N400s Filed at Manhattan (NYC) Field Office

[N400NYC 380]

On 11/13/2019 at 1:41 AM, nyj215 said:

Hi, based on mine at Federal Plaza (the ones in the District Court are different):

• went to 3rd floor, held in a large waiting room while the security officers organized an orderly process to filter into the actual ceremony room
• once in the ceremony room, lined up to have a very brief interview with an officer to hand in the N445 and go through your answers quickly.  There were 4-5 officers doing this process
• shown to a seat where you found a flag, letter from President and information from USCIS about being a citizen
• ceremony started about on time: speeches from senior Field Office personnel; stand up (and stay standing) when your original country of citizenship is called, national anthem, swearing oath and some festivities
• handed your Naturalization certificate while in the row you were seated in (USCIS was really organized about this)
• on the way out of the room, a bunch of people were waiting to do voter registration - 2 minute process with forms filled in on the spot

I had separately completed my passport applications ahead of time and had an appointment at the Post Office an hour or so later to apply for the passport.  I did expedited and got the passport in about a week.  If you plan to do something like this, go to the FedEx store near Federal Plaza where you can make a photocopy of the Naturalization certificate, which is necessary for the passport application (both the original and a copy are needed).

 

Good luck and enjoy it.

I went looking for this summary! Very helpful. Thanks!

[nyj215 103]

20 hours ago, N400NYC said:

I went looking for this summary! Very helpful. Thanks!

Glad it was helpful... so excited for you almost being there!!

[Gijo12 14]

On 1/30/2020 at 12:59 PM, vic2016 said:

Congratulations!!!! 

I'm a Manhattan filler, July 2019, still no movement...  estimated completion time is june 2020... trying to wait patiently

Hi Vic2016 - have you received any update? I have a similar timeline as you and I have not update so far and estimated completion time moved forward to July 2020

[vic2016 11]

28 minutes ago, Gijo12 said:

Hi Vic2016 - have you received any update? I have a similar timeline as you and I have not update so far and estimated completion time moved forward to July 2020

Now that you mention, my ECT moved to July 2020 as well... I just checked... I guess we need to have patience, patience and more patience... 

Hopefully we can hear some good news in the next 2 moths based on everybody's else experience...

[N400NYC 380]

1 hour ago, vic2016 said:

Now that you mention, my ECT moved to July 2020 as well... I just checked... I guess we need to have patience, patience and more patience... 

Hopefully we can hear some good news in the next 2 moths based on everybody's else experience...

Based on recent reports for people from Manhattan who filed N400, it's now about 9-10 months from application to interview. A year ago it was 11-12 months so things have improved a bit.

 

So if you filed in July, it's reasonable to expect an interview around April-May (9-10 months). And the notice is sent out about 5 weeks before the actual interview date. 

[Thegirl 225]

On 2/25/2020 at 6:42 PM, N400NYC said:

Was it ever clarified to where they transferred your case?

I sent a message through my account. The response says my case is in the Queens office... So I guess that's where it got transferred to. 

[vic2016 11]

50 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

Based on recent reports for people from Manhattan who filed N400, it's now about 9-10 months from application to interview. A year ago it was 11-12 months so things have improved a bit.

 

So if you filed in July, it's reasonable to expect an interview around April-May (9-10 months). And the notice is sent out about 5 weeks before the actual interview date. 

ohh i hope so then !! that's great !! fingers crossed!! hopefully we can all see the light at the end of the tunnel as soon as possible!!

[N400NYC 380]

3 hours ago, Thegirl said:

I sent a message through my account. The response says my case is in the Queens office... So I guess that's where it got transferred to. 

Good that they clarified that! What's bizarre is that the three field offices (New York, Brooklyn, Queens) are all in the same building in Manhattan!

[Thegirl 225]

12 hours ago, N400NYC said:

Good that they clarified that! What's bizarre is that the three field offices (New York, Brooklyn, Queens) are all in the same building in Manhattan!

Yep and now my interview is scheduled... Almost want to believe the inquiry triggered it but I know better lol. 

[N400NYC 380]

1 hour ago, Thegirl said:

Yep and now my interview is scheduled... Almost want to believe the inquiry triggered it but I know better lol. 

Great! Maybe it did? I think sometimes these little interventions make a difference. 

[vic2016 11]

18 hours ago, N400NYC said:

Based on recent reports for people from Manhattan who filed N400, it's now about 9-10 months from application to interview. A year ago it was 11-12 months so things have improved a bit.

 

So if you filed in July, it's reasonable to expect an interview around April-May (9-10 months). And the notice is sent out about 5 weeks before the actual interview date. 

omg you were so right !! I just checked today and my status changed to " interview was scheduled" !! so happy !!

[N400NYC 380]

44 minutes ago, vic2016 said:

omg you were so right !! I just checked today and my status changed to " interview was scheduled" !! so happy !!

haha good - I've been tracking this stuff for a year and the situation is better now!

[Yaadman20 19]

I’m so happy for all of you but all it’s telling me is this is a massively long wait. I’ll be happy when I start seeing people getting interviews in December and January.

 

@Thegirl Did you file in Queens originally or they just transferred yours to Queens? Looks like it took about 7 months for you to get interview notice which isn’t bad.

[vic2016 11]

1 hour ago, N400NYC said:

haha good - I've been tracking this stuff for a year and the situation is better now!

Yes, i basically received the notification in under 9 months... not bad at all.

On my uscis website, it still says case pending. ECT july... nothing changed. Also i did not receive any email or text notifications.... 

[Gijo12 14]

7 minutes ago, vic2016 said:

Yes, i basically received the notification in under 9 months... not bad at all.

On my uscis website, it still says case pending. ECT july... nothing changed. Also i did not receive any email or text notifications.... 

oh nice!!! happy for you.. Hope i can the update soon too.