N-400 February 2024 Filers

[Duggu 60]

47 minutes ago, crm2822 said:

Ok thank you for sharing information. So it means field office pick the cases and schedules the interviews themselves versus NBC sending the cases to them and scheduling? Like pull vs push?

Could be. Not sure. 

[Duggu 60]

17 minutes ago, Laure&Colin said:

Your oath ceremony sounds a bit like mine was. Quick and to-the-point but not very ceremonial.

 

I would say San Jose CA had the most ceremonial, Based on my spouse's oath ceremony. It was in Parking lot of the office and kind of drive through.  They come take your GC first from car itself and give naturalization certificate in car only. You only step out for taking oath under a costco tent with 30 people standing at an inch distance.  No place to take photo. No speech nothing... nada. Whole thing done in 15 mins. 

[Woodpecker07 52]

1 hour ago, Laure&Colin said:

Congrats to @AndrewSeattle and @ctrlplm for becoming citizens! 🥳

@ctrlplm any news for your spouse's case?

 

Also hoping to hear good news soon from @Woodpecker07 who has their interview today!

 

@Duggu yay, the wait for an update is over! I think for everyone out there still waiting, there's no reason to worry when you're still within the estimated timeline. Yes it's frustrating to see people who applied later get their interviews earlier than you for no obvious reason but.... the USCIS works in mysterious ways. Trust that most applications get processed without mistakes eventually.

 

 

User Name                 Date applied       Interview date         Oath date

🇺🇸 Lanzoni                   01/29/24       -     04/04/24 ✅          05/08/24 ✅

Sahar1122                    01/30/24       -     05/15/24 ✅           06/21/24             

🇺🇸 Laure&Colin          02/01/24       -     05/14/24 ✅           Same-day oath✅       

Youssuf                        02/01/24

Chelleyandaaron     02/01/24       -      06/04/24

Winbig                          02/01/24       -      05/08/24 ✅          06/03/24

USAUAinCZ                02/02/24

thedtayl                        02/02/24

🇺🇸 Wisconsinbly      05/02/24      -     03/27/24✅            05/09/24✅

CollegeDropOut       02/07/24      -     05/17/24                  Pending I-751 approval

Duggu                           02/07/24      -     06/26/24

MrsOli                           02/14/24      -      06/13/24

🇺🇸 Tommy2000       02/14/24      -      04/10/24 ✅            05/02/24✅ 

BlackPearl9                02/14/24

PhoenixNiro               02/15/24      -      05/29/24

YellowDuneBuggy   02/15/24      -      06/13/24

Elethiomel                  02/15/24       -      04/09/24 ✅           06/20/24 

Tunes                            02/16/24

alt blank                      02/16/24        -     06/20/24

Woodpecker07        02/17/24        -     05/22/24

🇺🇸 ctrlplm                   02/17/24        -     05/22/24 ✅            Same-day oath✅

ctrlplm (spouse)     02/17/24

zen_nj                          02/17/24

Aur0ra                         02/18/24

Brazibride                  02/19/24       -       06/13/24

Minivatreni                02/20/24      -       06/10/24

mmv_1                          02/20/24      -       05/28/24

🇺🇸 AndrewSeattle  02/21/24        -      05/21/24 ✅          Same-day oath✅

Vamphog                   02/22/24       -       05/29/24

koski                            02/22/24       -       05/21/24

johndott                     02/22/24

🇺🇸 Valmabe              02/24/24      -       04/18/24✅            05/13/24✅

Haydnator                 02/24/24

Jish&Abt                    02/24/24      -       05/23/24

Jm06                           02/25/24       -      04/10/24 ✅           05/17/24

RmSean                      02/25/24

Theredcomet           02/27/24

Seiya-pegasus        02/27/24

Mr W & I                      02/28/24        -     04/18/24✅             05/06/24

Endless desire         02/29/24

Music_en                   02/29/24

 

Hello! I passed my citizenship interview, office Milwaukee My husband was interviewed first, alone. We were not expecting that! Then they called me, my husband left the room, and did the relationship questions to approve my ROC. Then the civic test, reading and writing test, and N400 questions. I had 2 agents interviewing me, one was more like an observer. It went well even if my hands were sweating hahahaha. Now wait for my ceremony date on the mail.

[Laure&Colin 557]

1 hour ago, Woodpecker07 said:

Hello! I passed my citizenship interview, office Milwaukee My husband was interviewed first, alone. We were not expecting that! Then they called me, my husband left the room, and did the relationship questions to approve my ROC. Then the civic test, reading and writing test, and N400 questions. I had 2 agents interviewing me, one was more like an observer. It went well even if my hands were sweating hahahaha. Now wait for my ceremony date on the mail.

 

Wow that sounds intense! Congrats on the approval!

 

 

1 hour ago, Duggu said:

I would say San Jose CA had the most ceremonial, Based on my spouse's oath ceremony. It was in Parking lot of the office and kind of drive through.  They come take your GC first from car itself and give naturalization certificate in car only. You only step out for taking oath under a costco tent with 30 people standing at an inch distance.  No place to take photo. No speech nothing... nada. Whole thing done in 15 mins. 

