September 2019 AOS Filers

[MarryMe987654 244]

Verbal approval received today!!  Yay!!! 

He said we'll get the card in two weeks. No change on status online yet but he said it might change later today or tomorrow. 

[Fe.Ta 874]

9 minutes ago, MarryMe987654 said:

Verbal approval received today!!  Yay!!! 

He said we'll get the card in two weeks. No change on status online yet but he said it might change later today or tomorrow. 

Since you are in Florida, would you mind sharing the interview questions/experience, please?  Thanks!

[MarryMe987654 244]

1 hour ago, MarryMe987654 said:

Verbal approval received today!!  Yay!!! 

He said we'll get the card in two weeks. No change on status online yet but he said it might change later today or tomorrow. 

Online status says, "New card is being produced". That's less than 2 hours after the interview. We're not even home yet! 

 

Will write more details when we get home. Hard to type on phone

[MarryMe987654 244]

Montgomery Alabama AOS Interview Review

March 3, 2020.

Filed AOS in September 2019 and interview is set today at 1:15 PM.

 

We left Pensacola at 9 AM and found the USCIS office before noon. It was easy to find with GPS.

It was a pretty small building but it’s clean, organized and not crowded. They have plenty of parking space as well.

We entered the building at 12:40. We were asked to take off belt, wallet, bag, watch at the security and go through metal detector. They’ll make you remove your shoes if you are wearing high heels.

 

We checked in smoothly. Probably only took 5 mins from going through security. We provided IDs and appointment letter to the first window.

There were probably less than 10 couples at the waiting area. We only waited for 10 mins and we were called in.

We were interviewed by a nice older man and invited us together in his office. We did a small chat about the weather and how fast it was to be called in.

We did the sworn oath to tell the truth with our left hand raised.

 

He asked for ID, I gave my driver’s license. I told him that it’s in my maiden name though. He asked for passport instead. He saw me pull out 3 passports (old, new and my husband’s) and asked to see all of them instead.

 

He then browsed through my AOS packet in the folder while telling us that he will ask me a series of boring questions. It’s just the ‘Yes/no’ questions (Part 8 of the AOS form). He then confirmed my name, address, SSN and birthdate. After that, me and the interviewer signed the form.

Once done, he asked us how we met. My husband answered. He then, very sweetly, just started talking about our love story and I can feel myself blushing and looking at him lovingly.

 

Interviewer noticed our rings and asked about it. He looked at it very closely. It was starting to get awkward how long he was looking at it, so I just said, “it’s very heavy duty and we never ever have to take it off and we love it…”. The guys then started talking about ring shopping experiences and prices.

 

He then asked if there were any changes in the packet that I sent and we said, “no” so he just confirmed if my husband is still working in the same place; asked if I was working (I am). I told them I was rehired by the same company that I was working for when I was still in the Philippines right after I got my work permit. He then commented, “they must really like you then…”

 

He then asked if I have anything else to present. I pulled out a big wad of my paperwork from my bag and after seeing it, he said, “ah… you’re one of those people…”. He was impressed with how organize my paperwork is.

 

I had 4 sets of documents that I labeled ‘Primary’, ‘Husband’s’, ‘Evidence’ and ‘K1’ with lists of what’s in the clip. He just took them all and read each set and went through the ones that he doesn’t think he’s seen in my AOS file.

 

He took stuff from my ‘K1’ and everything from my ‘Evidence’. While he was going through the evidences, he asked more questions such as ‘you guys married at the courthouse?’, ‘is this bank for credit card or banking?’, ‘what’s this (report of marriage for the Philippine embassy)?’

 

He then stopped and mentioned that there is another interview. We thought he was talking about another interview the same day but turns out, he was talking about ROC.

