AOS interview- Tampa, Fl

[Aquarelka 1]

Hello guys!

usually i do not post much, i read more and sometimes ask questions. but today I am gonna post to thank all of your for your tips and experience. Thank you very much!

I had my interview today and was approved right there.

I want to share my experience, maybe it will be helpful for someone.

I came to the USA in August, 2005 on J1 visa. In 2006 I changed my status to F1 and have been an F 1 student all this time, never left the country. I have never been out of status and followed all the rules.

I met my husband online the first week I came to the USA, in person 2 months later and we have been together since then. He was a permanent resident then.

In 2008 we got married.

In March 2009 he applied for citizenship, in August 2009 he became a USC. I prepared my AOS package myself, no attorneys, just your generous advice and help, and sent it in the same day he got his naturalization certificate (August, 13). The checks were cashed on August, 17. Sorry, I do not know how to post my timeline , that is why I do not have it . I got my biometric interview letter in a couple of weeks and did a walk-in biometrics earlier. I got my interview appointment on September, 22nd for October 22nd. A week later I got both EAD and AP.

And today I had my interview.

We arrived early and had to wait there for more than an hour. Then a young lady (20-30 years old) called my name, invited my husband first to talk to him. I stayed in the waiting area. It seemed like she interviewed him for ever. As he told me later, she asked him all the questions like:

when, how and where we met, proposed, got married. Did he meet my parents? He didnt as I never went back to my home country. Where does he work where do I study, when do I graduate, where do I plan to work (I am a nursing student, she asked what kind of nurse I am gonna be. He answered that I am not sure). where did we live and where do we live now? What does she/he like to do? She never looked at the pictures, but asked him to show any evidences of bona fide marriage. We had the following:

-car insurance

-health insurance

-cell phone bill

-2 credit cards, latest bill, a bill from 6 months ago, 12 months ago, 2 years ago. Both our names there

-no joint checking because we do not have one.

-pictures

- old DLs for both of us from NJ where we lived 3 years ago to show the same address

-all my I-20s where my husband was a sponsor

-tax reports for 3 years where I was included as a dependent

-plane tickets from 2006 and 2009, the only one I had saved in my emails.

That is what my husband told me briefly after the interview.

Then, she invited me, asked those questions about drugs, law violations and so. Then she asked me where do study and if I like nursing, where do I graduate, what kind of nurse I am gonna be. I answered that I want to be an ICU nurse, but they do not take inexperienced nurses there right after graduation. So I will probably go to med-surge to get experience and try to get into ICU a year later or so. While asking me she was stamping my passport, and seemed like she asked those questions out of curiosity or just to fill the silence and was not interested in my answers. Then, she took my EAD and AP. She was cold, very formal, no emotions, no interest. Then, she gave me my passport and explained the rules of a temporary GC. After that we said bye and left.

That is it!

[marie09 5]

Hello guys!

usually i do not post much, i read more and sometimes ask questions. but today I am gonna post to thank all of your for your tips and experience. Thank you very much!

I had my interview today and was approved right there.

I want to share my experience, maybe it will be helpful for someone.

I came to the USA in August, 2005 on J1 visa. In 2006 I changed my status to F1 and have been an F 1 student all this time, never left the country. I have never been out of status and followed all the rules.

I met my husband online the first week I came to the USA, in person 2 months later and we have been together since then. He was a permanent resident then.

In 2008 we got married.

In March 2009 he applied for citizenship, in August 2009 he became a USC. I prepared my AOS package myself, no attorneys, just your generous advice and help, and sent it in the same day he got his naturalization certificate (August, 13). The checks were cashed on August, 17. Sorry, I do not know how to post my timeline , that is why I do not have it . I got my biometric interview letter in a couple of weeks and did a walk-in biometrics earlier. I got my interview appointment on September, 22nd for October 22nd. A week later I got both EAD and AP.

And today I had my interview.

We arrived early and had to wait there for more than an hour. Then a young lady (20-30 years old) called my name, invited my husband first to talk to him. I stayed in the waiting area. It seemed like she interviewed him for ever. As he told me later, she asked him all the questions like:

when, how and where we met, proposed, got married. Did he meet my parents? He didnt as I never went back to my home country. Where does he work where do I study, when do I graduate, where do I plan to work (I am a nursing student, she asked what kind of nurse I am gonna be. He answered that I am not sure). where did we live and where do we live now? What does she/he like to do? She never looked at the pictures, but asked him to show any evidences of bona fide marriage. We had the following:

-car insurance

-health insurance

-cell phone bill

-2 credit cards, latest bill, a bill from 6 months ago, 12 months ago, 2 years ago. Both our names there

-no joint checking because we do not have one.

-pictures

- old DLs for both of us from NJ where we lived 3 years ago to show the same address

-all my I-20s where my husband was a sponsor

-tax reports for 3 years where I was included as a dependent

-plane tickets from 2006 and 2009, the only one I had saved in my emails.

That is what my husband told me briefly after the interview.

Then, she invited me, asked those questions about drugs, law violations and so. Then she asked me where do study and if I like nursing, where do I graduate, what kind of nurse I am gonna be. I answered that I want to be an ICU nurse, but they do not take inexperienced nurses there right after graduation. So I will probably go to med-surge to get experience and try to get into ICU a year later or so. While asking me she was stamping my passport, and seemed like she asked those questions out of curiosity or just to fill the silence and was not interested in my answers. Then, she took my EAD and AP. She was cold, very formal, no emotions, no interest. Then, she gave me my passport and explained the rules of a temporary GC. After that we said bye and left.

That is it!

Congratulations!!!!!

Thanks so much for sharing... it's great for those of us going through the process or beginning to...

You got through the process fast - just over 2 months right!

Hope your GC arrives in the mail soon

[visacheck 3]

congratulations!

[cHiQy 1]

[Aquarelka 1]

Thanks guys!

[thinkingeye 0]

congratulations!

Need help please. My wife is here on a B1/B2 VISA for 10 yrs and now we are confused as what to do as they stamed her 3months on her I-94 and i'm planning her togot school here onF1 but some people are saying since she didnt disclose that she intended to be a student at the port of entry, they wont accept the COS, please any advice will be great and helpful

[shellyalex 0]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're experience will certainly be helpful for when our interview comes up.

[Inna 0]

Congratulatios!!!

[furiousng 2]

Congrats!!!!

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

That's awesome, congrats!!!

[thinkingeye 0]

congratulations!

Thanks for sharing your input and dates, i'm just curious is ur spouse a citizen or LPR? In my case i'm a LPR and my wife is here on B1/B2 10 yr visa what options do we have if any or what route should we follow?

Thanks

[LiLMermaid 2]

note to self ...don't do a search and then answer something without looking at dates. Doh!

Edited July 20, 2010 by LiLMermaid