Question by Robert: How Long After Citizenship Interview Does USCIS Contact Me ???
Hello I had my citizenship interview in Orlando, Florida on Aug 9th 2007. The interviewing officer was very nice & friendly. He was very informal yet professional. Well my interview went smoothly. I passed my English & history with flying colors.
After the interview I was told that since I had made many trips outside the US, the officer wanted to make sure I had not stayed out of the country more than whats allowed. He made copies of each and every page of my passport and told me: You have passed your interview but I just want to make sure everything is ok. He said ” I do not think there should be a problem but I just have to check”. He told me, most likely everything will be fine and that I should be hearing from USCIS with-in 3 or 4 weeks. On my interview sheet it said ” a decision cannot be made at this time”. Ok now my question: It is now 4 months since my interview. I have not heard from USCIS at all. What is going on ? how long do you think I will have to wait? Thank You !!
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Answer by helplulu
since USCIS increased Citizenship fee, many people applied and the office is backed up from work. since you traveled many times but the officer said “it shouldn’t be a prob” then, i guess you should just wait. i heard some people waited a year.
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Question by Tammy: What would you do if you were in my place? I know its long but please read and answer.?
So my daughter is 15 but is in 8th grade, going into 9th when summer starts next week. She is at an upper class private school but we can only afford it because of a scholarship the school gave to us. My husband teaches at a community college but the college is facing financial trouble and might drop his department. Anyways, the scholarship is supposed to be private but i think just about everyone in the whole school knows about it. I was at a school play with my daughter on thursday night and when it was over, this woman walked over to me and asked if i was Tamera. I told her yes. She introduced herself as Jennifer Fitch and then went on to tell me that she had asked the school if they knew anyone who was qualified to be a secretary in a law office. Apparently the school told her i needed a job and was qualified as a secretary because i used to handle sorting the school lunch orders and taking them to the vendors. The school didn’t tell her about the job though. She said she was a lawyer and her personal secretary was moving away and she was looking for a new one. She asked me if i was interested and my husband told her i was. She basically told me when i had to come in for a formal interview if i wanted the job. It was at 10 the next morning. Then her husband walked over carrying their daughter, Maddy, who is in my daughters class and got one of the lead rolls my daughter auditioned for in the play, piggy back. My daughter, Melody said hi to her and she just rolled her eyes and looked at her iphone to answer a text. I went in the next morning at 9:45 and Jennifer didnt even show up until 10:30. When she got there, she didnt appologize or anything but she said Maddy had gotten no sleep the past few weeks getting ready for the play and she had to take her to the doctor. We up to her office and she told me what the job involved. She told me all i would do was answer the phone, set up appointments, and work with one of her paralegals with sorting paperwork. She told me she was one of 3 partners in the firm and there were 6 other attorneys, 9 paralegals, and 3 secretaries in the firm. Then she did the usual interview things. I told her that i had 3 daughters and one son. I told her that my son and one of my daughters has autism and that the other 2 daughters attend the same school as her daughter. That was all i thought she needed to know but she started asking me about what my kids like to do and then she asked where i live. I told her then asked her why she needed to know and she told me if i got the job, i would have access to highly confidential and she needed to know she could trust me so i asked her about her family. It was a mistake because she went on for about 15 minutes telling me about Maddy and how wounderful of a girl she is. Now to me this is a lie because i know her daughter is a partier, is popular, snobby, and very rude to Melody. Then she told me all about her husbands job as the CFO of the company he works for. Then she told me they live in Tuscan Hills, which ive been to before and i dont think any of the houses there are worth less that several million. She told me she thought i was the one for the job and i could have it if i improved my image a bit. I asked her what she meant and she said i needed an appropriate haircut, i need to dye my hair to hide the gray spots, and she said i needed to improve my wardrobe just a little. I said I had to talk it over with my husband so she said she would have someone from her office call me in the next several days to ask if i wanted the job. Then a client showed up so she showed me out and went back to her office.
My husband really wants me to take the job because he is sure he is about to get laid off but i think Jennifer is a bit stuck up and rude and im afraid it will make it even harder on my daughter if i work for one of her classmates parents. My daughter is socially akward and is bigger than most people in her class (boys and girls) and is the oldest in her class so she is made fun of as it is. It also annoyed me that she actually told me to get better clothes, a better haircut, and that i have gray spots (which i never noticed before). What would you do if you were in my place? Thanks in advance
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Answer by Indalecio Celesta
I’d take the job. This is completely NOT an issue to go starving over.
Your daughters time in school is limited- she’ll graduate someday.
Your career is indefinite.
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Question by barrie bakar: How long after 2nd interview do you expect to hear back from a potential employer.?
