N-400 San Francisco timeline

Interview done and Oath scheduled for 10-10-2007

New info:

N400 Mailed to CSC: 04/27/2007
Received Date: 04/30/2007
Checks Cashed: 05/10/2007
Priority Date: 04/30/2007
Notice Date: 05/17/2007
I-797C Received: 05/21/2007
Finger Print Notice Date: 05/21/2007
Finger Print Notice Received: 05/24/2007
Finger Print Scheduled Date: 06/19/2007
Finger Print done: 06/19/2007
Interview Letter received: 06/28/2007
Interview scheduled: 08/24/2007
Interview completed: 08/24/2007
Oath Letter: 08/24/2007
Oath schedule: 10/10/2007

Hi all,

I have completed my interview and the oath letter was generated and given to me immediately. It was the same experience for my wife as well. My interview lasted for about 30-35 minutes. The officer was nice. The questions were mostly about the addresses I lived in and where I worked. The officer expects us to be very clear on the address and not the community where we live. One thing in particular which might be helpful to those attending interviews in future is:

We have to sign our full name in cursive and not the way that we regularly sign. It has to be legible to the other person. :)

It has been very useful website for all of us and will be for many more in future. Thanks everyone for all your posts without which we are really groping in the dark. I should also thank Rajiv Khanna for making this happen.

I wish all the best for everyone who is waiting for their turn and am sure it is just a matter of time.

Thanks,
Karkeech
 
Received IL today

Recd IL letter today. Interview is scheduled on Oct 15, 2007. I'm wondering that they have sent IL for Oct month (so many days in advance). But I'm happy that I received IL. :) My case status is still available online.
 
svj said:
Recd IL letter today. Interview is scheduled on Oct 15, 2007. I'm wondering that they have sent IL for Oct month (so many days in advance). But I'm happy that I received IL. :) My case status is still available online.
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Congratulation!!

Is your Interview letter send from the CSC or from the district office?

Thanks
 
FP done in Oakland, CA on Aug 24 2007. I read prev posts for travel tip. Thanks a lot.

Tips for your future use:

1. Use public system like BART..Parking costs $8 or more but finding parking spot is harder.
2. If you are taking BART, exit through Broadway and you can see Sears on the opposite corner. Telegraph ave is just one block away from BART stn.
3. The wait till is really longer (~2 1/2 hours)
 
mitilda said:
Congratulation!!

Is your Interview letter send from the CSC or from the district office?

Thanks
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Sorry Mitilda, I threw the envolope and from I-797C (NoA) I don't know if I can tell if it was sent from DO or CSC. But reading from other posts, IL is scheduled by DO and not CSC (I think that's the case).
 
Oakland AIS experience.

I missed my original appointment on 8/9. As suggested by andromeda2007, I visited the Oakland AIS office. I went on 8/25 Sat and reached around 1.30PM. Showed the application for my wife and me to the lady at the entrance. The crowd was huge with not a single chair available. As the kids were in the car I had come in alone and the lady told me to get my wife also. Hauling the kids we got in. Now she really looked at the application and then took it to the supervisor. Supervisor was nice - and said that there are too many people and I will need to reschedule or try coming back between 3 - 3.30. hmm.. could not argue. Decided to come back after 3. I reached around 3.25 and there were just a couple of people there. She took in the app and we were out of there in 15 mins. Fingerprints were done in minutes.

I believe they close at 3.30. The supervisor (a lady) was nice and I am glad I took the chance and got it done.

Driving to Oakland AIS is easy. Loads of metered parking on the side streets.

-SSC
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N400
6/30/2007 : Mailed N400 by regular mail from Fremont, CA
7/03/2007 : Priority Date on receipt
7/12/2007 : Check cashed
7/25/2007 : Received notice of application
7/30/2007 : Received FP notice
8/09/2007 : FP appointment (missed it)
8/25/2007 : FP done
 
SSC glad you got it done, The people definitely are cooperative when we face them. Somewhere down the line the delay becomes huge. I am sure they can improve. Its a matter of putting effort. If dell/att iphone can do it , i am sure USCIS can take the load ... Incidentally my scheduled date was also 8/9
 
I think I am replying too late for it to be relevant any more but yes, It was walk in in Oakland. It was hassle free. Supervisor asked why you are here early, I said I am traveling and showed my e-ticket printout and that was it.

prasnan said:
Hi andromeda2007,

I saw in your timeline FP done was a walk-in. Was that in Oakland ?
Was it hasslefree or did you have to answer a lot of questions ?

