Steve_Houston
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Hi All;
I did my interview in 22nd of Feb 2005 in Houston District Office.
Summary:
- Interview overall went very well. The Officer was very professional and pleasent.
- my case is pending Name Check - so I am joining the club
- At the beginning of the interview, the whole thing was going to be scrowed for me because of the 90 days count. The Officer had to bring a supervisor to approve going further with the interview. CIS received my application in October 19th 2004. I complete three years as a perment resident in January 18th 2005. So, she counted all days from October 19th 2004 to Jan 18th. which turned out to be 92 days (90 days without counting the first and last day). They told me that I was very close, and The application should be denied even for 89 days. So for new applicant, be very careful when you send the application.
- Memorize all your phone numbers (I am very bad in memorizing numbers). The officer asked me what is my home phone number and my wife's phone number, I did not know and she did not like that. I told her all phone numbers are saved on my cell and I dial by name so I don't remember any of them. This may sound funny, but be carful with that.
- The Officer also went closely through marriage date, my son birthdate, my wife birthdate and made me spell them all.
- The civic test is much more easier than you can imagine, it is a written one where you select an answer from an multiple choices.
- Speeding tickets: In the application I checked that I have never been arrested or cited. But I had traffic tickets, so when we came to this question I told her I want to correct this as I was cited with speeding tickets. She took copies of the traffic records ( I downloaded them from the internet) and she wrote the dates down in the application. Also I gave her my texas criminal record and FBI FOPIA (which both had no records). She was amazed that I was that much prepared. She asked me if She can keep a copy of FOPIA.
Toward the end of the inteview I asked her if my name check is clear. She said no, but a lot of time the name check arrives in one week to 10 days after the interview date. I am praying this is to be the case. I am not very optimistic about it as I have an bold Arabic name
Good luck everybody. I will keep you posted with any updates on my name check
Steve
I did my interview in 22nd of Feb 2005 in Houston District Office.
Summary:
- Interview overall went very well. The Officer was very professional and pleasent.
- my case is pending Name Check - so I am joining the club
- At the beginning of the interview, the whole thing was going to be scrowed for me because of the 90 days count. The Officer had to bring a supervisor to approve going further with the interview. CIS received my application in October 19th 2004. I complete three years as a perment resident in January 18th 2005. So, she counted all days from October 19th 2004 to Jan 18th. which turned out to be 92 days (90 days without counting the first and last day). They told me that I was very close, and The application should be denied even for 89 days. So for new applicant, be very careful when you send the application.
- Memorize all your phone numbers (I am very bad in memorizing numbers). The officer asked me what is my home phone number and my wife's phone number, I did not know and she did not like that. I told her all phone numbers are saved on my cell and I dial by name so I don't remember any of them. This may sound funny, but be carful with that.
- The Officer also went closely through marriage date, my son birthdate, my wife birthdate and made me spell them all.
- The civic test is much more easier than you can imagine, it is a written one where you select an answer from an multiple choices.
- Speeding tickets: In the application I checked that I have never been arrested or cited. But I had traffic tickets, so when we came to this question I told her I want to correct this as I was cited with speeding tickets. She took copies of the traffic records ( I downloaded them from the internet) and she wrote the dates down in the application. Also I gave her my texas criminal record and FBI FOPIA (which both had no records). She was amazed that I was that much prepared. She asked me if She can keep a copy of FOPIA.
Toward the end of the inteview I asked her if my name check is clear. She said no, but a lot of time the name check arrives in one week to 10 days after the interview date. I am praying this is to be the case. I am not very optimistic about it as I have an bold Arabic name
Good luck everybody. I will keep you posted with any updates on my name check
Steve
