citizenship interview
A citizenship interview is part of the US naturalization process and can only be scheduled after the applicant has filed the N-400 citizenship application package and attended a fingerprint session. Once the fingerprints have been checked against, among other things, the FBI database, immigration officials will notify the citizenship applicant of the date, time and location of his or her citizenship interview. During the citizenship interview, an immigration officer will review the citizenship application and will administer the citizenship tests (English and civics). Success at the citizenship interview will qualify the applicant to take the citizenship oath at a citizenship ceremony in order to become a US citizen. Read about the citizenship interview or contact a naturalization attorney to learn more.
News: citizenship interview
Jan 1st, 2010
Q: Can I bring a citizenship lawyer to my US citizenship interview?
A: Most US citizenship interviews take place at the USCIS field office closest to where the person applying for US citizenship lives. There are typically two parts to the US citizenship interview.
First, the immigration officer reviews the US citizenship application to determine whether or not the person applying for US citizenship has met all the...
Dec 13th, 2009
USCIS recently released the processing times for the N-400 application for naturalization for local USCIS field offices. After receiving a citizenship application at the appropriate filing location, USCIS processes the application and forwards the file to the applicant’s local USCIS field office so that a citizenship interview can be scheduled. Naturalization lawyers have noticed a marked decrease in the...
Dec 10th, 2009
Three Pennsylvania men were recently convicted of fraud in connection with the citizenship process. The scheme involved paying doctors to falsify form N-648 (waiver of citizenship test due to physical or mental impairment) so that people applying for citizenship could avoid having to take the citizenship test that is usually administered at the citizenship interview. Habeeb Malik, a former doctor and owner of...
