Student married to US Citizen - Interview for adjustment of status

[JacklynWin 1]

Hi,

 

I just received an interview notice for my 2 years Green card that will be occurred in January, 2019. Please share your experiences and advises for me on the interview, it would be very appreciate I will list below the list of what I bring to the interview day, please comment if I'm missing anything, and what should I fulfill to my package.

 

I live in Virginia, VA, get married to a US citizenship, my husband born in US. I was under OPT of F1- student visa and my OPT expired 07/12/2018. Here is my brief timeline on the process

 

05/20/18: Getting Married I did not celebrate my wedding party yet because i wait for the green card to go back to my country so my parents can attend my wedding. Only married at court with my husband family.

06/20/18: Submit my package to USCIS

07/24/2018: Biometrics done

08/16/2018: my expedite working permit request approved because I have job offer. I have working permit and go to work on September.

12/12/2018: Interview is scheduled

01/16/2018: Interview day

 

Here is what I prepared to bring to the interview:

Passport, driver license, birthcertificate, ssn for both of us

Marriage license 

My Medical form I-693

Letter schedule interview from USCIS 

Tax return for previous 3 years 2015, 2016, 2017 of my husband.

3 pay subs before interview of my husband

Bank statement showing our saving ( both are currently working and both deposit money into the account)

A car Registration showing both of us ownership.

Car Insurance (showing both name)

credit card statement (showing both name)

Life insurance (we both buy it and put each other name as beneficiaries)

401k beneficiaries information for both ( I and Him both have)

Front page at personal info at Work's profile.. my husband is my emergency contact

Airplane tickets to other states of US (5 trips together so far)

Lots of pictures together ( pictures with friends, family, pictures that we are going on trips with friends and family)

Moviepass membership for two in one year (sign up same time)

One month (AUG18) we are in the same health insurance (since I got a job, i choose to split out from him to go with my company insurance because of it its more cheaper than go with him)

ONE Affidavit of friend who verify the authenticity of our relationship (did not submit that in the package)

Outline of our relationship (did not submit that 

 

 

We DO NOT have:

Utility bills - because we still live with his parents, and his parents are paying bills

House rent/ mortgage: same reason above

Wedding ceremony & pictures on the wedding day: my parents can not come to US so we are waiting to go back to my country, and we are saving money to buy house.

Because we do not have a wedding together, that is not normal to all the couple who apply for adjustment of status and that makes me very worry. 

 

Please drop some comments to give me advise . Also, advise me on what will they ask on the interview because we are very worry for the upcoming interview.

 

Thank you and I really appreciate it

 

Jacklyn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2018 by JacklynWin

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

I would get a notarized affidavit of residence from your spouse's parents stating that you have resided there since MM/DD/YYYY. You can each submit one corroborating the same information. Evidence is by nature, repetitive, consistent and often redundant. So I would submit all 3, since you do not have a lease. Just google "Affidavit of residence" and you will find plenty of examples. 

 

 

[eckoin 211]

We had a court house wedding with no witnesses at all (guess you don't need witnesses when the judge herself marries you), and it wasn't a problem at all. Weren't asked about the wedding. We didn't even have pictures. Wouldn't worry. 

 

I second the affidavit of residence together, I think it's nice to have. Do you have cell phone contracts? Even if you're on a family plan with parents, it would still show both of your names as well, so I would bring that. It's a type of bill.

[Tilde333 31]

Hi Jacklyn! Did you have your interview in Fairfax?  How did it go?  We had ours yesterday and brought similar evidence as you.  Were you approved yet?  Our officer (Officer Townsend) told us that is could be 1 to 120 days before approval.  

[JacklynWin 1]

Hi @Tilde333, until today 2/4/19, my status online is still "Interview was scheduled", I haven't receive my greencard yet even though the interview went well. The officer said he would recommend to approve my case and I should wait up to 120 days due to a long process. How was your interview going?

 

[Tilde333 31]

@JacklynWin our was the same, he said up to 120 days too and we have had the update that "Interview was completed and case must be reviewed".  Soooo disappointing as I have seen people get approved right away or after a few days and get the GC a week later!

[JacklynWin 1]

@Tilde333 yup I know some people do have GC 2 days after the interview but they live in Seattle, I guess maybe it's different depends on what state we are living. I hope you receive a GC soon! Keep me update on your process and I'll do the same