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| Buffalo NY |  Review on September 17, 2020: |
TorontoGF
Rating:  | Review Topic: Naturalization
Here is my N400 interview experience at the Buffalo office during Covid. I applied for naturalization based on the three year marriage rule. my appointment was for 7:45 AM and I arrived at about 720 AM. The doors had just been unlocked and I was the first one and went through security then checked in at the window where I was fingerprinted and I showed them my interview letter.
I waited about 25 minutes in the waiting room until I was called into a private room for my interview.
The officer was professional but friendly. First I showed them my green card and my drivers license and my passport. Then we launched into the English and civics test. What territory was purchased in 1803? What was the main concern during the cold war for the United States? Who was the first President of the United States? Who did the United States go to war with in World War II? How many amendments are there? What are the two primary political parties? Then we started discussing my application form. He asked questions about my travel history and he was interested in the exact dates of a recent trip that was about three months but didn’t need the exact dates of trips that were less than a month long. He also asked for specifics about my recent move because I had moved from New Jersey to New York state after I had applied for the N400. We updated some information such as the birth of my son (I showed him the birth certificate and our marriage certificate) as well as our new address and he asked about my husband’s work but this seemed more conversational and I don’t think he was taking notes on his computer. I think a lot of the information that he used to judge my case was revealed in our conversation rather than direct questions. At the end he spent a few minutes typing while I waited in silence and after that he printed off the results and showed me that he had recommended me for approval. The interview took about 30 minutes. He said that because of COVID they were trying to catch up on the backlog and so they were going to do my oath in about 40 minutes and I would wait in the waiting room. It was about 45 minutes later and I was given the oath, right there in the waiting room, along with two other people who had early morning appointments like I did. It was a bit odd not having anybody there with me for the oath and it all happened so quickly but all in all a most smooth appointment. I was out by about 9:15 AM.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #28576