BecnChris2018

Congratulations!! Awesome Holiday gift.  Also glad to know that Los Angeles still does Combo Interviews

We had our interview on the 12th. When they called my wife up, I stayed behind thinking she'd need to go in on her own. BUT the agent asked me to come, too, because they were going to do the I-751 lifting of conditions interview as well!* So there I was, nervous, because I wasn't prepared to be interviewed personally. She asked us about trips we took recently and asked for proof of our marriage -- and thankfully we had brought along three different credit card and bank cards with our names on them, which she took as evidence. 
 
*We filed for the lifting of conditions i-751 in January 2017. When the window for its processing passed, we scheduled an infopass appointment and got an i551 stamp in her passport to travel. This was in September. The n400 interview was scheduled in November. 
 
She approved the i-751 and then asked my wife if it was okay for me to be in the room during her n400 interview, which she said yes to. I couldn't help but grin as she aced the six questions -- "How many members of the U.S. House are there?" "Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?" 
 
The agent laughed when she was done because she saw me smiling and thought it was funny. She then asked about how we met, etc. I was silent during the n400 interview. It took all of ten minutes or so. The agent told us that she would need to approve the i751 first and then the n400 and we should expect to hear from them in two to three weeks about the date of her Oath Ceremony. 
 
It was wild. Felt like a big weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Almost six years to the day we first filed for the k1 visa, and here we are. Now to wait for the oath ceremony. I received an email this morning that there has been a "recent processing action" taken on the case. Hopefully that means they're finishing up the n400 and will schedule the oath soon. We're hoping for January. Fingers crossed!

We had our interview on the 12th. When they called my wife up, I stayed behind thinking she'd need to go in on her own. BUT the agent asked me to come, too, because they were going to do the I-751 lifting of conditions interview as well!* So there I was, nervous, because I wasn't prepared to be interviewed personally. She asked us about trips we took recently and asked for proof of our marriage -- and thankfully we had brought along three different credit card and bank cards with our names on them, which she took as evidence. 
 
*We filed for the lifting of conditions i-751 in January 2017. When the window for its processing passed, we scheduled an infopass appointment and got an i551 stamp in her passport to travel. This was in September. The n400 interview was scheduled in November. 
 
She approved the i-751 and then asked my wife if it was okay for me to be in the room during her n400 interview, which she said yes to. I couldn't help but grin as she aced the six questions -- "How many members of the U.S. House are there?" "Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?" 
 
The agent laughed when she was done because she saw me smiling and thought it was funny. She then asked about how we met, etc. I was silent during the n400 interview. It took all of ten minutes or so. The agent told us that she would need to approve the i751 first and then the n400 and we should expect to hear from them in two to three weeks about the date of her Oath Ceremony. 
 
It was wild. Felt like a big weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Almost six years to the day we first filed for the k1 visa, and here we are. Now to wait for the oath ceremony. I received an email this morning that there has been a "recent processing action" taken on the case. Hopefully that means they're finishing up the n400 and will schedule the oath soon. We're hoping for January. Fingers crossed!

Funny how this works... I post in frustration and then we get an update soon after. Thankfully! Our interview has been scheduled for December. 
 
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Received a notice that our I-751 was transferred to the National Benefits center, but still waiting on any movement from the Citizenship stuff... :/

Immigration ain't easy my friend. We all do what needs to be done, anything optional is your call.
 
As other have stated, better to have a stamp and not need it, than not have a stamp when a need arises. 

You can check official USCIS field office published times at 
 
https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do
 
And compare your estimate to the officially published time to get a better idea