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| Baltimore MD |  Review on October 10, 2015: |
Tacu Tacu
Rating:  | Review Topic: Naturalization
Interview:
We arrived 30 minutes early to my husband's appointment as per the instructions on the appointment letter. We went through security, which was similar to an airport - bags and electronics go through the scanning machine and you walk through a metal detector. We waited for about an hour and then they called my husband's name. He went into the office and before he sat down, he was instructed to put up his right hand and say an oath. The officer asked him for his green card, passport, driver's license, and appointment letter. The officer began the interview with the civic's test. Some of the questions included:
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Name three of the original 13 colonies.
What is the party of the current president?
What are the two political parties in the US?
For the English reading/writing part, my husband was instructed to read a sentence on a piece of paper (something like "Who elects the congress?") and then he was instructed to write out the answer (something like "The people elect the congress").
After that, the officer went through all of the questions on the N-400 application mostly asking yes or no questions but also verifying information like, "How did you arrive to the United States?" and "When did you get married?" The officer read through every question. Then, my husband was instructed to sign some forms and schedule the oath ceremony.
There was an oath ceremony that was about to start in 10 minutes, however, the officer said that it was already full so that he would need to come back another time. She offered my husband two possible oath ceremony dates and he picked the date that was the following day.
Oath Ceremony:
We arrived back to the office the day after the interview for the oath ceremony. At the beginning of the oath ceremony, all of the people who came to be naturalized are asked to line-up and check-in. For some reason, my husband's name was not on the list despite us having a letter confirming the oath ceremony date and time. We were asked to sit in the other waiting room (where we waited for the interview) until after the ceremony so that they could review our paperwork and straighten everything out. (' ')
We were in the waiting room for over 2 hours until one of the officers approached us and said that our paperwork was fine. The officer didn't really explain what had happened but we didn't really care as we were just relieved that my husband could still take the oath and we wouldn't have to return on another day.
Two officer took us back into the ceremony room. They asked my husband to raise his hand and recite the oath of allegiance. They gave him his naturalization certificate and an envelope with information on some of the next steps (voter registration, applying for a US passport, etc). And that was it!
Despite the small bump in the road with the check-in and wait time (honestly, after waiting through the K1 and AOS process, what's waiting another two hours?), everything worked out and we are SO happy to be done with husband's immigration journey and the USCIS!
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(updated on October 10, 2015)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #18026