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| Orlando FL |  Review on March 27, 2013: |
danat
Rating:  | Review Topic: Naturalization
We had our interview today in Orlando. Has to be one of the slowest right now but hopefully others won't have to wait as long as we did.
We arrived at the Orlando Field office at about 905am for our 930am appointment. We checked in and took a seat. It wasn't overly crowded but there is a very large waiting area. She wasn't called until about 10am. She went back with the IO to his office. He started with the civics, reading and writing tests.
He asked her,
Where is the statue of liberty?
Who was the first president?
What are 2 national holidays?
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
Who is the governor of Florida?
What is one promise you make when you become a citizen?
Then he asked her to write, "The President lives in the United States."
Then he asked her to read, "The President lives in the White House."
Then he asked her if she had any additional evidence. She gave him our most current utility bills, bank statements, insurance, and 2012 tax return. He then started looking over her file. He was kinda talking to himself a little bit saying stuff like, oh I see you lived in Russia, which technically she lived in Belarus but I guess he felt it was all the same. She didn't say anything during this time. He then asked her where I was born. He then said oh you have an 11 year age difference and she said, no it is only 8. Then he asked why we lived in Belarus for a couple years before coming to the USA. She explained everything. He was obviously trying to trip her up and make sure she knew the details on our application. So be sure you go over your application too. Then he said, You didn't take any trips out of the US? She said, no, we haven't had a chance with work. He didn't look at the additional evidence at all. He then had her sign some papers and said she was recommended for approval. Then she came out to the waiting area. The IO was very nice and friendly. She was in there for about 20 minutes. He told her to wait for the ceremony letter.
About 15 minutes later, the IO came out and asked her to come back in the office. He told her that she needed to use her patronymic name as her middle name. She told him that that is not a middle name but he said that his supervisor said that they are to consider patronymic names as middle names. Her only option was to either wait a month until she could go before the judge for a name change or just accept her patronymic name as her middle name and change her name later. She decided to just accept it and do the ceremony on Friday.
She then came out and we waited for another hour and half waiting for the ceremony letter. Another officer came out of a back door and called her and 7 other people over and asked for their green cards. He checked the cards then gave them all the letter and gave general directions about notifying of any changes before the oath ceremony.
Summary:
Interview: Easy, 20 minutes
Time waiting: ~2.5 hours
Hope that helps others in the Orlando service area. Good luck!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #11708