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I'm Oct 2017 i-751 but i'm not sure if this applies to everyone on the list i provided
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Just got an email , My N400 is approved and I'm in line for oath ceremony.
 
Good luck to you all !

My N-400 combo interview was scheduled for 9:30 AM. I received a notification (text & email) at 9:10 AM from USCIS stating that my I-751 ROC has been approved and the case status changed to "New Card Is Being Produced". This was quite confusing since my wife and I were en-route to the field office. We arrived at 9:20 AM and checked in at the reception. At 9:25 AM the IO invited me to the office and mentioned that my wife does not need to accompany me.
 
The IO administered the oath and asked for the interview letter and green card. She began by saying that she reviewed my I-751 ROC application earlier and approved it since there was sufficient evidence submitted, and that she'll proceed directly to the citizenship interview. She asked me 6 civics questions, 1 sentence to read, and 1 sentence to write. I passed the tests and we moved on to review the application. After asking all the Yes/No questions and verifying my bio, I signed the forms, and she recommended my application for approval. I was fully prepared to wait a couple of months for our Oath Ceremony, but the officer was very nice and said she would actually be able to get me in to the one they were having at USCIS field office on March 15th. She handed me form N-652 and asked me to wait a few minutes for the Oath Ceremony letter.

At 9:40 AM they handed me the N-445 Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony and my online status changed to "Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed". Quite a pleasant experience and surprised that I walked out with an Oath Ceremony letter within 20 minutes.
 
Questions:
1) If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
2) We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
3) Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
4) Who is in charge of the executive branch?
5) How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
6) What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Reading: Who was the first President of the United States?
Writing: Washington was the first President
 
Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences, it helped me prepare and set my expectations for the whole process. Good luck to you all. 

Hi, I’m a CSC I apply for I-751 September 22/2017 and for N-400 on September 12/2018, on December 22/2018 they transfer my I-751to NBC and yesterday I got my letter of interview for N-400 for April 4th, I just hope my journey is almost over!! I’ll keep you updated about my interview.

Today, I had my combo interview and I passed. Woot, Woot.
 
The N400 letter didn't say it was a combo interview but I brought my spouse anyway. Good thing I brought my spouse or else I will be back again and wait to be rescheduled for another interview which may take 30-60 days.
 
The I-751 interview process didn't take long, IO just verified what you wrote on your application was true and checked documents. N400 interview didn't last 5 minutes.
 
Finally, I am done with the processing of documents. IO said to expect "Oathtaking letter" in the next 20 days or so.

Congratulations 

Waiting is the worst. I got a mail from uscis I was super excited only to realize it’s a copy of the 18 month extension letter 🙄

There's no obligation to become a citizen, one can stay a permanent resident forever. 
 
People with disability can also request accommodation for the test.

A nurse of mine failed it twice and had to refile. She failed the civics. Some people are just bad at tests. Hubby has been studying everyday for weeks and he still struggles with a lot of the questions.

Supposedly less than 50% of birthright citizens are capable of passing the test.

apparently yes. My hairdresser's father failed his test (not sure if it was reading/writing portion) or civics. 20 years later he is still here. I think you get at least another chance if you fail the exam
 

Here you go:
 
(pls note that I choose English Language) - choose those options one after the other prompt
 
Dail: 800-375-5283
 
Options: 1
               1
               2
              2
              2
    then #

Thanks to everyone in this visa journey for your amazing contributions and sharing your experiences. I had my N-400 and I-751 combo interview today at detroit Michigan and it was a success. After the interview, both cases was approved and as soon as we left the building, i got confirmation texts that My N-400 was approved and I'm placed in line for oath ceremony and my I-751 says new card being produced. I can't believe this journey is almost over.
The IO said I would get an oath letter before 3 weeks. For other people going through this process, just have patience and faith.

My N400! Application’s time line is 10 months. My goal is citizenship before hell breaks loose in this place. If I get my 10GC great,  if not I don’t care. I came here to become a citizen. Thank you USA 🇺🇸 

That was my thought process. GC is temporary but Citizenship is permanent and my ultimate goal. The time line on my N400 says 10 months now.  If I get my 10GC in the meantime-that’s a bonus but looking towards my naturalization.  

V24-  There are mixed opinions about applying N-400 while ROC is pending.   However, ROC is taking longer ( 15.5 to 20 months) and the approval process is random.  Like January 2018 ( EAC) are getting approval, but August- December are still waiting.  That is the reason,  I applied when my window was opened on Nov 25, 2018.  My local field office has N-400 waiting time of 9.5 to 20 months.  By applying, I already cut down 2.5 months from my N-400 waiting time.  Still no ROC approval and might get a comb interview.  Got passport stamped until Jan 2020.  My ultimate goal is to get US citizen, so I am comfortable with my decision.

To update, my husband had his N-400 interview in Boston today.  His appointment was for the first thing in the morning so it was not crowded and they were running right on time.  I went with him just in case I was needed for the open I-751.  When he was called I went up with him but the CO said I was not needed.  My husbands interview was very short, he was gone maybe 5 minutes.  They confirmed a few of the questions, asked him to read and write a sentence, asked 6 civics questions (stopped at 6 as he got them right) and then said they had enough and would schedule the oath!  The CO said the I-751 will be adjudicated and he was all set.  The CO did mention that the oath ceremony is a bit delayed due to a backlog from the government shutdown.  All said and done, it went very smoothly!

