FP Done
I have been out of town for the past week so I am sorry for the late post of this information.
After all but giving up on receiving the FP notice in 2007, I received it on Saturday December 22, the day before I left on vacation. I was happy to get the notice until I looked at the appointment date: The FP date on the notice was for 1-17-08, and I will be away on a business trip on that date. Without really thinking about things, I rushed over to the FP office about 20 minutes after I got the notice and asked if they could accomodate me.
I am pleased to inform everybody that I managed something that, to my knowledge, is the fastest ever turnaround of fingerprinting of an N-400 applicant ever recorded on immigration.com. Here are my particulars:
PD: 8-21-07
Check cashed: 10-29-07
NOA: 11-21-07
FP notice: 12-22-07 (12:40pm PST)
FP completed: 12-22-07 (2:10 PST)
FP date on NOA: 1-17-08
CSC, Santa Ana DO.
They were fairly nice at the FP office and the whole thing took only 15 minutes from start to finish. Just remember to leave your cell phone in the car or they make you take it back out. At any rate, it seems that Wenesday or Saturday afternoons are the best times for walk in appointments so in case you need to do a walk in, you might consider those days.
You only need your appointment letter, your GC and your fingers for the appointment. When it is all over, they stamp the NOA, give it back to you and it acts as your receipt that you did the fingerprinting. The whole thing is fairly painless. The worst part is the waiting, which is what I am now doing to hear about the interview. I will keep you all posted but I suspect it could be many months before I hear anything based on backlogs and the way things are going. Not sure how long things will take from this point onward, but I was very glad (and relieved) to get the FP done in 2007.
Best of luck to everybody and Happy New Year!!