jack Smith

The interview was Thursday (San Antonio) and experience was similar to CNMN & notantifun. San Antonio do have oath on Friday (next day) but it seems residents of bexer county are eligible, and so i was not eligible, although notantifun's experience suggests other counties could also be eligible. Status change to schedule for Oath. Not sure of the timeline between this status and actual oath letter or oath date, maybe someone else can comment for Texas.

I think I can answer most of these questions.
If you apply online, you create a username and password and after you e-file, a few minutes to an hour you should get a pdf receipt that the application is accepted for processing (Notice 1 Document 1) and another notice that the biometrices are being reused (Notice 1 Document 2) .
 
You can apply 90 days before the 5-year or 3-year (if by marriage) deadline and you can be approved before the actual 5 year or 3 year mark, although the Oath will be held on or after the 5 year mark. So if you applied 90 days early, you may get a interview and approval say in 60 days and then another 60 day wait before the oath taking you past 90 day early filing.
 
If you file because of work (5-year rule) then the membership of societies, travel history, address should go back 5 years unless you lived longer than 5 years at one address. If you are filing because of marriage you can include 3 years of society, travel, housing, work histories or opt for 5 years.
 
If you mail in the paper, you will get three paper notices within 2 weeks, the first will be the application is accepted for processing, the second is your access code. here on the USCIS website you login and add paper file, then enter the IOE number (Document 1) and then the passcode (Document 2). Shortly after you receive a third document that your biometrices have been applied from an earlier petition, for folks who had a marriage but it was less than three years, they would have filed an I751, the others most likely an AOS. Most folks recall physical biometrics from 2018, so we know it is more likely a 2018 biometric file will be reapplied. if yours was earlier it may or may not be reapplied, but you should get two documents (still counted as first notice) within 2 weeks after filing date. A third document (Second notice) might be in the same time frame (within 30 days of filing) and it will tell whether you get to go for biometrices or whether they will reapply from an earlier petition.
 
The time frame listed inside your USCIS is based on the average 5 year case load and many folks get approved before that duration, noting there is no guarantee that your case will be processed faster than someone else, but some centers are processing at a faster rate than others. The VJ history here for 2020 is around 180 days, some people as fast as 46 days, some slow as 420 days.
 
 

Good exchange from you two (S75 and U123). There is a sub debate of which is faster (online versus paper) and it seems online is slightly faster. The usual notices if you file by paper are: Notice 1 Document 1 (Receipt of petition), Notice 1 Document 2 (Access Code to USCIS website), Notice 2: Bio metric appointment or reapplication from a prior application and Notice 3: In-person Interview. These notices are usually sent within one week and you will get them inside 30 days, except for the biometrics which might be within 30 days or later. Most posts here suggest almost everyone has receipts upto bio metrics and now are waiting. If you have USCIS account, you can do one of three things. Log in every day to see if something changed on the status line, 2 set it up so that the system emails you when there is a change of status on your account, 3 set it up that you get a text when there is  a change of status in your account. once you add your paper petition to the USCIS website using your access code and date of birth of the petitioner, you should also see a copy of the mailed receipts under documents. Most people here from their posts log in occasionally if they do not have an email/text alert set up (under settings once you log into your USCIS account). The average wait time from acceptance of application to interview is 180 days, the fastest was 43 days and the slowest was 740 days although most tracker information seems to suggest application to approval is around 360 -390 days. For those who also filed an I-751 it might be quicker if their I-741 and N-400 are both pending, they could request a joint hearing. Good luck to the both of you.

There are too many variables to guess why someone's case is taking too long. The NY case timeline is up to 24 months with some averaging 18 months. The 'current month' for NY State is May 2020, so Roodie2k case may not be slower than other folks who applied in April-June 2020. Some who applied for I-751 and then N400 have some faster rates as they have been reviewed for their I-751, but again it is based on what one wrote and what documents were transmitted. For NYC, a wait time of 400 days is not rare or exceptional. Wishing you get a positive decision next month (Nov), when the May 2020 case file is current

I think I can answer most of these questions.
If you apply online, you create a username and password and after you e-file, a few minutes to an hour you should get a pdf receipt that the application is accepted for processing (Notice 1 Document 1) and another notice that the biometrices are being reused (Notice 1 Document 2) .
 
You can apply 90 days before the 5-year or 3-year (if by marriage) deadline and you can be approved before the actual 5 year or 3 year mark, although the Oath will be held on or after the 5 year mark. So if you applied 90 days early, you may get a interview and approval say in 60 days and then another 60 day wait before the oath taking you past 90 day early filing.
 
If you file because of work (5-year rule) then the membership of societies, travel history, address should go back 5 years unless you lived longer than 5 years at one address. If you are filing because of marriage you can include 3 years of society, travel, housing, work histories or opt for 5 years.
 
If you mail in the paper, you will get three paper notices within 2 weeks, the first will be the application is accepted for processing, the second is your access code. here on the USCIS website you login and add paper file, then enter the IOE number (Document 1) and then the passcode (Document 2). Shortly after you receive a third document that your biometrices have been applied from an earlier petition, for folks who had a marriage but it was less than three years, they would have filed an I751, the others most likely an AOS. Most folks recall physical biometrics from 2018, so we know it is more likely a 2018 biometric file will be reapplied. if yours was earlier it may or may not be reapplied, but you should get two documents (still counted as first notice) within 2 weeks after filing date. A third document (Second notice) might be in the same time frame (within 30 days of filing) and it will tell whether you get to go for biometrices or whether they will reapply from an earlier petition.
 
The time frame listed inside your USCIS is based on the average 5 year case load and many folks get approved before that duration, noting there is no guarantee that your case will be processed faster than someone else, but some centers are processing at a faster rate than others. The VJ history here for 2020 is around 180 days, some people as fast as 46 days, some slow as 420 days.
 
 

We filled by paper so need the receipt with access code to check case. We get the same message but no information on fingerprints being applied. Wish you all the success