Hi.
I had my interview this week in atlanta. Here is the story.
Headline..no major problems, passed within 15 minutes and did same day oath.
Details
First the building address is forsyth street sw..(southwest)..not nw (northwest). I put NW into yahoo driving directions so went to the wrong place however I had plenty of time and its jsut meant a ten minte walk to get to southwest.
There is a train MARTA beside the building I beleive 5 points station and it is downtown more or less half way between CNN and underground atlanta , a block or so to the south- Corner of Martin Luther King and Forsyth
My appointment wAs 805am and I got there 745am. No line to get into the buiding , airport style security check , state or federal photo id needed.
The building is clean and very well signposted . n400 room is upstairs.
Tip- Make sure you put your appointment letter in the tray at the window in the n400 room , you won't get called otherwise. Some people just sat down assuming they would be called at their appointment time.
I was called at 820, the interview took less than 15 miinutes. The courteous lady went thru the n400 form with me and reveified my answers. She wrote in the two foreign trips I took since applying and recalculted my total number of days out to make suire I had not broken residency requirements.
She noted I did traffic school for my speeding ticket but did not ask to see any official documentaion on it. She did ask if I had any other tickets.
She had a list of 15 civics questions and asked me 5....who elects the president, what is the head executive of a state government called, what are the requirements needed to become president, whose rights are protected by the constitution, when is the president inaugaraed. Then I wrote a simple 6 word sentence and read a short 6 word sentence.
I applied before the photograph requirement changed to front facing style so she marked me as recommeneded for approval, and told me the form would be reviewed again by another officer for approval and then showed me out to get new photos.
I went to room 100 as advised beside the reception desk at the building entrance and they did 4 new style photos $13 , no waiting line . and went back to the waiting room . - as arranged the examiner called me again after about ten minutes and I signed two of the new photos in her prescence and kept two.
Tip...bring two front facing photos with you if your application was made with the side profile style of the past.
I waited again and after half an hour someone came out with the fully approved application and the form I needed for the oath with same day appintment. I was all done by about 10am.
I left and returned for the two o clock oath ceremony. It was very nicely done and a special experience. There were 54 people from 25 countries. We saw a short video, followed by short speech from the pleasant official who then administered us the oath as a group. We then swore allegiance to the flag , were then individually handed our certification of naturalixation . To lots of applause each pesons name and home country was called out and it was a fascinating roll call of diverse nations....argentina australia, bosnia, canada, china cuba, ethiopia germany, ireland india ivory coast japan, laos, mexico, nigeria pakistan somalia Vietnam to name a few.
I was out by 315pm and was to slow to locate the post office on marietta so could not get my passport application in but will do this in a few days.
Overall a very good experience and I'm proud to be an american !
Thanks all for this board and the companionship in this process it has been a great community resource.
Best of luck!
I had my interview this week in atlanta. Here is the story.
Headline..no major problems, passed within 15 minutes and did same day oath.
Details
First the building address is forsyth street sw..(southwest)..not nw (northwest). I put NW into yahoo driving directions so went to the wrong place however I had plenty of time and its jsut meant a ten minte walk to get to southwest.
There is a train MARTA beside the building I beleive 5 points station and it is downtown more or less half way between CNN and underground atlanta , a block or so to the south- Corner of Martin Luther King and Forsyth
My appointment wAs 805am and I got there 745am. No line to get into the buiding , airport style security check , state or federal photo id needed.
The building is clean and very well signposted . n400 room is upstairs.
Tip- Make sure you put your appointment letter in the tray at the window in the n400 room , you won't get called otherwise. Some people just sat down assuming they would be called at their appointment time.
I was called at 820, the interview took less than 15 miinutes. The courteous lady went thru the n400 form with me and reveified my answers. She wrote in the two foreign trips I took since applying and recalculted my total number of days out to make suire I had not broken residency requirements.
She noted I did traffic school for my speeding ticket but did not ask to see any official documentaion on it. She did ask if I had any other tickets.
She had a list of 15 civics questions and asked me 5....who elects the president, what is the head executive of a state government called, what are the requirements needed to become president, whose rights are protected by the constitution, when is the president inaugaraed. Then I wrote a simple 6 word sentence and read a short 6 word sentence.
I applied before the photograph requirement changed to front facing style so she marked me as recommeneded for approval, and told me the form would be reviewed again by another officer for approval and then showed me out to get new photos.
I went to room 100 as advised beside the reception desk at the building entrance and they did 4 new style photos $13 , no waiting line . and went back to the waiting room . - as arranged the examiner called me again after about ten minutes and I signed two of the new photos in her prescence and kept two.
Tip...bring two front facing photos with you if your application was made with the side profile style of the past.
I waited again and after half an hour someone came out with the fully approved application and the form I needed for the oath with same day appintment. I was all done by about 10am.
I left and returned for the two o clock oath ceremony. It was very nicely done and a special experience. There were 54 people from 25 countries. We saw a short video, followed by short speech from the pleasant official who then administered us the oath as a group. We then swore allegiance to the flag , were then individually handed our certification of naturalixation . To lots of applause each pesons name and home country was called out and it was a fascinating roll call of diverse nations....argentina australia, bosnia, canada, china cuba, ethiopia germany, ireland india ivory coast japan, laos, mexico, nigeria pakistan somalia Vietnam to name a few.
I was out by 315pm and was to slow to locate the post office on marietta so could not get my passport application in but will do this in a few days.
Overall a very good experience and I'm proud to be an american !
Thanks all for this board and the companionship in this process it has been a great community resource.
Best of luck!
