And here I am to deliver my SUPER-DUPER good news!!!!!
Not only I passed my interview with flying colors (to use the IO's words lol) I have my Oath Scheduled at 3:00 pm THIS AFTERNOON!!!!!!!!
Isn't that amazing?? When she told me the ceremony would be today I had to ask her to repeat it again because I thought my ears had just failed me
I just came home for a bit, we'll drive there later on (the district office is only about 25 minutes drive)
Anyways...here's how it went. I arrived about 40 minutes prior my appointment's scheduled time, ended up being called over an hour later
. My IO wasn't a born American because she had a really thick Spanish accent that actually made it a bit difficult to understand her when she was talking, also because she spoke very subtle too...but she was very friendly and nice so I'm not complaining!
She made me raise my right hand to swear I would be telling the truth, then she started asking for my passport, ID and green card. She then asked me "Have you taken your test Mrs?"...me-->
I wasn't sure what she meant by that so I asked "what test?", she said "I mean, have you been studying?" DUH!
I panicked a bit because I was kinda nervous and thought that maybe I had forgotten to do something or whatever ...anyways..she proceeded to ask me the questions, I got lucky because they were really easy ones...I do not remember them all, only 5 out of 6 for some reason...
1.Who has the power to declare war?
2.When was the constitution written?
3.What colors are the stripes on our flag?
4.Where is the White House located?
5.What countries did we fight in WWII? (I was expecting this one since Italy is one of them
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6. I cannot remember this one...if I do I will post it later
Then I was asked to write "I have three children", she requested I write "3" both in word and figure.
She stopped telling me I passed the test, then she asked for the IRS tax transcripts.
Then she went over my N-400 form asking me all the YES/NO questions towards the end. She then asked for my personal info and all to see if I would match what was in the form. Then she updated my trips-outside-the-US list and enquired a bit about a long stay I had in Italy in 2007 (almost 6 months but for a week), she wrote down my explanation telling me they have to justify longer trips, then wrote down that I went to Italy again after I filed for the N-400. That was pretty much it. The last thing I had to do was of course to answer her question about whether or not I wanted to be a US Citizen and sign the form in front of her. That's when she handed me the paper about the ceremony at 3:00 pm today...which is also when my jaws dropped
I probably forgot some details...
BTW it sounds longer than it actually was...the whole thing was probably no longer than 15 minutes after I was called inside.
I suppose I was not that lucky with the waiting time for the interview, but I really was blessed to be able to do everything in one day...Baltimore rocks!!
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting, I might post later about the ceremony!
P.S.
For those who are interested, in Baltimore the spouse isn't allowed to be present at the interview.
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