minutes early, so they were pretty
much on time.
They called her name and through the door she went. About 20 minutes later
she came back out, smiling. The interview was a success.
They asked her to write a simple sentence. Then she had to read a simple
sentence out loud. Then they asked her 10 questions out of the 100 they
give out on their website. She had studied those questions backwards and
forwards. She could hear the answer and give you the question. Hahaha!
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the
interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had
accumulated along the years through this process. Then their was some
discussion about when she would be sworn in and where. They have swearing
in ceremonies here in our city, but she may have to go to Jacksonville to do
it.
That's about all there was to it.
Other offices, YMMV.
She came here on the K-1.
1/28/1997 I-129F rec'd by INS
2/18/1997 Notice of Approval
6/23/1997 Arrived in US on K-1 Visa
7/4/1997 Married at court house.
7/25/1997 Filed for AOS
1/13/2001 AOS interview
9/30/2002 N-400
6/18/2004 Naturalization Interview
?/??/2004 Swearing in ceremony
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Jun 21st 2004, 1:53 am
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Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Originally posted by Jonathan_ATC
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting <snip>
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting <snip>
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Hi Jonathan, Congratulations!! Looks like Che-Ning is on the final immigration lap . From your timeline I see that you will also be celebrating your seventh wedding anniversary very soon
Once again, well done.My son Shivan has applied for naturalization and hopefully will be a US citizen by next year this time. Please be in touch offline if you still have my email address. I shall look for yours on transplanted. I believe Vermyndax gave it to to me. Look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Ken & Ranjini
Jun 21st 2004, 2:25 am
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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 46,382
Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Congratulations on having the finish line in sight. Jim became a US citizen on December 12, 2003. Looks like the class of '98 is almost through the last hurdles.
Rete
Rete
Originally posted by Jonathan_ATC
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting.
After applying in September 2002, it arrived at INS (BCIS) 3 days before the
time she was supposed to apply. So they sent the whole thing back and told
us to resubmit in 3 days. We resubmitted immediately, since it had been
over 3 days for it to come back to us. We waited for only a couple of weeks
for a Notice of Action/receipt. Then we waited, and waited, and waited.
It was February 2004 when we finally got a Notice of Action/Appointment
Notice. We eagerly awaited her appointment. Two weeks before the
appointment date, she got a Notice of Action/Appointment De-scheduling
Letter. They said she was being de-scheduled indefinitely. We didn't know
what that meant, but it didn't sound good.
Well, in about a month, she got another NOA/Appointment Notice. As the
date approached, we halfway expected them to de-schedule her again. But the
day before finally came and we made the drive to Jacksonville to attend her
interview appointment.
We got there and emptied our pockets before going into the office. My wife
put her appointment notice in the wall box as told and we sat down. We
waited about 20 minutes, but we were 15 minutes early, so they were pretty
much on time.
They called her name and through the door she went. About 20 minutes later
she came back out, smiling. The interview was a success.
They asked her to write a simple sentence. Then she had to read a simple
sentence out loud. Then they asked her 10 questions out of the 100 they
give out on their website. She had studied those questions backwards and
forwards. She could hear the answer and give you the question. Hahaha!
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the
interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had
accumulated along the years through this process. Then their was some
discussion about when she would be sworn in and where. They have swearing
in ceremonies here in our city, but she may have to go to Jacksonville to do
it.
That's about all there was to it.
Other offices, YMMV.
She came here on the K-1.
1/28/1997 I-129F rec'd by INS
2/18/1997 Notice of Approval
6/23/1997 Arrived in US on K-1 Visa
7/4/1997 Married at court house.
7/25/1997 Filed for AOS
1/13/2001 AOS interview
9/30/2002 N-400
6/18/2004 Naturalization Interview
?/??/2004 Swearing in ceremony
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting.
After applying in September 2002, it arrived at INS (BCIS) 3 days before the
time she was supposed to apply. So they sent the whole thing back and told
us to resubmit in 3 days. We resubmitted immediately, since it had been
over 3 days for it to come back to us. We waited for only a couple of weeks
for a Notice of Action/receipt. Then we waited, and waited, and waited.
It was February 2004 when we finally got a Notice of Action/Appointment
Notice. We eagerly awaited her appointment. Two weeks before the
appointment date, she got a Notice of Action/Appointment De-scheduling
Letter. They said she was being de-scheduled indefinitely. We didn't know
what that meant, but it didn't sound good.
