How long from interview date until oath ceremony?

[annabelle1 0]

My husband had his interview for citizenship on January 7th in Jacksonville, Florida and it went very well. It was very straightforward. They just asked him a few questions about his application and his test questions and that was about it. They didn't ask for any extra evidence of residency or anything. I went with him, but as expected, they didn't let me go in the room with him. The whole thing took less than 15 minutes. The officer gave him the paper that said his application has been recommended for approval and that he passed the exam. Yeah!!!

Now I am a little concerned because we haven't gotten a letter about the oath ceremony yet and it has been almost a month. On the other hand, he applied for naturalization back in August 2008 and I see that the processing times show that they are now processing applications that were filed in March 2008. So...I'm wondering...are we lucky because they processed ours so much faster or are we going to have to wait several more months for an oath ceremony? I'm not sure whether that processing date indicates that they are now interviewing people who applied in March or that they are now swearing people in who applied in March.

[KyngSilva 0]

Hang tight and wait. =) It all depends on your office. Apparently the file is going through a "QA" Quality Assurance process. So it just depends on how long they take to get it through that process. My office in MN is soooo slow, snails move faster. I had my interview on Dec 8th...still waiting for them to get their sh?? together. Oh and don;t go by those dates online. They are never updated on time. Good luck with your process, I hope you guys get the letter soonn.

[raymaga 25]

It seems that every office is different with respect to the oath ceremony.

In the Seattle office, they booked my oath ceremony right after my naturalization interview, and it was 12 days after my interview.

[NickD 203]

It seems that every office is different with respect to the oath ceremony.

In the Seattle office, they booked my oath ceremony right after my naturalization interview, and it was 12 days after my interview.

Wife was promised her oath letter within two weeks at St. Paul, while they say to contact your IO for questions, that is impossible, so after a month contacted Sen. Feigngolds' office, got her oath letter e-mailed to me within two hours with an apology, her IO misplaced her file. IO also told my wife, her application is sent someplace for final approval, yeah sure, to her supervisor in the same field office. It was her supervisor that contacted me.

[club royale 0]

It depends on the office. My oath taking took only 3 days after my interview while my friend in New York took a month for her to receive the letter regarding the schedule.

[mooninlove 1]

I had my interview at LA office on Jan 12 and I am still waiting for my Oath notice too.

[annabelle1 0]

Thanks for the responses. It has been almost two months now and I am really getting impatient. I tried calling the National Service Center to inquire about it and they told me that they can't even ask the Jacksonville office what is going on unless it has been more than 90 days since the interview. Geez. I sure hope they didn't lose the file. I just thought that once the interview was complete, things would move more quickly.