2nd Interview Q&A Scheduled

[TheMeghan 0]

Okay now I have a new issue. My husband and I received a new letter this Saturday telling us that we need to have a Q&A/2nd Interview in 2 weeks. I think it’s a good thing in the way that any mistakes we felt we made we can try and fix plus it is not a denial. But for a second interview to be asked for it means that they are unsure and thinking about denying us. Any opinions or advice for those of us who are afraid of losing what they want the most.

[Luckygoat 2]

can u give details from the first interview. do you guys live together? just make sure u know every detail of your marriage process, each others family, and your home.

Edited March 2, 2010 by Luckygoat

[TheMeghan 0]

can u give details from the first interview. do you guys live together? just make sure u know every detail of your marriage process, each others family, and your home.

I wrote up our first interview in January for a question back then so I will paste it below.

But we live together and have since Last January. We met in July of 2007 so we have known each other a long time. I even went to India before we married to meet his family. I think we werent affectionate enough. We are both not PDA people and we were told not to be by our lawyer. So I always thought we were way too professional and maybe it came off as distant.

This is what I wrote about my first interview in January...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...0&hl=meghan

""""Well my husband and I had his AOS interview in the Fairfax, VA office today and it was irritating. After an hour and half wait we were brought into an office where we were asked a minimal of questions. She got all of my husbands info and he was fine with his simple name address marital status, are you here for ill intent, ever been arrested questions. Then when asked my name I gave my maiden name. (I have less than a year of saying it and I was nervous) so I started off stupid. Then when asked how we met I told her the story. She just kept writing and writing with her evil red pen and gave us back some of the back-up we submitted that she decided she didn’t need and she just kept writing. My lawyer suggested that we mention I spent a month in India and I showed her the pics to prove it. She said that my pics could have been taken anywhere (now the next time I take a vacation I will think twice over my background).

She handed me back my tax forms and asked me for the W-2’s I did not bring my W-2’s because I had submitted my tax forms. She then printed out the EVIL Form: I-130 request for evidence. With the need for W-2’s checked and initially she had the box checked stating establish the bona-fide relationship for which I started to panic and bring up that my phone bills showed while he was in India last year we had spoken on the phone several times a day. She looked at the bills and asked him for his India phone numbers and she took the phone bills and said she would go over them and verify that the numbers matched the bill. So she reprinted the form and that line was not checked just the W-2 box but she told us that we should still provide any proof we can come up with for our relationship. She was very intimidating in this request. The w-2’s I easily have and found within 10 minutes after coming home but the proof of our relationship is freaking me out. I have been the only one working for the past year and we live in Northern VA/DC area not a cheap location so we kept it minimal this year. We barely went anywhere and when we went to the movies we threw away the ticket stubs. When we traveled to meet my family in Ohio we went by car you can’t prove joint travel when you go by car. We honestly had the most boring year of my life but we were newly married and didn’t mind staying home. """""

[smiley1 3]

You should read all about Stokes which is what you will have. Also I posted my experience last night since I has something similar but it was at the first interview.Here is what I wrote:

After we gave all the original documents requested by the IO and after asking some basic questions like date of marriage and simple questions that you should know he escorted my husband outside (he is the petitioner ) and then he started asking me questions about myself since my first day here and from my previous visit to America basically covering everything and he kept wtriting everything I was answering on an half of the page(he split the pahe in half) and sometimes he used to write some question marks next to some of my answers. After more than a half an hour (it seemed really long for me and longer for my husband ) he escorted me outside and and took my husband in and asked him the questions that he marked to check if they matched. Once he realised that the answered matched he got really angry and threatened my husband and reminded him about the penalties an offered

him to drop the petition for me which was ridiculous since our marriage is for real. He just said that he cannot approve our petition and my husband left saying that we'll go further and we'll take our chances (of course we didn't have a lawyer because what he did was illegal and I think we should have reported him).The funny thing is that he called our cell maybe 2 hours after the interview and told us that he wanted to approve our case but I needed something to prove that I don't need a waiver for a J1 visa that I had before my last visa and we tried to find something saying that I was not subject to 2 years HRR but unfortunately what we gave wasnt't enough ( he asked us to go back to the officeand give him the documents) and in the end my

I-485 was denied but the I-130 was approved and we had to apply again for the I-485.

I was actually expecting to be questioned and we prepared for anything even though my husband used to say that everything will be fine since our marriage is for real. So my advice would be to be prepared for anything especially if you have been married before or if you have something that may be viewed as a red flag.

Good luck and hopefully this will help someone!

[trillium13 84]

Be prepared for a Stokes Interview.

If your marriage is truly genuine then you should really have no trouble with answering the questions. Just try to relax as much as you can, and answer the questions truthfully. If you don't know, then say so. You're better off to do that than to give two different answers. Just be honest and you should be just fine.

Do you have more in the way of bona fide marriage evidence this time?

Edited March 3, 2010 by trillium13

[mari joe 1]

I wrote up our first interview in January for a question back then so I will paste it below.

But we live together and have since Last January. We met in July of 2007 so we have known each other a long time. I even went to India before we married to meet his family. I think we werent affectionate enough. We are both not PDA people and we were told not to be by our lawyer. So I always thought we were way too professional and maybe it came off as distant.

This is what I wrote about my first interview in January...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...0&hl=meghan

""""Well my husband and I had his AOS interview in the Fairfax, VA office today and it was irritating. After an hour and half wait we were brought into an office where we were asked a minimal of questions. She got all of my husbands info and he was fine with his simple name address marital status, are you here for ill intent, ever been arrested questions. Then when asked my name I gave my maiden name. (I have less than a year of saying it and I was nervous) so I started off stupid. Then when asked how we met I told her the story. She just kept writing and writing with her evil red pen and gave us back some of the back-up we submitted that she decided she didn’t need and she just kept writing. My lawyer suggested that we mention I spent a month in India and I showed her the pics to prove it. She said that my pics could have been taken anywhere (now the next time I take a vacation I will think twice over my background).

She handed me back my tax forms and asked me for the W-2’s I did not bring my W-2’s because I had submitted my tax forms. She then printed out the EVIL Form: I-130 request for evidence. With the need for W-2’s checked and initially she had the box checked stating establish the bona-fide relationship for which I started to panic and bring up that my phone bills showed while he was in India last year we had spoken on the phone several times a day. She looked at the bills and asked him for his India phone numbers and she took the phone bills and said she would go over them and verify that the numbers matched the bill. So she reprinted the form and that line was not checked just the W-2 box but she told us that we should still provide any proof we can come up with for our relationship. She was very intimidating in this request. The w-2’s I easily have and found within 10 minutes after coming home but the proof of our relationship is freaking me out. I have been the only one working for the past year and we live in Northern VA/DC area not a cheap location so we kept it minimal this year. We barely went anywhere and when we went to the movies we threw away the ticket stubs. When we traveled to meet my family in Ohio we went by car you can’t prove joint travel when you go by car. We honestly had the most boring year of my life but we were newly married and didn’t mind staying home. """""

I don't think it is common in India for PDAs, so dont worry that. You should have pictures with the inlaws though. Your passport and airline tickets will prove you went there for a month. Im sure you showed them your official marriage cert. Right? Joint bank, credit card accounts and bills will also help. Start taking plenty of pictures together and with family. Bring the W-2s. Sometimes affidavids from family and friends will help. Can you explain why your first year of marriage was the most boring year of your life? Maybe that reflected in your interview. Joe