Thanks in advance :)
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Looking at other posts, looks like ppl with PD of early June and FP of mid July are getting IL. Desihai - you and me should be getting it in September sometime (hopefully!)
 
Walk In FP attempt futile but got on the spot rescheduled date..

Hi All,
Thanks for the response Andromeda..
This is what happened..
My spouse and I went to Oakland ASC on Telegraph ave. to try for a walk-in FP.
It was simply rejected by the Officer at the entrance. He suggested 2 alternative dates - 9/8 or 9/12 - if we wanted to reschedule or else mail the FP Notice to USCIS for a reschedule ! We took the closest date that worked for both of us. So we'll be going on 9/8/07 rather than we go separately on 9/5 and 9/7.

N-400 timeline - San Jose

07/18/2007 : Mailed to CSC
07/19/2007 : Priority Date
07/24/2007 : Check cashed
08/17/2007 : Receipt & FP Appt notices (Received in mail)
09/05/2007 & 09/07/07: FP Appointment for self & spouse.
09/08/2007: FP appt rescheduled after futile attempt to walk-in FP on 08/25.
 
prasnan said:
N-400 timeline - San Jose

09/08/2007: FP appt rescheduled after futile attempt to walk-in FP on 08/25.
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I thought San Jose people have FP done in San Jose. Maybe I am wrong, so do all of the south bay people get FP at Oakland?

Also prasnan, did you have a reason to reschedule? One of my friend is in this situation and I advised him not to reschedule unless really necessary. In my case my FP was 8/9, and my spouse 8/10 and we went on two separate dates to get our FP.
 
THANKS ALL and Got my Oath Letter today..

Hello every one
First I want to Thank every one on this thread for sharing their information. It is SOOOOOOOOO Helpful. My time lines are
N-400 Sent : April 30
Finger Printing : Mid May at Oakland on scheduled date done with in 15 mts.
Interview Letter : Mid July
Interview on : Aug 8 at SFO done in 15 mts.
Oath Letter received : Aug 30
Oath ceremony scheduled for : Sep 25 at Masonic center

I want to share something on my Interview. The officer was very cordial and very helpful..However I had to make some(actually quite a few due to typos) corrections in my N-400 Application and he kind of commented.." Did you actually fill up this application ?" and when I answered "yes" he just laughed. The Civic and english tests went off pretty smooth and all in all it was all over in about 15 minutes. He gave me the "Congratulations..your app has been recoomeded for approval" letter and said that I will receive the oath letter in 3-4 weeks. And I have been seeing the posts here where some folks mentioned that they got the oath letter right after the interview..so I was quite worried ( as I am pregnant and wanted this to be over so that I can close this chapter in my life and move on). Exactly after 3 weeks, yesterday on Aug 30, I got the oath letter. I am soo excited ! And again, I cannot thank enough all of you folks out there, who share all your information. Trust me ..this is of TREMENDOUS help to all the newbies who are just starting to file their N-400applications.
Good Luck to all and God bless,
best wishes
Sri KM
Fremont, CA.
 
Whole 20 minutes

Attended my interview today. It took whole 20 minutes!

My appointment was at 8:45AM. Went to the BART station and involved in an accident in the parking lot... long story short, I reached 630 Sansome at 9:10AM. Went thru the security, walked up to the receptionist, gave her the appointment letter. Waited for 5 minutes and got called to for the interview. The officer was a (cute) young lady, super nice. One question that made me chuckle was 'do you have any illicit children?' - I guess she asked that question based on my age and marital status. I got one question wrong - who wrote the constitution? I carried a big back pack of docs. All she saw was my passport and GC. Nothing else. No tax docs, no SIL, nothing!

She tried to give me an oath letter, but Oct. was pretty booked. I'll receive the letter in the mail. Gave me an app for passport and a letter confirming that I passed the interview.

Came out of the building and asked the security what time it was. He replied 9:30. :) Don't take cell phone with a camera - phone without a camera is OK. I didn't know that.

I noticed my file she was looking at is bulky. There must have been at least 150 pages in my file... don't know where they got so much documents on me.


01 May 2007 - Sent application by Certified Mail
04 May 2007 - Received by USCIS
04 May 2007 - Priority Date
22 May 2007 - Notice Date
23 May 2007 - Notice Mailed by USCIS
25 May 2007 - Receipt Notice I-797C Received by me
04 Jun 2007 - Mailed FP Notice by USCIS
06 Jun 2007 - Received FP Notice for 27 Jun 2007 by me
27 Jun 2007 - Finger Printing at Oakland
12 Jul 2007 - Received Interview Letter
31 Aug 2007 - Interview at SF Sansome
 
Who else is stuck after FP (no IL received)?

