N-400 Houston office

[taatabunny 1]

Hello,

Has anyone gone through the Houston office recently? Please share your experiences about the interview and oath procedure.

If citizenship is based on marriage, is the spouse's presence so so important? What if for some reason the spouse can't make it, do they re-schedule the interview?

Thank you!

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

No, she doesn't need to go in interview meeting with you, unless they especially request her presence in appointment letter.

[taatabunny 1]

Here is my interview experience;

First, the Houston office is a busy one. We had to park along the road-side (under a nice shade from the trees) since no cars where being let to park in the available lot.

I took the whole family along with me and we got to the office 15 minutes prior to the appointment time. We passed through the security check and seems like phones can be taken in as long as you don't turn them on. Dropped off the appointment letter in the brown tray and within few minutes, I was called in for the interview.

Interview didn't take that long and the IO was nice. She asked me to raise my right hand to swear that I was telling the truth and only the truth then asked for passport, Alien card and driver's license. And then then civics and history questioning began:

1. Who wrote the declaration of independence?

2. Who is the commander in chief of the armed forces?

3. What are the 2 major political parties?

4. Which one does the current president belong to?

5. Name one state that boarders Mexico

6. Name 3 of the original 13 colonies

And the English test; Who votes congress? The people vote for congress.

After then, we went through my application file asking me almost all the questions in it. At a certain point, she asked me what we show loyalty to when we say the pledge of allegiance and what promise we make (making 8 questions i guess).

After all the questioning, I signed off the N-400 form and twice on some other form and I was recommended for approval. I was walked out to the waiting area and told to wait for the oath letter, which wait was approximately 45 minutes.

The next and final step is the oath ceremony, scheduled on the June 25th 2014.

Thank you all who have walked this visa journey with us.

[temmi 0]

@ taatabunny did you file under 3yrs rule? what about writing test, did you do any ?

[JimmyHou 611]

Thanks for all the details. Very helpful.

[taatabunny 1]

@ taatabunny did you file under 3yrs rule? what about writing test, did you do any ?

Yes, and the English test is the writing test!