Santa Ana (OC), CA Time Line

no oath letter yet

I was interviewed on June 4 at Santa Ana office but still haven't received my oath letter yet. I did request for a name change at the time of the interview. Hopefully, that wouldn't cause any delay in oath. There are two oath ceremonies coming up: one is on July 6 and the other is on July 26. I am hoping to be scheduled on either one of them.
 
12/26/06: Sent N400 package to CSC.
01/02/07: Package received by CSC.
01/11/07: Received fingerprint appointment in the mail.
01/19/07: Fingerprints done at Application Support Center in Santa Ana.
04/15/07: Received interview appointment letter in the mail.
06/04/07: Passed the interview(name change requested).
06/25/07: Received Oath Ceremony notice for July 6.
 
I thought I ought to be a good boy and post my timeline. I had my interview on 06/22/07 and now I'm waiting for the oath date. The interview only lasted 20 mins. I was hoping it would last longer, cause the interviewer was mighty fiiiiine ;)

Anyway, here is my timeline:

Service Center - CSC
DO - Santa Ana
FedEx Date - 02/19/2007
Priority Date - 02/22/2007
FP Notice Recieved Date - 03/05/2007
FP Taken Date - 03/24/2007
IL Letter Date - 04/24/2007
Interview Date - 06/22/2007
Oath Letter - ???
Oath Date - ???

I'll keep y'all posted on the oath date. Thanks to everyone for posting their info - it was very useful.
 
took oath ceremony today at Pomona, CA 9:00am

lurked here for a while. time to contribute a little. attended 9:00am oath ceremony today 7/26/07 at Pomona.

Got there at 7:00am and there was already a long line of about 1000. Went inside and surrendered Green Card, and was asked about the questions on the back of the appointment letter. Said "NO" to all.

3011 new citizens, Mexico and Philippines on top of list. Oath given by Judge and congratulatory speech, 21 members of US armed forces that are present were recognized. Video by Pres. Bush shown along with God Bless the USA song. Recited Pledge of Allegiance and sang National Anthem. Ceremony was around 30 minutes which started promptly.

The line to get your certificate was segregated according to the last 3 digits of your A number. Blocks of 3 rows of seats were allowed to stand up in line to get the Certs. Those who got in early also got to leave early with certificate in hand.

Notes:

1. Unless you really need to, there is no need to get preferred parking as it will be hard to get out of the parking lot if you are closer to the building.
2. There is a long walk from the parking/gate to Building 4, after getting in line.
3. Buy the Certificate Hard Covers after the ceremony. Outside the gates in the parking area they will be half price.

My timeline:

02/2007 - Sent in N-400
03/2007 - FP done
06/13/07 - Interview
07/26/07 - Oath

thank you all.
 
I promised I would post my final timeline. Here it is:

Service Center - CSC
DO - Santa Ana
FedEx Date - 02/19/2007
Priority Date - 02/22/2007
FP Notice Recieved Date - 03/05/2007
FP Taken Date - 03/24/2007
IL Letter Date - 04/24/2007
Interview Date - 06/22/2007
Oath Letter - 07/10/07
Oath Date - 07/26/07
Passport Applied - 07/27/07 (LA Passport Agency)
Passport Received - 07/30/07
 
No Oath Letter Yet!!!

Just wanted to add my timeline. Hopefully others assigned to Santa Ana DO will post their timelines as well. I would like to get an idea of how long Santa Ana DO is taking from Priority Date to Oath Date. Thanks!!

Service Center - CSC
DO - Santa Ana
Priority Date - 04/02/07
FP Notice Received Date - 04/12/2007
FP Taken Date - 05/12/2007
Interview Notice Date - 06/13/2007
Interview Date - 08/27/2007 (Passed and Received N-652 marked "Congratulations...")
Oath Letter - ??/??/??
Oath Date - ??/??/??
 
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No Interview Letter yet.

Mailed in on 4/11/2007
Priority Date on 4/16/2007
FP done on 5/24/2007

Probably stuck in Name Check.....
 
Don't worry

s268952 said:
Just wanted to add my timeline. Hopefully others assigned to Santa Ana DO will post their timelines as well. I would like to get an idea of how long Santa Ana DO is taking from Priority Date to Oath Date. Thanks!!

Service Center - CSC
DO - Santa Ana
Priority Date - 04/02/07
FP Notice Received Date - 04/12/2007
FP Taken Date - 05/12/2007
Interview Notice Date - 06/13/2007
Interview Date - 08/27/2007 (Passed and Received N-652 marked "Congratulations...")
Oath Letter - ??/??/??
Oath Date - ??/??/??
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Its quite possible you will be scheduled in the upcoming mega ceremonies they have scheduled on Nov 30 and Dec 20. Each ceremony will have 12,000 people naturalized. They probably did not want to send you an Oath Letter too much in advance. When I finished my interview they told me to wait 2 weeks for my oath letter so I am hoping that will happen. Of course, this is just my guess. You can also schedule an infopass and find out for yourself. Probably not a bad idea in case you are stuck for some other reason. Wonder how many naturalizations they have in the LA/OC region every year.

My timeline so far:
N400 Fedexed: 2/21/07
Priority Date: 2/23/07
Checks Cashed: 3/02/07
FP Letter Received: 3/08/07
FP Taken: 3/21/07
IL Received: 9/22/07
Interview Complete: 11/01/07 (N-652 received with "Congratulations...")
Oath Letter: ???
Oath Date: ???
 
Oath Letter received

Just received my oath letter...I have updated my signature to include dates. Just one more hurdle to jump over. Thank God!! :)
 
Hi s268952,

I have interview on 11/30. During interview how do they ask civic question? On paper, given as multiple choice or they ask verbally?

Also did IO ask for any document, like utility bills or tax document?
 
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My time lines

I had interview at santa Ana 12/03/2007 and they hand over me the test pass result but not oath letter. waiting for oath letter.
 
Same here... passed interview on 11/30 but no oath letter.. hope we get accomodated in 12/20 batch... 12000 people taking oath on that day :)
 
got the oath letter

Got the oath letter for 1/18.. cheers :)

PD: 5/16
FD: 6/30
ID: 11/30
OD: 1/18
DO: Santa Ana
 
Just trying to keep this thread alive so that we can share some information regarding processing times. As of 2-15-08, Santa Ana listed that they were processing N-400 applications with a PD of 7-20-07. All things considered, that's not too bad although there is some degree of discussion as to what this actually means - whether applications with a PD of 7-20-07 or earlier are scheduled for an interview or have actually gone through the interview process.

At any rate, I will post my timeline here, and if there are any other OC filers out there, perhaps you could do the same and we can keep each other abreast of any updates.

PD: 8-21-07
Check Cashed: 10-29-07
NOA Rec'd: 11-21-07
FP Notice Rec'd: 12-22-07
FP Done: 12-22-07
FP Notice Date: 1-17-08
IL: Waiting
 
xenogear said:
just wanna bump and see where people are now
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No change in status for me. Still waiting for the IL, unfortunately. I guess we will see what kind of progress they are making when they post the March 2008 processing time updates (most likely next week).
 
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