Veivosaki
The officer checks your spoken English with questions about your N-400. Answers can be short. Personalize these →
Survival phrases · say them anytime
Can you please repeat the question?
Kerekere, rawa ni o tukuna tale na taro?
Can you please speak slowly?
Kerekere, rawa ni o vosa vakamalua?
I don't understand.
Au sega ni matata vei au.
Yes. / No.
Io. / Sega.
I don't know.
Au sega ni kila.
Thank you.
Vinaka vakalevu.
Likely interview questions
What is your full name?
O cei na yacamu taucoko?
iSau · Answer
My name is ______.
Na yacaqu o ______.
What is your date of birth?
Naica na siga ni sucu?
iSau · Answer
I was born on ______.
Au sucu ena ______.
What is your address?
Na cava na nomu itikotiko?
iSau · Answer
I live at ______.
Au tiko mai ______.
Where were you born?
O sucu mai vei?
iSau · Answer
I was born in ______.
Au sucu mai ______.
When did you become a permanent resident?
Naica o yaco kina me o tiko dei ena Amerika?
iSau · Answer
I became a permanent resident in ______.
Au yaco me tiko dei ena ______.
Are you married?
O vakawati?
iSau · Answer
Yes, I am married. / No, I am not married.
Io, au vakawati. / Sega, au sega ni vakawati.
How did you get your green card?
O rawata vakacava na nomu green card?
iSau · Answer
Through my family. / Through my job. / Through asylum.
Ena vuku ni noqu vuvale. / Ena vuku ni noqu cakacaka. / Ena vuku ni kerekere vakaruru (asylum).
Have you traveled outside the United States since you became a permanent resident?
O sa gole yani i tuba mai na Amerika mai na gauna o yaco kina me o tiko dei?
iSau · Answer
Yes. / No.
Io. / Sega.
How long were you outside the United States?
E vica na balavu ni nomu tiko e tuba mai na Amerika?
iSau · Answer
About ______ weeks. / About ______ months.
Rauta na ______ na macawa. / Rauta na ______ na vula.
Na dua na ilakolako e sivia na 6 na vula e rawa ni vakatubura na taro me baleta na tiko dei tawamudu. Veitalanoa vata kei na dua na loya kevaka e yaco vei iko.
Do you work?
O cakacaka tiko?
iSau · Answer
Yes, I work at ______. / No, I am retired. / No, I am a student.
Io, au cakacaka mai ______. / Sega, au sa vakacegu. / Sega, au dua na gonevuli.
Have you ever been arrested or committed a crime?
O sa vesu rawa se cakava e dua na cala e liu?
iSau · Answer
No, never.
Sega, sega sara.
Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
O sa lewe ni Pati ni Kominisi (Communist Party) e liu?
iSau · Answer
No.
Sega.
Kevaka o a lewe ni dua na pati ni kominisi se dua na soqosoqo ni itabagone e semati kina (e dau yaco ena veivanua ni Eastern-bloc e liu), o dodonu mo tukuna vakadodonu. Veitalanoa vata kei na dua na loya ni immigration ni bera ni o vakarautaka na nomu N-400.
Have you ever failed to file your taxes?
O sa dua na gauna o a sega kina ni solia na nomu vola ni ivakacavacava (tax)?
iSau · Answer
No. I file my taxes every year. / I do not need to file.
Sega. Au solia na noqu vola ni ivakacavacava ena yabaki yadua. / Au sega ni vinakati me'u solia.
Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States?
O tokona na Yavunivakavulewa kei na mataqali matanitu ni Amerika?
iSau · Answer
Yes.
Io.
Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance?
O sa vakarau me o cavuta na iBubului ni Yalodina (Oath of Allegiance) taucoko?
iSau · Answer
Yes.
Io.
Do you understand what you are saying? Do you swear the information is true?
O kila na ka o tukuna tiko? O bubului ni dina na itukutuku?
iSau · Answer
Yes, I do.
Io, au kila.
Why do you want to become a U.S. citizen?
Na cava o via lewenivanua kina ni Amerika?
iSau · Answer
Because I want to be a full member of this country. / Because my family is here.
Baleta ni'u via lewe dina ni vanua oqo. / Baleta ni tiko eke na noqu vuvale.