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My dear July applicants...there is light at the end of the tunnel!... My I-751 Application was accepted and card production has been ordered.

Good luck guys!

I-751 Processing Time (CSC)

07/17/2010 (Day 1) : Sent Paperwork via USPS Signature Confirmation (90 days and counting)

07/19/2010 (Day 2) : Package Delivered to USCIS - GC Exentension Letter Created (Day 2)

07/20/2010 (Day 3) : Checks Deposited by USCIS

07/21/2010 (Day 4) : NOA I-797 Mailed from CSC

07/22/2010 (Day 5) : Checks Appeared in Bank Statement

07/24/2010 (Day 7) : NOA Arrived at mail.

07/30/2010 (Day 13): ASC Appointment Notice Date scheduled for 08/27/2010

08/02/2010 (Day 16): ASC Appointment Letter Postmarked

08/03/2010 (Day 17): Letter processed at CA USPS

08/06/2010 (Day 20): ASC Appointment Received in Mail

08/10/2010 (Day 24): Early Biometrics

08/23/2010 (Day 37): Card Production Ordered

California Service Center (20 applicants, 2 approved = 10%)

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

MADMANMIKE.........06/29/10..........07/01/10.......08/10/10........--/--/10....

BANI...............07/02/10..........07/06/10.......08/17/10........--/--/10....

JAMERICANLOVE......07/03/10..........07/06/10.......08/06/10........--/--/10....

CHANTEL............07/06/10..........07/08/10.......08/18/10........--/--/10....

SPIRITALIGHT.......07/07/10..........07/08/10.......08/17/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/02/10)

PIOSENKA...........07/13/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

UNFORGETTABLE FIRE.07/14/10..........07/15/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....

AMINESBABY.........07/14/10..........07/15/10.......08/11/10........08/19/10....(EB: 08/02/10)(CR: 08/23/2010)

TOM_G..............07/15/10..........07/16/10.......08/12/10........--/--/10....

BEEJAY.............07/15/10..........07/16/10.......08/23/10........--/--/10....

KC MP..............07/15/10..........07/19/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....

ROBERTO_T..........07/16/10..........07/19/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....

KORAT2MICHIGAN.....07/16/10..........07/19/10.......08/10/10........--/--/10....

BOILERMAKER........07/17/10..........07/19/10.......08/27/10........08/23/10....(EB: 08/10/10)

JEAN1..............07/22/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

HAPPYINLOVE012408..07/23/10..........07/26/10.......08/20/10........--/--/10....

EDP333.............07/23/10..........07/26/10.......08/31/10........--/--/10....

JKD................07/24/10..........08/02/10.......08/23/10........--/--/10....

DOLPHIN1...........07/26/10..........08/02/10.......09/03/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/19/10)

XIATIAN............07/28/10..........07/30/10.......08/20/10........--/--/10....

Vermont Service Center (16 applicants, 2 approved = 13% )

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

MAK3VELI...........06/28/10..........07/01/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/04/10)

GEORDIELOVER.......06/28/10..........07/02/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

KITEEGIRL..........06/28/10..........07/06/10.......08/24/10........--/--/10....

BODMAS.............06/29/10..........07/06/10.......08/04/10........--/--/10....

S-M-F..............06/30/10..........07/06/10.......08/24/10........--/--/10....

NOTNEW.............07/02/10..........07/07/10.......08/12/10........08/19/10....(EB: 08/04/10)

ANDREA922..........07/06/10..........07/08/10.......08/04/10........--/--/10....

LUCKYMOM...........07/06/10..........07/09/10.......08/10/10........--/--/10....

ROSLILSPANIEL......07/08/10..........07/12/10.......08/12/10........08/17/10....

ARLINGTON..........07/08/10..........07/12/10.......09/01/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/13/10)

INQUISITIVE ONE....07/13/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

FERFER.............07/15/10..........07/19/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

ANDRES0603.........07/19/10..........07/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

ETI................07/20/10..........07/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

JENMAC75...........07/22/10..........07/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

HUGGYAPPLE.........07/27/10..........07/30/10.......09/10/10........--/--/10....

