Both me and my wife had the interview on the same day and time at 1:30 p.m. on 5.14.09.
We reached there about 20 minutes before time. We had to go through security first.
After that we went to the Naturalization section and placed our letters in the basket kept at
the appointment counter. Although, our appointment was at 1:30 p.m., I was called at 1:15 p.m.
and my wife was called at about 1:20 p.m.
The Houston office seems to divide the interview into three parts -
a. Civics and Engish tests
b. Review of your history
c. Oath letter distribution
The officer that conducted my interview at 1:15 p.m. clearly stated that we will have our
civics interview first and then we will have another interview to verify the N400 application
details.
Then he asked me six questions:
a. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted ?
b. Who were there before the Europeans arrived ?
c. Who is the present speaker of the House ?
d. Name one of the two longest rivers in the U.S. ?
e. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Consitution ?
f. We elect the President for how many years ?
After I gave the right answers to the above questions, he stopped and asked me to read a
sentence that stated "Abraham Lincoln was a President". Then he asked me to write
"Abraham Lincoln was President during the Civil War"
For my wife, they had 8 questions. I remember a couple of them:
a. What did the Declaration of Independence do ?
b. What happens when both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve ?
c. How many justices are there in the Supreme COurt ?
Interestingly enough, none of the questions that I was asked overlapped with that of my wife's.
The civics test was done in about 5 minutes. Then I had to wait in the Naturalization Waiting area till
about 1:30 p.m.
The Immigration Officer asked me to take the oath and then be seated. Although, I had the entire set of
documents ready, including the birth certificates for our kids, I was not asked to produce anything. He
reviewed the details that I had provided and asked me if I owed any taxes. He also asked the name of the
company that I worked for and what we did. He went over the criminal sections of the N400 application.
Then he said that I was approved. The entire process took about 10 minutes. In my wife's case, the IO asked
for the tax transcripts and was happy to know that she had the copies of our childrens' birth certificates.
In about 15-20 minutes, she was approved.
After that, we had to wait in the Naturalization Waiting area again.
We were called at about 2:15 p.m. and handed our oath papers for June 10th at the M.O. Campbell Center.
I thank all the members of this forum for providing us with the details to get us ready for the interview.
Date Appl. sent : 11-FEB-09
Priority Date : 13-FEB-09
Notice sent : 21-FEB-09
Fingerprint Ntc : 28-FEB-09
Fingerprint Dt : 21-MAR-09
Interview Ltr Dt: 28-MAR-09
Interview Dt : 14-MAY-09
Oath Info Dt : 14-MAY-09
Oath Dt : 10-JUN-09
