A~O~A

On the plus side, they seem REALLY excited for her to become a citizen!!   
 
Are all 3 for the same date, any notice of prior oath date(s) being descheduled in the online case status beforehand?
 
 

Just checked my status online and it says “Interview Was Scheduled” today, 01/11/18. I’m freaking out, i guess it’s time to study! 😨🙏🏼

Tranquillity, Hope you also get soon as the November cases moving slowly. Got the letter in my account, Oath date is January 12, 10 A.M. at Pearl Street court house.
I think Brooklyn & Queens gets for Cadman Plaza.
Good luck guys.

Finally I got my interview done in Newark last week. Also had same day Oath. Thanks all for the help. Very informative & helpful group.

thank you for all the good intel. I'm looking forward to hearing about your oath ceremony since I heard the Brooklyn ceremony can be a little underwhelming..

Had my interview earlier today in the NYC office (technically Brooklyn Field Office), but located in 26 Federal Plaza like all the other NY field offices.
 
Interview was scheduled for 9:15am, and I arrived at 8:45am as recommended. By the time I was through security and got to the correct office / floor, it was probably 9am. After checking in, I waited for about 45 minutes in the waiting room with several other people. Note: my wife came with me, and we were both able to be on our cellphones.
 
 
After 45 minutes, got called to the interview by the interviewer, who walked me to his office. After confirming to be under oath, I sat down, and he asked for my ID, green card, and passport. I lost my passport >5 years ago, so I told him that (and that I didn't travel internationally since). He was alright with it, and said that since I didn't travel, then no worries.
 
We then proceeded to the "history test" as he called it. I answered the first 6 correctly ("what did the declaration of independence do?", "how many supreme court judges are there?", "name one branch of the government", "who becomes president if the P and VP can't serve?", "we elect a senator for how many years?", and "what does the cabinet do?"). We then proceeded to the English test (read: "When is Columbus Day?", write: "Columbus Day is in October"). And finally, proceeded to walking through my application and yes/no questions.
 
The whole thing took less than 10 minutes, at the end of which, he told me that I passed the history and english tests, but they still need to run / finish their background check on me (I don't have any arrests or other complications, so hoping this background check is just a part of the regular, although I don't remember hearing that verbiage from other people on VJ). Anyway, he said to expect the oath letter in a couple of weeks, but may be longer because of the holidays. As soon as I left the interview, I received three emails from the eGOV website saying a status has been updated (to "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled").
 
So now back to the waiting game, but happy to be this much closer to the end. I'll update when I get the Oath Ceremony letter and date. Best of luck to us all!

Good afternoon!
 
I wanted to share my experience to all of you, because this thread helped me a lot!
I filed my N-400 application online on August 11, 2017.  
September 7, 2017- Biometrics
December 13, 2017- Test & Interview
 
The IO who interviewed me for my 1st green card was the same officer who interviewed me yesterday. He is nice and professional. He asked me 6 questions which I was able to provide the correct answers. Thus, he did not ask me the 7th-10th questions anymore. He asked me to write 1 English sentence that he dictated. He also asked me to read 1 English sentence. The interview took about 45 minutes.
 
I told him that my I-751 is still in pending. He said, "that's weird". Then, he checked in their system, and said, "I will approve it now".
 
 
 
 

Passed the interview! We came in early and I had to wait about 40 minutes more after my scheduled time. My officer was nice, not very chatty, although I was super nervous anyway. We started I with the application first and I totally forgot exact dates when I was out of US... I was like " they are in the application, it was long time ago haha....and I had to change my Russian passport in between, so some of the leave/entry stamps were missing, but we figured it out..then we proceed to those billion questions if you have ever been doing something wrong before. Then he suddenly asked me to read a sentence, then to write another sentence, and then he ask me 6 test questions (that I dont even remember which ones they were haha ...that's how nervous I was!). And then he said he recommends my application for approval and ask if I want to do the Oath ceremony today, so I said of course I do! Whole interview took no more than 25 minutes, and 2 hours later I took the Oath and got my naturalization certificate. There were 20 of us today there! I am beyond happy and excited!!!
 
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Today I passed my N-400 interview in San Diego. Very pleasant experience. Even though my I-751 is still pending, no I-751 interview ever took place, nor was my wife called in to join the interview. I just received an email that I'm in line for oath! So exciting!!
 
Good luck to everyone!

Woohoo! My interview was finally scheduled. Just received a case update this morning. Still waiting to see the interview letter to show up on my ELIS account to know the exact date. Will keep you all posted for further updates. 

