Hi, folks
I had my N-400 interview this afternoon. I passed the interview and would like to share my interview experience with you all.
My appointment time was 1:30pm and I arrived at 1:05pm. When I was approaching the reception counter, I saw a receptionist and a gentleman(standing) there. As soon as I turned in my appointment letter, the gentlemen waved at me and asked me to meet him at another door. I was kind of surprised. After he opened the door and let me in, he introduced himself then I learned he was the Immigration Officer(IO) to interview me.
After we entered the interview room, he asked me to remain standing and raise my right hand to take oath for telling the truth. Then he went through my N-400 with me. I also brought a modified N-400 with me due to some changes after I submitted my original N-400, he still used the old N-400 and wrote there with red ink pen.
After we went through the N-400 form, he then apologized that he had go give me an insult - the civil test. He said he was going to give me some tough questions and we were kind of joking with each other. He asked what I wanted to do after became citizen and I said to vote, and he then joked with me that whom I was going to vote for, he also asked me what was the 14th state joined the Union and who won the super-ball this year(I told him I didn't watch TV
). We did go through several simple questions which were from the 100 questions though.
After passing the test, when he was preparing some paper work, I asked him if he knew my oath date, and he said it's Sept. 9 and the formal letter would be sent to me via mail. Then I mentioned that there was another oath ceremony at the end of August, he answered yeah. I cannot remember exactly what I said but then he asked me if I wanted to be in the August ceremony and I said yes. He said he had to check if he could put me in that one. He asked me to wait outside for 10 minutes so he could go back to his own office to get the paperwork done.
I waited in the lobby for about 15-20 minutes, he came out and turned over me the oath letter with Aug. 26 date on it. We shook hands and I said "thank you and appreciate your help" to him. He said he would see me on Tuesday(8/26). That was a surprise too so I asked him if he would be there and he answered that he would be on the stage.
I am not sure exactly what this IO's position is. I did ask him if he primarily does citizenship interview stuff and he said he mostly handle special cases. So I guess at least he is a senior officer. He didn't seem in a hurry to wrap up my case and let me go during the whole process.
After he told me the initial Sept 9 oath date in the interview room, I joked with him that someone else was interested in my oath date as well. He replied that there would be a couple of thousand people on day. Then I brought up the lawsuit issue(I no longer afraid of anything at that point since I knew I already passed the test), I believe he knew about I sued USCIS but he didn't mention it at all. I did most of the talking on that part, he only said that my case was delayed because of the famous FBI name check.
2 hours after I left the USCIS building, I got a call from AUSA to ask me if I agree to dismiss the case since my N-400 has been approved and the oath date has been set. I told her to send me the draft of dismissal and I would sign it.
This is a long and stressful journey. I am really glad it's almost over. I would like to thank all the people on this forum who are so helpful and encouraging. Without you guys, I wouldn't even have the courage to file the lawsuit. Special thanks to lazycis. you are the backbone of this forum! Hats off to you!
Although my journey is almost over, I will stay on this board for a while(already a habit) and try to provide any information I know of to the late WOMMERS(unfortunately my company blocked this website since yesterday so I may not be able to visit here during the day).
Good luck to all!
