Las Vegas AOS Interview Experience

[Val & Kari 1]

Hi guys!
I've been a silent reader here for a while and this forum helped me a lot, so I thought I would return the favor by sharing my own experience : )

Me and my spouse (same sex marriage) had our interview together on 4/29 at the Las Vegas office.

Our appointment was at 1:30pm and we arrived at 1:00pm. After security check, we handed in our interview notice (I advise you have that in hand together with your IDs, so you can easily show both at the entrance) and we were told to wait until our names were called. We were not given any numbers.

After a few minutes, they called my name (beneficiary) to get fingerprints and picture. We then sat back down in the waiting room and...waited lol.
We had quite a heavy bag with binder of proof and photo album, thankfully my wife is stronger than me and offered to carry it around. While waiting we talked about plans for the day, and for our upcoming trip to California - we left our phones in the car as we were not sure they were allowed in the building, so I can't quite tell the exact time we got called in by the officer, but I assumed it was around 1:30pm.

 

He first asked for our IDs and made copies of both, then walked us to his office and had us take a seat. He explained how the interview would work (he would review both I-130 and I-485, etc.), told us that we would be videotaped and swore us in.
Then started asking questions from the applications:

{To Beneficiary}
-Full name, DOB

-Country of citizenship

-Latest and first entry in the US

-Current address

-Are you employed? 

-Are you married? (this one kinda threw me off for a moment lol me and my spouse looked at each other a bit confused)

-Spouse's full name and DOB

-Yes/No questions from I-485

 

Asked for proof of our relationship: I gave him our heavy binder and handed in joint bank statements, credit card and savings account, retirement & investment, joint car, dental/vision and Aflac insurances, affidavits from management at work (he liked that my manager put some personal opinions about our relationship - they tease each other a lot etc.), screenshots of payroll system showing that we are both married and have each other as emergency contacts, joint amazon prime and Sam's Club memberships, itinerary for our upcoming trip (with car reservation and tickets for universal studios), consular card from my country's ministry of foreign affairs showing that I am married & attached certified translation, collection of texts between the two of us, and loose pictures with family and friends.

 

We then showed him our photo album, and in the meantime he asked my wife {petitioner} to give him a timeline of our relationship. She started and I kinda continued from engagement to moving in together etc. He also asked her:

-Are you employed? 

-when did you two meet?

-when did you get married? 

-have you met your spouse's family?

-if we have always dated girls 

-what was our last argument about (this one actually made him laugh)

-who is the most romantic one (definitely me, she didn't even hesitate lol)

 

And that was it! He told us he would step out to make copies of the pictures, and when he came back he told me I was approved and I will receive my green card in 3 weeks, then explained everything about ROC. 

Overall, our IO was very nice but also serious and professional, as expected. I was nervous and stuttered a little at first but he did not get impatient.

 

I am now just a little concerned because my online status is stuck on "Interview was scheduled", and has not updated yet... has anyone had that issue before?

 

Thank you and good luck to everyone going through the process! Stay strong!🍀

 

[junkmart 320]

47 minutes ago, Val & Kari said:

Hi guys!
I've been a silent reader here for a while and this forum helped me a lot, so I thought I would return the favor by sharing my own experience : )

Me and my spouse (same sex marriage) had our interview together on 4/29 at the Las Vegas office.

Our appointment was at 1:30pm and we arrived at 1:00pm. After security check, we handed in our interview notice (I advise you have that in hand together with your IDs, so you can easily show both at the entrance) and we were told to wait until our names were called. We were not given any numbers.

After a few minutes, they called my name (beneficiary) to get fingerprints and picture. We then sat back down in the waiting room and...waited lol.
We had quite a heavy bag with binder of proof and photo album, thankfully my wife is stronger than me and offered to carry it around. While waiting we talked about plans for the day, and for our upcoming trip to California - we left our phones in the car as we were not sure they were allowed in the building, so I can't quite tell the exact time we got called in by the officer, but I assumed it was around 1:30pm.

 

He first asked for our IDs and made copies of both, then walked us to his office and had us take a seat. He explained how the interview would work (he would review both I-130 and I-485, etc.), told us that we would be videotaped and swore us in.
Then started asking questions from the applications:

{To Beneficiary}
-Full name, DOB

-Country of citizenship

-Latest and first entry in the US

-Current address

-Are you employed? 

-Are you married? (this one kinda threw me off for a moment lol me and my spouse looked at each other a bit confused)

-Spouse's full name and DOB

-Yes/No questions from I-485

 

Asked for proof of our relationship: I gave him our heavy binder and handed in joint bank statements, credit card and savings account, retirement & investment, joint car, dental/vision and Aflac insurances, affidavits from management at work (he liked that my manager put some personal opinions about our relationship - they tease each other a lot etc.), screenshots of payroll system showing that we are both married and have each other as emergency contacts, joint amazon prime and Sam's Club memberships, itinerary for our upcoming trip (with car reservation and tickets for universal studios), consular card from my country's ministry of foreign affairs showing that I am married & attached certified translation, collection of texts between the two of us, and loose pictures with family and friends.

 

We then showed him our photo album, and in the meantime he asked my wife {petitioner} to give him a timeline of our relationship. She started and I kinda continued from engagement to moving in together etc. He also asked her:

-Are you employed? 

-when did you two meet?

-when did you get married? 

-have you met your spouse's family?

-if we have always dated girls 

-what was our last argument about (this one actually made him laugh)

-who is the most romantic one (definitely me, she didn't even hesitate lol)

 

And that was it! He told us he would step out to make copies of the pictures, and when he came back he told me I was approved and I will receive my green card in 3 weeks, then explained everything about ROC. 

Overall, our IO was very nice but also serious and professional, as expected. I was nervous and stuttered a little at first but he did not get impatient.

 

I am now just a little concerned because my online status is stuck on "Interview was scheduled", and has not updated yet... has anyone had that issue before?

 

Thank you and good luck to everyone going through the process! Stay strong!🍀

 

Congrats, and thank you for sharing your experience. As for the online status, mine is stuck at "ready to schedule for an interview", despite me already having the interview date later this month. For me, online/text/email updates have been useless.

Edited April 30, 2019 by junkmart

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