N-400 Filers @ New York City, Queens and Long Island Field Offices

[N400NYC 380]

There's a new member who posted in another thread the following info (relating to a NYC submission, Manhattan field office):

 

n400 application received jan 16 2019

bio-metrics appointment feb 5 2019

interview appointment   june 12 2019

 

An interview within 5 months? He filed by paper (not online) - does that make any difference?

[march16filer 153]

2 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

There's a new member who posted in another thread the following info (relating to a NYC submission, Manhattan field office):

 

n400 application received jan 16 2019

bio-metrics appointment feb 5 2019

interview appointment   june 12 2019

 

An interview within 5 months? He filed by paper (not online) - does that make any difference?

I remember that the online ones take shorter. 

[N400NYC 380]

NYC - 76th 😔

(btw, "New York" here combines the Manhattan & Brooklyn cases)

The Best Field Offices for Becoming a New American

Index scores based on a weighted average of three barriers to U.S. citizenship.

OVERALL RANK	FIELD OFFICE	OVERALL INDEX	MEDIAN WAITING TIME (MONTHS)	MAX. WAITING TIME (MONTHS)	BACKLOG COMPLETION	FILED APPLICATIONS
1	Cleveland, OH	91	4.0	12.3	71.3%	4,828
2	Providence, RI	86	5.7	13.6	81.4%	3,599
3	Raleigh, NC	84	5.5	12.4	65.1%	7,677
4	San Bernardino, CA	83	5.0	13.5	68.4%	22,633
5	Columbus, OH	82	5.7	12.6	63.8%	6,019
6	Lawrence, MA	81	5.6	13.8	69.8%	9,027
7	Indianapolis, IN	80	5.5	13.7	66.3%	6,600
8	Tucson, AZ	78	6.0	14.0	68.3%	3,639
9	Buffalo, NY	77	5.3	14.9	68.7%	5,755
10	Portland, OR	77	6.0	13.3	58.2%	9,503
11	Kansas City, MO	76	5.2	14.9	65.5%	5,212
12	Louisville, KY	76	5.0	15.0	64.0%	4,335
13	Pittsburgh, PA	75	6.8	14.0	65.1%	3,201
14	Omaha, NE	73	6.8	14.2	62.6%	3,924
15	Boston, MA	73	6.0	15.5	67.1%	20,389
16	Cincinnati, OH	73	5.6	16.0	68.3%	3,393
17	Detroit, MI	72	7.0	14.3	61.0%	16,391
18	Hialeah, FL	72	5.3	15.2	55.9%	13,195
19	Fresno, CA	71	7.1	13.9	57.2%	13,317
20	Yakima, WA	71	8.0	14.5	68.1%	2,282
21	Jacksonville, FL	71	5.6	14.9	53.3%	5,626
22	Charleston, SC	69	4.9	15.3	46.7%	4,524
23	Mount Laurel, NJ	69	5.5	16.2	58.4%	9,027
24	Portland, ME	69	9.7	16.9	95.4%	1,089
25	Charlotte, NC	65	8.4	15.1	61.4%	8,628
26	Tampa, FL	65	8.1	14.7	54.3%	12,053
27	Newark, NJ	64	9.2	14.4	59.3%	39,200
28	Oklahoma City, OK	64	6.6	16.1	54.6%	4,918
29	San Juan, PR	64	8.1	16.5	68.0%	2,611
30	St. Louis, MO	64	8.5	16.4	69.0%	3,659
31	Sacramento, CA	62	8.8	14.2	49.2%	16,211
32	San Jose, CA	62	9.1	15.7	64.4%	18,831
33	Albuquerque, NM	62	7.4	16.7	59.4%	2,536
34	Spokane, WA	61	8.5	16.2	61.8%	1,155
35	Greer, SC	61	7.4	13.5	n/a	2,408
36	San Diego, CA	61	9.3	15.7	61.1%	20,630
37	Manchester, NH	60	9.3	16.9	71.2%	1,892
38	Washington, DC	60	10.1	16.6	74.2%	21,258
39	Kendall, FL	60	8.7	15.9	56.2%	12,007
40	Boise, ID	58	9.5	17.1	68.4%	2,107
41	West Palm Beach, FL	57	6.0	18.4	52.3%	10,026
42	Milwaukee, WI	56	10.1	14.5	44.5%	5,008
43	Wichita, KS	54	9.5	16.0	49.2%	1,748
44	Santa Ana, CA	54	11.3	15.1	53.9%	20,438
45	Charlotte Amalie, VI	54	10.9	18.2	76.8%	417
46	Albany, NY	54	10.1	17.6	65.6%	2,892
47	Imperial, CA	53	10.2	17.5	64.8%	1,931
48	Norfolk, VA	53	9.6	17.9	62.8%	5,612
49	Chicago, IL	53	10.8	15.5	50.4%	36,993
50	Anchorage, AK	52	9.4	17.2	53.6%	1,370
51	St. Albans, VT	52	10.9	18.2	73.2%	906
52	Hartford, CT	52	8.5	17.5	48.7%	11,128
53	Agana, GU	52	10.9	18.2	72.4%	1,083
54	San Francisco, CA	50	12.2	15.2	49.3%	34,848
55	Philadelphia, PA	48	9.3	17.7	46.8%	21,033
56	Helena, MT	48	10.9	18.2	61.6%	401
57	San Fernando Valley, CA	48	12.1	16.1	51.9%	19,444
58	San Antonio, TX	48	10.2	18.9	62.2%	18,425
59	Baltimore, MD	48	12.0	16.9	57.8%	22,850
60	Los Angeles, CA	47	11.0	17.8	57.1%	22,744
61	Orlando, FL	46	10.4	17.6	48.7%	12,417
62	Los Angeles County, CA	46	11.0	17.2	47.5%	26,794
63	Honolulu, HI	45	11.1	18.2	56.7%	4,344
64	Long Island, NY	45	7.2	20.0	42.7%	23,106
65	Reno, NV	45	10.9	18.2	53.9%	1,677
66	Des Moines, IA	44	11.5	16.8	43.1%	3,872
67	Fort Smith, AR	44	10.9	18.2	50.4%	1,540
68	Queens, NY	43	11.5	17.4	47.0%	24,122
69	El Paso, TX	42	10.5	19.2	51.1%	8,311
70	Christiansted, VI	40	10.9	18.2	41.4%	218
71	Denver, CO	37	13.3	17.4	45.0%	11,158
72	Salt Lake City, UT	36	12.2	18.1	40.3%	5,892
73	New Orleans, LA	36	13.2	17.8	42.8%	4,252
74	Phoenix, AZ	35	14.4	17.4	45.6%	14,965
75	Seattle, WA	34	15.2	16.9	46.6%	19,461
76	New York, NY	34	11.2	21.3	55.3%	62,504
77	Las Vegas, NV	31	14.0	19.2	48.9%	9,295
78	Oakland Park, FL	28	14.6	18.6	40.0%	13,606
79	Memphis, TN	24	13.7	20.0	36.2%	8,108
80	Harlingen, TX	23	14.5	20.5	42.8%	6,543
81	Atlanta, GA	21	12.6	22.8	45.4%	25,437
82	Fort Myers, FL	16	15.2	20.5	n/a	4,850
83	Dallas, TX	15	17.0	19.4	30.7%	32,281
84	Houston, TX	14	17.3	20.0	35.0%	33,937
85	Miami, FL	11	16.2	21.2	30.1%	16,609
86	St. Paul, MN	10	15.1	23.5	40.9%	15,422

