I had used this forum for a time several years back when I was getting my Green card, but did not post to this site. Now, I thought I will share my experience on the citizenship interview.
I filed for my N-400 on Sep 16, 2005, got finger printed on Nov 4th, and was called to appear for an interview on Jan 31st, 2006 at Dallas. My timeslot was 1pm. I showed up with all documents including tax returns, birth certificate etc. All I was asked to bring was my green card, passport, and the letter asking me to appear for the interview.
I had mentioned in the application that I had not been cited by a police officer, without realizing that I had been pulled over by an officer for an expired inspection sticker (They have this in Texas, where you need to renew a vehicle inspection every year). I took a copy of the citation from the police.
I was called in about 10 minutes before 1:00 pm (my timeslot), and the immigration officer went over application, and made sure that everything was in order. Then, I mentioned about the police citation for an expired inspection. The officer took note of that in my application, I was asked to sign in a few places, and finally he asked me about 7 questions on US history and Civics, which appeared to be the same 100 questions that are part of the INS webpage.
There were a couple of sentences he asked me to read/write, and then told me that I had passed the interview, and I would need to appear on Feb 28th for Oath ceremony.
In all the process took about 15 minutes, and the same was true was for my wife as well. The application process from start to the interview was about 3.5 months. So, things went well.
Thanks for all the posts from which I benefited, and hope you do the same.
Happy immigration trails, and good luck to all.
I filed for my N-400 on Sep 16, 2005, got finger printed on Nov 4th, and was called to appear for an interview on Jan 31st, 2006 at Dallas. My timeslot was 1pm. I showed up with all documents including tax returns, birth certificate etc. All I was asked to bring was my green card, passport, and the letter asking me to appear for the interview.
I had mentioned in the application that I had not been cited by a police officer, without realizing that I had been pulled over by an officer for an expired inspection sticker (They have this in Texas, where you need to renew a vehicle inspection every year). I took a copy of the citation from the police.
I was called in about 10 minutes before 1:00 pm (my timeslot), and the immigration officer went over application, and made sure that everything was in order. Then, I mentioned about the police citation for an expired inspection. The officer took note of that in my application, I was asked to sign in a few places, and finally he asked me about 7 questions on US history and Civics, which appeared to be the same 100 questions that are part of the INS webpage.
There were a couple of sentences he asked me to read/write, and then told me that I had passed the interview, and I would need to appear on Feb 28th for Oath ceremony.
In all the process took about 15 minutes, and the same was true was for my wife as well. The application process from start to the interview was about 3.5 months. So, things went well.
Thanks for all the posts from which I benefited, and hope you do the same.
Happy immigration trails, and good luck to all.