G-56

[SMR 368]

I posted this in the AOS forum but I haven't gotten much of a response and I thought maybe some of the RUB people might know since you seem pretty knowledgeable.

Our I-485 interview is scheduled for October 14, 2009 10:15 AM at the Buffalo, NY office. This is a standard I-797 notice. We received the notice about a week ago. The notice date is September 10th.

Today, we received a form directly from the Buffalo office in the mail. It is dated September 17th. It is labeled Form G-56 and informs us to appear for an interview on October 13th at 11:15 at the Buffalo office. It has a list of things to bring to the interview. Some of them are checked and some of them aren't (I assume it's a standard form and they just check the applicable boxes). It says we should bring: Passport and I-94 of foreign spouse, Copies of yours and your spouse's Federal Income Tax Returns for the following years 2008, Evidence of common residence and shared life (including photos), your spouse (it's addressed to my wife, the foreign spouse). The rest of the letter simply states about bringing a translator and to send it back with an explanation if we can't make it.

Is this a second interview? a replacement? Is this similar to an RFE and they want to have a preliminary interview? Anyone had this before?

[slim 1,525]

They probably just sent two forms by mistake. There's no reason you should have two interviews. Call 'em and clear it up.