N-400 Seattle (Part 2)

[arnab221 29]

1 hour ago, A1982 said:

FYI, USCIS seems to have changed the way it is reporting processing times here. Until now, the processing times on this page were always a range. The lower bound of this range corresponded to the median and the upper bound corresponded to the 93rd percentile, as explained here. In other words, a range of 17-22 months would have meant that 50% of cases were completed within 17 months after filing, 93% of cases were completed within 22 months after filing, and that, even at 22 months post filing, 7% of cases were still to be processed. The page now appears to show a single number that corresponds to the 80th percentile. For Seattle, as of this morning, the number is 18.5 months, i.e. 80% of cases are completed within 18.5 months post filing (and, by corollary, even at 18.5 months post filing, 20% of cases still remain to be processed).

 

Separately, I also want to point out that, based on the (admittedly very limited) data points we have on this forum, here and on the tracker: 

• At least some people are beginning to receive their convocation ~15 months post filing + have their interview ~16-17 months post filing. 
• The trend in the Seattle office is positive. See columns N and O in the tracker (Days to interview notice and Days to interview respectively), and how (with a few exceptions) those numbers have been coming down over the last few lines that are highlighted in green. 

 

I felt that the earlier range was a better representation ( inaccuracy not withstanding) because it transparently exposed inefficiencies when it came to processing time windowed application blocks. They simply appear to have removed the lower value and have retained the upper value at 80%.  I am not sure what purpose this serves except for obfuscating the earlier exposed inefficiency. When it comes to Seattle , they have not done anything concrete on the ground to process more cases , the only way backlogs can be handled.  I do not see a reducing timeline either. Plotted on a chart the wait times would simply fluctuate long an axis averaging ~450 days with a few outliers at > 500 days. 


I however congratulate them for having finally graduated from extremely bad to very very bad. 

Edited May 10, 2022 by arnab221

[A1982 9]

Hi. FYI, per the tracker here, one couple having filed on March 26, 2021 have had their interview scheduled on June 14 (~15 months post filing), and per this other tracker here, one person (dodoncat), who filed on April 28, 2021, has had their interview scheduled on June 15 (~14 months post filing), albeit in Portland. 

 

Edited May 12, 2022 by A1982

[arnab221 29]

4 minutes ago, A1982 said:

Hi. FYI, per the tracker here, one couple having filed on March 26, 2021 have had their interview scheduled on June 14 (~15 months post filing), and per this other tracker here, one person (dodoncat), who filed on April 28, 2021, has had their interview scheduled on June 15 (~14 months post filing), albeit in Portland. 

 

IMHO , USCIS should simply provide interview a graph of filing and interview times for people by field office ( like we track) and let people come to their conclusions as opposed providing these grand and irrelevant statistical calculations. 

[A1982 9]

21 hours ago, A1982 said:

Hi. FYI, per the tracker here, one couple having filed on March 26, 2021 have had their interview scheduled on June 14 (~15 months post filing), and per this other tracker here, one person (dodoncat), who filed on April 28, 2021, has had their interview scheduled on June 15 (~14 months post filing), albeit in Portland. 

 

Looks like they're accelerating indeed. We just got our interview convocations too. Applied in April 2021. Interview in June 2022. 14 months post filing.  Seattle office.

[A1982 9]

Does anyone here have recent (say, last 3 months or so) experience with an afternoon interview at the Seattle office? Specifically: are they doing same-day oaths for afternoon interviews? And if not, roughly how long after the interview are oath ceremonies being offered in such cases? 

[PedroDaGr8 245]

23 hours ago, A1982 said:

Hi. FYI, per the tracker here, one couple having filed on March 26, 2021 have had their interview scheduled on June 14 (~15 months post filing), and per this other tracker here, one person (dodoncat), who filed on April 28, 2021, has had their interview scheduled on June 15 (~14 months post filing), albeit in Portland. 

