Wanted to share with the readers my N400 application, interview, approval and oath timeline and experience:

November 5th, 2001 - Received Permenant Residency

August 24th ,2006 - Submitted N400 with fee (90 days prior to full five years of permenant residency)

August 28th, 2006 - Priority Date (notice date of September 1st, 2006)

September 10th, 2006 - Receive Finger Print Notification (notice date of September 6th, 2006)

September 19th, 2006 - Finger Print Appointment Date (in and out in 25 minutes at the St. Paul Application Support Center)

February 20th, 2007 - Receive Interview Date (notice date of February 14th, 2007)
Interview scheduled for March 19th, 2007

March 19th, 2007 - Interview Day

The interview was scheduled at the Bloomington USCIS office. It was scheduled for 9:40 AM. I was in the waiting area at 9:30 AM. The interviwer/officer called for me at the lobby at 9:35 AM. Went to his office, and swore to tell the truth. Sat down, and went over the application details, name, address, DOB, parents name, address, etc. This took only 5 minutes. After than the interviewer asked two questions for the civic test, conculded by having me sign the document and application and then stated I was recommended for approval. I inquried if my finger print and FBI check came through. He stated that the interviews now are only being scheduled at the conclusion of the FBI name checks. Since I was called for interview I cleared the name check and background checks. Interviewer congratulated me and sent me on my way. I was out of the office and building by 9:50 AM.

March 21st, 2007 - Received notice to appear for Naturalization and Oath Ceremony

April 11th, 2007 - Oath & Naturalization ceremony held at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Check-in started at 9:00 AM. Ceremony commenced at 11:00 AM. Ceremony concluded at 12:10 PM. Approximately 1300 new individuals were naturalized.

April 13th, 2007 - Applied for US passport at USPS, requested expedited service.

The start to finish of the N400 took seven months.