I have my interview date! It's going to be January 17, 2018 (7.15AM) at Federal Plaza, New York City

I attended my interview on Friday. I passed it. As soon as I gout out of the building my case status in ELIS was updated to "we approved your application". The status on EGOV was showing that I have been placed in line for oath ceremony. I hope the ceremony comes soon.

Case Is In Line For An Interview, On November 13, 2017, we started the interview scheduling process for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. How many days does it take to receive the Interview letter ?

Yeah, a lot has happened since 2016 that is affecting processing times.

Thank you. That's exactly what happened. 24 hours after the e-mail notification the interview letter was uploaded. Interview is scheduled for January 2, 2018. I will be out of the country, however. Will have to send the letter back and request another interview date...

Status updated today that Oath ceremony letter was mailed.

Thank you very much  This gives me hope because I wonder why my status never changed from "We reviewed your biometrics data" since September 12.

My personal research (and this is totally my personal impression) have told me that USCIS is likely to conduct a naturalization interview 2 weeks or a month after your Green Card anniversary date. For example, given that my Green Card anniversary date is December 1, 2017 (I became a LPR on December 1, 2014) USCIS is LIKELY to conduct my interview AFTER December 1, 2017. I have never seen anyone who filed for naturalization on either 3-year or 5-year rules attended their interviews BEFORE their  Green Card anniversary dates. For this reason, I believe my interview might be a few days, a few weeks after that date or in January if I am lucky enough. AND if this is the case, I should expect to receive an interview letter or notice sometime in November. That being said, the timeline on https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/ shows that I will have to wait until April 2018 until my interview will be scheduled. I am not sure how accurate this timeline is. 
 
Does anyone have any other thoughts to share? Thank you.
 

I wonder what the average wait time from the day we submit our application to the day we receive an interview letter for our NYC area filers is. I I have waited for almost two months but haven't received a notice that I'm in line for an interview. I just hate waiting

My Oath ceremony was yesterday Nov 16th and I'm officially a US citizen now! 

Of course you can assuming you meet all other N400 requirements (3 years of marriage, 3 years - 90 days of permanent residency).
Answer above is incorrect and makes zero sense.

No concerns here, and I don't view the Federation for American Immigration Reform to be "anti-immigration". The citizens of a any country have every right to speak against illegal immigration, and to demand fixing their country's immigration system. And, if they want, they have every right to to express views and try to change the laws in a way that would limit the number of legal immigrants flowing into their country, and prevent the abuse of the immigration system. None of that is "anti-immigration".
 
 

Is anybody else worried that the new USCIS Ombudsman - the person who is tasked with assisting immigrants having difficulties with USCIS (petitions that are taking too long or have been improperly rejected) - was previously the executive director for the Foundation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which is a non-profit whose aim seems to be to ban all immigration to the US except for spouses and minor children of US Citizens? 
 
I understand that this administration has already been seen to be very anti-immigrant, but to put someone who ran an anti-immigration non-profit in charge of helping immigrants negotiate their way through USCIS? Really?
 

I was with Visa Journey for about a year and I am starting another USCIS Application. During that year of waiting, it was really hard to be patient! It makes us all impatient because USCIS is very slow with their Electronic Notification System and online status check website. As we know, USCIS sends out documents without any notice. We just have to keep waiting for that mail to come. 
 
So here is a solution. It is called informed delivery. I know many of you already signed up for the package version*
*When a package with USPS tracking number that is related to your address, the tracking automatically shows on the MYUSPS account. It is a great tool to track your GC before it rings up on the USCIS status check website.
 
But that is not all. Recently (I signed up about two weeks ago), they start to have Mail Dashboard. 
Mail Dashboard allows people to see what mail comes in every day. The mails are scanned and sent out in the email notification to see what mails you will get on that day. 
 
It is a great tool to sign up because you do not have to stalk mailman every day.
 
https://my.usps.com/mobileWeb/pages/intro/start.action
 
 

Please guys, remember that Immigration is not a game and partners that you help come to the U.S are not acquisitions you can return when things don't work out. 
 I understand if your ex ''used you'' to come to the U.S and you have proof you would want to do something about it,  and you can contact USCIS and report him. which I believe might be tricky since he fooled you and the process and it seemed bona fide to you and to them. What evidence do you have to support this claim?  I also get that you're hurt and angry, but besides that, moving on is your best course of action. Good luck!