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If her passport is valid it will serve as proof of US citizenship, if they even ask for it.

Had my interview on 12/29 at the San Antonio field office, and wanted to share the experience.
I was scheduled for 8:00 am, so the wife and I walked in at about 7:50. Went through security, walked to the information desk and were given a token. Side note, this was a little different from the AoS interview 4 years ago when our interviewer was actually waiting for us right after security, 'intercepted' us and took us upstairs; on that occasion we didn't even have to go to the front desk.
Anyhow, waited about 15 minutes and heard my name called by the interviewer from the front of the room. The two of us walked up, but he immediately said my wife was not needed, and asked her to wait in the lobby area. His demeanor was very polite, which I very much appreciated. Another side note - he maintained a high level of politeness and professionalism throughout, while still being very clear and firm about what he expected me to do during the interview. CBP/border officers, please take note.
We went into his office, and he asked me to remain standing to administer the oath, after which we sat down. We began with the testing. For the reading part of it, he presented me a sheet with 3 sentences. The first one said "When is Columbus day?" which I read out (don't remember the other two sentences). For writing, he dictated "Columbus day is in October", which I correctly wrote in my absolutely terrible trademark handwriting. For the civics test, I don't unfortunately remember all the questions (he read them off a computer screen), but here are a few:
- What did the Declaration of Independence do?
- For how long do we elect Senators?
- Name a branch of government.
- What does the cabinet do?
I got the first 6 correct, so we stopped there, he printed the sheet and marked the first 6 responses correct. Then we moved on to the 'interview' portion of the meeting. He spent about 10 minutes reviewing most of the questions on the N-400, with a bit of focus on what kind of work I do. He also asked if I had travelled abroad since filing the N-400, which I have, so I provided him those details (verbally, no documentation needed). He also asked to see my Selective Service confirmation/printout, which I had with me (simply putting in the number on the N-400 form was apparently not sufficient for him). He also asked what kind of work my wife did, and who her employer was.
We then moved on Part 11 of the N-400 (i.e., with all the questions about crime, terrorism and communism). I don't remember every single question he asked, but among other things, he covered communism, failing to file taxes, the Nazi party, hurting/killing others, using a weapon against someone, being a member of a militia, working at a prison or similar place, and crime.
For the section covering crime, I had responded "Yes" on the form to the following questions:
- 23: Ever been detained/arrested/cited by a LEO? Yes, cited for speeding
- 24: Ever charged with a crime/offense? Yes, for speeding
- 26: Ever been in probation etc.? Yes, used deferred adjudication as a means of dismissing speeding ticket
I told him that I thought that these questions, particularly 24, were fairly strongly worded and seemed to be directed to those who had committed actual crimes, but the wording could also be interpreted to apply to simple traffic offenses (since the word 'offense' is used in the question). So out of an abundance of caution, I answered "Yes" and listed every single speeding ticket in question 29. He said he appreciated this, since not everyone was as diligent as me in responding, and asked if I had paid off or otherwise taken care of all the tickets. A verbal response was fine, he didn't need any paper evidence. So, word of advice if you have some tickets, not a bad idea to disclose everything cleanly.
Finally, he made me sign the last sections of the form in front of him, and advised me to expect an oath letter in a couple of weeks. I did ask if there was any way to get the oath date right then (since some offices print it out on the spot), but he said I would have to wait. I also expressed my preference for an Austin oath ceremony, instead of in San Antonio, and he said that this was already recorded for me (showed me the section in the file where he did so).
So all in all, very easy process. In and out in about 45 minutes from the time we walked in. Now I just need to watch the mailbox and hope my ski trip plans don't conflict with the oath ceremony date. Would hate to have to reschedule.

jv0814's info added! Good luck.
N-400: September 2015 Applicants
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USCIS Dallas/Lewisville, Texas Lockbox
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If my partner wanted to have sex with him to the extent that she fantasized and masturbated about it?
I think there's a sort of infidelity to that. I think finding other people attractive and sexy is perfectly normal, but imagining yourself having sex with them is another issue. Honestly I don't think I'd value monogamy as a lifestyle practice if faithfulness were something a couple were forcing themselves to abide by, rather than something they actually wanted.

yawn

The "microscope of reason"! What bitter, supercilious bullshit, and callous, unfounded disregard for a disparate academic field.

