Naturilization Interview Today

[Girona40 0]

Who did the US fight during the Revolutionary War? (She said that one was especially for me!!)

I do not know if they changed it, but the answer on the USCIS web site was wrong, what did you say?

Well, I think the answer was obvious - seeing as she asked the question "especially for me". The answer was .............. the English, and that is the answer I gave.

That's what I thought.

And it's wrong.

Act of Union was in 1707, long before the AWI.

It was the British Army that fought in America. Many of the troops were Germans and Irish.

By the time you add in Scots and Welsh, the English element would have been a minority.

It was also more of a civil war, but I accept that is more contentious.

Well, I guess the perfect time to argue the point would be at your Naturalization Interview!

[iceyspots 0]

Congrats your road trip was well worth it

[Boiler 43,588]

Who did the US fight during the Revolutionary War? (She said that one was especially for me!!)

I do not know if they changed it, but the answer on the USCIS web site was wrong, what did you say?

Well, I think the answer was obvious - seeing as she asked the question "especially for me". The answer was .............. the English, and that is the answer I gave.

That's what I thought.

And it's wrong.

Act of Union was in 1707, long before the AWI.

It was the British Army that fought in America. Many of the troops were Germans and Irish.

By the time you add in Scots and Welsh, the English element would have been a minority.

It was also more of a civil war, but I accept that is more contentious.

Well, I guess the perfect time to argue the point would be at your Naturalization Interview!

I would tend to agree with you! Trouble is I probably would. Something for the future in my case.

They had some other errors as well but I thought they had corrected them.

But does not follow that the DAO has changed their answer sheet.

Perhaps just me, but you would have thought they would have checked the answers, must be somebody on staff who paid attention during History classes.

[hearsay 1]

Hi, Congratulations, and thank you very much for sharing your story. Our next step is the Naturalization process, and it's nice to hear experiences with this. This post was the first one I read in how the interview process takes place. Thank you and again congratulations. I am looking forward to the day we get to do this.

[Girona40 0]

Personally, I think the naturalization interview was the easiest part of the entire process. I had been worried about it for a few weeks. Spent my time on the plane to England and back revising the questions for the test - knew them all by heart by the time I got back - to be asked the simplest of them. I was a little disappointed. I wanted to tell her "I do know which were the first 13 colonies, or who wrote the Star Spangled Banner", but she didn't want to know.

One thing I would mention is that they asked for photographs, in a seperate letter, which I was to take with me to the interview. The letter, true to form, gave conflicting size requirements. It stated something like 2.33 x 3.5 (which posed a problem at the photo store) but then it also stated that they had to fit in a box printed at the bottom of the letter, which was 2 x 2. I got both and told her to take her pick! She picked out the ones that were 2 x 2 and said "That's the size we want". I was glad I got them both. The last thing I wanted was a delay because the photo's weren't the right size.

Anyway, I would tell anyone going for their naturalization interview to try not to worry too much, it wasn't an unpleasant experience. Oh, and no need to take your partner - they won't let them in with you anyway. My poor husband came with me for moral support and was simply told to stay seated in the waiting room. I wish I had gone on my own and saved him the 11 hour journey.

[TracyTN 237]

Who did the US fight during the Revolutionary War? (She said that one was especially for me!!)

I do not know if they changed it, but the answer on the USCIS web site was wrong, what did you say?

Well, I think the answer was obvious - seeing as she asked the question "especially for me". The answer was .............. the English, and that is the answer I gave.

That's what I thought.

And it's wrong.

Act of Union was in 1707, long before the AWI.

It was the British Army that fought in America. Many of the troops were Germans and Irish.

By the time you add in Scots and Welsh, the English element would have been a minority.

It was also more of a civil war, but I accept that is more contentious.

Well, I guess the perfect time to argue the point would be at your Naturalization Interview!

I would tend to agree with you! Trouble is I probably would. Something for the future in my case.

They had some other errors as well but I thought they had corrected them.

Good luck with that!

[Kajikit 65]

congratulations! I wish mine was coming up... but I've got years to wait till I'm eligible!

[Girona40 0]

congratulations! I wish mine was coming up... but I've got years to wait till I'm eligible!

Thank you - it is surprising how quickly that 2 years and 9 months passes though. You will be there in no time.

[meauxna 15]

congratulations! I wish mine was coming up... but I've got years to wait till I'm eligible!

Thank you - it is surprising how quickly that 2 years and 9 months passes though. You will be there in no time.

Hear, hear!

Where *does* the time go?!

[Canuck4USA 0]

I just wanted you guys to know that I attended my Naturalization Interview today in Pittsburgh. It was such a long drive, 5.5 hours each way, to attend a 10 minute interview!

The District Adjudications Officer asked me into her office and asked me the usual questions - address, phone number, date of birth. Then she asked me if I had brought the photographs they requested I bring. I explained that the letter requesting photo's gave two different sets of dimensions for the photo's - so she could choose which one's she wanted from the selection I brought with me!

She then asked me the test questions - I had been going over them all for weeks and she asked me "How many stripes are there on the flag? What colour are they? What colour are the stars? Who did the US fight during the Revolutionary War? (She said that one was especially for me!!), "What is the minimum voting age in the US?" and finally, "What is the capital of the state you live in?"

She told me I had passed and then asked if I would like to come back to Pittsburgh for the Oath Ceremony, some time within the next 30 days, or whether I would prefer to attend the Martinsburg office, which is about an hour from my home, but that wouldn't be until October? I told her that I would come back to Pittsburgh, even though it was a tremendous drive, because I would prefer to get this done before my daughter's eighteenth birthday, so she won't have to go through the interview but will derive her citizenship from me. She said that was fine and handed me a letter telling me I'd passed and confirming that the Oath ceremony would take place in Pittsburgh within the next 30 days and I would be informed of the date by letter.

Now, I just have to get my son's AOS approved and we'll be one big happy family!

Congratulations!!

[virginian 0]

Congratulations

[zenaelarabi 0]

Congratulations