Wawancara
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?
Menapa panjenengan saged ngambali pitakènanipun?
Can you please speak slowly?
Menapa panjenengan saged ngendika langkung alon?
I don't understand.
Kula mboten mangertos.
Yes. / No.
Inggih. / Mboten.
I don't know.
Kula mboten ngertos.
Thank you.
Matur nuwun.
Likely interview questions
What is your full name?
Sapa jeneng lengkap panjenengan?
Jawaban · Answer
My name is ______.
Jeneng kula ______.
What is your date of birth?
Kapan tanggal lair panjenengan?
Jawaban · Answer
I was born on ______.
Kula lair tanggal ______.
What is your address?
Apa alamat panjenengan?
Jawaban · Answer
I live at ______.
Kula manggon ing ______.
Where were you born?
Panjenengan lair ing ngendi?
Jawaban · Answer
I was born in ______.
Kula lair ing ______.
When did you become a permanent resident?
Kapan panjenengan dadi warga tetep (permanent resident)?
Jawaban · Answer
I became a permanent resident in ______.
Kula dadi warga tetep ing taun ______.
Are you married?
Apa panjenengan sampun nikah?
Jawaban · Answer
Yes, I am married. / No, I am not married.
Inggih, kula sampun nikah. / Mboten, kula dèrèng nikah.
How did you get your green card?
Kepiyé panjenengan olèh green card?
Jawaban · Answer
Through my family. / Through my job. / Through asylum.
Liwat kulawarga kula. / Liwat pakaryan kula. / Liwat suaka (asylum).
Have you traveled outside the United States since you became a permanent resident?
Apa panjenengan wis lelungan metu saka Amérika Sarékat wiwit dadi warga tetep?
Jawaban · Answer
Yes. / No.
Inggih. / Mboten.
How long were you outside the United States?
Suwéné pira panjenengan ana ing njaba Amérika Sarékat?
Jawaban · Answer
About ______ weeks. / About ______ months.
Kira-kira ______ minggu. / Kira-kira ______ sasi.
Siji lelungan sing luwih saka 6 sasi bisa nuwuhaké pitakonan babagan tetep manggon terus-terusan (continuous residence). Rembugan karo pengacara yèn iki ngenani panjenengan.
Do you work?
Apa panjenengan makarya?
Jawaban · Answer
Yes, I work at ______. / No, I am retired. / No, I am a student.
Inggih, kula makarya ing ______. / Mboten, kula sampun pénsiun. / Mboten, kula taksih mahasiswa.
Have you ever been arrested or committed a crime?
Apa panjenengan naté dicekel utawa naté nglakoni kejahatan?
Jawaban · Answer
No, never.
Mboten, mboten naté.
Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
Apa panjenengan naté dadi anggota Partai Komunis?
Jawaban · Answer
No.
Mboten.
Yèn panjenengan naté dadi anggota partai komunis utawa organisasi pemuda sing gegandhèngan (umum ing negara-negara tilas blok wétan), panjenengan kudu ngakoni kanthi jujur. Konsultasi karo pengacara imigrasi sadurungé ngajokaké formulir N-400.
Have you ever failed to file your taxes?
Apa panjenengan naté ora ngajokaké laporan pajak?
Jawaban · Answer
No. I file my taxes every year. / I do not need to file.
Mboten. Kula ngajokaké laporan pajak saben taun. / Kula ora kuwajiban ngajokaké.
Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States?
Apa panjenengan ndhukung Konstitusi lan wujud pamaréntahan Amérika Sarékat?
Jawaban · Answer
Yes.
Inggih.
Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance?
Apa panjenengan gelem ngucapaké Sumpah Kasetyan kanthi lengkap?
Jawaban · Answer
Yes.
Inggih.
Do you understand what you are saying? Do you swear the information is true?
Apa panjenengan ngerti apa sing panjenengan ucapaké? Apa panjenengan sumpah yèn informasiné bener?
Jawaban · Answer
Yes, I do.
Inggih.
Why do you want to become a U.S. citizen?
Kenapa panjenengan péngin dadi warga negara Amérika Sarékat?
Jawaban · Answer
Because I want to be a full member of this country. / Because my family is here.
Amarga kula péngin dadi anggota pinuh negara iki. / Amarga kulawarga kula ana ing kéné.