> Long time no see.

> This morning my wife and I

> The process

> Next was the naturalization interview.

> The Newark BCIS does the oath ceremony on the
same day as the
> interview (they said that only two offices do it like
that), so this
> afternoon we left the building with my naturalization
certificate, and
> a letter from the President ("Dear Fellow American: I
am pleased to
> congratulate you on becoming a United States citizen.
..)

> My wife (she has www.kamya.com) will have our story
on the web site
> later I guess.

> Take care.

> --jan
> --

> Long time no see.

> This morning my wife and I went to the Newark BCIS Office for the
> I-751 removal of conditions, background interview, English exam and
> civics test.

> The process of removing the conditions on PR consisted of putting a
> stamp somewhere in my 'A-file'. They didn't ask any questions, and
> they didn't want to see my wife.

> Next was the naturalization interview. The BCIS Inspector asked where
> I worked (I'm a State employee), and he asked a few standard questions
> like "Have you ever been a member of a communist party" etc. Then I
> had to write down the sentence "The train was too late". That was the
> English exam. The civics test consisted of three questions from the
> list that can be downloaded from the BCIS web site. That was it.

> The Newark BCIS does the oath ceremony on the same day as the
> interview (they said that only two offices do it like that), so this
> afternoon we left the building with my naturalization certificate, and
> a letter from the President ("Dear Fellow American: I am pleased to
> congratulate you on becoming a United States citizen. ...)

> My wife (she has www.kamya.com) will have our story on the web site
> later I guess.

> Take care.

> --jan
> --
> "Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting
>  out of the way before it is understood."

> Would appreciate if you could post the list of documents you took with you
> for the Naturalization interview. This may be a stupid question but I
would
> rather ask than regret later - did you take any photographs with you ( 3/4
> view of face showing the right ear & left eye etc )? My interview is
> scheduled for April 29th at Newark & I am putting together all the paper
> work they have asked for.
> Thanks in advance.

> Anna

> <usenet @ kamya . com> wrote in message
> news:fkgf509mm0cs1fgk129h550lafbov19l1g@att.net...
> > Hi there,

> > Long time no see.

> > This morning my wife and I went to the Newark BCIS Office for the
> > I-751 removal of conditions, background interview, English exam and
> > civics test.

> > The process of removing the conditions on PR consisted of putting a
> > stamp somewhere in my 'A-file'. They didn't ask any questions, and
> > they didn't want to see my wife.

> > Next was the naturalization interview. The BCIS Inspector asked where
> > I worked (I'm a State employee), and he asked a few standard questions
> > like "Have you ever been a member of a communist party" etc. Then I
> > had to write down the sentence "The train was too late". That was the
> > English exam. The civics test consisted of three questions from the
> > list that can be downloaded from the BCIS web site. That was it.

> > The Newark BCIS does the oath ceremony on the same day as the
> > interview (they said that only two offices do it like that), so this
> > afternoon we left the building with my naturalization certificate, and
> > a letter from the President ("Dear Fellow American: I am pleased to
> > congratulate you on becoming a United States citizen. ...)

> > My wife (she has www.kamya.com) will have our story on the web site
> > later I guess.

> > Take care.

> > --jan
> > --
> > "Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting
> >  out of the way before it is understood."

> Anna

> <usenet @ kamya . com> wrote in message

> Long time no see.
> > This morning my wife and I went to

> --jan
> > --
> > "Subtlety is the art of saying

> Go to:

> http://www.kamya.com/interview/intro.html

> Top right
> hand side of screen.  Click on N-400

> You can read the experiences
> there.  Many of us have listed full details right down to what we took
> to the interview.  We are James and Rita in NYC 12/1/04

> Rete

> Originally posted by Anna Alexander
> > Hi Jan:

> Would appreciate if you could post the list of documents you took with
> you
> > for the Naturalization interview. This may be a stupid question
> but I would
> > rather ask than regret later - did you take any
> photographs with you ( 3/4
> > view of face showing the right ear & left
> eye etc )? My interview is
> > scheduled for April 29th at Newark & I am
> putting together all the paper
> > work they have asked for.
> > Thanks in
> advance.

> > Anna

> > <usenet @ kamya . com> wrote in message

> news:fkgf509mm0cs1fgk129h550lafbov19l1g@att.net"]news:fkgf509mm0-
> cs1fgk129h550lafbov19...@att.net[/url]...
> > > Hi there,

> > Long time no see.
> > > This morning my wife and I went to
> the Newark BCIS Office for the
> > > I-751 removal of
> conditions, background interview, English exam and
> > > civics
> test.
> > > The process of removing the conditions on PR
> consisted of putting a
> > > stamp somewhere in my 'A-file'.
> They didn't ask any questions, and
> > > they didn't want to see
> my wife.
> > > Next was the naturalization interview. The BCIS
> Inspector asked where
> > > I worked (I'm a State employee), and
> he asked a few standard questions
> > > like "Have you ever been
> a member of a communist party" etc. Then I
> > > had to write
> down the sentence "The train was too late". That was the

> English exam. The civics test consisted of three questions from
> the
> > > list that can be downloaded from the BCIS web site.
> That was it.
> > > The Newark BCIS does the oath ceremony on the
> same day as the
> > > interview (they said that only two offices
> do it like that), so this
> > > afternoon we left the building
> with my naturalization certificate, and
> > > a letter from the
> President ("Dear Fellow American: I am pleased to

> congratulate you on becoming a United States citizen. ...)

> My wife (she has www.kamya.com) will have our story on the
> web site
> > > later I guess.
> > > Take care.

> > --jan
> > > --
> > > "Subtlety is the art of saying
> what you think and getting
> >  out of the way before it is
> understood."

> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com

> >Would appreciate if you could post the list of documents you took with
you
> >for the Naturalization interview. This may be a stupid question but I
would
> >rather ask than regret later - did you take any photographs with you (
3/4
> >view of face showing the right ear & left eye etc )? My interview is
> >scheduled for April 29th at Newark & I am putting together all the paper
> >work they have asked for.

> Anna,

> You don't need any photographs, because they already have them. They
> will use the photographs that you sent together your N-400
> application.

> We brought our entire file: all the paperwork we had plus photocopies
> of every document. In addition, we brought the 'evidence' for the
> existence of a valid relationship. Three large bags and we didn't need
> any of it.

> They only asked for my passport and my green card. One of the first
> questions was "Where do you work?", so I also showed the Inspector my
> faculty/staff ID. He asked me if I had brought my marriage license,
> but he didn't need to see that.

> Good luck,

> --jan
> --
> "Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting
>  out of the way before it is understood."