N400 Interview was fine. Decision cannot be made yet.

[rov 7]

I had my interview and everything was fine. But I still got a decision cannot yet be made. Is this normal? I really thought I was going to get a recommendation for approval.  Any thought? 
 

thanks

[OldUser 5,062]

Do you have pending I-751?

[rov 7]

No other pending cases 

[Mike E 11,726]

50 minutes ago, rov said:

I had my interview and everything was fine. But I still got a decision cannot yet be made. Is this normal? I really thought I was going to get a recommendation for approval.  Any thought? 
 

thanks

Normal. 

[Sammy_2496 116]

57 minutes ago, rov said:

I had my interview and everything was fine. But I still got a decision cannot yet be made. Is this normal? I really thought I was going to get a recommendation for approval.  Any thought? 
 

thanks

Normal

[ImmigrantKrish 75]

7 hours ago, rov said:

I had my interview and everything was fine. But I still got a decision cannot yet be made. Is this normal? I really thought I was going to get a recommendation for approval.  Any thought? 
 

thanks

Some FO's take time to approve, some approve instantly and some approve and put the applicant in oath and some approve and give oath the same day. All depends on FO and how busy they are at the time of interview, and also depends on how complete your application is...

Just wait a few days to see if they upload the approval/oath letter.

[Scandi 3,977]

Perfectly normal. Maybe you gave them documents during the interview that they need time to review before giving the approval, or it could be so simple that the person who interviewed you isn't allowed to make decision, s/he will have to bring your case to a supervisor for a final decision. 

[Rocio0010 5,572]

This forum is an invaluable resource of information. You’ll get more accurate answers if you complete your timeline.

[Chancy 6,233]

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[rov 7]

HI- Still no answer, it's been almost a month and my cases still shows as "interview scheduled" - Does anybody know if this is normal for the office in Milwaukee? 

I did ask for my second last name to be dropped so not sure if changing your name creates delays.

 

[faithful12 27]

On 3/12/2023 at 9:46 AM, rov said:

I had my interview and everything was fine. But I still got a decision cannot yet be made. Is this normal? I really thought I was going to get a recommendation for approval.  Any thought? 
 

thanks

Any update on your case? 

[rov 7]

Still nothing - just waiting 

[Mike E 11,726]

On 3/31/2023 at 7:08 AM, rov said:

 

I did ask for my second last name to be dropped so not sure if changing your name creates delays

Generally it does.

 

When you change your name, oath must be administered by a judge.

 

If your USCIS district always uses federal judges for oaths, not a problem. 

 

Otherwise … there are fewer that 1000 federal judges in country trying cases for a population of 350 million people. Getting time from a judge for the minority of applicants who want a name change is difficult. Some field offices, especially those with same day oath, pretty much refuse to do oaths with name chances.

 

You can expect your oath to take several more months.

 

 

[rov 7]

22 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Generally it does.

 

When you change your name, oath must be administered by a judge.

 

If your USCIS district always uses federal judges for oaths, not a problem. 

 

Otherwise … there are fewer that 1000 federal judges in country trying cases for a population of 350 million people. Getting time from a judge for the minority of applicants who want a name change is difficult. Some field offices, especially those with same day oath, pretty much refuse to do oaths with name chances.

 

You can expect your oath to take several more months.

 

 

I am not sure how Milwaukee does the oath ceremonies. I know they do more administrative ones than judicial  but I dont know how frequent the judicial are 

[rov 7]

I contact them via request on their website and they just replied saying my case in under review and pending security checks. I thought they ran your background before the interview.