N400 Seattle (merged)

[GermanG 31]

25 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 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.

Thank you! Yes. I also wonder if it has happened to "accelerate" the date. From the future to the past.

So far, according to them, it takes a total of 16 months.

Has it ever happened to go back to 14 months if they hired more staff?

[Ck207 35]

On 5/21/2019 at 6:16 AM, Starkilla09 said:

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.

YEs please. I will message you in the inbox. Also, what is your ETA on the case status now?

[Starkilla09 366]

17 hours ago, GermanG said:

Thank you! Yes. I also wonder if it has happened to "accelerate" the date. From the future to the past.

So far, according to them, it takes a total of 16 months.

Has it ever happened to go back to 14 months if they hired more staff?

No, it hasn't regressed in any manner favorably. Matter of fact the backlog has been steady for the most part for many months now. Seattle office currently has 20,748 pending N-400 applications as of the most recent quarter of April 2019. This is roughly the same number they had around August 2018, so it makes sense as to why they have been steadily scheduling interviews after 13 to 14 months now since then. Other offices like Houston and Dallas have more than 40,000 pending, however; the difference is they're attacking it rigorously faster compared to Seattle field office taking 11-12 months on average. Based on your priority date of October 2018 chances are you'll be scheduled sometime in November this year or December unless things change vigorously which is very unlikely to happen.

Edited May 23, 2019 by Starkilla09

[AHG 5]

On 5/20/2019 at 8:42 PM, PK_ said:

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

Hey there, 

I was looking at your profile screenshot and I had no idea that they would update it to "You attended your Interview"

Mine still shows "We scheduled you for interview" even after I attended my interview on May 1. How long did it take the system to show that?

Did everyone get the same thing after they attended their interview? 

[Starkilla09 366]

12 minutes ago, AHG said:

Hey there, 

I was looking at your profile screenshot and I had no idea that they would update it to "You attended your Interview"

Mine still shows "We scheduled you for interview" even after I attended my interview on May 1. How long did it take the system to show that?

Did everyone get the same thing after they attended their interview? 

Yes, mine also showed that status the very next day after my I-751 was finally approved on May 15th even though I attended the I-751/N-400 interview since February 27th. The next day it the changed 3 times within very short intervals to "case submitted for quality review", "we approved your N-400", "we placed you in line for oath." The final update was the very next day saying oath ceremony notice has been mailed. Seattle office is pretty good at scheduling oaths so once they touch your N-400 everything will flow in place. Your N-400 will stay at "we scheduled your interview" until it is touched and adjudicated. That's how mine was since I last had my interview as well.

Edited May 23, 2019 by Starkilla09

[Starkilla09 366]

11 hours ago, Ck207 said:

YEs please. I will message you in the inbox. Also, what is your ETA on the case status now?

There's no ETA anymore it disappeared once N-400 went to post decision activity for quality review to be approved. Current status just says we scheduled you naturalization ceremony on my USCIS acocount. 

Edited May 23, 2019 by Starkilla09

[GermanG 31]

44 minutes ago, Starkilla09 said:

No, it hasn't regressed in any manner favorably. Matter of fact the backlog has been steady for the most part for many months now. Seattle office currently has 20,748 pending N-400 applications as of the most recent quarter of April 2019. This is roughly the same number they had around August 2018, so it makes sense as to why they have been steadily scheduling interviews after 13 to 14 months now since then. Other offices like Houston and Dallas have more than 40,000 pending, however; the difference is they're attacking it rigorously faster compared to Seattle field office taking 11-12 months on average. Based on your priority date of October 2018 chances are you'll be scheduled sometime in November this year or December unless things change vigorously which is very unlikely to happen.

Thank you so much Starkilla. Yes, I am expecting to receive the letter around December 2019.

But, again, if there is too much snow in the Seattle field office and if all the staff are off because of the holidays....more delayed! Up to this point, like Americans like to say, I kept the immigration issues "in the back burner" and continue with my life as if nothing bad were happening...

 

[AHG 5]

4 hours ago, Starkilla09 said:

Yes, mine also showed that status the very next day after my I-751 was finally approved on May 15th even though I attended the I-751/N-400 interview since February 27th. The next day it the changed 3 times within very short intervals to "case submitted for quality review", "we approved your N-400", "we placed you in line for oath." The final update was the very next day saying oath ceremony notice has been mailed. Seattle office is pretty good at scheduling oaths so once they touch your N-400 everything will flow in place. Your N-400 will stay at "we scheduled your interview" until it is touched and adjudicated. That's how mine was since I last had my interview as well.

Good info to know. 

Will keep that as a positive indication once the status changes. 

 

Thanks @Starkilla09

[Felicie 14]

Guys, do you know if they are scheduling for April 2018/May 2018 filers now? Which month are they working on....? I just want to have a good sense when my case will be touched. I applied on September 23 2018, Biometrics done 10/17/2018... 

[Ck207 35]

4 hours ago, Starkilla09 said:

There's no ETA anymore it disappeared once N-400 went to post decision activity for quality review to be approved. Current status just says we scheduled you naturalization ceremony on my USCIS acocount. 

That is so interested, mine said 4 months lol 

[oceanborn 33]

On 5/23/2019 at 2:39 PM, Felicie said:

Guys, do you know if they are scheduling for April 2018/May 2018 filers now? Which month are they working on....? I just want to have a good sense when my case will be touched. I applied on September 23 2018, Biometrics done 10/17/2018... 

I applied on April 17 2018 and I have not yet been scheduled, FYI.

[ACEbagel 2]

I filed on April 23 2018 and I am also yet to be scheduled for an interview. It seems to me that the 16 month time for completion listed on the USCIS website is the more accurate estimate. 

[jamira 3]

14 hours ago, ACEbagel said:

I filed on April 23 2018 and I am also yet to be scheduled for an interview. It seems to me that the 16 month time for completion listed on the USCIS website is the more accurate estimate. 

That's too bad. I was hoping to get interview schedule by next month but looks like it won't happen yet. 😕

filed May 2,2018.

Completion date was June 2019 now it says September 2019.

[Felicie 14]

Guys when you hear from them please let me know. I submitted 2 online inquiries for my i751 but they never got back to me. Its been 20 months. Now the N400 is taking forever Im not sure what to do at this point. Who should I contact to solve this problem? 

[oceanborn 33]

9 minutes ago, Felicie said:

Guys when you hear from them please let me know. I submitted 2 online inquiries for my i751 but they never got back to me. Its been 20 months. Now the N400 is taking forever Im not sure what to do at this point. Who should I contact to solve this problem? 

If you filed in September of 2018, there's nothing to do. I filed in April of 2018 and have yet to hear anything which is currently within their normal case processing times. Sit tight and wait patiently, it seems.