interview at garden city August 1st suggestions and comments please

[nycfromaust 0]

Hi all well i finally got my parole .. i got it in MAY end of may that is .. and we got our interview date in August ... i got my SSN about 2 months ago. OK so what do we need for our interview .. i mean we only have one joint account which we hardly use . Its really my account .. but i can get print outs of all the transactions that we have made.

We didnt have a big wedding it was me him and my witness we didnt take any photos either .. because we are planning something huge in october ..

I do have photos from Australia with my husband with my family , aunty etc, im planning to make a huge album of all the people i have met

and do have photos of my dad with his parents ... and when my dad came to NY to visit him .

I havent been working im looking for work now because i really havent had my employment card all that long .. so now im looking for work ..

Our mini honeymoon was in miami and i do have pictures of that too ... I met him in the usa while i came over here for a holiday with my friends ended up staying here then getting married 3 months later ( i have a lawyer and she said that she is able to come to the interview with us if we feel that we need her, i mean thats the only bad feeling i have in getting married so quickly) but i have evidence that i live in his house with his parents etc

im a bit nervous .. but any suggestions or coomments would be great.. oh our interview in garden city in NY

[Golf nuts 0]

I was interviewed in Garden City on Jun 12. Since we were sitting waiting for like over 2 hours, I saw quite a few couples going in and coming out. My impression was that 80% of the couples went in came out happy. 10% I can't tell; the other 10% visually disappointed.

As for the interview, I guess my case is a bit different so I don't know if it will help you. I met my USC wife outside of US while we were both working overseas. We got married in May 2000 outside of US. I was transferred by my firm to NY head office in July 2004 on L-1 visa. I didn't submit the applications until Dec 2005; 5 years after our marriage and 1.5 years after we were in U.S. The timeline itself already proof that our marriage is genuine so during the interview the officer didn't question about our marriage and didn't even ask to look at any of our photos or any joint account statements.

He did ask us why we wait for 1.5 year after I was transferred before applying and I told him that we haven't make up our mind whether we want to be in the States or Canada (my home country).

The officer did however look very closely to the affidivat of support. My wife is a stay home mom and I'm the one who works. There are two problems here.... first of all, I'm the immigrant myself so I'm kind of sponsoring myself in terms of income. Secondly, I only have 2004 and 2005 income tax return. The officer did question that. Luckily he is a reasonable guy. He look at the employment letter and see that I've been working for the same firm for the past 10 years (although in like 4 differnt countries) and he look at my bank statement and pay slip and decide that's good enough. Frankly he can play by the rule and reject the application if he like even though my income is like ten times more than the poverty line and the fact that we just purchased our own home a couple of months ago.

I don't have much advice to you as of what to bring to proof your marriage since he didn't ask for any. But make sure if you have any doubt about the income stuff, be prepared and get a co-sponsor.

Good luck with your interview. I'm sure if your marriage is based on love, you will be fine. I believe that these guys are trained to tell the difference.

Good luck with your interview!