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Interview Experience at Centennial, CO
Reached the DO at 7:10 am My interview was scheduled for 08:45 the security guard said I’m too early to come back 8: 15 Am .After Pass through the security I had wait 30 minutes before my name was called by IO white guy around 50 very professional he asked me to raise my right hand and swore me in and then he asked me to lay out my GC RP and Driver license he start the civics test
1. What is the name of the national anthem?
The Star-Spangled Banner
2. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
Pacific (Ocean)
3. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States.
4. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
All people of the state
5. What is the “rule of law”?
No one is above the law
6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
Eighteen (18) and older
96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
Because there were 13 original colonies
He asked me 7 questions I don’t why but I answer all right.
So he told me to read
How many U.S. Senators are there?
Write
One hundred Senators.
After that he went over my application ask to verifying my full name, my country of origin my where I’m working go forward very quick if I had been arrest by any lawforcement I said no but I did have some traffic violation he asked if they hanflcup me I said .and then he look to is computer and asked again any other arret, I reply in USA or any other Country. He said anywhere where I respond yes in my country of Persecution that why I got my GC and I also gave him the arrest page update 3days before I when to interview he looked and give me back .He continued through my application he asked if I had any back taxes I said no and show my 5 years account credit he looked and me back.
The last thing on my application was if I understand the full oath of Allegiance I said yes that I will support and defend the Constitution ands laws of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic.
The IO asked are will bear arms on behalf of the states when required by the law respond yes.
The IO took my Reentry Permit and punch 2 hole and to me you wont’need and ask me if I will to take a oath today at 1:30 I said absolutely so he gave me N-652 with congratulation and the second one was the oath letter.
I gave to IO my old stuff like expired worked Authorizations card like 3 of them plus my I 94 when I was asylee.
Today I became US citizen.

I thanks everyone no exception on this forum .

NB: At the oath ceremony I did ask one of IO if we can make a Xerox copy of the Certificate for our self before us applying the US passport if certificate get at the post office IO said yes we can copy.

Hello everybody!!!

Finally i am home, i am a US citizen now and still sounds surreal, my story start a 6am, getting ready to be there, got there at 7am, i live really close, my appointment was a 740am, at 745am i was outside of the building waiting to be open, I was like number 10 on the line, the security guy was very slow, i made it to the 15th floor by 750am, gave my appointment to the lady in window 1, i thought we were going to be call by the time of our appointments, to my surprise the start to call people randomly, i guess, because I was called at 940am. at this point my heart went to my stomach!

The officer was a black african american woman, she was very nice and kind of funny, she told me to tell the truth and I swore, and seat, the asked question of the end of the n400, like arrested, prostitution, drugs, all of those, after that she asked for my passport and my green card, she gave some papers, told me to check if everything was spell right, everything was ok, and she starts telling me to write: "lincoln was the president during the civil war" and i told her why lincoln, i am going to misspell it, and i was right, she told me to put the L in the right place, and told me to sing underneath.

after that the question:
1. longest river in the usa.
2. we elect the president for how many years?
3. who live in america before the european arrived?
4. when was the declaration on independence adopted?

I have been trying to remember and i am almost 95% sure that she didn't asked me for questions, but not sure the other 5% after that I signed more papers, and tole me told me to wait in the waiting area to be call for the oath.

The whole interview process took less than 5 minutes. I still can't believe that! was so fast!

I was call around 11am, check my names, everything was right, and they sent me to the room with the other new american citizens, around 1130am, i had everything in my hand!!! and i was taking pics with mr and mrs obama!

Now I am a US citizen...on my way tomorrow morning to philadelphia to get my passport. NYC passport office didn't have any appointments until next monday!

Once again!!!!

thank yo so much to everybody in this forum for all your help all these years, I really appreciated!

Finally my long immigration journey has ended this moning. Oath ceremony took only couple of hours & at the end was given that precious naturalization certificate. Feeling bad to give up that GC but guess in order to get something bigger you have to gve up something !!!!!! Just kidding !!! Man I'm excited. I'm a proud US citizen now. I didn't wait any longer. My US pssport form that I alreay completed last night was turned in right after the oath ceremony at a US post office. Now just have to wait for that passport to arrive at my mail box. 
Thanks to all forum members who were with me in this long journey. 

State:  Patiala

hi guys 
i passed us citizen interview today .i would like to thank all of the members of this forum who helped 
me lot whenever i need them .without the help of members of this very forum it could be very hard task and waste of lot money on lawyers.so once again a big thank to all of you.
interview was very simple and it took only 10 minutues and no question of poltical asylum related ,only she ask that my asylum was approved in 2002 and i said yes.i was worried for selective service and my lost passport but no question were asked regarding passport and selective service .officer was really helpful as i am married and no marriage certificate because we go married in our temple and never bother to register our marriage and we only have a letter from our temple and she confirmed this letter is not acceptable but she can put me as single .she said in cases like your (political asylum) we need only tax paper and any update after you filed green card .within minutes she told me that your case has been approved and you can wait for oath letter downstairs.
now i am waitng for my oath on 20 th of april which is almost month from now .
once again thank to all of you specially want,singh6,attique and all the active members

I had a question about the H4 extension for my daughters.

My H1B visa is stamped until 10/05/2009 for my earlier employer A,when my current employer B transferred my H1B the new NOA had a validity date of May 2010.
My daughters have a valid H4 visa until May 2010

When I returned back from a visit to India back to the US the official at the Port of entry stamped our I-94 until the expiry of the H1B visa for Emp A for oct '2009 for the whole family.

I had my interview back in November, at the Buffalo (NY) DO. It was so quick we were in and out of the office within 10- 15 mins. We had a very nice woman officer.

She asked us to swear the oath, she asked us 3 questions and wanted to see our utility bills.

Once she had photocopied them, she came back in the room and said my GC had been approved. She said i should recieve it within 2 weeks, which i did.

Hope everyone's GC interview could be so quick and easy.

State:  CA Email:  Email contact form

Interview Date: Feb 2009
Consulate: Chennai, India

Jan 28, 2009: Called panel doctor Vijayalakshmi and fixed an appointment for Jan 31st, 11 AM.

30th Jan 2009:
Reached Lister Labs at 6:30 AM and no one was there. Security opened the gate and gave us the first token. We were out by 8:30 AM. Collected Sealed envelope at 4:30 PM. X-Ray, blood test cost: Rs 810.

31st Jan 2009:

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On the date of my first interview in the city of Hartford, I felt i got my feet back on the ground since i been waiting for so long for the past of half year. The whole first interview took around 40 minutes and DID NOT pass, because the Adjudications Officers claims my application missed 3 pieces of evidences that I suppose to bring them with me.
1. The past 2 years tax reports, including the State and Federal tax reports.
2. The IRS document I-1722, which states my pervious tax filing status.

State:  CA

Category: IR5 (parents)

Interview Date: Feb 2009
Consulate: Chennai, India

Jan 28, 2009: Called panel doctor Vijayalakshmi and fixed an appointment for Jan 31st, 11 AM.

30th Jan 2009:
Reached Lister Labs at 6:30 AM and no one was there. Security opened the gate and gave us the first token. We were out by 8:30 AM. Collected Sealed envelope at 4:30 PM. X-Ray, blood test cost: Rs 810.

31st Jan 2009:

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I was relatively surpised at how quickly my papers were processed since I applied at the end of Oct 2008 and my interview was scheduled for middle of Feb, 2009.

The officer had a huge file and first started by validating my name. He even had my birth certificate, which I never submitted, and asked me to verify all the information on that. After verifying the name, he went through all questions from the N400.