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Average Rating: 4.4
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65 Review(s)
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| San Diego CA |  Review #33109 on April 15, 2024: |
R&OC
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: Naturalization
Our experience with the Field Office in San Diego on the day of my children‘s interview and oath was nothing but friendly and professional. However, our adjudication process in San Diego took much longer than expected. SD and its proximity to the border, is probably one of the busier field offices.
| | | San Diego CA | Review #33094 on April 5, 2024: |
cardia
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This review is for the oath ceremony that was scheduled after the interview had occurred, i.e. not a same-day oath ceremony.
Very smooth as with my previous experiences with this field office. Word of warning, you may want to appear 20-30 minutes earlier than your appointment; sometimes there's a line at the entrance and they can sometimes choose to batch entrants, which means that you may clear the security check later than you'd think.
On guests: we were allowed guests though this is not noted on the oath ceremony notice. It is possible that this changes regularly, as I've noted previous and quite recent reports that guests were not allowed at theirs. I brought my toddler and my husband, and they had ample space to sit with me during the oath.
On attire: everyone wore something between business casual to business formal.
Ceremonies are held on the fifth floor. Once you step out of the elevator, you'll enter a line where you'll need to present your oath ceremony notice and all cards/permits that USCIS has issued you. They will take these and provide you with ceremony materials: an envelope to keep your certificate in, a small U.S. flag, a copy of the oath, and a pamphlet welcoming you as a citizen and informing you of next steps you may wish/need to take.
The ceremony took about 20 minutes. They appeared to be doing them back to back, and getting everyone checked in does take some time so you should have a moment to take photos before the ceremony starts. You also have time after to take them. The officer will start the ceremony, and everyone recites the oath as per the copy you received at the check-in, and then they'll hand the certificates out.
Feeling very fortunate to be able to report nothing but pleasant interactions with the San Diego field office, and to be finally able to conclude our immigration journey.
| | | San Diego CA | Review #33052 on March 15, 2024: |
cardia
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Very pleasant experience. I was scheduled for a Friday afternoon, so the building was noticeably quieter. The usual security measures up at the front: have on hand your interview appointment paper and your ID to show the security personnel before entering, then prepare to place all your things in an X-ray bin and remove your shoes to go through the detector.
After that, I was directed to the third floor to check-in where they took a photo of me and scanned my left and right index finger. Then I was told to go up to the fourth floor, where the interview waiting room is at. I was called about 10-15 minutes after my scheduled appointment time.
Followed the IO into their office, and they had me take the oath, then sit down to start the interview. They did my civics test first, then the English writing and speaking portion. They proceeded onto going over my application, confirming details here and there, then asked me an abbreviated series of "yes/no" questions based off the end of the N-400 application.
I had a correction in my application that I was requested to sign off on, as well as on a form that indicated I was willing to swear the oath. After that, the IO printed off a piece of paper, said congratulations, and let me know that instructions were on the paper in the meantime until my oath ceremony schedule came in the mail.
Very easy interview, did not request for additional documents though I brought a ton! My application was marriage-based 3-yr, but not a combo, so I didn't have my husband come with me.
(updated on March 16, 2024)
| | | San Diego CA | Review #32950 on February 13, 2024: |
Lynkali
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My husband had his N-400 citizenship interview at the San Diego office. Staff were professional and mostly friendly; interview was long and very thorough, stressful due to a name mix-up in the background check (they thought my husband was someone else with the same name), but otherwise efficient.
Some particulars about the San Diego office: applicants have to wait OUTSIDE the main door in the cold (or hot) weather, and a uniformed officer will eventually come and open the door and let only the applicant inside. Don't arrive too early, they won't let you in more than 30 minutes in advance. Any family members have to find someplace else to wait, they aren't allowed in - there is a small waiting area in the building adjacent to the south, but no restrooms or vending machines or anything. Made for a slightly unpleasant long wait. As I wasn't allowed in, I ended up walking a few blocks to the south to a café near the courthouse.
Check-in for the applicant, once through the outside doors, is on the 3rd floor, then the waiting room and interview on the 4th floor. We were lucky and got a same-day oath ceremony - that was on the 5th floor, but only the applicant can attend: no spouses or family members allowed in. They will offer to use your cell phone to take a photo after the oath, definitely do that! You'll need to wait just a little while for the oath: they wait until there are 4-5 applicants to swear in together; seemed to be about a 30-minute interval between oath ceremonies.
Parking: lots of pay parking lots, of varying prices and sketchiness. We chose the Ace Parking ramp structure (many stories tall) at 110 West C Street - good parking, moderate price (with 15-minute intervals) and an actual person at the exit to pay, so no worries about machine malfunctions or security.
| | | San Diego CA | Review #31626 on December 5, 2022: |
Huli
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Very smooth and easy--we were asked only a couple of very straightforward questions and then the agent processed the paperwork in front of us.
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