I live in the Phoenix area and had applied (N400) on 6/23/09. Since I live in Phoienix and mailed it to the local lockbox, they were able to assign a PD of 6/24.
I received the FP notice on 07/06/09 and went for early FP on 07/07/09.
Then I got the interview letter last month (08/05/09) and the went to the interview today.
The interview was at 10:15 AM. I reached there at 09:50 AM and the security screening took almost 10 minutes.
Turned in my appointment letter in counter 1 and was asked to wait.
I was not called till 10:45 AM.
Then after being asked to take the oath, I was asked to show my green card - no other document was requested and I did not offer to show anything either.
Started with the civics test - answered first 6 questions correctly. (Father of our nation, name of chief justice, how many members in house of rep, one war in the 1900s, which month we vote for president, how many years do we elect representatives for).
Asked to read a sentence and write a sentence.
Then asked questions about being a member of commubnist party, other organizations, have you ever been in jail anywhere in the world, any foreign trips since you applied, any convictions, asked about the two civil traffic tickets - were they just citations only? And do you owe any taxes...
Then went through the name change process, confirmed by present address and phone numbers and current employer.
After all this, which took about 20 minutes, he made me sign a few sheets and said he cannot make a decision today!
Apparently he could not sign the approval till I complete the 5 years as a LPR , but he gave a sheet in which he wrote he will approve it on Monday, 9/21.
And he said I should expect the oath letter in the next 6 weeks...
Man, I am so disappointed....
I had almost all the documents from Johnny Cash's list. I even had a letter of good standing from the state government stating I do not owe any taxes as I did not want to pay for transcripts.
So now back to the waiting game...
I received the FP notice on 07/06/09 and went for early FP on 07/07/09.
Then I got the interview letter last month (08/05/09) and the went to the interview today.
The interview was at 10:15 AM. I reached there at 09:50 AM and the security screening took almost 10 minutes.
Turned in my appointment letter in counter 1 and was asked to wait.
I was not called till 10:45 AM.
Then after being asked to take the oath, I was asked to show my green card - no other document was requested and I did not offer to show anything either.
Started with the civics test - answered first 6 questions correctly. (Father of our nation, name of chief justice, how many members in house of rep, one war in the 1900s, which month we vote for president, how many years do we elect representatives for).
Asked to read a sentence and write a sentence.
Then asked questions about being a member of commubnist party, other organizations, have you ever been in jail anywhere in the world, any foreign trips since you applied, any convictions, asked about the two civil traffic tickets - were they just citations only? And do you owe any taxes...
Then went through the name change process, confirmed by present address and phone numbers and current employer.
After all this, which took about 20 minutes, he made me sign a few sheets and said he cannot make a decision today!
Apparently he could not sign the approval till I complete the 5 years as a LPR , but he gave a sheet in which he wrote he will approve it on Monday, 9/21.
And he said I should expect the oath letter in the next 6 weeks...
Man, I am so disappointed....
I had almost all the documents from Johnny Cash's list. I even had a letter of good standing from the state government stating I do not owe any taxes as I did not want to pay for transcripts.
So now back to the waiting game...