Interview today

[Mrs. B 0]

I had my appointment today and was a bit anxious but specially since yesterday election that I could get a nasty officer (sorry but there are some out there) that will ask me about the new people just elected (even if the old ones I knew were still the ones until next year)..

anyways to make it short, I arrived 15 mins early (because they say not more than 30 mins before), and at least 5 people that arrived AFTER me went BEFORE me..

I was starting to wonder why when a woman ask one of the officers why her appointment was at 11am (like mine) and she was seeing people that arrived after her going in.. it was around 11:45am at that time... so the officer told the woman she just called few seconds before and went to the place you drop the appointment notice and check it and told the woman her papers were no longer there so it must be that some officer was just preparing to call her to the interview, to keep on waiting...

anyways, when they called me, it was this woman that was all smiles. After she made me sore I would tell the truth, she started to ask me questions about my name,birthday, address and such (personal info she had on my application). then she ask me where was my ex husband (but she didnt ask me like that, she just said and where leaves A...(just the first name) -and since my oldest son has same name I answer "he lives at home with us"... after opening her eyes big she realized that we WERENT talking about the same person, I was talking about my son and she was asking about my ex... she did mention EX.. and so I told her!!).

she ask me to give her the green card, my drivers license, and my passport. She ask me too if I wanted to change my name.

then she ask me if I was ready for the test and I said noooooooo, made her laugh (I wasn't trying to!) but quickly said yes I am..

so she ask me (not sure if the questions pop up at random, she was reading her computer screen):

1) there are 4 amendments to the constitution about who can vote, describe one of them

2) how old do citizens have to be in order to vote

3) what is one reason colonists came to America

4) who is in charge of the executive branch

5) During the cold war, what was the main concern of the US

6) I don't remember if it was #6 or #51, but my answer was freedom of religion..

and then she stop and said you pass the US history and government test.

she then show me a paper and circle option number 1 (didn't really read the other 2 questions), she told me to read it

it said something like:

which state is the one that has the biggest population?

after I read it she hand me a second paper and told me to write:

"California has the biggest population"

and then she said you are done! you pass the English and US history and government tests...

then she started asking me all the questions they ask you when you file (do you belong to the communist party, political organization, blablabla), and she made me sign what they tell you NOT to sign at the time you file...

then she told me if I had other pictures, I said yes and give them to her, she ask me which of the two I preferred, I said it didn't matter so she choose them for me, and told me to sign them on the side.

then she ask me if I had other papers or new ones I haven't send them, I said, nopes its all the same... so she didn't took any papers...

then she ask me random questions about my sons (school and so) and if I had a child with my husband now (if he was the same person since the beginning of the process), then she ask me how I enter the country (I said K1 visa), she ask me how I met my husband and if he was waiting outside..

I think that is all,

and then she game a paper (N-652 Naturalization Interview Results) and told me Congrats, your application has been recommended for approval, that in a month or so I will get a letter in the mail, that I am not a citizen until the oath day, and that then they will take my green card but leave my passport because is mine BUT I cannot use it anymore because with the naturalization certificate I had to go get an American passport and travel with that.

Not sure how long it took but must have been some 10 mins or so...

In overall I think I was lucky to get a nice officer (and do think the questions were the easy ones.. thankfully!!!)

[v333k 59]

congratulations and thanks for sharing.

[Mrs. B 0]

you are welcome and thank you!

[canadian_wife 1,791]

Congratulations!

[CVB 18]

congratulations and thanks for sharing, very informative.

[Mrs. B 0]

you are welcome.. and thank you!

[popo 0]

congrats!!!

i just want to ask one question, they took your passport?? you cant have dual citizenship?

[JA Tam 7]

Congratulations!!!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Congratulations!

[Sand 5]

Congratulations!

[dannyh86 3]

Congratulations MRS. B!!!!!

Popo: I believe she said she left her green card but kept her passport cause it's hers but no longer works. Hopefully I'm right

congrats!!!

i just want to ask one question, they took your passport?? you cant have dual citizenship?

[newlyweds 0]

congratulations!

