Generic naturalization timeline for the US. Feedback/comments welcomed.

[rwsh]

I am sure this has been done before but just for grins I looked at about 60 posted timelines which produced the following generic timeline. I ignored very long timelines which presumably were due to very special circumstances. Also I realize that different offices have varying backlogs which can result in long waits.

Application to Priority Date or check cashed
Range 1-14 days, average 7 days

Priority Date or check cashed to Fingerprint Notice
Range 5-23 days, average 15 days

Fingerprint Notice to Fingerprint Appointment
Range 5-23 days, average 13 days

Fingerprint Appointment to Interview Notice
Range 13-50 days, average 30 days

Interview Notice to Interview
Range 30-70 days, average 51 days

Interview – Oath Notice
Range 0-8 days, average 4 days

Oath Notice – Oath Ceremony
Range 6-28 days, average 17 days

Notes:

1) Remarkable how consistent the results are and how short the total time has become.
2) I thought background security checks took place in the Fingerprint Appointment to Interview Notice period but this is extraordinarily short; average 30 days.
3) The USCIS seems to give applicants plenty of study time as the Interview Notice to Interview wait average 51 days.
4) Things generally move very fast once the interview is passed.

Does anybody have any comments or feedback on this? Is it representative? Does it have meaning?

 

[eo23]

Did you collect this information based on experiences of people in this forum? How did you arrive to these estimates?

 

[Flydog]

That seems like an awfully fast process. I believe that the USCIS targets six months from priority date to oath, and not all offices made this target in the last few years (http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0890.xml)

Here's my timeline. Fingerprint to Interview notice took a lot more than 15-50 days. For what it's worth, my wife breezed through pretty quickly but I've been hung up and stuck in limbo for months (for no apparent reason (my name check and fingerprints checked out ok quickly)).

Priority Date: September 19, 2005
Biometrics Letter: September 29, 2005
Biometrics Appointment: November 5, 2005
Interview Letter: March 23, 2006
Interview Scheduled: May 5, 2006
Descheduling Letter: April 24, 2006

1st InfoPass Appointment: May 16, 2006
2nd InfoPass Appointment: June 30, 2006
3rd InfoPass Appointment: July 28, 2006

My Wife’s Interview: May 5, 2006
My Wife’s Oath: June 1, 2006

 

[rwsh]

These data were collected from random timelines offered by participants on this forum. My conclusions are thus wholly empirical in nature and have no official or legal basis whatsoever. The reason I did this was to get at least a ball-park idea of what's involved to try and plan my life a little rather than have the USCIS totally control it for the next year !!!!!!!! I did miss an FP appointment by not understanding that some of these appointments CAN occur very quickly. Thanks for asking and I hope this answers your questions.