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Just now, ChicagoN400 said:

It goes by your filing/priority date.

Judging by recent timelines, it is taking at least 2 months, if not more, to clear one month of applications. If your priority date is in June, it might be safer to assume that you will get your interview scheduled in 4 months time. Hopefully, things will go faster and you will get it sooner than that  

I hope so, my green card expires may 8th. hopefully that won't be an issue if it does prior to me getting my interview!

Just now, ChicagoN400 said:

Thanks!

 

April 17th

ah nice, my birthday I filed middle of June so hopefully not much longer for me...

does it go by when you file or by when your biometrics are done? online it shows that I've been in line since July 31st. 

9 hours ago, ChicagoN400 said:

Alright, some news from my end...I just got an update email, mentioning my interview was scheduled on January 11th.

 

Will update y'all once I get the mail

 

Congrats! when did you file if you don't mind me asking?

I filed end of June or very beginning of July and been in line since July 31st so they are still way behind for mail filers looks like. 

17 hours ago, Yuliya Lipina said:

Thank you! I filed on 03/11, officially it got registered on 03/16. I had my interview today. It didn't go well. Basically, I was told that I didn't meet 3 year of marital union requirement. I filed 90 days in advance and I didn't leave with my husband at the same address prior to immigrating to the USA due to the nature of his occupation at the time (Peace Corps Volunteer). The lady said they would send a letter, but there is a great chance it will get denied and I will have to re-file. She said she wished I waited and filed later. So today was not my day at all

So sorry to hear this at least there is glimmer of hope

when you re apply do you have to go through the whole thing all over again? application/payment/biometrics?

16 hours ago, Yuliya Lipina said:

Thank you @Steelers1020! 

Good luck! when did you file if you don't mind me asking? also did you file by mail or online?

1 hour ago, cupcake123 said:

Hi all,

 

I received my interview notice.  Notice was dated December 5th, and I received it this weekend.  My interview date is January 8th.  Hoping it doesn't get rescheduled as others have had this happen.

 

I'll update the March filers thread.

 

Thanks for the update, good luck on your interview! make sure to keep us posted afterwards on how it went

2 minutes ago, ChicagoN400 said:

Going from @cupcake123 dates, it seems like they are doing early April applications. When my interview is scheduled, then we will know that they are doing late April applications.

On their website, it shows Chicago FO, as of September 30, is processing applications with Priority dates of up to January 26. It can be frustrating  that those processing times are not updated frequently, but we have this wonderful forum here that can inform us of what dates are being processed currently  

It's a shame that they do not update their dates, it's been 3 months since it's been updated last  oh yeah i guess when you do get scheduled we will know when it's end of April

1 hour ago, cupcake123 said:

@ChicagoN400  Thanks!

 

My timelines are as follows:

 

Mailed date: March 29th, 2017 (received date was March 30th).

 

NOA Date:  April 7th, 2017

 

Finger prints: scheduled for April 25th but I went early and did them on April 17th, 2017

 

In-line interview: April 27th, 2017

 

 If going by NOA date, the Chicago FO seems to be scheduling April now.  I added my timeline to the March filers thread initially but probably should have been in the April filers, perhaps.   Hope this helps!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

do you know if they are on beginning/mid/end of April? how do you know what month they are on? i'd love it if the processing times website was up to date

21 minutes ago, ChicagoN400 said:

@cupcake123 – congratulations on getting your interview notification – I hope your process goes on smoothly and you get done with the process by the end of next month. Just to confirm, is your NOA/priority date April 7^th? Just curious to know if USCIS Chicago field office have started scheduling for April priority dates 
 

I am new to this forum and I glad to have found this helpful page! Below is my timeline for N400 Application.
 

Mailed Date: April 17^th 2017

 

NOA Date: April 21^st 2017

 

Fingerprints: May 18^th 2017

 

In-line for Interview: June 21^st 2017

seems like they are doing mid march mail applicants now, hopefully you should get scheduled soon!

10 hours ago, cupcake123 said:

I received the text notification at 8 pm CST.  The email notification must have come to my inbox 10 min earlier than that.

Interesting - wonder how that works. I don't think they have anyone setting up appointments at 8 pm (unless they do) 

7 minutes ago, cupcake123 said:

will do

reason I'm asking is because I'm curious whether the scheduling is automated or done by a person depending how many interviews are done on a given day and other factors

1 minute ago, cupcake123 said:

will do

what time did you get your notification that your interview has been scheduled?

Just now, cupcake123 said:

I think online applications were permissible in mid April (two weeks after I filed my paper application), and I wasn't aware you could file online either:(.  Hopefully things will move quickly over next few months for you.

