N-400 - March 2017 Filers

[Ja2NY 9]

I posted a recap of the interview and I got an alert that I'm in line yesterday.

[BrianPeppers 7]

I had my Interview today at Federal Plaza, NY and to sum it up in short, it went very smooth... a little too smooth.

 

The interview began where the immigration officer swore me in and gave me a piece of paper to confirm my details.  Once I confirmed it all, the immigration officer began to go through line by line and start quizzing me on all the items I put on the application form.  It went so quick, a couple minutes later I was already being asked the Civics questions.  I passed the first six thanks to civicsquestions.com and English test was a breeze....

 

The only concerning part was that the IO took the tax transcripts and nothing more.  It concluded with getting a receipt saying I passed the tests and am recommended for approval .

 

Should I be concerned with an RFE rather than the status change to 'in line for oath'  because :

a) The immigration officer didn't even look at my passport thoroughly to confirm the dates I was outside the US or even scan  a copy.

b) There was no mention of providing photos or even giving me photos to sign.  I had four prepared.

 

I am just in a state of shock on how straight forward the interview process was... I hope I am just worrying over nothing.

[Ja2NY 9]

35 minutes ago, BrianPeppers said:

I had my Interview today at Federal Plaza, NY and to sum it up in short, it went very smooth... a little too smooth.

 

The interview began where the immigration officer swore me in and gave me a piece of paper to confirm my details.  Once I confirmed it all, the immigration officer began to go through line by line and start quizzing me on all the items I put on the application form.  It went so quick, a couple minutes later I was already being asked the Civics questions.  I passed the first six thanks to civicsquestions.com and English test was a breeze....

 

The only concerning part was that the IO took the tax transcripts and nothing more.  It concluded with getting a receipt saying I passed the tests and am recommended for approval .

 

Should I be concerned with an RFE rather than the status change to 'in line for oath'  because :

a) The immigration officer didn't even look at my passport thoroughly to confirm the dates I was outside the US or even scan  a copy.

b) There was no mention of providing photos or even giving me photos to sign.  I had four prepared.

 

I am just in a state of shock on how straight forward the interview process was... I hope I am just worrying over nothing.

Congrats! Lol sounds like the way mine went. The IO didn't even look at my tax papers, said he didn't need them. They don't need photos because they'll be using the one that was taken at your biometrics. 

 

Ni dontbthink you have anything to be concerned about 😊

Edited August 2, 2017 by Ja2NY

[Abikyshow 6]

Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed

 

My status changed today.  

Edited August 2, 2017 by Abikyshow

[taninme 1]

 

 

4 hours ago, Ja2NY said:

I posted a recap of the interview and I got an alert that I'm in line yesterday.

Congrats . I didn't get any notification as of yet. 

[GrappleApple 10]

My status changed yesterday, notification of Interview letter heading my way! Heads up all at Raleigh, things are moving!!

[GrappleApple 10]

On 7/28/2017 at 5:07 PM, FinalChapter17 said:

To my fellow applicants at the Raleigh-Durham, NC field office. Have any of you heard any updates after fingerprinting? I had my fp on April 24, 2017 and i have mot heard or seen any updates since. Also the n400 for the fo shows December 7, 2016 applications.

 

 

Very odd, mine has been moving along at the same pace as others. I am now waiting for my interview letter to show up, and looking at our dates I'm surprised you haven't moved at the same speed.

[Investinmiami 27]

4 hours ago, GrappleApple said:

My status changed yesterday, notification of Interview letter heading my way! Heads up all at Raleigh, things are moving!!

Congrats! 

Yes, things are moving:)

hope to hear from others and myself the same news soon, it's already 5 month since we filed. If we got the interview letter quite soon it's going to be 6 month from filing dates to interview dates which is pretty good timeline. Good luck guys!

[jayu 21]

21 hours ago, BrianPeppers said:

I had my Interview today at Federal Plaza, NY and to sum it up in short, it went very smooth... a little too smooth.

 

The interview began where the immigration officer swore me in and gave me a piece of paper to confirm my details.  Once I confirmed it all, the immigration officer began to go through line by line and start quizzing me on all the items I put on the application form.  It went so quick, a couple minutes later I was already being asked the Civics questions.  I passed the first six thanks to civicsquestions.com and English test was a breeze....

