Hi, all
Here's my timeline:
05/21/2011 N400 mailed
05/25/2011 Check Cashed
05/31/2011 NOA received by mail
06/03/2011 Email Notification Received
06/10/2011 FP letter received
06/30/2011 FP done
07/16/2011 IL received
08/09/2011 Interview done
My interview was scheduled for 12:55. I arrived at 12:25. Usual airport-grade security screening: all metal items, cell phones and shoes in a plastic bin and through the x-ray machine.
There were about 12 people already sitting at the waiting room.
I counted at least 7 different interview officers, all in street clothes, so as not to intimidate interviewees.
I was called at 1:20 pm.
My interviewer was a young (late 20's, maybe) female officer. Very, very nice and pleasant.
She took my oath (to tell the truth) and proceeded to go through my application, making sure everything there was still as I had written (address, work, etc)
She asked if I had ever been arrested, to which I answered yes, because I had been taken into custody in 2003 for driving with a suspended license. She asked why the license had been suspended, and I told her that, to the best of my recollection, I had lapsed my insurance payments and that set a chain of events that resulted in my license being suspended. I ran a stop sign, was stopped, and the police officer took me to the county detention center, where they booked me and later released me. She asked me what had happened then, and I told her that I had gotten a court date, where a $500 fine was imposed, I paid it and got my license back.
She moved on to ask me for a passport. I told her that I hadn't had a passport for the last 10 years or so. She said OK, and asked if I had travelled out of the country in the last five years. I said that I hadn't for more than 10. She then moved to ask me about my wife, if she was a citizen. I said no, she doesn't have a status. She said OK, and then asked about my children, if they lived with me. The answer was yes.
She then moven on to the civics/history questions. I answered correctly the first six, so she didn't ask the last four. Then I was asked to read a simple (real simple) sentence, and to write another simple one that she dictated to me.
Finally, she gave me a couple of papers to sign, congratulated me and told me that I had passed, that all that remained now was for me to wait for a letter that would tell me when my oath ceremony would take place.
I thanked her and asked if I should file a petition for my wife right away, or if I should wait and do it after the oath ceremony. She recommended that I waited for the oath, because that way, the process would be shorter, she said.
I also asked her (while we were going through my application) to change my name. She asked me why I wanted to do that. Now, in my case it was just to drop my middle name, which I have never really used, but I find it a nuisance because it fills my green card, my SS card, and my driver's license. We made a little fun of it, and at the end, she did change it.
I am very glad that I was interviewed by a person that was in a good mood and was truly nice.
Here's my timeline:
05/21/2011 N400 mailed
05/25/2011 Check Cashed
05/31/2011 NOA received by mail
06/03/2011 Email Notification Received
06/10/2011 FP letter received
06/30/2011 FP done
07/16/2011 IL received
08/09/2011 Interview done
My interview was scheduled for 12:55. I arrived at 12:25. Usual airport-grade security screening: all metal items, cell phones and shoes in a plastic bin and through the x-ray machine.
There were about 12 people already sitting at the waiting room.
I counted at least 7 different interview officers, all in street clothes, so as not to intimidate interviewees.
I was called at 1:20 pm.
My interviewer was a young (late 20's, maybe) female officer. Very, very nice and pleasant.
She took my oath (to tell the truth) and proceeded to go through my application, making sure everything there was still as I had written (address, work, etc)
She asked if I had ever been arrested, to which I answered yes, because I had been taken into custody in 2003 for driving with a suspended license. She asked why the license had been suspended, and I told her that, to the best of my recollection, I had lapsed my insurance payments and that set a chain of events that resulted in my license being suspended. I ran a stop sign, was stopped, and the police officer took me to the county detention center, where they booked me and later released me. She asked me what had happened then, and I told her that I had gotten a court date, where a $500 fine was imposed, I paid it and got my license back.
She moved on to ask me for a passport. I told her that I hadn't had a passport for the last 10 years or so. She said OK, and asked if I had travelled out of the country in the last five years. I said that I hadn't for more than 10. She then moved to ask me about my wife, if she was a citizen. I said no, she doesn't have a status. She said OK, and then asked about my children, if they lived with me. The answer was yes.
She then moven on to the civics/history questions. I answered correctly the first six, so she didn't ask the last four. Then I was asked to read a simple (real simple) sentence, and to write another simple one that she dictated to me.
Finally, she gave me a couple of papers to sign, congratulated me and told me that I had passed, that all that remained now was for me to wait for a letter that would tell me when my oath ceremony would take place.
I thanked her and asked if I should file a petition for my wife right away, or if I should wait and do it after the oath ceremony. She recommended that I waited for the oath, because that way, the process would be shorter, she said.
I also asked her (while we were going through my application) to change my name. She asked me why I wanted to do that. Now, in my case it was just to drop my middle name, which I have never really used, but I find it a nuisance because it fills my green card, my SS card, and my driver's license. We made a little fun of it, and at the end, she did change it.
I am very glad that I was interviewed by a person that was in a good mood and was truly nice.
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