All,
Denver had a huge oath ceremony on May 28th.
Highlights
1) Attended by a senator, Lt Governer etc
2) 1,800 people were given oath
3) Check-in into the hall was a 90 min process.
4) Queue started at (well before 9:00a) and ceremony started at about 11:30 (ish)
5) People were divided into red white and blue groups to split the crowd.
6) Checking Queue was by (first charactoer of) last name. Qs for Letters S, T etc where really big and other were small. They could have better handled by looking the "spread" of first character of last name
7) Huge lines getting out again
8) Took my filled up pass port applicatoion and applied for passport. Point to note: It is safe to take 2 checks per applcation. One for processing fee and other for Dept Of State. I went with one and had to borrow $25 from a friend to pay USPS.
Humorus notes
1) When they started the Dirctor of USCIS (for CO and neighboring states) said the will start at about 11:00a. Crowd had a mild "boo" which could also be interpreted as a "OOOOhhh". I am certain about the thought that what was going through his mind
. I don't think he liked it.
2) Towards the end he said "Congrats, you don't have to deal with us any more". People "laughed" in a good way and i think they liked his sence of humor
Denver had a huge oath ceremony on May 28th.
Highlights
1) Attended by a senator, Lt Governer etc
2) 1,800 people were given oath
3) Check-in into the hall was a 90 min process.
4) Queue started at (well before 9:00a) and ceremony started at about 11:30 (ish)
5) People were divided into red white and blue groups to split the crowd.
6) Checking Queue was by (first charactoer of) last name. Qs for Letters S, T etc where really big and other were small. They could have better handled by looking the "spread" of first character of last name
7) Huge lines getting out again
8) Took my filled up pass port applicatoion and applied for passport. Point to note: It is safe to take 2 checks per applcation. One for processing fee and other for Dept Of State. I went with one and had to borrow $25 from a friend to pay USPS.
Humorus notes
1) When they started the Dirctor of USCIS (for CO and neighboring states) said the will start at about 11:00a. Crowd had a mild "boo" which could also be interpreted as a "OOOOhhh". I am certain about the thought that what was going through his mind
. I don't think he liked it.2) Towards the end he said "Congrats, you don't have to deal with us any more". People "laughed" in a good way and i think they liked his sence of humor