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4 hours ago, bunkx said:
Over a year after the interview, after contacting my house representative AND senator, they were able to get my case unstuck. Online status just changed to oath ceremony will be scheduled.
Same here, it took a year. I don't want to discourage anybody, but just so people know that it can take a long time in some cases.
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On 6/30/2022 at 3:34 PM, shugi123 said:
Finally went in for my Oath ceremony.
It was for 10.15am. Went through security at 9.55am. I was asked to go the second floor where the oath ceremony was going to be held. Handed my paperwork with a form I got in the mail to the officer who was checking in everyone. There were about 20-25 people. You were allowed to get one family member with you. Remember to bring your old green cards or any cards/ letters sent to you by USCIS throughout your journey. You will be surrendering all your old cards at the time of checking in. Bring your supporting documents if anything changed or happened between your interview and oath ceremony day. I had travelled internationally between that time so I took a copy of my ticket. The officer asked me the dates of travel and I gave it to her.
She checked me in and asked me to go in the hall and take a seat. My husband accompanied me.
It was a pretty smooth process. They showed us a short video then asked us to stand up and repeat the Oath of allegiance after her. She then called each one of us by name and handed us our naturalization certificates. You were allowed to take pictures through out the process. She showed us another short video at the end of the ceremony. The whole process took about an hour and 15-20 mins total from checking in to end of the ceremony. I was out by 11.10am.
I had taken an appointment for passport 2 weeks in advance and went straight there after my oath ceremony to get my passport. You need a proof of travel which I had, within 2 weeks in order to get an appointment to get expedited same day passport.
Tip: As soon as you get your oath ceremony date, book your passport and driver's license appointment date as well. You will need an appointment to submit your passport application even if you are submitting through normal processing time. You can apply for an expedited passport if you are traveling sometime soon. Please check the website and do your thorough research.
Remember you cannot travel international if you don't have your passport coz the officer will take your green card and you wont have any document to come back in the country unless you have your passport. So if you are not traveling international for 6-8 week from your oath ceremony date then you are fine to get a regular appointment.
Happy to answer any question and help in any way I can.
Good to luck to all of you. Stay patient. You will get to enjoy this day very soon. I waited almost 8 months after my interview. So hold tight just little bit more.
Congratulations!! Your wait was worthy. I waited a little over 9 months, it seems Denver is far behind schedule!
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Just pasting this link here for February 2021 filers. Feel free to update everyone here. This was useful to me when I was stressing about the wait, it seems it takes a whole year in many cases.
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2 hours ago, rocamey17 said:
guys...
Updates pops on my profile.
1. I751 card is being produced
2. N400 approved..and in line for an oath ceremony
Then later another message pops up
1. I751 is reopened for consideration
2. N400 oath ceremony is canceled..appointment will be rescheduled
Please do anyone understand this...
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Hard to tell, to me N400 approved means approved. But for some reason they want to review your I751 again. Could that be a system glitch?
Give it a few days, and if no new messages appear I would call them or open a request. If you have already been waiting for 2 years it probably means your case is outside normal processing times anyways, so you can open a case request on-line.
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On 4/24/2022 at 9:05 AM, Kanth said:
Hi, I attended my N400 interview on 04/21/2022 and passed English, Civics and History test without an issue. The officer went through and asked several other questions and asked to go through my details if they are correct or not. Also he asked me to bring new photographs as the existing ones are old. I said, sure sir I will bring. Then he said he has another issue. He couldn't see my AC21 file (AC21 - When I change my company on GC EAD then I need to file that I am going to new company and my old job responsibilities match with new job responsibilities). I told him that I am 1000% sure that I filed. He said, you might have filed and it may be in the system but he doesn't have time to go through it and asked me to upload online the same day itself. He handed over N-652 form saying 'A DECISION CANNOT BE MADE YET ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION'. I went back to my car, searched the documents and found them (It was 8 years ago I did this filing). I went back immediately to the officer and told him that I have the required documents. He said he does not have time to look into them and asked me to upload online and will get an update soon. So I went back home and uploaded them to my USCIS account on the same day. I received an email next day saying that my case has been updated but when I logged in , I just see 'Interview Scheduled' message. Is there anyone in the same boat? I guess 'A DECISION CANNOT BE MADE YET ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION' does not mean DECLINE but they are doing further review, Right?