What is ironic is that it is this exact type of regrettable self-servitude that is the inexorable societal residue of ubiquitous capitalist mentality, and that which best exposes the extent of its odious and pernicious mechanics. Rather than undermining the arguments of the "occupiers", it's a fairly superb illustration of them: that we have crafted a society in which the selfish is rewarded and the selfless ignored, regardless of the disposition of the individual.
The noble choice to feed New York's huddled, hungry masses, as you all seem to sarcastically demand they should have, would have resulted fairly quickly in the crippling of resources and energy of both themselves and their capacity to voice their cause. You might as well begrudge the protestors that they have jobs - that they buy food for themselves and their families ahead of the starving and homeless.
This is the social climate we endure from birth. To survive within it is to facilitate it. Analogously: to oppose "death by firing squad", you need not hurl yourself headlong into the flurry of bullets - and that you choose not to ought not invalidate your beliefs.
No, what is genuinely amusing about this otherwise sad and (for now) irremediable situation, is that the only people with whom this story could possibly resonate are those who have misrepresented the ideology of the Occupy protesters so many times that they themselves now genuinely believe it to be about "wanting something for free".
The 'Animal Farm' analogy is hopeless. Not only because it would necessarily require that the protesters had the power to meet the increased food demand, but in that it misappropriates Orwell's entire message - videlicet: that established hierarchal institutions are prone to corruption in whatever capacity, and not that raillery or protest against them is in any way futile or nefarious.
One could make a reasonable argument, in fact, that the very point of 'Animal Farm' is that the only viable political system conceivable is one in a state of eternal convalescence. It is never invaluable to vocally and publicly dismantle the very foundations of society. Even if their political philosophy seems inimical to everything you value, it is that dutiful notion - ahead even of temporal concerns with capitalism - that drives the Occupy protests, and their adherents deserve better than to be smeared or dismissed at the slightest opportunity.

Share with whom? What is your position? Are you suggesting that funds which might usefully be appropriated for effecting wider political change would be better distributed immediately among the nation's homeless, at a few cents a head?
I feel you're being knowingly facetious in an effort to avoid engaging with the movement's questions and ideology - arguing, it would seem, from a starting point of blind faith in capitalism, and refusing to take seriously any discourse which doesn't hold axiomatically to that belief.

Share with whom? What is your position? Are you suggesting that funds which might usefully be appropriated for effecting wider political change would be better distributed immediately among the nation's homeless, at a few cents a head?
I feel you're being knowingly facetious in an effort to avoid engaging with the movement's questions and ideology - arguing, it would seem, from a starting point of blind faith in capitalism, and refusing to take seriously any discourse which doesn't hold axiomatically to that belief.

Share with whom? What is your position? Are you suggesting that funds which might usefully be appropriated for effecting wider political change would be better distributed immediately among the nation's homeless, at a few cents a head?
I feel you're being knowingly facetious in an effort to avoid engaging with the movement's questions and ideology - arguing, it would seem, from a starting point of blind faith in capitalism, and refusing to take seriously any discourse which doesn't hold axiomatically to that belief.

What is ironic is that it is this exact type of regrettable self-servitude that is the inexorable societal residue of ubiquitous capitalist mentality, and that which best exposes the extent of its odious and pernicious mechanics. Rather than undermining the arguments of the "occupiers", it's a fairly superb illustration of them: that we have crafted a society in which the selfish is rewarded and the selfless ignored, regardless of the disposition of the individual.
The noble choice to feed New York's huddled, hungry masses, as you all seem to sarcastically demand they should have, would have resulted fairly quickly in the crippling of resources and energy of both themselves and their capacity to voice their cause. You might as well begrudge the protestors that they have jobs - that they buy food for themselves and their families ahead of the starving and homeless.
This is the social climate we endure from birth. To survive within it is to facilitate it. Analogously: to oppose "death by firing squad", you need not hurl yourself headlong into the flurry of bullets - and that you choose not to ought not invalidate your beliefs.
No, what is genuinely amusing about this otherwise sad and (for now) irremediable situation, is that the only people with whom this story could possibly resonate are those who have misrepresented the ideology of the Occupy protesters so many times that they themselves now genuinely believe it to be about "wanting something for free".
The 'Animal Farm' analogy is hopeless. Not only because it would necessarily require that the protesters had the power to meet the increased food demand, but in that it misappropriates Orwell's entire message - videlicet: that established hierarchal institutions are prone to corruption in whatever capacity, and not that raillery or protest against them is in any way futile or nefarious.
One could make a reasonable argument, in fact, that the very point of 'Animal Farm' is that the only viable political system conceivable is one in a state of eternal convalescence. It is never invaluable to vocally and publicly dismantle the very foundations of society. Even if their political philosophy seems inimical to everything you value, it is that dutiful notion - ahead even of temporal concerns with capitalism - that drives the Occupy protests, and their adherents deserve better than to be smeared or dismissed at the slightest opportunity.

