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Oath ceremony rescheduled this morning:
Submitted:
Sunday 03/07/2021
Biometrics Reuse:
Sunday 03/07/2021
Interview Scheduled:
Thursday 10/21/2021
Interview Letter Delivered:
Thursday 10/28/2021
Interview:
Monday 11/29/2021
Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled:
Monday 11/29/2021
Oath Ceremony Scheduled:
Thursday 12/16/2021
Oath Ceremony Letter Delivered:
Thursday 12/23/2021
Oath Ceremony:
Tuesday 01/04/2022
(missed due to COVID positive test on 01/02/2022)
Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled:
Wednesday 01/05/2022
Oath Ceremony Scheduled:
Monday 01/10/2022
Oath Ceremony:
Monday 01/31/2022
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Just in case anyone has this issue in the future regarding testing positive for COVID ahead of an oath ceremony:
Oath scheduled for Tuesday, January 4th. Did not receive positive test result until Friday, December 31st - unable to call USCIS as instructed on notice because they were closed for the New Year holiday. Called Monday, January 3rd - there's no specific process for reporting that you have COVID as they make it appear on notice, the person on the phone tells you to mail a letter explaining why you are unable to attend your oath ceremony along with a copy of your N-445 notice to your field office.
Obviously, since I was informed of this only the day before my scheduled oath ceremony, they did not receive my letter before the oath. MyUSCIS account updated on January 5th (the day after scheduled oath) to say "You did not appear for your scheduled oath ceremony," and then "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled." Thankfully I'm back in line right away regardless of them not receiving my letter, but I do imagine someone needs to go back in to "excuse" the COVID absence after-the-fact since on the notice it states that there is no penalty for not attending due to illness. Hopefully that doesn't matter since I don't see anything preventing me from attending the newly scheduled oath ceremony. Will provide updates!
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Unfortunately I’ve tested positive for COVID and my oath ceremony was scheduled for this upcoming Tuesday, January 4th. I’m going to call today, but does anyone here know how long it typically takes to receive a new oath date and how far out new oath dates typically are after a COVID cancellation?
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Oath Ceremony Scheduled for January 4, 2022.
Timeline:
Submitted:
Sunday 03/07/2021
Biometrics Reuse:
Sunday 03/07/2021
Interview Scheduled:
Thursday 10/21/2021
Interview Letter Delivered:
Thursday 10/28/2021
Interview:
Monday 11/29/2021
Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled:
Monday 11/29/2021
Oath Ceremony Scheduled:
Thursday 12/16/2021
Oath Ceremony:
Tuesday 01/04/2022
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1 hour ago, frozenyolk69 said:
Hey man did you get an oath date yet?
Not yet! Looks like there’s typically at least 4 weeks between approval and the oath being scheduled.
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Interview was this morning at 8AM!
Officer was very down to business and kept things tight. After swearing in, asked for Green Card, Drivers License, and Passport.
Started with citizenship test, only took 6 questions - can't remember them all because it was all a bit of a flurry, but 3 were:
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
What does the judicial branch do?
How many Senators are there?
Officer asked for dates of any travel outside of the US since filing the application.
Not much said by officer afterwards beyond saying she believed that I fulfilled the requirements for naturalization, handed me the form saying the same - quoted that ceremonies are taking place about 6 weeks after interviews right now.
About an hour afterwards my application status was updated to "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled" ! What a massive relief!!
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17 hours ago, CaneK said:
Nice! Did you receive an email with status change? I keep checking the status every 2 days. Probably it will take more time since I am March 17 so probably November.
I have the Case Tracker app and just happened to check it mid-day. I had to manually refresh for it to switch over! Logged onto MyUSCIS and sure enough the Interview Scheduled letter was in my case as well. Didn't get an email update until the next morning. Hope you hear something soon!
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Filed March 7, 2021 - just got Interview Scheduled for Monday, November 29th at Chicago Field Office!!
@CaneK keep a lookout, hope you hear something soon too!
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Weird change in MyUSCIS today - it shows "submitted March 6, 2021" next to my receipt number but all of my documents and case status show received March 7, 2021. March 7th was the first possible eligible day to file based on three-month rule, do you think there may be an issue if they see the application as having been submitted March 6th in their system? I've seen a few horror stories of people unknowingly submitting a day early and being denied.
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19 hours ago, CaneK said:
Any other applicants from Chicago with interviews? I see they started scheduling interviews for those who applied in March. I applied on the 17th so hopefully they schedule it by the end of Oct.
In the same boat, I've seen two March filers from Chicago get interviews almost two weeks ago and now I'm getting nervous - filed March 7th.
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2 minutes ago, Kay21 said:
Just had my n400 interview my i751 was pending but the officer said she's only doing the n400 I asked for why she said it still need to be reviewed it's been there since 2019..I got you pass but a decision can not be made..im so depressed she said they might call me in for the i751 interview
Sorry to hear that they couldn't do both simultaneously - I hope it's all resolved soon! Congrats on getting through the N400 interview, though!
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14 hours ago, attorney94 said:
Hey everyone, I've been following for a while. My interview was scheduled so I thought I would post.
- March 6, 2021 - Application received
- March 11, 2021 - Biometrics waived
- October 1, 2021 - Interview was scheduled
- November 10, 2021 - Interview date
Chicago field office
Congrats!! March 7 2021 in Chicago, hoping to hear something soon!
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4 minutes ago, Chicago IL said:
March 2nd 2021 filer just got interview scheduled on Friday November 12,I filled under 3 year rule
Incredible, congratulations!! March 7 2021 here so hoping to hear something soon!!
