Filed Yesterday at Embassy

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So my husband went along to the Johannesburg USCIS field office at the South African embassy to submit his petition yesterday and our long wait began. Fortunately he lives here, so we will go through the wait together.

Interestingly, the official that received his submission gave him a mini on the spot interview - questions about how we met, when we got engaged, where we got married, why we got married in the US and not here, how many times we saw each/visited other before we got married (as he leafed through his and my passport) what he does for a living, what I do for a living, how long he has lived here, why he lives, why he now wants to go back to the US etc. I should think that after that grilling, they can may as well skip my interview altogether as I think they have all the information they need!

The official also handed back a few pieces of evidence that we had included as part of our packet. I had pulled the supporting documents together for submission as guided by VJ, and I guess the he felt that he had more than enough evidence and retained what he needed.

All in all, thank you VJ for the extremely useful tips and discussions found on this fantastic website.

Anyway good luck to us all April people! God Bless us all.

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So my husband went along to the Johannesburg USCIS field office at the South African embassy to submit his petition yesterday and our long wait began. Fortunately he lives here, so we will go through the wait together.

Interestingly, the official that received his submission gave him a mini on the spot interview - questions about how we met, when we got engaged, where we got married, why we got married in the US and not here, how many times we saw each/visited other before we got married (as he leafed through his and my passport) what he does for a living, what I do for a living, how long he has lived here, why he lives, why he now wants to go back to the US etc. I should think that after that grilling, they can may as well skip my interview altogether as I think they have all the information they need!

The official also handed back a few pieces of evidence that we had included as part of our packet. I had pulled the supporting documents together for submission as guided by VJ, and I guess the he felt that he had more than enough evidence and retained what he needed.

All in all, thank you VJ for the extremely useful tips and discussions found on this fantastic website.

Anyway good luck to us all April people! God Bless us all.

It sounds very much like the official was really on your side once he realized to his own satisfaction that you were OK, and was looking out for you. I think things will go well.