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Spouse had the interview today in downtown Los Angeles.  Everything went well and the officer recommended the application for approval.
 
Arrived about 30 minutes before scheduled interview.  We waited about an hour to be called.  It turns out cell phones are allowed everywhere, so I had to go back to the car to get our phones.  The interview itself took about 20 minutes.
 
Went over the n400 application and answers.
 
U.S. History / Government Test:
- If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes the President?
- Name one branch or part of the government.
- We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
- What did the declaration of independence do?
- What does the President's cabinet do?
- How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
 
English Test:
- Read - When is Columbus Day?
- Write - Columbus Day is in October
 
We brought passport photos, but they ended up taking new photos there and didn't need them.  The officer was extremely nice and helpful.
 
I hope all of the other June filters make some good progress very soon!

Received update notifications that status changed on Friday.  After checking online it shows that interview was scheduled on 8/11.  Never had an "in line" status.  The new estimation feature online shows 10 months to completion.  I'll update my timeline as soon as I receive the interview letter.
 
More detail that might help online filers...
One thing to note is that part of the new version of their website (https://my.uscis.gov) has been showing "Interview Scheduled" and "USCIS has scheduled your interview appointment and will mail you the appointment notice" since right after my biometrics appointment on 7/10.  This appeared under the "View case activity" button.  However, after clicking on "View case activity" it always showed the biometrics status.  On Friday, the notification went out, the last updated date changed, and the case activity changed to the complete interview scheduled status.  The status also changed on Friday on the case status website (https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do) from biometrics to interview scheduled.  Basically, the original "interview scheduled" status was not accurate and (based on previous posts on the topic) was probably just the case being moved to the local office.  Again, no "in line" status update.  I hope this helps someone in the future who filed online.
 
 

