Easy interview in San Francisco.

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Can only wonder what brain decides the location of field offices, with had biometrics in Milwaukee, near downtown loaded with no parking signs. Did pass by the field office in Chicago, another no parking area with these crooks that charge 17 bucks an hour to park. Wife has a friend that lives less than an hour from St. Louis but in Illinois so has to go to the Chicago office. Very expensive trip for her, has to stay overnight in one of those way overpriced Chicago downtown hotels. In a way, we are fortunate for our interviews in being assigned to the St. Paul office, not even in St. Paul, but in Bloomington, right off the interstate with a huge parking lot. But for some reason, they have consistently sent us to downtown Milwaukee for biometrics. We didn't even ask why, just did it to get it over with.

Had to deal with the Colombia, Venezuelan, and Japanese consulates, all located in downtown Chicago, and even very small rented offices. Wondered why they couldn't move these out to O'Hare, even would get free guards for security. For us we can actually drive quicker to O'Hare than between that 30 miles between O'Hare and downtown Chicago where the average speed is about 1 mph.

Well, the OP had a troublefree interview, hope the oath ceremony is the same way, fortunately our senator got us Wisconsinites out of that St. Paul oath ceremony where they like to get around 2,000 applicants before they have one, and right smack in downtown Minneapolis that is also one big fat no parking zone. Oh for the offices that have the same day oath ceremony. For us, a very long trip and two days pay, most of our fellow Wisconsinites stayed in a motel. My wife had to work until 2:00 AM, got dressed and we got in the car and I drove while she slept, half hour later was back on the road again, just mostly to watch a video of GWB and lip sync the oath she already read aloud and signed at her interview.

Really no consideration for the applicants. We did get mercy from Milwaukee, daughter's biometrics was scheduled three days later than my wife's, did bring her along, and they did take her prints, that was nice saving us yet another 450 mile trip. I drop them off, but wish they would let my wife and daughter carry their cell phones so I can them where I am. When you really need those damned things, can't use them.

Nik, you totally crack me up.