visaquestions2018

Mine actually changed for the worse - went from 9 months to 15 months. Luckily I have an interview date next month. It really doesn’t mean anything. Mine still shows April 2019 estimate

Just one of the 3 answers. Those are all reasons - they expect one answer.

I was asked if "I owed any debt to US government?" and I answered "No" but never asked for transcripts but I had them on me just in case.

Applied for my Passport next day (2/6) and its already been processed and printed. I should get it within the next few days! Can't believe the journey is almost over.

Hah! One of the answers to that question is "President" as well which makes no sense - it should be Executive, Legislative, Judicial. I think USCIS adds more answers to make it easier to pass the test.

Sure this is how my interview went at the Newark, NJ field office where they do same-day oath's. My interview was scheduled for 10a.
 
I took a cab to to the office around 9:15a - arrived a little bit after 9:35a. I was hoping to get right into the building but there were two large security lines on both sides of the building (on the Walnut St side). Seems like this is a new thing at the field office - because of a security incident. By the time I was in the building - it was 10:05a but from what I could tell everyone was late to their appointments so I knew it was going to be a long day. They don't check your invitation letter at security but expect a TSA style security with 2 people manning one gate so it was pretty slow and overdone honestly.
 
Once I was through security, I headed to the elevators to take it to the 15th Floor (per my interview letter). I showed my interview letter to the guard there and I was told to go to Window 2. The waiting room there is basically 8 glass windows and 3 doors. The doors are used to bring people in for their interviews and the windows are used for administrative things like signing your Naturalization certificate, giving you a flag and the white envelope with more information on your rights and responsibilities as a US citizen.
 
The person behind Window 2 took my letter and asked me to take a seat. I waiting about hour and half before my name was called over PA system to come to Door 3. I followed a young USCIS officer to this office where was I sworn in before I took a seat. Next he asked me my full name and asked me to put my left and right index fingers (one at a time) into the fingerprint reader. He also took another photo using the webcam that was there. Next he asked me my address ( I had just moved but not outside of the USCIS district ) and already submitted an AR-11 so he looked that up and updated my application with the proper end dates for my last address.
 
Next we went straight into the tests - the questions were pretty simple:
 
1. What's the ocean on east coast of US?
2. What's freedom of religion?
3. When was constitution written?
4. Who was first president?
5. Whats one state that borders Canada?
6. How many amendments to constitution?
 
I got all six correct so we moved on to english test. It was a simple question I was asked to read off the iPad and then write the answer that he spoke on the iPad. Writing things on the iPad was hard - you have to use this weird stylus that doesn't have a tip (it has like a rubber ball on the end so very odd to write anything with it)
 
Next he wanted to know how I got my green card (through marriage) and then asked if we were still married? I answered no. He moved on to ask me my ex-wife's name and how we met. He proceeded after my answers. He asked me the yes/no questions to whether I support the constitution, willing to take up arms? I answered yes to those. If I'm part of any group / nazi etc. I answered no to those.
 
He then asked me some basic questions like my height, address history, travel history, DUIs trying to make sure I was the person who filled out the application and I didn't have any red flags. Once he was done he asked me to sign on the iPad that he updated my address on the application, etc and made sure my name and DOB was correct on the application as that's what would go on the naturalization certificate.
 
He then congratulated me and told me I would take the Oath today. He gave me a paper stating I passed and I would be scheduled for an Oath. Another form was all a questionnaire which asked questions whether anything had changed between your interview and your oath ceremony (like were you arrested, did you become a nazi / military lol). That had to be submitted before they put you on for the Oath the same day.
 
I filled out the questionnaire and waiting another hour and half (since it was lunch time and I missed the morning oath ceremony by about 20 minutes). I was called to the window where they took my green card (current and old). They asked me to make sure the certificate had all the correct information. I was then asked to sign the certificate and given a flag and envelope with a guide to naturalization (rights and responsibilities) and the national anthem.
 
20 minutes later, we were moved to the large conference room where oaths are held. We watched a few videos and the USCIS officer explained how awesome it was that 55 people from 18 countries had selected the USA as their home and it was really the end of all of our struggles with immigration. We then sang the national anthem, took the oath and were handed our certificates. There was no photo / video allowed during the ceremony but we could take photos afterwards.
 
