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Inconsistency reigns at USCIS; I'm done, but I feel for those who are still working to understand how the "system" works when there is no ckear evidence of a "system" in the first place. Your time will come, and believe me, the feeling you get at the end is (almost) worth all the hassle and...

I just got my US Passport. I applied with regular processing at the RTP Post Office on the 10th and it came in the mail today. It was nice to finish with a nice, smooth process with the State Department after all the USCIS processes, which seemed to take forever. I hope that all of you...

Don't fret (yet). I got my oath letter exactly two weeks before the oath date. For 9/29, that means the end of this week. At the big ceremony on Friday, Judge Britt said that the normal venue is the Federal Courthouse with a group of 50 or so. I agree that the room in the Durham office...

You'll get the naturalization certificate after your oath ceremony. It starts with you turning in your oath invitation and green card, checking the cert's details (name, gender, DOB, height, marital status, country of birth), then signing it. At my ceremony last Friday, Judge Britt said that he...

Yes, that was the longest wait for me, it seemed like forever. The wait for the interview was physically longer, of course, but waiting for that oath letter was torture! To all still waiting, I hope you get scheduled soon and that you can join in the electoral process this year. The voter...

Yes Sir, that's what it was - noon on the nail.

I don't know what that crowd was about - our whole ceremony and the pre-ambles occurred inside. It feels good to be done. I hope those of you still waiting on your oaths are able to get the same feeling soon.

KNP beat me to the posting, so I'll just add a few personal observations/experiences. I got there at 10:05 and there were already lines formed. The "gates" (mine was 4) were actually tables, where an IO took my letter and green card and put me back in line to sign my certificate. After that...

Thanks! I'll post my experience on Saturday, as we intend to make the most of the opportunity of being there for the Convention Center's grand opening and beyond, Hanna permitting. The fact that I have to "report" at 10:30am for a 1pm ceremony implies that they're not taking any chances...

Yes, she said "September" and I'm done with them tomorrow! I got my oath letter only two weeks before the ceremony, so there's still hope for at least one more local ceremony this month. They could do another big one at the fairgrounds, at Memorial Auditorium, at NCSU's McKimmon Center or on...

I read that a convention center manager said they could move the ribbon-cutting inside if necessary. The cancellation was for "Raleigh Wide Open" which is mostly outdoors, and I'm not sure how they could delay the official center opening by more than a couple of days - they have events booked...

The letter was sent from the TSC with a date of August 15th. It tells me to report at 10:30am prompt. It looks like they have set aside 2 1/2 hours for "preprocessing" in order to keep the ceremony to the planned one hour. After all, there will be a lot going on! I have no idea what the...

Thanks for the good wishes - this is a great community. Just wait until oath day, when we can pursue our local, state, and federal officials on the issue of improving the process and services for those of us who follow all the rules and play nice while silently fuming over the treatment we...

I just received my oath ceremony notice for September 5th at the new Raleigh Convention Center!! It feels like the longest wait for anything in my entire life, but in the end it was "only" 43 days. 438 days from my PD, but who's counting now? fbanna - good moves today, you aced it. If the...

My interview was mid-afternoon (2:40) on July 10th. As we walked to her office, I asked my IO if they were especially busy as everyone seemed a bit harried (nice way of saying it). She replied, with no humor, that they were understaffed and had people out sick. I guess I was lucky that they...

This isn't getting any better, is it guys?! Sorry to hear about the descheduling, especially this close to the interview date. Why did they open the office before they were sure they could operate it? Or, why didn't they keep the workload lighter while they proved all their processes and...

sbagade800, Thanks so much for taking the time and showing the patience, then letting us have some good information. Well, it's "good" in that it came directly from someone who is "in the know". If she said two weeks before the oath date, then those of us with our fingers and toes crossed...

I'm with you guys who interviewed and were approved in June and July and are now waiting for the oath letter. I wonder if they're checking everything five times given that September 5th will be the largest ever oath ceremony in these parts! Can't wait to see what you find out tomorrow and - as...

OK. The September 5th naturalization oath ceremony during the grand opening of the new Raleigh Convention Center is happening three weeks from yesterday. We've heard that the ceremony will include up to 1,000 new to-be citizens. We haven't heard of anyone receiving an invitation to that...

My successful interview was July 10th at the Durham field office and I'm waiting for my oath letter, too. I'll post here as soon as I get mine. I'm still hoping for September 5th; my IO said "in September" when I asked her when my oath ceremony might be.