Bujjigaadu

Hey everyone! I just come back from my interview and it went very well, a very smooth process overall…. And yes, I passed!
 
Here is a short summary:
Once at the office (San Jose), I waited about 10 minutes before an officer called me in. She was very kind during the whole interview, she first asked to see my appointment letter, my passport, my green card and ID (I applied for N-400 based on 5 year LPR eligibility rule), and then we started with the test. She only asked 6 civics questions:
What is freedom of religion? where is the Statue of Liberty? Who signs bills to become laws? When was the Constitution written? What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? Why does the flag have 50 stars? and then she proceeded to ask me to read "what state has the most people", and to write "California has the most people".
 
The rest of interview consisted of questions on my identity (full name, marital status, employer, address, date and place of birth, etc…), and then the usual yes or no questions regarding criminal activities, and then questions regarding my willingness to take the oath.
 
After that they had me wait another 20 minutes to receive my Oath ceremony notice, the ceremony is scheduled for April 28. Voilà!
 
Good luck to everyone ♥️

yes !! i'll have in 2 weeks the interview (sfo), hopefully will be fine. thank you for your answer

Wow! Congratulations! 🎉 
 
I remember your appointment was at 10:50 am. When was your oath ceremony?
 
What documents did you take for the interview? What documents did they ask?
 
My interview is on next Tuesday 12:45 pm at SF FO and on the F1 to citizen journey as well.

Thank you! That was my first thought also, but with the exception of the receipt notice which was generated almost immediately after I submitted the petition, I see no other documents. I'm just assuming it's a glitch or they did something on the back end that I can't see...

Sounds great. Hoping to get a nice officer like that for an easy interview and approval for same day oath ceremony. 🤞🏼

Hi folks...I am delighted to inform you all that I have passed my interview today and completed oathing as well...Going from F1 (as a student) to a Citizen is not a easy journey, have seen so many ups and downs but now feeling so happy and relaxed.....My journey ends here with USCIS...
 
Good Luck if anybody is still waiting for their interview...Thank you one and all...

Thank you...Oath ceremony was at 3PM, Because my interview happened around 12PM....Officer was so nice, he did not ask any documents except GC,appointment notice, DL and Passport.  I carried lot of other documents like others but It was very smooth and easy....
SFO is doing 1PM, 2PM and 3PM Oath ceremony and if you are interested for same day they are trying to accommodate accordingly.
I meant to say that came to united states 13 years back as a student on F1 Visa to pursue PhD and have gone through different phases finally become a Citizen..

congratulation!!! what time was your appointment and when you could attend the oath??

Hi folks...I am delighted to inform you all that I have passed my interview today and completed oathing as well...Going from F1 (as a student) to a Citizen is not a easy journey, have seen so many ups and downs but now feeling so happy and relaxed.....My journey ends here with USCIS...
 
Good Luck if anybody is still waiting for their interview...Thank you one and all...

Hi folks...I am delighted to inform you all that I have passed my interview today and completed oathing as well...Going from F1 (as a student) to a Citizen is not a easy journey, have seen so many ups and downs but now feeling so happy and relaxed.....My journey ends here with USCIS...
 
Good Luck if anybody is still waiting for their interview...Thank you one and all...

Thanks so much, nice and smooth! Yes it seems so, my interview was scheduled for 12:45pm which took around 15 minutes. Then they scheduled my oath ceremony for 2pm. I was in and out of the city within 2 hours. 
I should say, the same day oath ceremony was optional. I believe you could do it on another day if you wanted.

Wow...that is a great news...Congratulations....Thank you for sharing your experience, this is very helpful...so SFO is doing same day oath ceremony...what was your appointment time and oath ceremony time ? Once again congrats...I am very happy for you..

Did my interview today and was approved!! I honestly did very little prep, I used the 'Citizen Now' app to practice for the civics test but that was it. They only asked for my appointment confirmation letter, drivers license, passport, and green card. No other documents were requested. They asked me 5 of the civics questions, then asked me to read a sentence out loud and write a sentence into an iPad, they might have gone easy here because I am an English speaker. But it was pretty simple, once I was approved they asked if I'd like to do the oath ceremony at the same time, I did that also today and got my naturalization certificate. 
 
There was a big line outside the building, but after asking some people I realized that was for ICE registration, USCIS can go straight in. 
 
