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Sweet! Huge congrats on your citizenship approval. 
 
I am very interested to know how they process your name change request in LA?  I understand from other posts that only courts can approve your name change during an oath ceremony, instead of having the ceremony processed the same day by the field office, did you have to request to attend the nearest court to enable your name change with a date and time scheduled by the field officer?   I also would like to change my legal name but read that most ceremonies are not scheduled through courts for LA and are almost impossible to request to process ceremony + name change with a court, is this true? 

Hi all,
 
I had my N400 interview and test this morning, the IO was really nice and calming. I passed the six civics questions and was approved for citizenship on the spot! I also changed my name during this process.
 
Final step is the oath ceremony which will be scheduled. Such a relief!

Hey everyone!!
My N-400 interview is in 2 days.
I am so nervous!!
Nothing weird about my case. No criminal record, just a straight laced gal, worked hard, nothing funky in my past ever.
 
Any last words of advice??
Do's and don't?
Anything you wished someone had told YOU?
 
Tia!!!
 

Definitely a mistake.  You have to be interviewed at local office.  Glad you got your interview notice!

Ufff, how is that even possible? I have never heard such. 

I'm gonna have to say this is a mistake - you have to pass the civics test to be approved, there is no way you can not have an interview. Make sure you don't already have an interview date checking online maybe. But even if you don't, hopefully is coming soon!
 
Do you have a 4 year extension on your conditional green card? They might really not send you a 10 year one with this mistake on their part...
 
 

Had my N400 interview yesterday. It went great. Approval on the spot. Today I got the notice that my Oath ceremony will be on Sept 19th. It's hard to believe I am almost done!

Yay! My i751 was approved today!
 
Nothing received in the mail yet, but I checked my receipt online and today it says approved.

Hello,
 
hope all is well..
 
good news...
 
My I-751 was approved today.
 
ROC filed 02/17/2022 (MSC)
Fingerprints 03/29/2022
never had an interview
 
 

Yay! My i751 was approved today!
 
Nothing received in the mail yet, but I checked my receipt online and today it says approved.

Yay! My i751 was approved today!
 
Nothing received in the mail yet, but I checked my receipt online and today it says approved.

Yay! My i751 was approved today!
 
Nothing received in the mail yet, but I checked my receipt online and today it says approved.

I have not been keeping up with the process at all as I didn't want to think about it...
 
... I got a lovely surprise in the mail yesterday! 🥳 i-751 was approved last week, had no issue at all during other than just waiting.

I have not been following along on this but thought I would post our good news. We applied for ROC Feb. 25, 2022 and received written NOA
March 1, 2022. Biometrics were waived March 28, 2022.
 
We applied online for N-400 on March 13, 2023 and received immediate NOA. Biometrics appointment was scheduled for April 5 and our N-400 interview (which we assume is a combo) is scheduled for August 6. Hoping all goes well.

Update: my wife received her 10-year green card July 31. Her N-400 interview was today and she passed with flying colors. Her oath ceremony is this Thursday. It has been a long road - we did everything on our own- and we are so happy this journey has had a happy ending. Good luck to everyone who is in the home stretch. 

Hey guys: just wanted to see if there are still any March filers patiently waiting for their interview notices:) 
 
Hope everybody’s doing good. 

I understand your sentiment of feeling 'skipped' as my wife is in the same boat- except with the Los Angeles office.  She had her bio appointment on 3/28, and her case has been sitting in 'being actively reviewed' status ever since.   It's not a good feeling to watch LA office applicants with similar timelines already have their oath ceremony or folks with bio appointments a month after my wife's already have their interview scheduled.    There doesn't seem to be much we can do at the moment, except be patient and wait.  I'm so very grateful we've successfully reached last stages of this process, and can't wait for it to be over permanently...  

WOHOOOOO!!! My 751 got approved today!!!

Status changes to “new card is being produced” yesterday 6/26. No interview, no RFEs. Applied Feb 17 2022. LIN service centre. Yay!

