What to wear for interview & possible swearing in?

[SupastarsaM 7]

eh - were they 'other naturalizers' or had they been admitted to the ceremony for the purpose of recruiting ?

I would love it - I would make mincemeat of them and tell em to get a proper job ... I do it with religious nuts who come round to my house... you are Jehovah's witness ? Why, what has he done ?

Not "other naturalizers". They were standing in the front of the building and once you exit, all eyes on you. The left was telling me that the right was crazy, the right was telling me if i wanted to be with the in crowd, I'd join them. They both got a big FU from me. Also, people are out there hawking certificate frames and all kinds of other ####### while you're in line.

As far as the religious nuts, I've had my fair share of arguments with them also. I used to have a friend that converted to one of those "Witnesses". He said that i needed to be one of them to attend his wedding. I said have a nice wedding. He also said that they would be having speakers at their church and I might be interested since I questioned every question they had. I said he isn't special enough for me to waste my time to go see. He should call me instead if he wanted to hear what I had to say. That pissed them the fk off. I hate it when people try to force their religion on me but I love it when they walk away pissed.

[Captain Oates 911]

Not "other naturalizers". They were standing in the front of the building and once you exit, all eyes on you. The left was telling me that the right was crazy, the right was telling me if i wanted to be with the in crowd, I'd join them. They both got a big FU from me. Also, people are out there hawking certificate frames and all kinds of other ####### while you're in line.

As far as the religious nuts, I've had my fair share of arguments with them also. I used to have a friend that converted to one of those "Witnesses". He said that i needed to be one of them to attend his wedding. I said have a nice wedding. He also said that they would be having speakers at their church and I might be interested since I questioned every question they had. I said he isn't special enough for me to waste my time to go see. He should call me instead if he wanted to hear what I had to say. That pissed them the fk off. I hate it when people try to force their religion on me but I love it when they walk away pissed.

Excellent - you are awarded the SAYWHAT freedom medal

Actually it must be great becoming a citizen coz at last you can get fined or whatever and it won't go against your naturalization. I am sick of being on best behaviour. I want to risk a $30 fine for telling em to go stuff themselves or risk having a beer on deserted beach or drive my boat within 100 yards of the shore at 5.5 miles per hour or parallel park on the other side of the road against the traffic (like we can in England) or one of the billion things we can't do now we are in the land of the free...

This last 3 years 'probation' has been the most unfree time of my life ! USCIS agents are watching me behind every bush and trying to entrap me into having a crime line on my n-400.

I will sing the unchained melody when I am eventually turned loose

Edited August 11, 2010 by saywhat

[antda 13]

Any idea exactly what they mean by this? Abdel bought a new pair of jeans for his interview but I'm worried they might expect him to be wearing dress pants, shirt and tie. Are jeans and a T-shirt going to be ok?

Hi Honeyblonde,

This is what me and my family wore for my interviews for the USCIS:

A few years ago, for my AOS interview (during the fall/winter) here in the USA (Buffalo, NY), me and my family wore the following:

I only brought about 2 weeks worth of clothes (spring/summer clothes) when I came here for a visit and then got married (see my VJ timeline for more info). And of course, I didn't have enough clothes then, as I had left almost all of it back in Canada and couldn't pick up my belongings while stuck here.

So I wore what I had that looked decent enough to my interview: A white sweater (lol..which was the same sweater I got married in..no time for a formal wedding dress either when we spontaneously got married), a short sleeved pink shirt underneath (which I had bought while I was here), dark/navy blue jeans (thank goodness I had packed those), dark socks (ummm...I had to borrow my husband's larger sized socks), black dress shoes (thank goodness I packed those shoes too as I couldn't find a decent pair of shoes in my small size here), and the heart-shaped necklace I got on my wedding day (which I have now made into a keychain).

My husband wore: a green/blue dress shirt, brown dress pants, dark socks, and black dress shoes.

And yes, I/we was/were approved during the interview wearing those clothes......

Last year, when I went for my US Citizenship interview (during the fall/winter) here in the USA (Buffalo, NY), me and my family wore the following:

For the interview, I dressed in: a red velvet hoodie jacket, dark blue velvet pants, white shirt with three heart-shaped American flags on them (like my online avator), American/Canadian flags lapel pin on my shirt, dark blue socks, black sneakers.

My husband dressed in: a red and blue striped shirt, tan/brown pants, white socks, and black dress shoes.

My baby son dressed in: a Buffalo Bills patriotic red/white/blue onesie shirt, dark blue elastic pants, a diaper, a thank-heavens-for-boys white/blue bib, and matching thank-heavens-for-boys light blue booties (the ones he got when he was born and came home from the hospital with).

