N-400 - March 2017 Filers

[Emarsh 1]

They are not as far behind as stated. My mother in law filed end of august last year 2016 here in Atlanta and received her citizenship last month may 2017

 

Edited June 19, 2017 by Emarsh

[casualuser 38]

52 minutes ago, Emarsh said:

They are not as far behind as stated. My mother in law filed end of august last year 2016 here in Atlanta and received her citizenship last month may 2017

 

Well, the thing is that if someone is going to get stuck in background checks, or in things like this infamous CARRP, then average processing times do not really matter. I can understand why some people are behind, but what really puzzles me is that why some people are so much ahead of others.

[casualuser 38]

Here is a short report about Raleigh Field Office N-400 applications:

Year   Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending
2017     qtr2     2403     1694    124    4533  
2017     qtr1     1860      967     54    4047  
2016     qtr4     1755     1464     78    3152  
2016     qtr3     2009     1557     82    2903  
2016     qtr2     1915     1422     77    2496  
2016     qtr1     1403     1259     69    2045  
2015     qtr4     1490     1580     82    1781  
2015     qtr3     1514     1419     49    2101  
2015     qtr2     1483     1368     58    2065  
2015     qtr1     1271     1038     70    2037  

Interesting facts are

1. In the last quarter of 2016 only 967 cases were approved, much less than before and after that
2. In the first quarter of 2017 many more cases were received than usual (Trump executive orders scare?)
3. Raleigh has accumulated a backlog which is much larger than usual. It seems they will have average processing time of at least 9 months now, based on accumulated backlog and their rate of processing.

 

Edited June 19, 2017 by casualuser
misspell correction, supplement comments

[casualuser 38]

BTW, the data above was extracted by automated processing of csv files from https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/immigration-forms-data/data-set-form-n-400-application-naturalization . This is the reason why the rows are mislabeled, there is shift one quarter ahead. This is how USCIS named their csv files. So, the newest data point is actually 1st quarter of 2017.

[taninme 1]

Hi,

 

I've received the following notice today. When should I expect to get the actual letter with the interview date any idea anyone? thanks 

 

On June 19, 2017, we scheduled an interview for your Form N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, Receipt Number.*************** We will mail you an interview notice.

Edited June 19, 2017 by taninme

[gandacel 7]

2 hours ago, taninme said:

Hi,

 

I've received the following notice today. When should I expect to get the actual letter with the interview date any idea anyone? thanks 

 

On June 19, 2017, we scheduled an interview for your Form N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, Receipt Number.*************** We will mail you an interview notice.

I received the interview notification on a Friday, had the letter on Monday. Good luck! 

[Lelita 74]

3 hours ago, taninme said:

Hi,

 

I've received the following notice today. When should I expect to get the actual letter with the interview date any idea anyone? thanks 

 

On June 19, 2017, we scheduled an interview for your Form N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, Receipt Number.*************** We will mail you an interview notice.

When did you apply?

[jayu 21]

16 hours ago, taninme said:

Hi,

 

I've received the following notice today. When should I expect to get the actual letter with the interview date any idea anyone? thanks 

 

On June 19, 2017, we scheduled an interview for your Form N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, Receipt Number.*************** We will mail you an interview notice.

7-12 calendar days after status changed online.

[Ja2NY 9]

Hi , I received a notification yesterday that my interview was scheduled. I filed March 5th , my GC anniversary was April 23rd. I'm In NYC and I filed at the Vermont Service Center.

 

Below is the message I received:

Interview Was Scheduled

On June 19, 2017, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number NBC*xxxxxxxxx. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

 

 

 

[blk 87]

Hi All,

I had a infopass appointment today at Mount Laurel uscis office NJ, the lady that we spoke to was very helpful & had a look into my case & said that there was nothing wrong my application & that I am at this moment inline for an interview appointment, even though my online status is still showing that my biometrics appointment has been booked.

She did also say that it can take up to 6 to 8 months to complete the naturalization process at this time, as there is still a backlog of applications.

 

Brian      

[Pennywise 8]

8 hours ago, blk said:

She did also say that it can take up to 6 to 8 months to complete the naturalization process at this time, as there is still a backlog of applications.

Interesting, I'm guessing either USCIS is "pushing" the 6 to 8 month dates just like their website and the USCIS call center. Like I mentioned before, I applied on mid March, did the fingerprints on early April and the status hasn't changed since. I estimate to get an interview in or around December and get an oath ceremony by March next year.

[casualuser 38]

6 hours ago, Pennywise said:

Interesting, I'm guessing either USCIS is "pushing" the 6 to 8 month dates just like their website and the USCIS call center. Like I mentioned before, I applied on mid March, did the fingerprints on early April and the status hasn't changed since. I estimate to get an interview in or around December and get an oath ceremony by March next year.

But your tracker entry says you've got the "in line for interview" notification on 05/01/17?

 

I think your estimate is very pessimistic. You could try extracting data for your field office the way I did a few posts earlier for Raleigh to get a more reliable estimate. You might find that the first quarter of 2017 have seen a substantial surge in N-400 applications (it is true for Raleigh), as many people realized that a green card is not safe and one could be stranded outside of the country at any time. In fact, it was always like that, GC is just a visa and letting a GC holder in at the border is to some extent a discretionary decision of a CBP agent. But even with this 1st quarter surge, 1-year average does not seem likely. Certainly it will be longer than usual.

 

OK, as I wrote this, I became curious myself, so here is data for the total of USCIS applications in the last 10 quarters:

Year Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending
2017    1      286692   165907  17514  740119  
2016    4      238062   111155  18530  632937  
2016    3      244134   226745  25943  518707  
2016    2      283234   186864  20806  520283  
2016    1      249730   175428  19564  442219  
2015    4      185466   155129  19051  384850  
2015    3      202128   210557  22042  363270  
2015    2      214231   189939  19214  395285  
2015    1      195097   171836  17762  384043  
2014    4      161833   150832  16099  377349  

I do not see the situation is as bad nationwide as it is in Raleigh, where 1st quarter of 2017 have seen a surge in the number of received applications. It is interesting to see that the number of approved applications in the last quarter of 2016 is also significantly lower compared to other quarters, exactly as it is in Raleigh.

[Pennywise 8]

4 hours ago, casualuser said:

But your tracker entry says you've got the "in line for interview" notification on 05/01/17?

You are right, I forgot to mention that.

 

4 hours ago, casualuser said:

I think your estimate is very pessimistic. You could try extracting data for your field office

There is one February filer from the same city who has not even gotten in line for interview, they did their fingerprints on 3/15/17. Besides, the San Antonio field office serves both Austin and San Antonio. That alone can add months to anyone's timeline.

 

4 hours ago, casualuser said:

the first quarter of 2017 have seen a substantial surge in N-400 applications (it is true for Raleigh), as many people realized that a green card is not safe and one could be stranded outside of the country at any time. In fact, it was always like that, GC is just a visa and letting a GC holder in at the border is to some extent a discretionary decision of a CBP agent

You make a great point about the GC's, I agree with you 100% on that.

Edited June 21, 2017 by Pennywise

[vikc07 8]

Just got an update "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled"

[Investinmiami 27]

9 minutes ago, vikc07 said:

Just got an update "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled"

Congrats!!

you did have exactly my timeline except of two last steps, the interview and the Oath:))

  Do you have guys any idea when gonna be our turn to get a bunch of invitation for interview letters.

it seems the february files start to get them already... I assume in 2-4 weeks the line gonna move forward... for my job and for my life it is critical, my hasband and me we are driving to have 1-2 month tour for vacation....