LONG STORY - just for informational purposes. I am done with interview...waiting for oath.
So, sorry I have been out...but I tried to post several times in here and this thing didn't came out correctly to put a message. I guess my browser's fault.
ANYWAY, I just came back from my interview. My citizenship interview was set for today, 9/20/11 in Atlanta at Northside as you know, at 1.40pm. When I received the letter I was kind of disappointed because with that time frame I knew I was screw to get the same date oath...BUt heck at least I got the freakin' interview letter, it could be worse right? so I deal with it.
I came in, on time, at 1pm and still there was a freakin' line of people who were WAYYYY ahead of their time and was getting just push back. See, that pisses me off because me and another lady who were there on time 40-30 minutes before 1.40pm were getting delayed and here is the catch: There was another cutover time to get the oath for Friday! I checked in, go to the third floor and sit down. There is nobody around to tell you where to go, you just go with the herd and sit. The wait after that was almost an hour, it seems that there is no order of calling. They were calling numbers behind and after me...the place was full of people, not completely full. I exchange conversations with two ladies, one from Venezuela and another from the Philippines. The girl from VZ told me that her appointment was at noon and she was late for the same day oath, but her interview officer told her that she was going to get the oath on Friday and she must wait there for the letter after another person review her paperwork again. So the thing is that after you are done for interview, the officer RECOMMENDS you, you go again outside the room and wait again for the second paper for the oath ceremony IF you are within the cutover for it.
While waiting the girl from VZ got called with her appointment at 8am for her oath ceremony THIS Friday, lucky one.
Me and the other lady not so lucky on it
. I got called basically at 2.40pm or so I stop checking my phone. You can text though I wouldn't recommend be talking on the phone. Officers go in and out calling numbers...R120!!!, R144!!!! you get up and follow them, not many of them introduce themselves in the hall they go to their business. They are polite so just keep it professional. And PAY ATTENTION they don't tend to repeat more than three times the numbers, and if you don't pay attention they go inside and move on and will come back calling another number. Each officer is assigned already with your case, so is not like there is a ballot inside and each one is picking a number.
My interview was straight forward. She went through the questions of the N400 veryfing name, that none of my parents are a US citizen, address (I change address after I applied), SSN, verify that I actually don't need any name change since I legally change my name through my divorce. And my ONLY worry about my N400 was that. I was married before with a USC (I am originally Cherr1980 here and you can search my stuff back in 2006-2008) but if you are lazy like me...I divorced before my I-751 was adjudicated and I reapplied after I divorce, they close my second case and adjudicated the wrong one. The officer told me she reviewed my case and she noticed that they made a mistake and I was fine that's why she didn't brought anything of that on the table because
"you actually did the right thing, we screwed it up" WOW...of course I wish that came back with my freakin' 400 bucks but whatever. ANYWAY back again to my case, "read at loud: When is Columbus Day?", then write this "Columbus Day is in October." then right away six questions I answered all of them, and she checked everything, put bunch of stamps and gave me a paper that says "Congratulations! you are recommended for bla bla bla" . I asked why I couldn't get the oath for Friday and she told me that the cutover for that day alredy passed...and since anyway all the interviews need to be rechecked by a supervisor, there was no way I was getting it for Friday. So I should get my oath date in the mail. She said it shouldn't be more than the end of the month because they are urgently trying to get as much cases done for the month done because they are really behind. She said that twice about end of the month...so I REALLY hope so but don't get my hopes so high. I really want to be DONE FOR ONCE with this goverment agency.
And that's what all folks.