Congratulations BritBrat. Do keep us posted as I'm following a week behind you (with my Interview 2 weeks before my naturalization eligibility date).
Also, was your app marriage based? (I'm trying to gauge the number of docs I need to lug with me to USCIS)
Thanks GungaDin & Lucky. I'll be checking in over the next few weeks to see how your interview and ceremony respectively went.
My app was 5-yr LPR based (not marriage or military based). I decided I wanted to cover all my bases regarding documents, so that if the IO asked for for some obscure document I would have it with me.... more of a confidence thing and being prepared than anything else. I'd read on this forum (another thread) that people have been asked for previous visa docs, tax docs, certificates of birth and marriage, copy of N400 app, additional passport-sized photos, even a pencil to sign the back of the photos.
In the interview, she did not ask for any of these additional docs, but I was glad I had them with me just in case... did not want to have to go away, find the docs, and go back for another appt. She had me write on the front of the photo with a pen (not on the back with a pencil). The file she had for me on her desk was at least 4 inches tall and I'm guessing that was mostly my LPR paperwork from 5 years ago which had contained a lot of evidence).
GungaDin, at the end of your interview, expect the IO to tell you that they won't mail your IL until 2-4 weeks AFTER your eligibility date. Also, looks like the civics questions and literacy sentences are pre-determined and are case-specific.... they are printed on a page with your A# or case#. (I had wondered if they just randomly ask you from a book... this was not the case). Good luck next week... let us know how the interview goes.
Cheers, Brit