Worried about Interview

[KPC 0]

thanks zola! that's very nice of you. i will keep you updated about how it went for me. currently i'm organizing my things, making copies, and translating my german documents into english. i'm really nervous, though. good luck to you too!

Good luck, again, Clolita! Chris and I look forward to hearing all about your experience on Tuesday so we know what to expect on Wednesday! You're going to do great!

[Zola 0]

Dear Cloita,

Hope everything went well. lookingforward hearing from you!

Hello Colita,

I have seen that we have alsmot the same situation. Are you ready to go by now! would please update me on your preparation.

I have this documents for myself.

lease

bank account

internet receipt

photo

postcards

do you think this ok!

talk to you soon!

hey zola,

your list looks fine too me! you even have a lease, which we don't have. I don't know when your interview is, but if there is enough time, you might try to get a credit card with you as an authorized user. that's what we did. it would add another thing that connects you to your wife financially.

i'm very nervous myself, my interview is coming up on march 10.

my list looks like this:

- joint bank account

- credit card

- family cellphone plan

- medical bills my husband paid for me

- cards, letters addressed to both of us

- about 40 photos of us and family members

keep me updated, and good luck!

[clolita 0]

hey zola, how are you? below, i will post my interview experience. hope you are doing well!

our appt was at 1:45 pm, we got there around 1:15. went through (unfriendly) security and then with lots of people upstairs to the 8th floor. the waiting room was already quite full. we went to the window, gave our interview letter to a friendly lady, and where told to be patient and wait. lunchtime for the officers! great. as time went by, more and more couples arrived, i'd say there were about 50 in the end, of which about 80 % had lawyers. this made me even more nervous. anyways, after almost 2 hours we were finally called in.

our officer was a man. he led us to his small office. he swore us in. at first, he seemed very friendly and relaxed and made jokes with my husband about fake passports. i thought, ok, he is nice and won't give us too much trouble. but as soon as he started the "real" interview, his behavior did change. he started with asking my husband basic information like address, name, DOB. then he made me repeat our address and my biometric information. then he asked me about how we met (online, i tried to explain the concept of last.fm and livejournal). i stressed how fast me and my husband started to write very long letters and how much time we spent together, on skype and AIM. he asked me about when we first saw each other, when my husband first came, how long he stayed. then he wanted to know how often i came ot the us, and i said this was my first time, and then we got married (i'm VWP). he asked me about my status when i came, and i said i was a visitor. this confused him.. i explained that germany is part of the VWP and that i don't need a "real" visa, like a B2. he nodded, took my I-94 out of my passport and handwrote that i had an AOS interview, today's date, code CR-6, and that my status is pending. i thought.. great.

then the interview suddenly changed to something that reminded me of a stoke's interview. he told my husband not to speak, and that he wanted answers strictly from me. he made me repeat our address and asked "what kind of streets surround your street? what are the street names?" i started to panic a little, as our street is very long and only some small, minor streets are nearby which i don't know the name of. i only knew the street directly in front of our house, as we walk there a lot. so i said that. he wrote my answer down on a sticky note. then he asked "is there a bus stop nearby?" i said, no, not in front of the house. i was very, very insecure. i didn't know, because i never took the bus. the next question was "so, what's the train station nearby called?" this, i knew. i told him the name, but he wasn't satisfied. he wanted to know why the name isn't the same like our town's name. i said that i didn't know. he wrote my answer on the sticky note.

at this point, i was getting really nervous and scared. he asked my sisters in law's names, which of course i knew. next he wanted to see some bills with our names. i explained that we live in a house with mu husband and his parents, so we don't have a lease or any utility bills. i offered him medical bills which my husband paid for me. he took them and started to ask my husband questions about my medical condition, my doctor's name, etc. he turned back to me and asked if i have a job, i said no, not yet. he made a weird face and asked why not? i said, because i just got my EAD at the end of january and i wasn't able to find a part-time job yet, and that i plan on going back to college in fall. he asked my husband what kind of school i had attended in germany, my husband luckily knew the answer to that.

