N400 Seattle (merged)

[GermanG 31]

19 minutes ago, py6 said:

 

Yes. Multiple trips interrupted. Missed a flight back. Family planned to visit me this Summer but it's on hold. More problems to come if it drags into this Summer.

Yes, I cancelled a trip to Argentina in June 2020. I was going to visit my baby niece and at the same time, teach a graduate class at the University of Buenos Aires but I am scared to death to leave and not be able to come back.

[py6 43]

	Seattle In	Seattle Out	Seattle Queue	Oregon Que	Yakima Que
2018Q1	3813	3020	16053	5132	891
2018Q2	4750	2382	18464	4850	722
2018Q3	4288	2335	20502	4377	801
2018Q4	4417	3523	21431	4887	688
2019Q1	4195	5060	20599	5187	748
2019Q2	4049	2020	22673	4933	647
2019Q3	4280	4571*	16802	8575	2087
2019Q4	4603	2812	18639	7626	1924

*2019Q3 Seattle Out does not include dumped cases (3165 to Portland and 1402 to Yakima).

 

Year 2018 - 2019 Average cases/quarter - 3215

 

	Seattle In	Seattle Out	Seattle Queue
2017Q1	4680	2788	10197
2017Q2	6072	4045	12480
2017Q3	4711	2725	14430
2017Q4	3878	3280	15144

2017 Average cases/quarter - 3209

	Seattle In	Seattle Out	Seattle Queue
2016Q1	3562	4376	9989
2016Q2	4611	7051	7687
2016Q3	4484	4433	7737
2016Q4	4142	3251	8230

2016 Average cases/quarter - 4778

	Seattle In	Seattle Out	Seattle Queue
2015Q1	3151	1956	9327
2015Q2	3836	2925	10213
2015Q3	3963	3225	10961
2015Q4	3746	4156	10644

2015 Average cases/quarter – 3066

 

Average Processed(Out) per Quarter

Year	Average Processed Cases per Quarter
2019	3616
2018	2815
2017	3209
2016	4778
2015	3066

 

 

 

Average Applications (In) per Quarter

Year	Average Applications per Quarter
2019	4282
2018	4317
2017	4835
2016	4200
2015	3674

 

 

 

People who applied in 2018 might have to expect the longest wait times due to reduced processing speed and continued high volume come in.

 

 

You can see that Seattle Office processed fewer cases in 2017 and 2018 (slowest speed) than 2016. It failed to increase its processing speed while quarterly application volume remained high. It did not effectively respond to the increased demand. Its solution has not been increasing processing capacity. Rather, it has dumped more than 4500 cases to nearby USCIS offices, increasing their wait times. This is a sharp distinction in strategies used by Trump vs Obama administration. Obama was handed with more than 1.4 million pending N400 cases, and his administration reduced it down to 250,000 in two years. Meanwhile, Trump administration showed no interest of reducing the backlog at Seattle office in his first two years. Later, they decided to average it out with the help of nearby offices. Had they not dumped cases to Portland and Yakima, the backlog would have continued to grow and new applicants would expect even longer wait times.

Edited February 19, 2020 by py6

[cherry03 7]

On 2/5/2020 at 8:45 PM, So_hopeful said:

Thanks cherry03! Yes, the hard part is over. Our completion time changed to 3 months after the interview.  I'll let you know if we hear anything. 

Just checked my online account and it says they already mailed the notice for my oath ceremony. Finally, after a month and 5 days after my interview. I have not seen the letter though, will check in a couple of days.

[remohy1@gmail.com 1]

Ten years fighting for this moment guys, it's so exciting. I submitted my application Jan, 25th and did fingerprinting yesterday. It says on the USCIS my target is 13 months. Hopfully with dumping some cases to Portland and Yakima, it can be faster. I will keep you updated. It's very good thread to see the most recent updates from everyone around. 

[So_hopeful 13]

1 hour ago, cherry03 said:

Just checked my online account and it says they already mailed the notice for my oath ceremony. Finally, after a month and 5 days after my interview. I have not seen the letter though, will check in a couple of days.

So exciting! The letter will probably be available to be viewed online tomorrow.  I just checked the account and saw the same notification.  Maybe the ceremony will be scheduled on the same day. 

