AOS FILERS: NOVEMBER 2008

[abranch 0]

Thank you so much Abranch...anyways, why is it better to go there about 10 am or 2 pm? Goodluck to your husband's job interview!!!

First thing in the morning is always very busy, line out the door and into the parking lot. When we went last week it was 15 mins before they opened, and the line was horrible, over 1 hour wait. And I have gone at 2pm and was in an out in 10 mins

Hey abranch.

I am a Dec filer but I was reading your comment and I thought I would say I totally understand. My husband is also out of status and we are anxious to get word of his EAD We had a RFE which seems likely to have prolonged the process some. Anyone had an RFE and did it add quite a bit to the time?

Good luck with the interview tomorrow. May it go well. Be relaxed.

Last question... for this interview do you have to go with your husband? Is that required for the interview?

Thank you PatNa. Yes, you are required to go with your spouse to the interview if you are filing with a spouse as the petitioner.

[PatNa 0]

Thank you so much Abranch...anyways, why is it better to go there about 10 am or 2 pm? Goodluck to your husband's job interview!!!

First thing in the morning is always very busy, line out the door and into the parking lot. When we went last week it was 15 mins before they opened, and the line was horrible, over 1 hour wait. And I have gone at 2pm and was in an out in 10 mins

Hey abranch.

I am a Dec filer but I was reading your comment and I thought I would say I totally understand. My husband is also out of status and we are anxious to get word of his EAD We had a RFE which seems likely to have prolonged the process some. Anyone had an RFE and did it add quite a bit to the time?

Good luck with the interview tomorrow. May it go well. Be relaxed.

Last question... for this interview do you have to go with your husband? Is that required for the interview?

Thank you PatNa. Yes, you are required to go with your spouse to the interview if you are filing with a spouse as the petitioner.

I don't think we knew that! Thanks for letting me know.

[Petersons 0]

My husband just checked the mailbox and we have mail from the USCIS.

Our interview notice has arrived. Its on March 29th at 1pm.

Its got a long list of things that we need to take, most of which that I knew we needed, but I never started collecting....

A painful month is ahead for us with getting all of this together......

Congratulations! Hope you have a great interview

Thanks Phoenix!! I hope it goes as smooth and nice as yours..... By the way, was there any document on the list that you did not take?

I'm asking because my husband is the US Citien and they have asked for his birth certificate which he doesn't have. He says when he applied for his passport, they tool his birth certificate and never gave it back. Now all he has is his passport to prove he is a US Citizen....

We're placing an order for a duplicate today, but it might not arrive in time...

Hi Petersons,

well, my husband did have his U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate with him (and a copy I made for USCIS) and also his

U.S. passport with him (and a copy of the whole passport)

The lady who interviewed us asked for

'Can i see his proof of U.S. Citizenship?'

I showed her his passport, and I showed her the copy of the whole passport (all pages) and

told her 'Here is your copy, do you need anything else?'

(thinking she would also ask for his Birth Certificate.

But she was content to see his passport, and happy we had made a copy of the whole passport.

She kept the copy and did not bring up the issue again.

I realize all interviews are different, but she did not ask us for further evidence of his U.S. Citizenship.

Have you looked for the subject here? Has anybody had an interview where the officer asked for BOTH U.S. passport and birth certificate?

Thank you very much for the reply phoenix. Well, we'll try to get his birth certificate. We've sent our form and check today. If it gets to us in time, we'll take it. If not, then we'll just have the passport. We'll see how it goes. By the way, did they ask for your birth certificate?

[jhunjhun 7]

My husband just checked the mailbox and we have mail from the USCIS.

Our interview notice has arrived. Its on March 29th at 1pm.

Its got a long list of things that we need to take, most of which that I knew we needed, but I never started collecting....

A painful month is ahead for us with getting all of this together......

Congratulations! Hope you have a great interview

Thanks Phoenix!! I hope it goes as smooth and nice as yours..... By the way, was there any document on the list that you did not take?

I'm asking because my husband is the US Citien and they have asked for his birth certificate which he doesn't have. He says when he applied for his passport, they tool his birth certificate and never gave it back. Now all he has is his passport to prove he is a US Citizen....

We're placing an order for a duplicate today, but it might not arrive in time...

Hi Petersons,

well, my husband did have his U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate with him (and a copy I made for USCIS) and also his

U.S. passport with him (and a copy of the whole passport)

The lady who interviewed us asked for

'Can i see his proof of U.S. Citizenship?'

I showed her his passport, and I showed her the copy of the whole passport (all pages) and

told her 'Here is your copy, do you need anything else?'