 

The only concerning part was that the IO took the tax transcripts and nothing more.  It concluded with getting a receipt saying I passed the tests and am recommended for approval .

 

Should I be concerned with an RFE rather than the status change to 'in line for oath'  because :

a) The immigration officer didn't even look at my passport thoroughly to confirm the dates I was outside the US or even scan  a copy.

b) There was no mention of providing photos or even giving me photos to sign.  I had four prepared.

 

I am just in a state of shock on how straight forward the interview process was... I hope I am just worrying over nothing.

No worries whatsoever.

 

I did the same thing, and I never received RFE. However, some ppl did receive RFE just for pics. IMO most people do not get RFE for that. Even if you get RFE, it's no big deal. Even if you wait until Sep or October for oath, you're lucky since you'll get brand new US passport with new design.

The picture that goes on your certificate is the one they took at fingerprinting. I assume if that photo is bad quality or you look differently, then they may ask for another pic.

 

Relax, you're done.

 

[BrianPeppers 7]

23 hours ago, jayu said:

No worries whatsoever.

 

I did the same thing, and I never received RFE. However, some ppl did receive RFE just for pics. IMO most people do not get RFE for that. Even if you get RFE, it's no big deal. Even if you wait until Sep or October for oath, you're lucky since you'll get brand new US passport with new design.

The picture that goes on your certificate is the one they took at fingerprinting. I assume if that photo is bad quality or you look differently, then they may ask for another pic.

 

Relax, you're done.

 

 

Many thanks for the reassurance!  I will keep you all posted once I get the change in status to "In Line for Oath..." Im hoping its as soon as next week.

 

[lucybelle 453]

On 8/3/2017 at 10:49 AM, GrappleApple said:

My status changed yesterday, notification of Interview letter heading my way! Heads up all at Raleigh, things are moving!!

Awesome!  Congrats!

 

I guess we can expect to wait at least two more months for ours.  They sure slowed down the past couple months!  Before people at Raleigh were getting everything done in five months.  Guess I can't complain though.  As long as we're done by December I'll be good!

[lucybelle 453]

On 7/28/2017 at 6:49 PM, casualuser said:

I am a Raleigh applicant and I do not have any updates since fingerprinting (not even "in-line", whatever it means). The relatively recent processing date published on the USCIS web page for Raleigh is a good news since it will enable us with capability of placing service requests sooner.

 

BTW, I have posted a few short reports on the number of pending applications in Raleigh in this thread:

Year   Qarter Received Approved Denied Pending
2017     qtr1     2403     1694    124    4533
2016     qtr4     1860      967     54    4047
2016     qtr3     1755     1464     78    3152
2016     qtr2     2009     1557     82    2903
2016     qtr1     1915     1422     77    2496
2015     qtr4     1403     1259     69    2045
2015     qtr3     1490     1580     82    1781
2015     qtr2     1514     1419     49    2101
2015     qtr1     1483     1368     58    2065
2014     qtr4     1271     1038     70    2037

 It appears the office is somewhat flooded by applications submitted in the first quarter of 2017 and seriously backlogged due to low number of processed applications in the last quarter of 2016. My estimate is 9 months of processing time for March submitters.

 

I have a friend who applied in January and had his interview about two weeks ago.  I also know another guy who applied in June and has his interview NEXT WEEK! #######?

Anyways.  I guess we'll get there when we get there.

 

(No surprise that the amount of citizenship applications nearly doubled after a certain election...)

[Nick79 24]

Got another fingerprint notice...?!?!!! What the heck is going on?

[casualuser 38]

3 hours ago, Nick79 said:

Got another fingerprint notice...?!?!!! What the heck is going on?

Did you get a paper notice? Is it identical to the previous one?

[Nick79 24]

3 hours ago, Nick79 said:

Got another fingerprint notice...?!?!!! What the heck is going on?

I did my fingerprints on 3/28, then radio silence till now (not even in line) and today I got this notice with a new fingerprint date of 8/15. L2 officer said to go there and show them the first notice with the 3/28 stamp. No idea why I'm being asked to redo the FP and I'm worried that this is going to drag on for years now.