Fixed @Luis & Carol
 
N-400: January 2017 Applicants
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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
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WinterPark2015..|08/17/15|12/27|01/03|01/13|02/07/17|04/14/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Orlando,FL
Cybermax........|03/27/12|12/27|12/29|01/14|01/30/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Annandale,VA
vik376..........|02/27/14|12/28|01/11|01/12|01/31/17|04/19/17|05/??/17|06/12|17|--/--/--|Washington,DC
digitalvx.......|03/26/14|12/29|01/05|01/11|01/31/17|02/27/17|05/22/17|06/27/17|--/--/--|NYC
ozcitizen.......|06/--/07|12/29|01/11|01/12|01/30/17|02/03/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Philadelphia,PA
Luis & Carol....|10/17/13|12/31|01/18|01/03|02/08/17|--/--/--|07/03/17|08/03/17|--/--/--|Atlanta,GA
NJ_NJ...........|01/12/12|01/03|01/10|01/12|02/01/17|02/03/17|06/27/17|08/03/17|--/--/--|Newark, NJ
Joe&LuMa........|09/03/13|01/03|01/12|01/13|02/07/17|02/09/17|07/08/17|08/14/17|--/--/--|Tampa, FL
Olibecca1.......|01/06/09|01/04|01/13|01/13|01/27/17|02/16/17|03/10/17|04/13/17|05/31/17|Louisville,KY
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Azhrid..........|04/21/11|01/06|01/11|01/12|01/30/17|02/07/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Boston, MA
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Americ@.........|04/--/14|01/10|01/17|01/17|01/27/17|03/03/17|03/06/17|04/17/17|06/23/17|Louisville, KY
Kundan..........|10/--/12|01/10|01/17|01/19|02/17/17|02/22/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Newark, NJ
nana098.........|12/13/01|01/12|02/02|01/17|02/22/17|03/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Newark, NJ
maxcool.........|04/12/12|01/14|01/18|01/17|02/07/17|03/13/17|05/06/17|06/06/17|07/26/17|Lawrence, MA
Pramod..........|15/08/11|01/16|01/23|01/20|02/13/17|02/23/17|04/30/17|05/26/17|07/04/17|Boston, MA
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LJVA............|01/--/13|01/17|01/25|01/30|02/14/17|03/06/17|05/15/17|06/19/17|--/--/--|Fairfax, VA
astronugget.....|01/15/14|01/18|02/24|03/05|03/13/17|03/15/17|06/16/17|07/18/17|--/--/--|New York, NY
Zhekaviolin.....|04/19/12|01/19|01/25|01/24|02/09/17|03/20/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Houston, TX
jkstark.........|05/30/00|01/20|--/--|01/25|02/17/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Buffalo, NY
Ivancarranza....|08/16/95|01/24|--/--|01/27|02/24/17|02/28/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Dallas, TX
Sakura13........|04/24/14|01/24|01/30|01/30|02/21/17|03/24/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Tampa, FL
J Ann...........|03/03/14|01/26|01/31|02/01|02/10/17|03/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Memphis, TN
flagg...........|05/11/06|01/27|--/--|02/24|03/14/17|03/16/17|05/01/17|06/01/17|06/23/17|Greer, SC
feroze895.......|04/03/12|01/24|01/30|02/04|02/21/17|03/13/17|05/22/17|06/20/17|--/--/--|Washington, DC
Deribas_Alma-Ata|03/26/12|01/10|01/17|01/17|02/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Norfolk, VA
ILoveUSCIS......|04/24/12|01/27|01/31|02/01|02/22/17|03/24/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Tampa, FL
B_B_B...........|09/10/13|01/07|01/12|02/02|02/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Boston, MA
Naplez1985......|04/30/12|01/30|02/06|02/10|03/02/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|St.Paul, MN
topazfae........|06/07/07|01/24|01/26|02/03|02/23/17|02/27/17|05/23/17|06/20/17|--/--/--|Washington, DC
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USCIS Phoenix, Arizona Lockbox
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UserName......|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrview|Oath....|Field Office
Andy2891......|04/01/14|12/30|01/12|01/19|02/08/17|03/01/17|06/06/17|07/06/17|--/--/--|Los Angeles,CA
Cocann........|04/11/13|01/03|01/10|01/10|01/24/17|02/09/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Seattle, WA
Cryshiabelen..|02/07/11|01/03|01/11|01/11|01/31/17|02/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Las Vegas,NV
Haggischomper.|05/10/08|01/05|01/12|01/12|02/06/17|02/16/17|05/31/17|06/28/17|--/--/--|Chicago,IL
Juanita&David.|10/19/12|01/06|01/17|01/17|02/08/17|--/--/--|03/22/17|04/27/17|06/08/17|Boise, ID
Umadam........|04/19/11|01/07|--/--|01/18|02/10/17|02/14/17|05/30/17|06/30/17|--/--/--|Michigan City,IN
daigo.........|04/01/14|01/07|01/12|01/09|02/08/17|03/01/17|05/27/17|06/28/17|--/--/--|Chicago,IL
Natasha&Luca..|03/22/14|01/10|--/--|01/18|02/10/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Fargo, ND
MyJourney.....|04/01/10|01/11|01/13|01/18|02/16/17|02/21/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Denver,CO
ac8238........|09/01/07|01/12|01/18|01/20|02/16/17|02/23/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Los Angeles,CA
jenafid.......|04/17/14|01/16|01/24|01/19|02/15/17|03/17/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Denver,CO
purplepretzel.|04/15/14|01/17|01/25|01/26|02/15/17|03/15/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco,CA
Bugs..........|04/15/14|01/17|01/24|01/23|02/15/17|03/15/17|05/24/17|06/27/17|--/--/--|San Diego, CA
Steve&Roi.....|04/16/14|01/17|01/25|01/29|02/22/17|03/16/17|--/--/--|06/20/17|--/--/--|Detroit, MI
edrossi.......|10/08/09|01/20|01/27|01/30|02/13/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|St Paul, MN
Elisar........|01/01/14|01/23|--/--|02/03|02/24/17|03/01/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Los Angeles,CA
KleoLove......|03/--/13|01/23|02/02|02/04|02/24/17|02/28/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Los Angeles,CA
tufeb.........|06/01/09|01/27|01/31|02/02|02/13/17|02/24/17|06/09/17|07/07/17|--/--/--|San Jose,CA
pknick........|03/21/09|01/28|01/31|02/06|02/24/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco,CA
DisneyLovers..|02/11/09|01/31|02/09|02/09|03/03/17|03/07/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Los Angeles,CA
stuckinmn.....|01/05/12|01/24|02/02|01/31|03/02/17|03/07/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|St. Paul, MN
waitforit.....|04/12/12|01/14|01/17|01/27|02/14/17|03/13/17|06/10/17|07/10/17|--/--/--|Chicago,IL
SamF..........|04/18/14|01/18|01/20|01/22|02/15/17|03/20/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Las Vegas,NV
jerr1.........|04/24/12|01/24|01/30|01/30|02/13/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Diego,CA
itsmeleila....|09/21/12|01/07|01/24|01/26|02/08/17|02/10/17|03/13/17|04/20/17|--/--/--|Kansas City, MO
James_And_JoAnne|01//12|01/13|01/20|01/??|02/17/17|02/22/17|05/30/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Jose,CA
jane78........|02/07/13|01/18|01/24|01/19|02/14/17|--/--/17|06/09/17|07/11/17|--/--/--|Los Angeles,CA
 