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Jamericanlove   31

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My dear July applicants...there is light at the end of the tunnel!... My I-751 Application was accepted and card production has been ordered.

Good luck guys!

Wooo Hooo! Congrats! :dance:

NATURALIZATION
07-03-2013: Eligible to file
07-22-2013: Application sent (Delivered: 07-24-13)
08-05-2013: NOA1 received (Priority date: 07-24-13, Check cashed: 07-29-13)
08-22-2013: Biometrics (Received: 08-06-13, Walk-in: 08-08-13)
09-03-2013: Inline for interview (Yellow letter received: 10-23-13)
11-04-2013: Interview scheduled (Received: 11-09-13)
12-12-2013: Interview (Approved)
01-03-2014: Oath ceremony, passport application and passport received

DONE!

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Great news, seems these coming days we'll see approvals from CSC.

2007-11-8 : Married

AOS

2008-3-03 : AOS sent

2008-3-12 : Check cashed

2008-3-14 : Received Receipt Notices of AOS ,EAD and AP

2008-3-17 : Biometrics Appointment notice date

2008-4-03 : Biometrics Appointment ,,,DONE,,,

2008-5-09 : EAD card ordered and AP approval notice

2008-5-13 : AP approval notice sent

2008-5-16 : AP received

2008-5-19 : EAD Approval notice sent

2008-5-21 : EAD received

2008-6-27 : interview appointment letter (for August)

2008-8---- : interview was fine, but was given a RFE, reason: chicken pox shot( although i got the shot when i was little)

2008-10-- : green card

ROC

2010-7-13 : I-751 sent

2010-7-16 : I-751 received

2010-7-20 : I-751 sent back to me. Cause: signatures and filing early.

2010-7-26 : I-751 re-sent

2010-8-09 : First NOA received ( dated 8/2 )

2010-8-12 : Biometrics appointment letter received ( dated 8/6 )

2010-8-19 : Early biometrics

2010-9-08 : Card production ordered

2010-9-15 : Green Card received, with incorrect first name (one letter missing)

I-90

2010-9-16 : Sent I-90 with Green Card

2010-9-17 : I-90 delivered

2010-9-24 : Receipt received. Notice date: 9-22

2011-2-08 : Card production ordered

2011-2-10 : Card received with NO errors.

N400 :

11-22-2011 :Sent

02-21-2012 :Interview ( a long delay afterwards)

05-18-2012 :Oath - US citizen

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happyinlove012408   0

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My dear July applicants...there is light at the end of the tunnel!... My I-751 Application was accepted and card production has been ordered.

Good luck guys!

I-751 Processing Time (CSC)

07/17/2010 (Day 1) : Sent Paperwork via USPS Signature Confirmation (90 days and counting)

07/19/2010 (Day 2) : Package Delivered to USCIS - GC Exentension Letter Created (Day 2)

07/20/2010 (Day 3) : Checks Deposited by USCIS

07/21/2010 (Day 4) : NOA I-797 Mailed from CSC

07/22/2010 (Day 5) : Checks Appeared in Bank Statement

07/24/2010 (Day 7) : NOA Arrived at mail.

07/30/2010 (Day 13): ASC Appointment Notice Date scheduled for 08/27/2010

08/02/2010 (Day 16): ASC Appointment Letter Postmarked

08/03/2010 (Day 17): Letter processed at CA USPS

08/06/2010 (Day 20): ASC Appointment Received in Mail

08/10/2010 (Day 24): Early Biometrics

08/23/2010 (Day 37): Card Production Ordered

California Service Center (20 applicants, 2 approved = 10%)

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

MADMANMIKE.........06/29/10..........07/01/10.......08/10/10........--/--/10....

BANI...............07/02/10..........07/06/10.......08/17/10........--/--/10....

JAMERICANLOVE......07/03/10..........07/06/10.......08/06/10........--/--/10....

CHANTEL............07/06/10..........07/08/10.......08/18/10........--/--/10....

SPIRITALIGHT.......07/07/10..........07/08/10.......08/17/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/02/10)

PIOSENKA...........07/13/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

UNFORGETTABLE FIRE.07/14/10..........07/15/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....

