N400 filers at Minneapolis,MN

[BruceW 13]

UserName......|GC-Date.|..Sent..|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|Field Office...........|NBC/IOE|ECD

tijuana_brass.|03/xx/09|12/16/16|12/xx/16|12/30/16|01/25/17|12/21/17|01/12/18|02/06/18|02/28/18|Minneapolis, MN........|NBC....|N/A

KGONE.........|11/09/12|03/10/17|03/17/17|03/15/17|04/13/17|04/17/17|02/13/18|03/20/18|04/30/18|Minneapolis, MN........|NBC....|???
BCA2018.......|02/xx/12|06/xx/17|07/01/17|07/01/17|07/17/17|10/26/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN

Bsze..........|10/26/10|07/09/17|07/10/17|07/10/17|08/03/17|08/04/17|01/11/18|02/20/18|02/20/18|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|

coralee.......|12/xx/08|09/xx/17|09/11/17|09/14/17|10/03/17|10/05/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|NBC....|

GoBig.........|02/12/13|11/16/17|11/16/17|11/17/17|12/04/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|15months

GetIT.........|09/XX/12|11/18/17|11/21/17|11/22/17|12/05/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|16months

Marcusa ......|02/10/13|11/19/17|11/19/17|11/21/17|12/08/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|17month

Morris Marina.|06/06/06|12/06/17|12/06/17|12/08/17|12/29/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|16months

BruceW........|07/26/00|12/26/17|12/29/17|12/29/17|01/18/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|16months

Mapleine......|06/27/09|02/02/18|02/02/18|02/03/18|02/21/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|17months

Positive Think|03/12/15|02/07/18|02/08/18|02/08/18|02/28/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|

N-O-L-A.......|04/17/13|03/02/18|03/02/18|03/02/18|03/26/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|21months

travelfairy...|02/12/13|04/29/18|04/29/18|04/29/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE.

 

adding mine as well. I sent a nice letter to my Senator, and politely suggested processing times were too long in MSP Field Office. Her office inquired on my behalf. Reply from USCIS said " A review of our systems shows this case is currently awaiting interview scheduling by the St. Paul Field Office. Once the field office schedules this case for an interview, your constituent will receive an interview notice stating the date and time to appear for the scheduled interview.  Once the interview is scheduled, the NBC will then forward the file to the field office." NBC is National Benefits Center in Missouri. So I guess, as everyone suspected, bottleneck is at MSP Field Office (probably because of increased number of applicants year-on-year). Hope this info helps those waiting.

[travelfairy 22]

29 minutes ago, BruceW said:

UserName......|GC-Date.|..Sent..|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|Field Office...........|NBC/IOE|ECD

tijuana_brass.|03/xx/09|12/16/16|12/xx/16|12/30/16|01/25/17|12/21/17|01/12/18|02/06/18|02/28/18|Minneapolis, MN........|NBC....|N/A

KGONE.........|11/09/12|03/10/17|03/17/17|03/15/17|04/13/17|04/17/17|02/13/18|03/20/18|04/30/18|Minneapolis, MN........|NBC....|???
BCA2018.......|02/xx/12|06/xx/17|07/01/17|07/01/17|07/17/17|10/26/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN

Bsze..........|10/26/10|07/09/17|07/10/17|07/10/17|08/03/17|08/04/17|01/11/18|02/20/18|02/20/18|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|

coralee.......|12/xx/08|09/xx/17|09/11/17|09/14/17|10/03/17|10/05/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|NBC....|

GoBig.........|02/12/13|11/16/17|11/16/17|11/17/17|12/04/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|15months

GetIT.........|09/XX/12|11/18/17|11/21/17|11/22/17|12/05/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|16months

Marcusa ......|02/10/13|11/19/17|11/19/17|11/21/17|12/08/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|17month

Morris Marina.|06/06/06|12/06/17|12/06/17|12/08/17|12/29/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|16months

BruceW........|07/26/00|12/26/17|12/29/17|12/29/17|01/18/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|16months

Mapleine......|06/27/09|02/02/18|02/02/18|02/03/18|02/21/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|17months

Positive Think|03/12/15|02/07/18|02/08/18|02/08/18|02/28/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|

N-O-L-A.......|04/17/13|03/02/18|03/02/18|03/02/18|03/26/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE....|21months

travelfairy...|02/12/13|04/29/18|04/29/18|04/29/18|05/21/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|Minneapolis, MN........|IOE.

