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Had my Naturalization ceremony today. Thank you everyone on this forum for an endless supply of helpful information!
Good luck to everyone and wishing you all a speedy process to citizenship!

Just received my oath ceremony date (was uploaded into the documents tab one day after the interview), it's a little over 2 weeks away at a courthouse (I requested a name change).
Does anyone know how long it takes to get a passport afterwards if you do expedited? Is it really 4-6 weeks as stated on the website?
 

Just had my interview at the Boston office. It went well and my case was recommended for approval. I arrived way before the appointment time, like 40 minutes prior, but noone checked and I was able to wait inside.
The officer was very nice and he just asked me about my application, the standard yes/no questions and 6 civics questions. I also had to write a sentence and read a sentence out.
I had trouble hearing him with his mask on! I had to ask him to repeat almost everything, it was pretty embarrassing!
He did not ask to see any additional documents nor the originals of what I had submitted earlier (thank god, because we lost my husband's birth certificate!) 
Overall, it was a pleasant and smooth experience. Just checked online and it says my Oath will be scheduled, so hopefully that will be soon. I have also asked for a name change.
Good luck to everyone!
 

Update: name change request did not delay oath. Scheduled two weeks from interview.

Got approved! Took a little over 6 weeks from them receiving the application and just over 7 weeks since I applied at a local USPS office.

Got approved! Took a little over 6 weeks from them receiving the application and just over 7 weeks since I applied at a local USPS office.

I filed routine process as I don't have any travel plan in near future. I let them take as long as they need. 
I also see some people who filed routine process first then expedited it later, which did speed up the process. 

I applied for passport at USPS on 11/19 and showed up on the web tracker on 11/24. I paid for expedited service and still haven’t received my passport (6 weeks of processing today). I am showing “in process.” I tried calling the customer service number but am told “in process.” Anybody else in a similar situation ?
 
I believe processing center is “Western” in AZ as I live in Cali

I just checked the agency opening status. Boston agency entered phase 1 on Dec 7, there might be a long queue of applications. I would guess your application is with them. 
Boston Passport Agency
Status: Phase One on December 7

Had my Naturalization ceremony today. Thank you everyone on this forum for an endless supply of helpful information!
Good luck to everyone and wishing you all a speedy process to citizenship!

Had my Naturalization ceremony today. Thank you everyone on this forum for an endless supply of helpful information!
Good luck to everyone and wishing you all a speedy process to citizenship!

Oh, yes! You are right. Congratulations on passing your interview, btw! 
 
I am going to bring my boyfriend with me because he is my ride to Boston, but I have a feeling they will make him wait in the lobby. It seems like most people here in the forums had their ceremony in the federal building, so I don't really know what the process at the courthouse will be like.

Mine is at the courthouse too, even if I didn't request a name change. When is your ceremony scheduled? Mine is on the 19th.

Thanks! I guess we’ll have to find it then. Good luck on your interview!

Congratulations 
 
I’m waiting for my passport , expedited 
but hopefully it will be really expedited 😆😆 
 
agencies reopened back on Aug Sep and people it looks like they are working better than couple months ago . Because some people reported that they waited for 5 months 6 months when they applied at the pandemic surge period ( when passport agencies around the country locked down ) . 
So no hopefully it will take 3-5 weeks as I’ve watching some posts from passport applicants 
 
congratulations again 
pozdravleniya
 

Noom had his citizenship interview today...approved and oath administered! His journey is complete! What a happy day!  
 
--David
 

Just had my interview at the Boston office. It went well and my case was recommended for approval. I arrived way before the appointment time, like 40 minutes prior, but noone checked and I was able to wait inside.
The officer was very nice and he just asked me about my application, the standard yes/no questions and 6 civics questions. I also had to write a sentence and read a sentence out.
I had trouble hearing him with his mask on! I had to ask him to repeat almost everything, it was pretty embarrassing!
He did not ask to see any additional documents nor the originals of what I had submitted earlier (thank god, because we lost my husband's birth certificate!) 
Overall, it was a pleasant and smooth experience. Just checked online and it says my Oath will be scheduled, so hopefully that will be soon. I have also asked for a name change.
Good luck to everyone!
 

Just had my interview at the Boston office. It went well and my case was recommended for approval. I arrived way before the appointment time, like 40 minutes prior, but noone checked and I was able to wait inside.
The officer was very nice and he just asked me about my application, the standard yes/no questions and 6 civics questions. I also had to write a sentence and read a sentence out.
I had trouble hearing him with his mask on! I had to ask him to repeat almost everything, it was pretty embarrassing!
He did not ask to see any additional documents nor the originals of what I had submitted earlier (thank god, because we lost my husband's birth certificate!) 
Overall, it was a pleasant and smooth experience. Just checked online and it says my Oath will be scheduled, so hopefully that will be soon. I have also asked for a name change.
Good luck to everyone!
 

