N-400 · Application for Naturalization

USCIS has accepted delivery of your filing, logged it, and generated a receipt number beginning with a three-letter service center code. The status confirms that your package and fee were received; it does not mean an officer has read a single page. It also fixes two things that matter later: the received date (which is normally your priority date in preference categories) and the office responsible for the case.

USCIS has scheduled your biometrics appointment and mailed an I-797C notice with the date, time and assigned Application Support Center. Biometrics captures fingerprints, a photograph and a signature so identity and background checks can be completed. It is a procedural step, not a challenge to your evidence.

USCIS has scheduled an interview and mailed a written notice giving the date, time, location and the documents you must bring. Note carefully that the day this status appears is not the interview date; always rely on the printed notice.

USCIS approved the application. This is a decision status and the outcome is favorable, but approval is not the same as having the document in hand: most categories still go through card production, notice mailing, or transfer to another agency, each with its own status. The legally operative item is the written I-797 approval notice that follows; the online status is only a signal that it is coming.

USCIS issued a denial. The written notice sets out the legal and factual grounds, and it is the only reliable basis for deciding what to do next; never infer the reason from the one-line online status. A denial does not necessarily end the road either, since appeals, motions to reopen or reconsider, and refiling may be available depending on the category.