N-400 Newark/Mt Laurel New Jersey

[NJGuy 30]

19 minutes ago, Duncan21 said:

That is quick - I applied for expedited on September 13 and was told up to 3 months.

 

Please keep us posted as I have similar timeline.

Hi Duncan,

 

Did you apply expedited, what are the first two digits of the locator number? 

 

Mine is (68) for New Hampshire, I need my passport urgently due to upcoming travel mid-October. I also reached out to my congressman his office for escelation.

[Adujarric 67]

10 hours ago, NJGuy said:

Hi Duncan,

 

Did you apply expedited, what are the first two digits of the locator number? 

 

Mine is (68) for New Hampshire, I need my passport urgently due to upcoming travel mid-October. I also reached out to my congressman his office for escelation.

Mine is locator 68 too i appleid 8/24 and on 8/28 the status change to in progress im still waiting on the next status change. 

[NJGuy 30]

4 minutes ago, Adujarric said:

Mine is locator 68 too i appleid 8/24 and on 8/28 the status change to in progress im still waiting on the next status change. 

Applied on September 14th, status changed to in progress the 16th. Did you request expedite?

Edited September 22, 2021 by NJGuy

[Adujarric 67]

12 minutes ago, NJGuy said:

Applied on September 14th, status changed to in progress the 16th. Did you request expedite?

Yes I did hopefully I will get it soon. 

[Duncan21 202]

On 9/21/2021 at 12:00 PM, NJGuy said:

Hi Duncan,

 

Did you apply expedited, what are the first two digits of the locator number? 

 

Mine is (68) for New Hampshire, I need my passport urgently due to upcoming travel mid-October. I also reached out to my congressman his office for escelation.

I did apply as expedited and selected the 2-day delivery.  My locator number starts with 79, which I believe is Houston.

[Carrie212 6]

Does the Newark office still do same day oath ceremonies? My husband has his interview at the end of next month, and we are planning to take a trip shortly after his interview, so wondering if he can take the same day oath. if not, how far do they schedule the oath ceremony?

[NJGuy 30]

31 minutes ago, Carrie212 said:

Does the Newark office still do same day oath ceremonies? My husband has his interview at the end of next month, and we are planning to take a trip shortly after his interview, so wondering if he can take the same day oath. if not, how far do they schedule the oath ceremony?

Yes they do, I had a same-day oath this September in Newark. 

 

Just be aware once a citizen you need to have a US passport to travel, they will take the greencard during your interview if oath is the same day.

Edited September 29, 2021 by NJGuy

[Bariskurt 55]

Ugh! I see a backlog today does anyone notice? N400 backed up to Feb and processing is now 19.5 months/! 

[roddie2k 68]

10 hours ago, Bariskurt said:

Ugh! I see a backlog today does anyone notice? N400 backed up to Feb and processing is now 19.5 months/! 

Oh Great! Im on month 16 and just when i thought it was drawing close.. yesterday it showed something like March 10 as the Receipt date for case enquiry

[Bariskurt 55]

12 hours ago, roddie2k said:

Oh Great! Im on month 16 and just when i thought it was drawing close.. yesterday it showed something like March 10 as the Receipt date for case enquiry

what! 16 months ?! ..one of my friend applied on Jan 2021 he just passed the interview last month. it took 8-9 months to complete his naturalization.

[NJGuy 30]

12 hours ago, roddie2k said:

Oh Great! Im on month 16 and just when i thought it was drawing close.. yesterday it showed something like March 10 as the Receipt date for case enquiry

 

1 minute ago, Bariskurt said:

what! 16 months ?! ..one of my friend applied on Jan 2021 he just passed the interview last month. it took 8-9 months to complete his naturalization.

The estimated time is not really accurate in my experience, I had my interview last month and it still had estimated completion time of 11 or so months.

 

If you applied in January and already naturalized that's fast, but also very dependend on the office handling your case.

[Bariskurt 55]

10 minutes ago, NJGuy said:

 

The estimated time is not really accurate in my experience, I had my interview last month and it still had estimated completion time of 11 or so months.

 

If you applied in January and already naturalized that's fast, but also very dependend on the office handling your case.

yes I know, that was my friend's case. I applied on June 8th 2021. 4 months over.. let's see.🙏

[roddie2k 68]

For Context I applied in May 2020 .

 

From the forum, it appears that there is a general delay for people who applied in March/April and May of 2020. 

 

@NJGuy when did you apply ?

 

Also - I tried getting my local congress office involved and they received the standard 'within processing times' excuse. Trying to figure out when would it be appropriate to engage a lawyer into this.

[NJGuy 30]

51 minutes ago, roddie2k said:

For Context I applied in May 2020 .

 

From the forum, it appears that there is a general delay for people who applied in March/April and May of 2020. 

 

@NJGuy when did you apply ?

 

Also - I tried getting my local congress office involved and they received the standard 'within processing times' excuse. Trying to figure out when would it be appropriate to engage a lawyer into this.

I applied in September 2020, and my interview/oath was in September 2021. It took almost a full year.

 

 

 

[roddie2k 68]

57 minutes ago, NJGuy said:

I applied in September 2020, and my interview/oath was in September 2021. It took almost a full year.

 

 

 

That's actually good considering the circumstances .