pegasus
07-08-2006, 02:00 PM
Hi all,
We have now completed the process, and contrary to what we heard and what was said on other chat rooms we had NO problems at all.
We filed end April, fingerprints in May, interview yesterday morning and ceremoney yesterday afternoon.
ALL the staff we came into contact with were polite, helpfull and had a sence of humour. During the interview I asked why the perception was that there was a long wait, the only answer my guy could give was that key elements must have been forgotten, ie copies of birth, marriage,certigicates etc, also a common one was missing pages when you copy all pages of all passport (I had 4 passports to copy). If any of this happens it raises a red flag and they go into another pile to be reviewed and followed up. If at the interview you screw up the civics questions you get another 90 days before retry, fail again and thats a denial, if any thing else peaks their interest during the interview your file is put for review and he assures me you are told what the issue is.
What I got from his comments was that faults are usually obvious, BUT, as its a burocracy they must follow the rules to the letter and they cannot change your form for you, you must do that. SO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO CHECK YOUR FORM BEFORE FILING. A proof reader often spots issues you dont see as the auther, and double check all the attachements required are there AND complete. If everything is OK at the interview Orlando hold the oath ceromony almopst every day.
All in all the whole experience was easy and straight forward, not stressful nor unpleasant.
B rgds
Neil
We have now completed the process, and contrary to what we heard and what was said on other chat rooms we had NO problems at all.
We filed end April, fingerprints in May, interview yesterday morning and ceremoney yesterday afternoon.
ALL the staff we came into contact with were polite, helpfull and had a sence of humour. During the interview I asked why the perception was that there was a long wait, the only answer my guy could give was that key elements must have been forgotten, ie copies of birth, marriage,certigicates etc, also a common one was missing pages when you copy all pages of all passport (I had 4 passports to copy). If any of this happens it raises a red flag and they go into another pile to be reviewed and followed up. If at the interview you screw up the civics questions you get another 90 days before retry, fail again and thats a denial, if any thing else peaks their interest during the interview your file is put for review and he assures me you are told what the issue is.
What I got from his comments was that faults are usually obvious, BUT, as its a burocracy they must follow the rules to the letter and they cannot change your form for you, you must do that. SO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO CHECK YOUR FORM BEFORE FILING. A proof reader often spots issues you dont see as the auther, and double check all the attachements required are there AND complete. If everything is OK at the interview Orlando hold the oath ceromony almopst every day.
All in all the whole experience was easy and straight forward, not stressful nor unpleasant.
B rgds
Neil