ROC Interview Gone Wrong/

[Myopia 93]

Hey All.

Im bringing this to you as you are the best board as relates to these kinds of issues.

A bit of background.

My friend married a man from Africa about 3 years ago. They met through mutual friends and married within a month or so. They are Muslim so there is no dating in the way that they met and married.

They filed for the green card when they lived in the PA area. They got their interview and subsequent conditional GC in a matter of months. I think it was about 2 months from filing to acceptance.

He was unable to get work in the small town that they lived in PA so went to find work in NYC. He was about an hour away bus ride and was able to visit her at least monthly. He sent her money and always maintained his home with her in PA as his primary residence whilst NYC was only for work. He was paid cash in hand.

They decided to move to Indiana thinking that they would be able to find more work there for both of them but after a few months of they being there, it was clear that for him there was no work...so he returned to NYC to the same work.

They had their case moved to Indiana and had their ROC interview this morning.

It was a disaster.

The USCIS officer focused on two specific things. The first that they were not in the same state for the majority of their marriage and this he said this was a sign that their marriage was not bonafide and secondly that her Islamic marriage to her first husband in Illinois may be legal.

I faced a smilar question in my own GC interview and had to get letters of no record from every state/country that I lived in from the age of 16 till present. I was able to successfully prove that I was not married and I was given my GC (conditional).

She received a letter that said their case was under review yada yada. She said the interview seemed to focus on her. Her husband wasn't asked anything at all really.

I told her that she would face three outcomes ; 1) That they would deny her in which case she would have the opportunity to appeal

2) That she would get an RFE but do you get RFE's with ROC interviews and 3) That she would be asked back for a stokes.

Was I right in my assumptions or is there anything else anyone else can throw into the mix?

Thanks/

[Myopia 93]

O My. No replies.

[Shelly11 14]

Don't know what to say except wait for a decision letter.

I guess it depends on how they explained things. Its a tough economy and many people are having to make sacrifices to make ends meet. To me, moving around alone does not mean a marriage is not bon-a-fide. My experience is the interviewers to many times take advantage of interviewees. For example at my AOS meeting, on several occasions, she asked me if I have sex with my husband. I demanded for a supervisor!

Hopefully the interviewer was just sweating them. At the end of the day, they have to either prove their marriage is not real or they did not submit enough evidence to support that their marraege is real. Anything outside that is speculation.

I wish them all the best.

[Myopia 93]

Thanks

[Dolphinbear 0]

Any update? have they received thr GC?

To be honest with you, there is not much what you can do but to wait for the decision. You don't know what USCIS is looking for. All you can do is to call the USCIS and make infor pass appointment to extent staying legally in the State.

Wish you my best!