Interview Questions

[LUAL 43]

For those of you who have done the interview already, what questions did they ask you?

 

EDIT: and how hard were they with your answers?

 

Thanks.

Edited February 4, 2018 by LUAL

[EandH0904 1,184]

If you look at your country's portal and go to the consulate section you can see reviews - often with specific questions - for the country you are interviewing in. 

[bakphx1 785]

A lot depends on your own situation.  If you have a criminal record and shaky history, things are harder than for a couple who has no such issues. 

 

As a very general rule, they are more often wanting to approve you than deny you (if you aren't from a high fraud country), and are usually pleasant and polite. 

 

We were asked when we met online, when in person and why married in a third country.  Otherwise, it was administrative. 

[Illiria 980]

43 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

If you look at your country's portal and go to the consulate section you can see reviews - often with specific questions - for the country you are interviewing in. 

 

19 minutes ago, bakphx1@aol.com said:

A lot depends on your own situation.  If you have a criminal record and shaky history, things are harder than for a couple who has no such issues. 

 

As a very general rule, they are more often wanting to approve you than deny you (if you aren't from a high fraud country), and are usually pleasant and polite. 

 

We were asked when we met online, when in person and why married in a third country.  Otherwise, it was administrative. 

Eh? OP is asking about the citizenship test and how strict they are on you getting the exact answer correct.

 

To the OP - I take the test in a little over a week but what I have seen is that it can be a variety of questions from the list and for things like that the names of people currently in the different position they take variations of the name like for the speaker of the house mr Ryan, Paul ryan, Paul d Ryan, or Paul d ryan jr. do you have the booklet you got at the biometrics appointment as that should have the variations if not go online to USCIS webpage and questions are listed with the acceptable answers. Words that mean the same thing can be used instead like using quartered rather than troops staying in civilian homes for describing one of the reasons for revolution against the British.

Edited February 4, 2018 by Illiria
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[bakphx1 785]

1 hour ago, Illiria said:

 

Eh? OP is asking about the citizenship test and how strict they are on you getting the exact answer correct.

Oops!  I assumed visa interview, I forgot to read the category.  The pitfall of reading the most recent posts in one feed. 

[Illiria 980]

1 hour ago, bakphx1@aol.com said:

Oops!  I assumed visa interview, I forgot to read the category.  The pitfall of reading the most recent posts in one feed. 

No worries I do that too 😊

[MiraW 58]

I had my citizenship interview in January, my questions were all pretty straightforward. 

I remember being asked 2 questions about "how many xxxxxx", and 1 question was "When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?" So, in that situation you can't mess up your answers.

But they're not gonna be super crazy strict on your grammar or anything like that, you need to show them you know the correct answer.

So, for example, if the question is "What is the highest court in the United States?" and you say, "supreme court" instead of "the supreme court", that's totally ok.

Another example, "What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?" The suggested answer is "serve on a jury", and my friend answered "jury duty", her IO was fine with that.

 

Don't over stress on answering the questions word for word like in the study material, from experiences I've seen on here (including my own), they don't really nitpick about that.

 

PS. Somehow I can't remember all questions I was asked, I was asked 8, since I got 2 wrong. Here's what I still remember.

1. How many people are there in the House of Representatives? 

2. We elect our representatives for how many years?

3. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

4. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Edited February 5, 2018 by MiraW