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Mock Interview – Officer Asks, You Answer (01) – Practice U.S. Citizenship Interview with New N-400 Application · U.S. Citizenship Test 2026

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  P3. Good morning.
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  My name is Grace. I'll be conducting your
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  interview today. How are you doing?
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  I'm good. Thank you.
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  Please follow me. Can I have your appointment
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  letter, green card and ID please?
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  Thank you. You can place everything else on
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  the desk and then raise your right hand.
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  I ask you to swear Underoath before we proceed with the
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  interview. Do you swear to tell the truth,
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  the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
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  Thank you. Now you can have a seat.
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  What is full legal name? Did anyone come with you today?
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  Great. Have you been waiting a long
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  time to talk to me? How is the weather today?
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  Do you feel worried about the interview?
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  Do you understand why you are here today?
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  Well, can you tell me why you want to be an American citizen?
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  Do you have any questions at this point?
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  All right, now, I'm going to take your photo and fingerprints
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  very quickly. The photo will also be used for
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  your naturalization certificate. If everything goes well today,
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  please look at the camera for me.
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  Oh, next, I'll have your fingerprints collected, so
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  please put your right index finger on the scanner.
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  Awesome. We've done the right hand.
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  Now please put your left index finger in the same way.
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  Everything looks perfect. All right.
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  Have you been studying hard for the interview?
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  So good, I will start with the English reading and writing
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  test. Can you read slowly the sentence
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  on the tablet? Good, now please grab a stylus
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  pen. I'll read a sentence and want
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  you to write it. Please take your time and try to
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  write it clearly on the tablet. Columbus Day is in October.
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  Columbus Day is in October. Well done.
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  You got all the words correct. Congratulations.
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  You're welcome. Now we are going to the civics
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  test. Who was president during the
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  Great Depression and World War 2?
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  What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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  What does the president's cabinet do?
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  What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
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  What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
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  Why does the flag have 50 stars? Who signs bills to become laws?
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  What stops 1 branch of government from becoming too
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  powerful? What territory did the US buy
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  from France in 18 O 3? Who is the governor of your
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  state now? Perfect, everything has been
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  good so far. Now I will continue to review
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  your application. How are you eligible to become
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  AUS citizen? Who was the sponsor for your
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  green card? What is your residency date?
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  What is your first name? Can you spell your first name?
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  What is your last name? Have you used any other name
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  since birth? Have you ever changed your name?
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  Do you want to change your name? OK, What is your date of birth?
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  What is your country of birth? What is your country of
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  citizenship or nationality? Do you have another country of
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  nationality? Was one of your parents,
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  including adoptive parents, AUS citizen before your 18th
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  birthday? Do you want the Social Security
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  Administration to issue you an original or replacement Social
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  Security card and update your immigration status with the SSA
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  if and when you are naturalized? Can you give me your Social
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  Security number? Thank you.
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  What is your daytime telephone number?
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  Are you Hispanic or Latino? What is your race?
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  What is your height? How much do you weigh?
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  What color is your eyes? All right.
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  Are you currently single, married, divorced or widowed?
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  If you are currently married, is your spouse a current member of
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  the US Armed Forces? Have you previously been
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  married? What is your spouse's
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  immigration status? What is your current spouse's
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  last name? What is your current spouse's
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  given name? When did your current spouse
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  become AUS citizen? What date did your current
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  spouse become AUS citizen? All right, do you and your
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  spouse have any children? What is your child's name?
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  Does your child reside with you and your spouse?
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  All right, how many times has your current spouse been
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  married? What country is your spouse
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  from? What is your spouse's
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  occupation? Where does your spouse currently
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  work? What documentation do you have
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  to prove that you're living together?
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  Can I see the documentation? Good.
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  Where do you currently live? How long have you been living
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  there? Has your address changed since
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  you've submitted your application form?
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  When did you move to the current address?
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  Is your current mailing address the same as your home address?
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  Have you lived anywhere else during the last five years?
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  All right. Have you spent any time outside
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  of the United States for the past five years?
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  How many trips have you taken in the past five years?
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  Did any of your trips last six months or longer?
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  Do you remember the date you left and returned on that trip?
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  What was the purpose of this trip?
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  Your family went on that trip with you, correct?
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  All right. Are you currently working?
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  What do you do? Where do you work?
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  How long have you been working there?
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  When did you work there? OK, Have you ever claimed to be
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  AUS citizen in writing or any other way?
