On to the last stage - interview complete; waiting for oath begins!
I had my naturalization interview at 9am today.
Reached the USCIS office on the Monterey Rd in San Jose about 20 minutes prior to the interview. After going through the security gates, I was asked to proceed upstairs to room # 219 and place my interview letter in the tray on window # 1. The waiting room was huge with 135 people seating space but we hardly had 3 to 4 people in the room at any given time. There is a little kids play area with some Lego blocks and stuff like that. However, I would highly encourage folks with little kids to arrange for baby sitter rather than taking them with you.
Anyways, I was called in for the interview about 10 minutes late at 9:10am. It was a huge welcome change to face an officer who extremely polite. There was absolutely no sign off rudeness that one typically hears over the phone. I was made to raise my hand and take the oath that I would only tell the truth during the course of the interview. After some small talks, the officer went over the entire N-400 application to ensure that everything was correct. Since filing my application, I had taken an international trip. So, I had updated the page # 4 of the application form and taken a copy of the page with me. When the officer reached that page, I told that I have one correction to make to the form, he simply took the newly printed page from me and replaced the old one with it.
After going through the entire form, the officer asked me to write a simple sentence ("I am a Director at <my company's name>) on a pre-printed form and then asked 10 questions from his computer screen and soon after congratulated me for passing the test and gave me a copy of the form, I believe 652. I was back in to my car at 9:34am.
I have also updated my info on the "San Jose thread".
I had my naturalization interview at 9am today.
Reached the USCIS office on the Monterey Rd in San Jose about 20 minutes prior to the interview. After going through the security gates, I was asked to proceed upstairs to room # 219 and place my interview letter in the tray on window # 1. The waiting room was huge with 135 people seating space but we hardly had 3 to 4 people in the room at any given time. There is a little kids play area with some Lego blocks and stuff like that. However, I would highly encourage folks with little kids to arrange for baby sitter rather than taking them with you.
Anyways, I was called in for the interview about 10 minutes late at 9:10am. It was a huge welcome change to face an officer who extremely polite. There was absolutely no sign off rudeness that one typically hears over the phone. I was made to raise my hand and take the oath that I would only tell the truth during the course of the interview. After some small talks, the officer went over the entire N-400 application to ensure that everything was correct. Since filing my application, I had taken an international trip. So, I had updated the page # 4 of the application form and taken a copy of the page with me. When the officer reached that page, I told that I have one correction to make to the form, he simply took the newly printed page from me and replaced the old one with it.
After going through the entire form, the officer asked me to write a simple sentence ("I am a Director at <my company's name>) on a pre-printed form and then asked 10 questions from his computer screen and soon after congratulated me for passing the test and gave me a copy of the form, I believe 652. I was back in to my car at 9:34am.
I have also updated my info on the "San Jose thread".
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