U.S. Citizenship Interview - Review Form N-400

Once you have made initial oath pledging that it would be fair, the interviewer will review your Form N-400 application with you, review the documents you submitted as part of her candidacy and ask you several questions about the information on that you're on your application. The purpose of reviewing your form N-400 is to check your ability to speak and understand English, and to determine whether you told the truth on your application. For example, USCIS officer may ask you questions like "when and where you were born" or "Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" Maybe you'll be asked to provide additional information to help answer that you specify in the form N-400 application.

It is important to understand that each candidate will be asked different questions, depending on its circumstances. However, USCIS states that topics can be covered include travel outside the U.S., past marriages, membership in all organizations, problems with the law, military service in the United States and supporting the U.S. Constitution and government.

As a general rule should be expected to discuss all matters of form N-400, bearing in mind that the interviewer may tend to focus on topics that are important for your particular application. For example, if applying with less than five years of permanent residence based on marriage to U.S. citizen, the interviewer will probably tend to put more focus on the family situation than if applied on the basis of having complete five years residency. As another example, if you take a trip outside the U.S. for more than six months, the interviewer may tend to focus on your travels outside the U.S..

You should also be aware that the questions read by the USCIS officer can not be formulated in the same way as they form N-400 application. For more information, please read the section of this site is entitled to U.S. Citizenship Interview Tips. We strongly recommend that you thoroughly review the Form N-400 Application before the citizenship interview and practice with a friend.

After answering questions from your Form N-400, associated with your participation, you will need to sign several documents such as photos and application. Once you have signed these documents, you will be tested in English for your reading and writing, and knowledge of U.S. government and history (civil). Charge USCIS, which meet the interview may choose to test reading and writing before civic knowledge test, or it may choose to first test your knowledge of life and then go read and write English.

You should also be aware that in some offices USCIS, these studies can be seen before the interview to review the Form N-400, although this is not common practice. From time to time, you may also be interviewed by a second officer for English reading, writing and life tests.