DavidX

I had my oath yesterday in Chicago and I’m officially a citizen! Thanks all and good luck 🍀 

Interview held today.  Approved! Oath to be scheduled.

Oath is finally scheduled for May 4th!! That was faster that I expected, so it took about 1 month from interview to oath.

Husband had interview yesterday. It went really well, they barely asked to see any documents and the test was very easy and quick for him.
 
Heads up: at least at the Chicago field office, don't wear a mask with a vent/exhalation valve! My husband almost got turned away from entering the building because he entered wearing such a mask and they asked him if he had a different one without the valve. Thankfully he brought 2 other masks with him (without the valve), so he was able to switch to that mask and they let him in. Just wanted to let others know!
 
Current status: Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled. IO said he can't say for sure but that it usually takes 1 month to schedule the oath and that the date will come in the mail with 2 weeks notice.

It differs a lot between offices and states. Some do same-day oath ceremonies while others only do one oath once a month and the spots fill up quickly so many have to wait for several months. 
 
With a name change it's very unlikely you will get a same-day oath even if your field office does same-day oaths. USCIS can't legally change anybody's name, only a judge can. So it has to go through court first, which means it takes a while. How long that "while" is varies greatly between counties. 
 
My field office does not do same-day oaths for anybody anymore. I will have a name change and received my oath ceremony notice while I was still at my interview. So for me there was no delay in being scheduled for the oath ceremony and getting the notice itself, it happened right away at the office, despite the name change. And my oath ceremony is just a few days after the interview, so no weeks or months delay there either. 

Interview Scheduled!!!!! Ahhhhh, so excited 😆 The notice is online in my documents and is scheduled for March 30th

Interview was scheduled!
Interview Was Scheduled
On February 23, 2021, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, Receipt Number IOEXXXXXXXXXX. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
 
I don't see any notices with the date in myuscis though. I guess it will come in the mail? Oh and estimated wait time changed to 6 months. Before it said "We are taking longer...etc etc."

I was literally hopelessly browsing, reading all your old posts, after having already checked my case status/general account page and having found nothing. Saw this, checked my documents tab and voila, reuse notice! So relieved to finally be getting a move on! 

FINALLY. Biometrics reuse notice under the "Documents" tab!
 
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received your form and is currently processing your application, petition, or request. This noticeinforms you that USCIS is able to reuse your previously captured fingerprints and other biometrics. USCIS will run the same security checks and useyour biometric data as in the past, however, it is not necessary for you to appear at a USCIS Application Support Center (ASC) for a biometrics appointment. The biometrics fee will not be refunded.

Interview today. Approved. We were told oath ceremony will be in about 3 weeks. 10 year green card also issued today.....haha. Classic.

Hi all! I haven’t really been keeping up with this thread very much but just wanted to jump on and share some good news. We received notice on 2/2/2021 for my husband’s interview scheduled for 4/7/2021. We are with the Atlanta field office if that helps any Atlanta folks too. I know Atlanta has been dragging. I’m sorry if this has already been answered but does he take the civics test that day too? Will he be notified of the decision the same day or does it come later on?

Congrats!!!
 
Honestly, it all feels so incredibly random. Back when I started ROC, we filed around the same time as @Lucky Cat and my husband's ROC ended up getting in approved/processed all in a matter of about 5 months, whereas I believe he is still waiting for an interview! (They require interviews for people who entered on CR-1's now). I believe the local office is a big part of processing times, but even then it seems to vary wildly. I'm lucky because our CR-1 was DCF, so incredibly fast, and our ROC was also very fast, so I guess the fact that the N-400 is taking so long is just karma and the wait finally catching up to us, haha.

Wonderful news, congratulations! Awesome photo, I will have to take one too as a memory when that day comes. 😄

Yanisa's visa journey is over.
 
