Hello all,
Since this kind of feedback appears to be in demand on this board, here is how my interview went today:
First, let me say one thing: From what I gathered over the months here and from my own experience… don’t worry. They are there to give you the citizenship and unless you give them a major reason not to, they will give it to you.
Don’t worry about minor mistakes on your application and in my opinion don’t waste your time getting documentation about paid traffic tickets from courts or whatever. It’s not important.
Here’s how it went:
Waited in the room for about 1 hour past the scheduled time. I’ve waited for years, so one hour doesn’t make any difference. I was called-in, sworn in and then the officer explained to me the whole process. He told me that he would go over the application and then ask me some questions and that I shouldn’t be worried about anything.
The officer then went over the application. We filled the name change form. (I requested a middle name since I don’t have any
. He then went through the N400 form and verified some information… not a big deal.
Here come the traffic tickets:
I answered “Yes” to questions 15 and 16 on page 8. I explained that I thought minor traffic violation was an offense for which I wasn’t arrested. He noted that it was an interesting reasoning but that it wasn’t what they were looking for. He said that all very calmly with a smile on his face. Then the officer asked me whether I was ever arrested, detained, handcuffed and after I answered “no” to all of those questions he changed the answer to question 15 on my form to NO. Running the red light, even a speeding is not what they are looking for.
I was then given 10 question out of those hundred, which I answered 100%. Then I had to sign my application and some papers, pictures and was out of there with a paper that my application was approved.
I recommend the book “Citizenship for Dummies” for those who want to get familiar with the US history and government in a short time. You will find all major facts and information in there for the history and civics test along with the 100 questions and tips from authors on how to study them.
Maybe it all seemed to me so easy because I was so well prepared but one thing is certain - It was the best experience with INS in my life.
I wish the best of luck to everyone here and most of all, thank you for all your information and advice we share here.
God Bless America
P.S. I almost forgot… how could it be- a post on this board without a timeline J
PD 5/6/03
FP 6/11/03
Letter for interview 12/30/03
Interview 3/3/04
Oath ??? (maybe 3/17? Or 4/28 )
Since this kind of feedback appears to be in demand on this board, here is how my interview went today:
First, let me say one thing: From what I gathered over the months here and from my own experience… don’t worry. They are there to give you the citizenship and unless you give them a major reason not to, they will give it to you.
Don’t worry about minor mistakes on your application and in my opinion don’t waste your time getting documentation about paid traffic tickets from courts or whatever. It’s not important.
Here’s how it went:
Waited in the room for about 1 hour past the scheduled time. I’ve waited for years, so one hour doesn’t make any difference. I was called-in, sworn in and then the officer explained to me the whole process. He told me that he would go over the application and then ask me some questions and that I shouldn’t be worried about anything.
The officer then went over the application. We filled the name change form. (I requested a middle name since I don’t have any
. He then went through the N400 form and verified some information… not a big deal.Here come the traffic tickets:
I answered “Yes” to questions 15 and 16 on page 8. I explained that I thought minor traffic violation was an offense for which I wasn’t arrested. He noted that it was an interesting reasoning but that it wasn’t what they were looking for. He said that all very calmly with a smile on his face. Then the officer asked me whether I was ever arrested, detained, handcuffed and after I answered “no” to all of those questions he changed the answer to question 15 on my form to NO. Running the red light, even a speeding is not what they are looking for.
I was then given 10 question out of those hundred, which I answered 100%. Then I had to sign my application and some papers, pictures and was out of there with a paper that my application was approved.
I recommend the book “Citizenship for Dummies” for those who want to get familiar with the US history and government in a short time. You will find all major facts and information in there for the history and civics test along with the 100 questions and tips from authors on how to study them.
Maybe it all seemed to me so easy because I was so well prepared but one thing is certain - It was the best experience with INS in my life.
I wish the best of luck to everyone here and most of all, thank you for all your information and advice we share here.
God Bless America
P.S. I almost forgot… how could it be- a post on this board without a timeline J
PD 5/6/03
FP 6/11/03
Letter for interview 12/30/03
Interview 3/3/04
Oath ??? (maybe 3/17? Or 4/28 )