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Typo outside=guests

From all the posts I've seen online of various locations, I've never seen a first not being allowed. O I should have mentioned, guests had to wait in the waiting room. I think the court room ones, outside sit in the back and can observe

Picking it up today, very easy process. Yes guests are allowed. Ours was in the office where the interview was and was quick. Didn't even give a flag or pamphlet. Others have it in a court room and a judge gives a speech. Can't really complain for how quick we got the appointment.

Travel has to be within 14 days, so just wait until that window. They might give it a few days later, but won't hold onto your docs

Do you happen to be traveling across the border? Because you'll have to wait till you get a passport as well one you take the oath. Maybe there's an agency near you that has same day service.

poopy works for me! 💩

Well today was the day, what a bitter sweet moment. So we arrived around 20min before the scheduled time. We tried getting there earlier, but train delays. When we got there, there was a huge line which had us worried. It moved very slow, then got a little faster. And much like the airport, people couldn't manage to stay in line, tried all gathering in front, many were way too early and the guards had to repeatedly tell them they'll not going to let them in and come back later, but they didnt' seem to understand. Surprisingly the security line inside moved faster, then it was a fight to get on an elevator. We ended up just being a few minutes later, which wasn't a problem because they didn't start until 30 min after anyway. But still nerve wracking. Despite asking people to dress well, a lot could care less, someone didn't even wear deodorant unfortunately 😅 It was about 15 min max and we were out of there, quite surprising. I read the ones that take place in court rooms are actually longer. They only gave the certificate, not even a folder! luckily we brought one, though that was kinda poopy. Actually going to miss the process a bit, minus all the waiting. Maybe I should apply to be an officer 😆

they're generated by random from the list, so the questions he was asked aren't specifically helpful, could be you are asked none of them.

I found one that doesn't have any text. On Etsy you can buy a customized one, but I think they'll still using the same ones that are on amazon, just maybe buying direct from China

None of these apply, do I need to provide anything from here? They also ask for the A number. Is that needed if already naturalized?

They won't even accept that certified one, it's more for overseas stuff. I'm thinking if I should get one of those certificate holders everyone gets on amazon, they look made in china quality. regarding the urgent passport, I did take a look at appointments and they have lots in the coming week, so it doesn't look like they're scarce

I was looking for if they give you a folder or something for the certificate and came upon this post, but it's not the flex they think it is. https://www.uscis.gov/archive/how-do-i-obtain-an-authenticated-copy-of-a-certificate-of-naturalization

no it makes sense, sounds like the appointments fill up and someone might actually need the appointment for more legit reasons

I didn't realize that, I had seen a bunch of people on reddit saying they had done that. Good to know.

CR1 are probably married longer before becoming a resident, but many don't live together until that point

circling back on this, took us 4.5 months

that's great! Glad it all worked out for you and there was a quick turnaround time for the interview.

Thanks there's still a lot of nervousness until the actual oath happens. And the woman told us 8:30 but later saw the doc says 10:30. I think she had just been telling all the prior people that time and didn't check. We might try the buy and cancel method, even they told us about the certificate possibly getting lost when applying for a passport.

Thank you. So in this case the residency was fine, it was a question if the marital union part was met, in these cases people still get to the interview and get denied because it's not always so clear until the officer gets into the details. I think also the city you're in could possibly have nicer or meaner officers. Although our officer seemed strict, he mentioned he was former military.

Hey party people So months ago I freaked out right after filing after realizing I misunderstood the 90 day rule and marital union. I thought I would withdraw it, but we decided to play it out as a withdrawal would have taken almost as long. The major worry of a denial was changes to the test etc besides paying another fee. Well today was the interview. I was able to enter the building with my spouse and wait with them. The wait was much longer than expected. It was about 1.5 hours until being called. I wasn't allowed into the interview with them. Long story short... APPROVED. They were giving people invites for the oath for the following Monday, but they only to that until 2pm. We were confused if we were supposed to wait or just wait for a letter in the mail. I think the person at the info counter was confused as well, and then one of the workers just decided to schedule us on the spot. They asked if we could do December and asked if there were any plans to travel. I said yes for the holidays, and they said, we'll just schedule you for Monday. So we lucked out on that. There's always that nervousness, what if something happens between now and then. Best of luck to everyone else. Would be glad to answer any questions.

What did you end up doing? We had decided to let it play out, and good thing we did, it ended up working out in our favor. Everything is by chance though, depends on the offer and your unique case

from what I've seen things haven't really changed around this in the interviews so far, but people suspect it will once the new test takes effect

even if not removing conditions? at least here they won't even let you in if you're not required for an interview

They don't interview the spouse for just n400 Congrats