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I am an American now. I had my ceremony thi s morning and all went well. It was a wonderful moment.

We were about 120 people attending from all over the world, some very old and others not so old.

While we were waiting, they played some songs from the Eagles, Bruce Springsteen etc...Everybody was relaxed and in a good mood. They opened the ceremony with a video, Faces of America, representing the diversity of the US population. Later, the director of the US immigration office came and gave a speech explaining the responsibilities coming with the citizenship and finally administered the Oath.

Now that we were all citizens, they showed a video of Pres. Obama welcoming us as "fellow Americans" which I found to be pretty emotional and yes Tom you are right concluded with video of US sights and sounds over "I am a proud American" from Lee Greenwood. (That last part was really cheesy)

Anyhow overall the USCIS did a great job with this ceremony.

Thank you again for the support, my immigration journey is over. Good luck to all of the ones still waiting.

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congrats

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Congratulations!

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Congrats fellow American :)

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Congratulations always good to hear when someone reaches the end of the "road"

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2009-12-01 Interview - Approved

2009-12-02 Oath ceremony - now a US Citizen

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Jesti   0

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Congratulations :thumbs:

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Congratulations on completing your immigration journey! :)

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02/17/06: Flight to U.S. - POE Anchorage

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04/11/09: Mailed N-400 application to Lewisville, TX Lockbox

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08/29/09: Applied for U.S. Passport (routine service)

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Bravo Jeangab!! Enjoy your citizenship.

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The oath ceremony was just about the only good experience we had with the USCIS, everyone was very nice for the first time, and my wife was so happy because she is now a part of this country. Pleased you experienced the same thing, but wasn't complete for us until we dealt with the DOS, SS, DMV, and voters registration, then it was finally over for us. Her happiest moment was showing her certificate to her employer and was taken off that list forever. They could have been fined severely by the state if her green card was not up to date.

 
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