Interview experience
The interview was at 1:40 pm, the traffic was not bad at all, I arrived at Philadelphia with time to spare but could find no place to park and ended up going to the parking lot at Callowhill and Broad (two blocks from the building), the parking lot is very convenient, easy and fast to pull in and out. Walked to the building and found a small queue in front of me, also was delayed a couple of minutes while the security officer checked my laptop, they were all very professional and friendly. I went to the second floor and gave my appointment letter and driver’s license to the receptionist; it was 1:50 pm. The receptionist asked me to wait until called; there were 25 other people in the room, all including me, wearing professional attire; however there were two men wearing sneakers which I thought it was peculiar. I was called at 2:00 pm. The IO was an older gentleman very courteous and professional asked me to follow him to his office, administered the oath to tell the truth and asked me to sit. Then he said he would request my driver’s license, passport and green card which I produced. He reviewed them and gave them back. Following that, he asked for my full name, date of birth, address, phone numbers, name of my wife, if we lived together, whether she was a native or naturalized citizen, if we have children, when had I traveled out of the country and the questions from the N-400. Subsequently he asked me to read a sentence, “where is the white house?”, then to write, the white house is in Washington DC. With what seemed like a subtle chuckle he said I had passed the English test and now it was time for the history test. He asked, What is an amendment?, Who signs bills to become law?, What is the supreme law of the land?, What is the capital of your state?, Who did the united states fight in World War II?, Who vetoes bills?. He counted the questions, said I answered everything correctly and had passed the test, he gave me a document attesting of that fact and said that he was going to give me a choice to have the oath next week, to which I said yes. He then gave me the oath letter and that was it. It was 2:09 pm; it took me longer to write this. He did not ask for any other documents or clarifications.
The interview was at 1:40 pm, the traffic was not bad at all, I arrived at Philadelphia with time to spare but could find no place to park and ended up going to the parking lot at Callowhill and Broad (two blocks from the building), the parking lot is very convenient, easy and fast to pull in and out. Walked to the building and found a small queue in front of me, also was delayed a couple of minutes while the security officer checked my laptop, they were all very professional and friendly. I went to the second floor and gave my appointment letter and driver’s license to the receptionist; it was 1:50 pm. The receptionist asked me to wait until called; there were 25 other people in the room, all including me, wearing professional attire; however there were two men wearing sneakers which I thought it was peculiar. I was called at 2:00 pm. The IO was an older gentleman very courteous and professional asked me to follow him to his office, administered the oath to tell the truth and asked me to sit. Then he said he would request my driver’s license, passport and green card which I produced. He reviewed them and gave them back. Following that, he asked for my full name, date of birth, address, phone numbers, name of my wife, if we lived together, whether she was a native or naturalized citizen, if we have children, when had I traveled out of the country and the questions from the N-400. Subsequently he asked me to read a sentence, “where is the white house?”, then to write, the white house is in Washington DC. With what seemed like a subtle chuckle he said I had passed the English test and now it was time for the history test. He asked, What is an amendment?, Who signs bills to become law?, What is the supreme law of the land?, What is the capital of your state?, Who did the united states fight in World War II?, Who vetoes bills?. He counted the questions, said I answered everything correctly and had passed the test, he gave me a document attesting of that fact and said that he was going to give me a choice to have the oath next week, to which I said yes. He then gave me the oath letter and that was it. It was 2:09 pm; it took me longer to write this. He did not ask for any other documents or clarifications.
. Oath ceremony in Philly was for 69 people from 33 countries. It took about 2 hours. Pretty much as expected.