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Well, the officer told me that "there were no more available spots" for the oath ceremony, this was at 1:35 pm.

Thank you! Thank you. No, she went with me and the girls in order to be present at the ceremony.

So today I had my interview. Here is my experience. My case is marriage based. I arrived at 11:45 am, parked the car ($8) and went to the building. I went with my wife and my 2 daughters (2 years old, and 6 months old). We all went through the metal detector and waited in line to check in for my appointment (12:10 pm). The line was a bit long, and it took time. Finally at 12:15, I asked the 3 people ahead of me to let me go first as I was already late. They were really polite and let me go before them and I checked in. There a lady asked me for the notice of interview and my driver license. We went upstairs to the waiting room and there were a lot of people waiting there. An officer said in loud voice that everybody should have their passport, green card and drivers license ready before being called. An officer called me at 1:05 pm. My interview was in-person with the officer who called me. The questions I was asked were the following: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? How many U.S. Senators are there? Who is the father of our country? What is the capital of your state? What happened at the Constitutional Convention? What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Then they asked me to read on a tablet the sentence, "The father of our country is George Washington." And they asked me to write, "We have 100 senators." Then we went through different questions like, "How long have you been married? Do you have children? Do you still work at the same place you stated before? etc." The officer told me that I passed the interview, but they will let me know when to return for the oath ceremony as today there were no more available spots... That was really disappointing as we finished the interview at around 1:30 pm, but people were in line to go to the room where the ceremony is held. And people that were called after me were heading to the line. Cheers to my wife and little ones who accompanied me and waited for almost 2 hours just to hear there was no oath ceremony today. Looking forward to the Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony.

Thank you

Thanks for this answer! It really helps to know that as I have a trip days after the interview, and I wanted to make sure I can still be part of it!

Hi Some_one, I have a question regarding your situation (I asked this to Bashar, who had a situation similar to yours). Did they take away your green card after the interview, or did you go home with your green card as you didn't do the oath ceremony? I read that people are asked for their green card when they go "downstairs" for the ceremony, so I want to know what happened in your situation. I hope everything went well on your ceremony on 9/9 Thank you!

Hi Bashar, I have a question regarding your situation. Did they take away your green card after the interview, or do you still have it with you as you didn't do the oath ceremony? I read that people are asked for their green card when they go "downstairs" for the ceremony, so I want to know what happened in your situation. I hope they have already contacted you as it's been more than 30 days since you posted this Thank you!

Thank you so much for answering this! This is really helpful and encouraging!

Congratulations on becoming a US citizen! Can you share the steps for getting a passport so fast, please? Did it take 2 days from the interview to receive your passport? I'm really interested in hearing this as I have a trip 8 days after the interview and I worry I won't get a passport on time. Or would you prefer that I contact you in private? Thank you so much in advance and once again, congratulations!!!

So... I received my interview notice today!!! My interview will take place exactly 6 months after I filed my case. (04/11/2022 - 10/11/2022). I just want to thank all of you who post updates about your case, why? Because when I filed and I saw that my "estimated time* until case decision was approx. 18 months", I started to make travel plans, but out of the blue I found this community and it made me cancel all my plans as I noticed the cases were speeding up! This is my thankful post Random fact, if I pass the test and become a US citizen that day, it would be 3 years, 3 months and 7 days since I came to the US.

It really depends on the person... The google doc helps in getting a prediction of your interview date, as it takes into account the last 10 data points prior to your case.

Yes, I can imagine the same... I hope to be in that small percentage that can have the interview in person, fingers crossed.

I assume your wife didn't know if the interview was going to be via video conference or in person, or did they give a hint in the notice of interview? I am wondering if people with problems of hearing could bring their own headphones in order to help them hear better... (talking a bit about myself here). Reading that she could hear others and that it was distracting, I am a bit concerned about my interview if it happens to be in front of a tablet rather than in person.

This is so cool to read! Getting excited here (I filed almost a month after you 4/11/2022). My portal still shows 14 months as the estimated processing time (September 2023!), but it seems that at this rhythm I might be scheduled for mid October this year. Happy for you!

So happy for you!