Well, in about a month, she got another NOA/Appointment Notice. As the
date approached, we halfway expected them to de-schedule her again. But the
day before finally came and we made the drive to Jacksonville to attend her
interview appointment.
We got there and emptied our pockets before going into the office. My wife
put her appointment notice in the wall box as told and we sat down. We
waited about 20 minutes, but we were 15 minutes early, so they were pretty
much on time.
They called her name and through the door she went. About 20 minutes later
she came back out, smiling. The interview was a success.
They asked her to write a simple sentence. Then she had to read a simple
sentence out loud. Then they asked her 10 questions out of the 100 they
give out on their website. She had studied those questions backwards and
forwards. She could hear the answer and give you the question. Hahaha!
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the
interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had
accumulated along the years through this process. Then their was some
discussion about when she would be sworn in and where. They have swearing
in ceremonies here in our city, but she may have to go to Jacksonville to do
it.
That's about all there was to it.
Other offices, YMMV.
She came here on the K-1.
1/28/1997 I-129F rec'd by INS
2/18/1997 Notice of Approval
6/23/1997 Arrived in US on K-1 Visa
7/4/1997 Married at court house.
7/25/1997 Filed for AOS
1/13/2001 AOS interview
9/30/2002 N-400
6/18/2004 Naturalization Interview
?/??/2004 Swearing in ceremony
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Jun 21st 2004, 11:15 am
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Posts: 659
Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Originally posted by Jonathan_ATC
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting.
After applying in September 2002, it arrived at INS (BCIS) 3 days before the
time she was supposed to apply. So they sent the whole thing back and told
us to resubmit in 3 days. We resubmitted immediately, since it had been
over 3 days for it to come back to us. We waited for only a couple of weeks
for a Notice of Action/receipt. Then we waited, and waited, and waited.
It was February 2004 when we finally got a Notice of Action/Appointment
Notice. We eagerly awaited her appointment. Two weeks before the
appointment date, she got a Notice of Action/Appointment De-scheduling
Letter. They said she was being de-scheduled indefinitely. We didn't know
what that meant, but it didn't sound good.
Well, in about a month, she got another NOA/Appointment Notice. As the
date approached, we halfway expected them to de-schedule her again. But the
day before finally came and we made the drive to Jacksonville to attend her
interview appointment.
We got there and emptied our pockets before going into the office. My wife
put her appointment notice in the wall box as told and we sat down. We
waited about 20 minutes, but we were 15 minutes early, so they were pretty
much on time.
They called her name and through the door she went. About 20 minutes later
she came back out, smiling. The interview was a success.
They asked her to write a simple sentence. Then she had to read a simple
sentence out loud. Then they asked her 10 questions out of the 100 they
give out on their website. She had studied those questions backwards and
forwards. She could hear the answer and give you the question. Hahaha!
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the
interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had
accumulated along the years through this process. Then their was some
discussion about when she would be sworn in and where. They have swearing
in ceremonies here in our city, but she may have to go to Jacksonville to do
it.
That's about all there was to it.
Other offices, YMMV.
She came here on the K-1.
1/28/1997 I-129F rec'd by INS
2/18/1997 Notice of Approval
6/23/1997 Arrived in US on K-1 Visa
7/4/1997 Married at court house.
7/25/1997 Filed for AOS
1/13/2001 AOS interview
9/30/2002 N-400
6/18/2004 Naturalization Interview
?/??/2004 Swearing in ceremony
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Hello All, nice to see some familiar faces.
I promised I would report to the group any time anything memorable happened,
immigration-wise. So, here I am, reporting.
After applying in September 2002, it arrived at INS (BCIS) 3 days before the
time she was supposed to apply. So they sent the whole thing back and told
us to resubmit in 3 days. We resubmitted immediately, since it had been
over 3 days for it to come back to us. We waited for only a couple of weeks
for a Notice of Action/receipt. Then we waited, and waited, and waited.
It was February 2004 when we finally got a Notice of Action/Appointment
Notice. We eagerly awaited her appointment. Two weeks before the
appointment date, she got a Notice of Action/Appointment De-scheduling
Letter. They said she was being de-scheduled indefinitely. We didn't know
what that meant, but it didn't sound good.
Well, in about a month, she got another NOA/Appointment Notice. As the
date approached, we halfway expected them to de-schedule her again. But the
day before finally came and we made the drive to Jacksonville to attend her
interview appointment.
We got there and emptied our pockets before going into the office. My wife
put her appointment notice in the wall box as told and we sat down. We
waited about 20 minutes, but we were 15 minutes early, so they were pretty
much on time.
