ChristianZane

28 minutes ago, Gary_UK said:

Got a notification via email on Monday ( sorry its been a busy week ) went online and got this....

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK is pretty automatic, most people will wait 6-9 months for interview outside of Commonwealth states.

On 4/5/2017 at 0:37 PM, Tapatia1234 said:

I have my interview 2 weeks ago in Chicago field office the oficial give me the letter say that I pass the test and everything he ask me for 2 passport photos I didnt know that I need 2 passports photos I went to a cvs to take the pictures and I went back to USCIS to give the photos to the oficial I wasn't allowed to enter to the office so another oficial take my photos and he give to him since that they my online status say we schedule your interview no update how long can take to have an update???? Like I said 2 weeks today and still nothing I also sign the paper with all my information he said this is going to be in your certificate 

Did they ask for two passport photos in your interview letter?  I've never heard of them asking for that if it's not specifically requested in that letter.

1 hour ago, Lane O said:

The L2 officer called me back and he created an e-request for me. He said I should received a letter about my case by April 17. We will see. Will update you.

Great you're definitely outside their processing timeframe window, last time I created an e-request for green card I got a notice next day, fingers crossed.

39 minutes ago, Lane O said:

A friend of mine had a biometrics 2 weeks ago and now just received a notification that he is inline for interview. Fresno CA is his location. 

I would ignore "waiting in line", it's not until he gets his actual notice does it matter, Fresno processing about at six months, so he'll be waiting until October or so.

10 minutes ago, Lane O said:

I called again today...even requested for the level 2 Officer. Same story.

 

They say I still have 2 months to wait before to declared the case is beyond normal processing time. 

Well the good news is you are due next any day unlike all the April filers who will have to wait who knows how long.

40 minutes ago, Deanw said:

I went to my 2nd infopass today and got no any helpful information, but just being asked to wait.

 

Right after I left the building, I got messages saying that

On April 10, 2017, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number IOExxxxxxxx. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

 

That is a good news, but the more funny thing is the local infopass window doesn't know my case has been updated yesterday.

That was pure coincidence, but glad you got the appointment letter on the way!

1 hour ago, zooropa said:

This is what occured late in 2016:

 

"According to USCIS, they recently discovered that their software system was truncating names of naturalization applicants when they sent the names over to the FBI for background checks. That meant the background checks weren’t done correctly or fully. As you can imagine, this is a problem because a few background checks were coming back clear when they shouldn’t.

Out of an abundance of caution, USCIS decided to pull every N-400 case that was in the ELIS system and ask the FBI to rerun the background checks for those applicants who had filed, who had been interviewed, and who had not yet been sworn-in as US citizens. Although USCIS has asked the FBI to expedite these checks, they do not know how long this will take."

Yes I was one of those filers, an IOE back in August of 2016, my application was still processed within posted processing times so hopefully that won't impact applications too much.

10 hours ago, Leon & Mylen said:

The sum total of all form types and approvals this quarter look to be the same as in 2016.  So the differences must be found among the application types themselves - one type is obviously going to have greater apps and approvals to account for the large reduction in N-400 types.

 

DACA appears to be the culprit.  DACA apps and approvals doubled this quarter.

DACA has always bogged down USCIS, in 2012 my K1 went from 12 weeks to 8 months because they had to deal with a flood of DACA petitions.

On 3/28/2017 at 5:06 PM, Lane O said:

Yes I did. They told me is still in normal processing, tried to create an e-request and it say the same thing still under normal processing. 

Lane O are you still waiting on interview letter?

47 minutes ago, cybermax said:

 

Are you wating for the interview or on the same boat with us?

My interview was scheduled after 7 months, which was posted on the website for my FO.

3 hours ago, cybermax said:

My biometrics done on 1/30. I haven't heard anything yet. I'm so depressed now. Seems like we have you wait at least a year. If you know any action that we could do after 90 days window, please let me know.

The best advice I can give you is to just walk away from this whole process until your processing date comes up, don't get fixated and obsessed with following every little stage of the game, when the processing time for your field office is due which would be early October-ish then I would worry about it, I went back and looked at all the stages in my application and some things went quicker then others, and some really slow, but when it was all said and done I got processing on time within posted processing times, I would forget about it until then as it's really a waste of time as calls to USCIS, Infopasses, requests to speak to L2, letters to Senator's are useless until your case falls outside the posted processing times.

26 minutes ago, cybermax said:

My biometrics done on 1/30. I haven't heard anything yet. I'm so depressed now. Seems like we have you wait at least a year. If you know any action that we could do after 90 days window, please let me know.

I'm confused, your PD is January 14?  For the Washington DC office?  They are processing N400 currently at 8 months and 24 days, you would receive a response on your application around October 5 or so which is an official processing time (my wait for Los Angeles was about 7.5 months), what are you waiting to hear on and why are you depressed?

1 hour ago, SimpaticoJT said:

A quick update here: still in the fingerprint blackhole. I got my biometrics done on 01/18. I am tempted to submit an official USCIS case inquiry. Almost nearing the end 90-day inquiry window. Thoughts?  