[cherry03 7]

10 hours ago, So_hopeful said:

So exciting! The letter will probably be available to be viewed online tomorrow.  I just checked the account and saw the same notification.  Maybe the ceremony will be scheduled on the same day. 

yay! let me know, hope to see you there! Happy for us. finally!

[yippy_j 17]

Hi All,

 

I want to share my experience yesterday.

 

So I am supposed to have the interview yesterday, but what really happened was that when my number was called, the officer told me that my file wasn't there and they couldn't do the interview yesterday.

 

I wasn't even mad about the situation, I was mad about how they wouldn't even bother to send me a letter or email in advance? They have the whole online system to let the applicant know and they don't even use it. It's just really embarrassing that such well funded government agency wasted both my time and their time. I did look around, situations like this sometimes happens. I guess I am the unlucky one. I really thought I am really done with the whole thing, now back to waiting. sigh.

 

Again, hope everyone here will get their interviews soon and finally done with it.

 

Thanks,

 

yippy_j

[GermanG 31]

5 minutes ago, yippy_j said:

Hi All,

 

I want to share my experience yesterday.

 

So I am supposed to have the interview yesterday, but what really happened was that when my number was called, the officer told me that my file wasn't there and they couldn't do the interview yesterday.

 

I wasn't even mad about the situation, I was mad about how they wouldn't even bother to send me a letter or email in advance? They have the whole online system to let the applicant know and they don't even use it. It's just really embarrassing that such well funded government agency wasted both my time and their time. I did look around, situations like this sometimes happens. I guess I am the unlucky one. I really thought I am really done with the whole thing, now back to waiting. sigh.

 

Again, hope everyone here will get their interviews soon and finally done with it.

 

Thanks,

 

yippy_j

Sorry that happened to you. I really hope that you can be done soon.

For combo filers, that's also my biggest fear: that they don't forward the cases from the NBC to the local Seattle office.

Once they schedule my combo interview, I will call the Customer Service and make sure that they will have both hard copies on the IO's desk before I show up.

They are really messy.

[yippy_j 17]

33 minutes ago, GermanG said:

Sorry that happened to you. I really hope that you can be done soon.

For combo filers, that's also my biggest fear: that they don't forward the cases from the NBC to the local Seattle office.

Once they schedule my combo interview, I will call the Customer Service and make sure that they will have both hard copies on the IO's desk before I show up.

They are really messy.

Guess what? I am not even a combo filer. I think what is blocking them is actually the background check files that were not provided by us. I also searched around, and it looks like they only request your background check when they schedule your interview, that means by the time you get the letter and they're not done with the background check, you are gonna miss it, which i don't think it happens to a lot of people

[So_hopeful 13]

3 hours ago, cherry03 said:

yay! let me know, hope to see you there! Happy for us. finally!

Haven't seen the letter under docs yet. Hope later today.

[cherry03 7]

5 hours ago, So_hopeful said:

Haven't seen the letter under docs yet. Hope later today.

same here. I still haven’t seen the letter online. Hopefully we’ll be on the same schedule so we could say hi and congratulations! 😜

[YESWECANDOIT 40]

7 hours ago, yippy_j said:

Hi All,

 

I want to share my experience yesterday.

 

So I am supposed to have the interview yesterday, but what really happened was that when my number was called, the officer told me that my file wasn't there and they couldn't do the interview yesterday.

 

I wasn't even mad about the situation, I was mad about how they wouldn't even bother to send me a letter or email in advance? They have the whole online system to let the applicant know and they don't even use it. It's just really embarrassing that such well funded government agency wasted both my time and their time. I did look around, situations like this sometimes happens. I guess I am the unlucky one. I really thought I am really done with the whole thing, now back to waiting. sigh.

 

Again, hope everyone here will get their interviews soon and finally done with it.

 

Thanks,

 

yippy_j

When did you file? Was it Seattle office or Spokane?

[So_hopeful 13]

1 hour ago, cherry03 said:

same here. I still haven’t seen the letter online. Hopefully we’ll be on the same schedule so we could say hi and congratulations! 😜

Yeah. I'll let you know if I see anything. 

[JFH 12,190]

Are they still dumping cases in Portland and Yakima?

[So_hopeful 13]

2 hours ago, So_hopeful said:

Yeah. I'll let you know if I see anything. 

@cherry03 the notice is posted. March 13th.