N-400 Interview coming up, what to take to the interview?

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kalmah03

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What should I be taking to the N-400 Interview? I am thinking the interview letter, GC, drivers license, passport.

Anything else? My interview letter does not say anything

Thanks
 
It depends on the DO you are interviewing at, and it also depends on whether you have issues on your application that you need to address. For the Washington DC DO and for a relatively straightforward petition with no real issues, I only took what the letter asked for, which was: green card, passport, driver's license, and interview letter.

Some DOs have IOs that are very stringent about asking for evidence relating to tax transcripts, paid traffic tickets, etc, but this is not the case at all DOs and not with all IOs.

Check the interview experiences pertaining to your DO for a better sense for this.
 
kalmah03 said:
What should I be taking to the N-400 Interview? I am thinking the interview letter, GC, drivers license, passport.

Anything else? My interview letter does not say anything

Thanks
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My advise:

Take ANYthing and EVERYthing even remotely related to your presence in the US. You never know what gest asked for. You don't want to take the risk of returning from the interview with a "decision not made" and a bunch of RFEs. Just not worth the time and agony. It is best to be prepared with EVERYthing you can get your hands on. The link provided by another poster would be a good start. There is also a sticky thread on the subject - read through the first couple of posts - there is a detailed list.

I took two folders of material including degreee certificates, employment data, IRS transcripts (federal and state), Selective Services letter, birth affidavits, etc etc. I was asked for the birth affidavit during the interview since my name was incomplete on the original birth certificate. I was also asked for the status letter from the selective services.

Don't go by the interview letter - be prepared.

AP
 
Now that you pointed out about birth affidavit, I just remembered that my birth certificate does not have my name at all, since the name is not given at the birth. And When applying for GC I think I got a notarized affidavit by my parents that I am their son and so on.... I do not have that affidavit anymore since that was sent to INS in original by my attorney.

Can someone please point me to the language and format of that affidavit, I will try to get it done again from my home country.

Many thanks.
 
truedesi said:
Also how likely is it for you be asked for birth certificate during interview?
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I honestly think some of the document requirements that people suggest can be excessive. I am reading more and more posts about people completing their interviews without virtually any questions being asked about the mountain of paperwork they bring along to the interview. Obviously, there are many exceptions, but if you have a straightforward case, I really don't think you need to bring tons of paperwork, and my IO specifically looked at some of the 'back-up' emergency stuff I brought and said that it was unnecessary.

With regard to birth certificates, my IO was looking at my birth certificate from my LPR application days and she joked about how my first name was X. They already have your entire A-File in front of them during the interview. If you provided your birth certificate/birth attestation/birth whatever for your LPR application, you don't need to go and get it all over again for your naturalization interview.

Just my view based on lots of recent interview results I am reading on this forum, and my own and my wife's experiences at the Washington DC DO.
 
truedesi said:
Now that you pointed out about birth affidavit, I just remembered that my birth certificate does not have my name at all, since the name is not given at the birth. And When applying for GC I think I got a notarized affidavit by my parents that I am their son and so on.... I do not have that affidavit anymore since that was sent to INS in original by my attorney.

Can someone please point me to the language and format of that affidavit, I will try to get it done again from my home country.

Many thanks.
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If you have submitted a previous affidavit then in all likelihood you won't be asked for it again during the N400 interview. In my case, my birth cert was accepted at the time of the green card but the name was incomplete. So during the N400 interview I was asked for proof. I was lucky I had them (I got the affidavits made while my N400 was in process).

Below is a sample affidavit text: you will have to furnish two affidavits - one from parent and one from another relative. It is fairly easy to get these made. I got a magistrate to sign mine which took a bit of time to schedule. But a notary signature would do just as well and would be a lot quicker.

Your attorney (for green card) might have a copy of that affidavit (they usually copy all such documents before sending them to INS). I only submitted a copy of the affidavits I got made, during my N400 - didn't hand them the originals.

AFFIDAVIT REGARDING BIRTH

I __________________ (name) being the _________________ (relationship: father, mother, sister, brother, aunt, uncle), to ______________ (FN name), reside at ___________________ (address, including country), do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows:

I declare that _________________ is my (son/daughter/brother/sister/niece/
nephew). He/She was born on __(Date)_____ in (town, country) and that ______________ (father’s name) is his/her father and _____________ (mother’s name) is his/her mother.

______________________________
Signature of Deponent
 
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