I just wanted to share my experience at Baltimore Office.
Both my wife and I had the interview on the same day. We drove from silver spring to Baltimore. We took the driving directions from the USCIS website (not the one from google). I95N was stop and go after the I695 junction. It took us about almost 40 minutes from that spot to reach the USCIS office. There was a parking lot right below the Federal building, although it was not easy to find an open spot($16 max per day). The elevator from the garage opens up in front of the Federal building. After going through the usual security checks, we were directed to the "Citizenship interview" room (#103). I saw about 50 people already waiting for interviews. We were there about 30 minutes before my interview. My wife's was 20 minutes after mine. The interviewer was very professional. She asked if I had already taken the english and civics tests. I had already taken the test at the Glenmont Service center (during the fingerprint appt) and gave her the "Test certificate". I had two changes to my application and I offered the copy of the changed page. The interviewer replaced the page in the original n400. She then proceeded to go through every page of the N400 making some type of annotation as we went along. Finally, she asked me to "write" my name on the two photos. After the interview was over, she handed me two sheets - one saying that I am approved for citizenship and another blue form that must be filled and submitted before the OATH ceremony. During the interview I was asked for the passports, GC, "test certificate", and driver's license. She did not ask for anything else. The entire interview took about 10-15 minutes. The interview was conducted under oath and was recorded on camera. My wife's interview went the same way in all aspects.
The Baltimore office conducts the OATH ceremony twice daily - 12.15pm and 3pm. We were part of the 12.15pm OATH ceremony (same day of the interview). The ceremony is conducted in the 7th floor of the federal building. During the ceremony, I had to submit the GC and the "blue form". After the OATH, they gave us the Naturalization certificate. The ceremony took about 1hr.
Some more Info:
1) We noticed infants being allowed inside for the interview in strollers. There were other young kids in the waiting room. Not sure if this is a really allowed though.
2) The Glenmont Service center (for fingerprint) seems to offer the Civics/English test as a standard part of the fingerprint routine.
Dates:
Receipt Date: 7/17/2007
FP Date: 9/5/2007
Interview Date: 3/3/2007
Both my wife and I had the interview on the same day. We drove from silver spring to Baltimore. We took the driving directions from the USCIS website (not the one from google). I95N was stop and go after the I695 junction. It took us about almost 40 minutes from that spot to reach the USCIS office. There was a parking lot right below the Federal building, although it was not easy to find an open spot($16 max per day). The elevator from the garage opens up in front of the Federal building. After going through the usual security checks, we were directed to the "Citizenship interview" room (#103). I saw about 50 people already waiting for interviews. We were there about 30 minutes before my interview. My wife's was 20 minutes after mine. The interviewer was very professional. She asked if I had already taken the english and civics tests. I had already taken the test at the Glenmont Service center (during the fingerprint appt) and gave her the "Test certificate". I had two changes to my application and I offered the copy of the changed page. The interviewer replaced the page in the original n400. She then proceeded to go through every page of the N400 making some type of annotation as we went along. Finally, she asked me to "write" my name on the two photos. After the interview was over, she handed me two sheets - one saying that I am approved for citizenship and another blue form that must be filled and submitted before the OATH ceremony. During the interview I was asked for the passports, GC, "test certificate", and driver's license. She did not ask for anything else. The entire interview took about 10-15 minutes. The interview was conducted under oath and was recorded on camera. My wife's interview went the same way in all aspects.
The Baltimore office conducts the OATH ceremony twice daily - 12.15pm and 3pm. We were part of the 12.15pm OATH ceremony (same day of the interview). The ceremony is conducted in the 7th floor of the federal building. During the ceremony, I had to submit the GC and the "blue form". After the OATH, they gave us the Naturalization certificate. The ceremony took about 1hr.
Some more Info:
1) We noticed infants being allowed inside for the interview in strollers. There were other young kids in the waiting room. Not sure if this is a really allowed though.
2) The Glenmont Service center (for fingerprint) seems to offer the Civics/English test as a standard part of the fingerprint routine.
Dates:
Receipt Date: 7/17/2007
FP Date: 9/5/2007
Interview Date: 3/3/2007
