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I'd say try and request to expedite your wife's case. In worst case they'll say no. You'll never know unless you try.

I’m now a US citizen! I had my oath this morning in Vegas. 
The ceremony wasn’t that good because of Covid. We couldn’t have anyone with us and had a judge recite the oath through a live feed. It was 15 minutes long and then we were handed our certs and left the building. 
No speeches, no saying what countries were represented, no cheering, no photos etc. 
 
It’s over with and I’m happy about that but it doesn’t feel like a big day. 

I've got a new estimated completion date, which is June 10. This is very encouraging news. I hope USCIS will reopen by then.

Hi all! Hope everyone is doing alright. 
 
Thank God I received my oath ceremony letter today!🙏
 
is schedule for june 23, but due to covid19 no guests are allowed. 
 
 

Hello everyone! 🙂
 
I submitted my Application Feb 21,2020 online under 319(b), my local office is Washington,DC and today June 1st I received an Email for Interview Schedule no letter and date yet. Fingers cross almost at the finish line🤞🙏

Oath scheduled June 10. 

Finally after a long wait (10 months) I became American citizen on 5/27/2020. Thank you so much VJ for all the help and support during this long journey!!!! 

My case status has been changed yesterday to "case has been approved" and "card is being produced". Wow! I'm so happy! 

My case status has been changed yesterday to "case has been approved" and "card is being produced". Wow! I'm so happy! 

My wife will be applying for Expedited Naturalization under Section 319b under the Immigration and Nationality Act. I've had a really hard time finding information on how to do this so I'll be documenting our process and posting resources for anyone that is doing this now or may need help in the future.
Documents
To see if you qualify, learn about the process, and other FAQ from USCIS, view Expedited_Naturalization_FAQ.pdf
For a sample cover letter, view 319_b__Cover_Letter.doc
For the latest Naturalization Application and Instructions (N-400) visit USCIS Forms
Dual Citizenship
If you are working towards dual citizenship in the United States as we are, read this page.
For the United States official policy on dual citizenship, visit this page. There are also some "risks" to dual citizenship.
For information on dual citizenship from Wikipedia and links to other government policies visit this page.

I've got a new estimated completion date, which is June 10. This is very encouraging news. I hope USCIS will reopen by then.

Just log into your account, you will see them. I guess this is a sign they are actually opening in May.

Had my Oath ceremony today, finally a citizen ! Already went to the passport agency in SF and got my passport in hand the same day. 
 
Good luck everyone and thank you so much for all the help I got from VJ I don't think I could've done it without you guys. 
 

ITS ALL DONE!!!!   Oath Ceremony today at the US Federal Courthouse, (50 new citizens from 20 countries) very impressed with the organization, professionalism and genuine congratulations from the judge, USCIS staff, Court staff and all who participated.  
 
Could never have done this without Visa Journey, thanks to all who answered questions and special thanks to the people who put together all the information in the guides.  We followed these line by line, to the letter, never used an attorney or agency, did it all ourselves according to the information on this site in 5 years, 5 months.  AGAIN THANKS TO ALL!

Hi guys, 
 
Had my interview this morning in San Francisco, got approved on the spot and now waiting for the oath letter to show up ! 
 
Can't wait for the final step 
 

Just got my date for the oath ceremony and of course it’s for when I’m out of town. I’m panicking about rescheduling it but I don’t know what to do. I know it says to send back the letter with a written reply but does anyone know if they have a phone number I can call? I don’t know if I’m wasting their time calling but just want to see if it’ll be an issue or not. 

My interview was yesterday in Newark.  Passed 😀  Interview review is posted in the Newark/Mount Laurel thread.  Best of luck to everyone still on their journey.👍

and even December applications too... 

We filed on June 29th. Nothing yet. (Orlando office). 

I'm so bitter about this whole process right now.  We have hit every single delay from the outset of our K1. My daughter was 12 when we started the K1 process and turns 18 next week. So I'll literally miss having her get her citizenship through me but a matter of a few weeks. What really burns me is seeing that late September filers (as well as all July and August filers on VJ) at the same local office have already had their interview and/or oath.  My husband thinks I'm kidding, but there is nothing anyone can say to convince me otherwise. There is some note on our file that was put there by some disgruntled employee during our K1 process.  We have consistently been 2-3 months behind the rest of our respective groups of filers at every single stage of this journey. 

I'm sorry about the negativity. I'm just so exhausted of constantly having our lives in pending and every time we think the end is in sight, there's more time added to it. There is nobody else I can tell except you guys because nobody gets it.  

We've been looking forward to this for years and when hubby asked me at breakfast if I'm excited, I told him no.  It's just another reminder that there's a little division courtesy of USCIS, in our family, yet again. More waiting for daughter's now 5 year window, I have to tell her that she does NOT get to vote like all her friends now that she's turning 18 and we have more expense, suspense, paperwork. I'm just so over this. 

Thank you for listening.  I'm totally fine if you all want to tell me to stop being negative. I'm #*&%ing exhausted from this all and the only thing I care about is that I used this opportunity to finally correct a typo on my name on my birth certificate so that I don't have complications everytime I sign something and present my ID. 

I think your situation is normal, I have also heard nothing since my biometrics.
 
You can tell your service center by the first 3 letters of your case number:
 
– EAC – Vermont Service Center;
– VSC – Vermont Service Center;
– WAC – California Service Center;
– CSC – California Service Center;
– LIN – Nebraska Service Center;
– NSC – Nebraska Service Center;
– SRC – Texas Service Center;
– TSC – Texas Service Center;
– MSC – National Benefits Center;
– NBC – National Benefits Center;
– IOE – ELIS (e-Filing); and
– YSC – Potomac Service Center.
 
Be sure to check both USCIS websites for updates on your case. They often say different things
 
https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do
https://my.uscis.gov/
 
Good luck!

So tired of waiting...Applied in june, biometrics in july and radio silence ever since.  Case status online says completion time august 2020 and estimated wait time 6 months.
I live in PHX so the CA service center is handling my application. 
 

I became a U.S. citizen today in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Good luck to everyone still waiting.
 

Oh, man! That's just a pain in the butt!  And they never give any hint about why. You just enter the black hole and sit waiting in the dark. 

edited to include NovaSprings!
 
Latest stats:
62 applicants
51 have had/are scheduled for interviews
36 have become citizens
5 more are scheduled for the oath!
 
This coming week our group has no interviews, but 4 oaths!
@Natfor2019 has the oath on 12/12
@butalas has the oath on 12/12
@POM has the oath on 12/13
@NovaSprings has the oath on 12/13
CONGRATS you guys:-D 
 
P.S. If any other 2019 April filers out there would like to join our group tracker, you can fill in your info by following this link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19px0T7I0L1r79JhIJJriP1EXI1sO3u1ImNhcP38FETQ/edit#gid=0

Latest stats
62 applicants
49 have had/are scheduled for interviews
32 have become citizens
2 more are scheduled for their Oath
 
This week is another awesome one for our group!
5 interviews and an oath!
@zorus40k has an interview today 12/2
@EmsVnt has an interview tomorrow 12/3
@Zmoney has an interview tomorrow 12/3
@POM has an interview 12/4
@NovaSprings has an interview 12/5
@zbd142 has the oath TODAY 12/2
 
Congratulations everyone:-D Please come share your experiences!