Just had my interview at the Boston office. It went well and my case was recommended for approval. I arrived way before the appointment time, like 40 minutes prior, but noone checked and I was able to wait inside.
The officer was very nice and he just asked me about my application, the standard yes/no questions and 6 civics questions.
I had trouble hearing him with his mask on! I had to ask him to repeat almost everything, it was pretty embarrassing!
He did not ask to see any additional documents nor the originals of what I had submitted (thank god, because we lost my husband's birth certificate!) 
Overall, it was a pleasant and smooth experience. Just checked online and it says my Oath will be scheduled, so hopefully that will be soon. I have also asked for a name change.
Good luck to everyone!

I completed my interview this morning. Here is my experience.
 
My interviewer was very nice and put me at ease right away. We started with reading and writing. I read out the phrase “What do we pay the government?” And I wrote down the answer “We pay taxes”.
 
These were the civics/history questions:
- What is the supreme law of the land? 
- Who vetoes bills?
- Who is the father of the nation?
- What is one right reserved just for US citizens?
- Who is your representative?
- What month are the elections held? (I said November and that they were being held today, and at this point the interviewer laughed.)
I got 6 correct and she said I passed.
 
Then we went through my application. She confirmed some information like how I got my green card, my employment, my new address, my trips outside of the country, and then asked most of the yes/no questions.
 
Then I signed two papers, one to confirm corrections/updates and the other to certify that I will say the oath.
 
Just have to wait for the oath ceremony to be scheduled and I am done! Thank you to everyone here who answered my questions. And best of luck to everybody waiting for their interview!

Sharing my N-400 journey, filed through spouse 3 year rule. 
 
July 2019 = Applied N-400 online
Aug 2019= Biometrics
Mar 2020= scheduled for interview in Apr, canceled interview due to covid.
late Sept 2020 = re-schedule notice received for interview 4 weeks later. [on the same day, my I-751 was approved also in the system after 28 months...] 
late Oct 2020 = Interview , passed (approval received online next day), oath notice received after few days post-interview for ~2 weeks later. 
 
Interview Process - JFK building. Spouse came with me to the interview and waited in lobby area (nobody really checked or asked). 
Appointment was for 12:30, called in at 1. Came out 17 minutes later (spouse timed it!) 
Interview Itself = asked if spouse was citizen and whether by birth or naturalization. Moved onto reading/writing/civics questions. Civics questions were the easy kind and not the hard ones to remember (like all those people names and such). [but I had studied and memorized it anyway]. Moved onto reviewing application (yes/no). Asked about current job and where I traveled (we had a bunch of out of country trips since we like to travel). And lastly, was told I am recommended for approval and should get oath notice by 6 weeks. I was not asked to show any documentation during interview even though I took a ton of things. 
What I took to interview: 2019 taxes, evidence of recent trip after application out of country, recent joint evidences like bank statements, electric bills,  car bills, etc, some photos, documents from my N-400. 
 
I am so happy to see movement in the Boston offices lately as it felt like a standstill at some point! Good luck to everyone. 
 

Finally I’m American citizen ... I came to this great country with a diversity visa green card lottery program 
I took my oath on 10/29 and it was very smooth process . We were 16 people total with the officer . 
I had my interview 3 weeks ago and it was fast too . The officer was so amazing 
we started with a conversation about the weather and about medicine when she knew I’m a doctor . That start was very stress relieving 
Then she started with 6 questions ( all correct ) 
1. Who is my representative? 
2. who is Vice President ? 
3. What the constitute do ? 
4. when was the independence? 
5. US holidays ? 
6. How many voting members of House of Representatives ? 
 
then English writing . Reading ( the president lives in the White House )

then we went through the application 
 
 
thank you for everyone who shared his experience in this post ( I create it 😆) 
 
congratulations for everyone who finished the process and my best wishes to everyone who still waiting and just be patient during this hard time !

Just completed my N-400 interview at Boston JFK building last week (will share experience in different post). Per my interview letter, I had to bring my spouses naturalization certificate, marriage certificate and all docs submitted with N-400. .... However, Interviewer never asked for the original of anything (or any document whatsoever) during the interview. He just asked if I was married to citizen and whether the spouse was by birth or naturalization. I am hoping your case will be the same since your spouse was already a citizen by birth... 

They may go over the application to make sure certain things haven’t change or to make sure the info you put in is accurate in my case they updated my weight because I gained 15 pounds since I filed my app 🤣 

Delay it by two years? Even my Sephora points expire after 12 months.