They called her name and through the door she went. About 20 minutes later
she came back out, smiling. The interview was a success.
They asked her to write a simple sentence. Then she had to read a simple
sentence out loud. Then they asked her 10 questions out of the 100 they
give out on their website. She had studied those questions backwards and
forwards. She could hear the answer and give you the question. Hahaha!
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the
interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had
accumulated along the years through this process. Then their was some
discussion about when she would be sworn in and where. They have swearing
in ceremonies here in our city, but she may have to go to Jacksonville to do
it.
That's about all there was to it.
Other offices, YMMV.
She came here on the K-1.
1/28/1997 I-129F rec'd by INS
2/18/1997 Notice of Approval
6/23/1997 Arrived in US on K-1 Visa
7/4/1997 Married at court house.
7/25/1997 Filed for AOS
1/13/2001 AOS interview
9/30/2002 N-400
6/18/2004 Naturalization Interview
?/??/2004 Swearing in ceremony
So, from arrival on the K-1 to her Naturalization interview, it took almost
exactly 7 years.
--
Jonathan_ATC
\_\_\|/_/_/
Jun 21st 2004, 1:16 pm
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Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Originally posted by Jonathan_ATC
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had accumulated along the years through this process.
They did not ask for any of the documents that they mentioned in the interview letter. She had brought our whole book of documents that we had accumulated along the years through this process.
Ian
Jun 22nd 2004, 11:45 am
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Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Che-Ning and I were class of '97, I believe. I wonder how Jim got his
before Che-Ning. Guess it all depends on your "local" office's processing
speed.
Tell Jim a belated Congratulations from myself and Che-Ning.
--
Jonathan
"Rete" <member167@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Congratulations on having the finish line in sight. Jim became a US
> citizen on December 12, 2003. Looks like the class of '98 is almost
> through the last hurdles.
> Rete
before Che-Ning. Guess it all depends on your "local" office's processing
speed.
Tell Jim a belated Congratulations from myself and Che-Ning.
--
Jonathan
"Rete" <member167@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Congratulations on having the finish line in sight. Jim became a US
> citizen on December 12, 2003. Looks like the class of '98 is almost
> through the last hurdles.
> Rete
Jun 22nd 2004, 12:56 pm
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Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Congratulations!!
Jun 22nd 2004, 2:48 pm
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Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Originally posted by Jonathan_ATC
Che-Ning and I were class of '97, I believe. I wonder how Jim got his
before Che-Ning. Guess it all depends on your "local" office's processing
speed.
Tell Jim a belated Congratulations from myself and Che-Ning.
--
Jonathan
Che-Ning and I were class of '97, I believe. I wonder how Jim got his
before Che-Ning. Guess it all depends on your "local" office's processing
speed.
Tell Jim a belated Congratulations from myself and Che-Ning.
--
Jonathan
Simple, Jim is an active member of the New York State Guard and had applied for naturalization both as a member of the military forces and as a spouse of a US citizen. That combined with the past services of our US Congresswoman and a notation in his file that indicated that he had previously filed a formal complaint about a employee of the USCIS for rude and offensive behavior and the USCIS' incompetency in handling is AOS and the Congresswoman's liaison discovery of such inefficiency all helped to fast track him to naturalization. Applied in May 2003 and was a citizen six months later.
We are members of the Alumni '98 having first applied for the I-129F/K-1 on March 23, 1998 and AOS on October 2, 1998. Alumni status honestly does not mean anything in the scheme of things as timelines are altered by the timelines for adjusting status based on individual district offices. Members of '98 who AOS'd in Detroit or Dallas were eligible to naturalize in 2001, a full two years earlier than us even though we started the process the same time or even before them.
The above explanation is for the benefit of those who are not familiar with what might constitute quicker results for those who file at the same time or before you for the same benefits.
Rete
PS Will give Jim your congratulations. If you were the class of '97 then you started before this newsgroup was in existence since it only became a forum in early '98 ...
Jun 22nd 2004, 3:00 pm
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Re: Naturalization, Citizenship Interview: Jacksonville FL
Originally posted by Jonathan_ATC
Che-Ning and I were class of '97, I believe. I wonder how Jim got his
before Che-Ning. Guess it all depends on your "local" office's processing
speed.
Tell Jim a belated Congratulations from myself and Che-Ning.
--
Jonathan
Che-Ning and I were class of '97, I believe. I wonder how Jim got his
before Che-Ning. Guess it all depends on your "local" office's processing
speed.
Tell Jim a belated Congratulations from myself and Che-Ning.
--
Jonathan