Ok y’all 
as of today 
I filed for N400 
 
can only take 100 years lol

Yes, you do. And if you've renewed it, you're supposed to bring both the old one and the new one. 
 
My husband's interview letter specifically says, in the list of things to bring:
Your passport and/or any other documents you used in connection with any entries into the United States.

Hi Everyone,
My wife just received notice that she has an interview scheduled for June 13 in San Antonio.  She applied March 3rd.

filed 03/11/23.
Interview scheduled for 05/22/23.
much faster than I expected.
Interview in Philly

Hi all, I did my biometrics on Monday (April 10) and it was so fast. Maybe 10 minutes max? My case status also changed by the time I got back home, and it now says they "are actively reviewing my case" with an estimated time of ~9 months. 
 
Interestingly though, the approximate processing time here (in Los Angeles County) is longer than that, soo who knows. I've also had no movement or development on my i751 (Removing Conditions). Good luck everyone, waiting is FUN, ha 🎉 

I thought this might help those of us considering a legal name change.
The N400 application is (in most cases) a great time to legally change your name. It's fast and it's free. Outside of the N400 process, a name change requires a visit to your local courthouse, may require a public announcement in a newspaper (depending on your state and local laws) and will cost you money. In New York City, the cost is about $65 while on Houston it is over $400, so cost varies from city to city.
You can change your name to anything you want within certain limitations. You can't change your name to impersonate someone or in an attempt to hide your identity for illegal purposes. Other than that, it's up to you. If you are Arthur Robert Wilkinson, you can become Geraldo Mohamed Leibowitz.
It's important to note that if you are just changing your last name to take your spouse's last name or to revert to your maiden name, then a legal name change is not required. This is because a marriage certificate or a divorce certificate acts as proof of legal name change. This is true EVEN IF your certificate does not show the new name that you want to take. For example, if Anita Mary Harrolds marries Geraldo Mohamed Leibowitz, she can legally be known as Anita Mary Leibowitz even though that name does not appear anywhere on the certificate. In fact, she can also hyphenate both last names without a legal name change. However, if she wanted to change her middle name from Mary to Margaret, she would need a legal name change.
To request a legal name change through the naturalization process, fill out the name change section of the N400. The interviewer may ask you to confirm that you still want to change your name because some people change their minds between the application and the interview. The interviewer may ask for proof of your current legal name. In case of a discrepancy between your green card and your passport, a birth, marriage, divorce, or name change certificate determines your current name, so make sure you have these with you (if they apply in your case...it's always a good idea to have your translated birth certificate with you at the interview). The interviewer will print out some forms (three I think) for you to check and sign. These should have your old and new names on them.
You will have to be scheduled for a judicial oath ceremony. This is because USCIS does not have the legal authority to change your name and must ask a judge to do so. If your city has regular judicial ceremonies then there shouldn't be any delays. If your city holds regular administrative ceremonies, but not many judicial ceremonies, then the name change may cause a delay. Some cities (including San Francisco and San Jose) have stopped scheduling judicial ceremonies altogether. Applicants in these cities cannot legally change their names through the N400 application. Your interviewer will inform you of this and will cross out the name change section during the interview. You will have to request a regular name change before or after naturalization if you live in these cities (see above).
At your oath ceremony you will be given your naturalization certificate as well as a name change certificate signed by a judge. This second certificate will show your old and new names and you'll need it to update your name with your banks, on your drivers license, credit cards, etc. In addition to doing all the paperwork to make these changes, you'll also have to consider the effect of the name change if you have dual citizenship; your name on your two passports may not match and your other country may require you to go through different name change procedures or may not allow name changes at all. People do travel using passports with different names, but you have to be careful when booking tickets and you may want to travel with your name change certificate (and translations).
If you want to check whether or not (and how often) judicial ceremonies are held in your location, find your office here and look under naturalization ceremonies:
http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices