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As a much belated follow-up, the ceremony was still a drive up ceremony. There were two long lines of cars, and they'd take five cars from each line, have the people step out and walk up to a flag and do their oath there in the road. Take some pictures, back into cars, and off we go. Family parked nearby and walked over for the brief ceremony.

That is exactly what I was thinking. Thanks

A Chinese citizen is scheduled to take her U.S. citizenship oath in the near future, but we have some questions about using documents. If at all possible, she'd like to retain her Chinese passport. I have friends that have been able to keep their Chinese passports for decades, by simply never telling China that they are a U.S. Citizen. Is this still possible? Should she purchase round-trip tickets under her U.S. passport, or get two separate one-way tickets (ie. us->china with Chinese passport, and china->us with US passport)?

They do have a very small auditorium, which might hold 60-70 people. I think it is in the same building as the museum.

Got a reply on Facebook. It is usually outside, but moves indoors for rain ... which we have had an unusual mount of this year. Thanks!

I have left a couple messages on their voicemail. The outgoing message states that a park ranger will call back within 24 hours, but I haven't received any replies yet.

My wife has her Naturalization Oath Ceremony scheduled in a few weeks. My parents and sister would love to attend (as well as myself, son, and daughter). I've talked to USCIS twice, trying to find out whether guests will be permitted, and received two different answers. The USCIS website says that only the candidate will be permitted the ceremony, but I suspect this differs by venue. Does anyone know whether ceremonies at Cabrillo National Monument are typically conducted indoors, or outside? Can family come? Is there a way to directly contact the San Diego field office, to ask them? Thank you so much for all the years of help, here on this forum!

Interesting point. Thanks!

We are working on my wife's N-400, and everything seems straightforward, except we always run into a hiccup with tax returns. I am on disability and have not filed taxes in years because I have had no taxable income. My wife has been working as a homemaker, caring for our two year old daughter. My parents are fully supportive of my wife staying home to raise our child, and help us out with a bit of cash each month. In response to the question, "Have you ever not filed taxes since becoming a permanent resident?", this is what we've come up with: I've replaced a couple numbers with "?"s, but the combined values would put us above the poverty line, and well below wealthy. Should this explanation be sufficient? Thank you so much for your time!

Yes, she did a lot of marching in place (in the sun), singing patriotic songs as loudly as possible (in the sun), and making her bed a crisp as possible. There was no combat training whatsoever, with the exception of firing the rifle that one time.

Part 12, Question 19: "Did you EVER receive any type of military, paramilitary (a group of people who act like a military group but are not part of the official military), or weapon training?" My wife went to university in China. All students attend a mandatory one month 学校军训 (school military training), which mostly involves calesthenics, marching, waking early, and making your bed with crisp corners. At the end of the month, each student fired one shot from a rifle. No one seemed to care if they hit anything. In previous documents (eg. I-485), we've always answered "No" to military training questions, because she didn't really consider this military training at all. But .. it does have "military" in the name fo the program. We feel like it is better to answer "Yes" here, with explanation. How likely is it that she runs into issues if she says "Yes" on the N-400, but previously said "No". I suspect it would be worse to reverse the scenario (say "Yes", then "No"). Thank you so much! Also, a huge thanks to a wonderful community that has supported us through this entire process!