(thinking she would also ask for his Birth Certificate.

But she was content to see his passport, and happy we had made a copy of the whole passport.

She kept the copy and did not bring up the issue again.

I realize all interviews are different, but she did not ask us for further evidence of his U.S. Citizenship.

Have you looked for the subject here? Has anybody had an interview where the officer asked for BOTH U.S. passport and birth certificate?

Thank you very much for the reply phoenix. Well, we'll try to get his birth certificate. We've sent our form and check today. If it gets to us in time, we'll take it. If not, then we'll just have the passport. We'll see how it goes. By the way, did they ask for your birth certificate?

the lady who interviewed us didn't ask for my wife's birth certificate....she only asked us to show her something that will verify our identity during our interview...we handed over our passports and she was ok with that....

Edited February 12, 2009 by jhunjhun

[Petersons 0]

My husband just checked the mailbox and we have mail from the USCIS.

Our interview notice has arrived. Its on March 29th at 1pm.

Its got a long list of things that we need to take, most of which that I knew we needed, but I never started collecting....

A painful month is ahead for us with getting all of this together......

Congratulations! Hope you have a great interview

Thanks Phoenix!! I hope it goes as smooth and nice as yours..... By the way, was there any document on the list that you did not take?

I'm asking because my husband is the US Citien and they have asked for his birth certificate which he doesn't have. He says when he applied for his passport, they tool his birth certificate and never gave it back. Now all he has is his passport to prove he is a US Citizen....

We're placing an order for a duplicate today, but it might not arrive in time...

Hi Petersons,

well, my husband did have his U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate with him (and a copy I made for USCIS) and also his

U.S. passport with him (and a copy of the whole passport)

The lady who interviewed us asked for

'Can i see his proof of U.S. Citizenship?'

I showed her his passport, and I showed her the copy of the whole passport (all pages) and

told her 'Here is your copy, do you need anything else?'

(thinking she would also ask for his Birth Certificate.

But she was content to see his passport, and happy we had made a copy of the whole passport.

She kept the copy and did not bring up the issue again.

I realize all interviews are different, but she did not ask us for further evidence of his U.S. Citizenship.

Have you looked for the subject here? Has anybody had an interview where the officer asked for BOTH U.S. passport and birth certificate?

Thank you very much for the reply phoenix. Well, we'll try to get his birth certificate. We've sent our form and check today. If it gets to us in time, we'll take it. If not, then we'll just have the passport. We'll see how it goes. By the way, did they ask for your birth certificate?

the lady who interviewed us didn't ask for my wife's birth certificate....she only asked us to show her something that will verify our identity during our interview...we handed over our passports and she was ok with that....

Thanks jhunjhun and congrats that your interview went well. Hope you get the SSN soon, file your taxes soon, and get that GC!

Edited February 12, 2009 by Petersons

[Canadianmade 1]

Hello all, I just got back from our interview and everything went smoothly. The lady was very nice and friendly. We came there 45 minutes prior to our appointment. Our interview was scheduled at 2:00 pm however, we were called at 1:45 pm and the interview took about 20-30 minutes. The lady told us that she can't give an approval this time because my wife's income for 2007 was below the poverty line. We told her that we brought an original tax return for 2008 reasoned for not filing it early because I don't have my SSN yet. She told us that we had two options to choose from: to seek for co-sponsor or file our income tax return together and send it to her and she will approve my green card. She set a deadline for us to reply until May 6, 2009. She also told us about how to remove the condition of my green card once I received it. She didn't even bother to see our photos..just only the documents to show that we live together.

type of questions she asked:

for my wife:

her fullname, date of birth, address, place where she was born, date of our marriage.....and her contact number during day time

for me:

my fullname, date of birth, address, place where I was born, date of our marriage, date I came to USA, and other questions in my I-485 applications ( inspected, yes or no).....and my contact number during day time.

She asked us how we met... and also what we like in common as husband and wife.

I also asked her if I can hand in our tax return in person and she was Ok with it.

So far everything went so smoothly....the lady was very nice!!!!

good luck to everyone!

Hey JhunJhun CONGRADS to you my friend on getting the approval for your interview , at least all you have to do is file your taxes and send it in to her and you get your green card, so go get those taxes filed my friend. Thanks for sharing your interview experience and least it sounds like your interviewer was nice. I still have no word on my interview at all, it sucks my friend, I'll let you know when I do. Go celebrate with your wife and enjoy.

Thank you so much Abranch...anyways, why is it better to go there about 10 am or 2 pm? Goodluck to your husband's job interview!!!

