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We became citizens today at the special 4th of July ceremony (which was quite beautifully done, if I might add). All the best to those waiting.

Hi. My husband and I had our interviews in Seattle this week. The interviews went swimmingly and were in-person in our case (i.e. not with a remote USCIS offer via tablet, as some have reported here). The interviewing officer was very friendly. They weren't offering same-day oaths at all though, and we were both immediately scheduled for our oath ceremonies on July 4 at Seattle Center. Looks like the naturalization ceremony there on July 4 is a fun affair that takes place every year, complete with music, dignitaries et al (details here: https://seattlecenter.com/events/featured-events/naturalization-ceremony#:~:text=Every July 4th,welcome them to the country.). Newspaper articles from previous years suggest that they swear in 500 people at this Independence Day ceremony every year, and I'm guessing that if you're interviewing this week or next week, there's a good chance they'll try to get you scheduled to take your oath there. Our background: We are French citizens, arrived in the US on an L1A (+ dependent visa) in 2015, got our green cards (EB1) in 2016 and applied for naturalization in April 2021. All the best to those waiting! PS There's ample free parking next to the synagogue that's 8 minutes away by foot from the USCIS office.

Thx!

Congratulations. So it looks like we have contrarian data points about the odds of a same-day oath for a 2.10 PM interview in Seattle. I'll just wait and see I guess. I've booked a USPS appointment for a new passport 3 business days after the interview just in case. Are you allowed to take your telephone in btw?

Got it. Thank you. So since i'm exactly in the same case, and have my appointment at the same time, it looks like i'm likely not going to have a same-day oath in that case. well, so it is. will plan accordingly for passport, travel etc. Thx again.

Thanks for letting me know. I'm one of the people whose biometrics were waived altogether the very same day that I submitted my N 400. I remember reading that this was happening to a couple of people around that time, likely a mix of covid related efficiency-seeking measures and the fact that they felt that they had enough info on me already. I wonder if, in my case, they will still need to update biometrics during / after the interview. Were your biometrics waived when you submitted the N 400 too, or did you actually have to get them done at some point?

Hey. I'm up at 2.10 too, a couple of weeks after you though. I'd be grateful if you could post here after your interview to confirm that you weren't offered a same-day oath.

Thanks for this. I'm up at 2.10 so will likely not get a same-day oath then. Do please keep us posted once you hear back on when your oath is - i.e. how much after the interview you are invited back for it. Thanks.

Thank you. Could I please ask how you know this? Do you have first-hand experience of afternoon interviews in Seattle being offered a same-day oath in the last 3 months or so? Not trying to be cheeky, just probing so I can raise my confidence level about a same-day oath (and plan for travel + passport appointments accordingly).

Hi all - raising this for visibility once more. We both have afternoon appointments and are therefore interested in hearing others' experience on the likelihood of a same-day oath in such cases. Thanks!

Thx

Hi. Did you ever figure this out?

Does anyone here have recent (say, last 3 months or so) experience with an afternoon interview at the Seattle office? Specifically: are they doing same-day oaths for afternoon interviews? And if not, roughly how long after the interview are oath ceremonies being offered in such cases?

Looks like they're accelerating indeed. We just got our interview convocations too. Applied in April 2021. Interview in June 2022. 14 months post filing. Seattle office.

Hi. FYI, per the tracker here, one couple having filed on March 26, 2021 have had their interview scheduled on June 14 (~15 months post filing), and per this other tracker here, one person (dodoncat), who filed on April 28, 2021, has had their interview scheduled on June 15 (~14 months post filing), albeit in Portland.

FYI, USCIS seems to have changed the way it is reporting processing times here. Until now, the processing times on this page were always a range. The lower bound of this range corresponded to the median and the upper bound corresponded to the 93rd percentile, as explained here. In other words, a range of 17-22 months would have meant that 50% of cases were completed within 17 months after filing, 93% of cases were completed within 22 months after filing, and that, even at 22 months post filing, 7% of cases were still to be processed. The page now appears to show a single number that corresponds to the 80th percentile. For Seattle, as of this morning, the number is 18.5 months, i.e. 80% of cases are completed within 18.5 months post filing (and, by corollary, even at 18.5 months post filing, 20% of cases still remain to be processed). Separately, I also want to point out that, based on the (admittedly very limited) data points we have on this forum, here and on the tracker: At least some people are beginning to receive their convocation ~15 months post filing + have their interview ~16-17 months post filing. The trend in the Seattle office is positive. See columns N and O in the tracker (Days to interview notice and Days to interview respectively), and how (with a few exceptions) those numbers have been coming down over the last few lines that are highlighted in green.