Pals,
I'm glad to tell you that I passed the interview today!
At first, an immigration officer called me and quizzed me six U.S. history and government questions in the current version of the exam (there is new version). He also asked me to read a sentence, and then write another simple sentence.
Then I waited for my name to be called. In about 10-15 minutes, an officer called my name and led me into his office. He was courteous, professional, and kind. He asked me to raise my right hand to swear that I'd be completely truthful. Then he took a look at my green card and passport. he noticed that my passport had my old name while my green card had my new name. I showed him the court paper for my official name change. He wanted to make a copy of it. I gave him a copy I had made before. He appreciated that.
Then he went over every single question in my N-400 application and asked me to verify. He asked me if I owed any taxes, I replied no and offered my tax transcripts. He said he didn't need to see, but he appreciated my effort in thoroughly preparing all of these documents.
Finally he asked me to sign at several places on the last page, and told me about his decision to recommend me to become a U.S. citizen pending further approval. He asked me to wait in the waiting area for an oath appointment. I was very happy and I told him that I was very happy. He said he could tell, and then reminded me not to forget to take my pencil - It was in red, white, and blue.
He walked me out of the hallway, during which I shared my concern about a possibility of the oath date conflicting with my trip of Feb 1, 2009.
As fate would have it, the oath date turned out to conflict with my trip. It seemed that we had to wait for two and half months to take oath after the interview.
I spoke to the lady at the front desk about the conflict, and told her that I didn't want to reschedule my trip again, because I had already re-scheduled my trip once due to its conflict with my interview (today). She was so kind as to ask her supervisor to help, who re-scheduled my oath date to Dec 18. Instead of yellow, my oath letter was in green.
I was very happy that everything worked out. I had great experience at the interview. It's been a long journey to finally become a U.S. citizen! You've been most helpful to me every step of the way.
We, the new citizens, should be proud of the true American spirit in us of working hard and pursuing "life, liberty, and happiness". I wish all of you good luck in getting your citizenship and realizing your American dreams!