First thing in the morning is always very busy, line out the door and into the parking lot. When we went last week it was 15 mins before they opened, and the line was horrible, over 1 hour wait. And I have gone at 2pm and was in an out in 10 mins

Hey abranch.

I am a Dec filer but I was reading your comment and I thought I would say I totally understand. My husband is also out of status and we are anxious to get word of his EAD We had a RFE which seems likely to have prolonged the process some. Anyone had an RFE and did it add quite a bit to the time?

Good luck with the interview tomorrow. May it go well. Be relaxed.

Last question... for this interview do you have to go with your husband? Is that required for the interview?

Thank you PatNa. Yes, you are required to go with your spouse to the interview if you are filing with a spouse as the petitioner.

Good luck today abranch on your interview today.

[abranch 0]

We got approved!!!! :dance: :dance:

I do have to say it was more intense than we anticipated.

We started out with the oath. Then she asked for our IDs.

She asked my husband his name then asked me his birthday. She asked him my parents name (to me he sounded like a robot), asked me his parents name. Asked him my birthday and our address. She then asked him what rent was - and he was very off!!! I think that made him very nervous, and she asked me what rent was, and I said what it was and she asked if I was the one who paid rent and kinda giggled.

She then asked where we met and when we got married. She asked if we have kids which we dont. Asked if we had previous marriages and we both do. She then asked us both how long they lasted. Then asked why they both failed. Then she asked why we thought this one would last longer...and my husband answered very nervously that we have fun together. She asked what kind of fun, and he stuttered a bit and said we love cars, go to the movies, go out to eat...and she laughed again and said she loves going out to eat too.

She then asked more about when we met (back in 2005). And she got confused because we met in Vegas, I lived in CA, then he came to CA for job training and thats when we fell in love. We lived there and then moved to Tucson in 07...and I don't think she could wrap her head around it. She asked why Tucson, he said because of the weather. She asked how do you know about the weather here...he said because he has traveled here and such. At this point, so many questions we got VERY nervous.

Then she asked for joint bills and if I filed taxes yet. I handed her the copies of everything. She asked if he was on our lease, which he is not and explained we just got his SSN and they wouldn't add him before that.

She flipped through some paperwork...then asked to see our photo album. And that really seemed to entertain her, and us as well and helped with the nerves. We had pictures from the day we met until New Years of this year. So she got to see our whole lives together, our trips to Germany and Hawaii. And I felt her relax, so I relaxed. She was very entertained by our cat and dog.

And she handed us both a white piece of paper and explained removing conditions on his green card!!!! We both signed a paper and she signed mine and said it was out copy and to expect the card in the mail in a few weeks.

She then joked about us going out to eat now after the interview

I have to admit when she got confused and we were tring to explain the last 3 years of our life to her, I did not feel confident one bit. I kept thinking, "omg omg she is going to say second interview"

But we made it.

Thank you to everyone for your support!!!!! I love these forums. I am not sure if I would of handled it without the support and stories from everyone else. I am still trying to wind down, I feel exhausted. It was tough...but we got it :) :dance:

And when we left a couple in the room asked if we won, and it was exicting to say "YES!!!!!"

Good luck to everyone and their upcoming interviews!!!!!!!

[Canadianmade 1]

We got approved!!!! :dance: :dance:

I do have to say it was more intense than we anticipated.

We started out with the oath. Then she asked for our IDs.

She asked my husband his name then asked me his birthday. She asked him my parents name (to me he sounded like a robot), asked me his parents name. Asked him my birthday and our address. She then asked him what rent was - and he was very off!!! I think that made him very nervous, and she asked me what rent was, and I said what it was and she asked if I was the one who paid rent and kinda giggled.

She then asked where we met and when we got married. She asked if we have kids which we dont. Asked if we had previous marriages and we both do. She then asked us both how long they lasted. Then asked why they both failed. Then she asked why we thought this one would last longer...and my husband answered very nervously that we have fun together. She asked what kind of fun, and he stuttered a bit and said we love cars, go to the movies, go out to eat...and she laughed again and said she loves going out to eat too.

She then asked more about when we met (back in 2005). And she got confused because we met in Vegas, I lived in CA, then he came to CA for job training and thats when we fell in love. We lived there and then moved to Tucson in 07...and I don't think she could wrap her head around it. She asked why Tucson, he said because of the weather. She asked how do you know about the weather here...he said because he has traveled here and such. At this point, so many questions we got VERY nervous.

Then she asked for joint bills and if I filed taxes yet. I handed her the copies of everything. She asked if he was on our lease, which he is not and explained we just got his SSN and they wouldn't add him before that.

