Immigration Interview - August 17, 2010

Night after night Wow would come home from work and we would study up on U.S. History and citizenship in preparation for his upcoming immigration interview.  Yikes! We drilled those 100 potential questions over and over and over again! And despite two (yes TWO) years of U.S. and American History in high school, I learned more those few months that I ever remember learning in school! For instance, I had no idea that Nancy Pelosi was next in line if something happened to the President and Vice President. Scary! (And I just thought she was on some media-induced power trip!)

Seuao and I showed up at his appointed time for his interview and test. Visiting the US Citizenship and Immigration Services office is really not on anyone's top ten list of favorite places to go. It's old, it's dirty and about the most unfriendly place you can imagine, second only to the Social Security Office. As we waited, we noticed that EVERYONE around us had attorneys with them! Aaah! A little intimidating! We have literally winged this whole process on our own, with some coaching along the way from others who have ventured down this path, but no attorneys! We wondered if maybe we had missed something! We waited and waited. Finally they called Seuao in, and I waited and waited some more.

When the door opened and I saw the smile on his face, I got chills from my head to my toes!!! He passed the test! Next stop... Swearing in Ceremony!!!