Our Interview Update

[dj1206 0]

Hello all,

We have since gotten J's 2-year conditional GC after a short interview in the Durham office. The interview went rather smoothly. He asked mainly for proof of continuing relationship or residency since we had everything else in our initial AOS packet. At the end of the interview, he took and kept J's work authorization card and her 2 AP documents. I didn't feel that was right, but maybe the GC covers both of those needs. Anyway, to the interview itself, he gave many examples of things he would like to see...utility bills, deeds, etc. We haven't had time or the money to get a lawyer to change our deed, so I explained that to him, and he seemed satisfied with that answer. I did manage to get a letter from the utility company indicating that J was on the account. Gave him a history of bank statements, as well, from our two joint bank accounts. The credit card account was recently changed, so we were unable to give him any statements for that. We did show them the debit and credit cards associated with our accounts, though. He asked about the medical exam she had in the Phils, and who the civil surgeon was. Since we used the popular Dr. Arnold, he seemed to not like that for some reason. He asked if we had been to Texas or had a doctor-patient relationship with her. We answered truthfully and told him that she was recommended, and she does it by mail. He asked if this is a paid service, and we answered yes. When asked how much, since we both had forgotten, we answered truthfully and said we didn't remember. He also seemed especially interested in how we met, when we first started communicating (I got nervous and gave the wrong year...but J quickly corrected me and I concurred), when we met in person in the Phils, and when all of my trips there were and for how many days. When did we get engaged? Gave the date. Was a ring presented? Yes. Were her parents consulted? Yes. He wrote down a lot of stuff during this portion, which kinda confused me, since this part of the visa process should have taken place before the I-129F was approved. At the end of the interview, he said he would be forwarding this up for approval, and he then asked J the questions about "Do you plan to be a terrorist," etc. Once this was done, we were done. No questions about the relationship itself other than do we plan on having children.

Cameras aren't allowed in the building, obviously, but oddly, we tried to take an exterior shot with J and the sign that was on the front of the building. We were probably 150 feet from the building. A security officer stormed out and yelled at us that no pictures of the building were allowed. He stood outside the building until we had pulled out of the parking lot. I mean, geez, it's just a building, nothing at all fancy about it. We wanted to capture at least a moment there near it for posterity. Oh well. Didn't happen.

Anyway, that was our interview experience. I still don't like them taking the work auth card and AP docs, even if we don't need them anymore. I do still have photocopies, though (even if they are worthless).

D

[Cacerez 19]

Congrats on your approval and thanks for the details!

[noel_jas 0]

congrats....i'm just wonderin, did he take the utility bills and other proofs? did you photocoy those proofs or just give him the original? thanks

[wizardfitz 13]

here in indiana you don't need a lawyer for the deed. its a few bucks at the courthouse for a qiuck claim deed

[KC♥MP 0]

Congratulations!!! . I'm glad to hear you passed the interview and the GC is on its way . My best regards to Jackie