 

He then proceeded to give us really good information and tips for ROC and even wrote things down for us. He then cut himself off and said, “Oh, I am approving this by the way… you should have it in two weeks…”

 

He was very thorough with the ROC explanation and guidelines and says that the chance of it being approved is only at 50% so we must be prepared for it. He also says that it is better if our pictures are on paper, not in album, so it can go on our file.

 

Overall, talking to him was probably about 20 mins with 15 mins spent talking about ROC. It was very relaxed and spontaneous. It’s like talking to an acquaintance. He was very easy going and not very strict. He even let us in on some really good information about the process and comments freely on our personalities. I had a little trouble with the accent, but he didn’t mind repeating himself.

 

It was really a good experience except from the time I was overthinking and nervous about being interviewed.

 

 

 

[wasp8898 58]

42 minutes ago, MarryMe987654 said:

Montgomery Alabama AOS Interview Review

March 3, 2020.

Filed AOS in September 2019 and interview is set today at 1:15 PM.

 

We left Pensacola at 9 AM and found the USCIS office before noon. It was easy to find with GPS.

It was a pretty small building but it’s clean, organized and not crowded. They have plenty of parking space as well.

We entered the building at 12:40. We were asked to take off belt, wallet, bag, watch at the security and go through metal detector. They’ll make you remove your shoes if you are wearing high heels.

 

We checked in smoothly. Probably only took 5 mins from going through security. We provided IDs and appointment letter to the first window.

There were probably less than 10 couples at the waiting area. We only waited for 10 mins and we were called in.

We were interviewed by a nice older man and invited us together in his office. We did a small chat about the weather and how fast it was to be called in.

We did the sworn oath to tell the truth with our left hand raised.

 

He asked for ID, I gave my driver’s license. I told him that it’s in my maiden name though. He asked for passport instead. He saw me pull out 3 passports (old, new and my husband’s) and asked to see all of them instead.

 

He then browsed through my AOS packet in the folder while telling us that he will ask me a series of boring questions. It’s just the ‘Yes/no’ questions (Part 8 of the AOS form). He then confirmed my name, address, SSN and birthdate. After that, me and the interviewer signed the form.

Once done, he asked us how we met. My husband answered. He then, very sweetly, just started talking about our love story and I can feel myself blushing and looking at him lovingly.

 

Interviewer noticed our rings and asked about it. He looked at it very closely. It was starting to get awkward how long he was looking at it, so I just said, “it’s very heavy duty and we never ever have to take it off and we love it…”. The guys then started talking about ring shopping experiences and prices.

 

He then asked if there were any changes in the packet that I sent and we said, “no” so he just confirmed if my husband is still working in the same place; asked if I was working (I am). I told them I was rehired by the same company that I was working for when I was still in the Philippines right after I got my work permit. He then commented, “they must really like you then…”

 

He then asked if I have anything else to present. I pulled out a big wad of my paperwork from my bag and after seeing it, he said, “ah… you’re one of those people…”. He was impressed with how organize my paperwork is.

 

I had 4 sets of documents that I labeled ‘Primary’, ‘Husband’s’, ‘Evidence’ and ‘K1’ with lists of what’s in the clip. He just took them all and read each set and went through the ones that he doesn’t think he’s seen in my AOS file.

 

He took stuff from my ‘K1’ and everything from my ‘Evidence’. While he was going through the evidences, he asked more questions such as ‘you guys married at the courthouse?’, ‘is this bank for credit card or banking?’, ‘what’s this (report of marriage for the Philippine embassy)?’

 

He then stopped and mentioned that there is another interview. We thought he was talking about another interview the same day but turns out, he was talking about ROC.

 

He then proceeded to give us really good information and tips for ROC and even wrote things down for us. He then cut himself off and said, “Oh, I am approving this by the way… you should have it in two weeks…”

 

He was very thorough with the ROC explanation and guidelines and says that the chance of it being approved is only at 50% so we must be prepared for it. He also says that it is better if our pictures are on paper, not in album, so it can go on our file.

