Canadian/American

My oath.ceremony was June 29 in Schenectady. What a beautiful ceremony with people of all cultures and countries. I wanted to hear all their stories and see their native dress (some wore it) and hear their language. People from other cultures bring so much and imagine how they must feel to become part of the US!
It was bittersweet for me. I was so excited and I felt it was an important day but 2 weeks before my US husband walked out on me. I was scared I would no longer qualify but it has to be a legal separation or divorce so aside from the obvious stress and sadness I was happy to still have my ceremony.
My sister-in-law came with me. She is more of a sister than an in law and she has been there for me. She made it special with gifts and bubbles!
That same day I took my certificate to the passport office. They said they had to mail the original. Lucky they had a photocopier I could pay to use so I could keep a copy. I had to sign it first!
The passport cost me $35 for the county processing fee and $110 for the passport. It showed up on July 11!!! So fast! And the next day my oath certificate was also returned. I am fully done!!
I thought some people might be interested in how long the passport took. This was in warren county where I applied.
Good luck to the rest of you. I guess I'm now going to be a single American but that's fine with me, being happy is the main thing. :-)

My oath.ceremony was June 29 in Schenectady. What a beautiful ceremony with people of all cultures and countries. I wanted to hear all their stories and see their native dress (some wore it) and hear their language. People from other cultures bring so much and imagine how they must feel to become part of the US!
It was bittersweet for me. I was so excited and I felt it was an important day but 2 weeks before my US husband walked out on me. I was scared I would no longer qualify but it has to be a legal separation or divorce so aside from the obvious stress and sadness I was happy to still have my ceremony.
My sister-in-law came with me. She is more of a sister than an in law and she has been there for me. She made it special with gifts and bubbles!
That same day I took my certificate to the passport office. They said they had to mail the original. Lucky they had a photocopier I could pay to use so I could keep a copy. I had to sign it first!
The passport cost me $35 for the county processing fee and $110 for the passport. It showed up on July 11!!! So fast! And the next day my oath certificate was also returned. I am fully done!!
I thought some people might be interested in how long the passport took. This was in warren county where I applied.
Good luck to the rest of you. I guess I'm now going to be a single American but that's fine with me, being happy is the main thing. :-)

There may be children at the ceremony anyway if they are being naturalized. Having said that, if you can't keep your children under control then don't take them to possibly ruin someone's ceremony, wedding or otherwise. I had 3 boys and they knew how to behave. My 3 year old was my ring bearer at my wedding and behaved awesome. My cousin brought her 3 year old who screamed through my wedding vows. Not nice. The polite thing would have been to go outside. If one of my children starts to act up (they are children after all and not perfect) as the responsible person I removed them from the room. (They also learn if thy want to be included, behave!) Yes families should share in these things but when adults don't manage the situation or don't know how or have uncontrollable children then they shouldn't bring them. Often at a wedding the kids don't come for the ceremony, just the party where they can play and relax. It's stressful for an exuberant child to have to stay under control and stressful for adults to manage and people without children or who want to hear a ceremony should be allowed peace. Parents, be considerate. No one want to listen to your child scream, or watch them run around. Use your judgement. Be considerate!