Finally Approved!!!!

[ala_tika 16]

Hello all,

I wanted to share my AOS journey. Hopefully it helps someone else as this forum helped me tremendously. I wrote about my interview experience (Below). We filed my AOS in March (adjusting from VWP) and everything was going fast and smoothly. A day after the interview (May 24, 2013) we received an RFE requesting evidence that my husband has moved to Houston permanently. The officer requested for his TX driver license (he still had his AZ license), a letter of employment verification and affidavit from families and friends.

It took sometime to get his TX DL in the mail. We eventually responded to the RFE on July 8th. And it was received on the 9th. There was no response or online updates for a few weeks and I had a trip booked for August 24th to the UK for my sister's wedding. On Monday, August 5th, I decided to schedule an infopass for August 12th (30 days after the RFE). Today, August 9th, I got the text & email that the I-485 is in card production.

I'm so super excited to have this step completed and I'm super thankful to God for this forum. It really helped reading others' experience and getting support from you all!!!

INTERVIEW REVIEW

Had my interview on May 23, 2013 at the Houston office and wanted to share my experience since this site helped me out by reading others' experiences. I need to state that I entered the US under the Visa Waiver Program as a minor over 15 years ago. I'm a British citizen and recently married my US citizen husband.

Our appt was at 9:30am and we arrived at about 9am. There were quite a number of people waiting but there seemed to be a lot of Immigration officers at work. We were called in at about 9:30am and were interviewed by a lady. Once we got to her office, she swore us in before we took our seats. Then she asked us for our driver's licenses and asked me for my passport.

She started off with the I-130 and directed most of the questions to my husband. She asked him to state his name, date of birth and address. Then she asked him to state my full name and date of birth. She then proceeded to ask him how we met and if I've ever been married. And when we first met in person (since my husband lived in Arizona at the time while I lived in Houston). She then turned to me and asked me if my husband has ever been married previously (yes) and what his ex-wife's name is; I answered her questions. She asked me if he had any children (yes) and then asked for the children's names and ages. She wrote down this information in her notes. Then she asked me where he worked and asked him where I worked.

Then she moved onto the I-485 form. She verified all the details with me and asked me the yes/no questions on the form which I responded in all nos. She then asked if I had additional documentation to proof my marriage. I provided her with our car insurance, Bank Statements, utility bills as well as our wedding album and additional photos. She looked through the wedding album and asked my husband who our witnesses were and he answered and she made a few comments here and there while looking through the album.

Then she went back to his previous marriage divorce document and stated that she didn't know that the state of Tennessee issued divorce certificates and she was expecting to see the multiple page divorce decree. She asked if I had the decree but we didn't have that since what we brought with us was the original certified Divorce Certificate. Then she stated that she'd have to check to make sure the certificate was enough as proof of his divorce from his ex-wife. And that we would receive a RFE if we need to send in the divorce decree. She made copies of both of our driver's license and my passport.

All in all, the interview went well but I was hoping we would be approved on the spot since I was very thorough in the documentation we sent it. We were in and out in less than 30 minutes.

[dwinge 34]

Congratulations and best wishes !!

[ddkorestin 10]

congrats, am also expecting my approval from Houston and i think they are a bit slow but thank God you are sorted for at-least 21 months.

[ala_tika 16]

Thank you. All the best to you ddkorestin!