My wife just asked me what clothes she should wear at her interview. I decided it would be best to ask here. Any idea about this?

I would say smart casual, that what i did.

The interview isn't quite as formal as the Oath Ceremony - where you are expected to wear "proper attire" (no jeans, shorts flip-flops, baseball caps lol!) I still dressed smart casual for the interview, but I don't think it's something to worry about. At this time of year in most parts of the USA it's so hot that tidy, clean, cool and comfortable come before too formal outfits.

Ha, you can always take off that baseball cap, but not so sure about the jeans and the shorts. Flip-flops is an appropriate word but maybe flop-flop-flop would suffice, but I prefer calling those toe splitters. Ouch with every step, what did your feet do to you to deserve such punishment? Wife amazes me how she finds something different to wear to work everyday, when us guys were wearing ties to work, maybe would just change that, well maybe. It was easy in the military, we all dressed alike, maybe the whole bunch of us were twins.

In regards to the interview, the guards were all dressed alike, are they twins too? But the officers were quite relaxed in their appearance except for the receptionist, she was dressed very well. Good question whether you should out dress the person that interviews you.

I would suggest if what you wear makes you feel awkward, look for something else. Seen some applicants dressed up either for a funeral or a wedding, but looked out of place in the waiting room. Must be from the old country, the real old country.

I would think something casual, but modest and conservative (whatever that is for that country). Not an expert on fashion, but it seems reasonable that you want the interviewer's mind on your documents and sincerity, and totally focused positively on the case.

Smart casual (ex. nice pants and a nice button down shirt)

wear everything that resembles the USA flag..pants/shirt/nails/hat/ hold a flag in ur hand that might help

What should my wife wear to the interview?







Clothes?

same question different person=same answer i had given

Ask her to wear business attire or something conservative like knee-length skirt matched with a decent blouse...

Ask her to wear business attire or something conservative like knee-length skirt

LOL, wife came from a country where the shirt length was 5 inches above the knee, but got a job at a religious based hospital with a strict dress code, no more than 3 inches above the knee. She had many very nice and modest above the knees business suits. Some with a greater than 2" hem we were able to save, others with a much thinner hem had to be parked in a spare closet, too expensive and still stylist to pitch. She didn't go for my suggestion of stapling an old inner tube to the bottom of her shirts to reach that minimum.

So is wearing a shirt 3" above the knee okay?

LOL, not to comment when I met some of these women that came up with this dress code, they had to wear tents, only thing that could find that would fit. Could it be they were jealous of women with nice looking knees? Ah, good old Victorian America, not even the British are that Victorian.

WELL MY INTERVIEW DATE LAST JULY 3 AND I WORE A SILK BLOUSE AND SLACK BLACK PANTS...

WELL MY INTERVIEW DATE LAST JULY 3 AND I WORE A SILK BLOUSE AND SLACK BLACK PANTS...

Did you pass your interview? Did you wear shoes and if so, what kind? Did wearing a silk blouse and black slacks bring you luck? What color was your silk blouse?

Heck if it helps you to pass your interview, will tell my wife to wear the same. Ten days to her interview, time is going by fast, but always does during the short summer months.

Clothes

It's, much easier to get past the guards if naked, already teased about that.

There is no perfect answer. Wear what is comfortable to you.

i agree in smart casual and i suggest tell to your wife wear the clothes where she feel comfortable. its doesn't matter what clothes she will wear as long as her papers was complete and some of our vj friend they tell about their experience they saw some girls at the interview just wear a sexy clothes. tell to your wife it doesnt what type of clothes she will wear as long as she feel comfortable and be the way she are! good luck in your interview.

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whats the big deal dude! just wear some collar shirt with dress pants and a jacket like u woud wear to a job interview! its not too much doesnt take 1 brain cell not like shes going naked i doubt they will be staring at her unless shes some hot hollywood acrtess no one cares the IO will be only staring at her FILEs.. i dont understand how this post has gotten this far to the next page LOL.

One book I read last night said to dress like you were going to see your grandmother!

depends who ur grandma is. if its the first lady then yes if its courty cox then no.. if its the queen of dutches then yes if its elvira then NO

I saw quite a few females getting tested this morning and they were all pretty casual, and it looked like they all passed. I made my husband wear a tie, but no suit coat. Dress to impress. That's just how we are though, dressing up is not a big deal to us. Last time we were there for the InfoPass Appt. everyone was in suits and my husband and I were very casual (not an interview though).

Ha, the ones in suits were most likely attorneys, it's a small price they have to pay for charging 300 plus bucks per hour. Ha, we were invited to a wedding last week, a close friend of mine, wife asked, aren't you going to wear a suit? Replied, if I did, I would be the only one, but to appease her did wear long dress pants and a white shirt, ha, just about the only one there wearing long pants, so still stuck out like a sore thumb. Very causal around here.

You know, just to piss some people off, I think I'll bring back this topic.

Tell your wife to dress to impress - it will make her feel great!

I want to know where people are getting all of these intelligent clothes! Do they have built-in computers? Can they talk? Do they calculate your lunch bill and tip for you?

They must.... I don't know how else you could "dress smart".

Well.... I suppose you could dress like a total moron.... wear your pants as a shirt. Tighty-Whities on your head as a hat. That would be dressing dumb, I reckon. So "Dress Smart" = wearing whatever clothes you choose on the appropriate body part.

That isn't really helpful advice, is it?

LOL, the only thing that really pisses me off, is that I have but one life to give to my country.

WTG Nathan Hale aka NickD! LOL. Happy Friday!

I love this thread.

dress w/ respect for the event & you will be fine.

Dontcha, though! God I love it!!!!

true i agree

i gotta say that at my wedding i was a bit shocked that most of the guests were wearing flip-flops and shorts and tank-tops. i was like WTF!!! in my country everybody that goes to a wedding dresses as nice as they can, man wear suits and women fancy dinner dresses. so i had to analyze the cultural differences and not hate our guests for being disrespectful, because they weren't from their point of view.

plus, if you study body language and interpersonal communication, you will learn that the first impression counts a whole lot when people interact, no matter what culture they're from. the first impression is formed in the first 30 seconds. for US, picture meeting someone wearing a nice decent dress vs. a sexy blouse and short skirt - who will you trust more? the answer is obvious, the dress woman...

so i would say the way that you dress to an interview to obtain a citizenship matters a lot, if anything to show the interviewer you think this is an important event for you, and that you show respect to them.

(for the OP) i never knew what 'smart casual' means and stuff like that, but i would tell your wife to wear a nice decent dress, or something elegant but not flashy - a nice plain shirt and skirt or pants. it's always better to be overdressed than 'underdressed', i always say.

I think you summed it up well. It is about respect.

Discussed this thread with my wife, this coming Thursday is her day for her interview, she is not sure what she is going to wear, but commented that it is hot. Ha, I just fired back, if you got it, show it, LOL. She blushed.

Son came over yesterday and briefly read the 96 questions, a college graduate with honors, gee I can't answer any of these questions, wife said, she can. I quickly asked who is the chief justice of the supreme court, she fired back Robert John, LOL. Why did Bush have to appoint a guy with two first names? Hope she has it right now.

She should probably dress like if she was going to her Pimp's house

Are you speaking from experience????

amazing!! LOL

she should wear this

i forgot to give the link.. she should wear this :
after seeing her in this there should be no problem going on with the interview they might not even ask her the histroy question..hope it works out for her. http://www.traderscity.com/abcg/pic1.htm