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Hello VJ'ers,
 
My husband had his interview yesterday and passed!!!  He will have his oath ceremony one week from tomorrow.  Here is how it went:
 
We got there at 10:30, since our appointment was at 11:00.  The security guards in OKC are very delightful and like to joke around.  They took our ID's and appointment paper and had us go through the detectors.  The security guard then asked me to slip the appointment paper into the slot at the window, and we had a seat in the waiting room.  30 minutes had passed and my husband was called back to his interview.  There was no tv in the small waiting room and as soon as I decided to take a nap, he came walking out, asking if his oath ceremony date was a good date for us.  We then high fived!!!  I asked about his interview and he said she started with the writing test and then asked him the civics questions, followed by the questions on his application. She also did not look at any of the documents we had brought but did ask for his passport photos.  It was the only thing we didn't bring because it wasn't stated on the appointment letter.  She told him that he could bring them to the oath ceremony.  She then asked which ceremony dates would be good for him and handed him a paper with the ceremony information and a questionnaire he has to fill out the day of the ceremony.  
 
A timeline of our whole process is below:
 
K1 Visa Application was sent on 11-10-2011
Approved: 06-20-2012 in Ankara, Turkey
Visa Received: 07-03-2012 
Entered US 07-11-2012
Married - 07-19-2012
 
AOS Application submitted to Oklahoma City on 10-01-2012
EAD and AP received on 12-17-2012
Greencard received on 08-10-2013
 
Lifting Conditions Application sent to Cali Service Center on 07-24-2015
Approved on 01-21-2016
Received on 01-29-2016
 
Naturalization Application sent to Lewisville TX on 01-06-2017
Interview date on 09-11-2017
Oath Ceremony 09-20-2017
 
Our whole process was pain free.  We had on little hiccup during his K1 Visa Interview but he was able to immediately get that resolved the same day.  Every other application and interview went on with zero issues!
 
Good luck on each of your journeys.  I know it is a lot of work and money but in the end, the reward is amazing!!!

I lived in San Diego for 5 years and loved it. I was a single mom with a baby two of the five. I wish I would have never moved away.

Yay!!! The Austrian Embassy was able to get my beter half's paper he needed very fast!!! He was still in Ankara visiting friends so he was able to just walk it over to the Embassy and they approved him. He should have his passport and Visa in no time!!!!! So....now just the headache of planning the wedding. Have a great day everyone!!!