AOS Documents.....

[Terry J 50]

I just come from my bank to add my new wife to my account. They told me no! They said without her having a SS# they will not add her. How the heck am I supposed to overcome that????

What bank did you go to?

I was able to open my own account in the US a couple of years ago without even needing an SSN or US state ID (I just had two pieces of ID including my foreign passport and sign the W8-BEN form for the IRS). I also recently opened new joint accounts with my husband. Several people on VJ were also successful with this using other banks.

I used TD Bank. Call around to your local credit unions or other large banks to see what they tell you.

Yes, they are all very necessary. The majority are documents listed in my interview invite letter that USCIS have requested I bring. I guess when its all listed like that It does seem like they are asking a lot

Thank you Terry...

However bad news... my USCIS office is closed today due to bad weather.... im praying it will be open tomorrow for my appointment.

I hope you are able to have your interview tomorrow as scheduled!

[QueenComley 295]

In my application I did not include the following: (I will be bringing them to AOS Interview)

• Joint bank account
• Listed as husbands beneficiary
• Joint utility bills
• Joint Credit Card
• Taxes filed Married Joint

I hired an Immigration Attorney who did everything for me. I think the things he included in my application was:

• Joint tenancy lease (No SS# needed)
• Photos
• Affidavits from friends and family
• copies of all legal documents required (birth certificates/marriage Certificates/passports etc..

I gave my lawyer 2 years of call logs for when me and my husband were part plus all our letters and cards we sent each other while apart... he never even included any of these in my application pack. I never received an RFE. I got my interview date 2 months after he sent off the pack.

Everything else on my list are only things I have obtained this past week as I needed either a EAD (as photographic ID) or a SS# to do so. My Immigration Attorney said that USCIS are understanding that a SS# is needed for a lot of the primary evidence they like you to bring. You have nothing to worry about.

Generally, In most cases, an EAD and SS# will be issued prior o your AOS Interview and this will allow you to get a joint bank account and anything else that is required.

What bank did you go to?

I was able to open my own account in the US a couple of years ago without even needing an SSN or US state ID (I just had two pieces of ID including my foreign passport and sign the W8-BEN form for the IRS). I also recently opened new joint accounts with my husband. Several people on VJ were also successful with this using other banks.

I used TD Bank. Call around to your local credit unions or other large banks to see what they tell you.

I hope you are able to have your interview tomorrow as scheduled!

Me too Terry... Im going to be so upset if not.

Edited March 4, 2014 by QueenComley

[f&c 50]

I just come from my bank to add my new wife to my account. They told me no! They said without her having a SS# they will not add her. How the heck am I supposed to overcome that????

Try different banks. I was able to add my wife to my account before she got a SSN.

[feito/feita 1]

_{Thanks everyone}

Queen, what happened with the interview??????

[QueenComley 295]

Queen, what happened with the interview??????

I got my Green Card I wrote a review on VJ yesterday...... It still hasn't sunk in yet ...Check out my little profile pic of me yesterday LOL!!!

Edited March 5, 2014 by QueenComley

[Ben10 2]

I got my Green Card I wrote a review on VJ yesterday...... It still hasn't sunk in yet ...Check out my little profile pic of me yesterday LOL!!!

Congrats.....

How was your interview btw? We need the story....please. thx

[QueenComley 295]

Congrats.....

How was your interview btw? We need the story....please. thx

My AOS appointment was for 4th March, 10.30am at the Memphis TN office. Me and my husband arrived around 9.50am but actually had to queue outside for around 20 minutes as the office was closed the day before due to poor weather and appointments were turning up from the previous day and being turned away!

Once in we went through the security check point and sat in the appointment room waiting for my Immigration Attorney to arrive, which he did at 10.20am. I then placed my appointment letter in the slot and was called at exactly 10.30am.

My Immigration Officer was Officer Drake. She was not over friendly but was not rude or intimidating. Once we had sworn on oath we sat down and Officer Drake opened my file and asked for my EAD and Passport, and also my birth certificate, our marriage certificate, My new SS Card and my husbands proof of citizenship. She asked me and my husband to confirm the following:

• Our Names
• Our address
• Our dates of Birth
• What country I was from
• If we had children / step-children
• If we had ever been previously married before
• The date we got married to each other
• Where we got married to each other

Officer Drake then asked how we met and got together. After a brief description she asked what dates I had travelled to America to visit my husband and for how long each visit was for.

Officer Drake then asked me a few standard yes/no questions like if I had ever broken the law, smuggled drugs, been a terrorist etc.

Officer Drake then asked if I had additional paperwork I would like her to see, I said yes. I handed her our jointly filed taxes, our joint bank account, Joint lease, Joint utility bills, Joint credit card, a letter showing I was my husbands beneficiary and a letter from my step children's school confirming I am registered as their step-mother and emergency contact. Officer Drake wrote all these documents down, handed back my passport and EAD card and turned to her computer screen. She printed off a sheet of paper and said "I have approved your green card application, it will be with you in no more than two weeks". The sheet of paper she handed me was confirmation of my green card approval.

