My interview was scheduled for 1:25. I reached there @ 12:45, checked in at the second floor and was asked to head toward the waiting room on the third. I was called @ 1:35. The Officer asked me for my interview notice, green card, and driver's license. I also had to provide my child's birth certificate (wasn't on my original application).
She asked me some basic questions and re-confirmed items listed in my application. She then asked me where my wife was (since my application was marriage based, I guess). I was rather nonplussed and explained that she was at work! I got the impression from that little exchange that the spouse may be required during the interview for marriage-based cases. You would think they would mention that in the Interview Notice!
I was asked to stand up, raise my right hand and swear that I would speak the truth :|
She then asked me if I had traveled internationally since I had applied
I was asked about 6-7 questions on US History and Civics - the usual ones from the question bank (50th state, Thomas Jefferson/Declaration of Independence, type of government, "who becomes president if" scenarios..., Martin Luther King, role of the UN)
I was then asked to demonstrate my English skills by reading and writing a sentence - what fun.
A few signatures later - I was given the N-652 and the option to appear for a Saturday Oath. I did ask, but "same day" oath was out of the question.
In all, the interview took about 15 minutes. I spent the next 35-40 minutes in the waiting room for the Saturday Oath Ceremony Notice.
All in all, it was a relatively painless experience. The waiting room was not as crowded as I had initially imagined. An interesting side note - folks who had a certain attorney (agent?) with them
seemed to have a relatively easier time. They were motioned in without an actual name call - but I could have been seeing things.
