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Mock USCIS Interview (16) – Male Officer Asks, You Practice Answering – Very FAST · U.S. Citizenship Test 2026

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  Welcome to English for US Citizenship Test podcast mock
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  interview. Mr. Jinnade Rahman.
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  Good morning, it's me. Good morning.
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  My name is Officer Peter. I will be conducting your
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  naturalization interview today. Let's head to the room.
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  Please follow me. Before we begin, I need you to
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  raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell me the
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  truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help
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  you God? Yes, I do.
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  Thank you. You may put your hand down and
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  have a seat. Can I have your appointment
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  letter, green card ID and your passport?
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  Of course. Here they are.
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  This is your second interview, is that correct?
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  Yes, that's correct. I see that you passed the civics
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  test and the reading and writing portion during your last
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  interview. Congratulations on that.
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  Thank you. So today we'll just focus on the
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  part you didn't pass last time. We'll go over your N 400
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  application again and verify some information.
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  Please answer each question clearly and truthfully, OK?
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  Yes, I understand. Let's begin with your full legal
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  name. Is your full legal name Junaid
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  Rahman? Yes, that is correct.
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  Have you ever used any other names, including nicknames?
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  No. I have always used the name
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  Junaid Rahman. Have you legally changed your
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  name since arriving in the United States?
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  No, I have not changed my name. What is your date of birth?
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  February 14th, 1987. Where were you born?
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  In Dhaka, Bangladesh. And your country of nationality
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  is? Bangladesh.
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  Have you ever held citizenship in any other country besides
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  Bangladesh? No, only Bangladesh.
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  What is your Social Security number?
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  637, 379486. What is your height?
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  5 feet 7 inches. What is your current residential
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  address? 5247 Oak Hollow Dr. Apt 303,
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  Chicago, IL 60645. How long have you lived at this
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  address? I've lived at this address since
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  April 2023. What was your previous address?
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  Before that I lived at 1191 Elmhurst Ave., Apt 2B, Skokie,
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  IL. And when did you live there?
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  From August 2020 to March 2022. Were there any other addresses
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  you've lived at in the last five years?
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  Yes, when I first arrived in the USI stayed with a cousin in New
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  York for about 10 months. Can you provide the exact
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  address? Yes.
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  It was 5531 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11106.
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  Thank you. Have you ever lived outside the
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  United States since becoming a permanent resident?
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  No. I have not.
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  What is your current phone number?
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  773-555-8142. Do you receive mail at your home
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  address? Yes, all my mail comes to my
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  home address. What is your current immigration
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  status? I am a lawful permanent
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  resident. When did you become a permanent
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  resident? On July 10th, 2019.
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  How did you obtain your permanent residency?
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  I obtained my permanent residency through my brother.
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  And did you enter the US on an immigrant visa?
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  Yes, I entered with an immigrant visa.
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  All right. Are you currently employed?
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  Yes, I work full time. Where do you work?
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  I'm employed at Worthington Steel.
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  How long have you worked there? Since April 16th, 2023.
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  What were you doing before that? From August 2020 to March 2022,
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  I worked at American Roller Company.
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  And before that? Before that I worked part time
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  as a cashier at a grocery store. All right, what is your current
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  marital status? I am married.
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  What is your spouse's name? Her name is Naima Rahman.
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  When did you get married? We were married on December
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  21st, 2015. Where was the marriage ceremony
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  held? In Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  Is your spouse AUS citizen? No.
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  She is a permanent resident. Have you ever been married
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  before? No.
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  This is my first and only marriage.
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  Do you and your wife live together?
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  Yes, we live together in our apartment in Chicago.
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  Do you have any children? Yes, I have one daughter.
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  Her name is Zoya. When was she born?
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  She was born on November 7th, 2018.
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  Have you traveled outside the US in the last five years?
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  Yes, I've traveled two times. Can you list the countries and
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  dates? Certainly on the first trip I
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  went to Bangladesh from July 2nd, 2022 to July 24th, 2023.
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  Second trip I went to Canada from June 8th 2024 to June 13th
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  2024. Did any of your trips last more
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  than six months? No.
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  All trips were under six months. Do you pay your taxes on time
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  every year? Yes, I pay taxes on time every
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  year. Do you currently owe any overdue
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  federal, state, or local taxes in the United States?
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  No. Have you ever claimed to be AUS
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  citizen in writing or any other way?
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  No. Have you ever been a member of,
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  involved in, or in any other way associated with any communist or
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  totalitarian party anywhere in the world?
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  No. Have you ever registered to vote
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  or voted in any federal, state, or local election in the United
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  States? No.
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  What does register mean? To sign up.
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  Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any of
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  the following or been a member of, involved in, or in any way
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  associated with any group anywhere in the world that
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  advocated the world communism? No.
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  Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you
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  called yourself a non resident alien on a federal, state, or
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  local tax return or decided not to file a tax return because you
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  considered yourself to be a non resident?
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  No. 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 engaged or
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  participated in kidnapping, assassination, or hijacking or
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  sabotage of an airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of
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  transportation? No.
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  Have you ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted,
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  helped with, or otherwise participated in genocide?
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  No. What does genocide mean?
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  To kill a whole race. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in any kind of sexual contact or activity with
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  any person who did not consent or was unable to consent, or was
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  being forced or threatened by you or someone else?
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  No. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in torture? No.
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  Have you ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted,
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  helped with, or otherwise participated in not letting
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  someone practice their religion? No.
