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| Seattle WA |  Review on January 17, 2018: |
rostov007
Rating:  | Review Topic: Naturalization
We just returned from a long day at USCIS. She was approved after the interview this morning and she took the oath this afternoon. We decided to do the name change outside USCIS because the interviewer didn’t know how long it would take to finish the change and schedule the oath ceremony. There was one this afternoon so he offered to place her in it if she wanted to postpone the name change, so she did.
We arrived 15 min before her appointment time (the maximum amount you can be early) and checked in and got a waiting number. You then go upstairs to the waiting room until your number is called. She was only in the room about 15-20 minutes before she came out approved. She said they asked her 6 questions for the 100 list and she got all correct. They had her write the answer to a verbal question on paper. (“Name the three branches of the US governmentâ€. She then wrote the answer in a complete sentence “The three branches of the US government are...â€) and then he checks it.
They only asked us to provide one document, our daughters birth certificate, but they did ask her a lot of questions. She said it was very conversational and relaxed, like talking to someone instead of formal. Very easy if you are telling the truth and have studied English and the government.
For the oath ceremony we came back at 1:30 and waited upstairs to be called. Then the families go to the auditorium while the applicants check in. The ceremony itself is quite short depending on how many applicants. Ours was just under an hour for the whole thing.
She walked in in the morning at 8:30 and left around 3:30 a fully naturalized citizen. Some of the people she sat with had their interviews in early December and had to wait until today to take the oath. I think we got lucky that our interview was on the same day as an oath ceremony that had open slots available.
Relax, enjoy it, and you will do fine.
best to you,
Richard
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #23112