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21) Comments: I Am Done!!!

I got sworn in today in Atlanta. I am going to try and give you a low down on the process and I'll post my timeline at the end.
I got in at 9:45 am ( that was my appointment time), but they don't hold it down real fast.
I dropped off my appoinmment letter and finally got called in at 11.20am.
The interview process is rather simple: he asked me questions on the form ( have u ever been a member of a communist party etc).
Here's the good news, if he/she asks you to start sgning stuff, you are on your way, don't trip yourself now.
Please remember this, they have you down pat because my file was quite thick, everything they need to know is in there, so don't lie or try to talk your way out of anything.
Secondly, the five year rule is TRUE, if you have kept a clean sheet in 5 years and not killed anyone or commited a crime that makes you ineligible you should be fine.
I have a DUI from 2000 ( happened after a rather racuous party, not justifying it). i had the disposition of the case, he had it too, asked me about it but didn't make a federal case out of it because he said " this happened in 2000, not a problem".
He then proceeded with the test, which if you know anything about this country and watch CNN you can answer, remember the name of the Gov of your state and who can authorize war.

After which he told me I had passed the exam and he was recommending me for citizenship. He then gave me a form and sent me back to the waiting room. 30 mins later a lady came in and took that letter and gave me an oath swearing letter for 2pm.
The swearing in is pretty straightforward..nothing to add, you already an American anyway ..just go in and enjoy it.

Timeline

Filed early May 2006 ( don't remember when..who cares)
Priority Date : May 26, 2006
Finger Print Notification: June 17, 2006
Case Status disappears : Aug 2, 2006
Interview Letter: Aug 5th 2006
Interviewed: Aug 28, 2006
Sworn in : Aug 28, 2006 2.45pm
American Citizen: FOREVER

Any questions, post them on the board or send me a PM, I will try to respond to everything based on my experience. Remember always get a second opinion, I am just a guy who went thru the system with a little bit of extra info.

Good luck y'all. God Bless

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Name: kblacwell
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 31, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
22) Comments: Interview experience at Newark(NJ)

Got naturalised today at Newark, NJ as well.
My interview was scheduled at 1:00 and I got there at 12:50 pm.
I was called in at 1:30 pm and the interview lasted 7 minutes. The interviewer was very courteous. He verified that the information in the form was correct. Asked me to sign the name change form (since I had request a name change). Asked the 6 history/civics questions, all of which I answered correctly and handed me the approval notice and told me to show up at 3:00 pm for the Oath.
I was not asked for any documentation whatsoever.

I came back from the cafeteria at 2:45. I was the first person to be called to sign the certificate at 3:30 pm and the oath was from 5:30 to 5:45 pm

Already got my driver's license and car and motorcycle registrations changed to the new name. Will be applying for a passport in a day or two.

Yippee !

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Name: svasudev
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 11, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
23) Comments: Interview experience at Newark(NJ) office

I am always reading comments from other membres on this forum, but today I would like to take opportunity to share my wife's interview experince for citizenship.
Below is her N-400 timeline

10/12/05: RD
10/12/05: PD
11/25/05: FP Appointment
02/13/06: Interview notice
04/25/06: Interview Appointment
04/25/06: US citizen since 5:45

We reached at INS office at 1:30 pm. Her interview was scheduled at 2:06. At 2:15 she was called in for interview. Interview was done in 10 minutes. In the begining interviewer (female) reviewed the detail on the form and asked the questions, than asked for signatures and than she started the Civic and History test. She asked 9 questions (even my wife answred all questions right). Following are the questions.

1- Who signs bills into law?
2- Name two senetors?
3- Can the constitution be changed?
4- Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
5- What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
6- What is the Bill Of Rights?
7- In what year Constitution was written?
8- Name the three branches of the Government?
9- What is the duty of Supreme Court?

Than she told my wife to write a sentence. And that was it. Interviewer told my wife that you have the passed the test. She wrote one form and told my wife that she may go to second floor at cafetaria and come back at 3:30 for oath at 4 O'Clock. Since there were about 100 people and they were calling everyone for sign and review the information on the certifiacte, the oath ceremony was started at 5:30 and it lasted for 15 minutes.

According to my wife, interviewer was little rude (may be interviewer was tired) but since the case was clear, every thing went right. I will thank god and thanks to all the members of this Forum for helping us to end the journey with happyness . Good luck to everyone.

