N-400 JULY 2008 Filers

[KyngSilva 0]

Ewwww no suit for me.... makes me feel too stuffy =) Jeans and my cowboy hat. Kidding...lol. 1 more day everybody. Just 1 more day ...woohoo. Super excited!!!! Now if I can focus on my finals, I should be good to go.

[doxATL 0]

Ewwww no suit for me.... makes me feel too stuffy =) Jeans and my cowboy hat. Kidding...lol. 1 more day everybody. Just 1 more day ...woohoo. Super excited!!!! Now if I can focus on my finals, I should be good to go.

WOW KyngSilva, I feel your excitement.

Good luck tomorrow

[Lyuba 0]

Today is the day!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

Our little July group is officially done.

I want to share good news too. I got a job working for federal government!!!!! That wouldn't be possible without being a citizen. So excited.

Now I am in the process of obtaining the security clearance and it is more paperwork than I have ever done for my green card or citizenship.

But I told them that my background was checked so many times in the process of immigration that it will be easy for them as FBR already knows me.

Anyway today is our friends' big day. Yeah!!!!!!

[moonhunt 1]

Congratulations, Lyuba, to get Federal job.

Also I guess it's almost time for KyngSilva and KatLovM to be done with Oath Ceremony if they are scheduled for morning.

Congratulations to KyngSilva and KatLovM, too.

I guess except the review for oath ceremory, there is not much reasons to visit this thread again.

[KyngSilva 0]

Hi guys!!!

My ceremony is not until 5:00 this evening.... anxious!!! Lyuba congrats on your job. Thanks both for your well wishes. I will let you guys know tonight how everything goes.

[Lyuba 0]

We will be here waiting for details!!!!!

[moonhunt 1]

Hi guys!!!

My ceremony is not until 5:00 this evening.... anxious!!! Lyuba congrats on your job. Thanks both for your well wishes. I will let you guys know tonight how everything goes.

O.k.

I will have a beer or two to celebrate the end of long journey for KyngSilva and KatLovM.

Maybe another for Lyuba's new job.

[rclouse 0]

Now I am in the process of obtaining the security clearance and it is more paperwork than I have ever done for my green card or citizenship.

I had to get one, too, but it took a lot less time than I expected. I was really nervous putting down all my "foreign" family down. And I had to get my current and expired passports to list all my foreign travel. But a couple months later it was done and approved.

Make sure you hold on to that clearance. Makes you eligible for a lot more jobs out there.

BTW, congrats Kingsylva! Give us a play-by-play of your ceremony.

[KyngSilva 0]

Hi everybody,

I AM DONE!!! WOOHOO.....

So we got there 15 mins earlier than they wanted me to be there. Not a problem. At this point it did not matter I was just excited that I was finally going to get my citizenship. The line to get to your seating was looooooooong. It started to wrap around. Stood there for a good 35 mins. They had come and checked our documents and made sure we all had our cards and filled out the paper work. Then for some odd reason the lady checked my paper and pulled me up front, something to do with my alien number and I got seated pretty quickly. Ceremony started on time, the judge gave his speech, it was a 10 min speech. Then we heard a video recording of President Obama during his inauguration speech. It was nice. They handed out the certificates and then asked us to stick around if we wanted to.

We left as the line to the judge was long and we were all hungry I had 3 of my friends with their girlfriends show up. So it was great having people and them welcoming me.

Now on to my next adventure as a police officer, more background checks and more fingerprints and more interviews. =) But the feeling of being part of a country is awesome.

I thank you all for all your support. MOONHUNT and Lyuba thank you for all your support and for always checking in on us. You guys are awesome!! I've spent nearly 9 months on here and it was fun to learn and help people. Rclouse thank you for the wishes.

[moonhunt 1]

Hi everybody,

I AM DONE!!! WOOHOO.....

Hi, KyngSilva

Nice to hear that you are done with USCIS.

Probably lady may remember your A# because you contacted them so many times.

Cheers!

Time for beers!

[KatLovM 0]

A new day has come! And I’m finally an U.S. citizen!!! You can call me now a fellow citizen…lol. Something striking in me: I’ve been living in the US for almost eight years now, today was only time that “The Star Spangled-banner” emotionally meant something to me. I felt deepened and broadened into American ideals of solidarity.

In brief, I responded to the appointment promptly at 7:00 am. The ceremony started at 8:00 am. And we went through the ritual phases of the ceremony, including speeches from three members of Orlando Seminole County Bar Associate. A very emotional period that brought tears on the eyes of a lot of people in the audience: when a young lawyer shared us her personal story and her appreciation of being an US citizen, referring to a struggled period her mom went through when she visited Philippines, her native country, back in 2005. She was unlawfully detained and imprisoned by the Philippines government for 14 months without trial. By the efforts of her daughter, senators and other faithful citizens, her mom was released and taken back to her adoptive country, the USA…

We later sworn in and received the Naturalization Certificate around 10:30 am. I registered to vote, drove quickly to the Social Security office to change the status of my record, made a copy of the certificate and ended up in the Post office to apply for the passport. Then I went to have a peaceful meal party with my Family members, some friends and two neighbors on my backyard.

Again, congratulations to everyone!!! We made it! Thank you 100 times for your support!

[KatLovM 0]

That's excited, Lyuba...Congratulations!

[moonhunt 1]

Yahoo~~~ ^^

Finally 2008 July filers thread can be closed.

100%...

Attached file is statistics graph for 2008 July Filers.

visajourney_n400_2008_july_filers_graph.pdf

In average, it took 166 calendar days from mailing N400 to Oath Ceremony. ::

Edited May 1, 2009 by moonhunt

[KyngSilva 0]

Congrats Kat. Im super happy for your!!!

[MsAnn 0]

A new day has come! And I'm finally an U.S. citizen!!!

Hi everybody,

I AM DONE!!! WOOHOO.....

Many congrats you guys!! Party Time!!

Edited May 1, 2009 by MsAnn