AOS Interview completed by held for review

[NellyandNicky 3]

You are right by many things you said, however you don't seem to see it clearly.

You are right that was foolish to be overconfident and not prepare, but the reason to that was because of your specific case.

You may have believed that your case was all straight, and there was all good, but that was your biggest mistake of them all.

You should have discuss your case much sooner.

There is a reason for all the questions asked on the forms. Knowing your previous marriage and if you are the first person your spouse has ever petition for, is one of the big ones.

Going by your timeline and story, your case is a great candidate to be looked under the microscope.

You two started to date just months after he separate, plus he was still legally married.

Before you went for an interview you were already in trouble, failing as you did just may have made things worse.

Your mistake would have been major, and since your husband did not know the answer, he should of answer "I don't know" instead of what he replied.

Saying all this, now is too late to think of all the wrongs. Actually thinking and reacting to it, in my opinion, would be a great mistake.

Trying to defend your actions would just make things worse.

You should bring to your spouse, that his previous marriage is very important on the eyes of the government, considering the circumstances, and you too needs to know your case.

Being together on this, and working out as a team is very important (you two are married, you should be doing this regardless of what you are facing).

I really hope for your sake that they will see good on your interview and you guys don't get someone investigating you two, but you should be prepared for the worse, and when I say this, I mean try dealing intelligently with what you should expect the worse be, and at the same time show how much love you have for each other. If that fails, nothing will prevail.

Best of luck to you too!!!

[acme555 0]

You are right by many things you said, however you don't seem to see it clearly.

You are right that was foolish to be overconfident and not prepare, but the reason to that was because of your specific case.

You may have believed that your case was all straight, and there was all good, but that was your biggest mistake of them all.

You should have discuss your case much sooner.

There is a reason for all the questions asked on the forms. Knowing your previous marriage and if you are the first person your spouse has ever petition for, is one of the big ones.

Going by your timeline and story, your case is a great candidate to be looked under the microscope.

You two started to date just months after he separate, plus he was still legally married.

Before you went for an interview you were already in trouble, failing as you did just may have made things worse.

Your mistake would have been major, and since your husband did not know the answer, he should of answer "I don't know" instead of what he replied.

Saying all this, now is too late to think of all the wrongs. Actually thinking and reacting to it, in my opinion, would be a great mistake.

Trying to defend your actions would just make things worse.

You should bring to your spouse, that his previous marriage is very important on the eyes of the government, considering the circumstances, and you too needs to know your case.

Being together on this, and working out as a team is very important (you two are married, you should be doing this regardless of what you are facing).

I really hope for your sake that they will see good on your interview and you guys don't get someone investigating you two, but you should be prepared for the worse, and when I say this, I mean try dealing intelligently with what you should expect the worse be, and at the same time show how much love you have for each other. If that fails, nothing will prevail.

Best of luck to you too!!!

Thanks for the reply! Yes you are right. We didn't realized that we were already in trouble because of his previous marriage until the end of the interview.

But I want to address one thing that we have disclosed everything on the I-130 form ( about his previous marriage and petition history) and enclosed the court record of the divorce when we submitted the AOS package. It's just that my husband was not willing to elaborate/explain anything during the interview and it made us look bad.

I definitely agree that a higher level supervisor needs to review my case. But I don't agree that it has something to do with my F1- H1B visa status. After thinking/sorting everything out about 1 week, I can say that my husband's previous marriage, his marriage GC sponsor history and the not prepared interview are the reasons that we are not approved on the spot.

Honestly, I am a little bit disappointed too. I thought the fact that my husband and me bought a house (co-signed a loan) together 2 months after we got married should be convincing since that's a huge part of American family values. Anyway, me and my husband have been prepared for the worse and I will keep you guys updated.

[acme555 0]

My GC just got approved! yeahhhhhhhhh

[NaijaDallas 0]

I had my AOS interview March 8, 2016, I came in on F-1 visa 12 years ago and I am filing for AOS with my wife who is USC. There were two IOs in the room when my wife and I walked in. We went through the security check and sat for a few minutes before we were called in. The first thing one of the IO said was how amazed he was about how organized and detailed the folder we brought in for interview was. The interview itself went pretty smoothly as we answered every question appropriately and as asked. IOs were shocked and excited when they learnt I shattered a jumbo jet and proposed to my wife while in the sky. I blanked out when he asked me about my sponsor and I told him I met him in Texas, but IO was insistent that my sponsor filed his taxes in Virginia, but I held my position and told both IOs that I met my sponsor in Texas and I don't know all his business ventures and states that he works. IO took my I-94 and said " You can have your passport back but I am going to hang on to your I-94 and send this to NBC" he then stapled it to my documents and folder he has with him and all along during the interview process, he kept on stamping something on my pile of files with him but he never stamped my passport. The final thing he said after asking the YES and NO questions was " We will get back with you if we need additional information, but the time it will take you to hear back from me will be way shorter then what you had to wait to get an interview" My wife then asked " we plan on traveling and going to visit Africa and stop by Jamaica, are we able to go and return without problems ? IO responded "If you have to travel, I will get with you attorney and have him file for AP for you before you travel" It's been 14 days since my interview and my status online has not been updated from "interview scheduled " I am confused and don't know what to think.. Is this a normal interview and I don't know what to expect next.