My AOS Interview Experience

[Akiko 0]

My interview was scheduled at 12:30, so we got there about 12:00. There were a few people before us, many more after us. I wore black pants and a white blouse. Everyone else wore more casual clothes. Someone was even wearing sweatpants! I was surprised... maybe I overdressed a little? I guess all the interviewers were on their lunch break for I saw them walking past us and into their rooms as we were waiting. The wait wasn't too bad, we got in a little past 12:30.

We had a man for our interview. He walked us into his room and he took our oaths. Then he sat us down, asked for our passports and took out my large file which had everything inside of it.

He first asked us how long we were married which threw me off a little bit because it was out of the blue but I answered it confidently. He took out 2 sheets of paper which explained how we have to remove conditions 90 days before the 2 year green card expired, made sure we understood it and had us sign it. At this point, I was like "Is it over already...?" But no, it was just the beginning. He looked through the file for about 7 minutes and asked me the same questions that was on page 3 of form I-485, which was all answered "no". He asked my husband what he does for work and asked me what I did when I was in Japan, and a few other questions. Then he took out a sheet of paper which had numerous questions printed on it.

- How did we meet?

- When did we meet?

- When did we start dating?

- Common interests?

- When did we meet each others parents?

- When did we decide to get married?

- Whose idea was it?

- Why did we marry each other?

- Was it civil or religious?

- Guests?

- Did we have a reception?

Then he asked if we had any joint accounts. I took out documents of rent, bank, and insurance. He took those and checked it off on the paper. And that was pretty much it...

He didn't let us know we were approved. He just told us that if they approve it, we will receive the green card in about 2-4 weeks. If they needed anything else, they will send us a letter.

Overall, it went better than expected. He didn't ask to see any other papers or photos of us. He even cracked minor jokes. The questions were really simple and straightforward. We were done a little past 1. A lot faster than I had expected. I'm glad thats over...

Hopefully I receive that green card in the mail a couple weeks from now. All I can do now is wait...

Edited January 22, 2010 by Akiko

[Calypso 464]

Congratulations for getting done with the interview!

I hope great news shows up in the mailbox one of these days.

Hakuna matata.

God bless us constantly.

FAE

[Akiko 0]

Congratulations for getting done with the interview!

I hope great news shows up in the mailbox one of these days.

Hakuna matata.

God bless us constantly.

FAE

Thank you!

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Congrats! I see in your timeline that your card production was today, congrats again!!

[shellyalex 0]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[redglasses 1]

Congratulations!

[Akiko 0]

Thank you everyone!

Yeah, I just got an email earlier today that the card production was ordered.

[Tahoma 2,292]

Congratulations!

[edp333 9]

Congratulations!!

[costi 0]

My interview was scheduled at 12:30, so we got there about 12:00. There were a few people before us, many more after us. I wore black pants and a white blouse. Everyone else wore more casual clothes. Someone was even wearing sweatpants! I was surprised... maybe I overdressed a little? I guess all the interviewers were on their lunch break for I saw them walking past us and into their rooms as we were waiting. The wait wasn't too bad, we got in a little past 12:30.

We had a man for our interview. He walked us into his room and he took our oaths. Then he sat us down, asked for our passports and took out my large file which had everything inside of it.

He first asked us how long we were married which threw me off a little bit because it was out of the blue but I answered it confidently. He took out 2 sheets of paper which explained how we have to remove conditions 90 days before the 2 year green card expired, made sure we understood it and had us sign it. At this point, I was like "Is it over already...?" But no, it was just the beginning. He looked through the file for about 7 minutes and asked me the same questions that was on page 3 of form I-485, which was all answered "no". He asked my husband what he does for work and asked me what I did when I was in Japan, and a few other questions. Then he took out a sheet of paper which had numerous questions printed on it.

- How did we meet?

- When did we meet?

- When did we start dating?

- Common interests?

- When did we meet each others parents?

- When did we decide to get married?

- Whose idea was it?

- Why did we marry each other?

- Was it civil or religious?

- Guests?

- Did we have a reception?

Then he asked if we had any joint accounts. I took out documents of rent, bank, and insurance. He took those and checked it off on the paper. And that was pretty much it...

He didn't let us know we were approved. He just told us that if they approve it, we will receive the green card in about 2-4 weeks. If they needed anything else, they will send us a letter.

Overall, it went better than expected. He didn't ask to see any other papers or photos of us. He even cracked minor jokes. The questions were really simple and straightforward. We were done a little past 1. A lot faster than I had expected. I'm glad thats over...

Hopefully I receive that green card in the mail a couple weeks from now. All I can do now is wait...

Congratulations...I had the same nice experience with IO on AOS. About "overdressing" i think is a good idea and shows respect...Most of the IO appreciate that!I got approved on the 28th Jan 2010, Card production ordered the same day!

Best wishes, Costi

[Val Marty 1]

This might be a silly question but what exactly did you show to prove your joint bank accounts? Did you bring a bank statement or did you get the bank to send you something?

[Greg001 0]

Congratulations Akiko. I just saw your post today about your interview and receiving your card production notice.

Your interview went similar to ours. We had a woman IO. Funny about feeling overdressed. My wife and I dressed up more than the other couples waiting. After the interview, she asked the IO if there was a dress code. But in Hawaii, everyone is so casual.

We brought lots of documents with us, but were not asked for any. She asked if we had joint accounts, but didn't ask for any proof. We had copies of bank account statements and credit cards with both our names.

Greg