Length of Fairfax, VA Oath Ceremony (Split)

[May Tee 0]

how long do you have to wait from oath will be scheduled to schedule and ceremony?

On 3/11/2022 at 12:32 PM, JeanneAdil said:

Large group of people to naturalize too?

they start by checking the form u have to take to interview (quesitons that u have answered and need to sign in front of the USCIS officer) one person at a time

so, this takes time to go thru each one individually 

then ,  there can be speakers who welcome the group as citizens (DAR,  and other community groups and/or mayor or senator) a lot of this depends on the new regulations since covid but expect at least one speaker

and then announce any name changes that were approved thru the petition for naturalization

then,  the judge or USCIS officer will administer the oath to the group

 

then,  hand out individual certificates to people and allow for  selfies with the officer

 

if they are having a morning and afternoon session ,  it will be done in time to allow the afternoon session to begin

 

[CMJuilland 485]

The wait from interview to oath depends. Some field offices do same day oaths; Fairfax does not. When I became a citizen, I received an oath date right after my interview, and the date was about 10 days or so later. However, it was also during COVID when they did naturalization ceremonies every 30 minutes with no guests allowed, so it may have changed now. 

All you can do is check the records here on VJ for people who have recently taken the oath at the Fairfax office, try to extrapolate from there, and wait until you get scheduled… 

Best of luck!