 

Overall, talking to him was probably about 20 mins with 15 mins spent talking about ROC. It was very relaxed and spontaneous. It’s like talking to an acquaintance. He was very easy going and not very strict. He even let us in on some really good information about the process and comments freely on our personalities. I had a little trouble with the accent, but he didn’t mind repeating himself.

 

It was really a good experience except from the time I was overthinking and nervous about being interviewed.

 

 

 

Congrats! What kind of relationship evidence did you provide?

 

did you have health care etc? 
 

thank you! Our interview is coming up soon as well

[MarryMe987654 244]

22 minutes ago, wasp8898 said:

Congrats! What kind of relationship evidence did you provide?

 

did you have health care etc? 
 

thank you! Our interview is coming up soon as well

Thank you

Here's what I have on my evidence list:

 

1) Report of marriage

2) Form 1095-C (Employer healthcare with me on it)

3) CVS Pharmacy account provided by his employer (I am on it as well)

4) Health insurance card

5) Health insurance printout from online

6) Basic life insurance

7) 401k

8 ) Auto insurance

9) Electric bill

10) Internet bill

11) Discover credit card statement

12) Capital One credit card statement

13) Capital One checking joint account statement

14) Letter from Bank of America re our joint account (this has been closed)

15) His mom's car insurance where I am an additional driver

16) About 20 photos in an album. It might be better to put photos in paper though so they can take it and put it on their file. 

Edited March 4, 2020 by MarryMe987654

[Zoltan K 86]

Portland USCIS office here. Interview date is set for April 9th for K1 and two K2s.

 

Anyone else for the Portland office lined up ?

[Fe.Ta 874]

So, we got an update on AP back to “fingerprints were taken”. Haha We have the card in hand. Glitch?

[jaysaldi 213]

2 hours ago, Fe.Ta said:

So, we got an update on AP back to “fingerprints were taken”. Haha We have the card in hand. Glitch?

I think it's some kind of glitch. Some of us on the October and November filers thread got this too.

[Fe.Ta 874]

3 hours ago, jaysaldi said:

I think it's some kind of glitch. Some of us on the October and November filers thread got this too.

That USCIS, always keeping you on your toes!   It is like a boot camp for dealing with anxiety.

[thausa 40]

I had my interview today at 230pm Montgomery AL office. Our officer was very nice and friendly.  
he verbally approved our case and stated that we will receiving  a 10 green card in the next 2 weeks. 
 

well,  my online case status changed to “Interview was completed but my case must be reviewed” 

 

Anyone else is in similar situation?

 

not sure how to feel.

[waysoftheshadow 24]

On 3/3/2020 at 6:16 PM, MarryMe987654 said:

He then stopped and mentioned that there is another interview. We thought he was talking about another interview the same day but turns out, he was talking about ROC.

He then proceeded to give us really good information and tips for ROC and even wrote things down for us. He then cut himself off and said, “Oh, I am approving this by the way… you should have it in two weeks…”

He was very thorough with the ROC explanation and guidelines and says that the chance of it being approved is only at 50% so we must be prepared for it.

Do you mind telling us what all he said regarding ROC? My husband wasn't verbally approved at the interview so our officer never told us anything about it. 

[Zach2015 211]

15 hours ago, thausa said:

I had my interview today at 230pm Montgomery AL office. Our officer was very nice and friendly.  
he verbally approved our case and stated that we will receiving  a 10 green card in the next 2 weeks. 
 

well,  my online case status changed to “Interview was completed but my case must be reviewed” 

 

Anyone else is in similar situation?

 

not sure how to feel.

Have you been married for two years already, before you got your interview? 

[thausa 40]

3 minutes ago, Zach2015 said:

Have you been married for two years already, before you got your interview? 

Yes, it’s 2 years and 11 months. 

[Zach2015 211]

9 minutes ago, thausa said:

Yes, it’s 2 years and 11 months. 

You are so lucky. At least in my opinion.