AMINESBABY.........07/14/10..........07/15/10.......08/11/10........08/19/10....(EB: 08/02/10)(CR: 08/23/2010)

TOM_G..............07/15/10..........07/16/10.......08/12/10........--/--/10....

BEEJAY.............07/15/10..........07/16/10.......08/23/10........--/--/10....

KC MP..............07/15/10..........07/19/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....

ROBERTO_T..........07/16/10..........07/19/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....

KORAT2MICHIGAN.....07/16/10..........07/19/10.......08/10/10........--/--/10....

BOILERMAKER........07/17/10..........07/19/10.......08/27/10........08/23/10....(EB: 08/10/10)

JEAN1..............07/22/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

HAPPYINLOVE012408..07/23/10..........07/26/10.......08/20/10........--/--/10....

EDP333.............07/23/10..........07/26/10.......08/31/10........--/--/10....

JKD................07/24/10..........08/02/10.......08/23/10........--/--/10....

DOLPHIN1...........07/26/10..........08/02/10.......09/03/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/19/10)

XIATIAN............07/28/10..........07/30/10.......08/20/10........--/--/10....

Vermont Service Center (16 applicants, 2 approved = 13% )

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

MAK3VELI...........06/28/10..........07/01/10.......08/11/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/04/10)

GEORDIELOVER.......06/28/10..........07/02/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

KITEEGIRL..........06/28/10..........07/06/10.......08/24/10........--/--/10....

BODMAS.............06/29/10..........07/06/10.......08/04/10........--/--/10....

S-M-F..............06/30/10..........07/06/10.......08/24/10........--/--/10....

NOTNEW.............07/02/10..........07/07/10.......08/12/10........08/19/10....(EB: 08/04/10)

ANDREA922..........07/06/10..........07/08/10.......08/04/10........--/--/10....

LUCKYMOM...........07/06/10..........07/09/10.......08/10/10........--/--/10....

ROSLILSPANIEL......07/08/10..........07/12/10.......08/12/10........08/17/10....

ARLINGTON..........07/08/10..........07/12/10.......09/01/10........--/--/10....(EB: 08/13/10)

INQUISITIVE ONE....07/13/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

FERFER.............07/15/10..........07/19/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

ANDRES0603.........07/19/10..........07/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

ETI................07/20/10..........07/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

JENMAC75...........07/22/10..........07/26/10.......--/--/10........--/--/10....

HUGGYAPPLE.........07/27/10..........07/30/10.......09/10/10........--/--/10....

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NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter

Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment

Approved = The Date your case was approved

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:dance::dance::whistle: Congrats on your approval :dance::dance::whistle:

I am getting excited viewing all the approvals they are moving faster than the amount of time that it was listed to take. :thumbs:

USCIS Journey

03/15/08 Sent I-130

03/17/08 I-130 received (USPS) (Priority Date)

06/28/08 Received NOA2 hardcopy: NO RFE FROM USCIS:101 days

NVC Journey

07/01/08 NVC case# assigned

08/14/08 CASE COMPLETE: NO RFE FROM NVC:44 days

09/15/08 Interview date assigned

Embassy Journey

10/01/08 Case at embassy

10/08/08 Document verification and got interviewed (Approved)

10/09/08 Pick up visa (original interview date)

10/18/08 P.O.E ~ Seattle

Removing Conditions

07/23/2010 Mail off I-751(USCIS received on 07/26 via usps)

07/26/2010 NOA1 date (notice received 8/2/2010)

07/28/2010 Check cashed

08/20/2010 Biometrics appt.(notice received 8/7/2010)

08/20,21,23 touched

10/22/2010 Approved NO RFE(2 months and 3 weeks from filing date)

Citizenship

10/7/11 N-400 Submitted

10/13/11 NOA date

10/20/11 appt letter sent for biometrics

11/9/11 Biometrics appt

11/11/11 Email of interview scheduling received

11/14/11 Interview scheduled and mail sent

11/21/11 Interview letter received

12/19/11 Interview date

12/19/11 passed interview and oath Finally a citizen(2 months 1 week and 5 days from sending N-400)

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jkD   0

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My dear July applicants...there is light at the end of the tunnel!... My I-751 Application was accepted and card production has been ordered.

