timeline question

[yesyes 0]

hi all,

i took the citizenship exam on august 30. the lady who interviewed me said that i passed and i would receive a letter in the mail to attend the ceremony.

does anyone know how long it would take more or less in general terms? one week? 4 months? i took the exam in st paul, mn.

thanks much!!

[NickD 202]

hi all,

i took the citizenship exam on august 30. the lady who interviewed me said that i passed and i would receive a letter in the mail to attend the ceremony.

does anyone know how long it would take more or less in general terms? one week? 4 months? i took the exam in st paul, mn.

thanks much!!

That question should have been asked at the end of your successful interview to your IO, not here. We were also at the St. Paul office, wife was told within two weeks she should receive her oath letter, we let about 6 1/2 weeks go by. Did a net search and learned from newspaper articles that St. Paul was letting people wait up to a year for there oath with problems on finding a judge or a place to conduct these oath ceremonies at. St. Paul also had it own version of the interview letter you should have received at the end of the interview, where your IO gave their name, not even my pharmacist daughter could make that out and she reads hundreds of poorly written prescriptions daily. And it says to contact your IO if you have any questions with positively no means to contact your IO after you leave.

Well, since we are in Wisconsin, called my senators office and very politely stated my wife was promised an oath letter within two weeks, almost seven weeks have passed and we haven't heard a word yet. Rebeca put me on hold, she is sweet, called St. Paul, asked for my e-mail address, and within two hours received her oath letter with a letter of apology on a Friday, and she was given her oath ceremony at the St. Paul office at 8:00AM the following Tuesday. St. Paul does not have the same day oath ceremony policy that some field offices do, but gather than can make exceptions if your senator just happens to be on the budget committee for the USCIS.

According to your interview, can take your field office to court if you don't hear anything within 120, I look at that at biting the hand that feeds you.

Did talk to a woman that works in the filing department that has to dig out the files for the oath ceremony, with an estimate of 3,500 applicants, and the thickness of my wifes' file, that is a stack of papers about a quarter mile high. Seems like putting off the oath ceremony is rather an inefficient way of processing as opposed to the same day oath. But each office manager determines that.

Your guess is as good as mine.

[yesyes 0]

Thanks for your reply.... I will have to wait, I guess

Let's see if I hear from them in the following months. Ugh!

[Captain Oates 911]

Thanks for your reply.... I will have to wait, I guess

Let's see if I hear from them in the following months. Ugh!

I would give it 4 weeks and get after em...

infopass at the same office...

try misinformation line and ask for an immigration officer

if no joy after 6 weeks then senator can do no harm..

I would not let it fester for lots of months

Pushing can't harm and might do some good

Edited September 9, 2010 by saywhat