[Mrs. B 0]

thank you..

no, she told me the passport was my property (actually I think is government -country I was born- property)

but she told me once I take the oath I cannot use it..

supposedly, you have to give up the other citizenship (I think when you take the oath you promise you will only be loyal to the USA... and so)

I dont think they force people but is like implied that you cant keep both

(although at least in my country the only way they will take my birth citizenship is if I write a letter to the gov and tell them I no longer want to have it... )

I have heard of people keeping both, I guess is just a matter of "if you want to follow the rules, you should give it up but nobody will force you to do it or ask you or your old government and check if you really kept just the US citizenship)

I assume in the end if you want to be "loyal" to the US oath, you must give it up.. I personally think it is in each person conscience...

congrats!!!

i just want to ask one question, they took your passport?? you cant have dual citizenship?

Edited November 4, 2010 by Mrs. B

[Mrs. B 0]

She told me they will take my green card the day of the oath and that I am not supposed to use my El Salvador passport anymore after that date... but the US one (once I get it)

and Thank you (all those that congrat me )

Congratulations MRS. B!!!!!

Popo: I believe she said she left her green card but kept her passport cause it's hers but no longer works. Hopefully I'm right

[aleful 1,905]

I had my appointment today and was a bit anxious but specially since yesterday election that I could get a nasty officer (sorry but there are some out there) that will ask me about the new people just elected (even if the old ones I knew were still the ones until next year)..

anyways to make it short, I arrived 15 mins early (because they say not more than 30 mins before), and at least 5 people that arrived AFTER me went BEFORE me..

I was starting to wonder why when a woman ask one of the officers why her appointment was at 11am (like mine) and she was seeing people that arrived after her going in.. it was around 11:45am at that time... so the officer told the woman she just called few seconds before and went to the place you drop the appointment notice and check it and told the woman her papers were no longer there so it must be that some officer was just preparing to call her to the interview, to keep on waiting...

anyways, when they called me, it was this woman that was all smiles. After she made me sore I would tell the truth, she started to ask me questions about my name,birthday, address and such (personal info she had on my application). then she ask me where was my ex husband (but she didnt ask me like that, she just said and where leaves A...(just the first name) -and since my oldest son has same name I answer "he lives at home with us"... after opening her eyes big she realized that we WERENT talking about the same person, I was talking about my son and she was asking about my ex... she did mention EX.. and so I told her!!).

she ask me to give her the green card, my drivers license, and my passport. She ask me too if I wanted to change my name.

then she ask me if I was ready for the test and I said noooooooo, made her laugh (I wasn't trying to!) but quickly said yes I am..

so she ask me (not sure if the questions pop up at random, she was reading her computer screen):

1) there are 4 amendments to the constitution about who can vote, describe one of them

2) how old do citizens have to be in order to vote

3) what is one reason colonists came to America

4) who is in charge of the executive branch

5) During the cold war, what was the main concern of the US

6) I don't remember if it was #6 or #51, but my answer was freedom of religion..

and then she stop and said you pass the US history and government test.

she then show me a paper and circle option number 1 (didn't really read the other 2 questions), she told me to read it

it said something like:

which state is the one that has the biggest population?

after I read it she hand me a second paper and told me to write:

"California has the biggest population"

and then she said you are done! you pass the English and US history and government tests...

then she started asking me all the questions they ask you when you file (do you belong to the communist party, political organization, blablabla), and she made me sign what they tell you NOT to sign at the time you file...

then she told me if I had other pictures, I said yes and give them to her, she ask me which of the two I preferred, I said it didn't matter so she choose them for me, and told me to sign them on the side.

then she ask me if I had other papers or new ones I haven't send them, I said, nopes its all the same... so she didn't took any papers...

then she ask me random questions about my sons (school and so) and if I had a child with my husband now (if he was the same person since the beginning of the process), then she ask me how I enter the country (I said K1 visa), she ask me how I met my husband and if he was waiting outside..

I think that is all,

and then she game a paper (N-652 Naturalization Interview Results) and told me Congrats, your application has been recommended for approval, that in a month or so I will get a letter in the mail, that I am not a citizen until the oath day, and that then they will take my green card but leave my passport because is mine BUT I cannot use it anymore because with the naturalization certificate I had to go get an American passport and travel with that.

Not sure how long it took but must have been some 10 mins or so...

In overall I think I was lucky to get a nice officer (and do think the questions were the easy ones.. thankfully!!!)

congrats!!!!