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Just curious how long it takes for an oath ceremony to be scheduled after the N-400 has been approved? It has been about 3 weeks since the N-400 interview/approval and the case status still says my wife has been placed into the queue. Thanks!

Yes, will do! Thanks!

The USCIS journey is almost over for my wife and I. After our case was transferred from YSC, we received an appointment for the N-400 interview in late November. The interview was a combo (I-751 and N-400), so we met with the IO in a joint interview first for the I-751 portion. The IO was polite and in a good mood. She asked if we had any additional documents to submit, so I gave her a copy of our new apartment lease, renters insurance and bank statements. She thanked us for being well organized and thorough. The IO mentioned that many people come to their interview and have to search for documents, so being well organized helped the interview go very fast. The IO then told me that my wife would have to be alone for the N-400 portion of the interview. I left the room and went back out to the waiting area. My wife completed her N-400 interview in about 20-30 minutes and passed. We are now waiting for an oath ceremony to be scheduled. Because we are changing her last name, the oath ceremony could not take place the same day as I understand it. Anyway, we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and wish everyone here success in there journey. It took almost 5 years to get to this point. It will be nice to not have to worry about keeping evidence and other documents anymore.

Strange situation with my wife's I-751 case. Her case was initially assigned to YSC. We received a I-797 notification that her fingerprints would be reused a few weeks later. We then moved to another state about a year later and received a I-797 notification that her case had been reassigned to another service center to speed up processing time. About a month after that, we received another I-797 notification stating that her fingerprints would be reused. I'm guessing that this is standard practice when a case is transferred to another service center? I hope that they are not treating her case as if we just filed again. Her 24 month extension letter will expire next Summer, so we are concerned about that, especially if they are treating her I-751 as if it is a new case. Has anyone else had a similar experience with receiving two I-797 notifications about fingerprints being reused?

That was my thought as well. YSC must be severely understaffed I guess. Fingers crossed that we are fast tracked for approval or that we get a combo interview for the N400 we filed for my wife. Wait and see is our only option at this point.

I just received a notification from YSC that my wife's case has been transferred to another USCIS office. I am guessing that this is because we moved to another state last December. Maybe this will be a good thing, as YSC is so painfully slow when it comes to processing I-751 cases. On the other hand, I hope that transferring our case does not cause things to slow down even more. I wonder if our case will be placed at the bottom of the stack, or if some consideration will be given to the fact that we filed over 1.5 years ago.

Has anyone who submitted their I-751 in March 2021 heard of an approval from YSC yet? It's been 16 months and I cannot find any indication that YSC has approved anyone from March 2021. We did end up submitting the N-400 a few months ago, so I assume that this will be processed before the I-751 at this rate.

Anyone having any updates from YSC? Does not look like any movement on YSC based on the tracking sheet on page #25 of this thread, but I am not too sure it is being updated either. We did move to another state in December 2021, but it does not look like our service center has been changed so far. Getting ready to submit N-400 online and hope that it will get processed in a more timely manner than our I-751 has been. Good luck everyone!