NJOY_SCUBA
Registered Users (C)
Done
Finished N-400 process at Durham DO.
Interview:
Officer was matter-of-fact and businesslike but polite. Officer reviewed the application thoroughly. Nothing more. She made a comment on a traffic ticket but I didn't take the bait and kept quiet. She moved on. Then came the civics and English tests. She asked about my availability for the oath date. She told me to wait while somebody reviews her decision and print out the oath letter. The whole interview lasted just 10mins. Then a wait of 1 hour and I was handed a oath letter.
Oath:
USCIS staff was extra polite. No security checks were done infact
Anyway the actual ceremony 1hr long started with an interactive talk by DO boss, then oath, the pledge (led by a soldier new-citizen), slide show, a short movie about the country/patriotism, welcome speech by the President. The whole ceremony ended with distribution of the naturalization certificates.
The ceremony was family friendly with an infant and toddler with their natzed parents.
For the paranoids on this board - We were given a cheat sheet of list of things to do after natz, the first item in bold - was - make a copy of the natz cert.
My photos had me wearing glasses. I did take a extra set for interview but was never asked. The natz cert has my pictures with glasses.
I changed jobs 2 days before GC approval. It wasn't bought up in the interview.
The environment is very casual and friendly.
Finished N-400 process at Durham DO.
Interview:
Officer was matter-of-fact and businesslike but polite. Officer reviewed the application thoroughly. Nothing more. She made a comment on a traffic ticket but I didn't take the bait and kept quiet. She moved on. Then came the civics and English tests. She asked about my availability for the oath date. She told me to wait while somebody reviews her decision and print out the oath letter. The whole interview lasted just 10mins. Then a wait of 1 hour and I was handed a oath letter.
Oath:
USCIS staff was extra polite. No security checks were done infact
Anyway the actual ceremony 1hr long started with an interactive talk by DO boss, then oath, the pledge (led by a soldier new-citizen), slide show, a short movie about the country/patriotism, welcome speech by the President. The whole ceremony ended with distribution of the naturalization certificates. The ceremony was family friendly with an infant and toddler with their natzed parents.
For the paranoids on this board - We were given a cheat sheet of list of things to do after natz, the first item in bold - was - make a copy of the natz cert.
My photos had me wearing glasses. I did take a extra set for interview but was never asked. The natz cert has my pictures with glasses.
I changed jobs 2 days before GC approval. It wasn't bought up in the interview.
The environment is very casual and friendly.