She flipped through some paperwork...then asked to see our photo album. And that really seemed to entertain her, and us as well and helped with the nerves. We had pictures from the day we met until New Years of this year. So she got to see our whole lives together, our trips to Germany and Hawaii. And I felt her relax, so I relaxed. She was very entertained by our cat and dog.

And she handed us both a white piece of paper and explained removing conditions on his green card!!!! We both signed a paper and she signed mine and said it was out copy and to expect the card in the mail in a few weeks.

She then joked about us going out to eat now after the interview

I have to admit when she got confused and we were tring to explain the last 3 years of our life to her, I did not feel confident one bit. I kept thinking, "omg omg she is going to say second interview"

But we made it.

Thank you to everyone for your support!!!!! I love these forums. I am not sure if I would of handled it without the support and stories from everyone else. I am still trying to wind down, I feel exhausted. It was tough...but we got it :) :dance:

And when we left a couple in the room asked if we won, and it was exicting to say "YES!!!!!"

Good luck to everyone and their upcoming interviews!!!!!!!

CONGRADULATIONS Abranch on getting approved for your green card and you guys definately need to go and celebrate with some good food. Thank you for sharing your story and it does sound like you had a tough interviewer, but you came on top in the end.

[drl 0]

Congratulations jhunjhun and abranch, I will have my interview on next Tuesday (Feb.17), hope it will go smoothly.

[Petersons 0]

Congratulations Abranch!! And so nice of you to post the experience in detail. Will definitely help us who still have to go. Thanks a lot for it.

Well, I guess all the tusconians are clear!!

Good luck to you drl. Hope that you have a successful interview. Don't forget to let us know what happens.....

[dave&evan 0]

Congrats jhunjhun and abranch! wow, Tucson office is fast! For my case, I'm hoping if ever I'll get an interview (praying for no-interview actually ), hopefully it'll be by May or June. My husband is in Iraq right now, and he'll only be home for good on May and he can't come home unless it's an emergency, I can't imagine going for an interview alone, I don't even know if it's possible.

More approvals for November filers!

[sarah&rob 1]

Congrats to everyone who has had their interviews and come out successful!

I am hoping my husband's I-485 will be transferred to CSC soon, we haven't had anything since his biometrics touch in December.

It's hard waiting when you see soooo many people getting interviews and being approved. But at least he has his EAD now

[jhunjhun 7]

We got approved!!!! :dance: :dance:

I do have to say it was more intense than we anticipated.

We started out with the oath. Then she asked for our IDs.

She asked my husband his name then asked me his birthday. She asked him my parents name (to me he sounded like a robot), asked me his parents name. Asked him my birthday and our address. She then asked him what rent was - and he was very off!!! I think that made him very nervous, and she asked me what rent was, and I said what it was and she asked if I was the one who paid rent and kinda giggled.

She then asked where we met and when we got married. She asked if we have kids which we dont. Asked if we had previous marriages and we both do. She then asked us both how long they lasted. Then asked why they both failed. Then she asked why we thought this one would last longer...and my husband answered very nervously that we have fun together. She asked what kind of fun, and he stuttered a bit and said we love cars, go to the movies, go out to eat...and she laughed again and said she loves going out to eat too.

She then asked more about when we met (back in 2005). And she got confused because we met in Vegas, I lived in CA, then he came to CA for job training and thats when we fell in love. We lived there and then moved to Tucson in 07...and I don't think she could wrap her head around it. She asked why Tucson, he said because of the weather. She asked how do you know about the weather here...he said because he has traveled here and such. At this point, so many questions we got VERY nervous.

Then she asked for joint bills and if I filed taxes yet. I handed her the copies of everything. She asked if he was on our lease, which he is not and explained we just got his SSN and they wouldn't add him before that.

She flipped through some paperwork...then asked to see our photo album. And that really seemed to entertain her, and us as well and helped with the nerves. We had pictures from the day we met until New Years of this year. So she got to see our whole lives together, our trips to Germany and Hawaii. And I felt her relax, so I relaxed. She was very entertained by our cat and dog.

And she handed us both a white piece of paper and explained removing conditions on his green card!!!! We both signed a paper and she signed mine and said it was out copy and to expect the card in the mail in a few weeks.

She then joked about us going out to eat now after the interview

I have to admit when she got confused and we were tring to explain the last 3 years of our life to her, I did not feel confident one bit. I kept thinking, "omg omg she is going to say second interview"

But we made it.

Thank you to everyone for your support!!!!! I love these forums. I am not sure if I would of handled it without the support and stories from everyone else. I am still trying to wind down, I feel exhausted. It was tough...but we got it :) :dance:

And when we left a couple in the room asked if we won, and it was exicting to say "YES!!!!!"

