Questions regarding Interview

[begood 8]

Hi, i will have a N400  interview soon in June , I have a few questions please:

1. Is it OK to not be working for a long period? i was trying to get an appropriate job and i ended up wasting 1 year no job, i live with my spouse 

2. How many test i will have in my interview? i know i have to study 100 questions but what are the other tests and how can i prepare for them?

3. For the 100 questions how i'm supposed to answer the questions like:  

What does the Constitution do?
 ▪ sets up the government
 ▪ defines the government
 ▪ protects basic rights of Americans

am required to answer  the 3 answers or 1 answer is fine?????

Thank you so much in advance for your help, i appreciate it

[begood 8]

Please help

[begood 8]

why! no answer?

[suziq38 0]

13 hours ago, begood said:

Hi, i will have a N400  interview soon in June , I have a few questions please:

1. Is it OK to not be working for a long period? i was trying to get an appropriate job and i ended up wasting 1 year no job, i live with my spouse 

2. How many test i will have in my interview? i know i have to study 100 questions but what are the other tests and how can i prepare for them?

3. For the 100 questions how i'm supposed to answer the questions like:  

What does the Constitution do?
 ▪ sets up the government
 ▪ defines the government
 ▪ protects basic rights of Americans

am required to answer  the 3 answers or 1 answer is fine?????

Thank you so much in advance for your help, i appreciate it

1. Job/work: Sometimes it is O.K., just tell the truth. Something like: "My spouse supports me, but I am looking for a job." The interviewer may ask what your spouse does for work, etc.

2. You should look for free citizenship classes at your local churches or adult schools. Also, check out this website: Citizenship Podcast. 

There are a lot of definitions relating to your N-400 application that you have to learn. You have to remember numbers and dates, etc. Check out You Tube USCIS interviews. They show you some practice interviews.

You also have to read and write English. 

3. Sometimes, the question on the 100 history etc. Have more than one answer. Most of the time, you only have to choose one answer, depending on the question. If they list 3 like your example, just choose the one that is easiest for you to memorize.

There are rare times where the question asks for two or three answers. Just memorize the answers required in the questions.

The USCIS website also has some study materials as well as the Citizenship Podcast.

4. Take a class! The class keeps you on task, and they will practice mock interviews with you. They will also be helpful with any questions that you have.

Do not pay much for anyone to fill out your application. Also review the application and have others review it carefully before you mail it in.

 

Good Luck.

 

[begood 8]

1 hour ago, CookieCat said:

1. It's perfectly fine to be unemployed for naturalization. At your interview, just say you're unemployed or you're currently unemployed but looking for work. Either one is fine.

2. Yes, you have to study answers to all 100 questions but interviewer will ask you 6 out of 10 questions. If you pass the first 6, interviewer will stop. You are allowed to fail up to 4 questions which means interviewer can ask up to 10. Interviewer will also ask you to read one sentence (you are allowed to fail 2 out of 3) and then you will be asked to write one sentence (again, you are allowed to fail 2 out of 3). Throughout your interview, interviewer will be testing your ability to understand and speak in English from the moment interviewer greets you. All the materials for your English writing and reading tests can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-english-test All the materials for your civics test can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-civics-test

 

3. As for the question about What Does The Constitution Do?, you have to answer only one out of three. BUT I have read two different posts of people whose interviewer wanted the applicant to tell ALL answers for that question. So my two cents would be that you memorize all the answers.

 

I also have my interview in June like you. I have been studying from the red slides but I am having my husband ask me all the questions at random as if he was the interviewer. We practice on random days and weekends! Bonne chance! Good luck!

Thank you so much cookiecat you did great help, do you mean by: you have read a posts of people whose interviewer wanted the 3 answers do you mean Just for What does the constitution do Question  only? or the whole questions that contains more than 1 answers? i know some questions ask to name 1 , or 3 but i'm talking just about the questions that contains more than an answer and the question is open

 

Bon chance pour toi aussi! Good luck