Hello to be fellow citizens - I completed my interview and oath on the same day at USCIS Irving last Thursday. Here is my brief experience, hope it helps someone in the future.
My interview was at 8 am in the morning. I reach the security at about 7.30 a.m. Walk through the security point in about 5 mins. I go up to the second floor thinking there should not be many people, but surprisingly there were already about 40 people or so sitting inside. I check in with the lady at the information counter, she takes the appointment letter. I believe I would have waited for about 1 and half hours until being called.
When I was called, a very courteous officer asks me to follow him to the interview room. Before I sit, he asked me to raise my right arm and take the oath. Then he asked me to sit and started with the civics test and asks 6 questions and completes it. Some questions are senator term, what the declaration of independence did, if both president & VP cannot serve who becomes the president. I answer all 6 followed by a simple sentence to read and a simple sentence to write. Once I am done with this, all he asked me was the green card and he went through all questions in the N400 confirming answers. I signed at the end. He said I am approved and asked if I wanted to take oath that afternoon. I confirmed and everything was done.
I had carried a truck load of documents (as per Johnny Cash's excellent list of documents posted somewhere on this website), but not a single document was asked.
I had 2 traffic tickets (one about 5 years back for red light) and another one about 14 years back for a bumper accident. The officer just brushed past these saying these don't matter.
Due to urgent travel plans on June 5th, I completed the oath, fixed an appointment for my passport at the federal agency and got that completed as well.
Thanks to this excellent forum for being a great source of information all other volunteers here who help everyone.
GC Since April 2008
DO Dallas, TX
01/30/13: N-400 mailed to Dallas, TX
02/01/13: N-400 delivered
02/06/13: Check cashed
02/11/13: NOA Received
02/09/13: FP notice received
02/26/13: FP Appointment
02/12/13: FP Done (Walk in)
03/01/13: In line for Interview scheduling
03/22/13: Yellow letter received
04/04/13:Interview Scheduled
05/09/13: Interview Done
05/09/13: Oath Ceremony
05/10/13: Applied for Passport
05/10/13: Received Passport
