Seabird

My husband is an USC born and raised here and he would know maybe half of the answers. Most of the USCs would not answer the 100 questions correctly. My hubby learned a lot by helping me prepare with these questions.

And you cannot rely on the online access - an example:
My oath letter was received a month ago, and still, it does not show on my online account...!

Well, in my case, it took a looong time between the disappearance of the "estimated completion date", and today, where I see that some oath date has been picked.
No actual letter yet, and date is still unknown to me!
Who knows, it probably varies with the local office.
 
I think it means some internal progress has been made, or application moved into the final phase, something like that.
 
Keep on trucking, as they say!

EDIT: I do use the site you mention but log on using my case number, instead of a username+password.
 
A quick check right now and..
 
drumroll..   bingo; "scheduled...!"
They must have run a batch and we were in the same bale!
 
Good for you or the news of progress, so near the finishing line!

Maybe one of the reasons behind the delays is this:
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-recall-incorrectly-dated-green-cards

Early morning thoughts:
 
- any other known perceived slowdowns across the country, be it "seasonal" or other?
 
- could perceived slowdown be a resources shortfall, delaying the oath preparation work (docs, certs, planning, etc)
 
 
The other thought is, when to actually decide to trigger an infoPass, which would be a long travel for me?
 
 
So far, too few Boston applicants on the thread to gain a better sense of what's going on.

Same for me Seabird! I can't see the estimated completion time anymore. Just the "approved, wait for the oath to be scheduled" message.

In another thread on here, I looked at the "January Filers" individuals' dates, and it turned out that five people got their oaths between 22 to 36 days after interviews.
My district office's oath calendar would, at this point, push me into well late next month, delaying further plans for travel. Oh well.

Thanks, Seabird! Good to know. I get nervous with people that are all business like that! Congrats!

Another minor interview tip: as you are under oath and all, you are only to answer by "yes" or "no" on the background questions. One one of them I answered "I do", and was reminded to only use yes or no!
 
My interviewer was all business, very little chit-chat if any at all. We were done in ten minutes, but I am older, long-time GC holder. Interviewer had my ancient GC application stuff in front of him, and I saw some really old-school yellow triplicate carbon copies!

A quick math with dates shown in the thread, so far:
It looks like the time interval between interview and oath is 22 to 36 days.

I am a retired ESL teacher, (teaching in Nevada was totally out of the question!!) I can offer some simple tips on capturing the language in spoken and written English.  Another simple tip would be to google 'youtube' videos and watch and learn about "learning america history primary students" or "learn english conversation: immigrants", with each you will get several leads to get you started. 
 
Anything to help out my fellow immigrants  

It's actually pretty similar in Germany compared to the US as far as the language skill test and the oath ceremony. Here is a little video: 
 
However they mention here that less and less people want to become German citizens. The biggest reasons are the lack of German language skills and the fact that they prohibit dual citizenship. 

I spent many a months googling this subject for when it's my turn to get residency etc in Nicaragua. I also read through the constitution hehe. Most people live there as perpetual tourists for years but I'm all about doing things the right way. Heck, I'd love to share my findings!
 
First step is getting residency based on marriage to a Nicaraguan with the following docs
1.      Marriage certificate: marriage must be over 2 years old
2.      Birth Certificate + Marriage license + apostille + translation
3.      Police Record + Health Certificate + Notary + Apostille + translation, be wary of the 6 month expiration 
             a.     Can go to Interpol and Ministerio de Salud to avoid getting the apostille stateside for those two docs
             b. If any of those docs are not in Spanish, they must be translated completely (including the apostille). Translation must be        
                  notarized.
4.      Notarized declaration of income sources for INSS
5.      Passport pic (4.5 x 3.5 cm) + Passport Bio page
6.      Copy of spouse’s Nica passport or cedula
7.      Guaranty deposit according to migob.gob.ni
8.      Form from Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería
 
There are other ways to gain residency: 
1. Pensioner/Rentista which requires your to be at least 45 years of age, 55 for the other with a regular monthly
     income from somewhere. For Nicaragua, it's the most popular one to procure. You 'll need documentation to
     show where the $$ is coming from.
2. Investor which I believe is a minimum investment amount of 30k.
3. Employee
4. NGO/Missionary
     a. For these residency types, you will first be granted a 2 year residency card. After you renew it once, you are able to elect for a 5 year residency if you want, or just another 2 year one, and THEN seek citizenship if you are wanting that
5. Spouse
     a. Article 56 of the Constitution states that nationality can be acquired after first getting the 2 year residency because of your Nica spouse OR if you have kids with Nicaraguan nationality
 
Residency has taken as little as 2 months and more than a year for people to get. It's all a matter of the paperwork being approved. If there are interviews, it's with neighbors.
 
So to finally get citizenship:
* Must be a resident for more than 4 years, each year having 6 non-continuous months in country
* If it's through marriage to a Nica must have 2 years stable residency
* Have to take citizenship test to demonstrate knowledge of country and language mastery
 
Seems pretty straightforward but most people get caught up in the process because they don't have sufficient paperwork, translations or apostilles are not done with the with stuff, OR language barrier because so many people just move down there without trying to learn Spanish at all. 
 
Whew, that about sums up the process for Nicaragua for your reading enjoyment!