The Citizenship Chronicles, #16

Still pretty much on an emotional roller-coaster because of the interview yesterday, so here is a collection of random comments on the entire affair:

As I have mentioned before, I have a completely illogical dislike of some things because of other unrelated things (this post explains it better). So, because I never wanted to move to Colorado in the first place (long story), I hate the Broncos. (It makes sense in my warped mind.) Plus they have beaten the Steelers on occasion, so that makes me hate them more (although, by that logic, I should hate pretty much every NFL team, right?). So whenever I see a Broncos t-shirt or bumper sticker or anything like that, I automatically say, “Broncos suck.” It just comes out naturally. So I cannot tell you how proud I am of the restraint I showed when, the first thing I see when I walk into the INS interviewer’s office, is a Broncos mug. I almost blew it all then and there. But I was good (although I did mention I was a Steelers fan at some point).

Questions. I’ve forgotten some of the five (or it could have been six) questions I was asked. That’s not surprising, really, I was quite nervous. The three I definitely remember were, Who is the governor of NV? (Bryan Sandoval); Where is the Statue of Liberty (New York Harbor); and Name two national holidays (Christmas and Thanksgiving). One, the answer was George Washington, but I cannot remember if it was, Who is the father of our country? or, Who was the first president? There might have been one whose answer was the civil rights movement and the other one I think was something about what do you promise to do when you become a citizen. I answered uphold the Constitution and then he asked “Anything else?” I added to serve in the military if needed, but I was thinking, dude, if I am needed to serve in the military, then this country is in one hell of a mess!

When he asked me if I was ready for the test I said I was because “I’m a bit of a history buff.” He then said, “Oh, in that case I will give you the most difficult test.” I have no idea if this is true or not (as I was leaving he repeated that it was the most difficult test and that he actually did not give that one very often) but seriously, from what I remember of the questions, that was the “most difficult” test? What are the easy ones like?

The majority of the interview consisted of the interviewer basically asking the exact same questions that were on the original paperwork. In fact, he had a copy of mine in front of him and was just making large check marks on it as he asked me the questions. I think I may have hesitated slightly and/or blushed when it came to the Communism question because, technically, whilst I have never been a member of the Communist Party, my politics are extremely left-leaning. I am absolutely positive I would have blushed on the habitual drunkard question but that was one of the paperwork questions that was not asked!

More to come if I remember more!