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I have my oath taking on 09/22/11 (Congratulations to me!!) at 2PM here in San Antonio, TX. I have a class at 5pm that day and an exam that I cannot miss.

It says on the notice I have to show up there at 11:45AM then visitors can come in at 2pm for the ceremony. My main question is how long is the proper ceremony?? Is that like an hour or two? I know it depends on how many names they will call but would that even take 2 - 3 hours? Please let me know if you have an idea because I cannot miss my exam that day. Thanks a lot.

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I have my oath taking on 09/22/11 (Congratulations to me!!) at 2PM here in San Antonio, TX. I have a class at 5pm that day and an exam that I cannot miss.

It says on the notice I have to show up there at 11:45AM then visitors can come in at 2pm for the ceremony. My main question is how long is the proper ceremony?? Is that like an hour or two? I know it depends on how many names they will call but would that even take 2 - 3 hours? Please let me know if you have an idea because I cannot miss my exam that day. Thanks a lot.

Ours was 45 minutes long. Guests came in initially with the candidates. Just before the ceremony began, all of the candidates were summoned to the back of the waiting area and approached a table of USCIS workers who did final verifications and had each candidate ensure proper spellings on the naturalization certificates. YMMV.

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to choose between missing a test or missing a US citizenship, I will personally choose to miss the test.

With the test, you can discuss with the instructor ahead of time, and take the test in another class or find a suitable arrangement.

If you fail the test or miss it, it would not be the end of the time, and you can make it up in the next test or in the final exam.

For the citizenship, if you can end up with a long delay that can go up from one month to one year, and you will be missing alot of the benefit of being US citizen (Eligibility for grants, scholarships, welfare,...)

At the end is up to you to decide...

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