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2 hours ago, G.G. said:
Hi everyone. I had my interview today in Chicago. The male officer was nice (even though i was late 15 min because of the traffic). Civic test passed well. I had a couple of speeding tickets in the past. He went through all of them in the application and asked me if any of it involved an arrest/DUI or fines over $500. None of it was, so he said he doesn't need any documentation regarding them, just asked me to verbally confirm that I did paid all the fines related to those tickets. He asked to see my tax returns for the past 5 years, I showed him the IRS Transcripts. He said the transcripts are good, BUT it doesn't show him that I actually paid my taxes, so he asked me If I have proofs of payments like bank statements showing tax payments for the past 5 years or Record of Account Transcript for the last 5 years. So be sure to bring that too. I never heard that they require anything else besides IRS Return Transcripts so I didn't bother bringing anything else. This officer was interested in the Record of Account Transcript NOT the Return Transcript so he said that if I upload this in my USCIS account by Monday he will recommend my application for approval, otherwise if he doesn't see it by Monday, he will send an official Request for Future Evidence and that this could possibly delay everything. I left the interview with a check mark next to: A DECISION CANNOT YET BE MADE ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION 😞. As soon as I got home I uploaded everything in my USCIS account from the IRS website. Now I really hope that he will check that soon and move my case forward, and not just set it aside for a couple of months like they usually do.
SUPER helpful, thank you!!! I had just the transcripts uploaded so I just now uploaded the Record of Account for each year as well.
32 minutes ago, keyuree1 said:Thank you for the great info. May I ask...did you apply based on the 3 year rule or the 5? Also, if I go on the IRS website, where can I find the Record of Account Transcript? Did they ask for any other documents? Thank you and congrats!
You can download them from here:
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On 9/24/2021 at 6:47 AM, CaneK said:
I don't know if their estimate is reliable though. Been seeing a lot of people with interviews even though the estimate said 8-11months. I guess we'll see. Mine is currently at 7 months.
Also filed in March 2021, estimate is also at 7 months. Got biometrics reuse immediately after filing but nothing since.
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On 9/3/2021 at 7:16 PM, Alex & Brit said:
Checked My USCIS today and have been scheduled for interview!
October 1st in St Louis. Surprised it's not Chicago but given my location in Illinois, it's about the same travel time either way.
Finally some progress. Looking at 19 months between submitting and interview!
Congrats! Did you receive an email letting you know there was a case update or did you just check on your own and happen to see that the interview had scheduled?
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Estimated time until case decision changed from 10 months to 8 months today (Chicago field office) - I know these aren't accurate but just wanted to share the false sense of progress and positivity! Ha
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Estimated time until case decision changed from 10 months to 8 months today (filed March 2021) - I know these aren't accurate but just wanted to share the false sense of progress and positivity! Ha
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Hey, does everyone's case status switch from "Case Was Received And A Receipt Notice Was Sent" to "We Are Actively Reviewing Your Form N-400, Application For Naturalization" ? Or do some people just jump right to "Interview Has Been Scheduled" ?
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54 minutes ago, M&P2017 said:
Status says “we are actively reviewing your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization” for 7 days. How long does it normally take to get an interview date when the status shows this ??
Does everyone get this change in status from "Case Was Received And A Receipt Notice Was Sent" prior to interview being scheduled? Or do some people jump right to having the interview scheduled?
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1 hour ago, Crocs said:
Fahad86, could you please give me the Chicago N400 Whatsapp group number?
Any way I could get this as well?? Thank you!
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Not sure how helpful this is, but feels comforting to have any kind of information...not a super significant amount of improvement to show, but it's something, I guess!
FY2021 Q1 (Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2020) N-400 Performance Data: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/reports/N400_performancedata_fy2021_qtr1.pdf
For Chicago Field Office -
Applications Received: 8,936
Approved: 3,767
Denied: 447
Pending: 35,690
FY2021 Q2 (Jan 1 - March 31, 2021) N-400 Performance Data: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/reports/N400_performancedata_fy2021_qtr2.pdf
For Chicago Field Office -
Applications Received: 4,715
Approved: 4,387
Denied: 642
Pending: 35,125
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Does anyone know if the Chicago South ASC is taking walk-ins for early biometrics appointments?
Chicago N400 filers
in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports
Posted
Final timeline:
Submitted:
Sunday 03/07/2021
Biometrics Reuse:
Sunday 03/07/2021
Interview Scheduled:
Thursday 10/21/2021
Interview Letter Delivered:
Thursday 10/28/2021
Interview:
Monday 11/29/2021
Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled:
Monday 11/29/2021
Oath Ceremony Scheduled:
Thursday 12/16/2021
Oath Ceremony Letter Delivered:
Thursday 12/23/2021
Oath Ceremony:
Tuesday 01/04/2022
(missed due to COVID positive test on 01/02/2022)
Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled:
Wednesday 01/05/2022
Oath Ceremony Scheduled:
Monday 01/10/2022
Oath Ceremony Letter Delivered:
Monday 01/17/2022
Oath Ceremony:
Monday 01/31/2022
So glad to be done with this journey! Was able to book a same-day passport appointment at the Chicago Passport Agency. Letter had said ceremony was at 9:30AM and I had scheduled the appointment for 11AM, but then it was a special ceremony and there was a follow up letter from the District Court saying check-in would start at 9:30AM but the ceremony would start at 11AM. Ceremony ended around 11:45AM so I got over to the passport office around noon. Had to show confirmation email and proof of international travel within 72 hours, but it was no issue that I arrived about an hour late. They tell you to come back between 2-4PM to pick it up - I came back around 3:30PM and it was ready to go! Best of luck to everyone in completing this journey, thank you all for your help and guidance!