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Name: Aniket19
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 11, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
24) Comments: N-400 What documents for Interview

Thanks for this great list! I had my interview yesterday and went prepared with everything. My citizenship was based on marriage and these are the documents that the officer looked at / took:
Passport, ID and Green card, obviously
Selective Service registration
Copies of last three years tax returns AND transcripts from IRS (though one or the other would have been fine)
Three months of bank statements
Three months of mortgage statements

I am not posting this to detract from the list; I recommend everyone take as much information as possible just in case. This was just my experience. I also appreciated the advice to take a pen, as I had the oath ceremony same day and needed to fill in the form while I was waiting to indicate that nothing had changed since my interview!

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Name: jeremai
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 11, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
25) Comments: Experiences with rescheduling interview

My POE with the AP was actually Newark (there is a Newark-Beijing direct flight which goes over the pole). The officer just had my passport, the two copies of AP I have and also I had filled in the white landing card (the one you normally use for entrance with a visa).



So just to finish the story we had the interview this morning and my Greencard was approved. There was not a single question about the rescheduling of the previous two dates. We had a very friendly officer, who was very excited by our wedding photos and even called in another (soon to be married) officer to come look at the pictures of my dress. The photos were all we were asked for as proof of our marriage, although we did also show her the marriage certificate. We had all sorts of stuff with us, but none was asked for.

She took away my I94, my AP and EAD card (which I didn't even have to use yet), and told me that since the biometrics and name check are all done I should get the Greencard in the post within 2 weeks.

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Name: klmasters
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 11, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
26) Comments: Finally, Done!!!!!!!

Hi All,

I'm now a USC. My timeline is mentioned below. The interview yesterday was a pleasant experience, lasted 15 minutes. The officer was very professional. He asked me to verify the answers in the N-400. Gave him the employment change information. He wasn't even interested in looking at my speeding ticket records that I had so painstakingly obtained. It was a written test and the paper was placed in my file. After the written test, he informed me that I was approved and asked if I was fine with taking the oath in the afternoon. I replied yes. Came back to the oath ceremony with family. The ceremony took about 1h20m. We were finally given our citizenship certificates. Registered to vote. Got out of there. Went for movie (World Trade Center) and dinner with family.

This forum has been EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

Good luck to you all!!!

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Name: aspiringcitizen
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 11, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
27) Comments: My interview experience/San Bernadino CA DO

I just want to let you all know about my interview.
I had my interview appointment for 11:35 a.m., I arrived @ 11:20 a.m. to the San Bernardino, CA DO, I was instructed to go to the second floor and to go up to the receptionist and drop off my interview letter, I did and then I had a seat and waited, and waited and waited for almost 2 hrs.,(it was the longest wait of my life, I had my baby sick and I had a doctors appointment that I needed to take him). Anyways, I was finally called in @ 1:25 p.m. by an female officer(Asian), she greeted me and directed me to her office. In there she had me do the swearing and told me to have a sit. Then she asked me, since you are applying for citizenship based on your marriage, what other documents you brought since you submitted your application? I got my documents ready, I only brought our home grant deed, bank statement, water contract and tax transcripts. She also asked me how many kids I and I said one, but how come you mentioned three on your application, I said the other two are my stepsons(I did noted that on the application), then she asked to see the supporting documents,(officer did not looked at tax docs). She asked my about my name change and had me sign one document(in duplicate), these are going to be sent to the court to make legal my name change(I went back to my maden name). I was asked about employment information, just if I was still employed there.Then she moved to marital status for my husband, asked about how many times he has been married and so on. Officer started the "general questions" section, question one have you ever claimed to be a USA citizen? I said no, she asked not even before you came to this interview? I said no, then she asked not even before you obtained your LPR? I said no, she insisted not even when trying to enter USA? I said no, the she said since you speak very good English ( I didn't appreciated her nodding her head) . She finished all the questions, questions about tickets were asked as well. I was aske what is the Constitution and if I support it, I said yes. Then officer started the civics test, five questions got them all right, these were:
Who is the commander-in-chief of the US Army and Navy?
Who nominates judges for the supreme court?
How many terms can a president serve?
Where does freedom of spech comes?
Who elects the congress?
She said now write this sentence:
We have a very clean house.
She printed test scores and have me sign the paper. She then gave me the N-652 letter, Congratulations! you have passed the test and just wait for your Oath letter, I might take from 2 to 3 mos., I hope I does not take that long. The interview took about twenty minutes only.
Thank you all for the help, I was worried about not having any documents of my first trip out of the US and that they might ask for it. Officer did ask about time spent outside of the US, but no supporting docs where ask for.
I wish you all the best, just be confident and do not volunteer any information, this sometimes can start trouble.

