Hi,

i was told by one of my friend that total time to become citizen is 18 months.

i was thinking it is 9-10 months. i am in shock

From when you become eligible.

Might be quicker, might be longer.
YMMV

i thought it took even longer than that i thought it took a few years...haha...

I will be eligible in 2010 august, i m worried for my wifE who is on student visa. Just want to replan everything if timeline is 18 months.

thax for your reply.

Sounds like she has 5 more years studying.

You can apply now as a PR.

Currently the estimated time for citizenship is way longer than it used to be and probably will get better in the future by the time you are eligible. 2007 had a huge increase in the fees to apply for things, therefore whoever could file by the deadline last july did it resulting in a gigantic amount of applications that clogged everything up. I think I also heard somewhere that since citizenship applications are the least urgent to process, they kinda were put at the bottom of the list to give priority to other types of things. It might and probably will get better as I said, but yes, be prepared in case it doesn't, even before 2007 there were always a few cases that took longer than "normal".BTW it appears that some district offices are already past the july backlog, as a matter of fact there are a few people on VJ who filed for citizenship in november and december 2007 who currently have an interview date, so it seems things are getting better already, at least in some places...(not Baltimore as you can see from my timeline in my signature).
Good luck when the time comes!

Hi,
i dont want to apply on PR because according to the number of my country it will take 5 years. She has just this year of study, than she will be on OPT for 20089. She is planning to get higher degree so she must do that in the mean time.

Ya Churipu u r still waiting, i read some of your other posts too. Almost there, sit tight. Best of luck.

Hi,
i dont want to apply on PR because according to the number of my country it will take 5 years. She has just this year of study, than she will be on OPT for 2009. She is planning to get higher degree so she must do that in the mean time.

Ya Churipu u r still waiting, i read some of your other posts too. Almost there, sit tight. Best of luck.

Thank you so much

i don't think people who are eligible in 2010-2011 should worry, cus USCIS raised fees to update the application process and make it more electronic and possibly online, so we 2007 filers are paying with our longer wait for your's guys fast processing,


but if you still intersted in 2007 - current pocessing varies from 6-7 months in Nebraska to 10-12 month in busy offices: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112463