A good place to start is to look at the receipt graph on the USCIS website where you can see how they were close to 130000 for July and 135000 for June.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/N-400%20NATURALIZATION%20BENEFITS_June07.pdf
FP notice for TSC after July 27?
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A good place to start is to look at the receipt graph on the USCIS website where you can see how they were close to 130000 for July and 135000 for June.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/N-400%20NATURALIZATION%20BENEFITS_June07.pdf
That's very good to hear, congrats! I hope we see them soon.
Regarding checks, I believe there is no consistency in how banks deal with them irrespective of the law. Some are more strict, lenient or careless than others... (a) I have had my bank refuse to accept a check deposit because it was just over 3 months old ... (b) At one time, my wife paid an utility bill with a check that had a blank addressee/To field. She forgot to write the utility name on it. The involved banks allowed the utility to cash it... (c) A friend of mine once sent a check without a signature and his bank allowed it to be cashed.. Needless to say, he closed his account with them very very soon.
In any case, check validity may or may not be the pivotal issue that triggered changes. Banks could always extend check validity given that it was the US government cashing the check.
I do believe however that USCIS must have had to react to the unexpected load in some way. You can't hire and train new people quickly, so the only way to react is to change the normal process.
We don't really have enough data. Just twiddling our fingers, waiting in frustration... :-/
Very interesting. So June was actually higher than July. I couldn't find the August graph, but I suspect the numbers dropped.
That's very good to hear, congrats! I hope we see them soon.
Regarding checks, I believe there is no consistency in how banks deal with them irrespective of the law. Some are more strict, lenient or careless than others... (a) I have had my bank refuse to accept a check deposit because it was just over 3 months old ... (b) At one time, my wife paid an utility bill with a check that had a blank addressee/To field. She forgot to write the utility name on it. The involved banks allowed the utility to cash it... (c) A friend of mine once sent a check without a signature and his bank allowed it to be cashed.. Needless to say, he closed his account with them very very soon.
I've read that most check processing these days is automated, so unless a teller is manually processing the check and notices an error there's a good chance it will be endorsed.
TSC surely did something different since they have always lagged in receipt processing by months up until a few weeks ago. They obviously had some resource issues and weren't staffed nearly as well as the other support centers who handled the front log faster.
All the months up until October can be found here:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a7ad4ac040710110VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=2c039c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
August dropped considerably (75000), as is expected although numbers did creep back up in September and October.
That's good news, Bobsmyth. If USCIS mailed your FP notice last Friday, you should get it tomorrow/Saturday; the appointment should be by end of January.
Good luck, and thanks for sharing this news. Gives us hope that soon, our day will come !!
I just got my FP notice in the mail today. It's scheduled for January 30th in Charlotte. I was hoping it would be at the new office in Raleigh, but I guess I'll have to make the drive to Charlotte instead. I'll have to reschedule it since my house closing is set for that same day (unless I can delay it 1 day).
Bobsmyth! You wait all these days and finally get it - and the date ties with your house closing!!
Do you want to reschedule it or simply try a walk-in (in your case, a drive-in)?
Thinking out of the box, it might be a good idea to move your house closing by a day rather than rescheduling FP. Think about it!!
Congratulations on the new home!! And, congratulations on moving to the next step in the naturalization process.
Do you want to reschedule it or simply try a walk-in (in your case, a drive-in)?
Thinking out of the box, it might be a good idea to move your house closing by a day rather than rescheduling FP. Think about it!!
Congratulations on the new home!! And, congratulations on moving to the next step in the naturalization process.
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Congrats, I agree with Ravi, I would rather reschedule the closing especially if u are a buyer and not a seller.
Thanks everyone. I wonder how I can find about FP walk ins at Charlotte without having to drive 3 hours and there aren't any walk ins instructions on the notice.I also wonder if I can reschedule to have FP taken at new DO instead. Something tells me that calling customer won't answer either.At this point, I'm not really concerned if this would delay the application process further.
Interview/Oath the same day?
Hi, does anybody know, when your interview is at 10 AM, will you have the Oath ceremony in the afternoon and get your paperwork that same day (Atlanta, Parklake Drive location)? This was apparently the situation last year, but don’t know if this has changed.
Thanks
Hi, does anybody know, when your interview is at 10 AM, will you have the Oath ceremony in the afternoon and get your paperwork that same day (Atlanta, Parklake Drive location)? This was apparently the situation last year, but don’t know if this has changed.
Thanks
My wife also needs her FP taken so that wouldn't really work. We'll probably drive to Charlotte the weekend before the scheduled date as I read it shouldn't be much of a problem.
Congrats Bobsmyth! good for you.... In my situation, I had an address change so haven't even got the original FP notice that was sent for Charlotte.... I am in Jacksonville, FL for a temp assignment so decided to take an infopass to the ASC here which is 5 mins from my work here.... The IO was extremely helpful ... he cancelled the Charlotte Appointment and issued me a FP notice for the same date and time as Charlotte's for Jacksonville ! So, I go there next week for the FP!
My FP notice from the ASC does state that if you miss your appointment date, then you can walk in any Wednesday after that in the next 3 months ....
From my experience I can say that you should take an infopass in Charlotte on a day or two earlier than your appointment date and explain your situation ... They should be able to issue you an FP notice which you can take to the FP office... In Charlotte, the Infopass and FP offices are different ( I think 2 mi apart) ....
Hope this helps ....