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  Have you ever served in, been a member of, assisted, 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? No.
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  Have you ever served in, been a member of, assisted, or
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  participated in any military or police unit?
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  No. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in any kind of sexual contact or activity with
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  any person who did not consent or was unable to consent, or was
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  being forced or threatened by you or by someone else?
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  No. Have you ever worked,
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  volunteered, or otherwise served in a place where people were
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  detained? For example, a prison, jail,
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  prison camp, detention facility, or labor camp?
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  Or have you ever directed or participated in any other
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  activity that involved detaining people?
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  No. Can you explain what labor camp
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  means? A place to force people to work.
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  Good. Have you ever sold, provided or
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  transported weapons or assisted any person in selling, providing
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  or transporting weapons which you knew or believed would be
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  used against another person? No.
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  Have you ever recruited, enlisted, conscripted, or used
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  any person under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed
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  group, or attempted or worked with others to do so?
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  No. 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 a person or threatened to do so?
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  No. Have you ever received any
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  weapons training, paramilitary training, or other military type
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  training? No.
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  Have you ever manufactured, cultivated, produced,
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  distributed, dispensed, sold, or smuggled any controlled
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  substances, illegal drugs, narcotics or drug paraphernalia
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  in violation of any law or regulation of AUS State, the
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  United States, or a foreign country?
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  No. Have you ever committed, agreed
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  to commit, ask someone else to commit, helped commit, or tried
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  to commit a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
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  No. Have you ever been arrested,
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  cited, detained or confined by any law enforcement officer,
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  military official in the US or elsewhere, or immigration
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  official for any reason, or been charged with a crime or offense?
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  Yes, I received a traffic ticket in 2022.
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  Can you tell me a bit more about that?
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  What exactly happened and what were the circumstances
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  surrounding the ticket? Sure, it was a speeding ticket.
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  I believe it was a 35 mph zone and I was going about 45 mph.
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  A police officer pulled me over and issued me a speeding ticket.
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  The fine was $120.00. Did you pay the fine in full and
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  was everything resolved without needing to go to court?
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  I paid the full amount shortly after receiving the ticket.
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  Everything was resolved. I followed the instructions
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  provided and made the payment online.
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  I brought the receipt with me today if you'd like to see it.
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  Great. Have you ever received any other
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  traffic citations or been required to appear in traffic
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  work or any other type of court for any reason?
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  No, that was the only traffic violation I've ever received.
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  I've never been involved in any other legal issues and I've
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  never had to go to court for anything.
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  Good. Have you ever used any person
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  under 15 years of age to take part in hostilities?
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  Or attempted or worked with others to do so.
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  No. Have you ever married someone in
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  order to obtain an immigration benefit?
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  No. Have you ever lied to any U.S.
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  government officials to gain entry or admission into the
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  United States or to gain immigration benefits while in
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  the United States? No.
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  Have you ever helped anyone to enter or try to enter the United
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  States illegally? No.
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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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  No. Do you understand the full oath
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  of allegiance to the United States?
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  Yes. If the law requires it, are you
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  willing to perform work of national importance under
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  civilian direction? Yes.
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  Have you ever gambled illegally or received income from illegal
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  gambling? No.
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  Have you ever been removed or deported from the United States?
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  No. Have you ever given any U.S.
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  government officials any information or documentation
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  that was false, fraudulent or misleading?
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  No. Have you ever left the United
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  States to avoid being drafted in the US armed forces?
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  No. Do you support the Constitution
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  and form of government of the United States?
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  Yes. Are you unable to take the oath
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  of allegiance because of physical or developmental
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  disability or mental impairment? No.
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  If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf
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  of the United States? Yes.
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  Have you ever been placed in removal, rescission or
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  deportation proceedings? No.
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  Have you ever been married to more than one person at the same
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  time? No.
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  Are you willing to take the full oath of allegiance to the United
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  States? Yes.
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  If the law requires it, are you willing to perform noncombatant
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  services in the US armed forces? Yes.
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  All right, before we finish, I need you to review your Form
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  N401. Last time I've updated any
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  necessary information based on today's interview.
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  Please take a moment to review everything on the screen in
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  front of you. OK, everything looks correct.
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  Excellent. Please use the stylist to sign
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  on the last page for me. As part of the naturalization
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  process, I need to confirm your willingness and readiness to
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  take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.
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  Please take a moment to review the oath displayed on the
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  screen. If you agree and are ready to
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  proceed, go ahead and sign at the bottom.
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  Great. I've reviewed your application
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  and all the information you provided during today's
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  interview. I've also confirmed that your
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  Form N 400 is complete and accurate, and you meet all the
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  eligibility requirements for naturalization.
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  At this time I am recommending your application for approval.
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  Thank you so much. That's great to hear.
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  You're welcome. You should receive a notice in
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  the mail within the next few weeks informing you of the date,
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  time, and location of your naturalization oath ceremony.
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  Please make sure to keep your mailing address updated with
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  USCIS in case you move before then.
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  Yes, absolutely. I will keep it updated.
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  Once you attend the oath ceremony and take the Oath of
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  Allegiance, you will officially become a United States citizen.
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  At the ceremony, you will also receive your Certificate of
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  Naturalization, which serves as proof of your US citizenship.
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  I really appreciate all your help.
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  Thank you for your time. You're very welcome and
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  congratulations again. Do you have any questions?
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  No. Thank you so much, it means a
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  lot. You're free to go now.
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  Have a wonderful day. Thank you.
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