All Done!! Woooo hoooo! Thanks to all the wonderful people on this forum for their advice, time and support....
In Summary-
*The ceremony was scheduled for 9am with checkin requested at 845am.
*We went in at 850am and found seats with packets containing the SS form, voter registration, pledge, flag etc.
*Folks from Social Security and Voter Registration explained the forms, and we took a break at 920am, with the request to be back by 945am.
*By this time, they allowed family members in, and then the whole deal was done in about 30 mins- Oath of Allegiance was said by someone from the court and then the officer from Immigration read the Pledge of allegiance. I did not remember it, and the people next to me seemed to be reciting from memory.....
* They handed the naturalization certificates after the ceremony. One thing to remember for folks that will do this in future is that if you can go in first and sit all the way at the front, you will receive your naturalization certificates sooner.....which means you can go downstairs to Social Security/Voter Registration before a queue builds up there.
*Since I was the first at the SS/Voter registration, I was done there quickly.
* I went back up to see if I can take pics near the flag, with the judge etc, but a queue had built up there. I just took some pictures there without waiting in line and headed straight for the passport office.
* Thanks to the advice from Phx_Girl, I told the attendant that I was there for the passport and he said that it is "the door halfway down the right".
*There was a small line there and a couple of ppl from the ceremony were already there. It is a very straightforward process- Fill out the form near the counter, Pay 75 bucks for application (I paid with check) and another 25 for the processing (I paid with Visa). I also made a couple of copies of the Naturalization Certificate (50 cents each).
That was it! I was out of the passport office by 11:15am! It was all worth it in the end! Thank you God!!