 

 

[Going through 5,669]

NY is slower more so due to the sheer number of applicants living in NY...I was shocked when my oath took place 96 days after filing (online)...I was ready for a long wait, myself----speedy processing wishes to all still waiting for their interviews!

[nyj215 103]

I think one of the main issues in NYC is that labor based green cards now require interviews (extreme vetting), which was not the case before.  So staffing is stretched; IOs who would have done N400s are now having to do labor based green card interviews too.  Presumably in NYC there are disproportionately more labor based green cards compared to many other towns in the US.

 

None of which is the excuse the insane situation of processing times being so imbalanced depending on where one lives.  It really is frustrating.  Especially when LI and Yonkers applicants have way shorter times.

[N400NYC 380]

8 minutes ago, nyj215 said:

I think one of the main issues in NYC is that labor based green cards now require interviews (extreme vetting), which was not the case before.  So staffing is stretched; IOs who would have done N400s are now having to do labor based green card interviews too.  Presumably in NYC there are disproportionately more labor based green cards compared to many other towns in the US.

 

None of which is the excuse the insane situation of processing times being so imbalanced depending on where one lives.  It really is frustrating.  Especially when LI and Yonkers applicants have way shorter times.

Yes, that makes sense. But still it gets down to resources and staffing. Clearly this new requirement to interview those getting green cards through employment wasn't accompanied by an increase in staff. 

 

What's your reaction to the situation of the member who applied in January and who is having an interview in June? Someone else suggested that perhaps a LIFO (last in first out) policy is in place to help deal with the extreme backlog (30,000 cases in the Manhattan office). 

 

Maybe it's time the 2 senators for NY intervened in this appalling mess to try and do something to bring about change. 

