brahmachari99
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Last week I and my wife both got done with the interviews, on different days. My wifes's was first, on Monday around noon. It took us about 45 minutes to drive there from the western suburbs. We arrived 20 minutes early, and it looked like the interviews were running a little late. There was one lady who yelled at the IO when he came out to call the next person in. She was apparently mad at having to wait beyond the appointed time. The IO assured her he'd do everything possible to expedite the process.
While we were waiting, my daughter declared she was hungry, and I took her out on a stroll to the nearby gas station, since there were no vending machines in the building. I was hoping by the time we came back, my wife's interview would already be over, but that wasn't the case. I was a little concerned if we had brought enough documentation. Finally, my wife was called in about an hour and a half after the appointed time. She was out in about 20 minutes, with a solemn expression on her face, and told me she should've brought more documentation! Before I fainted at hearing this, she smiled and told me she was just kidding... and that she passed!!!! The interview went pretty quick, and the IO didn't ask for anything special.
My interview was the next day, early in the morning. It took me about an hour and 45 minutes to get there because of the rush hour traffic. I barely got there a couple of minutes before the appointment. I was called in about 40 minutes past the appointed time. The IO asked the civics questions right away. Then went through my application. Checked the passports, and asked me to sign the application. Then he took all my documents and left the room, saying he'd be right back. At this point I was starting to panic... why did he leave the room? Where did he go? Did he find an issue with the application? The one thing that helped keep my spirits up was that before he left, the IO had given the photos to me and asked to sign them. The IO came back after a good 10-15 minutes, and told me he's approving the application, and gave me the approval letter. I collected the oath letter outside, after waiting for about 40-50 minutes. The only downer during the whole process was that I was a couple of minutes over 2 hours at the parking garage, so they charged me a couple of bucks extra ($19 instead of $17).
Both mine and my wife's oaths were this week, early morning Monday 9/28/09. We left pretty early (trying to get to the garage before 8:00am to get the early morning special of $13 for the whole day. We arrived at 8:01 and hence missed the special). It took about an hour to get everyone seated. Then they played a DVD for about 5-7 minutes. Then two officers read a statement and asked us to stand up to take the oath. The oath was administered and we were handed out the citizenship certificates. Then they played a song on the DVD, and then a welcoming message from the President (that was awesome... he specially recorded a message for the new citizens). Then we were allowed to go. The whole process was pretty efficient, the ceremony itself took only about 30 minutes.
Took my own passport photos and printed them at Walgreens (.19 for 6 photos) instead of the $7.99 for 2 photos that they charge). Applying for passport book and card today. Good luck to ya'all.
From applying N400 to oath took just under 4 months.
While we were waiting, my daughter declared she was hungry, and I took her out on a stroll to the nearby gas station, since there were no vending machines in the building. I was hoping by the time we came back, my wife's interview would already be over, but that wasn't the case. I was a little concerned if we had brought enough documentation. Finally, my wife was called in about an hour and a half after the appointed time. She was out in about 20 minutes, with a solemn expression on her face, and told me she should've brought more documentation! Before I fainted at hearing this, she smiled and told me she was just kidding... and that she passed!!!! The interview went pretty quick, and the IO didn't ask for anything special.
My interview was the next day, early in the morning. It took me about an hour and 45 minutes to get there because of the rush hour traffic. I barely got there a couple of minutes before the appointment. I was called in about 40 minutes past the appointed time. The IO asked the civics questions right away. Then went through my application. Checked the passports, and asked me to sign the application. Then he took all my documents and left the room, saying he'd be right back. At this point I was starting to panic... why did he leave the room? Where did he go? Did he find an issue with the application? The one thing that helped keep my spirits up was that before he left, the IO had given the photos to me and asked to sign them. The IO came back after a good 10-15 minutes, and told me he's approving the application, and gave me the approval letter. I collected the oath letter outside, after waiting for about 40-50 minutes. The only downer during the whole process was that I was a couple of minutes over 2 hours at the parking garage, so they charged me a couple of bucks extra ($19 instead of $17).
Both mine and my wife's oaths were this week, early morning Monday 9/28/09. We left pretty early (trying to get to the garage before 8:00am to get the early morning special of $13 for the whole day. We arrived at 8:01 and hence missed the special). It took about an hour to get everyone seated. Then they played a DVD for about 5-7 minutes. Then two officers read a statement and asked us to stand up to take the oath. The oath was administered and we were handed out the citizenship certificates. Then they played a song on the DVD, and then a welcoming message from the President (that was awesome... he specially recorded a message for the new citizens). Then we were allowed to go. The whole process was pretty efficient, the ceremony itself took only about 30 minutes.
Took my own passport photos and printed them at Walgreens (.19 for 6 photos) instead of the $7.99 for 2 photos that they charge). Applying for passport book and card today. Good luck to ya'all.
From applying N400 to oath took just under 4 months.
