Interview Experience

[hearsay 1]

The interview was scheduled for 11am. Since we live less than 10 minutes from the USCIS office we stopped at FedEx kinkos to get the unnecessary updated passport style photos. We arrived at USCIS at 10:40am. We walked through security. We were the only people going through security. 2 of us and 3 security guards. Major difference from when we went for our GC interview 2 years ago. Anyway we went upstairs in the waiting room - the waiting room had large windows, flat screen TV with CNN, 1 security guard and many seats similar setup as the airport. Maybe 20 people waiting. We all were not there for N-400. There were 3 separate doors and an IO would come out every 2 minutes or so and try to announce someone's name. It seemed like the officer's from our door were solely naturalization cases.

After sitting down we watched some breaking news about a slim jim factory collapsing. Then at 10:59am (yes I looked at the exact time on CNN) I was called in. I asked if my husband could come with me and the officer politely said no. My husband told me to ask We went to the end of the hall and went into his office. I took the oath and then he asked me all the yes and no questions. He asked me to write George Washington is the father of our country. Then he asked me 6 questions (listed below) from the civics test. I answered them all correctly, he had 4 more in case I missed any. He asked if I had a good marriage I responded that I had a normal marriage. He asked to see the birth certificates from our children. He kept the originals. He then received a phone call and excused himself. He said "this is my brother is Brazil, I am sorry". I didn't mind it - actually made the situation much more comfortable. He finished and asked if I had ever been married. He didn't ask for ANY other documents or the passport photos I took. I will use those for my passport. I could have taken my passport, GC & children's birth certificates and would have been fine. I noticed that my file probably from beginning to end, was very large. Where do they have room to store every persons file? Anyway he said that he was approving my case and said congratulations. He also gave me 2 pieces of paper. One with his decision of my case and the other with the Oath Ceremony instructions. He said I would receive the notice of Oath ceremony in the mail shortly. I went out and noticed it was 11:20am. So it took 20 minutes which included a personal phone call

1. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

2. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?

3. Who was President during World War I?

4. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

5. Name one state that borders Canada.

6. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

This site has been a very useful tool for me and my husband and we will continue to use for years to come.

[mooninlove 1]

The interview was scheduled for 11am. Since we live less than 10 minutes from the USCIS office we stopped at FedEx kinkos to get the unnecessary updated passport style photos. We arrived at USCIS at 10:40am. We walked through security. We were the only people going through security. 2 of us and 3 security guards. Major difference from when we went for our GC interview 2 years ago. Anyway we went upstairs in the waiting room - the waiting room had large windows, flat screen TV with CNN, 1 security guard and many seats similar setup as the airport. Maybe 20 people waiting. We all were not there for N-400. There were 3 separate doors and an IO would come out every 2 minutes or so and try to announce someone's name. It seemed like the officer's from our door were solely naturalization cases.

After sitting down we watched some breaking news about a slim jim factory collapsing. Then at 10:59am (yes I looked at the exact time on CNN) I was called in. I asked if my husband could come with me and the officer politely said no. My husband told me to ask We went to the end of the hall and went into his office. I took the oath and then he asked me all the yes and no questions. He asked me to write George Washington is the father of our country. Then he asked me 6 questions (listed below) from the civics test. I answered them all correctly, he had 4 more in case I missed any. He asked if I had a good marriage I responded that I had a normal marriage. He asked to see the birth certificates from our children. He kept the originals. He then received a phone call and excused himself. He said "this is my brother is Brazil, I am sorry". I didn't mind it - actually made the situation much more comfortable. He finished and asked if I had ever been married. He didn't ask for ANY other documents or the passport photos I took. I will use those for my passport. I could have taken my passport, GC & children's birth certificates and would have been fine. I noticed that my file probably from beginning to end, was very large. Where do they have room to store every persons file? Anyway he said that he was approving my case and said congratulations. He also gave me 2 pieces of paper. One with his decision of my case and the other with the Oath Ceremony instructions. He said I would receive the notice of Oath ceremony in the mail shortly. I went out and noticed it was 11:20am. So it took 20 minutes which included a personal phone call

1. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

2. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?

3. Who was President during World War I?

4. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

5. Name one state that borders Canada.

6. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

This site has been a very useful tool for me and my husband and we will continue to use for years to come.

Congratulations!!!!! you're almost done with your journey..

[WenRI 0]

Congratulations!!!!!

Hope you receive your oath ceremony letter very soon as the officer said.

[NickD 203]

He asked to see the birth certificates from our children. He kept the originals.

You could have requested for him to make copies of your originals, now you have to pay for new birth certificates, didn't you submit copies with your application? Purpose of bringing in the originals is so your IO can verify your copies are correct.

Can overlook this if the documents are easy to replace, but my wife had the sense to say no when her original foreign documents were requested, those would be very expensive to replace if not impossible.

[Milili78 0]

Congratulations!

[imzadi 0]

Congratulations! Sounds like your interview was a piece of cake!

Hope mine goes that well, too.

Good luck to us all!

[jasminelily 1]

Congratulations! Looks like you're almost at the end of the journey!

[MsAnn 0]

Congrats

[evanscholly 1]

Congrats!!!

[hearsay 1]

NickD, you are right...he could have just taken copies. But we have several certified copies for immigration/government use. I didn't mind them taking 1 of the many original certified copies we had. I prefer they have something more official than from the xerox machine. Just a personal preference I guess.

[Betti 1]

Congratulations to you! Yay!

[PrinceandPrincess 0]

Congratulations!

[L179 1]

conwatulations!

[GheTToJaTTi 0]

congrats

[redglasses 1]

Congratulations