Bring the ff with your interview / how long the interview it will take?

[VALDSS 0]

i got the letter from my interview appointment for my N400 application and must bring the ff with me on my interview:

.letter

.green card

.passport

.marraige certificate

.divorce paper

.spouse birth cert.

And it says:

If copies of a document were submitted as evidence with your N400 application, the originals of those documents should be brought to the interview.

My question is do they keep the original papers that i will bring to my interview or do I still need to photocopied all the originals that im bringing if in case they will ask again photocopies of the said documents?

My appointment schedule is at 7:00 AM , what time the USCIS opens?how long the interview process it will take?

[v333k 59]

i got the letter from my interview appointment for my N400 application and must bring the ff with me on my interview:

.letter

.green card

.passport

.marraige certificate

.divorce paper

.spouse birth cert.

And it says:

If copies of a document were submitted as evidence with your N400 application, the originals of those documents should be brought to the interview.

My question is do they keep the original papers that i will bring to my interview or do I still need to photocopied all the originals that im bringing if in case they will ask again photocopies of the said documents?

My appointment schedule is at 7:00 AM , what time the USCIS opens?how long the interview process it will take?

Hi,

1. I suggest you make photocopies of all documents they asked for, but they will not take any of the originals - they ask for them to make sure they can see it and a lot of times they don't even ask for them during the interview. Be prepared and just have copies and suggest to them that you have copies to show you are prepared and that will give them a good feeling.

2. Not sure when USCIS officers open but if your interview is at 7am, then they must open at 7 or earlier. From other people who have been through the interview, it takes as little as 5 minutes and I've heard people were done in 15 minutes. Make sure to ask the IO when you are done if you can take the oath on that day because sometimes they will get in your name in the list.

[VALDSS 0]

Hi,

1. I suggest you make photocopies of all documents they asked for, but they will not take any of the originals - they ask for them to make sure they can see it and a lot of times they don't even ask for them during the interview. Be prepared and just have copies and suggest to them that you have copies to show you are prepared and that will give them a good feeling.

2. Not sure when USCIS officers open but if your interview is at 7am, then they must open at 7 or earlier. From other people who have been through the interview, it takes as little as 5 minutes and I've heard people were done in 15 minutes. Make sure to ask the IO when you are done if you can take the oath on that day because sometimes they will get in your name in the list.

"thank you for your reply"

[NickD 203]

Purpose of bringing in the originals is to compare them with the copies you already sent in. If they want more copies of your originals, they can make them. We did bring in our latest bank statement, IO wanted a copy of that, so she made one. Don't leave without all of your originals, those are yours. For whatever, wife's IO wanted our original divorce papers, wife said no, those would be extremely expensive to replace.

[ziia 9]

And it says:

If copies of a document were submitted as evidence with your N400 application, the originals of those documents should be brought to the interview.

My question is do they keep the original papers that i will bring to my interview or do I still need to photocopied all the originals that im bringing if in case they will ask again photocopies of the said documents?

My appointment schedule is at 7:00 AM , what time the USCIS opens?how long the interview process it will take?

My IO only asked for originals to look at. He did not require copies of anything because I already submitted copies when I sent my N400 pack. If you want to be cautious, make copies of the docs you bring with at the interview, just in case.

If your interview is scheduled at 7 a.m. then they are supposed to be "working" by then so my guess is that they open at 7 a.m. or earlier than that. Be there earlier(6:30-6:45) so you can be the first to come out as a "winner" . The interview doesn't last long. Mine took 15-20 minutes. In about 5-10 minutes you'll be done with the test and the other 10 will be spent looking through the N400 you completed and the originals of the copies you submitted. Best of luck future American

Nick, I am very surprised the IO asked your wife to keep the divorce papers. That is very strange. They should have had that already, waaaay before her N400 interview.

Edited March 24, 2010 by ziia