N-400 ... April 2009 Applicants, Post your dates here!

[jeangab75 0]

Got my yellow letter this Monday. They are asking for my Driver's license. Weird.

Kromix, how as the interview?

[KromiX 1]

Got my yellow letter this Monday. They are asking for my Driver's license. Weird.

Kromix, how as the interview?

It's tomorrow, i'll def let you know!

[MsAnn 0]

It's tomorrow, i'll def let you know!

Don't forget to report everything!

[pampita2 0]

Good Luck in your interview tomorrow Kromix

[mrPuffyBunny 0]

RDan19 wrote:

Puff- Me and you will be the last ones on this post to receive our naturalization. Hopefully the oath is quicker which I'm not going to hold my breath on.

Good Luck to both of us

I think I'm there with you as well. I haven't received the yellow letter or the interview letter or anything - still waiting as well.

Good luck to the remaining 3 of us still waiting for an interview date, Kathryn you will at least have the luxury of same day oath ... Kromix, good luck tomorrow, hope u ace it with flying color ...

[raleighn400 0]

Got my yellow letter this Monday. They are asking for my Driver's license. Weird.

Kromix, how as the interview?

I got one too.. My license expires on July 24 and I will be getting a new one. Hopefully this should

not cause an issue.

[Gopal 0]

I got my interview approved today....Here's the summary.

My interview time was 2:15 pm. I reached the building at around 1:25, and was fortunate to get the roadside parking. I dropped some quarters...and bought 2 hrs of time. As usual I did not have enough quarters (Lesson 1. Always keep lots of quarters...), but managed to get some from nearby restaurant.

The IRS building was also close by, and I had almost one hour to spare. So I decided to get official tax transcripts. Within 15 mins I was out of IRS office with the transcripts.

At around 1:50 pm I entered the Immigration building. I had to show my ID to enter and had to empty the pockets for X-ray. Once done, I walked towards the room 1208. First I had to go to Window1, and presented the interview letter. I was given a form to fill out and told to wait, till the officer calls my name. The form was basically for change of address, if any.

I had to wait for about 30 mins....at around 2:35 pm, one lady come out and called my name. She escorted me to her office. The first thing she asked me to take the oath. Then she started to go through my application. Any name change...NONE, any address change, NONE, places you lived in 5 years. The current residence is rent/own...(She was writing some notes on the application with a red pen). Then same the question " Have you ever been arrested. cited...". Originally I had answered "NO", but I mentioned that I DID get one traffic ticket. She got the details like when/how/amount/Weather paid...and agin noted all the details in the application. I offered her to show the court PAID receipt, but she was not interested. She then continued with the other questions. Finally it was exam time...she took a print out of the test and asked me 6 questions.

What is "rule of law"?

minimum age for voting?

What ocean west of US?

Why 50 stars on flag?

Why 13 strips?

name of national anthem?

I had to answer orally, and she wrote my answers on the test booklet, then on the right side graded it as correct answer. There were 10 questions on the booklet, but she stopped after 6. Then she told me to write a sentence "There are one hundred senators". I was asked to read one sentence (out of three). I forgot the sentence....Then she announced that she is approving my application and recommending for further action.

She asked me sign the application and on the photographs. She told me that within 2 weeks I will get the interview letter. She told me that most probably it will be the end on July.

I was out of the office by 2:53. So the interview took around 15 minutes.

Let's hope I get my oath letter soon.....

[pampita2 0]

Thanks Gopal for sharing your experience I hope you get your oath letter soon

[KromiX 1]

Just finished reading over the naturalization test questions once, finally opened the package lol, I'm ready to roll for tomorrow morning!

Edited July 2, 2009 by KromiX

[J&D 0]

Just finished reading over the naturalization test questions once, finally opened the package lol, I'm ready to roll for tomorrow morning!

Boa sorte KromiX! Don't forget to shake hands with the IO, while secretly passing another $100 bill. It worked with the N-400 application, it'll work for the interview too.

[KromiX 1]

Just finished reading over the naturalization test questions once, finally opened the package lol, I'm ready to roll for tomorrow morning!

Boa sorte KromiX! Don't forget to shake hands with the IO, while secretly passing another $100 bill. It worked with the N-400 application, it'll work for the interview too.

On my way now, Appt at 8:55 AM.

I will report back as soon as I'm done.

P.S $100? no no no, the trick is $500. You gotta do $100 @ BIO for a faster interview, and $500 at interview for quick Oath... (IO's are more expensive to buy out than the fingerprint folk...)

[KromiX 1]

Done deal. Interview Complete! Already back from my interview. Here is the report.

Arrived at the facility in West Kendall at 8:15-8:20. Appointment at 8:55 AM.

Checked in and was given a number. I sat in the waiting room for people to be called (not in order, each person is assigned to an IO).

While I was waiting I spoke to the guy who checked me in and asked about the frequency of the Oaths, and he said they occur very often, sometimes multiple ones a day, He said they do 10+ a month. I asked if there was a 'backlog' after interview, and he said no, its very streamlined. I was excited, went back to sit...

Was called in about 8:40 by my IO. Nice guy, younger (early 30's), had every football helmet (mini) in the NFL, Kobe Bryant and Joker (McFarlane figures), seemed very relaxed.

We went over all of the questions to confirm they were the same (N-400 Questions, ie: Have you ever been a part of a communist party, have you ever smuggled drugs into the country, smuggled immigrants, etc...)

Once that was done we began the test....

I got the first 6 right, and we were done, my questions were:

Who is the Governer of your State?

What is one promise you make when you become a U.S Citizen?

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

What was the Movement to end slavery?

who was the first president of the United States?

Name 2 Federal Holidays?

Got those 6 questions right, moved to the written/oral.

I had to read "Who lives in the White House?"

and had to write "The President lives in the White House."

After that I handed him $500 and he took out of his drawer the APPROVED stamp. (Just kidding, I didn't hand him $500 lol.... So after the sentance he stamped approved on my case and handed me a N-652 With Congratulations and you have been approved checked off.

He had me sign my pictures, and sign that my information was correct. In the silence of him processing my stuff and scanning, he asked me if I still work at my job. I immediately thought great, I can build some rapport to ask him some questions later, so we talked about that, then talked about marriage (I am getting married soon) so he said "Congratulations, or sorry to hear that, whichever is the case, and laughed)... So I laughed and then I knew he was comfortable with me, and I asked the situation of Oath's here....

He said they just got done with a a few the last week, and I will be done by the end of the month for sure, earliest next week or the week after I should be in for one, he doesn't know the exact date, they set dates based on how many people they have approved waiting for Oath.

Interview Appt at 8:55, back in the office writing this at 9:25

The End!

Edited July 2, 2009 by KromiX

[Tini27 0]

Congrats Kromix!! And thanks for the detailed report

[mrPuffyBunny 0]

RDan, I just called USCIS and my interview is on the 20th, u r right.. we will definitely have our oaths in september , oh well better late than never.. crossing fingers for you and Kath now.. kromix congrats, u r one lucky dude

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[Kathryn41 3,205]

I just tried calling USCIS- the woman refused to escalate the call to an immigration officer and said that they can't do that until I have been waiting 7 months - GRRR! The last date of action on my file is May 4th - not even information about biometrics. I need to make an Infopass appointment if I want to speak to someone who actually knows anything. I 'thanked' her for lack of assistance.

Edited July 2, 2009 by Kathryn41