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Status changed today to Interview was Scheduled!!!!!!!!! YESSSS!!!! Maybe I will be done before the calendar year ends! 
 
No email or text letting me know action was taken on my case or anything like that, and the notice is not on my electronic account yet, so I don't know the date. 
 
But yes! Honolulu field office is working! LOL I went to a place next door to the office last week and all the lights were off at like 3:15pm so...I was wondering.

Hi friends! 
 
After having a COMPLETE MELTDOWN yesterday afternoon because stupid me didn't check all her docs sooner and realizing I didn't have an original birth certificate for my husband - just certified copy - and worrying that would cause a delay, then proceeding to panic-call the in-laws and have them scan a bunch of copies of a couple different versions of the certificate and panic-ordering some for our records because THIS IS NEVER HAPPENING AGAIN...I had my interview today. Honolulu field office. 
I arrived about 3 minutes before my scheduled time. Went through security and sat down until an immigration officer called me to go into the interview room. He swore me in and started checking my personal info, my husband's date of birth, and a couple other things like my parents' names. Then before i could realize what was happening he started the civics test questions. Here are the ones I remember: 
- Name one Native American tribe (I said Lakota)
- How many voting members in the House of Representatives (I said 435)
- Name one of the branches of government (I said Congress)
- Name three of the first 13 colonies (I said NY, MA, and NC)
- How many amendments to the Constitution (I said 27)
and I can't remember the last question. I only needed the six. 
 
He did ask a little about my travel history (I had multiple trips to South Korea while my husband was teaching there - I had a reentry permit but was never out for more than 6 months and never claimed residence anywhere else). He just thought Korea was a random place to go to often. 
 
My reading question was When is Columbus Day?
My writing sentences was "Columbus Day is in October". 
 
Honolulu is doing oath ceremonies in office. There was one today but it was too late for me to join so I'm scheduled for the 14th. 
 
These message boards have been a trusted source of information and fellowship the past 8 years. Thank you to everyone who posts here! Only one more forum to post on! (Passports!)
 
YAY! Wishing everyone speedy next steps! 

Hi friends! 
 
After having a COMPLETE MELTDOWN yesterday afternoon because stupid me didn't check all her docs sooner and realizing I didn't have an original birth certificate for my husband - just certified copy - and worrying that would cause a delay, then proceeding to panic-call the in-laws and have them scan a bunch of copies of a couple different versions of the certificate and panic-ordering some for our records because THIS IS NEVER HAPPENING AGAIN...I had my interview today. Honolulu field office. 
I arrived about 3 minutes before my scheduled time. Went through security and sat down until an immigration officer called me to go into the interview room. He swore me in and started checking my personal info, my husband's date of birth, and a couple other things like my parents' names. Then before i could realize what was happening he started the civics test questions. Here are the ones I remember: 
- Name one Native American tribe (I said Lakota)
- How many voting members in the House of Representatives (I said 435)
- Name one of the branches of government (I said Congress)
- Name three of the first 13 colonies (I said NY, MA, and NC)
- How many amendments to the Constitution (I said 27)
and I can't remember the last question. I only needed the six. 
 
He did ask a little about my travel history (I had multiple trips to South Korea while my husband was teaching there - I had a reentry permit but was never out for more than 6 months and never claimed residence anywhere else). He just thought Korea was a random place to go to often. 
 
My reading question was When is Columbus Day?
My writing sentences was "Columbus Day is in October". 
 
Honolulu is doing oath ceremonies in office. There was one today but it was too late for me to join so I'm scheduled for the 14th. 
 
These message boards have been a trusted source of information and fellowship the past 8 years. Thank you to everyone who posts here! Only one more forum to post on! (Passports!)
 
YAY! Wishing everyone speedy next steps! 

All right, y'all. I got a date.
 
Wed. Dec. 2. 
 
So ready to be done. 

It might just switch to "we are taking longer than expected" when the 12 days are up. My status switched to that on Oct. 1 (I filed in February and did biometrics in early March). I feel like right now it's impossible to know, things happen when they happen. I do still have a case completion time of December...We'll see what happens. 

Status changed today to Interview was Scheduled!!!!!!!!! YESSSS!!!! Maybe I will be done before the calendar year ends! 
 
No email or text letting me know action was taken on my case or anything like that, and the notice is not on my electronic account yet, so I don't know the date. 
 
But yes! Honolulu field office is working! LOL I went to a place next door to the office last week and all the lights were off at like 3:15pm so...I was wondering.

So, I did my interview today in Baltimore was approved and had my oath ceremony a few hours later.

Thanks for your response! In an I-751 combo case it makes sense that you're able to dig a little deeper. Good luck! 

Hi friends! 
 
Tiny glimmer of hope here!
 
My "Estimated Wait Time" moved from 2 months (Sept. 1) to now 29 days (today). 
 
I'm hoping what that means is that I'll have an interview scheduled in October. Hoping. 
 
My Case Completion time has stayed the same (December 2020), which is fine. I'm not sure if Honolulu is doing same day oaths - last time I checked a few months ago the federal court was closed so I don't really know what to expect there. 
 
But it was exciting to log onto my account and see that unexpected change. 
 
Come on!!!!!!
 

Hi there! February filer here. Did notice that today too - my field office's (Honolulu) time went up one month on the low end and went down 5 months on the high end...so I hope that's a good sign. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

God it's so sad to see that a) more often than not applicants know WAY more about regulation than the USCIS employees that decide our cases, and b) how two women can be so small-minded to accept that someone may want to do things in a different way than what they know and that different way being totally okay and awesome. 
 
You should complain. I would find out who the director for that field office is and complain my ### off. 

I filed Feb. 14 - Honolulu field office - and had my biometrics on Mar. 9. My completion time has actually gone back - It was briefly October, then November, and now December. 
 
I'm still waiting for my interview to be scheduled. I thought at first that because Honolulu is a smaller field office than others I'd get an interview quicker...no such luck. Now I'm just hoping to be done before the end of the year.

The USCIS website says offices are closed until at least June 4, so probably not. 

Yes to updates! Very sorry for the delay. 
 
I filed by paper and got a text message with my case number on 02/19 - my case was received on the 12th. I got my NOA1 today. 
The case status website says a biometrics appointment has been scheduled but I don't have a date for that yet. 

Thought I'd share my POE experience yesterday after I applied for a re-entry permit (which was denied at first then approved). It had been 5 months and a few days since my last time in the US (I was in Guam for a week over Christmas).
I did the LPR line (this is POE Seattle) and this was the dialogue:
CBP: Where are you coming from?
Me: Shanghai via Seoul
CBP: How long were you there for?
Me: About 5 months since last time I was in the US
CBP: What were you doing there?
Me: My husband works in Shanghai
CBP: How long are you staying here before you go back again?
Me: About two months
So the CBP officer said I needed to apply for a re-entry permit (I replied: I have one!) He asked to see it and said I had to present that (made it sound like I have to show my permit every time I enter the US now, regardless of the time I've been out). He then stamped my permit, not my passport. Is that normal? I was prepared to be questioned, because you never know, and it's been a while since I'd been back (during which I traveled quite a bit), but I was kind of expecting to get stamps in both my passport and my permit.
My takeaway from this experience: if you know you're going to be out of the country for a while and you're a LPR, fork the money out and apply for a re-entry permit. And if things get messed up, follow through until you get it. Better safe than sorry.

Spoke too soon! NOA received; dated 05/22. Come to mama biometrics appointment!