[N400NYC 380]

1 hour ago, Going through said:

NY is slower more so due to the sheer number of applicants living in NY...I was shocked when my oath took place 96 days after filing (online)...I was ready for a long wait, myself----speedy processing wishes to all still waiting for their interviews!

Circumstances have changed a lot in the last 2 years under DT. Everything is worse, hence why people are waiting forever....

[nyj215 103]

1 minute ago, N400NYC said:

Yes, that makes sense. But still it gets down to resources and staffing. Clearly this new requirement to interview those getting green cards through employment wasn't accompanied by an increase in staff. 

 

What's your reaction to the situation of the member who applied in January and who is having an interview in June? Someone else suggested that perhaps a LIFO (last in first out) policy is in place to help deal with the extreme backlog (30,000 cases in the Manhattan office). 

 

Maybe it's time the 2 senators for NY intervened in this appalling mess to try and do something to bring about change. 

Yeah, the Jan applicant/June interview situation is kinda crazy.  I would be reluctant to believe that an LIFO policy has been formally adopted but who knows.  I don't have an explanation for it sadly...

[N400NYC 380]

Just now, nyj215 said:

Yeah, the Jan applicant/June interview situation is kinda crazy.  I would be reluctant to believe that an LIFO policy has been formally adopted but who knows.  I don't have an explanation for it sadly...

I really hope you get the interview soon. You applied in August 2018, right? It's absurd that someone who applied in January gets an interview sooner assuming all other case factors are the same. There seems to be no logic to this madness. Who the heck is running this operation? It's a mess. There has been a complete and utter failure to distribute staffing resources across field offices to match need/demand. And no standardization/consistency in regards to processing times from one field office to the next. How that is deemed organizationally acceptable is very hard to comprehend. 

[nyj215 103]

14 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

I really hope you get the interview soon. You applied in August 2018, right? It's absurd that someone who applied in January gets an interview sooner assuming all other case factors are the same. There seems to be no logic to this madness. Who the heck is running this operation? It's a mess. There has been a complete and utter failure to distribute staffing resources across field offices to match need/demand. And no standardization/consistency in regards to processing times from one field office to the next. How that is deemed organizationally acceptable is very hard to comprehend. 

Thanks for the moral support!  July 2018 filer.  At this point I have no realistic expectation that I will be done before September 2019 earliest.

[GrowingPlants 10]

I recently spoke to a lawyer and they told me they think very soon the situation in NYC office would change the same it changed in Brooklyn. They said someone needs to do something in our office already, and I really hope they are right and by some magic something would happen soon. Ugh. 

I wish we can all do something, like write a letter to a representative or anything like this. I’d gladly (or angrily) do that. 

Oh, I’ve just read from previous page about oath taking place 96 days after interview. #######... 

[Going through 5,669]

On 5/21/2019 at 4:41 PM, N400NYC said:

Circumstances have changed a lot in the last 2 years under DT. Everything is worse, hence why people are waiting forever....

It is ridiculous how long some people have to wait now just to be scheduled into an interview.

[N400NYC 380]

1 hour ago, GrowingPlants said:

I recently spoke to a lawyer and they told me they think very soon the situation in NYC office would change the same it changed in Brooklyn. They said someone needs to do something in our office already, and I really hope they are right and by some magic something would happen soon. Ugh. 

I wish we can all do something, like write a letter to a representative or anything like this. I’d gladly (or angrily) do that. 

Oh, I’ve just read from previous page about oath taking place 96 days after interview. #######... 

Definitely write the letter - Senators Gillibrand and Schumer and your local member or Congress. 

[GrowingPlants 10]

15 hours ago, N400NYC said:

Definitely write the letter - Senators Gillibrand and Schumer and your local member or Congress. 

I would if there is any chance it actually helps. I am thinking they either reply with just “general condolences” or it would somehow expedite my interview, but then I would be stuck in between interview and oath. Like the person with 96 days(((

[N400NYC 380]

21 minutes ago, GrowingPlants said:

I would if there is any chance it actually helps. I am thinking they either reply with just “general condolences” or it would somehow expedite my interview, but then I would be stuck in between interview and oath. Like the person with 96 days(((

You won't know if you don't try! There is nothing to lose, that's for sure. 

17 hours ago, GrowingPlants said:

I recently spoke to a lawyer and they told me they think very soon the situation in NYC office would change the same it changed in Brooklyn. They said someone needs to do something in our office already, and I really hope they are right and by some magic something would happen soon. Ugh. 

I wish we can all do something, like write a letter to a representative or anything like this. I’d gladly (or angrily) do that. 

Oh, I’ve just read from previous page about oath taking place 96 days after interview. #######... 

By the way, what changes in Brooklyn? Did they transfer cases to Queens to ease the backlog in Brooklyn?