Approved Today in Irving, TX

[dash-tx 1]

Hello all VJers!

Just wanted to share my interview experience with you! I'm so glad so many people shared their experience that helped me a lot!

Our appointment was at 9:30pm at the Irving, TX office. We arrived with our lawyer at 9:20am and the office was full.

We got one of the "restaurant" buzzers and sat down to wait. About 20min later someone called my name.

The officer was a white male on his mid thirties. He sworn us in and asked us to sit.

He calmly explained all that he was going to do:

Part 1 - go through the application

Part 2 - talk about the relationship

Asked if we had any question, we said no and he started stating the information on the application as I confirmed it was correct. (full name, address, country and place of birth, parents names, wife's name etc)

He only went through the first few pages and jumped to the Affidavit of Support. Confirmed a bit of information and then said all looked good.

He looked at the evidence we had initially submitted: bills, affidavits from friends, pictures, etc.

He seemed to be measuring us every time he looked at us. He did that briefly and commented that we had sent many pictures and read the affidavits from friends for about 15 seconds.

He then said that all looked good and that I was approved. He checked to make sure I had passed the Security Background check and explained removal of conditions and told me to expect the card in 2 to 3 weeks.

That wasn't one single question asked about relationship or anything else. He only confirmed the information on the application.

I believed this was accomplished by the great work of my lawyer, who put a very detailed package together with all the evidence we could gather.

I was really tense about the whole process and had no idea it was going to be this easy. Thank God for that.

Just some facts for you guys still going through your process:

I'm the immigrant (male).

My wife is USC. She is 10 years older than me and we both had been married before.

We didn't have any pictures with her family, but had lots of pictures with friends and with my brother.

We are very happy and are now going to plan a trip overseas together!

Good luck to everyone waiting on your interview!

dash-tx

[Tuchy 0]

Great, congratulation!!! May I ask what papers you had with you at interview? Did you had originals and copy too? Did he kept any paper from you?

Edited May 5, 2009 by Tuchy

[Septembergold 0]

Congratulations !!!! and thanks for sharing!

[It's me 1]

[miyaki 0]

Congratulations!!

[tallcoolone 102]

Cool

Is that a brand new building USCIS is in?

[kcoyclay1 98]

Congrats on your approval :dance: easy and sweet.

Edited May 6, 2009 by kcoyclay1

[furiousng 2]

Hello all VJers!

Just wanted to share my interview experience with you! I'm so glad so many people shared their experience that helped me a lot!

Our appointment was at 9:30pm at the Irving, TX office. We arrived with our lawyer at 9:20am and the office was full.

We got one of the "restaurant" buzzers and sat down to wait. About 20min later someone called my name.

The officer was a white male on his mid thirties. He sworn us in and asked us to sit.

He calmly explained all that he was going to do:

Part 1 - go through the application

Part 2 - talk about the relationship

Asked if we had any question, we said no and he started stating the information on the application as I confirmed it was correct. (full name, address, country and place of birth, parents names, wife's name etc)

He only went through the first few pages and jumped to the Affidavit of Support. Confirmed a bit of information and then said all looked good.

He looked at the evidence we had initially submitted: bills, affidavits from friends, pictures, etc.

He seemed to be measuring us every time he looked at us. He did that briefly and commented that we had sent many pictures and read the affidavits from friends for about 15 seconds.

He then said that all looked good and that I was approved. He checked to make sure I had passed the Security Background check and explained removal of conditions and told me to expect the card in 2 to 3 weeks.

That wasn't one single question asked about relationship or anything else. He only confirmed the information on the application.

I believed this was accomplished by the great work of my lawyer, who put a very detailed package together with all the evidence we could gather.

I was really tense about the whole process and had no idea it was going to be this easy. Thank God for that.

Just some facts for you guys still going through your process:

I'm the immigrant (male).

My wife is USC. She is 10 years older than me and we both had been married before.

We didn't have any pictures with her family, but had lots of pictures with friends and with my brother.

We are very happy and are now going to plan a trip overseas together!

Good luck to everyone waiting on your interview!

dash-tx

Way to go! :dance:

[dash-tx 1]

Great, congratulation!!! May I ask what papers you had with you at interview? Did you had originals and copy too? Did he kept any paper from you?

Car title, car insurance, renters insurance, bank statments, utility bills, cable bills, netflix, cancelled rent payment checks - all of these documents had both of our names on them.

I brought all originals for what I had submitted with the application.

He didn't ask to see any originals - he didn't even look at my passport, only glanced at Drivers License. ( I had sent copies of all of these with the application.)

He also didn't keep anything I brought - just used what he already had.

dash-tx

Cool

Is that a brand new building USCIS is in?

yes, it just opened in January. It looks real nice on the inside - looks like an airport lobby.

Cool

Is that a brand new building USCIS is in?

Yes, it just opened in January. It looks really nice - like an airport lobby.

[Shelly&Jay 0]

Congrats! I hope you have a long and happy life together

[ThaiStyleUSA 1]

Congrats and best wishes!

[rickynlucy 0]

Congrats!!!

[bantam 0]

Heh, we started planning a relaxing vacation as soon as I was approved too! Congratulations!

[furiousng 2]

Hello all VJers!

Just wanted to share my interview experience with you! I'm so glad so many people shared their experience that helped me a lot!

Our appointment was at 9:30pm at the Irving, TX office. We arrived with our lawyer at 9:20am and the office was full.

We got one of the "restaurant" buzzers and sat down to wait. About 20min later someone called my name.

The officer was a white male on his mid thirties. He sworn us in and asked us to sit.

He calmly explained all that he was going to do:

Part 1 - go through the application

Part 2 - talk about the relationship

Asked if we had any question, we said no and he started stating the information on the application as I confirmed it was correct. (full name, address, country and place of birth, parents names, wife's name etc)

He only went through the first few pages and jumped to the Affidavit of Support. Confirmed a bit of information and then said all looked good.

He looked at the evidence we had initially submitted: bills, affidavits from friends, pictures, etc.

He seemed to be measuring us every time he looked at us. He did that briefly and commented that we had sent many pictures and read the affidavits from friends for about 15 seconds.

He then said that all looked good and that I was approved. He checked to make sure I had passed the Security Background check and explained removal of conditions and told me to expect the card in 2 to 3 weeks.

That wasn't one single question asked about relationship or anything else. He only confirmed the information on the application.

I believed this was accomplished by the great work of my lawyer, who put a very detailed package together with all the evidence we could gather.

I was really tense about the whole process and had no idea it was going to be this easy. Thank God for that.

Just some facts for you guys still going through your process:

I'm the immigrant (male).

My wife is USC. She is 10 years older than me and we both had been married before.

We didn't have any pictures with her family, but had lots of pictures with friends and with my brother.

We are very happy and are now going to plan a trip overseas together!

Good luck to everyone waiting on your interview!

dash-tx

Way to go! :dance:

Wonder what year I am going to get an interview letter. Its depressing

[Kar98 0]

That wasn't one single question asked about relationship or anything else. He only confirmed the information on the application.

I believed this was accomplished by the great work of my lawyer, who put a very detailed package together with all the evidence we could gather.

Sounds like you had the same guy we had Apr 17. Only one half question "About your 2008 W2s, wh...oh, never mind, got them." We did it without a lawyer, just with the help from various boards, and our experience at the interview was pretty much identical.