We flew to HNL this morning for her interview, scheduled for 9:45AM. She said it was very easy, IO was very nice, apparently somebody from the  4th floor that doesn't normally do naturalization interviews on the 5th floor came and got her, asked a few questions about me, my divorce, my age, what I do (retired), what did I do before I was retired, did not ask to see any of the documents other than ID and green card, oral question and written answer was about Lincoln, then she waited a while in a room, and took the oath ceremony with a batch of 9 other people from Maui at 11AM. It would have been at 10am except the IOs computer went down and she had to wait for things to get settled.
 
Regarding biometrics, they ended up sending us a reuse letter which we never got, but we found it in Yanisa's USCIS documents for the case when I was notified that the interview was scheduled. I'm glad they reused them because we have to hop over to HNL for everything and with covid, there's pre-travel test requirements ($$$) to avoid quarantine when you get back to Maui. I hope you may get a reuse letter also, maybe that happens closer to whenever your office starts working on a batch of n-400s?
 
I remember all the waiting we did in the previous phases for the K1, the AOS (I remember that Scandi was one of the earliest ones in our filing group to get approved for their AOS), and then the 10 year green card. It's frustrating seeing others make it through when you don't see any progress. But maybe it's also encouraging to see that USCIS is making some progress on n-400s?
 
I wish you all luck making it through the process!
 
David


 

Yanisa's visa journey is over.
 
We flew to HNL this morning for her interview, scheduled for 9:45AM. She said it was very easy, IO was very nice, apparently somebody from the  4th floor that doesn't normally do naturalization interviews on the 5th floor came and got her, asked a few questions about me, my divorce, my age, what I do (retired), what did I do before I was retired, did not ask to see any of the documents other than ID and green card, oral question and written answer was about Lincoln, then she waited a while in a room, and took the oath ceremony with a batch of 9 other people from Maui at 11AM. It would have been at 10am except the IOs computer went down and she had to wait for things to get settled.
 
Regarding biometrics, they ended up sending us a reuse letter which we never got, but we found it in Yanisa's USCIS documents for the case when I was notified that the interview was scheduled. I'm glad they reused them because we have to hop over to HNL for everything and with covid, there's pre-travel test requirements ($$$) to avoid quarantine when you get back to Maui. I hope you may get a reuse letter also, maybe that happens closer to whenever your office starts working on a batch of n-400s?
 
I remember all the waiting we did in the previous phases for the K1, the AOS (I remember that Scandi was one of the earliest ones in our filing group to get approved for their AOS), and then the 10 year green card. It's frustrating seeing others make it through when you don't see any progress. But maybe it's also encouraging to see that USCIS is making some progress on n-400s?
 
I wish you all luck making it through the process!
 
David


 

Yanisa's visa journey is over.
 
We flew to HNL this morning for her interview, scheduled for 9:45AM. She said it was very easy, IO was very nice, apparently somebody from the  4th floor that doesn't normally do naturalization interviews on the 5th floor came and got her, asked a few questions about me, my divorce, my age, what I do (retired), what did I do before I was retired, did not ask to see any of the documents other than ID and green card, oral question and written answer was about Lincoln, then she waited a while in a room, and took the oath ceremony with a batch of 9 other people from Maui at 11AM. It would have been at 10am except the IOs computer went down and she had to wait for things to get settled.
 
Regarding biometrics, they ended up sending us a reuse letter which we never got, but we found it in Yanisa's USCIS documents for the case when I was notified that the interview was scheduled. I'm glad they reused them because we have to hop over to HNL for everything and with covid, there's pre-travel test requirements ($$$) to avoid quarantine when you get back to Maui. I hope you may get a reuse letter also, maybe that happens closer to whenever your office starts working on a batch of n-400s?
 
I remember all the waiting we did in the previous phases for the K1, the AOS (I remember that Scandi was one of the earliest ones in our filing group to get approved for their AOS), and then the 10 year green card. It's frustrating seeing others make it through when you don't see any progress. But maybe it's also encouraging to see that USCIS is making some progress on n-400s?
 
I wish you all luck making it through the process!
 
David


 

Yanisa's visa journey is over.
 
