My Interview

[colinlieu 0]

My appointment was at 10:45 in the morning and we arrived there around 10:30 ("we" being my husband and I). After about 20 minutes of waiting, an officer came and got me (my husband was not allowed in and the officer did not ask to see any documents from him, even though my citizenship is based on our marriage, just FYI)

I was asked to take an oath (that i would tell the truth blah blah blah). Then we went over my application basically. He asked me if my information was correct, address, phone number. Asked me if my marriage was still good (yes) and if I had any proof of that. We got a baby girl back in October, so he wrote that down, and then asked to see some tax returns from this year. That was enough for him to verify that our marriage was in good faith. Then he asked me the questions that were already on the N-400, you know "were you ever part of the communist party", that sort of thing. I did fail to file my state taxes one quarter back in 2006, by mistake, so he asked me for some documents that showed that I had paid what was due and that i did not owe any more taxes. Then I signed my application. The whole time he seemed to be doing a hundred things at a time, printing stuff, checking things in my file, typing stuff on his computer. The guy was really nice and professional by the way, I really liked him. Then he asked me to read a sentence, I think it was something like "My car is parked in the garage", then I had to write "I drive a blue car to work". Then came the civics test, and I was asked 10 questions (there were pre-printed on a sheet of paper, so I guess this is totally random, not up to the officer who interviews you) Here are the ones I got:

1- What is the legislative branch of our government?

2- Who is Chief justice of the Supreme Court?

3- What are some of the basic beliefs of the Declaration of Independence?

4- Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

5- What is the supreme law of the US?

6- What are the 2 major political parties in the US today?

7- In what month is the new president inaugurated?

8- Name 2 Senators from your State.

9- Where is the White House located?

10- What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Then my officer told me I aced my test (hurray!) and congratulated me. He told me that I was recommended for approval, gave me a document saying just that, and told me to wait for my letter with the information about the oath ceremony! I was so happy! I was out by 11:20.

Hope this helps you guys prepare. Good luck to you!

M.

Edited May 16, 2008 by colinlieu

[KC♥MP 0]

Congratulations!!!

[Mina76 0]

Wow that is great, Congratulations!!!

Best Wishes to you and your family!

[Kiv 32]

Congratulations, thanks for sharing the details.

[o0pink0o 3]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

PiNk

[Lexa 0]

Congratulations

[kud 0]

My appointment was at 10:45 in the morning and we arrived there around 10:30 ("we" being my husband and I). After about 20 minutes of waiting, an officer came and got me (my husband was not allowed in and the officer did not ask to see any documents from him, even though my citizenship is based on our marriage, just FYI)

I was asked to take an oath (that i would tell the truth blah blah blah). Then we went over my application basically. He asked me if my information was correct, address, phone number. Asked me if my marriage was still good (yes) and if I had any proof of that. We got a baby girl back in October, so he wrote that down, and then asked to see some tax returns from this year. That was enough for him to verify that our marriage was in good faith. Then he asked me the questions that were already on the N-400, you know "were you ever part of the communist party", that sort of thing. I did fail to file my state taxes one quarter back in 2006, by mistake, so he asked me for some documents that showed that I had paid what was due and that i did not owe any more taxes. Then I signed my application. The whole time he seemed to be doing a hundred things at a time, printing stuff, checking things in my file, typing stuff on his computer. The guy was really nice and professional by the way, I really liked him. Then he asked me to read a sentence, I think it was something like "My car is parked in the garage", then I had to write "I drive a blue car to work". Then came the civics test, and I was asked 10 questions (there were pre-printed on a sheet of paper, so I guess this is totally random, not up to the officer who interviews you) Here are the ones I got:

1- What is the legislative branch of our government?

2- Who is Chief justice of the Supreme Court?

3- What are some of the basic beliefs of the Declaration of Independence?

4- Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

5- What is the supreme law of the US?

6- What are the 2 major political parties in the US today?

7- In what month is the new president inaugurated?

8- Name 2 Senators from your State.

9- Where is the White House located?

10- What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Then my officer told me I aced my test (hurray!) and congratulated me. He told me that I was recommended for approval, gave me a document saying just that, and told me to wait for my letter with the information about the oath ceremony! I was so happy! I was out by 11:20.

Hope this helps you guys prepare. Good luck to you!

M.

Congratulations

[ilovecookies 0]

that's awesome. congratulations!!

[Lisax 0]

well done on the questions! Congrats! I can't wait to get that process started, but I'm going to wait a few more years before I start the naturalization process.

Edited May 16, 2008 by Lisax