Houston N-400 Filers

[HOUNOV2017 7]

14 minutes ago, Jordandawg05 said:

We applied for N400 in January - wife did her bio metrics but no further action has been done...any advise? 

Hi Jordandawg05,

Can you please provide more details?

Are you and your wife applying for N400 or only your wife?

How did you and/ or your wife got the GC?

[Jordandawg05 13]

Just now, HOUNOV2017 said:

Hi Jordandawg05,

Can you please provide more details?

Are you and your wife applying for N400 or only your wife?

How did you and/ or your wife got the GC?

Its only for my wife - i am a USC.  

My wife obtain her Green Card through me with the 3 year time frame.  We got married in 2012 but just decided to apply for her citizenship Jan 18.

[HOUNOV2017 7]

To all N-400 applicants in Houston and who filed with Houston FO, Kindly build our own time line only specific to Houston FO.

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Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
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UserName........|GC-Type.|GC-Date.|..Sent..|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|IOE|...ECD...
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|MMM/YY...
TXfiler.........|Marriage|09/05/12|02/21/18|02/23/18|02/23/18|03/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Feb/20...
pipos18.........|........|10/27/12|01/18/18|01/25/18|01/24/18|02/15/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
Serpentine87....|........|02/07/15|12/09/17|12/14/17|12/14/17|01/03/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Dec/19...
OnlyTheBrave....|........|02/15/13|11/19/17|11/20/17|11/21/17|11/30/17|12/01/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
yoyomagic424....|........|01/31/13|11/11/17|11/17/17|11/17/17|12/04/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|NOV/2019.
Judgenot........|........|01/31/17|11/02/17|11/07/17|11/07/17|12/07/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|17 months
Sometime during (10/17/17-11/01/17), USCIS started scanning, and uploading N400 paper packets by ELIS with IOE receipts
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|MMM/YY...
Apmgc...........|EB1C....|01/12/13|10/16/17|10/19/17|10/27/17|11/17/17|12/11/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
bountyhunter....|........|10/06/14|07/08/17|07/13/17|07/12/17|08/08/17|09/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
renatavivi......|........|--/--/--|06/02/17|--/--/--|06/08/17|07/05/17|07/13/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|...|.........
Q_Sub...........|........|12/14/13|06/13/17|--/--/--|06/20/17|07/10/17|07/14/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|...|.........
Volaire-er......|........|06/19/14|04/01/17|--/--/--|04/07/17|05/02/17|05/19/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
evakitty........|........|03/07/14|04/17/17|04/25/17|04/28/17|05/19/17|05/26/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
LAURA...........|........|03/10/14|03/14/17|03/21/17|03/22/17|04/11/17|04/20/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
ny to la........|........|02/16/17|02/16/17|02/16/17|02/16/17|--/--/--|11/02/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|MMM/YY...

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USCIS Online Filing
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UserName........|GC-Type.|GC-Date.|..Sent..|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|IOE|...ECD...   
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|MMM/YY...
Louise2018......|........|05/13/13|03/04/18|03/04/18|03/04/18|03/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
silvermoon......|........|04/24/14|03/01/18|03/01/18|03/06/18|03/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Feb/20...
JAN0............|........|05/05/15|02/06/18|02/06/18|03/13/18|03/02/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|15 Months
murfie..........|........|08/27/08|02/05/18|02/05/18|02/05/18|03/01/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|23 months 
Bonhomme........|........|05/22/15|02/21/18|02/21/18|02/21/18|03/16/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Feb/20...
JordanDawg05....|Marriage|02/12/13|01/09/18|01/09/18|01/09/18|01/31/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
Asilarmani......|Marriage|--/--/--|12/02/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|01/04/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
BBhouston.......|........|02/06/13|11/07/17|11/07/17|11/07/17|11/15/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|16 months
TIMF79..........|Marriage|05/16/11|11/04/17|11/04/17|11/05/17|11/28/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Nov/19...
domwardbound....|........|08/31/14|09/06/17|09/06/17|09/06/17|09/29/17|--/--/--|12/28/17|01/31/18|03/14/18|IOE|.........
3 Applications..|EB1/ EB2|06/02/09|08/23/17|08/23/17|08/23/17|09/19/17|09/20/17|11/08/17|12/14/17|02/14/18|IOE|3 Different petitions filled in AUG and finished in FEB
SamBillz........|........|05/24/11|07/16/17|07/17/17|07/16/17|08/11/17|09/27/17|11/13/17|12/14/17|02/14/17|IOE|.........