My application seems to be stuck after having fingerprinting done, i.e. I have not received interview letter (or any other communication) and 81 days have passed by now. I looked at dates other members have recently posted and the average between FP Done and IL Received is 29 days based on these stats:

Member | FP Done | IL Received | Days Between
Karkeech | 06/19/2007 | 06/28/2007 | 9
svj | 07/13/2007 | 08/23/2007 | 41
SFofficer | 06/27/2007 | 07/12/2007 | 15
pradciti | 06/30/2007 | 08/23/2007 | 54
HTAM | 05/12/2007 | 06/01/2007 | 20
gb111 | 06/22/2007 | 07/28/2007 | 36

The unlucky ones, including myself, are:

be_cb | 01/25/2007 | 07/23/2007 | 179
zegon | 03/27/2007 | not yet | 162
nikolair | 06/16/2007 | not yet | 81

Anyone else in the same situation? Any theories on why such extremes in the time it takes to process after FP. I know from my GC processing that my case has nothing special (in terms of places/countries lived, etc).
 
nikolair said:
My application seems to be stuck after having fingerprinting done, i.e. I have not received interview letter (or any other communication) and 81 days have passed by now. I looked at dates other members have recently posted and the average between FP Done and IL Received is 29 days based on these stats:

Member | FP Done | IL Received | Days Between
Karkeech | 06/19/2007 | 06/28/2007 | 9
svj | 07/13/2007 | 08/23/2007 | 41
SFofficer | 06/27/2007 | 07/12/2007 | 15
pradciti | 06/30/2007 | 08/23/2007 | 54
HTAM | 05/12/2007 | 06/01/2007 | 20
gb111 | 06/22/2007 | 07/28/2007 | 36

The unlucky ones, including myself, are:

be_cb | 01/25/2007 | 07/23/2007 | 179
zegon | 03/27/2007 | not yet | 162
nikolair | 06/16/2007 | not yet | 81

Anyone else in the same situation? Any theories on why such extremes in the time it takes to process after FP. I know from my GC processing that my case has nothing special (in terms of places/countries lived, etc).
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take an INFOPASS, looks like you are stuck in name check.
 
My husband and I finished interview today. Everything is very smooth. The officer who interviewed me was very nice. He asked 6 civil questions. Ask me to read and write one line of English. He said "I know you can speak and write English, but I still have to ask you to approve it". Then he gave me the approve letter and asked me to wait outside for the oath letter. The interview only lasts less then 15 min. The oath is scheduled on Oct. 10. My husband met a tough officer. But anyway he also passed, and got the same oath date as me.
Thanks to everyone in this forum. This website is very helpful. My waiting is almost over. Wish everyone good luck!


N400 mailed: 1/3/07
PD: 1/5/07
FP: 2/8 (done earlier 1/25)
I/V notice date: 7/23
I/V date: 9/5
Oath: 10/10
 
desihai said:
I thought San Jose people have FP done in San Jose. Maybe I am wrong, so do all of the south bay people get FP at Oakland?

Also prasnan, did you have a reason to reschedule? One of my friend is in this situation and I advised him not to reschedule unless really necessary. In my case my FP was 8/9, and my spouse 8/10 and we went on two separate dates to get our FP.
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My FP was scheduled at Oakland. But I have it done in San Jose since it is very close to my office. The officer in San Jose office said "no problem, you can have your FP done in any office". I did a walk-in.
 
FP done.. now it's wait and watch, eh ?

Hi All,

We went on the rescheduled date for FP. Since spouse and I took turns (b'cos we had our kids with us) it took around 1.5 hrs.
One thing I observed was that many walk-in FPs were being turned away. Only those people whose spouse had appt. that day and theirs was on another day were able to get their FP also done on same day - but with lot of requesting.

So.. now it's wait n watch.. :)

Rgds.

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N-400 timeline - DO - Oakland

07/18/2007 : Mailed to CSC
07/19/2007 : Priority Date
07/24/2007 : Check cashed
08/17/2007 : Receipt & FP Appt notices (Received in mail)
09/05/07 & 09/07/07: FP Appointment for self & spouse.
09/08/2007: FP appt rescheduled and done.
 
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