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Bebeleeee   0

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HI,

does anyone have experience with the Washington DC field office in Fairfax, VA. I would like to find out how long it can take after the interview to be sworn in as a citizen.

Has anybody been sworn in the same day? Weeks later?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

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Thread moved from Immigration News & Discussion forum to the US Citizenship case-progress subforum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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HI,

does anyone have experience with the Washington DC field office in Fairfax, VA. I would like to find out how long it can take after the interview to be sworn in as a citizen.

Has anybody been sworn in the same day? Weeks later?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Naturalization Ceremonies

The Washington Field Office rarely conducts same-day naturalization ceremonies but will do so for military N-400 filings, Section 319(b) N-400 filings, as well as on most N-400 re-examination days (second interview to pass the naturalization test).

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices/washington-dc-washington-field-office

VisaJourney Timelines for DC:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?cfl=0&op1=6&op2=d&op4=1&op5=5,10,11&op6=All&op7=Washington%20DC

For a review of each step of my N-400 naturalization process, from application to oath ceremony, please click here.

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HI,

does anyone have experience with the Washington DC field office in Fairfax, VA. I would like to find out how long it can take after the interview to be sworn in as a citizen.

Has anybody been sworn in the same day? Weeks later?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

The Fairfax office no longer performs same day oath ceremonies. I was scheduled for an oath ceremony within 25 days of my interview and finally took my oath 29 days later. So total days from date of the interview to my oath ceremony in December 2015 was approx. 54 days. I think a 30-90 days time frame is fairly standard. The groups are usually very large so many of the oath ceremonies are offsite. My ceremony was held at Oakton High School in Vienna. USCIS routinely uses this location. Hope this helps. Good luck!!

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