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Congratulations to you as well! (I think I was #9)
 
Also, I took a photo in front of the natualixzation ceremony sign and took of my mask for 10 seconds for the photo and they didn't seem to mind. Might be something you want to do as a memory
 
Good luck everyone!

Oath ceremony today at 9am in Manhattan 🎉
 
Didn't expect it to take just 15 minutes. I traveled abroad between interview and ceremony, and it  was not a problem as I had returned more than 14 days before the ceremony.
 
@Gijo12 Were you also in room 102? I was looking around wondering who you might be
 
 
 

Nice !!! I am scheduled for 9am. Congrats again!!!

Congrats! 

9am here as well, we'll have to figure out a socially distanced secret handshake 😄

I had my interview last Thursday and got rfe I brought the requested documents today and after a few hours my status change to in line for oat ceremony. And I saw documents tab say your application has been approved.
 
just a few point I applied on 3 yrs rule the officer was very interested in my marriage like least agreement, my son birthpaper, bank statement,insurance, and it’s weird but he ask me to get a letter from my job  and spouse job stating the date if employment and a copy of information I put down when applying like emergency contact and marital status . He wanted 3 yrs of everything with both names . Be prepared bring a copy of everything just in case . And good luck 

Finally Oath scheduled yesterday  on 11/24.. 

Just got the notification that the oath ceremony is scheduled - just 5 days after I was put in line for a ceremony. So total wait after interview was 10 days to be approved/put in line, and 5 days after that to get scheduled. Will post the date as soon as I see the document in my account.

At last, here's my experience for my oath ceremony at the Manhattan Office on 10/07/2020. 
 
My oath ceremony was scheduled for 1PM and a line had already formed at security when I arrived at 12:30PM. The guard told us to come back closer to 12:45PM to go through security. At 12:45PM, I went through security and was sent to the 3rd Fl, if my memory serves me well. Oath ceremonies for the Brooklyn and Queens offices were in a separate room. 
 
I followed the signage indicating where the ceremony would take place, and got in line to check in. As usual, social distancing was respected. I got to the check-in window, which is directly in the oath room and was asked for: 
All cards issued by USCIS that I have in my possession (EADs, APs, Green Cards, etc)  My oath notice The form attached with my interview letter  I gave all of this, and then had 3 questions about COVID (Do you have symptoms, have you been in contact with a Covid case, have you been instructed to self quarantine). The officer then proceeded to ask me the questions that I was asked on the form attached to my oath notice and to confirm the answers provided. She then asked me if I had travelled out of state or internationally in the past 14 days. "No, ma'am, as much as I want to be in Miami right now, I kept my butt in NY because there was no way I am missing this!" 
 
Let me pause here to give you all two anecdotes from other people at my oath ceremony. Two applicants were denied their oath ceremony because they did not respect NYS-imposed self-quarantine. One came from Miami, FL the morning of the ceremony, and one came from South Carolina 8 days before the ceremony. As much as we all want to leave NY during these horrid times, we should all be making an effort to make sure to stay in NYS for 14 days prior to our oaths. The way I look at it, this is much much much more important than a vacation. And don't get me started with how everyone should be responsible and quarantine when they come from a high risk place... But I digress. In both cases, the officers were nice about it and explained that the applicants should be in quarantine and will not be naturalized on that day. One took it well, the other one not so well. 
 
After these questions, I was given my naturalization certificate and was shown to a seat. The room was pretty big and had 60-ish seats, all 6-ft apart. We ended up being only 28 people being naturalized that day. 
 
On my seat, I found an envelope for my naturalization certificate, a letter from the President, a pamphlet about the responsibilities of a citizen, a passport application, and a little card with the oath of naturalization, the pledge of allegiance, and the anthem. I got seated around 1:05PM and waited for the ceremony to begin. 
 
At 1:30PM, we were told that we should get started shortly and were waiting for one more applicant, who turned out to be the South Carolina person. When she exited the room, an officer kicked off the ceremony by giving us a few guidelines for after we are naturalized: 
Wait 4-6 weeks before updating SSA records due to COVID  You will need an appointment to visit SSA Office  You can apply for your passport right away  She then gave a little speech about the importance of naturalization, and that even though this may not look like the ceremonies from pre-COVID with friends and family, this was important nonetheless. She then made us rise, raise our right hand and repeat the oath of naturalization after her. 
 
Just like that I was reborn into a (Franco-)American! 
 
We then exited the room row by row and we were done!!
 
Happy to answer any questions that you may have

cool! Congrats! I got mine scheduled for the 26

Thanks! Yeah just got an email notice for the update - Oath ceremony has been scheduled !!! 

Officially American!! 

Hello!
 