Let me know if you have any questions and good luck!! 

How is your prep work is going ? Please update your experience after the interview...Good Luck...

My oath ceremony was today.
 
The appointment letter said that it was at 12:30pm and to be there no more than 30 minutes before. We got to the courthouse at 11:45am and no one else was at the security checkpoint so we got through in a minute.
 
We stood outside the courtroom until 12:40pm at which point they told the people that were being naturalized to enter the courtroom while friends and family had to stay outside (they were allowed in later). They had us all sit on the benches and then verified that those who were present were actually scheduled to take the oath today. I had filled out the back of the appointment letter and signed it but then the lady tells us that the city and state in the first line should say Phoenix, AZ even if we live in another part of Phoenix (such as Gilbert, Chandler, etc.) or another city. Good thing I brought a pen with me so that I could correct it. They then had everyone line up to hand over their green card(s). Afterwards we were shown where to sit. On the chair was the packet with the voter registration form, passport form, an American flag, etc.
 
After that it was a whole lot of waiting to get everyone checked in and seated. Eventually we were told about how to apply for a passport, there was a lady who explained how to sign up to vote and a lady from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution gave a short speech and they handed out American flags pins to everyone.
 
The judge didn't show up until 1:40pm and the monitor in the lobby did say that the ceremony wasn't until 1:30pm so 12:30pm was just the check-in time. 
Anyway, we did the oath of allegiance, the pledge of allegiance and they played the national anthem.
They had also asked for three volunteers to come up and speak for a couple of minutes about their journey to become citizens. Finally the judge gave a brief speech and then they handed out the certificates. After that we were free to go or we could stay and have our picture taken with the judge. We were done just after 2:00pm.
 
It says outside the courtroom that phones must be turned off, but they said that you're allowed to take pictures and videos inside the courtroom. You just need to keep your phone on silent.
 
So, that's it for me! 😀

Hi guys, first of all congratulations! I hope the oath goes well and hopefully we can all be there soon. It is such a big accomplishment. 
 
Please don't take this the wrong way--but I was wondering if we could keep the discussion focused on the timelines. I know the questions you have here are important, but maybe personal message or a different thread would be great for this topic? What do you think? Folks see the thread being updated and think if there is something related to the timeline, just to find something else.

Hi,
I passed my interview and tests today, and my status now says I was placed in line for an oath, after briefly saying for a few hours my case was approved and going under quality review. I can't wait to see when my oat will be, the officer said 3-6 weeks for the letter to arrive. 
Good luck to everyone!

Oh great...I have also applied based on a 5 yrs rule..Yes, I am also going to bring similar kinf of documents...Hope we will have same day oathing as well...Preparation has been going on since the day applied, hope we will face a cool IO...Good Luck...

I also filed based on the 5-year rule and just brought the originals of my marriage certificate (no kids so no birth certificates) and all five years of tax returns, which was all that I had uploaded (aside from the front and back of my green card). I also brought current and expired passports (since it says in the interview letter to bring those), my green card, social security card and driver's license. The IO didn't actually want to see anything other than my green card and driver's license but you know he would have asked to see everything else if I hadn't brought it!

Heyy, we have very similar timeline at SFO. Hoping to get the same day oath ceremony.
 
How are you preparing for the interview? Are you taking copies of all documents you uploaded online for n-400?
 
Since I am applying based on 5 year rule, I am thinking to take the originals and copies of passport, driver license, marriage certificate, kids birth certificates and also this year’s tax transcript. I think I am good with the 100 questions on civics and history now.

Hey nice to meet someone from SFO FO...congrats on your interview shcedule.
Dec 18, 2022 : Filed N-400 online
Mar 03, 2023 : Interview Scheduled case update
Apr 10, 2023 : Interview at SF FO, 10:50am.
 
Hopefully they go for combo on the same day.

I’ve looked forward to this day since forever but now I really don’t know…. 😱I guess I’ll be fine. I know all 100 of the civics questions by heart. Lol 😝 pray for us y’all. 🙏🇺🇸

@Stillwinning!!!😊 and @46610Besixdouze Are you ready for your interview next week? 🥳

Oh yes, thank you! My interview is scheduled for April 20th (my FO is San Jose, CA)

congrats!!!
 
congratulations!