 

 

Adding fingerprints.  They dropped off a previous update.

 

Bruce!  Nice to see another Aussie!

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

2 hours ago, BruceW said:

 

adding mine as well. I sent a nice letter to my Senator, and politely suggested processing times were too long in MSP Field Office. Her office inquired on my behalf. Reply from USCIS said " A review of our systems shows this case is currently awaiting interview scheduling by the St. Paul Field Office. Once the field office schedules this case for an interview, your constituent will receive an interview notice stating the date and time to appear for the scheduled interview.  Once the interview is scheduled, the NBC will then forward the file to the field office." NBC is National Benefits Center in Missouri. So I guess, as everyone suspected, bottleneck is at MSP Field Office (probably because of increased number of applicants year-on-year). Hope this info helps those waiting.

 

Well, that is a vague answer from them regarding your personal case.  Did you follow up with the senator about the length of the "line" after that reply?

[PositiveThinker 40]

On 6/21/2018 at 12:57 PM, BruceW said:

 

adding mine as well. I sent a nice letter to my Senator, and politely suggested processing times were too long in MSP Field Office. Her office inquired on my behalf. Reply from USCIS said " A review of our systems shows this case is currently awaiting interview scheduling by the St. Paul Field Office. Once the field office schedules this case for an interview, your constituent will receive an interview notice stating the date and time to appear for the scheduled interview.  Once the interview is scheduled, the NBC will then forward the file to the field office." NBC is National Benefits Center in Missouri. So I guess, as everyone suspected, bottleneck is at MSP Field Office (probably because of increased number of applicants year-on-year). Hope this info helps those waiting.

I contacted both MN senators and got the exact same response. 

[GoBig 25]

On 6/21/2018 at 12:57 PM, BruceW said:

adding mine as well. I sent a nice letter to my Senator, and politely suggested processing times were too long in MSP Field Office. Her office inquired on my behalf. Reply from USCIS said " A review of our systems shows this case is currently awaiting interview scheduling by the St. Paul Field Office. Once the field office schedules this case for an interview, your constituent will receive an interview notice stating the date and time to appear for the scheduled interview.  Once the interview is scheduled, the NBC will then forward the file to the field office." NBC is National Benefits Center in Missouri. So I guess, as everyone suspected, bottleneck is at MSP Field Office (probably because of increased number of applicants year-on-year). Hope this info helps those waiting.

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i recently did the same thing asking help from MN senator. their replied almost the same.  the Mpls office wanted me to expect 14-22 months of processing, Seriously?  what takes these waiting ridiculous long?  my friend in California already finished oath in 4 months from fingerprint. California is the  #1 state with largest population of immigrates. How come california local offices work so efficiently? their applicant pool is way bigger than Minnesota.  very frustrating !!! 

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

27 minutes ago, GoBig said:

i recently did the same thing asking help from MN senator. their replied almost the same.  the Mpls office wanted me to expect 14-22 months of processing, Seriously?  what takes these waiting ridiculous long?  my friend in California already finished oath in 4 months from fingerprint. California is the  #1 state with largest population of immigrates. How come california local offices work so efficiently? their applicant pool is way bigger than Minnesota.  very frustrating !!! 

 

Because everything in Minnesota moves at a snail's pace?

 

I don't know how it is in the Cities, but up here, I can count on pretty much any interaction taking about 10x as long as it should.

