What are the fastest known processing times?

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Most of the time, and for very good reasons, we hear about processing delays on these forums.

I was wondering, just like that, what the fastest known processing times are. There is another immigration board I follow, where one person filed his N-400 on Feb 17, and already has an interview date for April 29. The time between filing and interview, for this person, is 71 days.

But, more striking is the case of another person, who filed his N-400 with just about 90 days to go. His interview and oath took place on the same day. In his case, the total time elapsed between filing and oath was 78 days, reportedly before the famous fifth anniversary!

So, I am curious, what anecdotal evidences do you all have about quick turnaround times between filing and interview, and also between filing and oath?

~ JC ~
 
3 months total processing is not unheard of with expedited processing such as military based applications.
 
javacafe said:
But, more striking is the case of another person, who filed his N-400 with just about 90 days to go. His interview and oath took place on the same day. In his case, the total time elapsed between filing and oath was 78 days, reportedly before the famous fifth anniversary!
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Do you have a link to that case? If that really happened, he should have asked for an oath date after his 5th anniversary, unless he qualified for a pre-5 year oath on some other basis such as marriage or military service.

With citizenship based on a too-early oath date, he could run into problems in the future. It's unlikely they'll revoke his citizenship, but benefits based on citizenship could be jeopardized or complicated (e.g. passport renewal, citizenship for children born abroad, running for political office, etc.).
 
I found another case where the time elapsed between filing and (a future) interview date is 67 days!

@Jackolantern: As I mentioned, it is from another forum. But, try this link: http://www.trackitt.com/member/faiez . And, then, click on the "Topic: N-400 interview before 5th year anniversary" under faiez's Posts toward the bottom of the page. If this link doesn't work for you, let me know.

Also, after you have figured this out, please let us know what you think of it.
 
See posts by user luckymaybe on the Atlanta GA N-400 Timeline thread, e.g. this one http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?207344-Atlanta-GA-N-400-Timeline&p=2275496#post2275496

This is a current case with elapsed time from Priority Date to Interview Date of 70 days. What's really amazing about this case, to me, is that luckymaybe's case leaped ahead of many Atlanta filers who filed months earlier. Atlantans who filed N400 in September through November, 2010 are all waiting between 161 and 176 days from PD to ID, and many of them have April IDs - after luckymaybe, who filed in January, 2011.
 
Serendipitously, within a few hours of posting the original message, I received my IL, putting my own ID 72 days from application. The fastest among recent applicants that I have seen so far, is from my group of February 2011 filers. There, an individual with the username MVPVAPI‎ has an elapsed time of 66 days between filing and interview.

While I am truly grateful for my timing so far (and who knows what kind of complications/delays await me in the future), I cannot help but feel sympathy for the sense of unfairness that the early filers have to endure.
 
javacafe said:
Serendipitously, within a few hours of posting the original message, I received my IL, putting my own ID 72 days from application. The fastest among recent applicants that I have seen so far, is from my group of February 2011 filers. There, an individual with the username MVPVAPI‎ has an elapsed time of 66 days between filing and interview.

While I am truly grateful for my timing so far (and who knows what kind of complications/delays await me in the future), I cannot help but feel sympathy for the sense of unfairness that the early filers have to endure.
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It's not that unusual to have the interview in less than 90 days after applying. But the oath being actually completed before the 5-year anniversary is another matter. If that person (faiez) was using the regular 5 year rule, with no expediting criteria like military service or 319(b), it would be the first time I've heard of that happening.

I remember a couple of cases where the individuals almost had their oaths before the 5-year mark. In one case, the interview was one day before the full 5 years. The interviewer was going to schedule him for same-day oath, but the guy pointed out that his 5 year anniversary is tomorrow, and the oath was set for the next day instead.

In another case, a couple had interviewed several days before the 5 year anniversary, and were given a place in the same-day oath ceremony. But a supervisor noticed the mistake and pulled them out of the oath.

Surely you will have the awareness to ask for an oath date on or after your 5-year anniversary, if they want to schedule you for an oath before the anniversary.
 
Thank you for the response, Jackolantern. Your analysis makes perfect sense to me. If that person in question is reporting honestly, I believe it might have been one of those cases that fell through the cracks. Considering the scenario you mentioned ("In another case, . . . a supervisor noticed the mistake and pulled them out of the oath."), it is quite possible that no one noticed the mistake in the case we are discussing through the ceremony.

This does not apply in my case, really; I received my employment-based green a little over nineteen years ago (and had renewed it after the first ten years). My interest in this matter was purely academic.
 
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