N400 Seattle (merged)

[AHG 5]

On 5/18/2019 at 8:29 AM, Ck207 said:

Guys chill out with the estimation time. 

My oath letter is being mailed to me, but the estimated time just changed to Sep 2019. Well I don’t think it will take me that long. They won’t send me a oath letter 4 months ahead for a ceremony.

my estima-te time changed crazily while I waited for both i751 and N400. 

I filed I751 in Feb 2017, interview May 2019. You do that math. 

I waited for N400 for 17 months.

you will get there. Just don’t trust the estimated time. It’s never accurated

 

Yeah I agree, the estimated times are a complete waste of time. It seems like they changed something in the system that got all the times screwed up. 

I just checked my account and it's showing same as @SqueakyBed as 1 month.

All we can do is just chill, be patient and hope that the officer takes a second of their life and check the application and approves it...

 

[CT0327 0]

N400-Seattle

My case completion is in one picture.

It was total 15 months

Cheers,

cT

[PK_ 43]

1 hour ago, CT0327 said:

N400-Seattle

My case completion is in one picture.

It was total 15 months

Cheers,

cT

Congratulations!! That looks like 14 months from beginning to the end. 

[dedmakar 0]

On 4/24/2019 at 5:45 PM, MarshaF said:

Hi all, I had my interview today.

It was scheduled for 9.45am but I got called at about 10.45. The officer was very nice and there was no stress at all. There were 10 questions for the civics test but I only had to answer 6. The questions were:

- how many senators are there

- why are there more representatives from some states than from others

- for how many years do we elect a senator

- when do we celebrate Independence day

 

There were other questions which I don't remember but after I answered 6 correctly it was done.

After that I had to read and write one sentence, and she went through all my application questions. This whole thing felt like a formality as it was already assumed that I am getting approved.

 

She said there was an oath at 1.30pm same day and asked if I had time to do it and I said YES. Other people waiting with me were also getting same day oath.

At 1.30 I came back for the ceremony and got my Certificate. Woo hoo! Very happy 

The whole experience was nice and easy, there is absolutely nothing to worry about. 

 

Good luck to everyone!

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Hi, How long it takes the Oath ceremony? Do you know if they start at 1:30 pm every-time?

[Starkilla09 366]

21 hours ago, Ck207 said:

Yes that’s really smart. I have a final that day but I will rather ask to take final another day than rescheduling my appointment.

 

it shows up this morning and it is scheduled at 1:30PM. If we are on the same day, let’s meet

Yay, we’re on same oath ceremony day June 12th at 1:30pm. I’ll catch up with you there! I get back from the UK on June 11th which is miraculously perfect.

[MarshaF 2]

11 hours ago, dedmakar said:

Hi, How long it takes the Oath ceremony? Do you know if they start at 1:30 pm every-time?

It looked like 1.30 is the standard time, but there might be some other schedule on other days, so I am not 100% sure. Oath takes about 2 hours 

Edited May 21, 2019 by MarshaF

[GermanG 31]

Any idea which is the latest case being processed?

Also has anybody called to ask if it's true that everything got pushed two months later?

The website says that it's taking 16 to 21 months to process N400.

Adding these 2 extra months makes it to 16 months.

My gosh...we'd better be focused on something else. It's totally nerve wrecking. :(

[GermanG 31]

Question to those combo (I751/N400) filers.

We received a letter a while ago that extends our GC to 18 months after the expiration date.

Since we are combo filers, and we are not supposed to receive the 10-year- "plastic" green card, does anybody know if we will be receiving another extension-of-extension letter extending our 18-month post-expiration?

It sounds ridiculous to be thinking in these terms.

Another option is to be getting Infopass black stamps till the date of our interview for combo status.

[Starkilla09 366]

32 minutes ago, GermanG said:

Any idea which is the latest case being processed?

Also has anybody called to ask if it's true that everything got pushed two months later?

The website says that it's taking 16 to 21 months to process N400.

Adding these 2 extra months makes it to 16 months.

My gosh...we'd better be focused on something else. It's totally nerve wrecking.

