General comment about inline.

[Houston 1 5]

I understand that there is no specific time for getting inline for interview however; it seems like most of people get inline between 1-30 days after your bio based on this website.

My question: Is getting inline for interview a matter of specific office having lots of applicants or simply is your luck?

My field office is Houston, TX.

[Diazy 10]

I think it is just luck!

My friend and I applied for our citizenship together (sent the forms the same day/time) and we even did fingerprinting appt together (a walk-in). My friend was getting every piece of paperwork a day earlier - fingerprinting appt, yellow letter. However she didn't get the inline notice, but I got it on Monday (several days after our walk-in - see my signature).

There is only one difference in our cases: she didn't sign up for the updates, but I did. I don't think it plays a role, but it might.

[alix 20]

I understand that there is no specific time for getting inline for interview however; it seems like most of people get inline between 1-30 days after your bio based on this website.

My question: Is getting inline for interview a matter of specific office having lots of applicants or simply is your luck?

My field office is Houston, TX.

I believe it depends on a number of things, and the amount of applicants from office to office (and state from state) is definitely relevant. Other variants can be time of the year (things slow down during the summer), and if you applied before your GC anniversary (they might make you wait).

[Mrs O. 29]

And they don't say this officially but background checks on individuals from certain countries of interest tend to take longer than others. And the background check needs to be completed before one is placed inline.

[Rip_curl 4]

I think it depends on few things but luck plays a bigger role than anything. Some people get inline 2 days after their FP but have to wait long time to get scheduled. Some say to look at DO processing time but I totally disagree with that. This timeline is just a guideline.

My DO was Dallas and when I applied in March the processing time was 6.2 months. I got the whole thing done in 3.5 months from start to finish. I had to wait almost 6 weeks after the FP to get inline but once I got inline I got scheduled exactly 2 weeks after that. My wife and I actually applied at the same time. We were really lucky that all our appointments came at the same date.