Please Advice

[Hy Vong 9]

My wife arrived on a K-1 Visa.

She is schedule for green card interview this month May 22nd.

On the interview appoint letter that USCIC sent to us. They said that I (husband) must come to the interview.

They also said my wife should bring a translator if she doesn't speak English well.

My question is. I will come to the interview with her but can I also be the translator for her since I don't know anyone around here that would come to the interview and help her translate.

Please advice

[huongkhin 9]

Where are you in CA?

[Hy Vong 9]

Where are you in CA?

Oakland, the interview will be in San Francisco

[quann 26]

yes you can. they asked my wife minimally when we said she can't speak english well. interviewer asked her a few questions like spell out our home address etc

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Green card interviews for K1's are usually pretty easy. If I recall, they asked for the passports, original marriage certificate, and original birth certificates. After that, there is a bullet list of questions on the I-485 that the immigration officer rattles off and wants a "no" answer from the immigrant on each one. My wife and step-kids didn't speak English well, and we brought my wife's niece - her sister's daughter - to translate. These questions were pretty much the only thing she needed to translate. After the questions the IO asked if I brought a letter of employment, which I provided. She also also asked if we brought any photos, and we passed her two photo albums - one with pics taken in Vietnam, and another with pics taken in the US. She spent at least five minutes browsing through the photo albums. She asked if I had anything else I wanted to give her, and I handed her a pile of bills, insurance EOB's, and other standard evidence stuff. She didn't even look at it, and just asked if she could keep it. I said yes, and she put it all in my wife's file, and then she signed the approval form and handed it to us.

We also interviewed in San Francisco. We're south of you in Hayward. Send me a PM if you need someone to translate. We could probably hook you up with someone. My wife has quite a few family members and friends in the area. I'd guess they'd do it if you bought lunch.

[Hy Vong 9]

Green card interviews for K1's are usually pretty easy. If I recall, they asked for the passports, original marriage certificate, and original birth certificates. After that, there is a bullet list of questions on the I-485 that the immigration officer rattles off and wants a "no" answer from the immigrant on each one. My wife and step-kids didn't speak English well, and we brought my wife's niece - her sister's daughter - to translate. These questions were pretty much the only thing she needed to translate. After the questions the IO asked if I brought a letter of employment, which I provided. She also also asked if we brought any photos, and we passed her two photo albums - one with pics taken in Vietnam, and another with pics taken in the US. She spent at least five minutes browsing through the photo albums. She asked if I had anything else I wanted to give her, and I handed her a pile of bills, insurance EOB's, and other standard evidence stuff. She didn't even look at it, and just asked if she could keep it. I said yes, and she put it all in my wife's file, and then she signed the approval form and handed it to us.

We also interviewed in San Francisco. We're south of you in Hayward. Send me a PM if you need someone to translate. We could probably hook you up with someone. My wife has quite a few family members and friends in the area. I'd guess they'd do it if you bought lunch.

Thank you so much JimVaPhuong, your response above really help alot. I will talk to my wife today about this and to see if she if we can find any friend to help with the translation and I will PM you to ask for someone that can help if we need one. And of course, we would provide more than just lunch, diner and entertainment to your friend as well if your friend can help.

Thanks