Please raise your right hand.
Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes
Put down your hand.
What did you promise.
I (will) tell the truth.
Good
Have a seat
Excuse me I'm going to ask that question again.
What date did you become a permanent resident?
November 17, 2012
Please show me your Green Card, your driver's license, and photo ID.
All beautiful red color.
Let us begin
What is your full name?
My name is Hoai Thi Thu Tran
Is the name on your Green Card the same as your legal name?
They're the same.
Do you want to change your name or keep it?
I want to change my name
What name do you want?
Candy Tran
Ok, very good
So CANDY will be your first name and TRAN is your last name.
What is your middle name?
No middle name
Did you go to court to change your name yet?
Yes, I have the court papers.
You do have the court papers.
When did you get the court paper?
Last week. okay
So now your legal name is CANDY TRAN. Congratulations!
That is perfect name for you.
I would like to know what is your date of birth and what date did you become a permanent resident?
so is the basis of your eligibility are you married to a u.s. citizen for three
years or do you live in the United States for five years you're in married
for nine years so the basis of your eligibility is that you are living in
the United States with the green card for five years five years okay good
are you requesting any accommodation because of a physical disability all now
no okay very good
do you live in San Jose no penis or Dublin how many years have you lived in
San Jose over for four years where did you live before one one
you know no no no sorry home where did you live before you lived in San Jose oh
you just lifted milk peanuts okay very good
let us continue do you work where do you work
okay so what is your job at hots bread
okay so is it for men or is it for men and women men okay very good so are you
the manager or are you a hairstylist okay very good
do you own the barbershop with your husband or do you only work there okay
very good let us continue is your mother or father
a US citizen before your 18th birthday no okay good
let us continue are you oh excuse me do you go to school now yes where do you go
to school
okay how many years have you gone to Mel Peters Adult School five years okay so
now you're in ESL three yeah yes l3 and citizenship very good I am one of your
first teachers there okay now let's ask about travel have you how many trips
have you gone excuse me how many times have you gone outside of
the United States in the past five years forty four trips how many days were you
outside of the United States okay and you go only to Vietnam correct yes okay
tell me about your last trip when did you leave and when did you return
okay very good and let me now ask you about your
marriages how are you married now yes okay how many times have you been
married only one time when did you get married what is the name of your husband
Jim okay and is he an American citizen yes
when did he become an American citizen my master
Oh 1988 so he's been a citizen for a long time
okay very good what did he become a citizen in San Jose or in San Francisco
Milpitas so he did it in San Jose okay good
what's your husband married before yes okay but he is divorced okay good
divorced okay good let us continue do you have any children
you know no children okay oh I forgot to ask about your husband
are you married here or in the in Vietnam Indian now okay Vietnam okay let
me continue have you ever claimed to be a US citizen
no have you ever registered to vote have you ever voted in any federal state
or local election no have you ever been declared legally incompetent No
okay what is legally incompetent
okay remember please ask me if you don't know what it is don't say yes don't say
no please ask me so I'm gonna ask you again okay ever been declared legally
incompetent
what is legally incompetent legally incompetent means that you cannot make
up your mind you cannot make good life decisions a doctor or a lawyer must make
decisions for you do you ever have that problem okay good
let me continue do you belong to exhuming do you owe any federal state or
local taxes do you pay your taxes with your husband every year yes okay alright
have you ever been a member of the Communist Party have you ever been a
member of a terrorist organization what is terrorist
the math people do yeah bad people who kill other people very good okay have
you ever participated in genocide or torture
have you ever badly hurt or tried to kill somebody
no have you ever been part of the Army in Vietnam were you ever did you ever
work in a prison or labor camp no did you ever belong to a gang a gang is a
group of criminals oh happy for you and again in Vietnam okay have you ever been
arrested have you ever been in jail or prison no okay very good
have you ever been a habitual drunkard okay what is a habitual drunkard okay so
you drink too much beer or alcohol and get sick okay have you ever sold or
smuggled illegal drugs what are illegal drugs
okay
okay so you know cocaine the other one is heroin heroin or opium opium
I got ping okay so so have you sold cocaine or Opia no good
have you ever married someone to get an immigration benefit no okay teach you
marry that masseuse excuse me have you ever helped want someone into the United
States illegally did you have you ever gambled illegally what is gambling yeah
you play cards for money yes very good have you ever been deported very good
deported means have you ever been arrested and kicked out of the country
yeah has that happened to you no okay good yeah you are arrested and you're
kicked out of the kicked kicked out of the country
okay now have you were you in the Army in Vietnam were you in the army in the
United States okay do you support the Constitution what is
the Constitution
the supreme law of the land do you support our form of government
form of government our form of government is a republic okay or a
democracy so we elect people and we send the representatives to Washington DC do
you support this form of government yes yes okay do you sorry are you willing to
take the full oath of allegiance to the United States yes okay what it excuse me
what is an oath no just oh oh there's a promise so you make two promises at the
beginning I promise to tell the truth so now that's at the beginning of the
interview but here I'm asking you do you promise to be loyal to the United States
yes okay is it true okay good are you willing to bear arms for the
United States okay what is bear arms yeah you protect
the country with using a weapon okay if the law requires it are you willing to
perform noncombatant services for the United States
what is noncombatant do you use a weapon yes
No okay so when you bear arms you're using a weapon to help protect the
United States Danka bet you
do not do not use a weapon okay if the law requires that are you willing to
perform work of national importance under civilian direction okay do you
promise everything you say is true yeah okay now I'm going to ask you ten
questions are you ready good the idea of self-government is in the first three
words of the Constitution what are these words we to be very good how many US
senators are there 100 if the president can no longer serve who becomes
president new by business what does the judicial branch do as explains the law
yeah very good let me see name one write only for United States
citizens vote you know very good what group of people
was taken to America and sold as slaves
yes named the US war between the North and
the South who was president during the Great Depression and World War two okay
what ocean is on the east coast of the United States what is the name of the
national anthem do you have a pen we're going to do a dictation okay now I'm
going to give you a reading test can you read this please hold careful okay now I
want you to do dictation tests okay are you ready yeah woman and men can't vote
women and men
can vote okay very good how do you spell vote how do you spell
vote yeah be very good I know you will vote very well okay thank you so much
bye-bye