My interview experience on 10/13/2009 at Philadelphia office
My interview was at 2:20 PM, I showed up at the entrance at 1:50 PM, handed my appointment letter and took a seat. Around 3:50 PM officer showed and called another candidate, told me she is running little late asked me to wait.
Just before 4:00 PM, an USCIS person came to asked me what time is your interview, I told him @2:20 PM, he went inside and spoke to receptionist and came out told me office will be with me momentarily. In a minute or so receptionist told me the same and hung a placard saying “Office opens at 8:00…….” and left the place.
Around 4:05 PM that candidate came out immediately officer called me in. Once inside the room she asked me to raise my right hand and swear to speak truth.
After that she took my N-400 application from the case file and started going thru it.
- Asked for my GC and Passport.
- Verified my name.
- And asked me about my marriage status and number of kids.
- Asked me about my taxes.
- In the application I have mentioned about my speeding ticket. She took all the particulars like, on which road, city (I was not sure,
so I told her it happened in 2005 and I’m not sure) state, date, how much I paid as fine (for which didn’t have any proof).
Then she asked me is that’s all. I told her “Yes”. Immediately she took my case file and looked at yellow color sheet.
- Then she told me to say “Yes” or “No” for the questions she asks. She started asking me questions from N-400 application.
- Then she gave me quiz (that’s what she told for interview).
- Then she asked me to read a line. (“Where does President live?”)
- Then written part she asked me to write “The President lives in The White House.”
- Then she told me I passed my interview and she is approving my application, and asked me to sign on my photos and 2 places on the application.
- She congratulated me, I reciprocated by saying Thanks.
- She gave me a sheet with my A# and ticked Passed and offices name on it.
- Then she said I good to leave now.
- By the time I was about to leave it was around 4:20 PM, so I asked her will the front door be open. She told me rush before 4:30, door will be locked at 4:30 PM. So I came out of office around 4:25 PM. And raced toward my street side parked car.
While sitting with the officer, couple of things were going on my mind, one was about the front door and other was about parking meter. I parked my car
on the road, and those meters are for 2 hrs. @3:50 PM meter should have shown “expired”. And as expected I had Violation Envelope on my windshield, and time mentioned on the ticked was 3:52 PM. I just thought that officer just stood there till the meter showed expired with a joy he tore a plastic ticket, wrapped it in a envelope and placed it between my windshield and the wiper.
This is how my interview went.
I would like to thank everyone in the forum for passing valuable information. It helped me alot to prepare my selves.
Apart from my naturalization total fees went up by $36(parking ticket), everything went fine.