[GoGreen2008 0]

Please add my case information also.

N-400 application for spouse and self submitted online. 

 

UserName......|GC-Date..|..Sent.......|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|Field Office...........|NBC/IOE|ECD

GoGreen2008.|09/05/13|06/24/18|06/26/18|06/24/18|........|...........|..........|.............|...........|Minneapolis, MN..|.......|.......|22 months
GoGreen2008.|09/05/13|06/27/18|................|................|........|...........|..........|.............|...........|Minneapolis, MN..|.......|.......|.22 months

 

 

 

Edited June 27, 2018 by GoGreen2008
Updated

[marcusa 31]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uahFamAXaqkQ06tqjG8u80UEA6N7H6ruRo5gCuFXKfg/edit?usp=sharing

 

hello everyone! as the creator of this post, i found out some folks have difficulties adding their case in the chart. To make thing simplier, i created an online google excel sheet (link above) so we can just click it and add/modify their cases in seconds. your info will be automatically saved in seconds by google server. Thanks for google!

 

please circulate this link to everyone you know having their N400 processed at Mpls office. Our office is famous for the slowest nation-wide! 

Edited July 1, 2018 by marcusa

[marcusa 31]

1 hour ago, marcusa said:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uahFamAXaqkQ06tqjG8u80UEA6N7H6ruRo5gCuFXKfg/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

sorry, switch to the new link using microsoft excel cloud link in my signature below.. it's been tested that you dont need to login your account to edit. and it's saved automatically. 

 

Edited July 1, 2018 by marcusa

[Ontarkie 14,191]

~~Name of thread changed as requested by the OP.~~

[marcusa 31]

from the Excel sheet i created yesterday, the majority of approved cases were having their interview around 1 year from applying. this is real estimation to reflect the processing timeframe from Mpls office. 

 

Edited July 1, 2018 by marcusa

[marcusa 31]

here is the Minnesota performance data(10/1/2017-12/31/2017) from USCIS, Published May 1, 2018...(they dont have data for the first quarter 2018.)

• Approved: 1642   
• Denied: 209   
• Pending: 15672   
• New Application received:  2882 

the approval ratio(%) is less than 10%. Lets break down those numbers ...

• quarterly approval 1642 --> monthly approval=1642/3 =550 . --> daily approval =550/(30-8)=25 , meaning the local office approved average 25 cases in every business day.
• Mpls office covers 3.5 states.---> 25/3.5 =7.2 per state. ---suggesting each state only gets less than 10 approval every business day.

now the questions are: how many case officers the Mpls office has? how many interviews do they manage every day? 

 

 

 

 

 

[marcusa 31]

from my home-made excel sheet based on the official performance data from USICS,  in the past 2 years, the Minneapolis office had a similar amount of new applications coming in quarterly (even less recently ) , but the approval had decreased ( however the deny was less than before )..surprisingly the pending number has doubled..it's hard to understand how the pending number ended up dramatically increased like this. this was only one cycle that had big increase of new application ,by which trump became president. but after that transition peroid, the number became flat and less,returning to the bottom value.--

• only if they worked less efficiently ------ their moving from Bloomington to the new big office building at downtown Minneapolis in 2017  might affect this efficiency. 

• or they have even lesser case officers (i believe the case officer is a pretty boring job)------i  dont believe they have more laid-off .
• or they control this approval "on purpose "----- they might have internal "budget" on how many approval numbers to give daily or quarterly. I believe lots of cases have been cleared with FBI background check very quickly but their files are just sitting on the bookshelf dusted. they wait till you are pending about 1 year window.... because lack of transparency and monitoring, the USCIS has a gray area that you can't do anything, not even senator/ the first lady can push them faster.  

[marcusa 31]

hopefully 4th of July can give us some good news!

[marcusa 31]

happy 4th of July. Wish everyone of you the best on the citizenship process.