So after 12 years in the US and 4 hours at USCIS on Tuesday, I'm finally a proud US citizen. I'll be applying for my passport and registering to vote today and then handling the SSA stuff in 2 weeks.

Sure this is how my interview went at the Newark, NJ field office where they do same-day oath's. My interview was scheduled for 10a.
 
I took a cab to to the office around 9:15a - arrived a little bit after 9:35a. I was hoping to get right into the building but there were two large security lines on both sides of the building (on the Walnut St side). Seems like this is a new thing at the field office - because of a security incident. By the time I was in the building - it was 10:05a but from what I could tell everyone was late to their appointments so I knew it was going to be a long day. They don't check your invitation letter at security but expect a TSA style security with 2 people manning one gate so it was pretty slow and overdone honestly.
 
Once I was through security, I headed to the elevators to take it to the 15th Floor (per my interview letter). I showed my interview letter to the guard there and I was told to go to Window 2. The waiting room there is basically 8 glass windows and 3 doors. The doors are used to bring people in for their interviews and the windows are used for administrative things like signing your Naturalization certificate, giving you a flag and the white envelope with more information on your rights and responsibilities as a US citizen.
 
The person behind Window 2 took my letter and asked me to take a seat. I waiting about hour and half before my name was called over PA system to come to Door 3. I followed a young USCIS officer to this office where was I sworn in before I took a seat. Next he asked me my full name and asked me to put my left and right index fingers (one at a time) into the fingerprint reader. He also took another photo using the webcam that was there. Next he asked me my address ( I had just moved but not outside of the USCIS district ) and already submitted an AR-11 so he looked that up and updated my application with the proper end dates for my last address.
 
Next we went straight into the tests - the questions were pretty simple:
 
1. What's the ocean on east coast of US?
2. What's freedom of religion?
3. When was constitution written?
4. Who was first president?
5. Whats one state that borders Canada?
6. How many amendments to constitution?
 
I got all six correct so we moved on to english test. It was a simple question I was asked to read off the iPad and then write the answer that he spoke on the iPad. Writing things on the iPad was hard - you have to use this weird stylus that doesn't have a tip (it has like a rubber ball on the end so very odd to write anything with it)
 
Next he wanted to know how I got my green card (through marriage) and then asked if we were still married? I answered no. He moved on to ask me my ex-wife's name and how we met. He proceeded after my answers. He asked me the yes/no questions to whether I support the constitution, willing to take up arms? I answered yes to those. If I'm part of any group / nazi etc. I answered no to those.
 
He then asked me some basic questions like my height, address history, travel history, DUIs trying to make sure I was the person who filled out the application and I didn't have any red flags. Once he was done he asked me to sign on the iPad that he updated my address on the application, etc and made sure my name and DOB was correct on the application as that's what would go on the naturalization certificate.
 
He then congratulated me and told me I would take the Oath today. He gave me a paper stating I passed and I would be scheduled for an Oath. Another form was all a questionnaire which asked questions whether anything had changed between your interview and your oath ceremony (like were you arrested, did you become a nazi / military lol). That had to be submitted before they put you on for the Oath the same day.
 
I filled out the questionnaire and waiting another hour and half (since it was lunch time and I missed the morning oath ceremony by about 20 minutes). I was called to the window where they took my green card (current and old). They asked me to make sure the certificate had all the correct information. I was then asked to sign the certificate and given a flag and envelope with a guide to naturalization (rights and responsibilities) and the national anthem.
 
20 minutes later, we were moved to the large conference room where oaths are held. We watched a few videos and the USCIS officer explained how awesome it was that 55 people from 18 countries had selected the USA as their home and it was really the end of all of our struggles with immigration. We then sang the national anthem, took the oath and were handed our certificates. There was no photo / video allowed during the ceremony but we could take photos afterwards.
 
So after 12 years in the US and 4 hours at USCIS on Tuesday, I'm finally a proud US citizen. I'll be applying for my passport and registering to vote today and then handling the SSA stuff in 2 weeks.

Please mark me as complete. I've become a US citizen today. Interview was pretty easy and straightforward - took me about 4 hours from getting to USCIS to having the certificate in hand.

Mid-April is a good bet

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My case just moved to "Interview was scheduled". This is for Newark, NJ FO