Oath notification

[Luv2travel 0]

Hello folks! I'm a newbie on the forum and I just have a simple question. Me and hubby are currently on the waiting game for our oath date. Do they usually notify you after your 5-year anniversary or they may notify you before that? I just want an idea. Our 5-year is in 8 days and according to the court schedule there is a naturalization ceremony the day before. The next one is in April (it's once a month only). Any input will be appreciated!

[ConcordUser 18]

Hello folks! I'm a newbie on the forum and I just have a simple question. Me and hubby are currently on the waiting game for our oath date. Do they usually notify you after your 5-year anniversary or they may notify you before that? I just want an idea. Our 5-year is in 8 days and according to the court schedule there is a naturalization ceremony the day before. The next one is in April (it's once a month only). Any input will be appreciated!

You have to wait for the official letter. Even though there is one soon that does not mean there is opening in that ceremony. It does not hurt to call them and find out, but to be safe it is better to wait for the letter. I am still waiting for the oath date, I know there is one in the march but IO said it is full and it is probably going to be in April. So instead of worrying about it, I decided to wait for the letter and then make plans.

[Luv2travel 0]

Thanks for the reply, but who do you call? Is it the 1-800 number in the case status page? I don't think we have a lot of applicants in our district since the last one (which was done on our interview date) had 46 oath takers.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Hello folks! I'm a newbie on the forum and I just have a simple question. Me and hubby are currently on the waiting game for our oath date. Do they usually notify you after your 5-year anniversary or they may notify you before that? I just want an idea. Our 5-year is in 8 days and according to the court schedule there is a naturalization ceremony the day before. The next one is in April (it's once a month only). Any input will be appreciated!

If you mailed in your N-400 too early, this may cost you several months of additional wait. "Too" early doesn't mean within the allowed maximum time frame proceeding the 5th anniversary of your residency, too early means so early that you had an interview at a time when you were not even eligible to become a U.S. citizen. If that's the case, your file was put back on the bottom of a thick stack of files marked HOLD. Once in a while an I.O. will start on top and grab a few of those, check if they are eligible by then. For this very reason we often advise people NOT to send the N-400 out at the 90-day mark, but to wait an additional week or two, to avoid exactly this potential problem.

[Luv2travel 0]

If I knew the processing will be this quick, I would have waited a month before filing but I am doing just about what the majority is doing and the application was received 88 days before the 5-year mark.

Anyway, I am not asking why I don't have the oath letter yet. I just want to know from those who have been recently naturalized if most or all received their notification after their 5-year anniversary. Thank you.

[Jupiter07 12]

If I knew the processing will be this quick, I would have waited a month before filing but I am doing just about what the majority is doing and the application was received 88 days before the 5-year mark.

Anyway, I am not asking why I don't have the oath letter yet. I just want to know from those who have been recently naturalized if most or all received their notification after their 5-year anniversary. Thank you.

Myself, like you, filed around the 88th mark. My interview was 1/27sh. I was only eligible on 2/14 (or 2/12 - I can't remember (my 3yr anniversary). But the 2/14 was a Sunday. The IO told me that they don't work on Sunday, so they will approve my case the next day 2/15. I will warn you that when you get your interview before your anniversary, your status will change to RFE. Don't panic, hang on tight. It's normal. You will not get any RFE.

Ok, so on 2/16, my status changed to RFE received. Of course I never received or sent anything. Then the next day, the status changed to in line for interview and shortly thereafter, it changed to interview notice sent. The statuses online are whacky cos I got an update of the interview notice but got the interview letter the next day, so by the time they updated, they had already mailed it to me. Actually, I think it's 2/16 that they mailed my interview letter.

To answer your question, yes, the notification will be only after you fulfill your 5-yr requirement.

Edited March 2, 2012 by Jupiter07