we gave him our family cellphone plan with our name on it and he seemed please with the bill that showed how often we called each other. he then asked for pictures. we gave him our album. he skipped through, without really looking at it. he didn't seem satisfied. he wanted a specific photo, a photo of me and my husband "being together in our house, looking comfortable." quite frankly, we didn't have a picture like that. we had plenty of photos of us doing things, like zoos, going on walks, many with out family, etc, but he wasn't interested in that at all. this really upset me. so we gave him a wedding picture with family and one of hubby and me in a restaurant. then he leaned forward and wanted to know whether i wear a wedding ring. i showed him. he was very displeased that i wore my wedding ring on my left middle finger, not my ring finger. he kept asking why, with this weird face. i said, because i like it! i like wearing rings on my middle finger. and its too loose on my ring finger. he acted very suspicious, like me and mu husband committed a crime just because we didn't wear our rings on the finger that is "social norm" i felt like crying at this point.

in any case, it felt like he wanted to finish up with us, and before he could i offered him our bank account, which he never asked before. he said, oh, okay, sure. so i gave him that, and also copies of 3 greeting cards addressed to both of us.

he thanked us and gave us a form, tellling us that we would hear from them within 60 days. my husband asked if everything was okay. the interviewer sort of nodded and said yeah, i guess it's okay. you'll get the final decision soon.

then we left. and now i really have a bad feeling. he was such a weird, slow, person. i can't believe how he kept picking at such little details, like our wedding ring, or why we don't have any utility bills. we are both just 21, mind you, and we are trying our best. my husband is still a full-time student with a part time job. he didn't take our age into consideration at all.

[Zola 0]

well, im basically in the same boat. my hubby is a student and works only part time. that means, we still live at his parents house (we're both around 21). i understand how you feel, because i feel the same. what we have is a joint bank account, a family cellphone plan with our names on it, and a joint credit card account (he got a student credit card a few days ago, and we just called up and put me on his account, they will send me my own card soon.) like you, we have greeting cards and letters addresses to both of us, and photos.

what i'm trying to tell myself is.. that the immigration offices will certainly see that we are both still very young, and they can't expect us to have our own house, car, life and health insurance by the age of 21. they want to see that your marriage is true. make your best effort and try to get things that are reasonable.. like a bank account, a credit card, small things like that. we are having my hubbys best friend write a letter that says that he knows us, has been to places with us, and that he knows that we have a true marriage based on love.

try not to freak out - although i know it's hard, because i freak out almost every day myself. so i'm always open for advice too.

Hello Colita,

I have seen that we have alsmot the same situation. Are you ready to go by now! would please update me on your preparation.

I have this documents for myself.

lease

bank account

internet receipt

photo

postcards

do you think this ok!

talk to you soon!

[Zola 0]

I am sorry Cloita. you had a bad experience in the interview. But I heard there are some officers who act bad and approve the petion. I wish you all the best. And thanks you very much for sharing your experience. I am sorry you face a rude officer. I am also very afraid. i know they do that. Thaks anyways and God be with yu. Update me on more information.

Yours,

Zola

hey zola, how are you? below, i will post my interview experience. hope you are doing well!

our appt was at 1:45 pm, we got there around 1:15. went through (unfriendly) security and then with lots of people upstairs to the 8th floor. the waiting room was already quite full. we went to the window, gave our interview letter to a friendly lady, and where told to be patient and wait. lunchtime for the officers! great. as time went by, more and more couples arrived, i'd say there were about 50 in the end, of which about 80 % had lawyers. this made me even more nervous. anyways, after almost 2 hours we were finally called in.

