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Thanks!
 
I actually just checked my application status and now it says: Oath Ceremony will be Scheduled. At least I have some relief knowing that my application was approved, I hope they schedule it soon.
 
My filing date is January 4th, 2020. 
My interview was yesterday, February 24th, 2021.
 

Thanks! 😊
 
My filing date is January 4th, 2020. I was living in NY when I filed, so my application was transferred to Newark when I moved to NJ last year.
I received my interview appointment letter about a month ago, and it's scheduled to be in less than two weeks. 
 
 
Thanks! I will try to do the same, my full name is just too long hehe 😁

Hi! First of all, congratulations on finishing this journey! 🥳
 
I will have my interview in a couple of weeks at the Newark office. I read that if you change your name you will have to wait for a judicial oath ceremony, because Newark office only does administrative ceremonies the same day. I want to change my name to a shorter version of my legal name, but I definitely would like to have both, the interview and oath ceremony the same day. Is this correct?
 
Thanks for your help! 🙂
 

You will get the interview letter when your priority day becomes current. At this moment, you can only wait for it to move forward. No one can tell you how long it takes, it always depends, the PD could move forward or stay there for months, we don't know.

We are hoping for it to move forward on October 2014 because there will be more available visas, but as I said before, it's just a possibility.
The PD went back to 2012 just before I could receive the interview letter , so I'm waiting for my PD to be current too.

That's right.. I just read this from USCIS website:
"Retrogression typically occurs toward the end of the fiscal year as visa issuance approaches the annual category, or per-country limitations. Sometimes a priority date that meets the cut-off date one month will not meet the cut-off date the next month. When the new fiscal year begins on October 1, a new supply of visas is made available and usually, but not always, returns the dates to where they were before retrogression."
It could get back to Sept 2013 on October. Let's hope that happens!

That's right.. I just read this from USCIS website:
"Retrogression typically occurs toward the end of the fiscal year as visa issuance approaches the annual category, or per-country limitations. Sometimes a priority date that meets the cut-off date one month will not meet the cut-off date the next month. When the new fiscal year begins on October 1, a new supply of visas is made available and usually, but not always, returns the dates to where they were before retrogression."
It could get back to Sept 2013 on October. Let's hope that happens!

That's right.. I just read this from USCIS website:
"Retrogression typically occurs toward the end of the fiscal year as visa issuance approaches the annual category, or per-country limitations. Sometimes a priority date that meets the cut-off date one month will not meet the cut-off date the next month. When the new fiscal year begins on October 1, a new supply of visas is made available and usually, but not always, returns the dates to where they were before retrogression."
It could get back to Sept 2013 on October. Let's hope that happens!

Mine is 26 March. Which embassy?