Hi All

I have been reading a few threads on this board, and others, where mention has been made about spouse being at the Citizenship Interview. ( if you are applying based on marriage of course)

There is no mention of this in the Guide that I have read, so I was wondering does this really make a difference, and like someone posted on another thread, could it expediate your decision if your OH is there, or even in the waiting room outside?

Also, is it an option to have your spouse in the interview room with you, or do you have to go in by yourself.?

Just curious, as having the OH there would keep me calm

thanks

Jelly

I am curious about it too, my interivew is on June 11, I will have my husband to go with me as I want him to be there hehe~~ but I wonder if he can go in to the interview room with me~~ anyone know?

I never brought mine since she was working and I figured there probably wasn't any reason for it. The IO did ask where she was, so I just told him working and that was it. It doesn't hurt at all to have them there (to strenghten your case), but it's not a big issue if they're not either as I found out...

Spouse is not required for interview, and not allowed to come in. I've seen one person say the IO asked to meet the spouse, but it was an IO that didn't usually do citizenship interviews.

I've seen two people post on here recently that both had to have their spouse there. The one new ahead of time in the letter (since their 10 year green card was still pending), and the other one didn't know and had to call her husband to come up who was sitting in his car a few blocks away.

Sounds like you should have spouse standing by close on cell phone.

We've been among the lucky ones who didn't go through an interview during the AOS and none for the I-751 either. I'm thinking my hubby will want to come with me to the naturalization interview, when it comes around, as he's been wanting to show his face at the USCIS since we started the whole process.

I'm going to my husband's interview on Tuesday. Can't miss this.

Can I bring mine for support? I am going to be over 38 weeks at the time of the interview so I will not be able to drive alone anymore

My wife told me that her interviewer asked (almost at the end of the interview) "where is your husband?" and when she replied: "outside in the waiting area with our daughter", he kind of hinted that I could have been in the room with her during the interview by saying; " why didn't he come in?".
Go figure, I always thought you were not allowed to be in during the examination, my advice for those getting ready for the interview is to escort him/her all the way to the room and ask if it is ok to be present.

K.

I feel since my wife came here instead of me going to her home country, a responsibility to handle all of this immigration stuff and that includes both the 400 mile drive this Wednesday for the 3rd set of finger prints, her interview when that comes up, and the oath. USCIS seems to have a different attitude when the US citizen spouse is present, ha, especially an ex-military guy.

I am going with her.

I went with my husband to his citizenship interview today, but I didn't go in with him...no questions of me afterwards.

so does that mean the spouse is not allowed to go in with the person who takes the citizenship test???

No. There have been people on here where the spouse was allowed to go in.

I thought I would be allowed in, but the IO said "Applicant only!". So I waited in the lobby...there were no questions of me afterwards. Who knows, maybe when he saw me kiss my husband and wish him good luck he saw we were a happily married couple...

I confirm what Sherlock wrote here about Baltimore. I had my interview there this morning and spouses weren't allowed to go in for the citizenship ones.

From what was reported here, each interviewer has his own set of rules where some demanded to see the spouse based on the three year marriage privilege.

All I know is that when my tiny little wife first came here had to go a four hour strip search and an interrogation that was totally uncalled for that instilled a certain amount of fear in her, and she feels a lot more secure when I am with her. We have over a 200 mile drive with traffic, detours, and road construction and never easy to find a place to park. She would be far more relaxed when I drive and can rest, and even look over her test questions one last time. She does get nervous when tested like most people and some officers are quite rude even though they are not suppose to be that way.

It makes a huge difference when we travel together, I am not afraid to ask on what basis to they feel they have the right to search us, after all, I have been trained by this country to even die for our freedom and see this freedom being taken away from us. Ha, if they want us to be safe, can lock up all 300 million of us in padded cells, just about getting that bad.

All I know, is that I want to be with her, even if I have to sit on a folding chair and stare at a bare wall.

You can go to the interview with her...but you will probably not go into the office with her. She will be fine and you can hang out in the lobby on a chair and watch some bad TV.

Good Luck!

You have TV at your field office? Wow, which field office is that? Gee wanted so bad to sneak in my camera so I could can take a picture of a blank wall, LOL. Am allowed to bring my thumbs in so I can twiddle them.