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GC-Type: The type of your Green Card petition, EB1, EB2, NIW, EB3, EB4, EB5, Marriage, Relative

GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
Cashd: Date your check was cashed / credit card was charged by USCIS.
NOA: Receipt Notice Date Printed on your official I-797 notification.
Fprints: Date assigned for fingerprinting (Bio-metrics). If you do your biometrics via walk-in prior to your scheduled appointment, please enter the date in bold blue.
In Line: Date you received e-notification about the start of your interview scheduling.
Int Ltr: Date you received the official letter in the mail regarding interview.
Interview: Date of your interview.
Oath: Date Oath taken.

Field Office: Your local USCIS office where you will have the N-400 interview. You can determine your field office here.

NBC: National Benefits Center receipt number

IOE: ELIS (efile) or scanned and uploaded by ELIS receipt number

ECD: Estimated completion date as reported in USCIS website for your case

Edited March 26, 2018 by HOUNOV2017

[HOUNOV2017 7]

To all N-400 applicants in Houston and who filed with Houston FO, Kindly build our own time line only specific to Houston FO.

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Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
==================================
UserName........|GC-Type.|GC-Date.|..Sent..|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|IOE|...ECD...
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|MMM/YY...
TXfiler.........|Marriage|09/05/12|02/21/18|02/23/18|02/23/18|03/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Feb/20...
pipos18.........|........|10/27/12|01/18/18|01/25/18|01/24/18|02/15/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
Serpentine87....|........|02/07/15|12/09/17|12/14/17|12/14/17|01/03/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Dec/19...
OnlyTheBrave....|........|02/15/13|11/19/17|11/20/17|11/21/17|11/30/17|12/01/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|......... *Knew about "In Line of Interview" Date by infopass
yoyomagic424....|........|01/31/13|11/11/17|11/17/17|11/17/17|12/04/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|NOV/2019.
Judgenot........|........|01/31/17|11/02/17|11/07/17|11/07/17|12/07/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|17 months
Sometime during (10/17/17-11/01/17), USCIS started scanning, and uploading N400 paper packets by ELIS with IOE receipts
Apmgc...........|EB1C....|01/12/13|10/16/17|10/19/17|10/27/17|11/17/17|12/11/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
bountyhunter....|........|10/06/14|07/08/17|07/13/17|07/12/17|08/08/17|09/06/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
renatavivi......|........|--/--/--|06/02/17|--/--/--|06/08/17|07/05/17|07/13/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|...|.........
Q_Sub...........|........|12/14/13|06/13/17|--/--/--|06/20/17|07/10/17|07/14/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|...|.........
Volaire-er......|........|06/19/14|04/01/17|--/--/--|04/07/17|05/02/17|05/19/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
evakitty........|........|03/07/14|04/17/17|04/25/17|04/28/17|05/19/17|05/26/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
LAURA...........|........|03/10/14|03/14/17|03/21/17|03/22/17|04/11/17|04/20/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
ny to la........|........|02/16/17|02/16/17|02/16/17|02/16/17|--/--/--|11/02/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|.........
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|NBC|MMM/YY...