 

Yeah mine was the car-free carbon neutral equivalent of that, with bonus cockroach...

[ctrlplm 42]

1 hour ago, Duggu said:

I would say San Jose CA had the most ceremonial, Based on my spouse's oath ceremony. It was in Parking lot of the office and kind of drive through.  They come take your GC first from car itself and give naturalization certificate in car only

to be fair, drive through is one of the most American experience 😂. First time I came across drive through ATMs was in the States 😅😅

[Duggu 60]

37 minutes ago, ctrlplm said:

to be fair, drive through is one of the most American experience 😂. First time I came across drive through ATMs was in the States 😅😅

 I meant for many people who had a long immigration journey , it would have been definitely be an emotional moment and so we thought. for us, it was so rushed it didnt even settle in.  I see many oath ceremonies taking place at historic locations, guest speakers , biden speech etc but San Jose was like totally bland but even this is okay if we are getting the naturalization certificate. 

[crm2822 9]

39 minutes ago, Duggu said:

 I meant for many people who had a long immigration journey , it would have been definitely be an emotional moment and so we thought. for us, it was so rushed it didnt even settle in.  I see many oath ceremonies taking place at historic locations, guest speakers , biden speech etc but San Jose was like totally bland but even this is okay if we are getting the naturalization certificate. 

Did u ever called them or had a chat with uscis asking why your case was taking longer?

[Duggu 60]

2 hours ago, crm2822 said:

Did u ever called them or had a chat with uscis asking why your case was taking longer?

Yes ,  I did. They always say case is within normal processing times 

[minivatreni 193]

28 minutes ago, Duggu said:

Yes ,  I did. They always say case is within normal processing times 

Because it still was within normal processing times 

[crm2822 9]

4 minutes ago, minivatreni said:

Because it still was within normal processing times 

I am nervous as I see people who applied after me are getting their interviews scheduled even at my local FO. I don’t know if my case has been assigned to officer for review yet or it is just sitting there.

[Laure&Colin 557]

2 hours ago, crm2822 said:

I am nervous as I see people who applied after me are getting their interviews scheduled even at my local FO. I don’t know if my case has been assigned to officer for review yet or it is just sitting there.

 

Honestly there's no rhyme or reason. I'm sure they're meant to process cases in the order they were submitted, yet it doesn't mean getting an answer in the same order. Maybe some background checks take longer because of a more common name or something else, maybe a case went to an officer who's slower, who knows. I only heard from one other San Francisco filer and she had her interview just a couple weeks before me, even though she had applied in October of last year 🤷🏻‍♀️

I wouldn't freak out as long as you're within estimated processing time. (And even then I wouldn't freak out, but I would definitely start calling and contacting my senator if nothing moves)

[thedtayl 25]

4 hours ago, Laure&Colin said:

 

Honestly there's no rhyme or reason. I'm sure they're meant to process cases in the order they were submitted, yet it doesn't mean getting an answer in the same order. Maybe some background checks take longer because of a more common name or something else, maybe a case went to an officer who's slower, who knows. I only heard from one other San Francisco filer and she had her interview just a couple weeks before me, even though she had applied in October of last year 🤷🏻‍♀️

I wouldn't freak out as long as you're within estimated processing time. (And even then I wouldn't freak out, but I would definitely start calling and contacting my senator if nothing moves)

This is all very true. I applied 2nd Feb and still haven’t got an interview date. Am I sad to still be waiting? Yes. Am I worried something is wrong? No. I feel like I’d know by now if more evidence was needed or there was an issue. They are just taking my application slower than others for some unknown reason that I’ll probably never know. Just have to wait it out. And in the grand scheme of things, the n400 is one of the simpler and quicker processes 

[Woodpecker07 52]

14 hours ago, Woodpecker07 said:

Hello! I passed my citizenship interview, office Milwaukee My husband was interviewed first, alone. We were not expecting that! Then they called me, my husband left the room, and did the relationship questions to approve my ROC. Then the civic test, reading and writing test, and N400 questions. I had 2 agents interviewing me, one was more like an observer. It went well even if my hands were sweating hahahaha. Now wait for my ceremony date on the mail.

BTW. For who was asking if the civic questions were selected by the agent or showed randomly... My interviewer told me the system had been stuck with the same questions all day long, that it typically changes in every interview, randomly.

[Crazy Cat 41,288]

14 minutes ago, Woodpecker07 said:

BTW. For who was asking if the civic questions were selected by the agent or showed randomly... My interviewer told me the system had been stuck with the same questions all day long, that it typically changes in every interview, randomly.

Thanks for the info.  My wife suspected that the computer was selecting the questions during her interview.  Congratulations!!!!  It is a great feeling to be free from USCIS!!

[Duggu 60]

10 hours ago, minivatreni said:

Because it still was within normal processing times 

Thanks for your expert opinion