Thank you, let us know please as soon as you know what is your interview date (curious if you'll be in January or this year) my guess is January because of christmas and New year's 

8 hours ago, cupcake123 said:

Hi all,

 

My paper application was received March 30th and my priority date is April 7th (inline for interviews April 27th). I just received a  notification tonight that my interview has been scheduled.  Will keep this group posted on when it's scheduled.  May be a sign that chicago paper filers are starting to move?!?

we filed my application mid-end of June so it looks like I still have a bit of time to wait (also filed paper) and been "In line for interview" since July 31st. unfortunately at the time I was not aware that you can file online

1 minute ago, Yuliya Lipina said:

They should be closed on 12/25. 12/24 is Sunday they are for sure closed and then on 01/01. 

ah thanks for the clarification, hoping we get scheduled for January!

15 minutes ago, Yuliya Lipina said:

I received the first notice with the date of 12/18 on 11/17 and then a week later around 11/25 I received the second one with 12/12 date. My situation is probably not all that typical. Usually applicants get their interview notices 4-5 weeks before the actual interview date.

 

USCIS observes the federal holidays they should be open on any other date. The only thing is that there are a lot of employees  that take off for the holidays so USCIS may schedule less interviews closer to Christmas and New Year or if they overschedule, applicants might receive good old interview cancellations "due to unforeseen circumstances" aka somebody took a couple of days off.

makes sense, my wife and i are planning a vacation for December 21st-Jan 1st thats why i am asking we would hate to get scheduled now and have to cancel our trip (or even worse cancel our trip and then have the interview get canceled)

so I'm guessing their facility is closed December 24th/25th December 31st(?) and January 1st

2 hours ago, Yuliya Lipina said:

I got one more interview notice with a date 12/12. I have now two officially scheduled interviews one on 12/12 and another on 12/18. So I am going to the earliest one. USCIS stance: if you didn't receive a cancellation letter for any of your appointments you have to show up. I will go on 12/12 and ask them if they want to see me the second time. I doubt they do. 

when did you receive the first notice? trying to figure out how soon after they mail your notice your actual interview is (seems like 3-4 weeks)

does anyone know what days they won't be conducting interviews in December for christmas/new years? 

2 hours ago, Steelers1020 said:

Anyone else get any updates??

not really, filed end of June thought mail, had my fingerprints 3-4 weeks later and have been stuck in "waiting in line for interview" since then. I've read that they are conducting interviews for mid March right now for those who filed through mail not online.  

4 minutes ago, Going through said:

Those hours may be when the office is open to public visitors----not necessarily their employee working hours.

Ah that would make sense, didn't think of that

Unfortunately I am in the Chicago office and apparently they are extremely behind...Filed End of June had FP 2-3 weeks later and been "in line for interview" ever since.

I'm not sure if all offices have such short hours but chicago has very short office hours....no wonder they are so slow

Office Days/Hours:

6 minutes ago, caeremonarius said:

 

As mentioned previously, we filed my wife's application online in September, and her biometics was last month. Yesterday we received notice that her interview is scheduled, but the "Estimated case completion time" is still listed as Sept. 2018. It's hard to tell how up-to-date the website's processing times are.

 

wow and you filed in September? that's crazy fast. I am starting to think that there is no "standard" wait times when it comes to this stuff with USCIS...

when you check your documents what date does it show for the interview?

Just now, Steelers1020 said:

We have seen a few March paper filers recently receive interviews (my brother-in-law included). Also a few July & Sept online filers have received interviews. So I think there are 2 separate timelines for paper and online filers. 

 

My husband filed at the end of May and has been "in line" since July 3rd, as you will see with a lot of the filers in this thread. 

 

Im not sure about the hours for the Chicago office, I've never checked. 

 

Good to have you on on this thread!

thanks
Yes, I noticed that online filers get their interviews faster than regular mail (not surprised to be honest) but yeah, hopefully I will have my interview January/February! your husband had to wait quite a while I see to go from filing to "in line"

Hello everyone, I filed my N400 beginning of July (end of June possibly not 100% sure) Had my fingerprints done July 27th. On July 31st I checked my status saying that I am in line for an interview. Since then I have heard nothing. Since it shows that I am in line for interview I assume that my fingerprints were completed.

My co worker's neighbor filed in March and he has his interview December 8th I believe.

couple of questions:

1. does anyone know if the listed hours for the chicago office are correct?

M-T 7:30am-3:30pm

W 7:30am-12pm

Th 7:30am-3:30pm

F-S-SU - closed

2. when checking current processing times for chicago I'm seeing January 25th but I see that some March filers are getting their interviews, does that mean their site isn't up to date? they updated it last on January 25th. 

My wife and I are planning a trip december 22nd-January 2nd so we really hope I don't get scheduled during that time and have to cancel our trip lol but at the same time I really want this process over with

5 minutes ago, Steelers1020 said:

Feel free to join Chicago filer thread. 

 

 

great thank you!