PGA

Thanks for your comprehensive, informative, literate account -- helpful and entertaining.
Next time, inform us beforehand so that we can make some shrewd financial investments in certain ink-manufacturers.   
Was this one of the questions?   
https://ifunny.co/picture/will-a-latina-be-the-death-of-you-si-yes-GlSeRN628?s=cl

So, our N-400 experience thus far.
 
On, January 27, 2026, we received the notification through the USCIS account that the interview was scheduled for February 6, 2026. We had anticipated having about a month to prepare so were taken aback that it was coming up much quicker than that.
 
The next morning, I went into my trusty google maps to plan our route to the office and thought I would check out those glorious google reviews. As I read through them, they seemed simply delightful “interview officer…was amazing,” “great experience…kind,” “well treated and respected,” and even a few “if I could give more than 5 stars I would!” I read on. Uh oh, I thought, what are these sudden and unexpected 1 star reviews doing here I wondered. “Everyone at the office was kind—except for the officer who interviewed my husband ….. we had the bad luck of being assigned to someone we had already heard negative things about before,” she continues “The only description we can give, since she refused to identify herself, is that she is a Black woman,” and another reviewer notes “This person didn’t introduce herself and ignored my mother when she asked for her name, therefore we do not know her name, all we know is that it’s a black lady.” I immediately thought to myself “uh oh, I know who my honey is gonna get!”
 
Moving on, my wife took to focusing on studying and preparing for the exam while I prepared additional documentation to upload and print, spending the equivalent of a small European country’s GDP on printer ink. The whole week was basically preparing, fretting over what may have been missed, what should be included, which questions will be asked and what physical documents will be requested but by the end of the week, I felt semi comfortable we had everything we needed.
 
On the morning of the interview, scheduled for 7:15am, we awoke at 4:00am to make ourselves look presentable (I had read a review where a guy that sounded a lot like me got scolded for wearing shorts and sandals so I didn’t go that route). We arrived early, and fortunately there was a Dunkin Donuts nearby so I got a coffee while my wife freaked out in the car.
 
Pulling back up to the USCIS office at around 6:50, I could see a few other patrons in their cars had started to accumulate, but fortunately there was a parking spot right in front of the door so I snagged that. As we waited patiently in the car, an officer came out to raise the American flag on the flag pole and I tried to encourage my wife to get out of the car and place her hand on her heart and start reciting the pledge – she was not in the mood for that.  
 
About 7am, we got out and were first in line followed by just a couple and their legal rep and a couple others. Went through security and checked in at the window and everyone was very welcoming and friendly. My wife got her number and was told to sit by the door on the other side.
We ended up waiting about 15 minutes – they did call a few other people in first and everything was going pretty smooth. Finally, at just about 7:20, the door opens and my wife’s number is called and I look up and see “the black lady” …. I thought, “Oh No!” So, I am thinking there goes my wife, to the back, to be beaten and flogged.  Well, the interview lasted about 40 minutes and naturally I sat there the entire time wondering what was going on back there, while also trying to listen to the conversations taking place around me regarding the trials and tribulations of others’ immigration journeys.
 
Finally, the report – she was approved:
First, she was asked the questions:
-What is an amendment?
-What is the “rule of law?”
-What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
-What are the two major political parties in the United States?
-We elect a US Representative for how many years?
-Who is the father of our country?
She doesn’t remember what they asked her to read but the writing question was “The US Congress has 100 senators.”
 
The remainder of the interview was going over the questions on the N-400 form which my wife said took up the majority of time with the yes, yes, no, no, no answers. There was also a surprise here where the interviewing officer stopped midway and asked her to repeat the question she had just been asked, which she had remembered (fortunately). She passed and was approved.
 
As for me, I was curious about the interviewing officer and if all the stories were true (My wife had not read the reviews prior to the interview).  According to my wife, the IO wasn't that bad but she did understand how people could perceive her as being mean or rude. She was a bit impatient at times (pushing the submit button after the writing portion and my wife trying to read stuff before signing her name to it, for example) and, during the N400 question review, my wife said that the IO was asking the questions in a way that made you “feel guilty” even though you’re not.
 
