The one last ordeal!
madhuri_dhar said:
From what I know, interview and oath are done the same day in CH.
From the time one decides to get into the U.S. .... the Visa .... the Labor certification .... the employer dictats .... getting the Green Card ..... et al .... is by itself a big nightmare. Leave alone
the one last ordeal - Naturalization!
And after reading all the write-ups in this site, I got to grips with the Naturalization community's experiences! Utter confusion and myriads of questions seems to prevail while filling the N-400 form - do I have to list this, do I have to tick this, do I have to change my name, would this cause me problems, where can I get this, how can I do this, whom should I talk to, when do you think I will get my Citizenship? To the truth, I experienced the same! Despite all these, people are eager and willing to cross one bridge after the other to pay the price for freedom and a better living by eschewing pain and testing their patience.
But at the end of the day when the certificate is bestowed, it brings another day filled with hopes and dreams. I cast myself into this on 8/5/2006 when I mailed my N-400 papers to VSC. It beats me as to why I didn't get this rolling when I became eligible 2 1/2 years back in GA, but looks like I am destined to experience the CH processing afterall!
It's experiences of folks ahead of us, that can mitigate our experiences on this one last ordeal. So, I will peruse this site quite often and say thank you to you folks.