The USCIS is fairly efficient at their process and getting better every year.It is a politically neutral organization if anything it leans liberal butthatu2019s a good thing because you need to fudge the rules to get certain thingsdone as the law is conflicting in a few areas. The biggest hangup to thecitizenship journey for a spouse is not the USCIS but the supervising DHS andtheir secret courts. If you are from a dodgy country yes you might facelonger waits but if you are from a normal western country I would guessthings will go faster.I had a nightmare with the US Consulate in Vilnius getting a tourist visa formy partner but even the consulate general an Obama appointee whom I cursedout on numerous occasions for being a thick moron we made peace eventuallysortof got us the DCF done in a week.The process in the US was mired with long political discussions Iu2019m always onthe windup so there were politics involved but mostly I was listening tothe employees and what they felt. I canu2019t really say anything bad aboutanyone. Everyone is trying to do their job well but bloated Americanbureaucracy can make even the employees of the government uptight aboutthings. I think employees of the USCIS and DHS care about American citizensand have been impeded by the Hillary Clintons and Jeh Johnsons of the world.These are terrible people to work for and regardless of politics these werenot popular bosses. Iu2019ve heard no real complaints so far from the Trumpadministration so I would assume things have not got worse.Donu2019t forget that you can send in certain applications ahead of time 90 daysbefore three years for citizenship and angle your way to quickerappointments if you are nice to people. Paying attention to every detail onthe forms is also a must. You donu2019t want anything sent back.Try to avoid the group citizenship ceremonies. Some districts make themcompulsory but other places you can do same day oath. You can get citizenshipin 3 years plus one week if you time it perfectly and they arenu2019t backed up.My wife got two months added to her sentence of dirty foreigner purgatorybecause San Diego only did the group ceremonies. We were still about 8 monthsahead of schedule because Iu2019m an annoying twat. Donu2019t leave things to chancefollowup dot every u201cIu201d and cross every u201cTu201d. Stay aggressive the worst theycan do is deport your spouse. By the tone of this passiveaggressive questionyou probably want to leave the US anyway. Thereu2019s little to lose.