I was the first in line for the interview, at 10.15am. I was not called until 11am.
The interview went smooth, the officier looked tough (with the mask on) , but the second she talked, she was very sweet. She asked me to verify a couple of information and while she wa checking everything, she ran a background check on me which lasted approximately 10 minutes. My case had a red paper in it, she explained that it was  because I filed the exact date I was able to, and the system asked to check if it wasn't filed too early, just in case...
Then we proceeded to the questions, and verification of all my information. She asked me the civic questions and to write and read : "who can vote ?"
She said she will recommend me for approval, an hour after, my case was approved.
I am currently in line for a date to take the oath

Had my interview yesterday and I too definitely found the post from @simsim2 super helpful! My interviews was at 2pm, and there was not that many people, so it took me 5 min to get into the building, and another 5 in line to check in. After that I waited for my interview for about 15 minutes before I was called in.
 
The officer asked me for my green card and my appointment letter, and asked me to tell him my SSN. He asked me if I had been abroad, which I had a couple of months ago. I offered the printed documents with address changes and my travels abroad since my application submission, but he said it wasn't necessary. 
 
I the took the oath and answered a number of the questions from the application again, followed by the civics test, the reading and writing test. After another couple of questions about current employer, marital status, etc I  was told that I was recommended for approval. I asked about the timeline for the oath ceremony, he told me that he wasn't involved in the scheduling so he couldn't tell me any details. All in all the interview took about 15 minutes.
 
So I was in and out of the building in 45 minutes, much faster than I had expected.
 
I'm now waiting for the status to change online. I am a little concerned because I realized that one travel abroad that was on my printed list never got registered, the address changes are probably not as important, at least I assume so since the officer didn't need to see them. Hopefully it all works out!
 

For your own good bring everything from the day you filed to date... I followed the instruction on the letter now they want me to bring things that I had submitted from the beginning. Can you believe that? 

Hey, anytime. 
I came to my interview with a lot of documents: 
Bank Statements covering the period from when I filed for Naturalization to interview  2019 Taxes  New lease for my apt  New medical insurance showing my husband and me  New assets acquired since filing for naturalization  Letters sent to both of us as recently as the week before my interview  Photos  Travel Receipts  Original of my marriage certificate  Original of my Selective Service Registration  And a bunch of other documents covering rom the date we got married  I offered these documents to the Officer but he said that he did not need them - I had sent a bunch of documents as part of my N-400, and a lot as part of my I-751 which was approved just 2 months before my interview. As I said previously, he just took my Drivers' License, my Social Security Card, my passport, my green card, he kept my original SS Card. I am a worrier so I would rather be over-prepared than take the chance of the officer asking me for something that would have been readily available at home, but that I just didnt take with me. The whole process is long enough in NY to not take any chances to make it even longer. Also, with the pandemic going on, who knows if the offices wont shut down again... Better be safe than sorry! 
 
I did hear back about my oath. My interview was 08/31/2020 and I was given the notice saying that I was recommended by approval, official approval came on 09/01/2020 online, and I was scheduled for my oath 14 days later on 09/15/2020, and my oath will be on 10/07/2020 in Manhattan. 
 
Let me know if you have any other questions! 

Applied July 20,2019. It will be first scheduled interview.

A day or two discrepancy in the travel history is generally fine.  The IO will typically go over your travel history when interviewing you. You can mention the correction of the travel dates at that time. When you go for your interview, you should have complete travel history (dates, places ) in a paper/excel - and keep it updated for any travel after you filed the forms. Same thing for your residences. 
When the IO reviews your travel history, you can mention about the correction in submitted information and any new travel/place of residence since.  In my case, the IO had all my travel history in front of him (the ones after submitting the forms as well ) and briefly asked about the travels (I travel internationally for work so had multiple trips before and after). 

You know what !!!!! I just received the notification. My interview will on be 10/6/2020 in Manhattan. Should I get there 15 min early? Business casual? Do I still have to bring tax return/bank statement, which I have already uploaded online? I am so excited.Finally. I wonder if Oath will be on the same day too. Thanks!

Congrats! Finally you got the interview. 
 

Hi everyone,  just to add a datapoint, especially for the people that are still waiting on their rescheduled interview. 
 
Field Office: New York (7th Fl), Manhattan Office (I am a resident of Manhattan) 
Receipt Date: 06/09/2019
Based on: 3-YR Rule
Biometrics: 06/24/2019
Original Interview: 03/31/2020 - Cancelled due to COVID 
Rescheduled Interview: 08/31/2020 - Was scheduled on 08/12/2020
Result: Approved 
In Line for Oath: 09/01/2020 
 
Let me give you all a bit of details about my interview and situation, as I am sure someone will find it helpful. 
 
My receipt notice had an issue with the date. It stated that the receipt date was 06/08/2020 and not 06/09/2020, which would get me out of the allowed filing window. This was due to the fact that in my excitement to file for my N-400, I did not consider that their website would not be on Eastern Time (yes, I saw after the fact that there is already a post by @Hypnos about it). A word of advise: if you are in a hurry to file, file at 12:01AM Hawaiian Time!!! (this is the timezone the website goes by). Anyway, when I saw the issue, I called USCIS right away and they responded 5 months later that I would need to address it at my interview. With that being said, the rep on the phone was very helpful and she confirmed that she saw both dates depending on which system she was looking at. 
 