After going through this thread it seems several persons have similar issues with USCIS and waiting for a long time. Hopefully my case would be resolved soon. I stressed myself from past couple of days but it seems there is nothing we can do but wait and watch.
Exactly, "decision to be made" does NOT mean decline. Don't lose hope, I think your case will be taken care of soon, at least you did what you had to do and uploaded the documents.
It is just that USCIS seems to have a "linear mind set", they can only process one thing at a time, they can only do one job. Your document was missing, so the officer could not look outside his box.
Try not to stress about it (I know, I've been through this too, and now it is easier to say), all you can do is wait and watch.
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22 hours ago, jacobskoog said:
Hello everyone.
I seem to be part of this group, in that my interview was over a month ago, and my case still says :
Oath Ceremony will be scheduled(in the app)
Online it says :
- We placed you in line for your oath ceremony and will send you a notice for Receipt Number ......
(and)
- Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled XX XX 2022
-- We recommended that your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, be approved. Your case was submitted for quality review. XX XX 2022I'm guessing everything is good to go so far?
what's the longest anyone has had to wait before getting booked for the oath ceremony?
Your case is much different, you were Approved, so that is good news! do not have to wait for a decision to be made. I am sure you will receive the oath ceremony notice pretty soon.
Not sure the longest anyone has waited, I heard of a few cases where they were waiting for 3-5 months for the ceremony after approval.
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8 hours ago, navaman said:
I would like to get this resolved ASAP, will suing them do that? if so recommend me an attorney who can represent me.
Have you tried contacting your Senator and explaining the situation? Hopefully your FOIA will trigger something in the next few weeks, others have had success with that. Suing takes a long time, and money, I would try other routes first.
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59 minutes ago, Balaji_v said:
Update on my case: USCIS approved my N400 and put in line for Oath ceremony on 04/07/2022, exactly 70 days after the interview.
I am so happy and relieved that this excruciating wait is over for me.
I dont know if it did help my case or not but its a very postiive coincidence. I applied for FOIA for my full A-file and also for my I751 and N400 one month ago. Two weeks before my approval, FOIA got processed. I assume it might have helped with my N400 approval.
Now, off to the next stage of my life. Good luck to everyone else and I pray that everybody's case gets processed quick and approved soon.😃
Congratulations!!! I am sure the FOIA helped, that could be the trick to get all these cases pending. Your experience will help others here who are still waiting for positive news.
Enjoy the ceremony!
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4 hours ago, bunkx said:
Has anyone here tried to file a lawsuit or writ of mandamus? Even the processing time receipt date is past my submission date and my interview was July 30, 2021. This is way outside of the 120 day adjudication window they're supposed to be working with.
On another note, I heard federal workers will be going back to the office in April so maybe this will help with the congestion at the national archives with the A files
Same thoughts here, as @abfarand @oriana77mentioned. Make sure first you exhaust all other options: contact Senator, representatives, file FOIA (this seems to unstuck some cases), and even contact the FRC directly.
Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on layers, not when it is USCIS job to do their part. Why should we waste time and money to accomplish their job? Frankly, I think everyone should be back working, most of us have been since the start of the pandemic, enough is enough. And I understand your frustration, all of us here have been through it, one day that is put behind.
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6 hours ago, smallgirlbigworld said:
Not just 2020 is stuck… 2019 filer here and just got word from My Senate that my a-file is needed to continue work on my case. Did ya’ll have your senate office reach out to frc? And is it always leesummit?
I contacted my Senator, and they must have contacted the FRC, not sure which one, but I think Leesummit is the one with all the A-files and caves.
You can also contact FRC through their email addresses on the webpage. I read someone did that and got a response.
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It seems it will probably delay it. I had an A-file that had to be reviewed (previous J1 visa) and it took 9 months to retrieve after the interview. Maybe the process is speeding up right now, but don't be surprised it takes a few months. There is a similar thread with lots of non-decisions if you want to read through, you are not alone:
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6 hours ago, Ring of the lord said:
Thank you, I saw you had yours recently. Would you mind sharing your oath ceremony experience? What to expect in the ceremony?
The ceremony was sweet and short. First I gave the form N-445 to an officer, then went into a big room (we were a total of 26 people, socially distanced and wearing masks). Then there was a short speech by the director at USCIS, we all said the oath aloud, and we also had the privilege to hear a speech from our Senator who handed the naturalization certificates to each one of us. In total, it probably lasted 30 minutes or so. Oh, and at the end there was the option to register for voting!