Anyway....now preparing for the ceremony! 
 
Oh, and despite my huge financial contribution the printer ink industry, no documents were requested-not a one.

A full report is mandatory!

Our celebratory song was, to the tune of La Cucaracha:
 
Ciuda-da-NA Ameri-ca-NA!
Ya puede esposo joder;
Ciuda-da-NA, ciuda-da-NA,
Americana siempre!
 
Translation:
Female American citizen!
Able to nag husband.
Female citizen, female citizen,
American female always.
 
 
Seriously, congratulations!

Big congratulations for your spouse approval 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 👏 👏 

OK, Oath Ceremony scheduled for February 17th. Speedy Gonzales here in Ft Myers all of a sudden! 

Oh my, I really had to laugh at this one. So a Cuban national steals meat from two different Publix, apparently to bring back to his girlfriend, only to find out when he gets there that she is getting her meat from another supplier. The jokes just write themselves which the Flagler County Sheriff made obvious. 
 
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/publix-meat-thief-snatches-nearly-4k-in-beef-pork-from-florida-stores-deputies/

Had interview this morning and was approved. If I can gather all the details from my spouse in a coherent manner, I'll try to do a review of the experience later.

So my wife got the notification this morning that the interview is scheduled for February 06 (#!*#!) - a lot less final preparation time than we were anticipating. Gonna be a crazy week!

Background:
We mailed Mrs. T-B.'s N-400 (citizenship) to USCIS last week. I printed the 100 interview questions that USCIS can ask, wrote the answers, and gave them to Mrs. T-B. to study. She stated that she had "looked" at them "a little" during the last couple of days, between Facebook activity and chasing after young Mini-Bone.
As I tucked her into bed tonight (she has resigned herself to my late-night VJ-ing), the conversation went as follows:
Mrs. T-B.: I was looking on-line for "how to remodel your kitchen without money."
T-B.: Shouldn't you have been looking for "how to pass my citizenship test without studying?"
Mrs. T-B. [brightly]: I looked at the answers! Ask me some of the questions!
T-B.: OK... uh, "Who was the Father of our Country?"
Mrs. T-B.: Abraham Lincoln?'
T-B.: No, man.
Mrs. T-B.: Donald... Ronald Reagan?
T-B.: Good guy, but no, man.
Mrs. T-B.: Barack 0bama?
T-B.: [censored]
[silence]
T-B.: Here's a hint: Jorge...
Mrs. T-B.: Jorge Washington! George Washington! He or someone else is on the $5... the $1 bill, right?"
T-B. [invisibly rolling eyes]: Uh, si man.
Mrs. T-B. [undeterred]: Ask me another!
T-B.: OK... uh, "What is one thing that Benjamin Franklin is known for?"
Mrs. T-B.: Oh, I saw this one! He was hit by... hit by... [makes vertical zigzag motion with hand]
T-B. [helpfully]: That thing that happens before thunder?
Mrs. T-B.: Si -- that's it! But I can't remember the word in English.
T-B.: Lightning?
Mrs. T-B.: That's it! He was hit by lightning!
T-B.: What was he doing when he was hit by the lightning?
Mrs. T-B. [blankly]: Uh, mmmm... sitting in his back yard, drinking beer.
T-B.: No, no no... uh, si, man; we'll talk about this one later.
Mrs. T-B.: I know how I can study! You put the answers on an MP3, and in three days, I'll know all of them.
T-B.: All of them?
Mrs. T-B. [mischievously]: Si, and you can motivate me by paying me $10 for all of them that I miss.
T-B.: You're not going to sneak that one by me, no man.
Mrs. T-B. [flashing big brown puppy-dog eyes]: OK -- you can ask me more of the questions tomorrow, and sometimes husbands make financial arrangements so that wives can remodel their kitchen.
T-B. [to self]:

Oh my, I really had to laugh at this one. So a Cuban national steals meat from two different Publix, apparently to bring back to his girlfriend, only to find out when he gets there that she is getting her meat from another supplier. The jokes just write themselves which the Flagler County Sheriff made obvious. 
 
