N400 Seattle (merged)

[Tara86 0]

1 minute ago, Ck207 said:

Go to your online account and print out a new one. 

mine was paper based and i don't have "document" option in my account :(

[Starkilla09 366]

5 hours ago, Tara86 said:

mine was paper based and i don't have "document" option in my account :(

Call and talk to a level 2 USCIS officer and see if they can fax you your interview letter. Alternatively if you’re lucky you can request an infopass appointment so you can visit your Seattle USCIS field office in person before the date and get a letter as well.

[QwertyUK 2]

I’ve never posted here but I checked back frequently during my journey, so I wanted to post to give back and maybe help someone else looking for information.

 

I got my citizenship yesterday (10/10/18) in the Tukwila office. I applied in July 2017 based on the 3 year marriage eligibility. I did my biometrics in August 2017. My appointment was at 10:50am, and I took the oath at 2:30pm that day. 

 

The interview was very straightforward and they didn’t ask to see any of my documentation aside from my greencard (because you have to surrender it) and my ID. The officer was friendly and personable.

 

They were having computer issues which I think caused a lot of delay, I waited about 1.5 - 2 hours to be called in and almost couldn’t be processed because their system went down, but it worked out in the end.

 

Good luck to everyone, and maybe bring a book while you wait because I had no cell service in the waiting area!

 

[amisa 19]

2 minutes ago, QwertyUK said:

I’ve never posted here but I checked back frequently during my journey, so I wanted to post to give back and maybe help someone else looking for information.

 

I got my citizenship yesterday (10/10/18) in the Tukwila office. I applied in July 2017 based on the 3 year marriage eligibility. I did my biometrics in August 2017. My appointment was at 10:50am, and I took the oath at 2:30pm that day. 

 

The interview was very straightforward and they didn’t ask to see any of my documentation aside from my greencard (because you have to surrender it) and my ID. The officer was friendly and personable.

 

They were having computer issues which I think caused a lot of delay, I waited about 1.5 - 2 hours to be called in and almost couldn’t be processed because their system went down, but it worked out in the end.

 

Good luck to everyone, and maybe bring a book while you wait because I had no cell service in the waiting area!

 

Congrats! Just to double check, did you have your interview yesterday or Oath Ceremony?

 

Thanks,

[QwertyUK 2]

1 minute ago, amisa said:

Congrats! Just to double check, did you have your interview yesterday or Oath Ceremony?

 

Thanks,

Thanks! I had both the interview and the oath ceremony yesterday. The interview was at 10:50am and the oath at 2:30pm, both on 10/10

[amisa 19]

29 minutes ago, QwertyUK said:

Thanks! I had both the interview and the oath ceremony yesterday. The interview was at 10:50am and the oath at 2:30pm, both on 10/10

great! thanks for the update. enjoy your new status.

[VenomousSwan 21]

Hey, guys!

I had my interview and my oath ceremony today. It went really well, and everyone was very kind.

 

The only awkward thing was watching a video during the ceremony starring the Great Orange Jerk (also a music video of the lame song they play at his rallies). Besides that, it was short and sweet. The keynote speaker was really cool, and stressed that we are not second class citizens and how hard our journey was to get to this point. 

 

So, yeah, the Seattle office is really great even though it’s painfully backlogged. 

 

Hang in there, you will make it. ❤️

[CLWA 19]

I just noticed that this topic existed. I'm a January 2018 filer and I also have my I-751 pending since Sept 2016.

 

From what I read, they are approving August 2017 filers? Maybe they got to September filers already?

[nit407 11]

5 hours ago, VenomousSwan said:

Hey, guys!

I had my interview and my oath ceremony today. It went really well, and everyone was very kind.

 

The only awkward thing was watching a video during the ceremony starring the Great Orange Jerk (also a music video of the lame song they play at his rallies). Besides that, it was short and sweet. The keynote speaker was really cool, and stressed that we are not second class citizens and how hard our journey was to get to this point. 

 

So, yeah, the Seattle office is really great even though it’s painfully backlogged. 

