San Jose, CA - N-400 Timeline

My wife had her interview yesterday (4/19), oath is on 4/28 at the Campbell Heritage Center. Overall, it took just around 3 months from the start of the process, wow...not bad. Took me 8 months back in 2007.
 
Hi All,
I have been a silent reader of this forum. This forum has been extremely useful. My spouse and I took the oath today at the Campbell Community Center.
My 16-year long immigration journey starting with F1 in 1995, multiple H1B and Green Card finally came to an end today.
I would like to wish the best of luck to everyone in this forum. As they say - Alls well that ends well.
Below is my timeline

05/17/2006 - Green Card Received
02/21/2011 - N-400 sent to Phoenix Lockbox by Fedex Priority Overnight
02/22/2011 - N-400 received as per Fedex
02/24/2011 - N-400 received email and text messages. Status online says Initial Review
02/25/2011 - Checks cashed
03/01/2011 - I-797 receipts received - Received Date 2/22/2011, Priority Date 2/22/2011, Notice Date 2/24/2011
03/15/2011 - Online status changed to FP notice mailed on 03/15/2011
03/19/2011 - FP notices received - FP Appt 4/8/2011
03/22/2011 - Walk-in FP done
03/28/2011 - Online status changed to Case transferred to local office
04/01/2011 - Interview Letter received for self and spouse (Interview Date 05/02/2011)
05/02/2011 - Interviews at the Monterey Road, San Jose USCIS Office - Passed
05/19/2011 - Online status changed to Oath Ceremony for spouse. OL mailed on 5/19. My status still says Testing and Interview
05/20/2011 - OL received for spouse - Oath Date 5/26/2011 at Campbell Heritage Theater
05/20/2011 - Scheduled Infopass at USCIS Monterey Road on 5/23 to determine cause for OL delay for myself
05/23/2011 - Online status changed to Oath Ceremony for myself - OL mailed on 5/23
05/23/2011 - Infopass Appt - Officer printed out OL for 5/26/2011 at Campbell Heritage Theater
05/24/2011 - Received OL for self
05/26/2011 - Oath - AMERICAN CITIZENS
05/27/2011 - Passports Applied - Expedited Processing
06/10/2011 - Passports Received

OVER AND OUT
 
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amitabh_bachan said:
Hi All,
I have been a silent reader of this forum. This forum has been extremely useful. My spouse and I took the oath today at the Campbell Community Center.
My 16-year long immigration journey starting with F1 in 1995, multiple H1B and Green Card finally came to an end today.
I would like to wish the best of luck to everyone in this forum. As they say - Alls well that ends well.
Below is my timeline

05/17/2006 - Green Card Received
02/21/2011 - N-400 sent to Phoenix Lockbox by Fedex Priority Overnight
02/22/2011 - N-400 received as per Fedex
02/24/2011 - N-400 received email and text messages. Status online says Initial Review
02/25/2011 - Checks cashed
03/01/2011 - I-797 receipts received - Received Date 2/22/2011, Priority Date 2/22/2011, Notice Date 2/24/2011
03/15/2011 - Online status changed to FP notice mailed on 03/15/2011
03/19/2011 - FP notices received - FP Appt 4/8/2011
03/22/2011 - Walk-in FP done
03/28/2011 - Online status changed to Case transferred to local office
04/01/2011 - Interview Letter received for self and spouse (Interview Date 05/02/2011)
05/02/2011 - Interviews at the Monterey Road, San Jose USCIS Office - Passed
05/19/2011 - Online status changed to Oath Ceremony for spouse. OL mailed on 5/19. My status still says Testing and Interview
05/20/2011 - OL received for spouse - Oath Date 5/26/2011 at Campbell Heritage Theater
05/20/2011 - Scheduled Infopass at USCIS Monterey Road on 5/23 to determine cause for OL delay for myself
05/23/2011 - Online status changed to Oath Ceremony for myself - OL mailed on 5/23
05/23/2011 - Infopass Appt - Officer printed out OL for 5/26/2011 at Campbell Heritage Theater
05/24/2011 - Received OL for self
05/26/2011 - Oath - AMERICAN CITIZENS
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Congratulations Bachan Ji. Kaun Banega Crorepati starts very soon. Hope to see you there.
Next step should be to renounce your Indian Citizenship. Good Luck with Travisa agency!
 
I went for a walk-in FP yesterday. Got my letter on friday with a date of July 5, but I would be out of the country then. When I walked in, I told them my situation, they told me to present a copy of my ticket to India. Showed them that and they let me do it. I was in and out in less than 5 minutes. No joke. Literally!
 
Hmm, are they asking for a reason with proof...I dont have any valid reason to show. Does early FP speedup the process?
 
speakamericano, Thanks for you comments.

Hmm, I don't know that. I thought most of they trying for earlier FP to save the processing time....like IO will transfer the case as soon as they receive clearance from FBI regarding FP. Probably I am wrong.
 
No, they won't transfer the case as soon as they receive clearance from the FBI. If that was the case, then half of the people would get done within 50-60 days.. The average time is 5 months, and the fastest I've seen is somewhere around 65-80 days. You may attempt an early walk-in, but the case will be transferred a week after your regular FP date.
 
Got it. There is no point in going early and requesting them if they don't transfer the case until FP scheduled date. Thanks for the update.
 
to whoever is claiming that it does not speed up the process, YES IT DOES!

please stop claiming it does not speed it up unless you have PERSONAL experience with it! My original FP date was July 5, so clearly mine is already ahead, but the catch is this.

the guy told me they will not let you do it unless you have proof that you will be unavailable during your scheduled time. you can still take a shot at it, but by the speed they are going with processing, i highly doubt it'll take more than 3-4 months for anyone to get theirs.
 
CHEWZINGLIFE said:
to whoever is claiming that it does not speed up the process, YES IT DOES!

please stop claiming it does not speed it up unless you have PERSONAL experience with it! My original FP date was July 5, so clearly mine is already ahead, but the catch is this.

the guy told me they will not let you do it unless you have proof that you will be unavailable during your scheduled time. you can still take a shot at it, but by the speed they are going with processing, i highly doubt it'll take more than 3-4 months for anyone to get theirs.
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says the man who got done in 50 days... Have you gotten an interview letter yet? Have you done your interview? It takes them less than a week to send you an interview letter after your FP gets cleared... Your interview will still take place at the end of July or in the beginning of August... you still haven't gone for the interview...have you
 
speakamericano said:
says the man who got done in 50 days... Have you gotten an interview letter yet? Have you done your interview? It takes them less than a week to send you an interview letter after your FP gets cleared... Your interview will still take place at the end of July or in the beginning of August... you still haven't gone for the interview...have you
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it's interesting how it turns into war over such a dumb thing.

yes, my case is transferred to local office and interview letter has been sent. anything else?
 
If you consider that a war, then I am not sure if you even know the meaning of "war." There's a thing called "lies" and you exactly know what I am referring to. I'll leave you alone as I don't feel like wasting my time on you. Continue with your war with your own words.
Funny how you did your FP on the 21st and you've already received your interview letter. Considering the fact it takes them from a day or two to a week to transfer your FP from FBI to USCIS. You must have signed up for super fast mail too..If you got your interview letter within 3 days of doing your FP... Quit fibbing...You're clearly showing off who's telling a lie ...
Peace....

See the signature.
 
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if you had read what i wrote, i said "interview letter has been sent" IE, mailed. i didn't say anything about receiving it already.

you're hilarious. if you already got your citizenship, why are you here anyways?
 
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