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/publix-meat-thief-snatches-nearly-4k-in-beef-pork-from-florida-stores-deputies/

Oh my, I really had to laugh at this one. So a Cuban national steals meat from two different Publix, apparently to bring back to his girlfriend, only to find out when he gets there that she is getting her meat from another supplier. The jokes just write themselves which the Flagler County Sheriff made obvious. 
 
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/publix-meat-thief-snatches-nearly-4k-in-beef-pork-from-florida-stores-deputies/

Oh my, I really had to laugh at this one. So a Cuban national steals meat from two different Publix, apparently to bring back to his girlfriend, only to find out when he gets there that she is getting her meat from another supplier. The jokes just write themselves which the Flagler County Sheriff made obvious. 
 
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/publix-meat-thief-snatches-nearly-4k-in-beef-pork-from-florida-stores-deputies/

I agree, I would upload it as well as take copies to the interview.
 
Good Luck!

upload now allows officer to review before interview and strengthens her petition and avoids AP to send this additional info if they deem to need it
officers are given only a short time to go thru all that is needed for the interview (civics test and questions)
 
But also take it to interview /probably no one will look at it but u never can know what immigration will do 
Allow a couple of months for the oath if she approved
https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/naturalization-ceremonies 
they will update the above site with oath dates when they have the new schedule
 
Best to her 
Remember to change SS card after Oath and do the US passport 

Yeah, this whole thing sounds suspicious. Dad is dying but he can't go to the US for medical treatment unless the children can go? Also, can anyone explain to me what "money in a social security account" is? If dad has worked the required time to be eligible to collect benefits from Social Security but has not signed up for Medicare, particularly Part B, then that is issue #1. If he was automatically enrolled in Part A, but didn't sign up for Part B, that is problem #2. He will need to wait until open enrollment begins (January, 2027) and sign up and pay a penalty each month....Maybe I'm just misunderstanding all of this and need much more clarification.

Yee-HAAAAA!   

So my wife got the notification this morning that the interview is scheduled for February 06 (#!*#!) - a lot less final preparation time than we were anticipating. Gonna be a crazy week!

I tend to think this is more of the result of bad decisions by different people during a very chaotic situation in a very short period of time.  Calling it cold-blooded murder makes it sound like the agent was itching that day to get a shot at some protester regardless of what they did.  I know what the current videos show and how easy it is to pause them and then try to put our investigators cap on, and I expect more videos will come out, but I do not think this was pre-meditated cold-blooded murder (I know, you did not say pre-meditation, but "cold-blooded" infers pre-meditation IMO) by some rogue gun ho agent.  Sure others, particularly the leftist activists want to string this guy up (and they call themselves progressives) today, but as I always caution, wait until the investigation is completed.  In the end I still re-iterate my question as to why this seems to only be occurring in Minneapolis?  Sure there are CBP officers augmenting ICE activities there simply because the ICE agents cannot depend on any help from the local police, but that is not the complete story here, and in the end, the chaos was going to lead to bad events.  Whatever, I guess Walz is getting his distraction as the MSM is not really discussing the massive fraud in Minnesota.  
 
As to the chaos, I understand the group chat and apps being used are identifying non-ICE vehicles as being ICE.  At some point a citizen being harassed by this unhinged radical leftist activists is going to be the one taking the shot, and who will be at fault there.
 
Overall, a sad situation all around, and most of it for political purposes only.  Alinsky would be proud.

Well the GoFundMe has gone over a Million
 
i am intrigued as to what the motivation of the Activists is it does seem very selective and not logical we have seen Gaza yes Iran dealing silence for example
 
No Kings but love Maduro
 
Misogyny, Women’s Rights etc but Islam gets a pass
 
i have in the past made some very gentle enquiries but never got a sensible responses
 
Quite fascinating from a  spectator position

seen on facebook:  this is the first time i've seen democrats upset about arresting a president.

My progressive media sources are having a complete meltdown.
 
This is their hero.
 
Seems he may be taken to New York to meet Mandani.

Wait until your prostate acts up and you can turn your underwear yellow for free.   

at least it's not brown underwear.........

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