My Interview Experience (AOS based on marriage)

[Tvf 2]

Hey everyone! I would like to share my experience and hopefully help somebody in the process. Some of the posts here helped me even if I never got any answers to questions posted(no hard feelings).

I know this process can be long and tiring but you jus got to have patience because everything falls in place at the right time. My interview was Monday December 1st at the Ny field office in Manhattan(I never received my appointment notice so I had to submit a request through 2nd level customer service to have it faxed to me). We arrived at about 10:50 & our appointment was at 11:15..we checked in at the front and sat in the waiting area. Waited for about an hr and a half then was called in by a female officer who led us to her office. We were sworn in and the interview began. She asked my husband the majority of the questions from the I130 and asked me a few questions and the yes or no questions from the I485. At the end of the interview, she kept my I94 and gave me a copy and told us a decision would be made & sent in the mail within 60 days. We felt quite disappointed at this time because my passport wasn't stamped, she didn't take my EAD, & she kept all the pictures we mailed in with our paperwork and we weren't told the decision on the spot. I assumed that if you were approved the officer would stamp your passport and you got told you were approved. We got back home at about 3pm and thought we were denied because we didn't get any info on the spot which bothered us because we planned a trip to the caribbean in January. At about 5pm the same day we got an email saying that our case has been approved & the card was in production. We are beyond happy this journey is over & we can finally stop stressing over it. My advice to people is to RELAX! Seriously its not as bad as people make it seem. The officers are not "mean" they jus have blank looks on their faces to intimidate you. If your marriage is legit you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Also remember that everybody's timeline & experience is different so don't listen to these "horror stories" people have. Good Luck to everybody going thru this process! Remember to stay patient and relax, everything will be okay!

Heres my timeline so you guys get a lil more info

3/31/14- Got married

6/18/14-Sent package(i-765,i-485,i-130) to Chicago lockbox

6/23/14-Got email & text message saying application received

7/14/14- Received Biometrics date for 8/12/14

7/28/14- RFE received for i-864 for proof of husband's income meeting guidelines

8/12/14-Biometrics completed at local Brooklyn office

8/15/14- Mailed out RFE response

8/28/14- RFE response received

9/10/14-Changed address. Online system updated to state change of address.

10/18/14- EAD Card Production

10/21/14-i485 Status changed to "Testing and Interview"

10/24/14-EAD card mailed

10/26/14-Interview Scheduled for December 1st

10/28/14-EAD in hand

12/01/14-Interview!

12/01/14-I130 Approved!

12/02/14-Card in production

12/05/14-Card was mailed

And now we wait the arrival of the card...!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Congrats!

~ Moved from AOS from Family Based Visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas Progress Reports - topic is case status ~

[pinksquare 0]

Congratulations! I'm going to send out my package very soon. Thank you for sharing your experience

All the best!!

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Congrats to you wonderful news!

[Tvf 2]

Congrats!

~ Moved from AOS from Family Based Visas to AOS from Work, Student & Tourist Visas Progress Reports - topic is case status ~

Thank you!

Congratulations! I'm going to send out my package very soon. Thank you for sharing your experience

All the best!!

Thanks good luck to you!

Congrats to you wonderful news!

Thank you!

[ching&choy 3]

Congratz sis can i just asked,, when u submitted your AOS application did u include the form I-639? TIA

[Tvf 2]

Congratz sis can i just asked,, when u submitted your AOS application did u include the form I-639? TIA

Thank you and yes I did include it

[SabineGriffin 12]

Hello Everyone! Thought I would contribute our experience as well. We had our AOS marriage based interview today, May 26th 2015. The interview was at the Honolulu Field Office:

My husband and I got there about 15 minutes early. We checked in, sat and waited for our appointment but it turned out that the office was backed up for the day.

Our officer was very professional and serious. We took an oath. Then straight up, she asked for all supporting documentation proving Co-Mingling of Assets (joint bank account, joint credit cards, joint home ownership and / or joint rental agreement, health insurance, utility bill). This was followed by her explaining to us conditional permanent residence leading to permanent residence after 2 years. The officer then alerted us to the sequence of questions that she was going to ask and who she would specifically direct the questions to (my husband or me). She then proceeded to ask us detailed questions about how we met, which month and year we met, when we established an exclusive relationship; and who proposed / when he proposed. Next, she asked us about our common interests / hobbies. Finally, she selected a few photographs of our wedding, relationship and family members to add to the file. She asked us to write down the year the photographs were taken and the names of the individuals in the photographs.

This all took about an hour. When she asked me if I had any questions, I just politely asked if my application would be approved. It was only then that she smiled and laughed explaining that she couldn't tell me that there and then. The only clue she gave us was that I should check the USCIS website for status updates and our mailbox for up to 120 days before writing or calling USCIS. Up to 120 days... ugh. We thanked her and left feeling a little uncertain and deflated.

About an hour later and after a beer and a cupcake... I arbitrarily checked USCIS.gov for a status update and there it was... "My New Card is Being Produced". Yahoo!