Good luck guys!

Congratulations boilermaker. This gives hope to July applicants ( especially CSC ) that we will hear a similar news soon.

Just out of curiosity, what is your profile ? What kind of documentation did you submit. I am trying to understands variables that make some apps approved faster than the others. The variables I have come up ( and I could be well off ) with so far are

1. Country of origin

2. Joint property ownership

3. Kid/s

4. Status / Visa of applicant before Conditional GC

5. Age difference between couple

6. Duration of marriage

7. Financial mingling ( especially Tax info )

07/24/2010 - I-751 papers sent to CSC - Day 1

07/29/2010 - USPS confirms delivery - Day 6

08/03/2010 - Check Cashed but no NOA - Day 11

08/05/2010 - NOA ( Receipt Date 08/02/2010) - Day 13

08/23/2010 - BIO - Day 31

09/07/2010 - Card Production Ordered Email - Day 45

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OBX   51

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My dear July applicants...there is light at the end of the tunnel!... My I-751 Application was accepted and card production has been ordered.

Good luck guys!

Congratulations! :dance:

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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boilermaker   1

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Congratulations boilermaker. This gives hope to July applicants ( especially CSC ) that we will hear a similar news soon.

Just out of curiosity, what is your profile ? What kind of documentation did you submit. I am trying to understands variables that make some apps approved faster than the others. The variables I have come up ( and I could be well off ) with so far are

1. Country of origin

2. Joint property ownership

3. Kid/s

4. Status / Visa of applicant before Conditional GC

5. Age difference between couple

6. Duration of marriage

7. Financial mingling ( especially Tax info )

Some of the documentation that I presented include:

Copies of Federal Income Taxes

Copy of Joint Ownership

Copies of a few joint account bank statements (past two years)

Copy of a few bill statements with her/my name (not necessarily both) for past two years

Copy of house/apartment lease agreements

Copy of medical insurance showing both our names

Copy of life insurance showing beneficiary names

Copy of club membership

Copy of booked flight tickets / vacation / hotel reservations / boarding passes

Copy of some emails between other people and wife/me.

Copy of greeting cards / birthdays / Christmas cards sent by others to us showing address.

Photographs of trips, etc for past two years

No kids, age difference by one year. South American country of origin.

Hope this helps :)

I-751 Processing Time (CSC)

07/17/2010 (Day 1) : Sent Paperwork via USPS Signature Confirmation (90 days and counting)

07/19/2010 (Day 2) : Package Delivered to USCIS - GC Exentension Letter Created (Day 2)

07/20/2010 (Day 3) : Checks Deposited by USCIS

07/21/2010 (Day 4) : NOA I-797 Mailed from CSC

07/22/2010 (Day 5) : Checks Appeared in Bank Statement

07/24/2010 (Day 7) : NOA Arrived at mail.

07/30/2010 (Day 13): ASC Appointment Notice Date scheduled for 08/27/2010

08/02/2010 (Day 16): ASC Appointment Letter Postmarked

08/03/2010 (Day 17): Letter processed at CA USPS

08/06/2010 (Day 20): ASC Appointment Received in Mail

08/10/2010 (Day 24): Early Biometrics

08/23/2010 (Day 37): Card Production Ordered

Next Step: Naturalization (July 20th, 2011)

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edp333   9

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Congratulations boilermaker!! :thumbs::dancing:

Naturalization

3/23/14 - N400 package sent to Phoenix

3/27/14 - N400 package delivered

4/3/14 - NOA1 receipt date

4/4/14 - check cashed

04/29/14 - biometrics date

07/01/14 - interview date

xx/xx/xx - Oath Ceremony

Jamericanlove Proficient

Jamericanlove   31

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Sometimes I really don't believe there's anything special that makes some people get approved much faster than others other than pure luck, especially when you consider there are people from months ago still waiting who fit that criteria perfectly.

My theory is that some officers can't bother to dig to the back of the pile so when they're ready for a new set they take a bunch of applications near the front (aka the ones that just arrived) making it seem like a last in first out (LIFO) set up rather than the first in first out (FIFO) situation they present on their website.