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  Do you currently owe any overdue federal, state, or local taxes
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  in the United States? Do you have your tax transcripts
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  for the past five years? Have you ever registered to vote
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  in any federal, state, or local election in the US since you
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  became a lawful permanent resident?
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  Have you called yourself a non resident alien on a federal,
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  state, or local tax return? Or decided not to file a tax
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  return because you considered yourself to be a non resident?
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  What does file a tax return mean?
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  Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way
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  associated with any communist or totalitarian party anywhere in
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  the world? Have you ever associated with
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  any group anywhere in the world that advocated any of the
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  establishment in the United States of a totalitarian
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  dictatorship? Have you ever advocated any
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  opposition to all organized government?
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  Have you ever been a member of or involved in world communism?
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  Have you ever advocated any of the unlawful assaulting or
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  killing of any officer or officers of the government of
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  the United States or of any other organized government
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  because of their official character?
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  Have you ever advocated, supported, and promoted any
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  sabotage? Have you ever been a member of,
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  involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you
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  ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any
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  other assistance or support to a group that used a weapon or
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  explosive with intent to harm another person or cause damage
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  to property? Engaged Participated in
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  kidnapping, assassination or hijacking or sabotage of an
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  airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of transportation.
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  Have you ever lied to any U.S. government officials to gain
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  entry or admission into the United States or to gain
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  immigration benefits while in the United States?
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  What does lie mean? Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in torture? You can just answer yes or no.
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  Have you ever participated in any kind of sexual contact or
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  activity with any person who did not consent, did not agree or
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  was unable to consent, could not agree, or was being forced or
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  threatened by you or by someone else?
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  Have you ever served in, been a member of, assisted, helped, or
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  participated in any armed group? For example, paramilitary unit,
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  self-defense unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, or guerrilla
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  group? Were you ever a part of any
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  group or did you ever help any group, unit, or organization
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  that used a weapon against any person or threatened to do so?
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  Have you ever sold, provided or transported weapons or assisted
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  any person in selling, providing or transporting weapons which
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  you knew or believed would be used against another person?
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  Have you ever committed, agreed to commit, asked someone else to
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  commit, helped commit, or try to commit a crime or offense for
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  which you were not arrested? What does commit mean?
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  Have you ever been arrested, cited, detained or confined by
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  any law enforcement officer, military official in the US or
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  elsewhere, or immigration official for any reason, or been
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  charged with a crime or offense? Have you ever engaged in
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  prostitution, attempted to procure or import prostitutes or
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  persons for the purpose of prostitution, or received any
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  proceeds or money from prostitution?
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  Have you ever manufactured, cultivated, produced,
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  distributed, dispensed, sold or smuggled, trafficked any
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  controlled substances, illegal drugs, narcotics or drug
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  paraphernalia in violation of any law or regulation of AUS
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  state, the United States, or a foreign country?
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  What does smuggle mean? Were you ever involved in any
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  way with killing or trying to kill someone?
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  Have you ever helped anyone to enter or try to enter the United
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  States illegally? Have you ever gambled illegally
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  or received income from illegal gambling?
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  Have you ever made any misrepresentation to obtain any
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  public benefit in the United States?
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  What is public benefit? Have you ever been removed,
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  excluded, or deported from the United States?
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  Have you ever given any U.S. government officials any
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  information or documentation that was false, fraudulent or
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  misleading? Do you now have, or did you ever
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  have a hereditary title or an order of nobility in any foreign
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  country? Do you support the constitution
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  and form of government of the United States?
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  Are you unable to take the oath of allegiance because of a
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  physical or developmental disability or mental impairment?
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  Are you willing to take the full oath of allegiance to the United
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  States? What is the oath of allegiance
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  to the United States? If the law requires it?
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  Are you willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States if
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  the law requires it? Are you willing to perform
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  noncombatant services in the US armed forces?
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  If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of
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  national importance under civilian direction?
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  What is work of national importance now?
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  Please review the updated application on the tablet and
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  make sure if your information is correct then please sign here on
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  the tablet. Good.
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  I also need you to sign the Oath of Allegiant section.
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  Please read it carefully before you sign.
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  Congratulations, you passed the interview and here's a copy of
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  your test results. You're welcome.
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  It takes a few days for your application to be updated in the
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  system. We will send you a notice for
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  the oath ceremony to your mailing address.
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  When you receive the notice, please make sure your name and
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  other information is correct and check the date and location to
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  attend the oath ceremony as scheduled.
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  Do you have any questions about this point?
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  All right. Thank you for joining the
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  interview today. I'll walk you to the door.
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  Thank you.