The whole interview took no more than 5 minutes!!!!

[Ben10 2]

My AOS appointment was for 4th March, 10.30am at the Memphis TN office. Me and my husband arrived around 9.50am but actually had to queue outside for around 20 minutes as the office was closed the day before due to poor weather and appointments were turning up from the previous day and being turned away!

Once in we went through the security check point and sat in the appointment room waiting for my Immigration Attorney to arrive, which he did at 10.20am. I then placed my appointment letter in the slot and was called at exactly 10.30am.

My Immigration Officer was Officer Drake. She was not over friendly but was not rude or intimidating. Once we had sworn on oath we sat down and Officer Drake opened my file and asked for my EAD and Passport, and also my birth certificate, our marriage certificate, My new SS Card and my husbands proof of citizenship. She asked me and my husband to confirm the following:

• Our Names
• Our address
• Our dates of Birth
• What country I was from
• If we had children / step-children
• If we had ever been previously married before
• The date we got married to each other
• Where we got married to each other

Officer Drake then asked how we met and got together. After a brief description she asked what dates I had travelled to America to visit my husband and for how long each visit was for.

Officer Drake then asked me a few standard yes/no questions like if I had ever broken the law, smuggled drugs, been a terrorist etc.

Officer Drake then asked if I had additional paperwork I would like her to see, I said yes. I handed her our jointly filed taxes, our joint bank account, Joint lease, Joint utility bills, Joint credit card, a letter showing I was my husbands beneficiary and a letter from my step children's school confirming I am registered as their step-mother and emergency contact. Officer Drake wrote all these documents down, handed back my passport and EAD card and turned to her computer screen. She printed off a sheet of paper and said "I have approved your green card application, it will be with you in no more than two weeks". The sheet of paper she handed me was confirmation of my green card approval.

The whole interview took no more than 5 minutes!!!!

That was really interesting. Nice story...Thx

[QueenComley 295]

That was really interesting. Nice story...Thx

I hope this helps everyone. I have gone 2 months living on barely no sleep (I suffer anxiety), worrying over my AOS interview and it barely lasted 5 minutes.

I also want to add that the IO seemed to have pre-determined the approval of my green card as her mannerism's demonstrated that the questions and the interview was just a formality. She never once made proper eye contact, and fired off the questions very quickly. The IO never pushed for further info and generally did not seem that interested in me and my husband. I guess we were her easiest and most straight forward case that day. The IO never even said congratulations. She just turned to her computer, pressed a button, printed of a piece of paper, handed it to me and said "I have approved your green card, it will be with you in no more than 2 weeks". She never offered to shake hands with us, we extended OUR hand to HER. This lady changed my life forever but I guess its just all in a days work to her and we were just another case LOL.

The interview could well have lasted LESS than 5 minutes to be honest. I blinked and it was over.

[blk 87]

Hi QueenComley, congratulations to you, I just hope when I eventually get mine it will go as easy.

Brian

[QueenComley 295]

Hi QueenComley, congratulations to you, I just hope when I eventually get mine it will go as easy.

Brian

Im sure it will Brian!

Keep me posted

P.s Where in the UK are you from? Im from Oxford

[blk 87]

I will, I am from Worcestershire.

[QueenComley 295]

I will, I am from Worcestershire.

Not too far from Oxfordshire at all!!

[blk 87]

Yep when I was in the Army many years ago lol I was stationed in Bicester

[Ben10 2]

I hope this helps everyone. I have gone 2 months living on barely no sleep (I suffer anxiety), worrying over my AOS interview and it barely lasted 5 minutes.

I also want to add that the IO seemed to have pre-determined the approval of my green card as her mannerism's demonstrated that the questions and the interview was just a formality. She never once made proper eye contact, and fired off the questions very quickly. The IO never pushed for further info and generally did not seem that interested in me and my husband. I guess we were her easiest and most straight forward case that day. The IO never even said congratulations. She just turned to her computer, pressed a button, printed of a piece of paper, handed it to me and said "I have approved your green card, it will be with you in no more than 2 weeks". She never offered to shake hands with us, we extended OUR hand to HER. This lady changed my life forever but I guess its just all in a days work to her and we were just another case LOL.

The interview could well have lasted LESS than 5 minutes to be honest. I blinked and it was over.

QueenComley please if I don't go that far with this question, why did you hire a lawyer to file your application for GC?

I am thinking of doing that by myself because a lawyer here in New York will cost around $1500 and even up (without the application fees and other related fees) for just filling up application.

What was your motivations and what do you suggest me?

Thank you.