Let's be real, we're dealing with USCIS here - so I was not going to wait for my interview to address this. I reached out to the Ombudsman, my Senator (Gillibrand), and my representative (Nadler) - as a side note, don't bother reaching out to Schumer, they never got back to me. All 3 reached out to the NY Field Office to ensure this was not going to be an issue during my interview and as a matter of fact it was not an issue at all. All that was done in Feb 2020 ahead of my originally scheduled interview.
 
Now, fast forward to 08/31/2020. I arrived at the NY Field Office at 8:50AM for an interview at 9:20AM. The security downstairs was fast and let me through 30 minutes ahead of my appointment time, despite the notice stating that we should not arrive more than 15 minutes early. Another word of advise here - the 15 minute ahead may work for all offices in the United States but it does not work for the NY Office because they cover 3 different regions in the same building. I arrived on the 7th floor at 8:55AM and got in line to check in. That took 40 minutes. After that, I waited for my interview for 2 hours and was called in at 11AM. The NY office does allow you to have your computer and your phone - I did not know that and wish I had brought my laptop to get some work done during the 2 hours. Also, bring a snack and water as there is nothing in the building. 
 
The office is organized to allow for social distancing, everyone has to wear a mask on at all times, and officers are protected by a plexiglass window. Makes it hard to heard the officers and I really do feel for people that are not very fluent in English. Everyone respected all rules but that may be because NY'ers are probably traumatized by how hard the city was hit with COVID. 
 
I got into the Officer's office and as soon as I put my bag down he made me take the oath that I will only tell the truth and we dove right in. I was **stressed** to say the least. He pulled my A-file and it was fun to see everything I had ever sent to USCIS. Right away he asked me for the following: 
Green Card  Passport  Drivers' License (not mentioned on my interview letter)  Social Security Card, if I had it on me (not mentioned on my interview letter) - thankfully, I had it  Proof of Selective Service - weirdly, he took the original card and gave me a copy  At first, the officer wasn't very very warm but he warmed up throughout the interview and I had a good time overall - it will be a nice memory. We then went over my biometrics info (full name, address, DOB, employment, marriage info, history of travel, etc). I had changed jobs and had travelled quite a bit between filing and the interview so I had prepared two simple documents on Word: 
One table showing all my employment history with dates, address, employer, and job title  One table showing all my travels, with dates and counties visited, as well as total number of days outside the US broken by year, and percentage of time spent abroad  He liked that I had put this together so I didnt have to dictate everything to him (remember my point about not hearing anything because of the mask and plexiglass) and he just added them to my A File. 
 
He then asked me if I was ever arrested or convicted - I told him that between filing and the interview I had a traffic violation. He asked me for the ticket and proof of payment, which I gave to him. Without any warning, we got into the US History questions, I got asked 6 questions: 
How long is the President elected for?  How many senators are there?  How many years do senators serve for?  Before being President, Eisenhower served in which war?  What is one promise you make when you become a US Citizen? I honestly cannot remember the last one Then we did the reading test on an iPad - I had to read "Who was George Washington?" and I had to write "Washington was the first President" . We then went over the 50 or so Y/N questions very quickly. Then I finally brought up the date issue and he told me "that has been resolved a very long time ago, it was good you reached out" so at that point I finally relaxed. I also asked him if he needed more evidence or my 2019 taxes (given that I filed in June 2019, I did not submit them) and he told me "trust me I know you're married" and laughed. At that point, I understood that the 260 pages of evidence that I had brought to my interview would not be needed. 
 
Then I was asked to review the changes he made to my application and sign these changes, I was asked to give a new signature for my naturalization certificate, I had to sign that I was willing to take the oath of naturalization, and that was it! I was given a form recommending me for approval. I asked if I could have my oath scheduling notice during the interview and he told me NY was still too backlogged from COVID but I should get it online shortly after, and I was on my way. Finally, today my status updated to "In Line for Oath". 
 
In regard to attire, I was dressed business casual, as was everyone else there. 
 
I hope this helps calm someone's nerves ahead of the interview and that you guys will have a good time
 

You know what !!!!! I just received the notification. My interview will on be 10/6/2020 in Manhattan. Should I get there 15 min early? Business casual? Do I still have to bring tax return/bank statement, which I have already uploaded online? I am so excited.Finally. I wonder if Oath will be on the same day too. Thanks!

No update yet. Filed online July 2019 and had Biometric in Aug 2019.  It has been exactly a year. 

Thank you very much! It’s Manhattan Office.
New York (NYC) Location Address: Jacob Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza 3rd Floor Room 3-120 New York, NY 10278 Thanks! Hopefully hear something soon.