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Name: lahoritamia
Location: United States
Posted on: Jun 7, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
28) Comments: Background Check

I had an interesting N-400 interview yesterday. Don't know where to start but the IO stemmed out of the office with my thick file while I was waiting for my attorney to arrive. I quickly summed him up to be a hard ass. BTW, I have been an officer of the law for a little over four years now...My attorney arrived shortly after and we went to this small conference room. I was sworn to tell the truth, and the interview started.

This IO went over most of the questions on my N-400, made corrections a few places... He only looked at my GC and Selective Service card for verification. So he asks me if I've ever been arrested or detained? I answered no, and he went on trying to trick me! He was like what did you go to court for?? I arrest law offenders on a regular basis; oh yeah he asked him if I had arrested anybody lately while looking over my employment history. So I told him yeah...last week!! And he just blew me off to the next section of my N-400. It seemed like he had a secret agenda! I felt like if my attorney wasn't there he'd have crucified me!! Anyway, I was married to a USC before, divorced, and survived removal proceedings in Septmember 05. Ofcourse, his sympathy was "we gave you a little trouble last year, huh" He had the driest sense of humor! So he asks me if I was a member of a terrorist organization? And so on... At the end of the interview, he pulled the questions. He asked me like 5 questions for which I got them all right. And he wrote down P for Pass on the sheet. He had me sign my three names on the photos, N-400 and the test.

Anyway, after all was done he DID NOT congratulate me for passing...You would expect someone to shake your hand!!!!!!! He asked me if I had any questions!! I said no. DO NOT VOLUNTEER any information to immigration officials...I mean for crissake, I am an officer of the law...shouldn't I know better? So he said my background check was still pending; did FP on 02/10/06. And he said it could take weeks or years, what a dry sense of humor. He said I would be notified in the mail once my BC was complete.

TIME line:
N-400: Sept 29, 05
PD: 01/05/06
FP: 02/10/06
Interview: 03/14/06
BC: Pending!!
OATH:??
Name: Dubu
Location: United States
Posted on: Mar 20, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
29) Comments: Interview Experience


Hello Miami crowd,

I had my interview today in downtown miami. The entire process took just less than an hour of which around 45 min was the wait for my turn. I had taken so much with me but nothing was needed except the passport and green card. I did get one unusual question related to my mailing address. I have always used a P.O Box as a mailing address so she just asked why P.O Box, why not use the home address. I just told her I change residences quite often ( am a single guy ) and its just easy for me to get a P.O Box near work.

After the interview she gave me some form N-652 somthing which said " Congrats, you passed blah blah and are being recommended for approval...after "final approval", you will get a letter for oath. What is this final approval? Will I get oath letter now or some steps remain? She said oath letter will take anything from 1 month to 4 months.

Timeline again fyi.

Priority date: June 13 05
Fingerprint: Aug 8 05
Interview : Feb 14 06

Thanks.


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Name: ***
Location: United States
Posted on: Feb 24, 2006  Email this link to friend(s)
30) Comments: Had N-400 interview in Portland, Oregon

Hi there,

I had my N-400 interview in Portland, Oregon this afternoon. At the end, the officer printed the N-652 form and checked two boxes: a) you passed the tests of English and U.S. history and government; and b) Congratulations! Your application has been recommended for approval.

The interview was smooth and quick. I had 2 tickets for speeding, which I had included in my N-400 application. He said it was good I had included them because I got a citation (ticket), but that they're only interested in violations that involve arrests.

I took my IRS transcripts with me and he added them to the file. He liked that I had procured the transcripts directly from the IRS, even though it wasn't required.

Questions were trivial: 6 from the 100 list; 1 sentence to read aloud; and 1 sentence to write.

All and all, it was the easiest visit to the INS I ever had. Waiting now for my oath letter, which should be arriving in August.

Thanks to all for the info provided in this board. It helped me a lot during N-400 preparation and waiting period.

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Name: Harish Krishna
Location: United States
Posted on: Aug 21, 2005  Email this link to friend(s)
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