Good luck to everyone and their upcoming interviews!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!! I'm very happy for you.....I was wondering, she didn't make us write our name or anything....do I need to worry? She handed out a whitte paper but it was for SSS and I told her that I already registered...I handed out a lot of documents and she just picked those randomly and I told her that " I'm sorry I just gave you a lot of them which they were from the same sources and she said you did good and I like what you did"...everything went good but she said that she can't approve us because my wife's income for 2007 was below the poverty line and she gave us a RFE about our 2008 income tax return...I told her that the only thing that we can do is to wait for my EAD card to arrive and apply for SSN. She told us that we can file our return electronically and once the return has been accepted by irs...we need to print out the copy and the confirmation email and she will approve us.

do you think it's better to take our tax return in person or tru mail? it's 20 minutes drive from where we live so it isn't that far.....

[Canadianmade 1]

We got approved!!!! :dance: :dance:

I do have to say it was more intense than we anticipated.

We started out with the oath. Then she asked for our IDs.

She asked my husband his name then asked me his birthday. She asked him my parents name (to me he sounded like a robot), asked me his parents name. Asked him my birthday and our address. She then asked him what rent was - and he was very off!!! I think that made him very nervous, and she asked me what rent was, and I said what it was and she asked if I was the one who paid rent and kinda giggled.

She then asked where we met and when we got married. She asked if we have kids which we dont. Asked if we had previous marriages and we both do. She then asked us both how long they lasted. Then asked why they both failed. Then she asked why we thought this one would last longer...and my husband answered very nervously that we have fun together. She asked what kind of fun, and he stuttered a bit and said we love cars, go to the movies, go out to eat...and she laughed again and said she loves going out to eat too.

She then asked more about when we met (back in 2005). And she got confused because we met in Vegas, I lived in CA, then he came to CA for job training and thats when we fell in love. We lived there and then moved to Tucson in 07...and I don't think she could wrap her head around it. She asked why Tucson, he said because of the weather. She asked how do you know about the weather here...he said because he has traveled here and such. At this point, so many questions we got VERY nervous.

Then she asked for joint bills and if I filed taxes yet. I handed her the copies of everything. She asked if he was on our lease, which he is not and explained we just got his SSN and they wouldn't add him before that.

She flipped through some paperwork...then asked to see our photo album. And that really seemed to entertain her, and us as well and helped with the nerves. We had pictures from the day we met until New Years of this year. So she got to see our whole lives together, our trips to Germany and Hawaii. And I felt her relax, so I relaxed. She was very entertained by our cat and dog.

And she handed us both a white piece of paper and explained removing conditions on his green card!!!! We both signed a paper and she signed mine and said it was out copy and to expect the card in the mail in a few weeks.

She then joked about us going out to eat now after the interview

I have to admit when she got confused and we were tring to explain the last 3 years of our life to her, I did not feel confident one bit. I kept thinking, "omg omg she is going to say second interview"

But we made it.

Thank you to everyone for your support!!!!! I love these forums. I am not sure if I would of handled it without the support and stories from everyone else. I am still trying to wind down, I feel exhausted. It was tough...but we got it :) :dance:

And when we left a couple in the room asked if we won, and it was exicting to say "YES!!!!!"

Good luck to everyone and their upcoming interviews!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!! I'm very happy for you.....I was wondering, she didn't make us write our name or anything....do I need to worry? She handed out a whitte paper but it was for SSS and I told her that I already registered...I handed out a lot of documents and she just picked those randomly and I told her that " I'm sorry I just gave you a lot of them which they were from the same sources and she said you did good and I like what you did"...everything went good but she said that she can't approve us because my wife's income for 2007 was below the poverty line and she gave us a RFE about our 2008 income tax return...I told her that the only thing that we can do is to wait for my EAD card to arrive and apply for SSN. She told us that we can file our return electronically and once the return has been accepted by irs...we need to print out the copy and the confirmation email and she will approve us.

do you think it's better to take our tax return in person or tru mail? it's 20 minutes drive from where we live so it isn't that far.....

Hey man, I think you should file your taxes ASAP, and express mail all of the required tax documents.

[jhunjhun 7]

I went to SSA office this morning and yes.....abranch it was a long wait and line up...I'm freezing but luckily it was nice outside this morning. I've waited outside for about 20 minutes and called around 9:15 am and I was out for 5 minutes...she didn't ask for my birth certificate...I only gave her my passport....i asked her if I can come back there some time to ask for print out of my number but I was told to wait for 2 more days! Monday is holiday so may be I'll go there this coming tuesday!