==================================
USCIS Online Filing
==================================
UserName........|GC-Type.|GC-Date.|..Sent..|..Cashd.|NOA.....|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|IOE|...ECD...   
VJ Username.....|........|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|MMM/YY...
Louise2018......|........|05/13/13|03/04/18|03/04/18|03/04/18|03/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
silvermoon......|........|04/24/14|03/01/18|03/01/18|03/06/18|03/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Feb/20...
JAN0............|........|05/05/15|02/06/18|02/06/18|03/13/18|03/02/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|15 Months
murfie..........|........|08/27/08|02/05/18|02/05/18|02/05/18|03/01/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|23 months 
Bonhomme........|........|05/22/15|02/21/18|02/21/18|02/21/18|03/16/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Feb/20...
JordanDawg05....|Marriage|02/12/13|01/09/18|01/09/18|01/09/18|01/31/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
Asilarmani......|Marriage|--/--/--|12/02/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|01/04/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|.........
BBhouston.......|........|02/06/13|11/07/17|11/07/17|11/07/17|11/15/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|16 months
TIMF79..........|Marriage|05/16/11|11/04/17|11/04/17|11/05/17|11/28/17|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|IOE|Nov/19...
................|EB2.....|        |10/01/17|        |10/02/17|10/24/17|--/--/--|12/27/17|01/31/18|03/14/18|IOE|......... 
domwardbound....|........|08/31/14|09/06/17|09/06/17|09/06/17|09/29/17|--/--/--|12/28/17|01/31/18|03/14/18|IOE|.........
3 Applications..|EB1/ EB2|06/02/09|08/23/17|08/23/17|08/23/17|09/19/17|09/20/17|11/08/17|12/14/17|02/14/18|IOE|3 Different petitions filled in AUG and finished in FEB
SamBillz........|........|05/24/11|07/16/17|07/17/17|07/16/17|08/11/17|09/27/17|11/13/17|12/14/17|02/14/17|IOE|.........

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N-400 Fields

GC-Type: The type of your Green Card petition, EB1, EB2, NIW, EB3, EB4, EB5, Marriage, Relative

GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
Cashd: Date your check was cashed / credit card was charged by USCIS.
NOA: Receipt Notice Date Printed on your official I-797 notification.
Fprints: Date assigned for fingerprinting (Bio-metrics). If you do your biometrics via walk-in prior to your scheduled appointment, please enter the date in bold blue.
In Line: Date you received e-notification about the start of your interview scheduling.
Int Ltr: Date you received the official letter in the mail regarding interview.
Interview: Date of your interview.
Oath: Date Oath taken.

Field Office: Your local USCIS office where you will have the N-400 interview. You can determine your field office here.

NBC: National Benefits Center receipt number

IOE: ELIS (efile) or scanned and uploaded by ELIS receipt number

ECD: Estimated completion date as reported in USCIS website for your case

Edited March 26, 2018 by HOUNOV2017

[HOUNOV2017 7]

Hello All, 
I wonder if you know about anybody who paper filed in Houston FO after Oct 17, 2017 with an IOE receipt number and already received an actual Interview Request notification.
Thanks.

[OnlyTheBrave 5]

1 hour ago, HOUNOV2017 said:

Hello All, 
I wonder if you know about anybody who paper filed in Houston FO after Oct 17, 2017 with an IOE receipt number and already received an actual Interview Request notification.
Thanks.

I’m a paper filer with an IOE and I got an approved expedite request. No news still. 

[HOUNOV2017 7]

Most of the credit for this post goes to @watashi

The following link is for OIG's report regarding N400 Automation. You should read it If you really care about deep level details for most of the N400 processing delays. 

 

Below are some of the notes I copied from the report:

 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL conducted this performance audit between December 2016 and April 2017.

The Computer Linked Application Information Management System (CLAIMS 4) was the primary system used to process naturalization applications until April 2016 when the agency deployed N-400 processing via the Electronic Information System (ELIS).

 

ELIS capabilities deployed did not include critical functionality necessary for end-to-end Form N-400 processing. ELIS repeatedly experienced outages and did not always perform as intended. Also, USCIS did not ensure field personnel were adequately trained to use the new system capabilities prior to deployment.