We flew to HNL this morning for her interview, scheduled for 9:45AM. She said it was very easy, IO was very nice, apparently somebody from the  4th floor that doesn't normally do naturalization interviews on the 5th floor came and got her, asked a few questions about me, my divorce, my age, what I do (retired), what did I do before I was retired, did not ask to see any of the documents other than ID and green card, oral question and written answer was about Lincoln, then she waited a while in a room, and took the oath ceremony with a batch of 9 other people from Maui at 11AM. It would have been at 10am except the IOs computer went down and she had to wait for things to get settled.
 
Regarding biometrics, they ended up sending us a reuse letter which we never got, but we found it in Yanisa's USCIS documents for the case when I was notified that the interview was scheduled. I'm glad they reused them because we have to hop over to HNL for everything and with covid, there's pre-travel test requirements ($$$) to avoid quarantine when you get back to Maui. I hope you may get a reuse letter also, maybe that happens closer to whenever your office starts working on a batch of n-400s?
 
I remember all the waiting we did in the previous phases for the K1, the AOS (I remember that Scandi was one of the earliest ones in our filing group to get approved for their AOS), and then the 10 year green card. It's frustrating seeing others make it through when you don't see any progress. But maybe it's also encouraging to see that USCIS is making some progress on n-400s?
 
I wish you all luck making it through the process!
 
David


 

Yanisa's visa journey is over.
 
We flew to HNL this morning for her interview, scheduled for 9:45AM. She said it was very easy, IO was very nice, apparently somebody from the  4th floor that doesn't normally do naturalization interviews on the 5th floor came and got her, asked a few questions about me, my divorce, my age, what I do (retired), what did I do before I was retired, did not ask to see any of the documents other than ID and green card, oral question and written answer was about Lincoln, then she waited a while in a room, and took the oath ceremony with a batch of 9 other people from Maui at 11AM. It would have been at 10am except the IOs computer went down and she had to wait for things to get settled.
 
Regarding biometrics, they ended up sending us a reuse letter which we never got, but we found it in Yanisa's USCIS documents for the case when I was notified that the interview was scheduled. I'm glad they reused them because we have to hop over to HNL for everything and with covid, there's pre-travel test requirements ($$$) to avoid quarantine when you get back to Maui. I hope you may get a reuse letter also, maybe that happens closer to whenever your office starts working on a batch of n-400s?
 
I remember all the waiting we did in the previous phases for the K1, the AOS (I remember that Scandi was one of the earliest ones in our filing group to get approved for their AOS), and then the 10 year green card. It's frustrating seeing others make it through when you don't see any progress. But maybe it's also encouraging to see that USCIS is making some progress on n-400s?
 
I wish you all luck making it through the process!
 
David


 

Everyone.

Filed in April 2020, finally got Biometrics Reuse letter today. 
A little surprised because last time I did any biometrics was 8 years ago. 

Hi again guys!
 
I went to my biometrics appointment last Wednesday (1/13) and today I got an email that my interview was scheduled. I can’t see the appointment notice yet, I’m guessing tomorrow will be up. My field office is Lawrence, MA. 

Interview was yesterday and my husband was in and out in under 15 minutes with a notice saying he passed. Oath ceremony scheduled next Friday and posted already online! 
 
Good luck to everyone. 

Update:
 
i had my interview today and now I am a citizen! 
i have got interview notice dated as of December 11 to appear on January 11. 
 
interview was short and to the point. Marriage based N400, civics first, then she went over my application and reading&writing test. She asked if I would like to get sworn in same day. 
 
one hour after the interview I attended the Oath ceremony, and now I am I citizen! 
 
applied April 24, Baltimore office. 

Just saw the interview notice today under the Doc tab, scheduled on 22 Feb.

I just got an email saying that they scheduled my interview. I don’t know the date because the notice is not in the documents tab yet, but I saw a biometrics reuse notice from December 30. My field office is Chicago and I filed on 04/23/2020