Hi all,
I had my interview this morning at the New Orleans DO. And here is my experience......
The day started with me fighting the urge to leave the house at 630am (I was scheduled for 8am), then I tought why so early since I am only 10mn drive from the DO. I took a deep breath and I was fine. I reached the USCIS building around 7:30am. I sat in the car listening to the civics CD since I only had about a 20 questions left. Then the question "What is Benjamin Franklin famous for?" came up, and boy....I had no Idea, I completely forgot. Then I thought it was time to leave the car so I don't freak out some more.
I came up to security and it was 7:45am. I could see the building almost empty through the glass doors. I thought ...good, I won't have to wait forever! The guard asked for my appointment letter and to remove all metal object and place then in the bin. He then removed car key from the bin and told me I couldn't enter the building with it because of the fingernail clipper that had a miniscule knife on its side. I aksed him if that was a joke, he smiled and said: "I am sorry, I know, I just follow instructions....". I removed the clipper from my key and entered the bulding. It was 7:50am.
I placed my interview letter in the mail slot and began waiting. People started coming in, and a line was forming by the security post at the entrance. The two people who walked in after me had 8am appointments as well (Wow! 5mn to time) but I wasn't sure it it was for citizenship. I thought Gosh! New Orleans is truly the Big Easy.
I was called at 8:03am. The IO was a nice gentleman (late 20s early 30s). Swore me in. Asked to see passport and green card then the questioning began. Boy, this IO was fast! We went over each questions so fast, when he reached part 10 "Since...have you ever failed to file taxes" I accidently said yes then corrected my self. We both laughed. He said "gotta work and pay bills right!". That was the icebreaker.
The rest was smooth. He check congratulations and handed me N652. Then I pulled out my question sheet to get answers from questions in the forum but he was walking towards the door. he seemed in a rush to get out of the office. I thought he must have been headed for the bathroom (maybe diarhea, who knows). Oh well.....
He did tell me they hold ceremonies every week and I will be scheduled soon, And that if I don't hear from them within six months....I stopped him (What!). He laughed and said I should get the letter within weeks. I smiled and walked out the door...
Thank you all for posting your experiences and preparing me for this interview.
Keep posting and please include your timeline.
Formerf1.
I had my interview this morning at the New Orleans DO. And here is my experience......
The day started with me fighting the urge to leave the house at 630am (I was scheduled for 8am), then I tought why so early since I am only 10mn drive from the DO. I took a deep breath and I was fine. I reached the USCIS building around 7:30am. I sat in the car listening to the civics CD since I only had about a 20 questions left. Then the question "What is Benjamin Franklin famous for?" came up, and boy....I had no Idea, I completely forgot. Then I thought it was time to leave the car so I don't freak out some more.
I came up to security and it was 7:45am. I could see the building almost empty through the glass doors. I thought ...good, I won't have to wait forever! The guard asked for my appointment letter and to remove all metal object and place then in the bin. He then removed car key from the bin and told me I couldn't enter the building with it because of the fingernail clipper that had a miniscule knife on its side. I aksed him if that was a joke, he smiled and said: "I am sorry, I know, I just follow instructions....". I removed the clipper from my key and entered the bulding. It was 7:50am.
I placed my interview letter in the mail slot and began waiting. People started coming in, and a line was forming by the security post at the entrance. The two people who walked in after me had 8am appointments as well (Wow! 5mn to time) but I wasn't sure it it was for citizenship. I thought Gosh! New Orleans is truly the Big Easy.
I was called at 8:03am. The IO was a nice gentleman (late 20s early 30s). Swore me in. Asked to see passport and green card then the questioning began. Boy, this IO was fast! We went over each questions so fast, when he reached part 10 "Since...have you ever failed to file taxes" I accidently said yes then corrected my self. We both laughed. He said "gotta work and pay bills right!". That was the icebreaker.
The rest was smooth. He check congratulations and handed me N652. Then I pulled out my question sheet to get answers from questions in the forum but he was walking towards the door. he seemed in a rush to get out of the office. I thought he must have been headed for the bathroom (maybe diarhea, who knows). Oh well.....
He did tell me they hold ceremonies every week and I will be scheduled soon, And that if I don't hear from them within six months....I stopped him (What!). He laughed and said I should get the letter within weeks. I smiled and walked out the door...
Thank you all for posting your experiences and preparing me for this interview.
Keep posting and please include your timeline.
Formerf1.
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