Atlanta DO is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow!!!!!

[thepresident]

Again, The processing time count starts from the priority date to the date USCIS schedule the interview, NOT to the interview date.

Since your priority date is 7/2, as long as you are "scheduled for interview" on or before 12/02, and the actual interview date could be sometime next year, you are still within the normal 5-month processing time.

I applied couple weeks before you, and obviously I am waiting for the IL as well. On trackitt, it seems that people who applied in May are still waiting for the IL, those cases are beyond the 5-month processing time.

Atlanta DO seems to be even slower than other highly populated DOs, such as NYC, LA, Orlando, Chicago, etc.

They must have updated it Nov. 1, because on the 31st it still said 5.2 months.

My priority date is 7/2 (3 days after I filed it). I WILL be over the 5 months, unless I receive an IL within the next 2 or 3 days. They always have the interview scheduled a month out. Some folks are lucky and get a same-day oath, some have to go back, usually within a week at my DO. Today, 11/2, is 4-moth mark. Unless everything is wrapped up in the next 30 days, I will be over the 5 month mark.

 

[Grashoppr]

I was unaware that the time frame is to "scheduled for interview". I was under the impression it was from start to finish.

Either way - my biggest worry was having my GC and DL expire before it was done. Now that I have an extension stamped in my passport, that's a non-issue. I'll be able to renew my DL if necessary. I'll have to do it again once the citizenship is done, but I can live with that.

 

[schynam]

Well, that was pointless. I called USCIS. By my count it has been 91 days since July 30th when I was placed in line. July 30th was a Monday. It is now Monday, 13 weeks later. 13 x 7 = 91. The customer service rep read everything I already know, and told me that it has only been 89 days so I have to call after 90 days, they can't give me an update until tomorrow.

Not only were they no help, they can't count, either. I just triple-checked my calendar. From July 30th until today, October 29th, is 91 days.

Pfft.

If my online status changes within the next 24 hours, I'll be shocked. (Pleasantly so... but still shocked.)

LOL. 1 Calendar for the USCIS, another for the rest of the world. We live on USCIS time. Please adjust your calendar accordingly.

 

[Grashoppr]

May filers are starting to report receiving interview letters. That's a good sign. I filed in late June so hoping for an IL by this time next month... maybe Anticipating interview will be after the first of the year. It still stinks to wait but it helps to at least have an idea of maybe when....

I did go in for an infopass last week and got an extension stamp on my passport so I'll stay "legal" until it's all done.