 

ELIS introduced naturalization processing inefficiencies as backlogs increased by more than 60 percent and processing times nearly doubled. Moreover, interviews and ceremonies for at least 10,000 naturalization applicants were canceled, and more than 200 individuals became citizens without proper background checks

 

Nearly 250,000 cases were entered into ELIS following its deployment for N-400 processing in April 2016. However, when ELIS was suspended from accepting new cases in August 2016, there were still more than 240,000 N-400 cases in ELIS that needed to be completed. At the conclusion of our fieldwork in April 2017, more than 50 percent (nearly 148,000) were still pending completion in ELIS — a full year after deployment of Form N-400 processing capability.

 

Following the April 13, 2016 “Go-Live” date, nearly 50 percent (19 of 35) of planned end-user tests from April 19, 2016, to December 22, 2016, were canceled due to time constraints. The extensive cancelations reduced opportunities for users to participate in the testing. OTC officials said that the tests were carried out by a select number of Immigration Services Officers, power users, and field office personnel, some of whom had also been involved with system requirements or development efforts. The tests completed were helpful in uncovering over 69 software defects.

 

Architectural complexity has been a long-standing issue with ELIS, dating back to the original ELIS deployment in 2012. In March 2012, as part of their oversight activities, the Office of Management and Budget and the DHS Office of the CIO raised significant concerns regarding ELIS’ architectural complexity, given that the first iteration of the system entailed integration with 29 different commercial-off-the-shelf software products. USCIS agreed that the ELIS system architecture was not scalable, sustainable, or flexible and did not meet departmental requirements. To address this problem, the Transformation Program began an effort in September 2012 to design and build a more modern ELIS architecture, initially known as ELIS 2 but now just called ELIS. Despite these efforts, ELIS’ design remains difficult to expand or maintain and developers have difficulties integrating new product lines, such as N-400 processing, into ELIS.

 

Given the widespread problems encountered in developing and deploying ELIS, USCIS has not yet fully realized the benefits expected from transforming its paper-based operations into an automated system. Despite its goals to increase efficiency, customer service, and security, evolving use of ELIS has resulted in additional workloads, more processing time, and greater security risks as new product lines are added and deployed. ELIS performance has not been the only difficulty encountered. As the Transformation Program has evolved to meet new priorities, ELIS costs have exponentially increased and scheduled system milestones have repeatedly been breached. USCIS recently undertook efforts to address these challenges; however, only time will tell whether these efforts will ultimately be effective in delivering needed ELIS capability and realizing intended benefits of transformation.

 

USCIS has not met its goal of ensuring operational efficiency and reducing backlogs in Form N-400 processing through the use of ELIS. Rather, we found that ELIS had slowed N-400 processing, resulting in the largest case backlog in more than 5 years. To illustrate, USCIS issued approximately 8,000 naturalization certificates through ELIS per month from April 2016 to April 2017. This volume was equivalent to the number of naturalization certificates issued through the legacy CLAIMS 4 in just 4 days.

personnel at the NBC said the time they required to prepare each case for an interview increased by 70 percent, from 63 days in CLAIMS 4 to 108 days in ELIS as of February 2017. Consequently, the number of cases prepared for interview each month dropped by more than 50 percent following the transition to ELIS in July 2016. According to our analysis of USCIS documentation, average processing time from application submission to applicant interview increased 100 percent, from 105 to 210 days.

The adverse impact of ELIS N-400 processing deployment was evident in recent agency-wide performance results, which indicated a precipitous drop in naturalization approvals and a spike in the number of pending cases. In April 2017, USCIS reported a backlog of 632,937 cases from the first quarter of FY 2017, an increase of roughly 60 percent from the first quarter of FY 2016.30 It should be noted that there was a 28 percent increase of N-400 receipts during this same time. By contrast, when using CLAIMS 4, the backlog only increased 2 percent from the first quarter of FY 2015 to the first quarter of FY 2016

 

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[CarlHamilton 252]

55 minutes ago, HOUNOV2017 said:

Most of the credit for this post goes to @watashi

The following link is for OIG's report regarding N400 Automation. You should read it If you really care about deep level details for most of the N400 processing delays. 

