Approved at long last!

[annelizabeth 1]

Wow that was fast and easy. I just got back to my hotel after my interview this morning at 8am in Indianapolis. I was in there for about 15 minutes max.

First of all the officer swore me in, asked me for my ID, greencard and passport and then said that we would do the test (old test) first. She asked me:

1.Colors of the flag.

2.Who votes for Congress.

3.Who is the commander in chief of the army.

4.Most important right of a citizen.

5.What do you need to be eligible for President

6.When was the declaration of Independence adopted.

She then just ran through very quickly the details on my application. By the way, despite advice to the contrary, they only want to know how many children you personally have had (I had included my husband's children as step children). She just crossed them out! She did not want to see any evidence of our previous divorces, marriage or my husband's citizenship. I was asked if I had taken any trips out of the country since applying.

I had to sign the two passport photos that I submitted with my original app. She said congratulations and she was recommending me for citizenship and that I should hear about my oath ceremony in the next two to three months. It would probably be held in the courthouse in downtown Indianapolis.

It was interesting to see my entire file there in one place after all this time.

You can see from my timeline that the citizenship part has been much slower than for most people, mainly due to having to go through Indy. Now I know why, because the office there is tiny and very low key. I was surprised that they gave me an 8am appointment since I live two hours away. I had to take a whole day off work and in the end we decided to drive up the night before and stay in a hotel. Oh well, all over now - apart from waiting for the oath!

Thank you everyone on VJ for helping me through this entire journey over the past 6 years or so. Couldn't have done it without you.

[antda 13]

Hi Annelizabeth,

Congratulations on passing your interview and citizenship test recently!

It's good too, that they gave you the option of doing the old test, since they took such a long time on your case. Did you study for the new test as well?

You deserve passing today too, especially after such a long delay!

Good luck with the oath ceremony coming up soon as well!

Ant

Wow that was fast and easy. I just got back to my hotel after my interview this morning at 8am in Indianapolis. I was in there for about 15 minutes max.

First of all the officer swore me in, asked me for my ID, greencard and passport and then said that we would do the test (old test) first. She asked me:

1.Colors of the flag.

2.Who votes for Congress.

3.Who is the commander in chief of the army.

4.Most important right of a citizen.

5.What do you need to be eligible for President

6.When was the declaration of Independence adopted.

She then just ran through very quickly the details on my application. By the way, despite advice to the contrary, they only want to know how many children you personally have had (I had included my husband's children as step children). She just crossed them out! She did not want to see any evidence of our previous divorces, marriage or my husband's citizenship. I was asked if I had taken any trips out of the country since applying.

I had to sign the two passport photos that I submitted with my original app. She said congratulations and she was recommending me for citizenship and that I should hear about my oath ceremony in the next two to three months. It would probably be held in the courthouse in downtown Indianapolis.

It was interesting to see my entire file there in one place after all this time.

You can see from my timeline that the citizenship part has been much slower than for most people, mainly due to having to go through Indy. Now I know why, because the office there is tiny and very low key. I was surprised that they gave me an 8am appointment since I live two hours away. I had to take a whole day off work and in the end we decided to drive up the night before and stay in a hotel. Oh well, all over now - apart from waiting for the oath!

Thank you everyone on VJ for helping me through this entire journey over the past 6 years or so. Couldn't have done it without you.

Edited July 10, 2009 by AntandD

[annelizabeth 1]

Thanks Ant. I was a bit worried that they might not offer me the old test, but she asked me which I wanted. I had read the new booklet but hadn't really studied the questions in detail.

Good luck with your N400 application - you must be getting ready to fill it out.

[annelizabeth 1]

Oh I forgot, I had to read "I go to work every day." and write "I bought a blue car today."

[antda 13]

Hi Annelizabeth,

It's nice of them to offer you a preferance as to which test you wanted, without you having to bring it up, as technically, based on your application timeline, you have a right to choose to do either the old test or the new test. And based on what you posted about the old test and the new test, it doesn't seem like much of a difference between the two tests. So even if they did ask you about the new test, you probably would have passed anyways even though you just glanced over the new questions.

The reading and writing sentences that you had were easy too. Lol..no problem for you passing those!

Lol...luckily they didn't ask..."I bought a blue colo(u)red car today", in which you would have to be extra careful to spell in American English instead of British/Canadian English! Uggh...

Yes, I'm getting ready to fill out the N-400 application and assembling the paperwork for that (that is if I can find everything..lol..). Hopefully, all goes well there!

Meanwhile, I'm in the midst of waiting for labour (I'm due in 2 weeks+...yikes!) and packing (we're moving to a new house soon)!

There's so much to do!....

Good luck with your oath ceremony coming up too!

Ant

Thanks Ant. I was a bit worried that they might not offer me the old test, but she asked me which I wanted. I had read the new booklet but hadn't really studied the questions in detail.

Good luck with your N400 application - you must be getting ready to fill it out.

Oh I forgot, I had to read "I go to work every day." and write "I bought a blue car today."

[wannabe_texan 0]

Congratulations! Hope you get your Oath Letter soon - definitely deserve it!!

[PrinceandPrincess 0]

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your interview and test experienced!

[jasminelily 1]

Congratulations!

[Mountain Climber 186]

Congrats!!!!

[NickD 202]

4.Most important right of a citizen.

Not to have to carry a green card and renew it every ten years, easier to get through the POE, don't worry about moving, don't worry about staying out of the country too long, not to worry about renewing your foreign passport, and not be concerned about deportation.

Those are our reasons, but think they want you to say voting instead.

Again, having good luck at the interview means getting a decent IO, sounds like you had good luck.

[TracyTN 237]

YAY Anne - I'm so thrilled for you! Glad to 'see' you again too!

Much love!

[annelizabeth 1]

Got my oath letter yesterday for August 20th at 9am in Indianapolis. That was quicker than expected!

[TracyTN 237]

Yippee!!!