I write my N400 interview experience to share with people:
I had my N400 interview at San Francisco DO today. I went to 630 Sansome St., SF, CA. My interview time was 2:45pm and because I was at work
in the Berkeley area until noon, I decided to drive there.
(I have found several places to park. Some of them have very expensive fee, such as $18/hour. Although it is not cheap, I ended up using
California Parking, Inc., which is a indoor parking lot. They charge max. $22 per day (if it is more than 2 hours or so, they charge the max.)
The address of this place is 768 Sansome St., SF, CA 94111.)
The security guard won't let me in until 30 min before my appointment time. However, I ended up waiting almost extra 30 min. The immigration officer
escorted me into his office. He asked me to take an oath to tell the truth. Then, he asked for my drivers license and green card. We then went over
the information on my N400 application. At the end, he started to ask 6 history/civic questions. I do not recall all of them but all of them were
from the flash card. Also, I was asked to write "I want to be a United States citizen" and read "I drove a blue car". Finally, IO congratulated me
and gave N652 form saying I have passed the tests and my case has been recommended for approval. My case was quite straightforward so it was
a smooth process and did not take more than 20 min.
IO also told me that I would be getting the oath letter by mail. I asked IO when would be my oath ceremony and he told me that it will be around
mid-late June or early July.
I know I am one step further to the end line. I appreciate all your kind information/help in this forum. I hope all of them get IL/OL very soon.
Aloha_CA
P.S One thing that I forgot to mention. I wrote a question regarding my name change issue. My first name is composed of two words (James Paul)
and I would like to get rid of the space between words (i.e. Jamespaul). I asked IO to see if this is a name change that may delay my oath. IO told
me that it is not and he simply removed the space so that my name on the certificate will show up exactly like what I would like to be! I did not expect this.
However, it is very cool.
I had my N400 interview at San Francisco DO today. I went to 630 Sansome St., SF, CA. My interview time was 2:45pm and because I was at work
in the Berkeley area until noon, I decided to drive there.
(I have found several places to park. Some of them have very expensive fee, such as $18/hour. Although it is not cheap, I ended up using
California Parking, Inc., which is a indoor parking lot. They charge max. $22 per day (if it is more than 2 hours or so, they charge the max.)
The address of this place is 768 Sansome St., SF, CA 94111.)
The security guard won't let me in until 30 min before my appointment time. However, I ended up waiting almost extra 30 min. The immigration officer
escorted me into his office. He asked me to take an oath to tell the truth. Then, he asked for my drivers license and green card. We then went over
the information on my N400 application. At the end, he started to ask 6 history/civic questions. I do not recall all of them but all of them were
from the flash card. Also, I was asked to write "I want to be a United States citizen" and read "I drove a blue car". Finally, IO congratulated me
and gave N652 form saying I have passed the tests and my case has been recommended for approval. My case was quite straightforward so it was
a smooth process and did not take more than 20 min.
IO also told me that I would be getting the oath letter by mail. I asked IO when would be my oath ceremony and he told me that it will be around
mid-late June or early July.
I know I am one step further to the end line. I appreciate all your kind information/help in this forum. I hope all of them get IL/OL very soon.
Aloha_CA
P.S One thing that I forgot to mention. I wrote a question regarding my name change issue. My first name is composed of two words (James Paul)
and I would like to get rid of the space between words (i.e. Jamespaul). I asked IO to see if this is a name change that may delay my oath. IO told
me that it is not and he simply removed the space so that my name on the certificate will show up exactly like what I would like to be! I did not expect this.
However, it is very cool.
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SF is my DO (for now) so it's good to know how they operate.