blesskaye

I guess i'm the only one who got left in this mess Nothing yet since i did my biometrics on april-2015

Congrats to those whom done with this process

Hang in there, you will hear from them soon. My congressman really helped and got my case moving.

Finally this journey is over!

jjjdddlll, I saw your post in the Citizenship general forum and I know how you feel. If you do not wish to contest it in court, all you need to do is have more patience and wait. I know it is painful and sometimes demotivating but we are limited in what we can do.

I would like to hear about other people who have applied for naturalization in Chicago this year and their experience so far.

I submitted in January and passed the interview in July and still have yet to receive the letter with the Oath Ceremony information.

Congrats Kovacs, I am so happy that you did not have to go through the painful wait like most of us.

My Chicago timeline:
Thursday 06/11/2015 N-400 Mailed
Saturday 06/13/2015 N-400 Delivered
Monday 06/15/2015 Priority Acceptance Date
Tuesday 06/16/2015 Website Application Receipt Confirmation
Wednesday 06/17/2015 Check cashed
Friday 06/19/2015 Application Confirmation Letter Delivered
Monday 06/29/2015 I-797C Biometrics Letter Delivered (No Website Update)
Wednesday 07/01/2015 Biometrics via Early Walkin
Friday 07/10/2015 Biometrics Original Scheduled Date
Friday 07/10/2015 Website In Line For Interview Update
Friday 09/04/2015 Website Interview Update
Tuesday 09/08/2015 Interview Letter Delivered
Wednesday 10/07/2015 Naturalization Interview Conducted
Monday 10/19/2015 Website Oath Update
Thursday 10/22/2015 - Oath Letter Delivered
Wednesday 11/04/2015 - Oath Ceremony
142 Days From Delivery - 4 Months, 20 Days

Thanks for the update, GOLFER.

I got a reply from Senator Durbin's office regarding my case on the request I sent. I'm pending background clearance *as suspected*, but here's to hoping that by the time website hops to April cases, I would have heard something about the interview because until then I can't even open an e-request for 'outside processing time'.

Neoes,

You and I both. I am still waiting and having patience.

I'm a US citizen, my wife just became a US citizen, she decided to have her mother move here and live with us, it's been a living hell. Mother in law is in the process of getting her green card (application submitted, have her work permit, and social security number already). A friend of mine sponsored her only because my income (previous tax return) was not sufficient. I say it's been a living hell because she is asking us to get a divorce and asking stupid questions such as "you are cheating on your wife aren't you" This all happened after her application for green card has been submitted and waiting for interview. I feel that I have gotten taken advantage of my status and she is trying to tear our marriage apart. My question is, is there a way for me to put a hold on her green card processing?

I really think this is a family problem and not an immigration problem. The way I see it is that it will not impact your MIL much because her daughter is now a citizen and she can file for her. In my humble opinion, once you withdraw the petition, it's going to increase your marital problem and drive a wedge between you and your wife. At that point, your wife may just divorce you.

I believe you and your wife should go to counseling and see if you can work out your problem, and your wife should be able to "control" her mother.

Good luck to you.

Thanks for that update. I'm still waiting too, no further progress yet. 5 month completion is fast approaching (Sept. 14th). I tried to open e-requests online, but it declines it saying still within processing time. May have to call or visit again in a few weeks and have them manually open a ticket.

Although, since the past 2-3 weeks now, the Processing time has gone back to January 23rd, but it doesn't make any sense because a lot of people who filed after me already got interviewed, so shouldn't the processing time for the D.O. effect everyone? I'm guessing i'm stuck in checks like you, otherwise would've moved along by now.

Adhering to GOLFER's advise to just ignore it, pretend never filed, and keep moving on with other fun stuff in life. Lol. It's been working, but might need another strategy soon.

I totally agree with you. I cannot understand why people who applied in later months a getting scheduled. I thought they worked in a chronological order, but oh well they don't. I will continue to wait and if I don't hear anything by the end of September, I will take more action.

This is just an update. I made an info pass appointment to check on my case since it's over 5 months and I was told that my application is at the "name check" stage. The I/O couldn't give me a time line on when I will get an interview.

I am still not in line for an interview yet. I will just remain positive and continue wait on them.

All the best with you on your upcoming interview!

Try to set up an Infopass as well. See what kind of information you can get. Each case is different, but maybe we can make some sense of what's going with the delays if you get the same kinda information.

Thanks for the update! My 5 months mark is the 16th of this month which is 10 days time. I will definitely take up the case then if I don't hear from them.

Just thought I'd update. I called the 800 hotline to get an update. I was able to get transferred to Tier 2 immigration officer. The officer checked my case, and processing times and said that the office is currently processing cases from January 2015. So there's a little more wait involved, but the next update should be interview stage.

I hope this helps. Definitely gives some sort of an idea on the timeline.

Neoes

Did you go to your Infopass appointment on Aug 5th? How did go? Any new news on your case? Are you inline for an interview yet?

I would love to know how this works out because in the near future I will be applying for my daughter's passport as well. The only difference between the OP and I is that I was never married to my child's father.

Just thought I'd update. I called the 800 hotline to get an update. I was able to get transferred to Tier 2 immigration officer. The officer checked my case, and processing times and said that the office is currently processing cases from January 2015. So there's a little more wait involved, but the next update should be interview stage.

I hope this helps. Definitely gives some sort of an idea on the timeline.

Can you let me know which 800 you called? I would like to call them as well.

I submitted in January and am just getting an interview this week.

How did your interview went? Were you approved? Did you do your oath ceremony yet?

Chicago office is not so much running behind, but perhaps slow-er as compared to others. I have been watching the April filers thread (where I am logged in as well), and checking USCIS Chicago DO times, and they changed to 5 months last month, so I'm thinking they were behind schedule but are now starting to catch up to keep the total time within 5 months on average.

My priority date is April 15, bio done on May 12th, and still no updates since then either. No in-line, nothing.

Patience is best at this point. If it starts to go beyond September and there has been no interview scheduled then I would think to do an infopass because it would be beyond the 5 month time frame for me.

Please update this thread if you get your interview, it will help the rest of us chicagoans gauge progress. (One other person from April filers thread from Chicago just got the interview letter for an interview on Aug 20th). So we might be coming up next.

I haven't heard anything, no inline, no appointment letter, nothing. I am in my 4th month so if I don't hear anything from them by mid August, then I will make an infopass. I am being very patient.

Did you apply on the 3 year or 5 year rule?

All the best to you jjjdddlll. Let us know how it went!

Thank you Kovacs and NancyNguyen.

The office seems to be running behind schedule.Can someone share how long it took them to get an interview? I submitted the N400 application in March, did the biometrics in April but is not in line for an interview yet.

Anyone from Chicago that still waiting for interview appt ? Did my bio on Apr 8th and still nothing .

Anyone from Chicago that still waiting for interview appt ? Did my bio on Apr 8th and still nothing .

Anyone from Chicago that still waiting for interview appt ? Did my bio on Apr 8th and still nothing .

OP, please keep us posted and let us know if he contact you again. He was definitely carrying "belly" (grudge) for you. Be happy he is gone. Something tells me that he will try to enter the US when he departs Europe. He is not that smart.

Only if you knew this would be a problem, you would have signed a prenup.

Can someone add me to the March filers

3/10 - Sent my application

3/12 - Application received

3/16 - case accepted email and check cashed

3/19 - NOA received