 

Hang in there, you will make it. ❤️

What time was your ceremony? @GreatDane and I were in the same ceremony today at 2:30. 

 

CONGRATULATIONS all of Seattle folks who have/are getting through. Now don't forget to vote; apply for passport, enhanced drivers licenceb ssn updates; workplace updates etc...

 

#paperworkneverends 

 

To me the best part was when the officer referred to President Obama's quote instead of you know whose...🤣🤣🤣

[Starkilla09 366]

A little good news fellas! It appears Seattle is picking up some steam. I’ve been following some other filers on trackitt and one September 25th 2017 as well as an October 5th 2017 filer just recently had interviews scheduled for November 5th 2018 and November 9th 2018 respectively. Below is the current quarterly results for Seattle field office naturalization. Still waiting for 3rd quarter to get published. Hopefully this keeps up so we all get interviews soon. 
 

Received Approved Denied Pending 
2018 Q2: 4,750 2,187 195 18,464 
2018 Q1: 3,813 2,829 191 16,053 
2017 Q4: 3,878 3,061 219 15,144 
2017 Q3: 4,711 2,443 282 13,501 
2017 Q2: 6,072 3,822 223 12,480 
2017 Q1: 4,680 2,615 173 10,197 
2016 Q4: 4,142 2,901 350 8,230 
2016 Q3: 4,484 4,079 354 7,737 
2016 Q2: 4,611 6,706 345 7,687 
2016 Q1: 3,562 3,951 425 9,989 
2015 Q4: 3,746 3,774 382 10,644 
2015 Q3: 3,963 2,933 292 10,961 
2015 Q2: 3,836 2,610 315 10,213 
2015 Q1: 3,151 1,741 215 9,327

[VenomousSwan 21]

8 hours ago, nit407 said:

What time was your ceremony? @GreatDane and I were in the same ceremony today at 2:30. 

 

CONGRATULATIONS all of Seattle folks who have/are getting through. Now don't forget to vote; apply for passport, enhanced drivers licenceb ssn updates; workplace updates etc...

 

#paperworkneverends 

 

To me the best part was when the officer referred to President Obama's quote instead of you know whose...🤣🤣🤣

At was at the same ceremony! I was second to last (or maybe last) called. 

 

I loved that she quoted Obama instead of Trump - it made me feel better about the ceremony. 🙂

[AustinCanada 681]

20 hours ago, QwertyUK said:

I’ve never posted here but I checked back frequently during my journey, so I wanted to post to give back and maybe help someone else looking for information.

 

I got my citizenship yesterday (10/10/18) in the Tukwila office. I applied in July 2017 based on the 3 year marriage eligibility. I did my biometrics in August 2017. My appointment was at 10:50am, and I took the oath at 2:30pm that day. 

 

The interview was very straightforward and they didn’t ask to see any of my documentation aside from my greencard (because you have to surrender it) and my ID. The officer was friendly and personable.

 

They were having computer issues which I think caused a lot of delay, I waited about 1.5 - 2 hours to be called in and almost couldn’t be processed because their system went down, but it worked out in the end.

 

Good luck to everyone, and maybe bring a book while you wait because I had no cell service in the waiting area!

Congrats!     I have my interview on Oct 22, but my appointment time is 2:15pm!    I'm not sure if I can attend an oath ceremony unless my officer finishes my interview in 15 minutes!  

 

18 hours ago, VenomousSwan said:

Hey, guys!

I had my interview and my oath ceremony today. It went really well, and everyone was very kind.

 

The only awkward thing was watching a video during the ceremony starring the Great Orange Jerk (also a music video of the lame song they play at his rallies). Besides that, it was short and sweet. The keynote speaker was really cool, and stressed that we are not second class citizens and how hard our journey was to get to this point. 

 

So, yeah, the Seattle office is really great even though it’s painfully backlogged. 

 

Hang in there, you will make it. ❤️

Congrats!   You mean I'll need to watch a video by Mr. T!!??  😱😱😱

 

13 hours ago, nit407 said:

What time was your ceremony? @GreatDane and I were in the same ceremony today at 2:30. 

