sjones

Hi everyone, 

Just wanted to keep you all posted on my interview experience. My interview was scheduled for 8:30AM Dec16th at Santa Ana, CA and I arrived there at 8:15AM. I was taken to the second floor where Adjustment and Naturalization interviews take place. I waited in the waiting room for an hour before i was called in. My officer was such a nice guy and he was accompanied by a female officer who was there to observe him. They both were looking at my documents and said I have lots of evidence and they really appreciated the fact that I had submitted that much.

I filed online in Nov, 2019 and submitted a bunch of documents. A few months ago, I added some more updated documents with 2019 joint tax filing, joint insurance, quarterly bank statements since my submission last year, lease renewal etc. and they were a bit confused as to why there were more recent submissions. I told them that I didn't see any movement in my case, so thought I'd update my documents online and they both nodded, smiled and said that it was great that I was proactive. 

The main officer asked me for my green card and driver's license, and he explained to the other officer that this is to see if I still have my green card and the driver's license is for checking my residency. He went through the application questions, talked for a bit and then congratulated me and told me that I was getting recommended for approval. The entire process took about 30 mins. They asked me to wait in the lobby for about an hour to receive my Naturalization certificate. I was walked outside and waited in the lobby for like 15 mins when I was called back in. I took the oath with both officers in the same interview room and received my certificate. I was out in 5 minutes this time. I walked out of there with my certification in hand at 10:10AM so basically it took me 2 hours total. I'm an American citizen now!!!

Questions that I was asked were: 

- What did Abraham Lincoln do?

- When was constitution written?

- What happened on 9/11?

- What's the capital of California?

- How many amendments in Constitution?

- Name one of the longest rivers.

I answered them all 6 questions correctly so he told me I passed the test. 

Hi everyone, 

Just wanted to keep you all posted on my interview experience. My interview was scheduled for 8:30AM Dec16th and I arrived there at 8:15AM. I was taken to the second floor where Adjustment and Naturalization interviews take place. I waited in the waiting room for an hour before i was called in. My officer was such a nice guy and he was accompanied by a female officer who was there to observe him. They both were looking at my documents and said I have lots of evidence and they really appreciated the fact that I had submitted that much.

I filed online in Nov, 2019 and submitted a bunch of documents. A few months ago, I added some more updated documents with 2019 joint tax filing, joint insurance, quarterly bank statements since my submission last year, lease renewal etc. and they were a bit confused as to why there were more recent submissions. I told them that I didn't see any movement in my case, so thought I'd update my documents online and they both nodded, smiled and said that it was great that I was proactive. 

The main officer asked me for my green card and driver's license, and he explained to the other officer that this is to see if I still have my green card and the driver's license is for checking my residency. He went through the application questions, talked for a bit and then congratulated me and told me that I was getting recommended for approval. The entire process took about 30 mins. They asked me to wait in the lobby for about an hour to receive my Naturalization certificate. I was walked outside and waited in the lobby for like 15 mins when I was called back in. I took the oath with both officers in the same interview room and received my certificate. I was out in 5 minutes this time.  I'm an American citizen now!!! :)

Questions that I was asked were: 

- What did Abraham Lincoln do?

- When was constitution written?

- What happened on 9/11?

- What's the capital of California?

- How many amendments in Constitution?

- Name one of the longest rivers.

I answered them all 6 questions correctly so he told me I passed the test. 

2 hours ago, RRT1980 said:

Any Santa Ana filers got their interviews scheduled recently?

I actually got my interview scheduled for Dec 16 and the letter is dated 11/10. I filed for it Nov, 2019 so it took exactly a year to get the interview notice.  I really hope the interview doesn't get pushed back due to Covid. 

Hi! I filed mine Nov 21 and did my biometrics on Nov 29. My case completion estimate shows up as October (2 months) and it used to be July before Covid.

I haven't heard back from USCIS since Nov 29th as it says "Biometrics reviewed" for the last 8.5 months. I hope i'll hear back very soon. 🤞 

Just wanted to share the good news as I've been following the forum for a while without contributing. My case was approved 10/23 and card was mailed yesterday :). Sooo thrilled that this long exhausting process is over FOR NOW. I'm thinking of taking a break for a while and start the naturalization process next year. 

Here is my timeline for I-791 (no N-400),

NOA date -2/23/2017

RFE date - 08/24/2018

RFE receipt date - 09/13/2018

Card in production - 10/23/2018

Card mailed - 10/26/2018

For those still waiting, hang in there and you will hear the good news pretty soon :)!!

Hi All,

Our interview is coming up on January 20th. The letter indicated to present a few documents "unless already submitted". For example, the examination form, the affidavit of support docs...etc.

My question is, do we still need to bring all these if they were already submitted with the application?

What type of things do they ask for at the interview. Anyone who has undergone this phase, can you please let me know your experience?

Thank you and have a blessed day!

Hi,

It looks like you are done with the interview and hope it went well !

Just wanted to know how your interview experience was as mine is coming up soon.

Thanks.