 

Below are some of the notes I copied from the report:

 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL conducted this performance audit between December 2016 and April 2017.

The Computer Linked Application Information Management System (CLAIMS 4) was the primary system used to process naturalization applications until April 2016 when the agency deployed N-400 processing via the Electronic Information System (ELIS).

 

ELIS capabilities deployed did not include critical functionality necessary for end-to-end Form N-400 processing. ELIS repeatedly experienced outages and did not always perform as intended. Also, USCIS did not ensure field personnel were adequately trained to use the new system capabilities prior to deployment.

 

ELIS introduced naturalization processing inefficiencies as backlogs increased by more than 60 percent and processing times nearly doubled. Moreover, interviews and ceremonies for at least 10,000 naturalization applicants were canceled, and more than 200 individuals became citizens without proper background checks

 

Nearly 250,000 cases were entered into ELIS following its deployment for N-400 processing in April 2016. However, when ELIS was suspended from accepting new cases in August 2016, there were still more than 240,000 N-400 cases in ELIS that needed to be completed. At the conclusion of our fieldwork in April 2017, more than 50 percent (nearly 148,000) were still pending completion in ELIS — a full year after deployment of Form N-400 processing capability.

 

Following the April 13, 2016 “Go-Live” date, nearly 50 percent (19 of 35) of planned end-user tests from April 19, 2016, to December 22, 2016, were canceled due to time constraints. The extensive cancelations reduced opportunities for users to participate in the testing. OTC officials said that the tests were carried out by a select number of Immigration Services Officers, power users, and field office personnel, some of whom had also been involved with system requirements or development efforts. The tests completed were helpful in uncovering over 69 software defects.

 

Architectural complexity has been a long-standing issue with ELIS, dating back to the original ELIS deployment in 2012. In March 2012, as part of their oversight activities, the Office of Management and Budget and the DHS Office of the CIO raised significant concerns regarding ELIS’ architectural complexity, given that the first iteration of the system entailed integration with 29 different commercial-off-the-shelf software products. USCIS agreed that the ELIS system architecture was not scalable, sustainable, or flexible and did not meet departmental requirements. To address this problem, the Transformation Program began an effort in September 2012 to design and build a more modern ELIS architecture, initially known as ELIS 2 but now just called ELIS. Despite these efforts, ELIS’ design remains difficult to expand or maintain and developers have difficulties integrating new product lines, such as N-400 processing, into ELIS.

 

Given the widespread problems encountered in developing and deploying ELIS, USCIS has not yet fully realized the benefits expected from transforming its paper-based operations into an automated system. Despite its goals to increase efficiency, customer service, and security, evolving use of ELIS has resulted in additional workloads, more processing time, and greater security risks as new product lines are added and deployed. ELIS performance has not been the only difficulty encountered. As the Transformation Program has evolved to meet new priorities, ELIS costs have exponentially increased and scheduled system milestones have repeatedly been breached. USCIS recently undertook efforts to address these challenges; however, only time will tell whether these efforts will ultimately be effective in delivering needed ELIS capability and realizing intended benefits of transformation.

 

USCIS has not met its goal of ensuring operational efficiency and reducing backlogs in Form N-400 processing through the use of ELIS. Rather, we found that ELIS had slowed N-400 processing, resulting in the largest case backlog in more than 5 years. To illustrate, USCIS issued approximately 8,000 naturalization certificates through ELIS per month from April 2016 to April 2017. This volume was equivalent to the number of naturalization certificates issued through the legacy CLAIMS 4 in just 4 days.

personnel at the NBC said the time they required to prepare each case for an interview increased by 70 percent, from 63 days in CLAIMS 4 to 108 days in ELIS as of February 2017. Consequently, the number of cases prepared for interview each month dropped by more than 50 percent following the transition to ELIS in July 2016. According to our analysis of USCIS documentation, average processing time from application submission to applicant interview increased 100 percent, from 105 to 210 days.

