Originally Posted by charleygirl

I was very impressed with the whole thing, we had to arrive for 8a.m didnt sleep much because I had to be out the house not later than 6.10 a.m...... and we were all done, all 81 by 10. It was really so organised and just great, sadly I didnt take my camera because my friend said she would take the photos, well hers was a phone with camera which we had to leave at security, but a very nice guy took pictures for me and said he would email them I hope he does......I think he may because his wife was becoming a citizen and we happened to sit together so hopefully she will make sure he does.

A lady behind me in the line showed up without her green card had to go home....
God if I checked my envelope with my stuff once I checked it 10 times.......haha thats me though.
It actually feels very good much better than I thought, my american friend was more excited than me!

Originally Posted by charleygirl

hi everyone, back from my ceremony, 81 people from 41 countries and 3 Brits lots of Canadians. It went so smoothly and was so organised.

Originally Posted by Chugabug

Back from the ceremony.

Originally Posted by charleygirl

I was very impressed with the whole thing, we had to arrive for 8a.m didnt sleep much because I had to be out the house not later than 6.10 a.m...... and we were all done, all 81 by 10. It was really so organised and just great, sadly I didnt take my camera because my friend said she would take the photos, well hers was a phone with camera which we had to leave at security, but a very nice guy took pictures for me and said he would email them I hope he does......I think he may because his wife was becoming a citizen and we happened to sit together so hopefully she will make sure he does.

A lady behind me in the line showed up without her green card had to go home....
God if I checked my envelope with my stuff once I checked it 10 times.......haha thats me though.
It actually feels very good much better than I thought, my american friend was more excited than me!

Originally Posted by TexasPenguin

4 newly-minted US citizens!

All 4 of us (the whole family) were called for interview at the Dallas office last Friday.

6 successfully answered questions later and a few hour wait for the ceremony...and we are now bone fide citizens!

I have to say that the interview and ceremony was extremely slick. There were 100 people from 33 countries being sworn in and it was all over in about 90 minutes.

Next stop, passports and voter registration!

Originally Posted by Mick1935

That was quick!! Congrats!

Originally Posted by TexasPenguin

Yep, the whole thing, sending off application to ceremony, was around 12 weeks! Amazing....

Originally Posted by dbark

I went into the Social Security office to update my status, and also applied for my US passport- they said it would be 4-6 weeks

Originally Posted by Poppy girl

Yes they all say that give it a week to 10days
Passport 2-3 weeks