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I had my N-400 interview yesterday, here is how it went down: The officer put me under oath before I sat down, asked for my green card and ID, and started asking the civics question, I got the first 7 correctly, so he moved to the next part and asked me to read the sentence "who was George Washington?" on the tablet, then asked me to write "George Washington was the first president". After that, he started reading the questions from my application, and everything went smoothly until we hit the question about being arrested or cited before, I mentioned in the application that I got 2 speeding tickets back in 2019 and they were both dismissed by the court (lawyer fees were $3000 in 2019 as I have a commercial driver's license) and I offered to show the dismissal and he was interested in these documents, after that he had me sign twice on the information I provided under oath and he gave me my documents back. Then he stood up and said follow me, I did, and he walked me to a waiting room and asked me to wait until I was called, I said how did I do, he smiled and said you passed, congratulations. I shook his hands and thanked him. worth mentioning that I broke the ice with him since he called my name and picked me up to go for the interview, I had a little conversation to show him I am fluent in English, and he was annoyed by the work overload so I touched on that and even said that the Gov. agency I work for is hiring and we had a laugh about that, and during the interview, his colleague came to the room with big files of more work and he was annoyed so I showed sympathy and tried to be friendly, he was a cool black guy, and he pretty much understood that I am fluent and educated so it was a chill interview. My interview was at 8 AM I showed up at 7:30 but the security said to go and come back by 7:45, the interview started around 8:20 and I was done at 8:50 AM. In the waiting area, there were a bunch of other people waiting so I waited and I was called after less than 5 minutes. The guy saw the pin with my agency logo that I had on my suit and said "Oh you work for this agency, I tried to work there but I got this job at the same time so I picked this one since the other one was dealing with the general public and was difficult, so he was very nice, we chatted for like 3 minutes, then he congratulated me and asked me to come back at 2 PM after he stuck a sticker with a code on my Green Card, I said come back TODAY!!?? He said yes today for your ceremony .... !!!! I came back, got in surrendered my green card, and got my Naturalization certificate the same day, received 2 packets: the white USCIS envelope, and a yellow manila envelope with a message from President Joe Biden. And an American flag that I used during the ceremony. I wish you all the best of luck, and remember you are allowed at least 1 guest for the ceremony so bring someone who knows how to take pictures, if not, ask someone to take your picture, I took a smoking hot Latina with me that almost caused an accident when she walked across the parking lot towards the USCIS office to meet me at the waiting line. GOOD LUCK Y'ALL .... Relax and Enjoy that day and say goodbye to the anxiety and waiting.

Last week of January.

Thanks, yes of course I will update once I am done with the interview. Good luck to you and everybody here.

Sept. 13, 2023 Filed N-400 online. Est. Time 16 Months, no Biometric reuse so far. Sept. 19, 2023 Est. Time disappeared and didn't receive anything in the mail yet. Sep. 21, 2023 Biometric reuse letter received and case is being actively reviewed. still, no estimated time since it disappeared on the 19th, and no action notice in the mail yet. Dec. 6, 2023 Interview scheduled for January 2024.

Sept. 13 Filed N-400 online. Est. Time estimate (16 Months). Sept. 19 Est. The time estimate disappeared. Sep. 21 Biometric reuse letter received and case is being actively reviewed. Oct. 3 Time estimate reappeared (8 months). Good luck y'all.

I filed online and got the action notice immediately, then I got the biometric reuse online a week later (no paper mail yet), and then I got the action notice I-797 by mail (PAPER) which mentioned that my biometric appointment would be rescheduled, then today I got the biometric ruse by mail (in paper). The online is obviously faster and ahead of the paper mail. I think you are ok and you will receive the biometric reuse by mail in paper form soon. Good luck.

I applied on Sept 13 and didn't get anything at first then a week or so later I got the biometrics reuse but the estimated time disappeared and the case is showing as actively being reviewed. this is all I got.

Congrats and Good luck.

I looked it up, it is not uncommon to have the estimated time disappear. I guess I will never know the reason it disappeared, it is the USCIS after all LOL. Thanks for your comment.

Sept. 13 Filed N-400 online. Est. Time 16 Months, no Biometric reuse so far. Sept. 19 Est. Time disappeared and didn't receive anything in the mail yet. Sep. 21 Biometric reuse letter received and case is being actively reviewed. still, no estimated time since it disappeared on the 19th, and no action notice in the mail yet.

Sept. 13 Filed N-400 online. Est. Time 16 Months, no Biometric reuse so far. Sept. 19 Est. Time disappeared and didn't receive anything in the mail yet. Are we supposed to get a paper notification (action notice) in the mail? Did anyone have the estimated time disappear after a few days from filing online? Thanks

Thanks, I live in South Texas if this is your question but I haven't received the I-797, so I don't know my USCIS service center yet. All I got was a receipt for the fees and that was it. Good luck to you as well.

Yep, I hope they are faster this time around. My green card took 3 years.

I check the Documents tab daily but nothing yet. The link showed me the nearest USCIS office to my location. Thanks for the reply.

Same here, no reuse of the biometrics letter yet after 3 days, and the estimated time is 16 months. I filed on Sept 13, and nothing yet, just the receipt for the $725. I am filing under the 3-year ( filed after 2 years and 9 months) I still don't know my service center, the receipt notice has the address of the National Benefits Center but no service center address yet. I am in South Texas.