WhichWay2Go
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Yeah, I am shouting PASSED I know. WooHooo.
The IL said not to arrive more than 30 minutes before interview time due to limited seating, but I was about 40 minutes early. Guard would not let me in until 30 minutes before so I had to wait in the truck. I had the air conditioning running of course as temp was at 108.
I waited until 25 minutes before and was guided in. I handed in my IL in at the window and sat down to wait. About 4 minutes after the interview appointment time my name was called and a pleasant IO led me to the office and told to sit down. I was only asked for my DL and LPR card.
We did the Civics questions first and as I answered, the result was written down with a red pen and a check mark placed in the right hand column. I got to the 4th question, "Who was the first President?" and I answered "George Washington."
The result was written down and NO check mark. I stumbled a little and without a pause, the next question, "How many Representatives are there?" I answered "435." Again the result was written down and no check mark! Arrrgh, I am starting to think I am having a brain-fade. I am mildly Dyslexic so began to wonder if it is 345 or 543 or 534.
Next question and I am getting a little unsettled by now as I am wondering if I will get enough correct. I was sure the two above were correct but hey, I know I can and do brain fade some times.
"How long is a Senator voted in for?" and I answered, "6 years." The result went down and the red pen was moved to the check mark column and I heaved a small sigh. To my great enjoyment, the IO then added check marks to the above two vacant spots as well. Pheeewwwwww.
I was so relieved I do not remember the first three or the last question, but suffice to say we stopped at 6th one with all of them correct.
Everything else went through just fine. It seemed I was asked only 2 or 3 of the Yes/No groups and I can't exactly remember which. Those I do were...
"Since you have been an LPR have you always paid your taxes." - "Yes, always!"
I had brought transcripts back to 2004 but was never asked for them.
"Have you ever stated you were an American Citizen?" - "No, never!"
"Have you ever done illegal drugs?" - "No, never!"
All in all a very pleasant, efficient and business-like IO and I was out of there in about 15 minutes. Thanks USCIS, very nicely done.
Thanks to everyone on this board who helped me to get this far. My application was straight forward but my problem is I think too much. Reading some of the unfortunate horror stories here did not help. However, every time I had a mild panic about something you guys were there in a heartbeat to help. What a great forum and what great people helping. Thank you all.
Now the final wait begins.
The IL said not to arrive more than 30 minutes before interview time due to limited seating, but I was about 40 minutes early. Guard would not let me in until 30 minutes before so I had to wait in the truck. I had the air conditioning running of course as temp was at 108.
I waited until 25 minutes before and was guided in. I handed in my IL in at the window and sat down to wait. About 4 minutes after the interview appointment time my name was called and a pleasant IO led me to the office and told to sit down. I was only asked for my DL and LPR card.
We did the Civics questions first and as I answered, the result was written down with a red pen and a check mark placed in the right hand column. I got to the 4th question, "Who was the first President?" and I answered "George Washington."
The result was written down and NO check mark. I stumbled a little and without a pause, the next question, "How many Representatives are there?" I answered "435." Again the result was written down and no check mark! Arrrgh, I am starting to think I am having a brain-fade. I am mildly Dyslexic so began to wonder if it is 345 or 543 or 534.
Next question and I am getting a little unsettled by now as I am wondering if I will get enough correct. I was sure the two above were correct but hey, I know I can and do brain fade some times.
"How long is a Senator voted in for?" and I answered, "6 years." The result went down and the red pen was moved to the check mark column and I heaved a small sigh. To my great enjoyment, the IO then added check marks to the above two vacant spots as well. Pheeewwwwww.
I was so relieved I do not remember the first three or the last question, but suffice to say we stopped at 6th one with all of them correct.
Everything else went through just fine. It seemed I was asked only 2 or 3 of the Yes/No groups and I can't exactly remember which. Those I do were...
"Since you have been an LPR have you always paid your taxes." - "Yes, always!"
I had brought transcripts back to 2004 but was never asked for them.
"Have you ever stated you were an American Citizen?" - "No, never!"
"Have you ever done illegal drugs?" - "No, never!"
All in all a very pleasant, efficient and business-like IO and I was out of there in about 15 minutes. Thanks USCIS, very nicely done.
Thanks to everyone on this board who helped me to get this far. My application was straight forward but my problem is I think too much. Reading some of the unfortunate horror stories here did not help.
However, every time I had a mild panic about something you guys were there in a heartbeat to help. What a great forum and what great people helping. Thank you all.Now the final wait begins.