You’re eligible to apply once you turned 3 years as a Green Card holder (actually the windows opened 90 days before your 3rd year anniversary date as GC holder) either you removal of conditions is still pending or you already gotten the 10 years GC if still in same marriage 

So I became an LPR on 3rd April, 2013. This meant that according to USCIS' filing calculator I became eligible to file an N-400 on 3rd January, 2018 (plus five years minus 90 days). I filed my N-400 online through ELIS at 2:30am, staying up late because I was excited to finally begin this final chapter in my immigration journey.
 
I hit an early roadblock when the receipt NoA for some reason assigned me an N-400 priority date of the previous day, 2nd January. The "application received on" date was correct since it said 3rd January. I posted about it here more than once, and the consensus seemed to be that USCIS would honour the "received" date, not the "priority" date.
 
It took a year of waiting (thanks, Dallas backlog) but I eventually got my naturalisation interview scheduled for 14th January of this year. I dutifully attended, answered all questions and passed all the tests, but was told a decision could not be made. Well the decision was made tonight, and a denial notice popped up in my online USCIS account. The reason? I applied too early. The notice stated that I applied on 2nd January, 2018, and was only eligible to file on 3rd January, 2018. Again, this wasn't mentioned at the interview, and I brought all my emailed ELIS receipts and other documents showing I filed on 3rd January in case they ever brought it up, but they didn't.
 
So it's been a fun night. After a brief period of shouting, loudly, I began to move into attack mode.
 
What I have done so far:
 
1) Emailed the CIS Ombudsman giving them the entire story, receipts with timestamps showing I applied on the correct date, and all that jazz. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the Ombudsman is closed right now as part of the partial federal government shutdown, so I'm not really expecting much out of this immediately.
 
2) I'm going to my Congressman's local office tomorrow to give them the story and all the same documents and seeing if they can intercede with USCIS on my behalf.
 
3) Emailed my old lawyer and another lawyer that helped me back in 2013 to see if they can offer suggestions. Not trying to freeload on them; I offered to pay whatever fee they deem reasonable on this, since it's obviously no longer in DIY territory.
 
4) I'll be contacting the two biggest local newspapers, the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, to see if they're interested in doing a story on this. I figure the more attention I can get on it the more likely I am to get something done.
 
I also have the option of either filing a fresh application, together with its $725 fee and one year wait time, or an N-336 formal appeal of their decision. Fun fact on the N-336: it costs $700 to file, and you will often wait almost as long as it costs to process a new N-400, so they kinda get you coming and going on that one. I'm not ruling anything out yet, but for now I'm hanging my hat on something from 1-4 getting me somewhere on this.
 
So at the end of the day, anyone intending to file for naturalisation on the day they become eligible: DON'T DO IT. Wait a couple of days, then submit. You will avoid all this bull, and can instead deal with some other USCIS bull that will be unrelated to this.
 
Now it's time to write some letters to newspapers and see if I can get anywhere. I will post replies here as to what happens, if anything meaningful does.

Hey guys, 
 
I had my joined interview in Denver, CO yesterday . 
Here is details:
 
I arrived to the interview with my husband, there were not so many people in the lobby and officer called me just a 1-2 minutes later from the my scheduled appointment time. Even before we entered to the main door she told me that it will be joined interview for the two cases and asked if my husband is here. I said yes, and she told that she will conduct the N-400 interview first and then will invite my husband for I-751 review. I passed the test and she started to give me some questions connected our marriage: where do we live, how much is the rent, how many rooms, how we pay bills, how we met, even how we spent the Christmas holidays ... all the kind of questions that may proof that our marriage is faithful... then she asked some questions from the application form: if I ever was a part of any terrorist organization, communist party etc... then she moved to the I-751 case, I asked her if she wants to invite my husband now, she said no, but she also asked some questions connected to our marriage, collected all the bills, taxes, insurances for the last two years . At the end she gave me form saying that I passed the Citizenship test and I'm recommended for the Oath ceremony, also she said, she needs to approve my I-751 case first and then she will be able to move forward with N-400 and put me in line for the Oath. She promised she will approve I-751 by the end of the day. But I don't see any changes online yet.... 
 
Also I complained that this February will be 2 years since I filed I-751, she said that this kind of application is not in priority, and they are focusing on the citizenship applications, so it might be worth it to file N-400 , while waiting for i-751... 
 
Good luck to everybody!

Did you.. read about this process at all? I mean, this is a new level of clueless. 

I think we'll be done earlier then we think:) for example in  my office estimated time is 13.5-19 months, my account showing 10 months, statistics on vj showing average 8 months. I filed on 09.07.18 and hoping to be done in 4 months. We'll see:)

Congrats bro ... I can't wait to get off this process especially when my local office have 22 months processing times

I'm in same situation here ... those operators picking up calls at the uscis seems more confused than we the applicants  most times their information aren't useful except you get to speak with a tier II officer.
 
However, it looks like most September 2017 fillers who got transferred to NBC are those who filed for N400 while the i-751 is pending and processing time now depend on your local office processing time for N400.
 
 

with the way my case and some others on here are currently going, I'd say yes. Especially if it takes longer period to complete N400 in your local field office (like Dallas) ... you're looking at between 16 months to 22 months