Citizenship

I moved from Dallas to Houston during my application process, so part of the initial timeline is for the Dallas office.

[Dallas]
11/13/2017: mailed application, 2-day delivery
11/15/2017: application delivered
11/17/2017: received NOA
11/20/2017: Check cashed
11/24/2017: Received biometrics letter
12/06/2017: Biometrics test
12/06/2017: status updated to actively reviewing application
07/16/2018: AR-11 form submitted to update address (as I moved from Dallas to Houston)
10/4/2018: status updated to interview scheduled for 11/8/2018
10/5/2018: interview scheduled at Dallas office when it should have been scheduled for Houston
10/5/2018: called USCIS to update my address
10/10/2018: called USCIS to update my address (again)
10/22/2018: received letter confirming that application was transferred to the Houston office
11/2/2018: called USCIS to see if Houston office received my application; spoke to supervisor this time. Was informed that it can take 30-60 days for the application to be moved/received.

[Houston]
11/8/2018: status updated to interview scheduled for 12/14/2018 at the Houston office
12/14/2018: interviewed at the Houston office. Officer was super nice. He asked for my passport and green card. Next, he asked me 6 civics questions, to write one sentence, to read one sentence, and then reviewed my entire application. At the end, he Recommended me for approval.
12/17/2018: case submitted for quality review
12/17/2018: placed in line for interview
01/23/2019: scheduled for oath
01/23/2019: oath scheduled for 02/13/2019
02/13/2019: oath ceremony completed at M.O. Campbell center (more details below)
02/13/2019: submitted passport application

Entire process took 16 months.

Oath ceremony experience: doors open at 7am, closes at 8am. Ceremony starts at 10am, ends around 11:30am. During sign-in, they collect your green card, give you a packet with a passport application, constitution, flag, letter from the president, etc., and a colored card and ask you to find a seat. At the end of the ceremony, they call you by your card color to collect naturalization certificates. During the ceremony, coffee, water, soda are available for purchase. I also saw them selling donuts at the beginning, but those disappeared quickly. After the ceremony, they have stations setup for updating social security records and submitting passport applications. You can also take photos with the judge after the ceremony, though the judge left around 11:30 so some people weren’t able to take a photo with him.

Hope this helps!