When is your priority/NOA1 date?

58 minutes ago, Francis&Rezza said:

 

 

 

oh okay, Thanks! So i just have to send it back together with my explanation letter.

Right don't fill back out, just return original letter to office with explanation of why you need to reschedule.

29 minutes ago, Francis&Rezza said:

Need help,I am rescheduling my oath ceremony due to family emergency and it says on the paper that I have to sent back the original copy of Oath Ceremony letter and an explanation letter why I cant come on the given date. Now im wondering if I have to answer the back page of the paper before returning it back. Thanks in advance.

whats on back page?

1 hour ago, Mubin said:

My case status just changed. Now its : Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled. I have no idea when my oath will be. Kind of worried about the date,because my semester finals will be during May 9-May 20th 😞

It can be rescheduled if necessary.

13 minutes ago, Mary Bernard said:

My local field office is honolulu hawaii, 

 

my priority date is 11/1,

biometric 12/1 

case in line 12/7

The best advice I can give you is to just walk away from this whole process until your processing date comes up, don't get fixated and obsessed with following every little stage of the game, when the processing time for Honolulu is due for you (currently 7 months and 7 days), which would be June 9th, then I would worry about it, I went back and looked at all the stages in my application and some things went quicker then others, and some really slow, but when it was all said and done I got processing on time within posted processing times, I would forget about it until then as it's really a waste of time until June 9th when you can start to call and inquire.

17 hours ago, Mary Bernard said:

My husband case was in line for interview since 12/7

 

its gonna be 4 months soon,

 

is there some sort of delay right now for processing cases?

 

 

What is your priority date?

On 3/30/2017 at 8:07 AM, austindude said:

my wife is in the same boat. We both had out Biometrics on 01/25/2017 and I got an "in line for interview on 02/06/2017" and she is yet to get it. No idea whats delaying her background check

What is your wife's PD Priority Date?

Just now, CCN400 said:

Thanks for the response man. These forums keep me sane

Yea you're totally within a normal processing time, Chicago is running slow, about two weeks behind a lot of other field offices).  I would only start to worry in a couple of weeks if you don't hear anything.

1 hour ago, CCN400 said:

ChristianZane told me i was due March 31. It's almost a week past that and nothing :(. Am I literally the last person in August to not have an interview? Chicago PD 8/11

Chicago is processing at 7 months and 21 days, if your PD is August 11 you should have heard from them around April 3 (since March 31 was the beginning of a weekend), so you are still in a decent timeframe as it's only April 5, hold tight a couple of weeks and you should hear something.

1 hour ago, Kamex009 said:

Got my appointment too !!! May 9th @ 2PM !!!  , now it's time to start studying!!!

I wish it were sooner but at least I got a date and time !

 

For any male that has had the interview, did  you bring a letter for selective services in case you weren't able to apply? 

Oh I said May 12, I was close!

1 hour ago, spottymax said:

USCIS released the latest data set for form N-400 applications.   There was an obvious slowdown in number of applications that were processed in the 4th quarter of 2016 (Oct 1 - Dec 31), but not because of an increase in the number of applications during that time (which I have seen speculated because of the election in November).

 

Here are the overall numbers for 2016 reports (the reports breaks up the numbers by field office in case you are interested)

1st QTR (Jan 1 - Mar 31):  Total Applications Received: 252,254 | Approved: 177,713 | Denied: 19,688 | Pending: 446,545

2nd QTR (Apr 1 - Jun 30):  Total Applications Received: 286,036 | Approved: 188,999 | Denied: 20,961 | Pending: 524,014

3rd QTR (Jul 1 - Sep 30):   Total Applications Received: 245,317 | Approved: 229,081 | Denied:26,178  | Pending: 522,565

4th QTR (Oct 1 - Dec 31):  Total Applications Received: 239,628 | Approved: 112,640 | Denied: 18,700 | Pending: 636,164

 

Maybe the election last year had more effect on the work ethic of the USCIS than people applying for citizenship.

They shift manpower and resources all the time, when I applied for a K1 they didn't look at any K1s for six months because they were told to process and prioritize DACA applications in 2012, it took almost 9 months for them to render a decision when it used to take 12 weeks.  I suspect same thing now, they are probably concentrating on something else.

11 minutes ago, vanhiscers87 said:

Umm, I don't know yet. The notification just came in today, so I've neither received the notice in the mail, nor have they uploaded the PDF online yet...

Both of your interview will be on May 12 or 15 or somewhere around then, they time the letter to arrive one month before interview, and it takes about 8 days for letter to arrive.

10 minutes ago, vanhiscers87 said:

PD: August 15, 2016

Field Office: San Fernando Valley/Chatsworth, CA

 

I just got a text/e-mail notification that says my interview has been scheduled!

 

Since I wasn't able to submit an e-request online yet, I had Senator Diane Feinstein's office submit a case inquiry for me last month. Her staff member confirmed that they sent the inquiry, but I haven't received the result, so as usual, we don't know if it's the inquiry that's triggered the interview scheduling.

Probably total coincidence, but congrats!