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N-400 interview Albany, NY
Hey you guys!
After having stalked this site for the past two years it’s finally my turn to talk about my experience so far, I live 1hr away from NYC but for some reason my “local” field office is over 2hrs away in Albany and I couldn’t find any info about Albany here, but I still found great general information and I thank you all :)
Interview-
My interview was set to 12:45 so I entered the building at 12:30, showed the appointment letter to an officer who x-rayed my purse and watch, went thru a metal detector and gave my letter to a lady who checked me in, and asked me to take a seat. There was six of us. Every time someone got called in I noticed they would get out in about 20min so I thought ok it can’t be that bad…I continued to wait, and wait, 3 people who came after me got called in before me and I really started to worry if there was a reason why they were leaving me for last.
Finally at 2.10 I got called in by a lady officer, I was expecting an intimidating-looking uniform but she had like a nice summer dress with a sweater, we speed-walked to her office, there was a plexiglass between us, we wore masks the whole time and there was an iPad on my side, she had me swear to tell the truth, asked for my passport, GC and DL. Not a single paper came out of my folder, all those copies I made lol.
She quickly verified my personal info that was on my application, my daughter’s name, when my height came out I said I must be shrinking bc my recent physical showed that I was 1” shorter than what’s on my DL and she told me a funny story about her son who’s 6’3” and we laughed.
She had me sign on the iPad verifying the name change I requested and made three copies, the printer was not cooperating.
She informed me I was exempted from taking the reading and writing tests bc I’m 55, so I said there’s some benefits about getting older after all, and she said oh no! you don’t look it at all, that’s why I had to verify your date of birth twice! We laughed and she completely put me at ease. She said let’s do the civics.
Questions:
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is one right from the First Amendment?
What is the rule of law?
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Then quickly asked all the no/yes questions after saying if I didn’t understand her to ask her to repeat herself. Lastly she asked if I was willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance and I answered yes I am, heck yeah!! She said I like that answer!
Then I signed three times on the iPad for the corrections about my height, occupation and name change.
She said I passed the civics and that she didn’t see anything wrong, that in about a month I would receive a letter informing me of the decision, do you have any questions? I asked so that letter will be for the Oath? She said it’ll be for the decision if it’s approved or denied, but I don’t see any problem so I Am anticipating that everything will be fine, if my computer cooperates I could continue to review your case. She walked me out and I thank her for seeing me.
It all lasted 20min with the last 5min of her writing in her computer.
I didn’t know how to feel, I had planned to stop at some areas for sightseeing but now all I wanted to do was rush home to check on my status like I see some people here do, and 2hrs later when I got home THERE IT WAS!! Oath ceremony will be schedule!
Now I just have to wait for the letter and oath ceremony, meanwhile my GC will expire in a couple of weeks and I don’t know how to prove my legal status if anything should happen while waiting for that letter or ceremony, I forgot to ask her about that :( I did pay to renew it back in March bc I didn’t know how long this process would take, but it’s been stuck on it’s taking longer than expected since April… fingers crossed that letter won’t get delayed or lost :(
Oct 2, 2020- Form N-400 was received
Feb 1, 2021- Biometrics reused
July 19, 2021- Interview was scheduled
Aug 25, 2021- Form N-400 approved and submitted for quality review
Aug 25, 2021- Oath ceremony will be scheduled
After having stalked this site for the past two years it’s finally my turn to talk about my experience so far, I live 1hr away from NYC but for some reason my “local” field office is over 2hrs away in Albany and I couldn’t find any info about Albany here, but I still found great general information and I thank you all :)
Interview-
My interview was set to 12:45 so I entered the building at 12:30, showed the appointment letter to an officer who x-rayed my purse and watch, went thru a metal detector and gave my letter to a lady who checked me in, and asked me to take a seat. There was six of us. Every time someone got called in I noticed they would get out in about 20min so I thought ok it can’t be that bad…I continued to wait, and wait, 3 people who came after me got called in before me and I really started to worry if there was a reason why they were leaving me for last.
Finally at 2.10 I got called in by a lady officer, I was expecting an intimidating-looking uniform but she had like a nice summer dress with a sweater, we speed-walked to her office, there was a plexiglass between us, we wore masks the whole time and there was an iPad on my side, she had me swear to tell the truth, asked for my passport, GC and DL. Not a single paper came out of my folder, all those copies I made lol.
She quickly verified my personal info that was on my application, my daughter’s name, when my height came out I said I must be shrinking bc my recent physical showed that I was 1” shorter than what’s on my DL and she told me a funny story about her son who’s 6’3” and we laughed.
She had me sign on the iPad verifying the name change I requested and made three copies, the printer was not cooperating.
She informed me I was exempted from taking the reading and writing tests bc I’m 55, so I said there’s some benefits about getting older after all, and she said oh no! you don’t look it at all, that’s why I had to verify your date of birth twice! We laughed and she completely put me at ease. She said let’s do the civics.
Questions:
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
What is the supreme law of the land?
What is one right from the First Amendment?
What is the rule of law?
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Then quickly asked all the no/yes questions after saying if I didn’t understand her to ask her to repeat herself. Lastly she asked if I was willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance and I answered yes I am, heck yeah!! She said I like that answer!
Then I signed three times on the iPad for the corrections about my height, occupation and name change.
She said I passed the civics and that she didn’t see anything wrong, that in about a month I would receive a letter informing me of the decision, do you have any questions? I asked so that letter will be for the Oath? She said it’ll be for the decision if it’s approved or denied, but I don’t see any problem so I Am anticipating that everything will be fine, if my computer cooperates I could continue to review your case. She walked me out and I thank her for seeing me.
It all lasted 20min with the last 5min of her writing in her computer.
I didn’t know how to feel, I had planned to stop at some areas for sightseeing but now all I wanted to do was rush home to check on my status like I see some people here do, and 2hrs later when I got home THERE IT WAS!! Oath ceremony will be schedule!
Now I just have to wait for the letter and oath ceremony, meanwhile my GC will expire in a couple of weeks and I don’t know how to prove my legal status if anything should happen while waiting for that letter or ceremony, I forgot to ask her about that :( I did pay to renew it back in March bc I didn’t know how long this process would take, but it’s been stuck on it’s taking longer than expected since April… fingers crossed that letter won’t get delayed or lost :(
Oct 2, 2020- Form N-400 was received
Feb 1, 2021- Biometrics reused
July 19, 2021- Interview was scheduled
Aug 25, 2021- Form N-400 approved and submitted for quality review
Aug 25, 2021- Oath ceremony will be scheduled
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