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USCIS Lincoln, Nebraska Lockbox (Filing Under 319b, 328, or 329 of the INA)
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UserName......|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Fprints.|In Line.|Int Ltr.|Intrview|Oath....|Field Office
Odin8.........|10/24/11|01/25|01/31|02/21|03/16/17|03/21/17|04/25/17|05/22/17|06/09/17|Raleigh, NC
 
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Apologies for the delay, wonderful VisaJourneyers. Hubby went for his interview June 19th at the Atlanta Field Office and was preliminarily approved in 18 minutes!  It was, by far, the fastest experience we have had thus far. We are thankful for the kind and professional officer who conducted his interview.  He is awaiting the oath notice. And just received an e-mail and text message on June 28, 2017 that the oath letter has been mailed. We still haven’t received it yet.
 
I offer the following in-depth details for those of you who are like me and want to know as much about the experience to feel more at ease. But bottom line: This was a fast and stress-free process. They only asked for his interview notice, GC, and passport. They didn’t ask for any of the items listed in “What to Bring”—
No passport photos were needed as his IO explained that they rely on the photos they take at the start of the interview. (I think)
 
His interview was in the afternoon and to make sure we did not run into the infamous Atlanta traffic, we arrived about an hour before and waited in the parking lot. 29 minutes before his interview, we entered the building. Security had us show our ID and then put all of our things (bag of docs, belts, phones, my water bottle [which they allowed me to keep since I needed it for medical reasons] all into a bin, much like airport security.
 
We retrieved our things after going to a second table to reassemble ourselves and went up a small ramp to the left of the elevators to “Reception/Check In.” A professionally friendly check-in man asked for my husband’s interview notice and wrote 2nd Fl. at the top of the notice. We went back down the ramp and took the elevator to the 2nd flor. Upon exiting, we saw locked doors to our left and we turned right and stepped into a bright, quite sizable-large room with a full wall-length panel of windows overlooking the entrance and parking lot (a far cry from the biometrics place.) The room was filled with 18 rows of 12 golden-tan textured/designed seats, mostly empty—with perhaps 15-20 people waiting. All eyes of the waiting room seemed to fall on us momentarily and the room was strangely quiet except for the low tones of an episode of HGTV’s “Love It, or List It” playing at the front of the room on a tv screen too small (42”-?) for the large-sized room. Right next to the TV was a larger TV screen, perhaps 70” or so that showed ticket #s being served in the interview rooms and the Doors (1 or 2) through which the ticket holder should enter. Another TV of the same size and showing the same info was mounted on the left wall facing the front. These informational TVs also showed  helpful tips for submitting forms, updates, and nifty USCIS facts like: Did you know 23,000 applications are serviced daily? [I gained a better appreciation for the length of time these processes take!]
 
We turned right upon entering the room and proceed to the check-in desk where we were greeted by another professionally friendly representative (and cool glasses). She asked my hubby for his interview notice and wrote on a purple post it note his ticket # which placed on his notice. We took our seats, choosing to sit a few seats from the outside in the row closest to where we entered the room—a good, midpoint where we could see the locked doors next to the elevators (DOOR 1) and other locked at the front left of the waiting room (DOOR 2). We had not waited long when five minutes before his interview time, a woman came out from DOOR 2and called my hubby’s ticket number.
 
The IO had him stand and take the oath.
 
What’s the capital of state?
Who is the governor of state?
What does the Constitution do?
How many justices are there?
What was one war fought in the 20th century? (I think)
Q6 ----?
 
The reading test: Who is the first President of the United States?
She dictated the written test: George Washington is the first President of the United States.
 
You passed the civics, written, and reading test. Now, let’s go through your application.
The IO went through the form and asked a few questions here and there - Spouse’s (my) name; Confirmed where spouse (I) work; went through each of the YES/NO questions.
 
My husband wanted to add a middle name as a name change, but decided not to do it there when the IO explained that a name change would further push back the oath ceremony by 3-4 weeks. Note: name changers have to get sworn in at the federal courthouse. She removed the I-95 from my husband’s Ghana passport, gave him a confirmation letter, and returned his green card to him.
 
After everything was complete, the IO and my hubby had a friendly conversation about how his experience has been in the U.S. since coming here seven years ago.
 
If we could write a direct note of thanks to his IO and to the head of USCIS, we would! My husband’s IO epitomized the best of what the immigration process should be: professional, courteous, empathetic, expedient and thorough if all of the paperwork and evidence provided has already been reviewed well, and most of all, humane. Praying all VisaJourneyers have such a process. 
 
We’ll post the oath ceremony date once we receive it.