nextonline
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It went extremely smooth.Was scheduled for 9:30am, got there half an hour early and my wait time was approximately an hour.
Really polite lady called my name and we went into her office, for the interview process. She had me rise my right hand and swore me in, after than she went through every single thing on my application within minutes with me, I guess to check for consistency. She didn't request my selective service registration proof, she also didn't request tax transcripts (I was very nervous about this part, since NY state doesn't send those out until 60 days AFTER you made a request, on top of that you need to pay? Really? I thought I already pay them every year).
Next step was the literacy test, she asked me to write one sentence, i think it was "People elect the congress" or something similar. Fast and easy step.
Finally the last step was the civics test. Approximately 6 questions were given (I answered all of them correct), few that I do recall were:
1) who wrote the constitution
2) name one state that borders Mexico
3) name 3 original states
4) who is in charge of the military
Then she looked at me, smiled and said, we all done here, do you want us to mail you an Oath ceremony schedule or would you like to wait and schedule it today, within an hour or so. I obviously opted to schedule on the spot and within an hour I had a schedule letter. My ceremony is next week, on November 30th! Wow! And this is during the holiday season! In other countries government officials take 3 month off during this time, just because feel like it.
To sum it all up, the process, including wait time, took approximately 2.5 hours, the officer was extremely nice (I would honestly hug her if that wouldn't look weird) and the interview itself was a breeze!!!
Q: Can anyone tell me how long does the ceremony last, on average? Mine is scheduled for 8:30am, but it's during a normal business day, so I'm trying to estimate my make up time at work.
Really polite lady called my name and we went into her office, for the interview process. She had me rise my right hand and swore me in, after than she went through every single thing on my application within minutes with me, I guess to check for consistency. She didn't request my selective service registration proof, she also didn't request tax transcripts (I was very nervous about this part, since NY state doesn't send those out until 60 days AFTER you made a request, on top of that you need to pay? Really? I thought I already pay them every year).
Next step was the literacy test, she asked me to write one sentence, i think it was "People elect the congress" or something similar. Fast and easy step.
Finally the last step was the civics test. Approximately 6 questions were given (I answered all of them correct), few that I do recall were:
1) who wrote the constitution
2) name one state that borders Mexico
3) name 3 original states
4) who is in charge of the military
Then she looked at me, smiled and said, we all done here, do you want us to mail you an Oath ceremony schedule or would you like to wait and schedule it today, within an hour or so. I obviously opted to schedule on the spot and within an hour I had a schedule letter. My ceremony is next week, on November 30th! Wow! And this is during the holiday season! In other countries government officials take 3 month off during this time, just because feel like it.
To sum it all up, the process, including wait time, took approximately 2.5 hours, the officer was extremely nice (I would honestly hug her if that wouldn't look weird) and the interview itself was a breeze!!!
Q: Can anyone tell me how long does the ceremony last, on average? Mine is scheduled for 8:30am, but it's during a normal business day, so I'm trying to estimate my make up time at work.