I had my interview today at 26 Federal Plaza. Interview went well. Here is a quick summary of the morning.
I was scheduled for a 9am appointment so I showed up at 8.30am (you're not allowed to go in more than 30mn before your appointment time). Security was easy, finding the waiting room as well. I checked in with the officers and got a ticket number. I was waiting for my turn at 8.40am. I was called for the interview at 9.45am.
The officer was very nice if a little distant, but not in a negative way. I guess this is something these guys do so often they are so used to the routine of it. He put me under oath, asked for my ID, green card and current passport, and off we went. 6 civics question, the reading and writing test, and then he went through the whole list of questions in my N400 application. I had to amend a couple (one for a mistake I did, and another one because I travelled outside of the country between the N400 submission and the interview). That didn't seem to be a big deal, the officer modified the answers on the spot. This lasted about 15mn.
At the end, the officer had me review my info for the oath ceremony, including the full text of the oath that I was going to have to read. I had him remove the "so help me God" portion of it, which we can opt out of saying, then signed the form.
At the end, I was given the sheet that said I was recommended for approval, and went on my way (I was hoping I would get the date for my oath right then, I witnessed some people coming out after their interview and talking to officers behind the desks in the waiting room about an oath ceremony on October 24, but I wasn't so lucky).
A couple of hours later, the status of my application changed online in myUSCIS portal to "we approved your application - your final step to becoming a citizen is to attend the naturalization ceremony". Very happy!
Will report back once I know the date.
