Interview in Las Vegas, today, Approved

madmanmike · September 29, 2008

Our appointment was scheduled for 8am, today, 9/29/08. We arrived at 7:30, gained entry and sat down. We were called at 7:55 and Don Suter swore us in and we got started. His first question was how we met, not addresses to either on of us specifically, so I (USC) answered.

Then as he was paging thru the huge file, he had some small questions about previous marriages and children. Very laid back and informal. He then went thru about 50% of the 'terrorist, prostitute, drug questions' with my wife, and he was vary patient and slow, making sure she understood. He asked for any paperwork we had regarding a relationship (bank statements, credit cards, etc) and took the copies we brought. A few more minutes and a few more simple questions, and he said that there was only 1 problem.

The vaccination form filled out by the doctor in Thailand, the shots were complete, but for some reason, Don says, the doctors always mark the 'Incomplete' box on the bottom. And that is a snag. Fortunately for us, there was a civil doctor set up in an office right next door to the USCIS (coincidence? Maybe....) and he sent us over there to get the shot transferred to a new sheet. That literally took us 10 minutes. We went back to his office, he took the sheet, and congratulated us, telling us he would tell the computer this afternoon to start card production.

He gave us a sheet reminding us that we will have to submit another form in 21 months to get the 10 year card, but we were out of there at 8:50.

What a great day. No complaints, just make sure your immunization form (we used the 3xxx form provided by the Thai doc) is marked 'Complete'. If not, get it transferred to a new one. You don't need any physical, and you probably don't need any more shots, you just need it transferred to a sheet marked 'Complete'. All-in-all a happy experience.

He did not take anything from my wife, she kept the work authorization, the travel parole forms, and he took nothing from her passport. No stamp, only a handshake. I am not complaining. You can see from our siggy below, about 11 months from submittal to approval.

Michael