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    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Time In: 1:40pm
    Interview Scheduled At: 2:00pm

    Interview Actual Start Time: 2:50pm

    Time Out: 3:00 pm

    Time Out: 3:05pm

    My husband said that a very polite and respectful officer interview him.  The officer first told my husband that when whenever he was ready they will start. My husband said that he was ready and then he took the oath and then they started to review his personal information address, marital status, if he had kids the ages. My husband said that he was trying to help and answers clear as posible. Then the officer ask him for a prove that we are living together then my husband worry a little bit because he thought he did not had a prove but when he check into his folder he found the taxes transcrips and the oficer said that the taxes will work. Then they followed up with the yes/no questions in wich the officer only ask him a total of 10 or 12. Then they move to the test. He answer the first six and then he ask to read and write then he said that he was approve.   He will have the ceremony on April 18 or May 23 depending if there was room for him in April ceremony if not he will be scheduled for may 23.

     

    1. How many U.S. Senators are there?

    one hundred (100)

    2. What is the supreme law of the land?

    the Constitution

    3.What is the highest court in the United States?

    the Supreme Court

    4. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

    nine (9)

    5.When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

    April 15 

    6.When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

     

    Which state has the most people?

    California has the most people. 

    Hope this helps

    Thank you to everyone and good luck.

     

    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    1 hour ago, nikha said:

    My Interview Experience

     

    Time In: 7:45 am

    Interview Scheduled At: 7:55 am

    Interview Actual Start Time: 8:48 am

    Time Out: 9:30 am

     

    1. Reached the field office at around 7:45 am. Cleared the security and was asked to get into the line A at the check in counter for N400 Interview. This is a different counter than the security counter at the entrance. Since there was no one in Line A, the lady across the counter immediately checked me in and stamped my letter with something and handed me a token. I was asked to sit in the waiting area. Reminded that I cannot use cell phone in the waiting area.

    2. I waited there for almost 45 minutes moving from one chair to another. A bit of anxiety gripping me. Meanwhile my wife who had the interview around the same time arrived and then we had a good time after that.

    3. At around 8:45 am, a very pleasant faced, happy looking lady immigration officer called my token number and greet me with a smile. We exchanged pleasant morning wishes and she requested me to hand over the interview letter to her. She further escorted me to her office with required us to make 2 left turns and one right turn.

    4. She requested me to take a seat. I showed courtesy  by saying I will oblige after she takes her seat to which she happily agreed. Some common sense gentlemen manners/gestures came to my help.

    5. She ran me through a quick agenda of things we will be doing including verifying a few details/ seeking yes/no answers to some questions/ followed by a series of civic test questions and then reading/writing test.

    6. She began with verifying my name, address, place of work, start date, marital status, my spouse's name, no of children, child's name, travel history etc. She inquired with me whether I was previously married and then requested to see my court docs if I were and had them with me. She went back to the computer screen and reviewed by spouse's marital history and inquired whether it was her first marriage with me. She inquired whether I had my wife's court docs for her previous marriage.

    7. She then went through a series of questions inquiring about my memberships to organizations in general (like IEEE Computer Society etc), terror organizations etc. She asked me whether I ever lived in United Status between 18 to 26 years of age. Then followed the standard yes no type questions about any wrong doings if any and whether I am willing pledge my allegiance to the US if I were granted citizenship.

    8. She then asked me to verify some info on the tablet screen which she had just recently updated and asked me to e-sign the form. Likewise she asked me to e-sign the form for Pledge of Allegiance to the United States.

    9. This was followed by an abrupt transition into the Civic Questions Test as below

     

    a) Who was brought to United States as slaves?

    b) What was Unites States worried about post World War II and during Cold War ?

    c) Who serves the office if President cannot ?

    d) One responsibility of US citizens?

    e) Two federal holidays ?

    f) Who makes federal laws in the Government ?

     

    10. Asked me to read "How many Senators do we have ?

    11. Made me write " We have one hundred senators"

    12. Asked for some more time while she completed some paper work.

    13.Finally printed a sheet of paper and congratulated me on passing the civic test and informed me that she is recommending my case for approval.

     

    14. The moment I set my foot outside the facility a slurry of text messages about my case being updated from N400 Naturalization Interview to Oath Ceremony to Post Interview Activity etc etc.

