Detailed timeline/experience
This is my timeline and experience for you to get a reference!
Region: San Francisco, CA (Oakland Field Office)
Mailed: April 20th,2005
PD: April 25th,2005
FP: June 3rd, 2005
Interview notice: June 25th or so...
Interview: August 22, 2005
Oath Ceremony: September 27th
The interview went well. The interviewing officer went over my application in great detail. All questions on the form, addresses, dates, one by one...I found it a little bit unusual, but she was polite...She went over all my tax papers in great detail...(I owed some taxes) She asked some of the questions twice or more. I just focused to answer them in detail...specially my addresses and employers... I could not remember exact dates... I have moved over 5 times, and changed employer 3 times. She also went over all my passport entries, one by one against passport stamps... It was a thourough interview but in all, less than 15-20 minutes. The civics questions were printed on a form, she asked me to read them and answer them outloud....
At the end, she asked me to sign in cursive letters and not like my original signature. It was a bit odd, since I do not write cursive.... She asked me to sign my photographs in the same manner.
I passed, got the N-652 with the standard 'congratulations....
Oath: The N-562 says ' If final approval is granted, you will be notified when and where to report for the Oath Ceremony'......
I asked about the Oath ceremony, and she explained to me that the dates were pre-arranged. It is my believe that people who have early AM appointments are given the option to have the ceremony on the same day. I have also read in this forum, that some people walked with the oath ceremony paper in their hands! I really do not know the protocol, but I believe that an early appointment time improves the chances of either two scenarios mentioned above.
I wish you luck!!!!