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I and my wife just separately passed the interview in NY. As for my case, everything was easy, except the officer asked her questions in low voice and in high speed, so I have to re-ask few times.
6 questions only were asked from the 100 questions, so I guess I answered all 6 correctly. I was also bit concerned about my 2 speeding tickets which I hadn't mentioned in the N-400, so according to the recommendations from multiple forums I was ready to inform about them during the interview. I even passed the defensive driving lessons to look better, but when she read the question, she read it partially, like "have you ever been arrested?" - I answered NO, as clearly even with the speeding tickets the true answer is NO. If she asked it fully "Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained" then I would answer "yes" and mention the speeding ticket. Anyway, I know there are lot of people, who see a trouble everywhere, and they would say that I had to mention the speeding tickets, otherwise I would be departed. So what can I say, the fact is if I listed these people I would NEVER enter the USA, not to mention the green card or the citizenship.
OK, back to the interview. All was fine, I started to sign the final papers, and then suddenly she asked "hmm, and where are your photos?". -
"Photos???? "
"Yes, 2 passport size photos you supposed to send with your application".
I was really surprised, I remembered that I read http://citizenshipnews.us/n/499/N-40...hotos-any-more that no photos were necessary any more. So, I asked her, why I need photos, as they were taken during the finger-print interview. She said that in case the system is down, they need photos. I didn't get, if she mean the system might be down during the ceremony, or because the system was down at that moment (the system in fact was down when I and my wife arrived for the interview), so I decided not to argue or re-ask why, as she told me just to go across the street, take 2 photos and bring them back. I went out to take photos, and started calling my wife, which also was passing the interview in parallel. As she was invited 10 minutes before me, I was sure that she had passed already, and were taking photos. I was much surprised that she wasn't asked for any photos, she had passed and was heading to her office already.
So, looks it is feature a particular officer of NY office to ask for the photos. I believe it was related to fact that their system was down, and might be they expected it might be down during the ceremony.
I suggest, if you have 2 spare passport size photos, just take them with you to the interview - I took multiple different papers, including IRS transcripts, nothing was actually needed, but photos... Who knows?
Do not send them with N-400, just take to the interview "in case".
6 questions only were asked from the 100 questions, so I guess I answered all 6 correctly. I was also bit concerned about my 2 speeding tickets which I hadn't mentioned in the N-400, so according to the recommendations from multiple forums I was ready to inform about them during the interview. I even passed the defensive driving lessons to look better, but when she read the question, she read it partially, like "have you ever been arrested?" - I answered NO, as clearly even with the speeding tickets the true answer is NO. If she asked it fully "Have you ever been arrested, cited or detained" then I would answer "yes" and mention the speeding ticket. Anyway, I know there are lot of people, who see a trouble everywhere, and they would say that I had to mention the speeding tickets, otherwise I would be departed. So what can I say, the fact is if I listed these people I would NEVER enter the USA, not to mention the green card or the citizenship.
OK, back to the interview. All was fine, I started to sign the final papers, and then suddenly she asked "hmm, and where are your photos?". -
"Photos???? "
"Yes, 2 passport size photos you supposed to send with your application".
I was really surprised, I remembered that I read http://citizenshipnews.us/n/499/N-40...hotos-any-more that no photos were necessary any more. So, I asked her, why I need photos, as they were taken during the finger-print interview. She said that in case the system is down, they need photos. I didn't get, if she mean the system might be down during the ceremony, or because the system was down at that moment (the system in fact was down when I and my wife arrived for the interview), so I decided not to argue or re-ask why, as she told me just to go across the street, take 2 photos and bring them back. I went out to take photos, and started calling my wife, which also was passing the interview in parallel. As she was invited 10 minutes before me, I was sure that she had passed already, and were taking photos. I was much surprised that she wasn't asked for any photos, she had passed and was heading to her office already.
So, looks it is feature a particular officer of NY office to ask for the photos. I believe it was related to fact that their system was down, and might be they expected it might be down during the ceremony.
I suggest, if you have 2 spare passport size photos, just take them with you to the interview - I took multiple different papers, including IRS transcripts, nothing was actually needed, but photos... Who knows?
Do not send them with N-400, just take to the interview "in case".
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