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Congratulations to all of those that received interview and oath ceremony schedules. What a nice gift to have and be thankful for this coming thanksgiving day.

I will be busy in the next days so allow me to greet you all an advance HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Let's be merry and celebrate, God is good all the time.

Congratulations to all of those that received interview and oath ceremony schedules. What a nice gift to have and be thankful for this coming thanksgiving day.

I will be busy in the next days so allow me to greet you all an advance HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Let's be merry and celebrate, God is good all the time.

From this moment on, I am officially a US CITIZEN!
The long immigration journey might be over but for sure it starts another series of life full of challenging endeavors and opportunities which we will encounter in our everyday living as a citizen of this country. I am so grateful that I've been a part of this family. I would like to thank each and everyone of you who in one way or another helped a lot in making this journey worthwhile.
Congratulations to all of those who have had successfully completed the journey as well, and best of luck to all that are still waiting!

Interview done and passed.
Got there an hour early, but security let us in. Checked-in my interview letter and been told to wait for my name to be called. I thought it was a good idea to be in early, thinking I can get done early as well, but it was not. My appointment is at 12pm, my name was called 45 minutes later. There were at least a dozen people ahead of me and there were people walked in later but been interviewed first because they have earlier appointments. They did go by appointment time not first come, first serve basis. A middle-aged man called my name and asked "How are you doing today?" , I said "Good, but nervous." He asked me to follow him and remain standing after we get into his office "to take an oath". Then he motioned me to take a seat while asking for my GC, passport and driver's license (if I have any). Handed them to him and he said "Well, we'll do the civics test first, have been studying?" I said "Yeah, I want to passed." He then took a piece of paper in front of a stack of paper works, ( which I guess all my documents from K1, AOS, ROC and N-400 app. on the very top) which approximately 2 inches thick. He said, " There are 10 questions, but I'm going to ask you 6 if you get all right." I answered all the 6 questions : 1. What did the Declaration of Independence do? I gave all 3 answers , He said " Good answer."
2. Name one branch/part of the government.
3. We elect US senator for how many years?
4. What does the President's Cabinet do?
5. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
6. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
He wrote down all the answers on the paper while asking questions, and in between question and answer he is checking my application. He then gave me a another piece of paper with sentences/questions and told me to read - When is Columbus Day? then he handed me another piece of paper to write down, Columbus Day is in October. I'm still nervous can't even write legibly, he said it's alright as long as he can read it. He then told me "Congratulations, you passed."
He went over my whole application, asked about where I live, my home/daytime phone ( which I messed up, forgot what's our home phone #, LOL) , my cellphone #, my workplace/job, about my husband, and my kids. He then go over the YES/NO portion and told me to signed and dated the last part of the application and I also signed the 2 passport pictures sent with the application.
After he went over the whole application he said "CONGRATULATIONS, you will be a citizen after your oath ceremony. You will receive a notice 30 days from now." He then printed something from his computer and showed it to me to see if all the informations are correct for the naturalization certificate. He handed me a piece of paper showing that I passed and been approved for citizenship. He asked me if I have any questions I said none, he just then shook my hand.
The whole interview took at least 20 minutes, it's the wait to be interviewed that took forever. I am so grateful to be a part of the visa journey family, I know it's not over yet, but I'm glad the hardest part was done. For those who are still waiting for their interviews don't stressed out so much, just take it easy. Best of luck to you all.