Just wanted to share our success story at San Jose. We went for interview recently in San Jose office of USCIS. My wife applied for Citizenship based on 3yrs of marriage. The interview was smooth and easy. As far as documents go, we went fully prepared (perhaps over prepared) with all docs, including taxes, mortgage info, bank statements, utility bills, insurance. You name it and we had it. In the end, all that the IO asked for was my Naturalization Cert, my wife's passport, the 6 test questions and few general questions related to marriage. Nothing too difficult. Not much documentation related questions at all.
Then came the pleasant surprise we never expected: The IO said the Oath ceremony is in 2 days, yes you read that right. 2 DAYS!! She said if you can wait here for 30 minutes, we can give you an oath ceremony invite letter. After about 30 mins, we walked out with our oath letter.
So if you have an interview coming up at San Jose office: don't stress. Go FULLY prepared just in case and you will be successful:-)
Just wanted to share our success story at San Jose. We went for interview recently in San Jose office of USCIS. My wife applied for Citizenship based on 3yrs of marriage. The interview was smooth and easy. As far as documents go, we went fully prepared (perhaps over prepared) with all docs, including taxes, mortgage info, bank statements, utility bills, insurance. You name it and we had it. In the end, all that the IO asked for was my Naturalization Cert, my wife's passport, the 6 test questions and few general questions related to marriage. Nothing too difficult. Not much documentation related questions at all.
Then came the pleasant surprise we never expected: The IO said the Oath ceremony is in 2 days, yes you read that right. 2 DAYS!! She said if you can wait here for 30 minutes, we can give you an oath ceremony invite letter. After about 30 mins, we walked out with our oath letter.
So if you have an interview coming up at San Jose office: don't stress. Go FULLY prepared just in case and you will be successful:-)
I have an update on my side. I had my interview today. Even though I posted 6/29 on my interview date on the table, that was my 2nd interview notice. First one was today. I posted details on this on http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/591755-n400-interview-was-scheduled-twice/ .
Anyway here are the details on my interview. My interview was scheduled for 2:45pm today. I didn't think traffic would be bad but it was. I walked in just in time. They got my letter and asked me to sit down. There were only 7-8 people waiting in the whole waiting area. After about a 30 minute wait my name was called. My wife was with me just in case they wanted to see her as well (I applied while my ROC was still pending, it was approved a few days after I sent my N400 package). The officer was a very nice lady in her early 60s. My wife asked if she is allowed to join but she said no, spouses are not allowed at naturalization interviews. We walked through a hall and went in her office. She started with making me raise my right hand and swear to tell the truth.
I gave my passport, GC, and DL. Then, we started with the civics test. The questions were:
1) Who wrote declaration of independence?
2) Name a state that borders Mexico.
3) Which party the president is from?
4) Who is the commander in chief?
5) What are the two major political parties in the US?
6) Name 3 of the 13 original colonies.
After this she asked me to read "How many states are there in United States?" and then asked me to write "There are fifty states."
We then started going over my application. Names/Addressed/Travels/Marriage etc. She asked if I brought anything related to my wife. I said I have her birth certificate, passport, and wedding certificate. I was just about to pull them out from my file, then she asked if I have 2015 tax transcripts. I said that was included in my package, she said she didn't see them. So I pulled out the originals. She looked at them briefly. We then proceed with the Yes/No questions. She noted down my basic military training as part of my mandatory military service. In my application I answered the question if I was ever cited no. I said I have minor traffic citations, she made a note on that and continued. Eventually she made me sign the form. I told her my 10 year GC was approved and I have copy of my GC with me, I gave her that one too. No questions were asked related to my marriage. Maybe my wife being there helped. Other than the 2015 tax return I didn't show any other documentation.
Here was the disappointing part. She said she wasn't able to approve my application today nothing related to me. I asked what the issue was, she said it is background check related. I was disappointed but thought there is nothing I could do, we started to chat about other things like if the number of applications on the rise, nice weekend coming up etc. Eventually I asked what is the typical timeline for these kind of waits, she didn't want to answer but said let me check your folder maybe that thing is already here. She had two large folders. She went through the first one, then started flipping pages on the second and said oh oh, it's here!! She tore the first notice where she marked a decision cannot be made, and started filling the second one where she marked recommended for approval. She filled up some things on her computer, made a copy of the decision page for herself and told me the oath ceremony would probably be within the next 30 days.
I am glad that I asked that last question that made her check the folder one more time. I walked out at around 3:40. So the whole interview was about 25 mins.
I will update the timeline with my interview date as 6/24 shortly.
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