Ian-Mstm

> Hi,
> Today I took citizenship oath. My oath was held at 219 S. Dearbon.
> Arrived there at 8:00 am for a 9:00 am ceremony. There were already 50
> people ahead of me. Within 20 minutes, another 70 odd joined the line
> after me. It took nearly 50 minutes for them to process each applicant
> and seat us according to their intended scheme. Judge Virginia Kendall
> arrived at 9:00 am sharp. The "Oath of Allegiance" and the judge's
> speech took just 15 minutes. Another 15 minutes for the distribution
> of
> the naturalisation certificates.
> Hopefully today was my last interaction with INS/BCIS/USCIS
> Regards,
> S K Ghori http://www.vex.net/~skg/
>
> **NOTE**
> I underwent the immigration process in both Canada and the US. I hold
> Pakistani, Canadian and US citizenship.
>
> **DISCLAIMER**
> I am neither a lawyer nor an immigration consultant. My comments
> should NEVER be considered as legal or professional advice as they
> are not meant to be such.
>
>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Just a small update. I received my oath invitation today. I was
> > told
> > a waiting period of 3-5 weeks on the day I was interviewed, and the
> > oath invitation arrived after 4 weeks to the day. My oath will take
> > place in downtown Chicago on the 21st.

Mazel Tov!

Ian

Meauxna

> Hi,
> Today I took citizenship oath. My oath was held at 219 S. Dearbon.
> Arrived there at 8:00 am for a 9:00 am ceremony. There were already 50
> people ahead of me. Within 20 minutes, another 70 odd joined the line
> after me. It took nearly 50 minutes for them to process each applicant
> and seat us according to their intended scheme. Judge Virginia Kendall
> arrived at 9:00 am sharp. The "Oath of Allegiance" and the judge's
> speech took just 15 minutes. Another 15 minutes for the distribution
> of
> the naturalisation certificates.
> Hopefully today was my last interaction with INS/BCIS/USCIS
> Regards,
> S K Ghori http://www.vex.net/~skg/
>
> **NOTE**
> I underwent the immigration process in both Canada and the US. I hold
> Pakistani, Canadian and US citizenship.
>
> **DISCLAIMER**
> I am neither a lawyer nor an immigration consultant. My comments
> should NEVER be considered as legal or professional advice as they
> are not meant to be such.
>
>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Just a small update. I received my oath invitation today. I was
> > told
> > a waiting period of 3-5 weeks on the day I was interviewed, and the
> > oath invitation arrived after 4 weeks to the day. My oath will take
> > place in downtown Chicago on the 21st.

Congratulations!!!

Do we start calling you Bubba now?

skg

Hey ... I'm still the same Cricket-loving, short-shifting-Subie-driver,
so Bubba will not apply
Thanks for the congrats!!!

Regards,
S K Ghori http://www.vex.net/~skg/

**NOTE**
I underwent the immigration process in both Canada and the US. I hold
Pakistani, Canadian and US citizenship.

**DISCLAIMER**
I am neither a lawyer nor an immigration consultant. My comments
should NEVER be considered as legal or professional advice as they
are not meant to be such.

meauxna wrote:
> Congratulations!!!
>
> Do we start calling you Bubba now?
>
>
>
> --

Dutchman2001nl

> Hi,
> Just returned from my N-400 interview. Arrived there at 12:30pm for a
> 1:00pm interview. Checked in and waited. Was called promptly at
> 1:00pm. The officer was a gentleman in his 50s. Very polite and kind
> faced. He lead me to his office and asked me to raise my right hand
> to
> affirm I will only speak the truth. Once that was done, I sat down
> and
> he asked for the following 4 items:-
>
> (1) Interview letter
> (2) Green card
> (3) Passport
> (4) Drivers license
>
> My entire A-file was there in front of him. I was able to recognised
> a
> document copy that I had attached as part of the I-129F petiton in
> 2002. He attached the interview letter to my A-file and put the other
> three infront of him without looking them over. He then handed me a
> civics test sheet. I was asked the following 6 questions:-
>
> (1) What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War?
> (2) What is the Constitution?
> (3) What makes up Congress?
> (4) How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?
> (5) Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
> (6) Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
>
> I got them all correct and he congratulated me on passing the test.
> Next he went through my application itself. User a red pen to tick
> mark each of my answers after double checking with me verbally. Only
> correction he made was the (in)famous Part.D/Q-16. Since I had one
> traffic citation from 2001, I had answered "Yes" to that question. He
> asked me if there were any non-traffic related citations or arrests.
> When I said "No", he crossed out my "Yes" to that question and checked
> "No". He initialed it and wrote "traffic stop only" against it.
> At the end he made me sign my N-400 and print my name of the two
> photographs. Handed me an N-652 where he had ticked "Congratulations,
> you have been recomended for approval....". Informed me that I should
> expect an oath invitation in the next 3-5 weeks. He then shook my
> hand
> and escorted me out. I checked the time and it was 1:15pm sharp.
> So hopefully my last "waiting period" begins.
>
> Regards,
> S K Ghori http://www.vex.net/~skg/
>
> **NOTE**
> I have lived in nine different countries. Dual Pakistani and Canadian
> citizen, applicant for US citizenship(PD Jul-21-06, FP Aug-10-06, ID
> Oct-12-06).
>
> **DISCLAIMER**
> I am neither a lawyer nor an immigration consultant. My comments
> should NEVER be considered as legal or professional advice as they
> are not meant to be such.

Congratulations....

Brenda Ballard

how was the citizenship test