The adverse impact of ELIS N-400 processing deployment was evident in recent agency-wide performance results, which indicated a precipitous drop in naturalization approvals and a spike in the number of pending cases. In April 2017, USCIS reported a backlog of 632,937 cases from the first quarter of FY 2017, an increase of roughly 60 percent from the first quarter of FY 2016.30 It should be noted that there was a 28 percent increase of N-400 receipts during this same time. By contrast, when using CLAIMS 4, the backlog only increased 2 percent from the first quarter of FY 2015 to the first quarter of FY 2016

 

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This speaks to the period ending in April 2017.  A lot has changed since then, including the rollout of online applications. 

[watashi 24]

22 minutes ago, shomer said:

This speaks to the period ending in April 2017.  A lot has changed since then, including the rollout of online applications. 

Yes that is true. However, things don't get sorted out over night. A look at USCIS case backlog across major FOs shows a significant backlog buildup since late 2016, which is yet to reverse. This is - as the document explains - due to a combination of significantly higher application volumes occuring just as a major IT transformation was being (badly) put in place.

 

Every new application hits offices that are already backlogged. As a result, while procedural and operating concerns with the Transformation project (i.e. the new myaccount system as opposed to the original ELIS page) have gotten better, there's still a bunch of backlogged applications subject to re-scanning, re-checks, and other work, all of which takes away officers from the task of adjudicating newer pending applications. Therefore, applications filed online under the newest system might tend to benefit because it skips the workload imposed upon the accumulated backlog , due to the poorly handled process. 

 

This is all rather unfortunate for those who filed on paper in most of 2017, or filed online on the old ELIS system rather than the new one. These people are impacted by all manner of minor headaches that affect even something as basic as the ability to upload their supporting paper documentation into the system. 

 

Another curious thing is the new processing time range . Let's take my FO - Sacramento. Its range is 9.5-13 months. 50% of the applications are processed in 9.5 months, 93% in 13 months. So far so good - lines up with my original ECD of 11 months. Thinking of the range more, lets imagine there are 100 new cases submitted. 50 of them are done within 9.5 months. 43 more of them within another 4 months. This tells you that the FO is processing a backlog and tends to approximately start completing this batch of cases in about 5 months (9.5 minus (13-9.5)), assuming they spread out the work. 

 

Now look at another FO like Dallas. The 15.5 - 19.5 range suggests some folks will start seeing completions approximately 15.5 - (19.5-15.5) months out, i.e. in under a year from their PD . About 50% of cases should be done in between 11.5-15.5 months, probably with recent 'clean' IOE cases getting the best chance of doing so. 

[ny to la 7]

Some January 2017 filers reported interview scheduled notification on Trackitt.com.

[HOUNOV2017 7]

Thanks @watashi

I can confirm @watashi 's logic here.

If you take our Houston FO, it is currently reporting processing 50% of received cases within 15.5 months and another 43% in another 4 months (19.5 - 15.5). I have seen few online cases that got processed in 3-4 months period. These fast track cases are a proof that Houston FO can finish cases in 3-4 months period if it ignores the $35K last reported backlog of cases.

Stay tuned for the new updated time line.    

[HOUNOV2017 7]

To all N-400 applicants in Houston and who filed with Houston FO, Kindly build our own time line only specific to Houston FO.

