Where were you born?
What was life like in the old country?
What were some of your childhood memories?
What occupation did you have in the old country?
Tell me about moving to the United States—what was involved in that process?
Was there a specific reason why you immigrated?
When you first immigrated, did you do so alone or did you arrive with others?
Who received you when you first arrived in the United States?
Where did you move to first in the United States? Why did you move there? Did you move around? How did you end up where you are today?
After you arrived in the United States, how was contact maintained with the old country? Were there letters, telephone calls, and emails to family left behind—what was the frequency? How responsible did you feel for family left behind?
Were you responsible for sending back money or help to family remaining behind?
What occupations did you do when you first arrived as an immigrant? 13. Did anyone from your home country also live near you? Did you know them? What kinds of friends did you have in the first few years of arrival? What are your friendship networks like now?
How assimilated did you become as you lived in the United States? Do you feel like you are an American? Why?
Do you still feel that your place of birth is still your “home” or has United States become your home?
Do you make any return visits to your “home” country since you immigrated? How many and why so often/ or infrequently?
Since arriving in the United States have you felt any sense of being discriminated against? Do you feel that you are treated like a foreigner?
How would you evaluate the whole experience?
