O que esperar da sua entrevista N-400
Santos Lloyd Law Team • October 13, 2023
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Você chegou ao final da sua jornada para se tornar um cidadão americano - você teve seu green card pelo tempo necessário, e completou e enviou com sucesso seu formulário N-400 para finalmente se candidatar a se tornar um cidadão americano. Você acabou de receber o aviso de entrevista do N-400 pelo correio, mas o que acontece nessa entrevista?
A entrevista do N-400 consiste em duas partes separadas: um teste e uma entrevista propriamente dita. Abaixo, vamos detalhar cada parte:
- Parte I - Teste de Naturalização
A primeira parte da sua entrevista do N-400 consistirá em um teste. O teste é composto por dois componentes: inglês e cívica. Durante a parte de inglês do teste, você deve demonstrar que entende o idioma inglês e que tem a capacidade de ler, escrever e falar inglês básico. O oficial vai pedir que você leia corretamente uma frase em voz alta e também vai pedir que você escreva corretamente uma frase.
Durante o teste cívico, você vai responder a perguntas importantes sobre o governo e a história americana. Há uma lista de 100 possíveis perguntas que o oficial pode fazer a você. No entanto, o oficial só fará 10 perguntas durante sua entrevista, e você só precisa responder corretamente a 6 dessas perguntas para passar.
- Parte II - Entrevista de Naturalização
Depois de passar no seu Teste de Naturalização, o oficial vai informar que você passou no teste e vai passar para a entrevista de Naturalização. Durante esta entrevista, o oficial vai revisar seu pedido de N-400 com você. O oficial vai verificar se todas as informações listadas no formulário estão corretas e vai corrigir quaisquer erros ou atualizações no formulário. O oficial também vai revisar seu histórico de viagens durante os últimos 5 anos. É importante que você saiba sua data de saída dos EUA, sua data de retorno aos EUA, qual país você visitou e qual foi o propósito da sua visita. Por fim, você vai revisar as questões de segurança e as questões constitucionais no formulário juntos com o oficial.
O que acontece depois que eu passo no teste e completo a entrevista?
Dependendo do escritório em que sua entrevista está agendada, você pode se tornar um cidadão americano no mesmo dia! Alguns escritórios oferecem cerimônias de naturalização no dia em que você completa com sucesso sua entrevista, mas você terá que perguntar ao oficial se esse serviço está disponível. Se não estiver, não se preocupe - você será agendado para retornar para uma cerimônia de naturalização. Na cerimônia de naturalização, você fará um juramento de fidelidade e receberá seu certificado oficial de naturalização. É muito importante manter seu green card até que seu certificado de naturalização seja emitido. Na cerimônia de naturalização, um oficial explicará o processo para obter um número de segurança social e um passaporte.
E se eu não passar no teste cívico?
Se você não passar no teste cívico na primeira tentativa, a imigração (USCIS) remarcará seu horário e você voltará em outro dia para refazer o teste. É muito importante estudar, pois você só tem 2 tentativas para fazer o teste de inglês e cívico. Você pode encontrar as 100 possíveis perguntas que o oficial pode fazer a você neste link:
Este blog não se destina a fornecer aconselhamento jurídico e nada aqui deve ser interpretado como estabelecimento de um relacionamento advogado-cliente. Por favor, agende uma consulta com um advogado de imigração antes de agir com base em qualquer informação lida aqui.
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