And yes, I/we was/were approved during the interview wearing those clothes......

And last year when I went for my US Citizenship Oath Ceremony (during the fall/winter) here in the USA (Buffalo, NY), I and my family wore the same thing that we wore for the wore for the interview (see above description).

I did not receive an oath ceremony letter (I got a telephone call instead), so we did not know exactly what to wear for the oath ceremony (which was scheduled only a few days later), so we just wore the same stuff that we did for the interview....

And yes, I/we had the one-on-one private oath ceremony wearing those clothes......

Whereby I then became a US Citizen......

The bottom line:

Dress appropriately (business-casual is fine here).

Dress comfortably.

Dress appropriately for the weather.

And most important of all:

Dress in someting that you feel confident and feel the most 'yourself' in!

Hope this helps. Good luck with your interview and oath ceremony and good luck with the rest of your journey too.

Ant

Edited August 11, 2010 by Ant+D+BabyA

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi Honeyblonde,

This is what me and my family wore for my interviews for the USCIS:

A few years ago, for my AOS interview (during the fall/winter) here in the USA (Buffalo, NY), me and my family wore the following:

I only brought about 2 weeks worth of clothes (spring/summer clothes) when I came here for a visit and then got married (see my VJ timeline for more info). And of course, I didn't have enough clothes then, as I had left almost all of it back in Canada and couldn't pick up my belongings while stuck here.

So I wore what I had that looked decent enough to my interview: A white sweater (lol..which was the same sweater I got married in..no time for a formal wedding dress either when we spontaneously got married), a short sleeved pink shirt underneath (which I had bought while I was here), dark/navy blue jeans (thank goodness I had packed those), dark socks (ummm...I had to borrow my husband's larger sized socks), black dress shoes (thank goodness I packed those shoes too as I couldn't find a decent pair of shoes in my small size here), and the heart-shaped necklace I got on my wedding day (which I have now made into a keychain).

My husband wore: a green/blue dress shirt, brown dress pants, dark socks, and black dress shoes.

And yes, I/we was/were approved during the interview wearing those clothes......

Last year, when I went for my US Citizenship interview (during the fall/winter) here in the USA (Buffalo, NY), me and my family wore the following:

For the interview, I dressed in: a red velvet hoodie jacket, dark blue velvet pants, white shirt with three heart-shaped American flags on them (like my online avator), American/Canadian flags lapel pin on my shirt, dark blue socks, black sneakers.

My husband dressed in: a red and blue striped shirt, tan/brown pants, white socks, and black dress shoes.

My baby son dressed in: a Buffalo Bills patriotic red/white/blue onesie shirt, dark blue elastic pants, a diaper, a thank-heavens-for-boys white/blue bib, and matching thank-heavens-for-boys light blue booties (the ones he got when he was born and came home from the hospital with).

And yes, I/we was/were approved during the interview wearing those clothes......

And last year when I went for my US Citizenship Oath Ceremony (during the fall/winter) here in the USA (Buffalo, NY), I and my family wore the same thing that we wore for the wore for the interview (see above description).

I did not receive an oath ceremony letter (I got a telephone call instead), so we did not know exactly what to wear for the oath ceremony (which was scheduled only a few days later), so we just wore the same stuff that we did for the interview....

And yes, I/we had the one-on-one private oath ceremony wearing those clothes......

Whereby I then became a US Citizen......

The bottom line:

Dress appropriately (business-casual is fine here).

Dress comfortably.

Dress appropriately for the weather.

And most important of all:

Dress in someting that you feel confident and feel the most 'yourself' in!

Hope this helps. Good luck with your interview and oath ceremony and good luck with the rest of your journey too.

Ant

I have a friend called Ralph who is a transvestite.

he only feels comfy when he gets home and slips into his little black number (that's a dress and not what you thought)

Should he follow your advice as underlined above ?

[antda 13]

I have a friend called Ralph who is a transvestite.

he only feels comfy when he gets home and slips into his little black number (that's a dress and not what you thought)

Should he follow your advice as underlined above ?

Saywhat-....

Hey, why not....After all, the USCIS is not supposed to discriminate against transvestites or anyone else......

And if he feels comfortable as a transvestite and dressed in a dress.....

Then that's fine, I suppose.....(and it wouldn't bother me at all.....)

Should be interesting if he ever does show up for his interview and oath ceremony..........

I wonder what the USCIS will think about that one though...

Don't think they can deny his citizenship application based on his sexual orientation/preferances......

After all, citizenship is open to all, regardless! (well, except if you are a convicted felon, a terrorist, and/or lied on your application..that's another story...)