That case estimation website is very unreliable and not an accurate representation of processing times and that's what we keep saying in this forum. You don't want to know how many times it shifted over the course of my timeline from 12/07/2017 when I filed my N-400 till 01/23/2019 when I got scheduled for interview. Those estimated times were created in the first place so people won't plague USCIS with "unnecessary" calls and inquiries. Your best bet is to check this forum and see which people are being scheduled for interview and check their priority dates to know where you currently stand. It's still taking on average at least 13 months to get scheduled for N-400 interviews, and until you're at that timeframe it's highly unlikely you'll get any notification so don't get stressed about it.

Edited May 22, 2019 by Starkilla09

[Starkilla09 366]

24 minutes ago, GermanG said:

Question to those combo (I751/N400) filers.

We received a letter a while ago that extends our GC to 18 months after the expiration date.

Since we are combo filers, and we are not supposed to receive the 10-year- "plastic" green card, does anybody know if we will be receiving another extension-of-extension letter extending our 18-month post-expiration?

It sounds ridiculous to be thinking in these terms.

Another option is to be getting Infopass black stamps till the date of our interview for combo status.

Once your 18th month extension letter is about to expire (preferably 30 days prior to) schedule an info pass appointment with USCIS at the local field office in Seattle to have your passport stamped with a temporary I-551 stamp which will now serve as evidence of your lawful permanent residency status for both employment and travel. You'll get stamped in about 6 months intervals until you have your I-751/N-400 combo interview together. I'm currently on my 3rd and final stamp before I swear in on June 12th. During your first info pass appointment chances are they'll confiscate the expired 2 year conditional green card by then prior to issuing you the stamp on your passport.

[jamira 3]

30 minutes ago, GermanG said:

Any idea which is the latest case being processed?

Also has anybody called to ask if it's true that everything got pushed two months later?

The website says that it's taking 16 to 21 months to process N400.

Adding these 2 extra months makes it to 16 months.

My gosh...we'd better be focused on something else. It's totally nerve wrecking.

When did u filed? Waiting on my interview schedule too..

I file May 2,2018..

I'm hoping to hear from them by next month.🤞

[Curve 20]

5 minutes ago, Starkilla09 said:

That case estimation website is very unreliable and not an accurate representation of processing times and that's what we keep saying in this forum. You don't want to know how many times it shifted over the course of my timeline from 12/07/2017 till 01/23/2019 when I got scheduled for interview. Those estimated times were created in the first place so people won't plague USCIS with "unnecessary" calls and inquiries. Your best bet is to check this forum and see which people are being scheduled for interview and check their priority dates to know where you currently stand. It's still taking on average at least 13 months to get scheduled for N-400 interviews, and until you're at that timeframe it's highly unlikely you'll get any notification so don't get stressed about it.

Is there a way to pin this to the top of this thread? 

[Starkilla09 366]

4 minutes ago, Curve said:

Is there a way to pin this to the top of this thread? 

Will have to notify mods to do so.

[GermanG 31]

17 minutes ago, Starkilla09 said:

Once your 18th month extension letter is about to expire (preferably 30 days prior to) schedule an info pass appointment with USCIS at the local field office in Seattle to have your passport stamped with a temporary I-551 stamp which will now serve as evidence of your lawful permanent residency status for both employment and travel. You'll get stamped in about 6 months intervals until you have your I-751/N-400 combo interview together. I'm currently on my 3rd and final stamp before I swear in on June 12th. During your first info pass appointment chances are they'll confiscate the expired 2 year conditional green card by then prior to issuing you the stamp on your passport.

Thank you Starkilla. Yes, I have right now 2 things going on at the same time:

1) black stamp (good through Jan 2020)

2) 18-month expiration letter (good through July 2019).

When I travel out of the country, I might show only the black stamp.

This is becoming like playing poker..

Thank you for the info/advice.

[GermanG 31]

20 minutes ago, jamira said:

When did u filed? Waiting on my interview schedule too..

I file May 2,2018..

I'm hoping to hear from them by next month.🤞

I filed at the end of October 2018.

I'd rather take a whiskey..no ice please.