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CColdwell · October 18, 2009

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Edited October 18, 2009 by CColdwell

CColdwell · October 18, 2009

Hello everyone!

Well it took me a few days but I did get to post! I am finally a US citizen! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Cheers

Edited October 18, 2009 by CColdwell

PRK73 · October 20, 2009

Hi Guys,

Good news and bad news. Good news is I became citizen but the bad news is my wife case got stuck in the name by the officer.

Both of us reached at 9.30 am to Atlanta office but were called in for interview at 12 pm. I came out within 10 minutes with approval

where as my wife case took 1 hour but nothing was determined. The officer said he will call her again for discussion within 2 weeks.

I will explain and ask for your opinions:

Her full name before marriage was: xxx yyy zzz

my first name: aaa

my last name : bbb

after getting married, we got her Indian passport and this appeared in her passport

first name: xxx (which is correct)

last name: aaa bbb (which is my first name and last name)

And with this new name, she had her visa, ssn, greencard...everything...

but the officer is asking her to change the name with this

first name: xxx (which is correct)

middle name: yyy (which is her maiden middle name)

last name : bbb (which is my last name as he is not accepting my first and last name as her last name even though all papers till now that includes visa gc is in that name)

Though we don't want any change as it brings delay of another 2-3 months...but if we have to then we want this

first name: xxx

middle name: aaa (my first name)

last name: bbb (my last name)

we are confused on this. anyhow looks like we have to go with the name change through court before oath, so do we have to take what he is suggesting, or she can legally

change her name to whatever she likes...

expert opinion please!!!

imzadi · October 20, 2009

I am a US citizen as of today, too! :thumbs: Yippiiee!! :dance:

Had successfully completed my interview and had the Oath Ceremony in the afternoon! Absolutely great! :star:

Well, here's my report (it's getting quite a little late, but I thought I post my experience as long as it is fresh in my memory ...):

My appointment was at 8:45 a.m., but my husband and I left the house early at 6:15. We didn't want to take any chances with the Atlanta traffic (which is mostly crazy). It's about an hour to drive to the USCIS building. We had smooth traffic and so we arrived way too early (of course); anyway, still time for breakfast nearby ...

We checked into the building at 8:15, went through airport-style security and got up to the 2nd floor.

Shortly after dropping my appt. letter I was sent up to the 3rd floor. Room was pretty crowded already, and I had to wait until ca. 9:40 until my name was called.

The officer - a middle-aged, soft spoken man - was very nice and professional; did some small talk while we walked to his office. My husband had to wait in the waiting area in the meantime.

First he placed me under oath, asked to see my Green Card, passport and driver's license - the only documents he wanted to see, didn't ask for anything else. Funny, I had a ca. 10 lb. bag full of documents with me ....

Then he asked some of the basic questions, e.g. if I'm still married and living with my husband etc.

He did the English and Civics test with me - I had to read the sentence "Where is the White House?" and to write "The White House is in Washington, D.C."

The Civics questions were the following:

-) What is an amendment?

-) Who vetoes bills?

-) What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

-) What is the supreme law of the land?

-) Who did the United States fight in World War II?

-) What is the capital of your state?

Didn't ask the remaining 4 questions since I got the 6 allright.

Then he went through my application, I verified that everything was correct. I updated my international travelling (I flew to Austria once since I filed N-400). Asked me some - not all - of the Yes/No questions.

When we were finished, he marked on the N-652 that I passed and I was recommended for approval.

The officer told me there would be an oath ceremony in the afternoon and sent me down to the 2nd floor where I would receive the N-445 (oath letter) shortly.

The interview was quite short; I was in and out in ca. 15 minutes.

YAY - I was sooo happy! :thumbs: Everything went fine! :star:

The ceremony was scheduled for 2 p.m. so hubby and I had plenty of time for lunch.

We were asked to be in the waiting room for the ceremony by 1 p.m. what we did. The citizens-to-be were then separated from the family in the waiting area. We walked into the ceremony room, dropped the oath letter and we were given cards with numbers to match the seat number. I was lucky to get a really cool seat in the first row! :star:

There were little booklets, a US flag and some pieces of paper laid out on the chairs.

The relatives were just let in after all the applicants were seated - there weren't even enough chairs for everyone.

Anyway, my husband took some photos of me.

The ceremony began with a delay (I don't remember exactly when). The woman who performed the ceremony gave an introduction speech about the importance of citizenship etc. We were 183 people from 57 countries.

She then named our native countries and asked everyone to stand up and remain standing as soon as one's country of origin would be called. Mine (Austria) was the first; it would turn out to be wrong shortly thereafter since there was a man from Australia and she had forgotten to call the country ...

Our host administered the Oath of Allegiance which we repeated after her and read from the paper. Then she asked if someone is willing to step forward and do the Pledge of Allegiance. A young man did and we repeated the pledge after him.

After that we watched a video of past immigrants and the history of immigration, followed by a speech of President Obama and a video to the song "God bless the USA" from Lee Greenwood. I love that song! :star: I sang along with it :whistle:

Oddly enough "The Star Spangled Banner" was not played - was kinda surprised about that.

The ceremony host sent family members back out into the waiting room and told us we can pick up our Certificates of Citizenship on the way out. We did that in the same order we came into the room.

The ceremony was finished by 3:20 p.m. and my hubby took pictures of me with the certificate.

I am so happy - everything went well! :thumbs: I couldn't have wished any better! :dance:

I can't believe the excitement is over!

We did some celebrating later in the evening. A day like that goes by way too quickly!

Next steps are Passport, Social Security update and Voter Registration ....

Sorry my post got so long. Normally I don't write "novels" like that. I also apologize for spelling/grammar errors - it's getting late and I'm a little tired ...

P.S.: Would somebody update my info (today's oath) in the list, please? Thanks in advance!

Good night, imzadi

lovelysummer1982 · October 20, 2009

guys kindly update my timeline

10/19/09 ----- received IL

11/19/09------interview date

FormerBrit · October 20, 2009

Congrats imzadi! :thumbs: :dance:

Hello everyone!
Well it took me a few days but I did get to post! I am finally a US citizen!

Cheers

Congrats! :thumbs: :dance:

KamranAshraf1 · October 20, 2009

lovelysummer1982 time line updated.