Regardless, I'm elated to see progress no matter how it comes! :dance:

NATURALIZATION
07-03-2013: Eligible to file
07-22-2013: Application sent (Delivered: 07-24-13)
08-05-2013: NOA1 received (Priority date: 07-24-13, Check cashed: 07-29-13)
08-22-2013: Biometrics (Received: 08-06-13, Walk-in: 08-08-13)
09-03-2013: Inline for interview (Yellow letter received: 10-23-13)
11-04-2013: Interview scheduled (Received: 11-09-13)
12-12-2013: Interview (Approved)
01-03-2014: Oath ceremony, passport application and passport received

DONE!

tom_g Enthusiast

tom_g   3

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Many (many, many) years ago, in the age before widespread computers, I worked in an office filing paperwork. There were stacks and stacks of boxes and files, and the order of working through them was thoroughly random. Some, deep at the back, never got touched, yet still held entirely valid invoices to be paid. That was a government agency in the UK, not some pikey contractor.

I imagine USCIS is more buttoned-down than that, and the age of computerization would have made the whole process way more automatic, but you still have a huge element of coincidence.

History:

K1
I-129F sent : 27-4-07...NAO1 received : 21-5-2007...NOA2 received : 29-8-2007...PKT 3 received : 20-10-2007...PKT 3 returned : 15-11-2007...PKT 4 received : 06-12-2007...Interview : 02-01-2008...Flight : 13-01-2008...Marriage : 15-01-2008

AOS
Entered USA.....01-13-08.....0...Married.....01-15-08.....2...Filed AOS.....01-17-08.....4...Received.....01-21-08.....8...NOAs (dated).....02-04-08.....22...Cheques cashed.....02-06-08.....24...Biometrics.....02-22-08.....40
Changed address online.....02-25-08.....43...Touched (AOS/EAD/AP).....02-26-08.....44...Address change receipt (mail).....03-07-08.....54...AP approval email.....03-12-08.....59...EAD card mailed.....03-18-08.....65...EAD card arrives.....03-20-08.....67...AOS Interview.....07-17-08.....186

ROC
Event.....Date.....Day......Mailed I-751.....07/07/10.....0...Re-sent I-751.....07/15/10.....8 (photocopy)...NAO1 Date.....07/16/10.....9...NOA1 Rec'd.....07/23/10.....16...BIO Notice.....07/26/10.....19...BIO...Rec'd.....07/30/10.....23...BIO Date.....08/12/10.....36...Card sent.....09/28/10.....83...Card Rec'd.....10/04/10.....89

Present:

N-400

Event.....Date....Day

Mailed N-400.....6 Mar 2014.....0

NOA.....11 Mar 2014.....5

BIO.....2 Apr 2014....27

INT.....10 June.....65

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tom_g   3

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Thinking further through this...

The only way there could be a common set of variables affecting the speed of approval is if:

One IO reviews all files every morning as they come in, and decides amongst them a priority based on the variables. This would have to be a documented process (since government people have to have a process to follow), and I very strongly doubt that "country of origin" or "race" would be a factor that anyone would dare write down in a process. (except, maybe, for the "rogue" states, like Scotland for instance (joke!)), same goes for gender, income etc.

The only variables that would be constant in any discussion of possible variables, in my mind, would be "Time Remaining Until Out Of Status" (which would include the 1 year extension), Time Of Arrival (to give some kind of FIFO workflow) and most probably "Likelihood of this file helping this processing center to hit its targets and therefore get the extra federal funding for a commemorative George W Bush water fountain in the lobby"

But unless History Channel runs its next realo-docu-drama about the inner workings of a USCIS processing center, we're very unlikely to ever know.