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46 minutes ago, shugi123 said:
Thats great news!! Congratulations! So what did you do? I'm still waiting. It's been almost 6 months since I had my interview.
I contacted Senator Bennet and they put a request to get my A-file apparently. Took more than 9 months in my case from interview to oath.
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1 hour ago, Guido51 said:
thanks. what excatly you said to LeesSummit.reference@nara.gov? can you share? did you include your A NUMBER and receipt numbers?
It was a 2 line e-mail. I told them USCIS needed my A-file and wondered if they had transferred it, gave them my number, no receipt number. But I never got an answer, so not sure if that is what helped or not. In the meantime the Senator's office was also doing their inquiries.
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6 hours ago, Guido51 said:
HI, how did you get your case unstuck with FRC?
I contacted my Senator, who in turn contacted the FRC. I also tried contacting directly at LeesSummit.reference@nara.gov
Not sure what got it unstuck, but something must have worked...
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I went with black ink
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So, @angelostuart what happened? Are you a US citizen yet?
You have to write the last chapter here, so others can benefit from the information 🙂
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A friend of mine did exactly this. She was also going on an international trip 3 days after the oath, so she had the officer post-pone it till she got back from the trip.
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22 hours ago, Solindya said:
It’s been over a year since my biometric reuse notification. Time until case decision keeps being delayed by 4-5. When I filed in January 2021 it said online my case would be completed in May of same year, then it went to September, then November, then February and now July! I’m really anxious as even my temporary extension on green card is set to expire in August. I can’t even file a case inquiry as they keep extending the time line for it. Initially it was 9 months after filing that you could inquire. Now it’s 15 months?
should I be worried and hire a lawyer at this time? I didn’t file N400 with attorney as there is nothing even remotely questionable in my record. Is there anything else I can do to speed things along?
I would contact the Senator or Congressman and let them inquiry for you, USCIS is supposed to reply back to them in 30 days (even if you are within normal processing times). At least you will know why your case is stuck.
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21 hours ago, oriana77 said:
I hope this information is helpful. I didn't notice it on time but one day BEFORE my approval, I got an email from the ombudsman saying that they took care of my inquiry bla bla bla and that I should check my account but it really looked like a generic email TO ME, so I didnt even pay close attention to the email; and 2 days AFTER my approval I got a text about that same inquiry made in December, and now I'm getting this email today.
I cannot say or garantee that making that inquiry helped me because there's no way for me to know. But it seems that the inquiry somehow made some "push" to my case. What you guys think???
I added a letter to my inquiry explaining how this delay was affecting me, especially for my Masters degree because I requested a name change, etc. Now I just got another email which is the one attached here. My oath is finally on March 10.
For anyone waiting over 1 year (or close to one year) for a decision to be made, I would highly recommend to make the inquiry.
Yeah, it is hard to know if your inquiry pushed your case or not. It seems their answers are generic.
But like you, when I made the inquiry to my Senator I also included in my letter how that was affecting me (can't apply for certain Research grants) and that it was affecting my work travel as well. If that helped or not, who knows... we will probably never know for sure. But it is always worthy to try!
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A word of advice: DO NOT trust those processing times. It is based on a modeling system that has nothing to do with your individual case.
Mine went from 11 months, to 2 months, to again 6 months, to finally to "things are taking longer than expected" (and it sat there for the last 4 months). One day, they finally approved my case.
N400 interview decision pending tracker
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Guys, if I can give you all my piece of advise: do NOT waste your money on writ of mandamus or whatever. You already spent a bunch trying to get the citizenship!
I waited almost 10 months after my interview for a decision to be made (if you scroll a few pages back you'll see my story). It wasn't till I wrote my Senator that my case was unstuck. I was so frustrated also from waiting and waiting, worst experience of my life (and my case was easy). I was even on the local news when my case was finally approved after months of waiting, I can tell you they (USCIS) were quite embarrassed from having held it for so long.
So, write to your Senator, Representative, whoever can intervene and make these people at USCIS do THEIR job!! The lawyers can not do much and I doubt a mandamus is the answer to this problem. They are still riding the COVID wave and blaming it on not enough personal, blah blah blah, it is time to get back to work, make them do their job. Send the Senators, they take it seriously then.