InfoPass for Cancelled Oath Ceremony

[KDMG12 9]

I have an upcoming InfoPass appointment regarding my husband’s naturalization application. His oath ceremony was originally scheduled for 16 June 2018. However, on 09 June 2018, USCIS issued a de-scheduling notice. We have not received any case updates since then.

 

If USCIS overbooked the ceremony, does that qualify as an “USCIS error” in order to expedite his case? There are three upcoming oath ceremonies in the San Antonio area (26, 27, and 31 July 2018), so I’m hoping he can be scheduled for one of those.

 

I know it’s only been two months since his interview. However, it just seems odd that he held his original oath ceremony date for 3.5 weeks before it was cancelled at the last minute. The posted case inquiry date for my local office is 06 March 2017. Do I need to wait for my case to be outside of normal processing time before contacting my local field office director and/or state representatives?

 

Thanks!

[Going through 5,671]

46 minutes ago, KDMG12 said:

If USCIS overbooked the ceremony, does that qualify as an “USCIS error” in order to expedite his case?

No.

 

46 minutes ago, KDMG12 said:

Do I need to wait for my case to be outside of normal processing time before contacting my local field office director and/or state representatives?

To contact them, no.  However they won't be able to get very far with USCIS unless the case *is* outside of normal processing times...and even then, USCIS is not bound to adhere to any request of a State representative to expedite the oath ceremony.

 

On the bright side, at least you received notice of the descheduling---many times participants do not.  I would suggest, however, to contact USCIS  and request to speak to an L2 officer (don't just deal with the  customer service rep who answers the phone) just to ensure you are still in the oath scheduling queue.

[KDMG12 9]

On 7/2/2018 at 4:25 PM, Going through said:

No.

 

To contact them, no.  However they won't be able to get very far with USCIS unless the case *is* outside of normal processing times...and even then, USCIS is not bound to adhere to any request of a State representative to expedite the oath ceremony.

 

On the bright side, at least you received notice of the descheduling---many times participants do not.  I would suggest, however, to contact USCIS  and request to speak to an L2 officer (don't just deal with the  customer service rep who answers the phone) just to ensure you are still in the oath scheduling queue.

Thanks for the suggestion! Our InfoPass appointment went flawlessly this morning! We found out that my husband's original oath ceremony was exclusively for former refugees (in honor of World Refugee Day). USCIS never should have scheduled him for that day. It's a shame that we missed so many other oath ceremonies, but we were told he's scheduled for July 31st! Online case status already changed to "oath ceremony notice was mailed", but nothing in his "MyAccount" yet.