My Path to Naturalization

Quote: billryan

If it puts a few bucks in his pocket,......

......you’re envious?

Not of the accusation against the next Senator from Florida of course.

Of the having a few bucks in his pocket.

Quote: Boz

......you’re envious?

Not of the accusation against the next Senator from Florida of course.

Of the having a few bucks in his pocket.

Nice edit.

It’s almost as if you aren’t aware of his time as CEO of Columbia/HCA. I’d post a multitude of links that show it’s more than an accusation, but you’ll just ignore it and vote/support a guy that defrauded millions from American taxpayers.

Honorable...lmfao, yeah...it’s a joke at this point

Thursday July 26, 2018.

I had my biometrics appointment this morning, scheduled for 9:00am.

The processing office was a 20 minute drive from my house, in the opposite direction of rush hour traffic, so was easy to get to and find. I arrived at 8:30am and was greeted by a security officer who reviewed my appointment notice and my green card and gave me a clipboard with a form to fill out. It was high level stuff: name, birthdate, country of citizenship, height, weight, eye and hair color.

Once that was filled out, I had to wait in a line to get to the in-take desk. I was 15th in line and it took 45 minutes. Other than a Jamaican lady and an Asian gentleman in front of me, everybody else appeared to be Hispanic. I was the only Caucasian person in the building, including the employees. All in all, I would guess there was about 40 people there to have something processed. My guess is most were renewing their green card, because I was the only one I saw getting the information about the civics test.

After the in-take desk, I was immediately into the biometrics area to have my photo taken, fingerprints taken from my right hand, and a signature.

After that I was free to go. Whole process was 50 minutes... not too bad.

Next step is the FBI does a background check on me, and when that is done, I will be scheduled for an interview and civics/english proficiency test.

There is a website where they list the processing times, and it appears for Dallas it's 16.5 to 18.5 months.

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

So now I guess I just wait.

Quote: rsactuary

I was the only Caucasian person in the building, including the employees.

I thought Trump implemented VIP lines for that?

Around 1999 I was helping a friend through the process. He was Guatemalan and was here legally as a refugee. He went for an interview, was missing a minor piece of paper and told he had to reschedule the meeting because he didn't have it. We then waited almost an hour on line to schedule a new appointment in six months.
Hopefully they have updated and streamlined the process a bit.

Quote: rsactuary

Thursday July 26, 2018.

I had my biometrics appointment this morning, scheduled for 9:00am.

The processing office was a 20 minute drive from my house, in the opposite direction of rush hour traffic, so was easy to get to and find. I arrived at 8:30am and was greeted by a security officer who reviewed my appointment notice and my green card and gave me a clipboard with a form to fill out. It was high level stuff: name, birthdate, country of citizenship, height, weight, eye and hair color.

Once that was filled out, I had to wait in a line to get to the in-take desk. I was 15th in line and it took 45 minutes. Other than a Jamaican lady and an Asian gentleman in front of me, everybody else appeared to be Hispanic. I was the only Caucasian person in the building, including the employees. All in all, I would guess there was about 40 people there to have something processed. My guess is most were renewing their green card, because I was the only one I saw getting the information about the civics test.

After the in-take desk, I was immediately into the biometrics area to have my photo taken, fingerprints taken from my right hand, and a signature.

After that I was free to go. Whole process was 50 minutes... not too bad.

Next step is the FBI does a background check on me, and when that is done, I will be scheduled for an interview and civics/english proficiency test.

There is a website where they list the processing times, and it appears for Dallas it's 16.5 to 18.5 months.

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

So now I guess I just wait.

Do you have to do it locally or could you travel somewhere else? Pittsburgh is only 8 months.

Quote: GWAE

Do you have to do it locally or could you travel somewhere else? Pittsburgh is only 8 months.

Good question. Portland OR is showing 6 -14 mo. I'm assuming N-400 naturalization? Haven't scrolled back.

Dallas seems to be one of the longer waits on that form.

They do not give you a choice. Unfortunately.

Quote: beachbumbabs

Good question. Portland OR is showing 6 -14 mo. I'm assuming N-400 naturalization? Haven't scrolled back.

Dallas seems to be one of the longer waits on that form.

Yes, N400

Quote: rsactuary

I was the only Caucasian person in the building, including the employees.

That's just sad. I thought Trump
was making this an all white
country with his bigotry and hatred.
Still a long way to go, I guess.

Snicker..