Entrevista
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?
¿Ama hina kaspa, tapukuyta huktawan niwankimanchu?
Can you please speak slowly?
¿Ama hina kaspa, allillamanta rimawankimanchu?
I don't understand.
Manam entiendenichu.
Yes. / No.
Arí. / Manam.
I don't know.
Manam yachanichu.
Thank you.
Yusulpayki.
Likely interview questions
What is your full name?
¿Ima hunt'a sutiykitaq?
Kutichiy · Answer
My name is ______.
Sutiymi ______.
What is your date of birth?
¿Hayk'aqmi paqarirqanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
I was born on ______.
Ñuqaqa ______ p'unchaw paqarirqani.
What is your address?
¿Maypitaq tiyanki? (dirección)
Kutichiy · Answer
I live at ______.
Ñuqaqa ______ pi tiyani.
Where were you born?
¿Maypitaq paqarirqanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
I was born in ______.
Ñuqaqa ______ pi paqarirqani.
When did you become a permanent resident?
¿Hayk'aqmi wiñay residente (residente permanente) tukurqanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
I became a permanent resident in ______.
Ñuqaqa ______ pi wiñay residente tukurqani.
Are you married?
¿Casarasqachu kanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
Yes, I am married. / No, I am not married.
Arí, casarasqam kani. / Manam, mana casarasqachu kani.
How did you get your green card?
¿Imaynatam green card nisqaykita chaskirqanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
Through my family. / Through my job. / Through asylum.
Ayllurayku. / Llamk'ayrayku. / Asilorayku.
Have you traveled outside the United States since you became a permanent resident?
¿Estados Unidosmanta hawaman purirqankichu wiñay residente tukusqaykimantapacha?
Kutichiy · Answer
Yes. / No.
Arí. / Manam.
How long were you outside the United States?
¿Hayk'a tiempotaq Estados Unidosmanta hawapi karqanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
About ______ weeks. / About ______ months.
Yaqa ______ simana. / Yaqa ______ killa.
Huk kutilla puriy suqta killamanta aswan unay kaptin, wiñay tiyay (residencia continua) tapukuykunata paqarichinman. Chayqa qanman tupaptin, huk abogadowan rimay.
Do you work?
¿Llamk'ankichu?
Kutichiy · Answer
Yes, I work at ______. / No, I am retired. / No, I am a student.
Arí, ______ pim llamk'ani. / Manam, jubiladom kani. / Manam, estudiantem kani.
Have you ever been arrested or committed a crime?
¿Hayk'aqllapas presochasqachu karqanki utaq huchata ruwarqankichu?
Kutichiy · Answer
No, never.
Manam, hayk'aqpas.
Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
¿Hayk'aqllapas Partido Comunista miembron karqankichu?
Kutichiy · Answer
No.
Manam.
Hayk'aqllapas comunista partidopa utaq chaywan huñusqa wayna-sipas huñupa (former Eastern-bloc suyukunapi sapa kuti kaq) miembron kaspaykiqa, cheqaqta willanaykim. N-400 nisqata manaraq churachkaspa, huk migración abogadowan tapukuy.
Have you ever failed to file your taxes?
¿Hayk'aqllapas impuestoykita mana churarqankichu (declaración)?
Kutichiy · Answer
No. I file my taxes every year. / I do not need to file.
Manam. Sapa watam impuestoyta churani. / Manam churanay kanchu.
Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States?
¿Estados Unidospa Constitucionninta hinaspa kamachikuy formanta yanapankichu (sostienenki)?
Kutichiy · Answer
Yes.
Arí.
Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance?
¿Hunt'a Oath of Allegiance (Kasukuy Juramento) nisqata ruwayta munankichu?
Kutichiy · Answer
Yes.
Arí.
Do you understand what you are saying? Do you swear the information is true?
¿Ima nisqaykita entiendenkichu? ¿Willakuy cheqaq kasqanta juramentankichu?
Kutichiy · Answer
Yes, I do.
Arí.
Why do you want to become a U.S. citizen?
¿Imaraykum Estados Unidos ciudadano kayta munanki?
Kutichiy · Answer
Because I want to be a full member of this country. / Because my family is here.
Kay suyupi hunt'a miembro kayta munaspay. / Aylluy kaypi kaptin.