     

    That is about it. All in all pretty decent experience, very well streamlined process, not much hiccup-y so far. Hope this is useful and helpful for people who are in line.

    Thank you for sharing and congradulations my husband has his interview next week I feel so nervous for him.

    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    13 hours ago, thilimaa said: 
    
I AM A U.S CITIZEN!

Before The Ceremony: 
  My ceremony was scheduled to take place in Campbell (for San Jose office), CA around 8:30am so, as my wife and I were driving from far away, we decided to leave home early in case of traffic or anything AND we ended up arriving around 7:10am and there was already a lot of people waiting (in their cars as it was cold outside). Around 7:30 (one hour before the ceremony) we decided to head to the front entrance and wait for it and there was already some people waiting over there. A man who apparently works at the theater thing came outside around 8:10 and said that they would open the doors at 8:30 and asked us to form 5 lines. 4 lines were for people that were waiting to become citizens and one line for family/friends and visitors. If you are bringing family/friends arrive early and get in line as the man said that they only had 200 seats for family/friends so some people wouldn't be able come in and that's exactly what happened as some people bring 10+ people for the ceremony!
  Around 8:30 USCIS officers came outside checking green cards and the oath ceremony notice. After checking those two, they write a number on your notice letter and circle it. That has to do with where you're going to seat once inside.
  Around 8:40am they let us in!

The Ceremony:
  Once you walk into the building, the officer waiting for you at the door checks your oath ceremony letter, tells you to go through door "west" or "east" of the theater and give you a white envelope with some cool stuff such as a small U.S flag, a passport application, a citizenship holder for your document and many other things! 
  After going through the "east - west" door, a lady directed me to my seat. When I got to my row, another lady took my oath ceremony notice and asked for my green card. I handed to her and she kept it as she kept everybody else's green card.
  After waiting around 10min (as I was one of the first ones to enter the building, I had to wait for everybody else to find their seat) the ceremony started. The ceremony started with a videoclip that had some awesome pictures of the first immigrants in America and phrases that they said when they arrived. It was very emotional and beautiful.
  The first person on stage was a man who talked about registering to vote and how important it is to actually vote and so on. Right after that, three USCIS officers went on stage and we all sang the national anthem. After that they started to call everyone's country of birth (I think we had people from 42 different countries participating on Thursday) and then we had to stand up and wait for all the countries (after your birth country) to be called. 
  Then, after that, we took the oath and we all became U.S citizens! People were crying and it was a very emotional moment! I will never forget that moment! Following the oath, we watched a videoclip where the President welcome us to America as new citizens!
  After that, we watched a videoclip with the song America the Beautiful and right after the video clip, a lady that works (as far as I understood) for the Dept. of State went on stage and said that we would be able to apply for a U.S passport right there after the ceremony if we would like to so, for those who wanted to apply for a U.S passport she asked us to stand up and she placed us under an oath. I would say that half of the 441 people that were there with me stood up and I was one of them.
  After that, the ceremony was over and they passed around distributing our citizenship certificates! I could finally  say, I AM AMERICAN!

After The Ceremony:
  Right when you leave the building there will be some people asking if you would like to register to vote and I totally recommend doing that! The person who I talked to about registering to vote (really quick right outside) told me that I could not register to vote in Santa Clara county because I live in a different county so I actually have to register in Monterey County. (sorry if it got confusing, haha). If you live in a different county other than Santa Clara pay attention on that. 
  After that, even before meeting my wife that was already outside waiting for me (they first let the family/friends out while they distribute the certificates so most likely, your loved one will already be waiting for you outside the building) I went to another room where I applied for my U.S passport right there! Attention, don't forget to bring blank checks and a passport photo!
  As far as I understand, the passport people are not always there so it could be that you won't be able to apply for a passport right there but you can always go to a post office right after the ceremony (as long as you have all the documents necessary with you) and apply for one. I went straight to the room where the people collecting passport applications were because I knew that the line would be huge if I were to wait a couple of minutes. When I got to the passport room, I was only the 5th person in line! They gave me an envelope where I put my citizenship certificate (I held my certificate of citizenship for less than 5 min as I went straight to the other room so I could apply for a U.S passport but I took a picture of it just so I have it, haha!), a passport photo, a check and my passport application! The walk around stamping applications and making sure that you signed it before submitting it! Also, make sure that you sign your citizenship certificate!
  For the passport, they let you apply for a passport book, a passport card or both! I decided to apply for both passport book and the card as I was like "why not get the card as well", haha! There are also different type of fees, it all depends on how fast you would like to receive your U.S passport(s). I picked the fastest one available and paid around $250 to receive them within two and a half weeks! They also mentioned that I will probably receive 3 separate envelopes: One with my passport book, one with my passport card and another one with my citizenship certificate (they will ship it back to you after processing your passport application, of course). If you write your email on your passport application, they will also notify you about the process of your application! When I left the room after applying for my U.S passports (passport book and card) the line was pretty long (yikes) so I'm glad I went straight there and now I was free to take pictures outside with my U.S flag and celebrate!

