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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?
Ẹ jọ̀wọ́, ṣé ẹ lè tún ìbéèrè náà sọ?
Can you please speak slowly?
Ẹ jọ̀wọ́, ṣé ẹ lè sọ̀rọ̀ pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́?
I don't understand.
Kò yé mi.
Yes. / No.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni. / Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́.
I don't know.
Mi ò mọ̀.
Thank you.
Ẹ ṣé.
Likely interview questions
What is your full name?
Kí ni orúkọ rẹ ní ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
My name is ______.
Orúkọ mi ni ______.
What is your date of birth?
Kí ni ọjọ́ ìbí rẹ?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
I was born on ______.
A bí mi ní ______.
What is your address?
Kí ni àdírẹ́sì rẹ?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
I live at ______.
Mo ń gbé ní ______.
Where were you born?
Níbo ni a ti bí ọ?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
I was born in ______.
A bí mi ní ______.
When did you become a permanent resident?
Ìgbà wo ni o di olùgbé pípẹ́ (permanent resident)?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
I became a permanent resident in ______.
Mo di olùgbé pípẹ́ ní ______.
Are you married?
Ǹjẹ́ o ti ṣègbéyàwó?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Yes, I am married. / No, I am not married.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, mo ti ṣègbéyàwó. / Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́, n kò tíì ṣègbéyàwó.
How did you get your green card?
Báwo ni o ṣe rí káàdì àwọ̀ ewé (green card) rẹ gbà?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Through my family. / Through my job. / Through asylum.
Nípasẹ̀ ìdílé mi. / Nípasẹ̀ iṣẹ́ mi. / Nípasẹ̀ ìsádi (asylum).
Have you traveled outside the United States since you became a permanent resident?
Ǹjẹ́ o ti rìnrìn àjò sí òde Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà láti ìgbà tí o ti di olùgbé pípẹ́?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Yes. / No.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni. / Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́.
How long were you outside the United States?
Ìgbà mélòó ni o wà ní òde Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
About ______ weeks. / About ______ months.
Nǹkan bí ______ ọ̀sẹ̀. / Nǹkan bí ______ oṣù.
Ìrìn àjò kan tí ó ju oṣù mẹ́fà lọ lè ru àwọn ìbéèrè nípa ìgbé-ibùgbé ìtẹ̀síwájú sókè. Bá agbẹjọ́rò sọ̀rọ̀ bí èyí bá kàn ọ́.
Do you work?
Ǹjẹ́ o ń ṣiṣẹ́?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Yes, I work at ______. / No, I am retired. / No, I am a student.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, mo ń ṣiṣẹ́ ní ______. / Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́, mo ti fẹ̀yìntì. / Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́, akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ ni mí.
Have you ever been arrested or committed a crime?
Ǹjẹ́ a ti mú ọ rí tàbí ṣé o ti dá ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan rí?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
No, never.
Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́, rárá.
Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
Ǹjẹ́ o ti jẹ́ ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ Kọ́múníìsì (Communist Party) rí?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
No.
Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́.
Bí o bá ti jẹ́ ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ Kọ́múníìsì tàbí ẹgbẹ́ àwọn ọ̀dọ́ tó ní ìsopọ̀ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ rí (èyí wọ́pọ̀ ní àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè bíí ti Ìlà-oòrùn Yúróòpù tẹ́lẹ̀), o gbọ́dọ̀ sọ ọ́ ní òtítọ́. Bá agbẹjọ́rò ọ̀ràn ìṣíkiri sọ̀rọ̀ kí o tó fi fọ́ọ̀mù N-400 sílẹ̀.
Have you ever failed to file your taxes?
Ǹjẹ́ o ti kùnà láti san owó orí rẹ rí?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
No. I file my taxes every year. / I do not need to file.
Bẹ́ẹ̀kọ́. Mo ń san owó orí mi ní ọdọọdún. / N kò ní láti san án.
Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States?
Ǹjẹ́ o ń ṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún Òfin Ìpìlẹ̀ àti irú ìjọba Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Yes.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni.
Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance?
Ǹjẹ́ o ṣetán láti mú Ìbúra Ìdúró-ṣinṣin (Oath of Allegiance) ní ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Yes.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni.
Do you understand what you are saying? Do you swear the information is true?
Ǹjẹ́ o yé ohun tí o ń sọ? Ǹjẹ́ o búra pé òtítọ́ ni ìsọfúnni náà?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Yes, I do.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, mo yé mi.
Why do you want to become a U.S. citizen?
Kí ló dé tí o fi fẹ́ di ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Amẹ́ríkà?
Ìdáhùn · Answer
Because I want to be a full member of this country. / Because my family is here.
Nítorí mo fẹ́ jẹ́ ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ kíkún ti orílẹ̀-èdè yìí. / Nítorí ìdílé mi wà níhìn-ín.