Ant

P.S. As for what I mentioned before...What I meant was....

Don't dress in something that is uncomfortable. Don't wear something just because it is 'trendy' and looks 'cool'.

Be practical in clothing choices. Make sure that you wear something that you yourself like, not someone else liking for you.

Wear something that is comfortable and wear something that you are happy and proud to wear for your citizenship....

Be yourself, and have your clothing reflect such accordingly! (though dress appropriately, as mentioned...Though then again...'appropriately' can be viewed in many different contexts....lol...kind of vague there....lol..)

Hope this helps too.

Ant

Edited August 11, 2010 by Ant+D+BabyA

[Captain Oates 911]

ok good stuff

Ralph goes to the bank etc with his lady stuff on and he has even opened a UK bank account in the name of Pamela.

Don't know how he managed that with all the anti laundering etc

He worked with me for 4 years and we didn't know except one Monday morning he had nail varnish on and one of the girls asked him and he said 'oops I must have left it on after the weekend'

I don't know which rest room he uses when he is 'off duty' but I had visions of the Court guards trying to figure it all out when he arrives as Ralph with his kit on. I mean his n400 file photo/GC photo won't match his er.... appearance..

Guess we will never know but apparently there are some of his preference in the US so it must happen

[honeyblonde 0]

Abdel is now a citizen! He ended up wearing his dress clothes for everything which turned out good because we only had an hour between the interview and swearing in. He was going to wear his tie but the mouse battery on the laptop is dead so trying to stop and replay the youtube video on how to tie it was driving him nuts. I have no idea where the tie landed. I wore a suit. It was good we dressed up because we only saw maybe 2 or 3 people not dressed up. They swore in 152 people from 50 different countries today.

We had never had an interview throughout the entire process so the guy really drilled us today. This is my fourth marriage so he was trying to make sure I hadn't been paid to marry Abdel I guess. All he had to do was ask who drove up here and why to get enough of the reality of our marriage out of us. (I drove because his driving makes me crazy) We made him smile discussing it.

Abdel was really nervous during the questions, but did great on them and only had to answer 6. I wasn't allowed to talk during that part of the interview.

Now it's time to go out and celebrate!

[mamaSue 38]

Abdel is now a citizen! He ended up wearing his dress clothes for everything which turned out good because we only had an hour between the interview and swearing in. He was going to wear his tie but the mouse battery on the laptop is dead so trying to stop and replay the youtube video on how to tie it was driving him nuts. I have no idea where the tie landed. I wore a suit. It was good we dressed up because we only saw maybe 2 or 3 people not dressed up. They swore in 152 people from 50 different countries today.

We had never had an interview throughout the entire process so the guy really drilled us today. This is my fourth marriage so he was trying to make sure I hadn't been paid to marry Abdel I guess. All he had to do was ask who drove up here and why to get enough of the reality of our marriage out of us. (I drove because his driving makes me crazy) We made him smile discussing it.

Abdel was really nervous during the questions, but did great on them and only had to answer 6. I wasn't allowed to talk during that part of the interview.

Now it's time to go out and celebrate!

Sounds like it turned out great..... Congratulations to Abdel !!!!!

[Vijay 0]

Congratulations. Did the IO have you in the office when your husband was interviewed?. I have heard that spouses are not asked to come in the interview room for the citizenship interview.

Abdel is now a citizen! He ended up wearing his dress clothes for everything which turned out good because we only had an hour between the interview and swearing in. He was going to wear his tie but the mouse battery on the laptop is dead so trying to stop and replay the youtube video on how to tie it was driving him nuts. I have no idea where the tie landed. I wore a suit. It was good we dressed up because we only saw maybe 2 or 3 people not dressed up. They swore in 152 people from 50 different countries today.

We had never had an interview throughout the entire process so the guy really drilled us today. This is my fourth marriage so he was trying to make sure I hadn't been paid to marry Abdel I guess. All he had to do was ask who drove up here and why to get enough of the reality of our marriage out of us. (I drove because his driving makes me crazy) We made him smile discussing it.

Abdel was really nervous during the questions, but did great on them and only had to answer 6. I wasn't allowed to talk during that part of the interview.

Now it's time to go out and celebrate!

[aleful 1,905]

Abdel is now a citizen! He ended up wearing his dress clothes for everything which turned out good because we only had an hour between the interview and swearing in. He was going to wear his tie but the mouse battery on the laptop is dead so trying to stop and replay the youtube video on how to tie it was driving him nuts. I have no idea where the tie landed. I wore a suit. It was good we dressed up because we only saw maybe 2 or 3 people not dressed up. They swore in 152 people from 50 different countries today.

