Fairfax, Washington DC Office, Waiting for Oath Ceremony

[cybermax 39]

If you live in DMV area, had an interview at USCIS Fairfax office and waiting for your Oath schedule, lets wait together and share the timeline here.

My interview: 28 Nov. The officer said the earliest oath ceremony will be held in late January next year. How about your case? 

 

Edited December 14, 2017 by cybermax
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[jxn 86]

Where do northern Virginia residents take the oath?

 

I believe DC residents take it at the DC District Court, which has naturalization ceremonies on the second Tuesday of each month, as posted here.

[SK1 0]

I had my interview in the Fairfax office on 10/24 and my oath ceremony is next Tuesday 12/19 at Woodson High School in Fairfax.  I'm resident in Northern Virginia rather than DC.

[cybermax 39]

15 minutes ago, SK1 said:

I had my interview in the Fairfax office on 10/24 and my oath ceremony is next Tuesday 12/19 at Woodson High School in Fairfax.  I'm resident in Northern Virginia rather than DC.

When did you receive the mail?

[SK1 0]

I received it on November 24th, so a month after my interview.

[cybermax 39]

On 12/15/2017 at 12:16 PM, SK1 said:

I received it on November 24th, so a month after my interview.

Our office field is extremely slow comparing to others. I had my interview on 28 Nov and haven’t heard anything from them.

[cybermax 39]

On 12/15/2017 at 12:16 PM, SK1 said:

I received it on November 24th, so a month after my interview.

Let me know how is your Oath today.

[SK1 0]

It went very well and I'm now an American citizen.  I arrived at about 20 minutes before the time on the oath notice, 12pm,  there was a big crowd outside and seemingly some people had already been let in but it was too big a crowd son they closed the doors.  Just before 12pm they opened the doors again to applicants and we filed into the auditorium and were assigned seats at the front of the auditorium.  Family and friends went in a different door and were assigned seats further back.  There were 400 people becoming new citizens so it was a pretty big crowd.  We waited until everybody was seated, maybe 20/30 minutes, nothing much happening during this time except some instructional announcements from USCIS staff and voter registration forms handed out.  Then we all had to exit the auditorium to the hallway where there were 9 lines of USCIS staff waiting to check us in, they gave us an envelope with various materials, US flag, words for oaths and National Anthem etc. Then we went back into the auditorium, this process took along time, maybe 45 mins or an hour.  We had a 10 minute break and then the actual ceremony began, that was pretty short.  There were two USCIS officials who spoke and the Mayor of Fairfax City, we had the Oath and pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem and some generic videos on big screen, including one from the president, there was also the country call.  It was all over at about 2pm.  Then we had to head back to the hallway to collect our certificates, I was done pretty quickly but others it may have been 15 or 20 minutes.

 

I hope you get your notice soon & good luck, its an enjoyable day.  My only advice is to get there early as you will get a seat towards the front and that helps in speeding up collecting your cert at the end too.

[RiceVinegar 2]

I had my interview on Nov.27 and my oath scheduling letter finally became available online today. (I'm still waiting for the physical letter to arrive though)

I live in Fairfax and my oath ceremony will be on 1/20 at Oakton High School. It is surprising that they hold a ceremony on Saturday. 

[cybermax 39]

9 minutes ago, RiceVinegar said:

I had my interview on Nov.27 and my oath scheduling letter finally became available online today. (I'm still waiting for the physical letter to arrive though)

I live in Fairfax and my oath ceremony will be on 1/20 at Oakton High School. It is surprising that they hold a ceremony on Saturday. 

My interview was on Nov 28 and I'm waiting for the physical letter just like you. I'm wondering how do you know your oath ceremony will be on 01/20 at Oakton High School? You haven't received the letter yet right?

[cybermax 39]

23 minutes ago, RiceVinegar said:

I had my interview on Nov.27 and my oath scheduling letter finally became available online today. (I'm still waiting for the physical letter to arrive though)

I live in Fairfax and my oath ceremony will be on 1/20 at Oakton High School. It is surprising that they hold a ceremony on Saturday. 

I checked my case status online, it just says that they mailed the notice. There is no schedule / date / time / location on USCIS website. Could you please let me me know how to get those information without the physical letter?

[RiceVinegar 2]

9 minutes ago, cybermax said:

My interview was on Nov 28 and I'm waiting for the physical letter just like you. I'm wondering how do you know your oath ceremony will be on 01/20 at Oakton High School? You haven't received the letter yet right?

I received a status update notification saying that my oath was scheduled last week, yet the PDF version of the letter became available online (ELIS) just today. 

[RiceVinegar 2]

Just now, cybermax said:

I checked my case status online, it just says that they mailed the notice. There is no schedule / date / time / location on USCIS website. Could you please let me me know how to get those information without the physical letter?

I guess there's a bit of glitch/delay within the online status update - it took me 6 days for the PDF to become available for me. It should soon be available for you too! 

[cybermax 39]

Just now, RiceVinegar said:

I guess there's a bit of glitch/delay within the online status update - it took me 6 days for the PDF to become available for me. It should soon be available for you too! 

Thank you for the info. I hope to see you there. :))

[cybermax 39]

On 1/4/2018 at 2:04 PM, RiceVinegar said:

I guess there's a bit of glitch/delay within the online status update - it took me 6 days for the PDF to become available for me. It should soon be available for you too! 

I got the notice in my mailbox today. It will be at the same location, on same date 12:00 PM.