History:

K1
I-129F sent : 27-4-07...NAO1 received : 21-5-2007...NOA2 received : 29-8-2007...PKT 3 received : 20-10-2007...PKT 3 returned : 15-11-2007...PKT 4 received : 06-12-2007...Interview : 02-01-2008...Flight : 13-01-2008...Marriage : 15-01-2008

AOS
Entered USA.....01-13-08.....0...Married.....01-15-08.....2...Filed AOS.....01-17-08.....4...Received.....01-21-08.....8...NOAs (dated).....02-04-08.....22...Cheques cashed.....02-06-08.....24...Biometrics.....02-22-08.....40
Changed address online.....02-25-08.....43...Touched (AOS/EAD/AP).....02-26-08.....44...Address change receipt (mail).....03-07-08.....54...AP approval email.....03-12-08.....59...EAD card mailed.....03-18-08.....65...EAD card arrives.....03-20-08.....67...AOS Interview.....07-17-08.....186

ROC
Event.....Date.....Day......Mailed I-751.....07/07/10.....0...Re-sent I-751.....07/15/10.....8 (photocopy)...NAO1 Date.....07/16/10.....9...NOA1 Rec'd.....07/23/10.....16...BIO Notice.....07/26/10.....19...BIO...Rec'd.....07/30/10.....23...BIO Date.....08/12/10.....36...Card sent.....09/28/10.....83...Card Rec'd.....10/04/10.....89

Present:

N-400

Event.....Date....Day

Mailed N-400.....6 Mar 2014.....0

NOA.....11 Mar 2014.....5

BIO.....2 Apr 2014....27

INT.....10 June.....65

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Just my opinion, no matter how advance the technology is, there is still a possibility of disorganized dealing with processing. They don't have any idea of what the applicants will feel, all they care MAYBE is to do their job regardless if it's done efficiently or not. Just venting...

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Many (many, many) years ago, in the age before widespread computers, I worked in an office filing paperwork. There were stacks and stacks of boxes and files, and the order of working through them was thoroughly random. Some, deep at the back, never got touched, yet still held entirely valid invoices to be paid. That was a government agency in the UK, not some pikey contractor.

I imagine USCIS is more buttoned-down than that, and the age of computerization would have made the whole process way more automatic, but you still have a huge element of coincidence.

Thinking further through this...

The only way there could be a common set of variables affecting the speed of approval is if:

One IO reviews all files every morning as they come in, and decides amongst them a priority based on the variables. This would have to be a documented process (since government people have to have a process to follow), and I very strongly doubt that "country of origin" or "race" would be a factor that anyone would dare write down in a process. (except, maybe, for the "rogue" states, like Scotland for instance (joke!)), same goes for gender, income etc.

The only variables that would be constant in any discussion of possible variables, in my mind, would be "Time Remaining Until Out Of Status" (which would include the 1 year extension), Time Of Arrival (to give some kind of FIFO workflow) and most probably "Likelihood of this file helping this processing center to hit its targets and therefore get the extra federal funding for a commemorative George W Bush water fountain in the lobby"

But unless History Channel runs its next realo-docu-drama about the inner workings of a USCIS processing center, we're very unlikely to ever know.

Interesting feedback tom_g. I think that's exactly what happens at USCIS. If everything were electronic, including the files themselves this would be less of an issue because they'd be able to process applications in the order they were received but since there's a lot of paper pushing that goes on at USCIS and each application is kept in a physical file the possibility of a scenario just like the one described above is bound to happen at some point.

Just my opinion, no matter how advance the technology is, there is still a possibility of disorganized dealing with processing. They don't have any idea of what the applicants will feel, all they care MAYBE is to do their job regardless if it's done efficiently or not. Just venting...

I agree totally with your thoughts. I take my hats off to the people behind the scenes because it must be a very dull job at times.

Hey guys, you might find this reading somewhat interesting.

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_cis_claims3.pdf

Thanks for this interesting information. :thumbs:

NATURALIZATION
07-03-2013: Eligible to file
07-22-2013: Application sent (Delivered: 07-24-13)
08-05-2013: NOA1 received (Priority date: 07-24-13, Check cashed: 07-29-13)
08-22-2013: Biometrics (Received: 08-06-13, Walk-in: 08-08-13)
09-03-2013: Inline for interview (Yellow letter received: 10-23-13)
11-04-2013: Interview scheduled (Received: 11-09-13)
12-12-2013: Interview (Approved)
01-03-2014: Oath ceremony, passport application and passport received

DONE!

 
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