We had never had an interview throughout the entire process so the guy really drilled us today. This is my fourth marriage so he was trying to make sure I hadn't been paid to marry Abdel I guess. All he had to do was ask who drove up here and why to get enough of the reality of our marriage out of us. (I drove because his driving makes me crazy) We made him smile discussing it.

Abdel was really nervous during the questions, but did great on them and only had to answer 6. I wasn't allowed to talk during that part of the interview.

Now it's time to go out and celebrate!

CONGRATS TO ABDEL AND YOURSELF AS WELL!!!!

[honeyblonde 0]

Congratulations. Did the IO have you in the office when your husband was interviewed?. I have heard that spouses are not asked to come in the interview room for the citizenship interview.

I was in there. I didn't get up to go because we had seen many people before us get told that their spouses could not go in. Abdel asked if I could go, and the guy let him come get me "for moral support." When we sat down at his desk and he laid our folder on the desk I saw a note stuck on the file that said "IBIS HIT" so I'm guessing he wanted to really drill us to make sure our marriage was valid. He actually questioned me quite a bit of the time.

Once he finished the drilling part, he went on to the interview for citizenship, and told me I was not allowed to talk during that part only provide moral support. I reached over and rubbed Abdel's back a couple of times when he was nervous on the questions. He knew the answers just could feel the pressure of what was riding on getting them right.

We did see some others go in with spouses but most did not.

[OBX 51]

Abdel is now a citizen! He ended up wearing his dress clothes for everything which turned out good because we only had an hour between the interview and swearing in. He was going to wear his tie but the mouse battery on the laptop is dead so trying to stop and replay the youtube video on how to tie it was driving him nuts. I have no idea where the tie landed. I wore a suit. It was good we dressed up because we only saw maybe 2 or 3 people not dressed up. They swore in 152 people from 50 different countries today.

We had never had an interview throughout the entire process so the guy really drilled us today. This is my fourth marriage so he was trying to make sure I hadn't been paid to marry Abdel I guess. All he had to do was ask who drove up here and why to get enough of the reality of our marriage out of us. (I drove because his driving makes me crazy) We made him smile discussing it.

Abdel was really nervous during the questions, but did great on them and only had to answer 6. I wasn't allowed to talk during that part of the interview.

Now it's time to go out and celebrate!

Congratulations!

[*cinch* 0]

I was in there. I didn't get up to go because we had seen many people before us get told that their spouses could not go in. Abdel asked if I could go, and the guy let him come get me "for moral support." When we sat down at his desk and he laid our folder on the desk I saw a note stuck on the file that said "IBIS HIT" so I'm guessing he wanted to really drill us to make sure our marriage was valid. He actually questioned me quite a bit of the time.

Once he finished the drilling part, he went on to the interview for citizenship, and told me I was not allowed to talk during that part only provide moral support. I reached over and rubbed Abdel's back a couple of times when he was nervous on the questions. He knew the answers just could feel the pressure of what was riding on getting them right.

We did see some others go in with spouses but most did not.

Congrats on your husband's US citizenship! Glad everything ended up well.

[antda 13]

Abdel is now a citizen! He ended up wearing his dress clothes for everything which turned out good because we only had an hour between the interview and swearing in. He was going to wear his tie but the mouse battery on the laptop is dead so trying to stop and replay the youtube video on how to tie it was driving him nuts. I have no idea where the tie landed. I wore a suit. It was good we dressed up because we only saw maybe 2 or 3 people not dressed up. They swore in 152 people from 50 different countries today.

We had never had an interview throughout the entire process so the guy really drilled us today. This is my fourth marriage so he was trying to make sure I hadn't been paid to marry Abdel I guess. All he had to do was ask who drove up here and why to get enough of the reality of our marriage out of us. (I drove because his driving makes me crazy) We made him smile discussing it.

Abdel was really nervous during the questions, but did great on them and only had to answer 6. I wasn't allowed to talk during that part of the interview.

Now it's time to go out and celebrate!

Honeyblonde-Congrats on your husband being a new US Citizen! And thanks for sharing about that here on VJ!

Glad too, that the wardrobe situation worked out well for your husband, despite not wearing the tie. I'm sure he looked great wearing what he wore that day to celebrate his citizenship.

Good luck with the rest of his life journey as a US Citizen! Congrats again!

Ant

P.S. Lucky you too, that you got to go in for your husband's interview for moral support, as not too many people get a chance to do that for their spouses, as citizenship interviews are usually applicant-only inteviews.....I'm sure he was glad to have you there for moral support on that day too.