 

2 hours ago, A1982 said:

Looks like they're accelerating indeed. We just got our interview convocations too. Applied in April 2021. Interview in June 2022. 14 months post filing.  Seattle office.

Wow, this is great news! It actually looks like a couple people from late April have gotten their interview notices. It does indeed look like things are starting to pick up. Hopefully, this bodes well for the rest of us. 

Edited May 13, 2022 by PedroDaGr8

[arnab221 29]

5 hours ago, A1982 said:

Looks like they're accelerating indeed. We just got our interview convocations too. Applied in April 2021. Interview in June 2022. 14 months post filing.  Seattle office.

Firstly , Many Congratulations !! You folks are nearly there . 

They have a self imposed target of around 1.5 years( Oct-2023 / End of FY 23)  to get cycle times down to 6 months. They would need to incrementally reduce the timelines between now and Oct 23 if they are to meet this target. I hope rate of reduction accelerates between now and then . 

[KD1 1]

Just got my interview appointment! Applied in Dec 2020 (fulfiled the 5 years as permanent resident requirement, not the 3 year spouse one. I have to say that in my case, the estimated time provided by USCIS for interview appointment was bang accurate. The estimated wait time systematically reduced day by day to 0 days and next day I have my itnerview appointment. Good luck to me on the interview and good luck to all you folks.

[A1982 9]

On 5/13/2022 at 8:54 AM, A1982 said:

Does anyone here have recent (say, last 3 months or so) experience with an afternoon interview at the Seattle office? Specifically: are they doing same-day oaths for afternoon interviews? And if not, roughly how long after the interview are oath ceremonies being offered in such cases? 

Hi all - raising this for visibility once more. We both have afternoon appointments and are therefore interested in hearing others' experience on the likelihood of a same-day oath in such cases. Thanks!

[Hamilton 511]

Anyone else here who filed in 2022 and is settling in for a long long wait? Jan 22 filer here 🤠

[Ahava 23]

2 hours ago, A1982 said:

Hi all - raising this for visibility once more. We both have afternoon appointments and are therefore interested in hearing others' experience on the likelihood of a same-day oath in such cases. Thanks!

Seattle's office offer the same day oath in the morning and the afternoon.

[arnab221 29]

44 minutes ago, Hamilton said:

Anyone else here who filed in 2022 and is settling in for a long long wait? Jan 22 filer here 🤠

I am Jan 10th 2022. Shows 10 months for me now ( 5 year filer) . 😪😪

[arnab221 29]

On 5/13/2022 at 11:57 PM, KD1 said:

Just got my interview appointment! Applied in Dec 2020 (fulfiled the 5 years as permanent resident requirement, not the 3 year spouse one. I have to say that in my case, the estimated time provided by USCIS for interview appointment was bang accurate. The estimated wait time systematically reduced day by day to 0 days and next day I have my itnerview appointment. Good luck to me on the interview and good luck to all you folks.

But the time shown is not the interview time , its time to a final case decision. So if the final design is 10 months away(this is my clock ) , then interview notification must be 8 months away ? 

[KD1 1]

3 minutes ago, arnab221 said:

But the time shown is not the interview time , its time to a final case decision. So if the final design is 10 months away(this is my clock ) , then interview notification must be 8 months away ? 

 

Maybe it will change and be faster now like people are saying. (if they are taking efforts to reduce backlog). In my case that 10 months or whatever kept reducing month over month and then it showed in x days when it was less than a month. Then it was 1 day until case decision and 2 days after that I got the interview notification. I believe they make the case decision during the interview? I am not sure..

[A1982 9]

 

On 5/16/2022 at 12:08 PM, Ahava said:

Seattle's office offer the same day oath in the morning and the afternoon.

Thank you. Could I please ask how you know this? Do you have first-hand experience of afternoon interviews in Seattle being offered a same-day oath in the last 3 months or so? Not trying to be cheeky, just probing so I can raise my confidence level about a same-day oath (and plan for travel + passport appointments accordingly).