  And that was it guys! I am a PROUD AMERICAN CITIZEN! I'm so happy and excited! GO U.S.A!



    
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    GC-Date: The 'Resident Since' Date located on your first green card.
    Sent: Date N-400 was mailed to USCIS.
    Cashed: Date your check was cashed / credit card was charged by USCIS.
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    Thank you for sharing Thilimaa and congradulations.

    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, thilimaa said:

    Hey guys, I had just my combo interview today in SJC and wanted to share with you my experience!

     

      The officer couldn’t make a decision on the spot because of my removal of conditions. Apparently they need to approve that first to be able to approve the N-400. 

     

      I went with my wife and he asked my wife to come into the room with me. He said that he would start with the ROC interview, see how it goes and go from there so first he went through the ROC asking the same type of questions that we got asked when we first applied for my GC.

     

      We asked about the proposal, who went to the wedding, if we had pictures to show, what kind of evidence we had to support our marriage, where in the house do we live, if the room has a bathroom in it, if we had kids, how many pets we have, their names, asked me if I knew my wife’s phone number, her date of birth and so on. 

     

      After asking about our lives together he asked my wife to go wait outside so he could start the N-400 interview so she did. On her way out, he asked her if we drove together and what kind of cars we have.

      When he came back he said that our case looked good and that he was happy with it.

     

      I passed all the tests and after signing some papers, I got a paper saying that they couldn’t make a decision at the moment but that I should get something in the mail soon and that they will have to stop the card production step and, after that, get me an oath date. 

     

      Right before I left he asked me if we drove together and what kind of car we have. I, of course, answered correctly so my info matched what my wife had said outside.

     

      We live together and we have been married for awhile now so it wasn’t a big deal but still, haha! Can’t wait to get a decision!


     

     
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    Don't worry I'm sure they are going to approve you 🎊🎉 thank you for sharing☺

    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Bandaria said:

    Thank you!

    It was very smooth. 400 people naturalized with me.

     

    Time I was given: 8:30am

    I got there at 8:15

    Was seated by 8:40

    Ceremony was over AND I had my certificate in hand by 9:45

     

    Unfortunately because of govt shutdown, the passport people couldn't be there. So until the govt is back up and running, I don't think the option to apply right then and there will be available.

     

    Also, just FYI: Initially everyone lines up outside the building, until they slowly start letting everyone in. So if it's a rainy day, be prepared with an umbrella!

    Also, in this location no strollers allowed, and limited seating available for guests. Just something to keep in mind.

     

     

    Congrats Bandaria happy for you👍

    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    On 11/30/2018 at 9:09 AM, cococandy said:

    I believe it's taking more than 10 months to complete the whole process.

    Thank you.  Hope you get your appointment soon it seem like they slow down. People from the beginning of April they went to interview congratulations to them.  But people from the end of the same month are still  waiting for that interview I am getting nervous. 

    San Jose, CA Field Office

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    On 11/27/2018 at 6:24 PM, thilimaa said:

    Hey folks!

     

    I just realized that the forum (no VJ but the topic) existed, haha! My name/info was already added by someone else so thanks! 

    I'm still waiting for an interview appointment, let's hope it comes soon!

     

    Thanks!

    Hi thilimaa base on the others dates I think you will get your interview appointment before Christmas🌲 ☺you are close☺I am 2 months 1/2 behind.

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