I had my first interview with a potential employer on October 1st. Thought interview went pretty well. Took 2 weeks without hearing anything, called and left the hiring manager 2 voicemails at the start and end of the 3rd week. I was contacted on October 20th to come in for a second interview on October 21st. Second interview was very informal with another employee. He basically did all the talking and explained the job in detail and what I will be doing and confirmed that I will be working with him. He told me that he was to submit a report to the hiring manager and asked me to call him if I ever had any concerns or questions that were job related. Its mid November now and I have still not heard anything back after the second interview. I called the hiring manager twice this week but have not received a call back or an email. Friends tell me to stay put and that I will receive an email or call if the position has been filled. my question is does it take this long to hear back after an interview? As a recent graduate I am not too familiar with all the intricacies of the hiring process. Please advice.
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Answer by Samii Revlon
It really depends on when he wanted you to start, do you have any idea? If the start date wasnt for a while, its not unusual to not have heard anything, as they would contact you about a week or 2 before you were due to start. If I were you I would call again if Ive not heard anything in another week or perhaps send a email and continue this. You dont always hear back if the position has been filled by someone else, which is a pain really as its not really fair to leave you guessing when you could be taking up other jobs. Keep applying for new jobs just in case
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Question by bebekyc: What do I say at a job interview after a long break?
I’ve been jobless for half an year now and the reason to quit the previous job was due to stresses from family, work and myself. You can say I had a nervious breakdown because I was very depressed and out of focused and had to take Melatonin every night. In these few months, I’ve traveled to few countries, took a class online, and rethink of my goals. Finally, I got myself together and ready to get back in the field. However, I am not exactly sure how to explain this long leave on my job interview. For all the employers out there, what kind of reasons would you accept for this from a new employee?
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Answer by TCVS
Firstly, don’t worry – there are millions of people in a similar situation. At least there was a “reason” for you being out of work…many people are out of work for long periods without doing anything.
As you’ve already stated, you have completed an online course, travelled the world, etc. Mention this in the interview. Mention you left work following illness and took a break to further your cultural awareness and to develop your transferable skills.
You could then say how you “brushed up” your skills upon your return by taking an online course.
I hope this helps! Good luck.
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Question by summersunseeker: Does anyone hear her? (Long)?
My base question is the title of a song that I relate to but this is more of a rhetorical question if even that. I don’t really expect answers but I just want to talk and have someone listen with out me actually speaking but to myself. So if you haven’t guessed ‘her’ is me.
The last several months since November of last year have been spiraling out of my control. I am alone, honestly scared, and very depressed. Back in November I was working with a family as their nanny. I had been with them for a year and I thought things were going to be even better because the girls were getting older. The situation was and is complicated. Though I worked for one family it was really two families with in that one family so the girls I took care of are cousins. They came to me as I was living with the grandparents because it was the central location. Anyway, in November just before my full course load of mid term exams on top of that full-time plus job one of the parents decides that her daughter needs to be in daycare. No big deal right? Well ordinarily it wouldn’t have been but they decided that they were going to do this with out telling me or no explanation as to why. It was just all of a sudden she was not there. Then they had the nerve to not pay me for that last week.It was bad to have a limited income as it was cut in half. It was a sore spot and still is with some of the family because everyone found out about it and not even by me. I moved on took my midterms and started the new year with adding another family with the first little one. At first it was okay. I was taking more college classes another full course load but having to get up earlier and a lot extra kids than I was used to made things a lot more stressful so I dropped a couple to make life a little easier. Add in a couple emergency room visits and a three day hospital stay in the cardiac care unit… I had quite the storm brewing. There was talk that one of the parents was going to be losing her job so I was warned that I might want to start looking and so I did. I was called for an interview and the very next day I found out that she was going to keep it. Nonetheless I still needed to find something for the summer. I had been living with other people the entire time rent free so I had no idea of what I was going to need to do. I had a new job all set up living with the family but I discovered with in two days of working for them that it was not the right place for me to be. I was mistreated and felt it. When I said something about how I felt two days later it all blew up right then and there. Because I was not perfect right away being that I had been there for four days and it all should have been flawless she belittled me and treated me as if I was a servant. And told me if I didn’t like how she was treating me then there is the door. Well I believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect, so after she was done yelling at me I went to my room and packed everything up took it all down the stairs and put it in to my car myself. Something that took assistance bringing it in and two trips there all done alone and in one trip. Not only did I lose my job I also lost a home. Now homeless. I never wanted to know what it was like to be in this position. To rely on the kindness of others for a roof over my head. I have been depressed and suicidal many times in my life but for once in my life until this point for the last three years I was content. Now in the baddest way I want to die. I want to escape this pain that I feel for my failure from not being good enough. I want nothing more than to just hide in a hole and never come out. But in spite of my feelings I still am making an effort. It is hard. No family to help me out here just me and God. I hate this situation and myself right now…my whole world is crumbling apart. What else has to happen before I can be happy?
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Answer by Allie Vitalis
Seek Gods advice. 
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Question by little asian gal in cresent city: How long after an interview will they call you if you got the job?
I mean, after how long you can just safely assume you didnt get the job?
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Answer by David M
2 weeks, but give a call or follow up with a thank you note describing the interview.
Call them tomorrow.
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