I took oath in the Washington DC DO. The whole oath was over in 10 minutes (probaby because it in the afternoon of the 3rd and everyone wanted to go home early for the long weekend). But it took us (58 candidates) more than 1 hour to surrender our green card, verify the certificate, and get seated.
Kansas City was much longer. We had to arrive before 12:30pm and did not leave till 3pm, 2.5 hours later. That included processing time, Oath ceremony, photos in the courtroom and registering to vote.
It appears that a majority of time could be spent processing to-be-citizens i.e., prior to the actual oath ceremony. Ofcourse, the more people there are the longer that would take. I'm going to assume it would take anywhere between 2-3 hours.
A coworker of mine had his oath at 500 Pearl St. last May, and it was less than 2 hours. Then again, I guess it depends on how many new citizens are attending the oath.
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