N400 posted processing time

[zmcblow 0]

I am in the process of N400 and wondering about the USCIS posted processing timeline. Does the priority date being processed is for the interview or for the Oath ceremony?

[ptm897 41]

That is for the interview, the Oath ceremony is scheduled at a later time after you have passed your test and gotten through the interview. It depends on each office and what their workload is like, some offices are able to schedule the oath ceremony within a few weeks of the interview, others take longer, it all depends on which office you are going to have your interview at. Some of the larger field offices that have more staff are able to schedule oath ceremonies anywhere from 1-2 weeks after the interview and others maybe 3-4 weeks after the interview. Those times are always changing due to the workload so there is really no good set time frame, it just ebbs and flows along with the workflow.

[zmcblow 0]

Thank you for your reply. So, getting "in line for interview" 2 days after biometric or NBC vs IOE (mine is NBC) wouldn't make much difference. I understand patience is the key but just clarifying these things after reading different things here. My FO is Boston, MA.

[ptm897 41]

Thank you for your reply. So, getting "in line for interview" 2 days after biometric or NBC vs IOE (mine is NBC) wouldn't make much difference. I understand patience is the key but just clarifying these things after reading different things here. My FO is Boston, MA.

The processing time goes by the date the service center (NBC) received your N-400 appointment notice, the processing at the ASC for the biometrics has no bearing on when you will get the interview, so the waiting time for the interview always goes by when the N-400 was received at the the NBC, so depending on what the processing times are for Boston, let me look that up on our USCIS website and see what they say. OK, so the processing times on the website say that Boston Field office is working on N-400 applications filed around April 27, 2016 and before, so this will give you an idea of how long the wait is for your interview based on when you mailed in the application. It's about 7 months from the time of filing the application and again the processing at the ASC has nothing to do with making it move faster or slower. Pretty much all applications filed at the service centers that need to have biometrics taken are usually scheduled with the first 3-4 weeks of filing the application. The file is already just sitting in box on a shelf waiting until the Field office gets to that particular fee date and there are some checks done in the computer system that they do to see if people have gone for their biometrics but it doesn't play a part in when they get scheduled for an interview at all.

[zmcblow 0]

Great this is very helpful. The website says April 27th as of September 30th, so I am hoping they would have moved further on the priority date. It is strange to see a couple of people on this site in Boston FO to have it finished that filed in July.

Oh well... Whenever it is.

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[charmander 692]

Great this is very helpful. The website says April 27th as of September 30th, so I am hoping they would have moved further on the priority date. It is strange to see a couple of people on this site in Boston FO to have it finished that filed in July.

Oh well... Whenever it is.

Boston is quick compared to other major cities (NYC, DC, SFO, LAX, HOU, DAL, etc). When we filed back in March, NOA to Oath was around 4 months in Boston.

FYI, if a field office is processing faster than 5 months, they would show "5 months" as their processing time on the USCIS website. Keep checking timelines here and also differentiate people who used the new form vs the old form. Those July filers have probably used the old form. People who used the new form are probably still waiting for their interviews to be scheduled.