Share with whom? What is your position? Are you suggesting that funds which might usefully be appropriated for effecting wider political change would be better distributed immediately among the nation's homeless, at a few cents a head?
I feel you're being knowingly facetious in an effort to avoid engaging with the movement's questions and ideology - arguing, it would seem, from a starting point of blind faith in capitalism, and refusing to take seriously any discourse which doesn't hold axiomatically to that belief.

Share with whom? What is your position? Are you suggesting that funds which might usefully be appropriated for effecting wider political change would be better distributed immediately among the nation's homeless, at a few cents a head?
I feel you're being knowingly facetious in an effort to avoid engaging with the movement's questions and ideology - arguing, it would seem, from a starting point of blind faith in capitalism, and refusing to take seriously any discourse which doesn't hold axiomatically to that belief.

Or someone recognizes your hyperpartisan, bigoted posting history.

I do. The victim said he 'thinks they were all black' and that is all the good Christian Danno needs to post a thread.

It's a theory in precisely and exactly the same way that we have a Theory of Gravity, a Theory of Relativity, and a Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation. We are still searching for a Grand Unified Theory that will link the elemental forces of nature together: Gravity together with the electromagnetic/weak/strong, all in a system that fuses General Relativity with Quantum mechanics. That is the quest of modern physics.
Calling Evolution a theory is simply what scientists in a working paradigm do. It doesn't demean it or lessen it. It certainly doesn't make it untrue or questionable.
We are here.
We are living creatures on planet Earth, some 4.5 billion years after the formation of the planet, some 500+ million years after the Precambrian explosion and emergence of multicellular life.
We are carbon based. We have at our core a double helix strand of DNA, composed of amino acid chains formed of A, C, G, T. Adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine. So is every single other organism ever existent on this planet.
We got to be here through a painstaking and lengthy process of mutations and adaptations. Generation upon generation who with mutated genes was found slightly more fit and better adapted to their surroundings, and thus produced slightly more offspring to the next generation, thereby slightly increasing the concentration of this gene mutation in the gene pool. Some of these successive mutations, in populations isolated and cut off from others by geographical features such as mountain ranges, oceans, islands, etc. - led to new speciation. As a result we, ** sapiens, emerged from primates and in turn from earlier mammalia, and from reptiles, and from earlier vertebrates, and from invertebrates, and from single celled creatures, and from the same primordial protein soup that all life emerged from.
This is not supposition, or rumor, or fantasy, or heresy, or possibility. Call it theory, again in the sense that gravity is theory. The fact is, it is fact.
Natural selection.
Genetic mutation.
Environmental adaptation.
Speciation.
That is Evolution. And that is us.
Fact.

I grew up in a multicultural/multinational family with lots of friends of varying backgrounds. I love it! Homogeneity is boring, monotonous and leaves nothing to the imagination. The world is a big and glorious place. I'd rather live out loud than whine about how my little box is getting ever smaller. Seriously, what kind of hell is that?

This was already done during colonialism, Danno. Why do you think it's ok for Whites to do this to non-Whites, but we should care when they cry about non-Whites doing it to them? Payback is a bithc, dude Get over it.

Danno you are clearly mistaken if you think the founders of this nation, let alone the general population at the time, were in some sort of mythical agreement on every issue, only followed a single version of Christianity and attended a single unified Church etc.
If I find Pat's lamenting of the browning of his Amorica offensive it might just be because it is. That you don't see that is hardly surprising though.

Kilt?

Why? Is it a competition?

Frankly, a lot of Whites are as whiny as the minorities they criticize. They certainly feel entitled despite their history of worldwide raping and plundering and creating the multi-culturalism they now claim to abhor.

White folks are their common denominator. Nuf said.
No surprise. I've been taking shots at Pat since the 1960's.
I grew up in a mixed race area and remember those qualities in all kinds of neighborhoods, regardless of ethnicity.

"Failed miserably" at what, exactly?
Tellingly, the only people who persist in decrying the "failings" of multiculturalism are those old enough to have been brought up in ethnically homogenous societies.

You just can't get raped by a black man like you used to, can you? IT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD.
Manipulative, execrable, deleterious bile, and in all likelihood fabricated.