N-400 NOVEMBER 2018 FILERS

[beejerson805 6]

Good afternoon everyone,

 

I was looking at my online account and it shows completion November 2019 ( 2 Months), when you scroll down it shows 31 Days.  Would I be right in assuming that the interview will take place around the 31 day mark and the oath ceremony will take place within the 2 month window?

[Longrangeshootr 20]

I have been following this thread, as of today my wife had a combo I-751, N-400 in Houston. She was approved on the spot, the officer said her 10 year green card and oath ceremony letter will be mailed. Good luck to everyone still waiting!

[mir_o 0]

November filer from Santa Ana.

 

For good news, skip to the bottom!

 

Relevant filing history:

 

Filed 11/05/2018

Biometrics scheduled for 11/23/2018, did a walk in on 11/15/2018.

Estimated case completion time was initially a total of 9 months (Aug. 2019). In May, it jumped up to a total of 12 mo. (so case completion was updated to Nov. 2019).. as I suppose most others' did too (to either Nov. or Dec. 2019).

 

I kept calling USCIS and sending them emails, getting back useless robot answers (I had trouble downloading my documents from the website too). So no help from the IT, or useful info from the other staff.

 

Then I wrote them and requested my file to be moved to San Bernardino (yes you can do that.. at that time SB's wait time was 3.5 months. But it's too late for November filers anyway!) After that, I got a reply saying:
"After careful review of your inquiry, we determined that your issue will be best addressed by the USCIS office processing your case; therefore, we are forwarding your inquiry to the Santa Ana Field Office. The referral ID for this inquiry is WKD**********SAA. The Santa Ana Field Office will contact you concerning your case once they have reviewed your inquiry."

Well, of course Santa Ana office never reached out to me. And that reference number was useless since there is NO WAY to reach Santa Ana office directly for an inquiry; you have to follow up through USCIS itself... and turns out neither phone operators nor email repliers at USCIS have proper access to look up "WKD" references. (Isn't it genius?)

 

To add to the confusion, after receiving that letter, my "Estimated case completion time" went down to Sep. 2019, and "Estimated wait time" went down to just a few days, while it was still July! It did not make any sense, and no one bothered to explain how or why it happened, or whether it had anything to do with my request. The countdown soon went down to 1 day and then the infamous "We are taking longer than expected to process your case. You do not need to do anything at this time." message was shown.

 

However, one of the replies to my many inquiry emails that followed that fluster cork, contained the robot bit: "Your application information has been entered into the system which schedules applicants for interviews at their local Field Office. Interview appointments are scheduled as slots become available at the Field Office." I later followed up on that info over the phone and learned that my case has been sitting in that queue since 4/15/2019.

With that in mind, taking biometrics date as the reference date, and based on definitely-not-enough-data-points for a solid prediction (and also against the published processing times.. which are always lagging about 10 weeks), I made a very loose and optimistic estimate of expecting my interview letter notice on Sep. 12th, plus/minus 3 days.

 

Today at 5:03 am, I got the email saying "We have taken an action on your case and it needs your attention" :)

September 9, 2019 We scheduled your interview

The letter itself hasn't yet appeared online, but I'm assuming the interview will most likely be in 5 weeks.

 

So to the rest of you weary Santa Ana November filers: it is coming any day now! woot woot!

 

Now off to overthinking and stressing over my interview (as I took a series of 4~5 month trips a couple of years ago). Anyone knows of any recent similar/relevant cases? Feel free to scare the hell out of me :D

 

-M

 

[beejerson805 6]

I got my interview letter today uploaded to the "myaccount" on the USCIS website.  My interview is scheduled for 10/26 which is a Saturday.  I wasn't aware they were open on a Saturday, has anyone else had a Saturday appointment?

[redleg627 15]

My wife and I have reached the light at the end of this tunnel. She had her oath swear in today in Olympia, WA. Our local field office (Portland, OR)  sworn in 540 Washington State citizens from 48 countries. It was a great moment for us. Glad to be done with papers.

 

Monday we are off to get passports. Have patience my friends. I know this wheel is slow, but it does move. It was 1757 days from the day we submitted our very first packet to USCIS to now.

[NewKid 20]

UPDATE: 

 

We moved to Boston from Los Angeles in September. My n400 interview is this coming monday the 7th of October 2019 in Boston. Once I did the change of address I got a interview notification within ( and im not kidding) 30 seconds. just crazy that we waited almost a year in LA without a word and 30 seconds of living in MA and we have a scheduled interview date. And now just the weekend to go before the final hurdle 

[Kris&Dina 0]

Hello Guys, 

 

I am a Manhattan  November  6th 2018 filler. I had my interview yesterday (October 8th) at 26 federal plaza at 11:50 am. The experience was really great. I was interviewed by the same officer who interviewed my husband and I three years ago for the first green card. She was lovely, we joke a lot and she even remembered our dog's name. After we did the civic test, that I passed with flying colors, she asked me if I wanted to become a citizen on the same day (of course I said yes). She schedule me for a same day oath ceremony (I heard of them, but I wasn't expecting that to happen  ). I had oath and became a citizen by 2:30 Pm. I am sooo glad to be done with this process. good luck to you all!

 

[beejerson805 6]

Hi everyone,

 

I had my interview scheduled for 10/26/2019, however on the morning on 10/25/2019 I got a call and email from my USCIS field office to advise me that my physical file hadn't arrived at their office and they would need to de-schedule my interview and re-schedule it.  Has anyone experienced this?