Filed based on 4 years and 9 months after receiving Green Card.
Mail sent to NSC by US Mail: 2 Aug 2004
Mail recd by NSC: 3 aug 2004
Receipt Notice Sent by NSC: 17 Aug 2004
Receipt Notice Recd: 19 Aug 2004
Priority Date for N-400 Application : 4 Aug 2004
Fingerprint Appt Notice Sent by NSC: 24 Aug 2004
Fingerprint Notice Recd: 26 Aug 2004
Fingerprint Appt Date: 9 Sept 2004
Gave fingerprints on 9 Sept as per appointment at the Cincinnati Federal
Bldg, downtown on 550 Main Street.
Naturalization Appt Notice Sent by NSC: 2 Nov 2004
Naturalization Notice Recd: 5 Nov 2004
Naturalization Interview Date: 11 Jan 2004
((spouse) 10 AM and (self) 10:30 AM)
Interview Experience:
Went to the Federal Bldg 15 mins before appt. Security check was extremely quick. Went up to Room 4-001. There was a backlog and people were already waiting. Must be the bad weather and floods in Cincinnati.
There was a notice on the wall which said:
"If you have an INFOPASS appt., leave your notice in box below. For any other appt., please have a seat and wait."
So, we waited.
Around 11:30 an USCIS officer called both of us in. He was extremely courteous and professional. He was very jovial and kept us quite entertained with stories while he was processing our applications.
He scrutinized our applications, had us take an oath to tell the truth. Then he read through each field on each of our applications to make sure the data entered was correct.
There was a typo that we had noticed the earlier day which he corrected. Then he asked us some simple questions, about 3 each ( from the standard list of questions). He just asked them from memory and was satisfied with all our answers.
Questions asked:
1) Who was the first President?
2) What is the minimum age for voting?
3) What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
4) What were the main beliefs and thoughts for the Declaration of independence?
5) Who wrote the star spangled banner?
6) How many supreme court justices are there?
Thereafter, he had us sign our names on the photos and applications and we were done. He gave us a N-652 form each which said we were approved for naturalization.
I specifically asked if FBI Name Check and Fingerprinting was done and if there
would be any more waiting. He said that everything is in order and we should
get a notice in the mail soon for an oath ceremony in Cincinnati in March. He said that the oath ceremony before March has no space left.
We thanked him and left.
All in all, a very pleasant experience. I had taken all the paperwork for taxes,
entry/exit stamps, employment details, address changes (AR-11 form copies), itineraries, plane tickets and boarding passes.. etc. but he did not
ask for anything. We were in at 11:30am and out by 11:55am.
Thx.
Mail sent to NSC by US Mail: 2 Aug 2004
Mail recd by NSC: 3 aug 2004
Receipt Notice Sent by NSC: 17 Aug 2004
Receipt Notice Recd: 19 Aug 2004
Priority Date for N-400 Application : 4 Aug 2004
Fingerprint Appt Notice Sent by NSC: 24 Aug 2004
Fingerprint Notice Recd: 26 Aug 2004
Fingerprint Appt Date: 9 Sept 2004
Gave fingerprints on 9 Sept as per appointment at the Cincinnati Federal
Bldg, downtown on 550 Main Street.
Naturalization Appt Notice Sent by NSC: 2 Nov 2004
Naturalization Notice Recd: 5 Nov 2004
Naturalization Interview Date: 11 Jan 2004
((spouse) 10 AM and (self) 10:30 AM)
Interview Experience:
Went to the Federal Bldg 15 mins before appt. Security check was extremely quick. Went up to Room 4-001. There was a backlog and people were already waiting. Must be the bad weather and floods in Cincinnati.
There was a notice on the wall which said:
"If you have an INFOPASS appt., leave your notice in box below. For any other appt., please have a seat and wait."
So, we waited.
Around 11:30 an USCIS officer called both of us in. He was extremely courteous and professional. He was very jovial and kept us quite entertained with stories while he was processing our applications.
He scrutinized our applications, had us take an oath to tell the truth. Then he read through each field on each of our applications to make sure the data entered was correct.
There was a typo that we had noticed the earlier day which he corrected. Then he asked us some simple questions, about 3 each ( from the standard list of questions). He just asked them from memory and was satisfied with all our answers.
Questions asked:
1) Who was the first President?
2) What is the minimum age for voting?
3) What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
4) What were the main beliefs and thoughts for the Declaration of independence?
5) Who wrote the star spangled banner?
6) How many supreme court justices are there?
Thereafter, he had us sign our names on the photos and applications and we were done. He gave us a N-652 form each which said we were approved for naturalization.
I specifically asked if FBI Name Check and Fingerprinting was done and if there
would be any more waiting. He said that everything is in order and we should
get a notice in the mail soon for an oath ceremony in Cincinnati in March. He said that the oath ceremony before March has no space left.
We thanked him and left.
All in all, a very pleasant experience. I had taken all the paperwork for taxes,
entry/exit stamps, employment details, address changes (AR-11 form copies), itineraries, plane tickets and boarding passes.. etc. but he did not
ask for anything. We were in at 11:30am and out by 11:55am.
Thx.