Interview-01: Intro to the N400 and the Basic Citizenship Interview

Interview-01

Today we will listen to our first practice interview. The interview questions are based on the USCIS N-400 form, which you can download from www.uscis.gov.

On the top of the page, you will see six choices: Services & Benefits, Immigration Forms, Laws & Regulations, About USCIS, Education & Resources, and Press Room. Choose Immigration Forms.

A new page of USCIS forms will appear, organized alpha-numerically. Immigration forms begin with I, and they will appear first. Naturalization forms begin with N, appear after the Immigration forms. Scroll almost to the bottom of the page for the N-400, Application of Naturalization. Click the link and you will be brought to a new page which gives a summary pdf the N-400. At the bottom of the page there are two documents (or pdfs) which you can download. The first pdf are the instructions to fillout the application and the second pdf is the N-400.

You can also find a copy of the U.S. History and Government Questions and Answers at the USCIS website. From the USCIS home page select Education & Resources, then Civics and Citizenship Study Materials. You can find copies of the questions in English, Spanish, and Chinese, as well as other study materials.

If you need a translation of the questions in other languages besides English, Spanish, and Chinese, do a search of the USCIS document M-476. A M-476 is a Guide to Naturalization. The questions appear in the last 6 pages of the M-476.

You can also find a pdf of the questions that I can ask during this interview at http://uscitizenpod.blogspot.com. Look under the Documents category for Basic Citizenship Interview. You can listen to the interview with or without the N-400 or Basic Citizenship Interview. More importantly, you can give the N-400 or the Basic Citizenship Interview to your friends your or family and practice answering the questions. Remember, during the USCIS interview, the USCIS examiner has yout N-400 but you are the star witness fro your own case.

Thanks to Mae Chen and the students and staff of Milpitas Adult Education School.

The N-400 and U.S. History and Government Questions and Answers are available at the USCIS website www.uscis.gov.

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