Ashcar

I completely agree with you. People often forget that there’s literally millions of pending applications which require verification and careful vetting. This takes time and a huge effort, especially during a world-wide pandemic.
 
Honestly, if it comes down to it, I’d rather wait a little longer than compromise quality and security. In my opinion, they’re doing an excellent job, all things considered.

Congratulations to all of you!  I think the agencies are picking up their speed and they are doing a great job.... Let's give them credit whenever it is due!  I hope they keep up their speed and keep up the great work.

Hi everyone,
 
I recently applied for my passport. Some of the most relevant info:

* Passport book only.
* Expedited processing.
* Priority return shipping.
* USPS appointment: July 8th.
* DoS Receipt: July 14th.
* Money order cashed: July 14th.
* Approval notice: August 3rd.
* Tentative delivery date: August 6th (as per DoS  approval email).
* Processing Center: NH (based on first two numbers)
 
Hope this info is useful for someone also waiting for their passport.

Hi everyone,
 
I recently applied for my passport. Some of the most relevant info:

* Passport book only.
* Expedited processing.
* Priority return shipping.
* USPS appointment: July 8th.
* DoS Receipt: July 14th.
* Money order cashed: July 14th.
* Approval notice: August 3rd.
* Tentative delivery date: August 6th (as per DoS  approval email).
* Processing Center: NH (based on first two numbers)
 
Hope this info is useful for someone also waiting for their passport.

Congratulations for completing this important step!

Yeah I live out off 290 and pass the SS office and empty lot everyday wonder when they will ever open. Goodness.
My husband is a trucker so not alot of time to do stuff. So he will probably have to wait till his next home stay in August.
 
I am just happy and releaved we are done.

Congratulations on completing this process and thank you for sharing your experience. I’m  surprised they’re having ceremonies with ~50 people at a time. Hopefully this will clear the backlog relatively quickly.
My ceremony will be next Wednesday. Looking forward to it!

Congratulations on completing this process and thank you for sharing your experience. I’m  surprised they’re having ceremonies with ~50 people at a time. Hopefully this will clear the backlog relatively quickly.
My ceremony will be next Wednesday. Looking forward to it!

Ceremony was at 9AM today. People started lining up when I got to the parking lot at around 8:40. We were let in around 9 am, total 45 or so. We were sat in a room. The citizenship packets were kept on the chairs. A brief speech were given congratulating the new citizens and then the oath of allegiance. After that the naturalization certificates were handed out asking us to check all the info (names, etc.) on it VERY carefully. We were all out in about 15 mins. Everything was done maintaining social distancing. 
Good luck to everyone waiting for this final step. 

And I am done! I had my ceremony today and it was very low key.
 
You join about 50 others and line up outside waiting to go in one by one. Masks on, no visitors, have your paperwork filled out and bring all your previous cards etc. 
 
Once you're through security you go into a room and surrender your green card and your appointment letter. You're seated 6 feet from someone else and there are 5-6 rows of people (approx 50 people in attendance). Very short speech is given by the department head, there's a packet on your seat containing information, passport application, US flag and the pledge/oath written. You stand up and hold your hand up with the others and the Oath is read to which you say I do. After that you're called up to the desk and collect your certificate (check everything is written correctly) then you leave. I was in and out within 25 mins and actually lined up outside longer than anything else.
 
I can't believe the journey is over! What a buzz to be completely finished... now just the passport!
 
Good luck everyone, the finish line is nearly there!

Today my USCIS account was updated to show  the oath ceremony has been scheduled. No date yet as the “notice letter” isn’t currently in the system. I’ll update y’all when it becomes available.
 
Interview date was February 18th and original ceremony was scheduled for April 1st.
 
Hope everyone’s cases start moving again.

Congratulations! Really exciting news!

Had my citizenship interview today and it was approved! N-400 was received by USCIS on June 7th, 2019.
 
Congratulations to everyone who has had a recent approval and looking forward to the oath ceremony.

Amazing news!!!!!!! Just a little bit more and your case will be approved with the visa in hand.
Thanks for all the support and help, it has been very helpful knowing that there are other people that understand. Have a safe trip as well!

Congratulations! You must be in heaven right now, finally you will be able to spend as much time with your husband as you want!

We also have an October 13th scan date. Hopefully everyone will start getting those CCs soon. As far as we can tell there aren't that many people from early October with CCs.
I got tired of checking the CEAC site daily so I built a small program that automatically logins to the CEAC site using our case number and invoice number and then looks for the N/A under the AOS fees. If it finds the "N/A" it sends an e-mail notifying me of the "Case Complete." I programmed it to check the site every hour. I know some people don't get the "N/A" but it seems like the majority do, so checking the CEAC site seems to make sense; and if it can be done automatically, why not?
This little program has freed me from constantly having to check the site manually.