Oath Letter Questions and Oath Ceremony.

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Willyjoel

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Hell guys, my wait is finally over. Last Saturday (July 28) I received in the mail my Oath Letter. I am scheduled to take the oath on August 13, 2007 (Monday) in Fairfax, VA (DC DO). I first applied in January 2004 and went to the interview in March, 2005. 2 and 1/2 years later my wait is finally over.

I am little scared though. Have there be any chances where someone is denied citizenship at the oath ceremony?

From the letter I received, I have to mark "yes" in two of the questions. I got married in 2005 after my interview, and I went back to my home country (ex-home country, hopefully) Peru last year (2006) for just 10 days (to visit family and friends). Fortunately, I did not commit any crimes (not even a parking ticket) or join any foreign group or anything like that.

Could that cost me my citizenship? Could answering yes to any of the questions hurt my citizenship dreams?

Please advice, thanks a lot for your responses.

Willy.
 
The questions on the back of the form are meant to update your eligibility status since you rinterview (which was a long time ago. The only way than answers to these questinos would change your eligibility is... if they actually changed:
- your residence status (for example in the hypothetical case someone spent 2 whole years without N-470 in the home country)
- your good moral character
- your attachment to the Constitution

From what you wrote this won't change your eligibility. I concur with the previous post: just answer all questions truthully, they are meant to update your application.
 
Gee, thanks a lot guys, your answers really helped me a lot. I don't know what I would've done without this forum.

Again, Thank you very much!!!
 
Yes there have been cases where people are denied and pulled from the Nat ceremony. Didn't happen at mine that I saw, but was talking to a lady and she said when she went to her friends a few people were escorted out. Remember you aren't a USC until you get your Nat Cert, so anything before that point, you are still in the process and yes things can happen. If you get arrested for example they may pull you or if you left the country and started working in another country after your interview they might pull you.

So yes, there are cases and times they can do this. You went and visited outside the US for 10 days, that is not the same as takeing up residency or anything. So they won't worry about that. So you'll be ok...
 
I would suggest to bring proof of marriage to the oath ceremony, as mentioned in the letter, perhaps translated if the certificate is in Spanish. Bring your passport with the stamps from your 10 day trip. You should be fine, but bring the supporting documents along to avoid any delays.
 
Unusual oath ceremony event

We had our oath ceremony last Friday, July 27, 2007.
Even though this does not directly apply to your question, I want to share this unusual event that happened at the ceremony.
There were 81 of us scheduled for the ceremony.
As is required, we handed the oath letter and Green Card to the INS lady who then asked us to look over the Nat Cert to make sure that the personal information listed was accurate - no typos.
We were then asked to go to the next room and have some breakfast as we were still a couple of hours away from the 11 AM start time.
Here is the kicker.
As you may know, all certificates are signed by the Director, US Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Just as the ceremony was about to begin, they announced that only 75 would be given certificates because on six certificates, they had forgotten to sign ! And since the certificate is not valid without a signature,
there was no point in giving them out.
When pressed to advise when they would receive them, the INS folks said that they did not have a clue, since they did not have a precedent for such an incident.
Eventually, after taking the oath and participating the entire ceremony, they were given copies of the certificates.
It can be such a heart breaking experience to have this happen when you are so close to closure. I hope they have resolved the matter expeditiously.
 
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