N-400 Name change during interview

[rosegirl2002 0]

My interview was in 8th December 2022 for citizenship I'm still waiting for oath ceremony today I received reply from USICS that I requested name change so they are waiting for court to complete name change. Any one faced same situation? anyone know how long it will take to complete this process it has been more then 4 months I'm waiting for oath ceremony.  My field office is Montgomery Alabama. 

[Mike E 11,739]

45 minutes ago, rosegirl2002 said:

Any one faced same situation?

This is common for name changes

45 minutes ago, rosegirl2002 said:

 

anyone know how long it will take to complete this process it has been more then 4 months I'm waiting for oath ceremony.

Could take a year or more. We have 1000 federal judges trying cases for 350 million people. My wife’s oath  was in federal court and it required 4 hours of court room time. 

[randomstairs 303]

39 minutes ago, Mike E said:

This is common for name changes

Why don't folks naturalize first, and then go through the name change process? 

[Mike E 11,739]

10 minutes ago, randomstairs said:

Why don't folks naturalize first, and then go through the name change process? 

Because

 

1. they believe what USCIS posts on it’s web site

 

2. They do not ask us if USCIS is dissembling

 

3. After months of frustration then they ask us

 

 

[Scandi 4,166]

7 hours ago, randomstairs said:

Why don't folks naturalize first, and then go through the name change process? 

Because it's so simple, easy and for free when you do it during the N-400 process. At several field offices you don't need to wait any extra time for an oath ceremony when you have a name change, I personally only waited 4 business days (had interview on a Thursday, the field office's next oath was the following Tuesday). We are many who had name changes without having to go through a judicial ceremony, we just had a regular ceremony at the local field office and it took 10 minutes. 

Had I waited to have my name changed until afterwards, I would've had to go through court myself and pay for it, and I have no idea how long that process would've been. Instead, now USCIS did the work for me and for free. Super easy, super smooth, no extra work on my part other than filling out my new name on the form. 

EDIT, I looked up what a name change AFTER the naturalization would've been like for me:

"You pay a $435-$450 filing fee. If you can’t afford the fee, you can ask the court to waive it. The clerk will give you a date when a judge will make a decision.
A judge will make a decision in about 2 to 3 months after you complete a few more steps."

So, pretty much super expensive, more work AND would've taken A LOT longer than the 4 days I had to wait. 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Scandi