 

CONGRATULATIONS all of Seattle folks who have/are getting through. Now don't forget to vote; apply for passport, enhanced drivers licenceb ssn updates; workplace updates etc...

 

#paperworkneverends 

 

To me the best part was when the officer referred to President Obama's quote instead of you know whose...🤣🤣🤣

Congrats! 👍   I hope I have the same officer when I have my interview on Oct 22!  

Edited October 12, 2018 by AustinCanada

[nit407 11]

3 minutes ago, AustinCanada said:

Congrats!     I have my interview on Oct 22, but my appointment time is 2:15pm!    I'm not sure if I can attend an oath ceremony unless my officer finishes my interview in 15 minutes!  

 

Congrats!   You mean I'll need to watch a video by Mr. T!!??  😱😱😱

 

Congrats! 👍   I hope I have the same officer when I have my interview on Oct 22!  

Thanks guys. From what we saw yesterday, if your appointment is at 2:15, it might be tricky to get the same day appointment. The ceremony was to start at 2:30, for which they'd bring the carts out at 2:15 (so we were told). But they did not bring the carts out until 2:45ish and the ceremony didn't start until 3. Keeping fingers crossed for you.

 

I do feel bad for a couple of folks who were there for interviews. Their interviews had to be rescheduled at the last min. Systems had not been updated. They were told, they'd get a notification for when the new interviews would be later on. 😥

[QwertyUK 2]

22 minutes ago, AustinCanada said:

Congrats!     I have my interview on Oct 22, but my appointment time is 2:15pm!    I'm not sure if I can attend an oath ceremony unless my officer finishes my interview in 15 minutes!  

 

Congrats!   You mean I'll need to watch a video by Mr. T!!??  😱😱😱

 

Congrats! 👍   I hope I have the same officer when I have my interview on Oct 22!  

Yeah probably not likely to get same day, but they do at least 2 oaths a day Mon-Thurs as far as I can tell so I don’t think you’ll be waiting too long. My actual interview only took about 5 minutes, but I sat in there with the officer chatting for 40 minutes while she tried to get her computer to work! So maybe you’ll have some luck there 🙂

 

One thing I did which helped speed things up was print an addendum (for part 9.3 on the form) with the 2 trips id taken since my application was sent. She just added it to the file instead of having to hand write all the information out, so that saved some time. 

 

Good luck, I hope everything goes smoothly for you!

Edited October 12, 2018 by QwertyUK

[AustinCanada 681]

22 minutes ago, nit407 said:

Thanks guys. From what we saw yesterday, if your appointment is at 2:15, it might be tricky to get the same day appointment. The ceremony was to start at 2:30, for which they'd bring the carts out at 2:15 (so we were told). But they did not bring the carts out until 2:45ish and the ceremony didn't start until 3. Keeping fingers crossed for you.

 

I do feel bad for a couple of folks who were there for interviews. Their interviews had to be rescheduled at the last min. Systems had not been updated. They were told, they'd get a notification for when the new interviews would be later on. 😥

Oh, so I may have more than 15 minutes (in fact 45 minutes) for my visa officer to interview me in order to have the same day ceremony (unless the system goes down again)!  

 

8 minutes ago, QwertyUK said:

Yeah probably not likely to get same day, but they do at least 2 oaths a day Mon-Thurs as far as I can tell so I don’t think you’ll be waiting too long. My actual interview only took about 5 minutes, but I sat in there with the officer chatting for 40 minutes while she tried to get her computer to work! So maybe you’ll have some luck there 🙂

 

One thing I did which helped speed things up was print an addendum (for part 9.3 on the form) with the 2 trips id taken since my application was sent. She just added it to the file instead of having to hand write all the information out, so that saved some time. 

 

Good luck, I hope everything goes smoothly for you!

Great time saving tip!      I'll fill out the Part 9.3 on the N-400 application since I've traveled outside of the country about 5 times!