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Today I had my n400 interview in Houston. I have employment based GC and left the sponsoring company before receiving GC but after I485 was pending more than 2 years. The main reason was family related and was not able to travel as much the sponsoring company wanted me to. I have never submitted any paperwork nor received RFE from USCIS before GC approval.
Today I arrived about 1 hours before my appointment and was stupid enough to follow the instructions on the letter and not enter the building more than 30 minutes before my appointment time. For future interviewees, just go ahead and get in and drop your letter to the tray!!!
I saw a bunch of people waiting so I prepared myself for a long wait. Surprisingly I was called after 2 minutes for the civic test
. The officer performing the civic test had heavy accent (most likely Spanish speaking) but she was talking clearly and correctly. I probably mispronounced something because she continued to ask me questions all the way to number 7. She wrote down all my answers to the paper. The questions I remember were:
What is the name of the national anthem.
What is the rule of law.
Who does a U.S. Senator represents.
Then she asked me to read: “Why do people want to be citizens?”
And asked me to write: “People want to vote.”
Then handed me a “passed” paper and asked me to sit down and wait.
Based on the number of people I prepared myself again for a long wait. After about 3 minutes I was called again (surprise)
. Very nice and professional lady officer originally born in Germany. She was very nice to me and she was chatting me about Europe (my country of origin is very close). She asked for my ID, GC and I handed over my PP also. Also asked for my SS card which I did not have. She said it was not a problem.
Then went over my N-400 asking to confirm all information and also asking some questions to make sure I was the one filling out the form (my SS, DOB, info about wife, phone numbers, travel etc).
I listed NRA and couple of other affiliations (church, Red Cross etc) but she did not ask any questions about it (no sarcastic comments please).
When she got to my employment history she started clicking on her screen. Unfortunately I could not see anything from my seat. She obviously saw that my sponsoring employer was a different company and after some clicking she simply circled my occupation on the N-400 form and no questions asked, continued. Based on what she circled I have the feeling that USCIS has only very vague categories like “engineering” or “marketing” and does not care if you work on cell phone software or designing truck transmissions.
Then she simply asked the same questions again what we answered already on the n-400 confirming all the facts.
She asked me if I had any traffic violations and I answered no (never got a ticket, I guess I was lucky so far).She smiled said wow and asked me if they don’t speed in … (country of origin). I said that I just try to “blend in”
and she laughed (everybody driving on Houston highways knows what I’m talking about, if you don’t drive at least 10mph above speed limit you probably get a ticket for impeding traffic and reckless “slow-driving”).
After that she walked me outside and we talked a little bit about Germany. I thanked her for her time. That was less than 30 minutes since I entered the building. I waited for my oath letter for about 25 more minutes and was out of the building in less than an hour.
Next oath date is Sept. 16.
I brought a large stack of papers including employment letters, tax returns and transcripts, birth and marriage certificates but I was asked for nothing. Only my state ID, GC and PP (+ SS which I forgot but was no problem)
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Good luck for everybody! This forum is an excellent source of information! I’ll post my oath experience also hopefully in 3 weeks.
Today I arrived about 1 hours before my appointment and was stupid enough to follow the instructions on the letter and not enter the building more than 30 minutes before my appointment time. For future interviewees, just go ahead and get in and drop your letter to the tray!!!
I saw a bunch of people waiting so I prepared myself for a long wait. Surprisingly I was called after 2 minutes for the civic test
. The officer performing the civic test had heavy accent (most likely Spanish speaking) but she was talking clearly and correctly. I probably mispronounced something because she continued to ask me questions all the way to number 7. She wrote down all my answers to the paper. The questions I remember were:What is the name of the national anthem.
What is the rule of law.
Who does a U.S. Senator represents.
Then she asked me to read: “Why do people want to be citizens?”
And asked me to write: “People want to vote.”
Then handed me a “passed” paper and asked me to sit down and wait.
Based on the number of people I prepared myself again for a long wait. After about 3 minutes I was called again (surprise)
. Very nice and professional lady officer originally born in Germany. She was very nice to me and she was chatting me about Europe (my country of origin is very close). She asked for my ID, GC and I handed over my PP also. Also asked for my SS card which I did not have. She said it was not a problem.Then went over my N-400 asking to confirm all information and also asking some questions to make sure I was the one filling out the form (my SS, DOB, info about wife, phone numbers, travel etc).
I listed NRA and couple of other affiliations (church, Red Cross etc) but she did not ask any questions about it (no sarcastic comments please
). When she got to my employment history she started clicking on her screen. Unfortunately I could not see anything from my seat. She obviously saw that my sponsoring employer was a different company and after some clicking she simply circled my occupation on the N-400 form and no questions asked, continued. Based on what she circled I have the feeling that USCIS has only very vague categories like “engineering” or “marketing” and does not care if you work on cell phone software or designing truck transmissions.
Then she simply asked the same questions again what we answered already on the n-400 confirming all the facts.
She asked me if I had any traffic violations and I answered no (never got a ticket, I guess I was lucky so far).She smiled said wow and asked me if they don’t speed in … (country of origin). I said that I just try to “blend in”
and she laughed (everybody driving on Houston highways knows what I’m talking about, if you don’t drive at least 10mph above speed limit you probably get a ticket for impeding traffic and reckless “slow-driving”).After that she walked me outside and we talked a little bit about Germany. I thanked her for her time. That was less than 30 minutes since I entered the building. I waited for my oath letter for about 25 more minutes and was out of the building in less than an hour.
Next oath date is Sept. 16.
I brought a large stack of papers including employment letters, tax returns and transcripts, birth and marriage certificates but I was asked for nothing. Only my state ID, GC and PP (+ SS which I forgot but was no problem)
.Good luck for everybody! This forum is an excellent source of information! I’ll post my oath experience also hopefully in 3 weeks.
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