American Citizenship - Interview/Test

Once you receive the letter informing you of the interview appointment, make sure to read it carefully. It lists not just date, time, and location, but also the necessary documents (many already needed for previous steps). Pay also attention to the second letter/checklist which also lists documents to bring.

Make sure you are proactive and collect all requested documents for the interview. However, if you are lucky, you may not need them. I ended up only needing passports, driver's license and green card, but I still brought the whole list of documents. Better safe than sorry!

On the interview day you will have to pass a metal control and take off your shoes, just like the airport controls. Thus, do not use complicated shoes nor too many accessories.

Once inside, walk to the window to get a number and wait until they call you. Then, they will bring you into an office to interview you.

Part of the interview is spent providing the documents the interviewer asks for, and the other part is the exam. The interviewer will ask you between 6 and 10 questions (if you pass all of them it will be enough with 6, if you fail any, you will get more. You can fail up to 4), and then you will be asked to read a sentence and write another. You will also get to answer all the questions on the last part of the paperwork, the ones that ask you if you are a terrorist, a communist, a duke,....


Once you finish, they will give you the document N-652 with the result of the interview. Then you will go back to the waiting room to wait until they give you document N-445, the appointment to the Oath Ceremony. In my case, the appointment for the Oath Ceremony was for the week following the interview. 

If your interview is in Charlotte, NC, I can tell you that Oath Ceremonies are done on Tuesdays and Thursday, and if your interview is such a day, you may be offered to do the Oath Ceremony that same day.