our officer was a man. he led us to his small office. he swore us in. at first, he seemed very friendly and relaxed and made jokes with my husband about fake passports. i thought, ok, he is nice and won't give us too much trouble. but as soon as he started the "real" interview, his behavior did change. he started with asking my husband basic information like address, name, DOB. then he made me repeat our address and my biometric information. then he asked me about how we met (online, i tried to explain the concept of last.fm and livejournal). i stressed how fast me and my husband started to write very long letters and how much time we spent together, on skype and AIM. he asked me about when we first saw each other, when my husband first came, how long he stayed. then he wanted to know how often i came ot the us, and i said this was my first time, and then we got married (i'm VWP). he asked me about my status when i came, and i said i was a visitor. this confused him.. i explained that germany is part of the VWP and that i don't need a "real" visa, like a B2. he nodded, took my I-94 out of my passport and handwrote that i had an AOS interview, today's date, code CR-6, and that my status is pending. i thought.. great.

then the interview suddenly changed to something that reminded me of a stoke's interview. he told my husband not to speak, and that he wanted answers strictly from me. he made me repeat our address and asked "what kind of streets surround your street? what are the street names?" i started to panic a little, as our street is very long and only some small, minor streets are nearby which i don't know the name of. i only knew the street directly in front of our house, as we walk there a lot. so i said that. he wrote my answer down on a sticky note. then he asked "is there a bus stop nearby?" i said, no, not in front of the house. i was very, very insecure. i didn't know, because i never took the bus. the next question was "so, what's the train station nearby called?" this, i knew. i told him the name, but he wasn't satisfied. he wanted to know why the name isn't the same like our town's name. i said that i didn't know. he wrote my answer on the sticky note.

at this point, i was getting really nervous and scared. he asked my sisters in law's names, which of course i knew. next he wanted to see some bills with our names. i explained that we live in a house with mu husband and his parents, so we don't have a lease or any utility bills. i offered him medical bills which my husband paid for me. he took them and started to ask my husband questions about my medical condition, my doctor's name, etc. he turned back to me and asked if i have a job, i said no, not yet. he made a weird face and asked why not? i said, because i just got my EAD at the end of january and i wasn't able to find a part-time job yet, and that i plan on going back to college in fall. he asked my husband what kind of school i had attended in germany, my husband luckily knew the answer to that.

we gave him our family cellphone plan with our name on it and he seemed please with the bill that showed how often we called each other. he then asked for pictures. we gave him our album. he skipped through, without really looking at it. he didn't seem satisfied. he wanted a specific photo, a photo of me and my husband "being together in our house, looking comfortable." quite frankly, we didn't have a picture like that. we had plenty of photos of us doing things, like zoos, going on walks, many with out family, etc, but he wasn't interested in that at all. this really upset me. so we gave him a wedding picture with family and one of hubby and me in a restaurant. then he leaned forward and wanted to know whether i wear a wedding ring. i showed him. he was very displeased that i wore my wedding ring on my left middle finger, not my ring finger. he kept asking why, with this weird face. i said, because i like it! i like wearing rings on my middle finger. and its too loose on my ring finger. he acted very suspicious, like me and mu husband committed a crime just because we didn't wear our rings on the finger that is "social norm" i felt like crying at this point.

in any case, it felt like he wanted to finish up with us, and before he could i offered him our bank account, which he never asked before. he said, oh, okay, sure. so i gave him that, and also copies of 3 greeting cards addressed to both of us.

he thanked us and gave us a form, tellling us that we would hear from them within 60 days. my husband asked if everything was okay. the interviewer sort of nodded and said yeah, i guess it's okay. you'll get the final decision soon.

then we left. and now i really have a bad feeling. he was such a weird, slow, person. i can't believe how he kept picking at such little details, like our wedding ring, or why we don't have any utility bills. we are both just 21, mind you, and we are trying our best. my husband is still a full-time student with a part time job. he didn't take our age into consideration at all.

[Zola 0]

Dear Kpc,

I hope your interview ent well. i was following some of your threads. Please share me your interview experience. thanks in Advance!!

thanks zola! that's very nice of you. i will keep you updated about how it went for me. currently i'm organizing my things, making copies, and translating my german documents into english. i'm really nervous, though. good luck to you too!

Good luck, again, Clolita! Chris and I look forward to hearing all about your experience on Tuesday so we know what to expect on Wednesday! You're going to do great!