 

Known Interview schedule for NBC paper receipts starting Dec 5th, 2016

PD2016- Interview Notice2018-Total wait

12/6 on 2/5 SINCE PD-426 days 
12/7 on 1/30 SINCE PD-419 days 
12/8 on 2/2 SINCE PD-422 days 
12/9 on 2/5 SINCE PD-424 days 
12/12 on 2/9 SINCE PD-425 days 
12/15 on 2/9. SINCE PD-428 days 
12/16 on 2/12 SINCE PD-424 days 
12/15 on 2/16 SINCE PD-428 days 
12/19 on 2/26 SINCE PD-434 days 
12/21 on 3/5 SINCE PD-439 days 
12/23 on 2/26 SINCE PD-430 days 
12/26 on 3/5 SINCE PD-434 days 
12/27 on 3/5 SINCE PD-433 days 
12/28 on 3/20 SINCE PD-447 days 
12/28 on 3/20 SINCE PD-447 days 
12/28 on 3/21 SINCE PD-446 days 
12/29 on 3/20 SINCE PD-446 days 
12/30 on 3/20 SINCE PD-445 days 

PD2017- Interview Notice2018-Total wait
01/3 on 3/27 SINCE PD - 448 days 
01/10 on 3/27 SINCE PD - 441 days 
01/11 on 3/27 SINCE PD – 440 days 
01/11 on 3/27 SINCE PD – 440 days 
01/12 on 3/27 SINCE PD - 439 days 

 

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GC-Type: The type of your Green Card petition, EB1, EB2, NIW, EB3, EB4, EB5, Marriage, Relative

GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
Cashd: Date your check was cashed / credit card was charged by USCIS.
NOA: Receipt Notice Date Printed on your official I-797 notification.
Fprints: Date assigned for fingerprinting (Bio-metrics). If you do your biometrics via walk-in prior to your scheduled appointment, please enter the date in bold blue.
In Line: Date you received e-notification about the start of your interview scheduling.
Int Ltr: Date you received the official letter in the mail regarding interview.
Interview: Date of your interview.
Oath: Date Oath taken.

Field Office: Your local USCIS office where you will have the N-400 interview. You can determine your field office here.

NBC: National Benefits Center receipt number

IOE: ELIS (efile) or scanned and uploaded by ELIS receipt number

ECD: Estimated completion date as reported in USCIS website for your case

Edited March 28, 2018 by HOUNOV2017

[Cheeseball 0]

Hi all,

My priority date is 12/08/2017 , NOA received on 12/12/2017 with an (paper filed) IOE receipt number at the Houston FO. Biometrics were done on 01/04/2018. I know there is still a long waiting time, but I still periodically check online for my status. I manually added my case number to my online account. Should I be concerned that there is no progress posted on the online status outside of saying that they received my application. I've heard people telling me not to worry about online statuses but it seems like most people at least get a notification for their fingerprint appointment/biometrics received notice.

 

I might just be overthinking this, but I did not want to take any chances with how long everything is already taking. Anyway good luck to all, I'm thankful for this community!

 

 

[HOUNOV2017 7]

1 hour ago, Cheeseball said:

Hi all,

My priority date is 12/08/2017 , NOA received on 12/12/2017 with an (paper filed) IOE receipt number at the Houston FO. Biometrics were done on 01/04/2018. I know there is still a long waiting time, but I still periodically check online for my status. I manually added my case number to my online account. Should I be concerned that there is no progress posted on the online status outside of saying that they received my application. I've heard people telling me not to worry about online statuses but it seems like most people at least get a notification for their fingerprint appointment/biometrics received notice.

 

I might just be overthinking this, but I did not want to take any chances with how long everything is already taking. Anyway good luck to all, I'm thankful for this community!

 

 

You are fine. The left screenshot is exactly what I have. This is normal. What is it saying under that in the "Case History" and the "Next Steps" sections.

The right screenshot is not updated about biometrics yet, but I would not worry about it. You can always call the 800 number and ask them if you think there is something wrong with your account.

Good Luck

[HOUNOV2017 7]

Hello All, Do you know of anybody from Jan or Feb 2017 fillers who received Interview requests?