Can one have 2 in-person interviews for AOS and ROC?

[MaryLoves 5]

I am an immigrant and married to a US spouse. 

 

As asked in my previous post, I passed a stokes interview (even though we got a few questions wrong) for AOS. I was changing my status from F1 to GC. 

 

Actually our AOS was not a recent thing, and it actually happened almost 2 years ago. Now it's about time we do AOS. 

 

My question is, can one who did AOS stokes interview get another in-person interview for ROC? 

 

When we did AOS, we went through a stokes interview where the officer separated us and asked us many questions to make sure our answers matched up. We have no criminal records or suspicious things though. 

Even though we somehow passed, it was one of the most stressful and scariest times of my life because it could have gone wrong and I could have been separated from my spouse. 

 

Now, with ROC around the corner I'm getting stressed out and already emotionally exhausted thinking I might have to go through that scary interview where our marriage is investigated and doubted. 

I heard that, after a change in the immigration policy in 2018 those who have never been interviewed before and got a conditional GC WILL get an interview during ROC. How about those who DID a stokes interview and passed? Do they have an equal chance of getting called in again for another interview? 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by MaryLoves

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

I would expect an interview and be glad if you don’t get one. As long as you are in a legitimate relationship and can “prove” that you don’t need to worry. 

[MaryLoves 5]

Just now, Luckycuds said:

I would expect an interview and be glad if you don’t get one. As long as you are in a legitimate relationship and can “prove” that you don’t need to worry. 

Well, the thing is that each couple works differently, but USCIS seems to want to see mainly 2 things: (1) living together, (2) having a joint bank account.

It seems to me that if you lack one of these, you will most likely get called in for an interview, and that is scaring me.

 

Since my wife and I spend money very differently, we always believed we should keep our account separate and we never opened a joint bank account.

I am already expecting an interview and freaking out because of it.

 

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

3 hours ago, MaryLoves said:

I heard that, after a change in the immigration policy in 2018 those who have never been interviewed before and got a conditional GC WILL get an interview during ROC.

This was answered in your previous post.  There is no absolute rule. You might get an interview.  Or USCIS might waive your interview.  IT IS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.  In my opinion, your best option is to prepare your package with as much QUALITY evidence as possible and move forward in confidence, instead of fear.  I would study the ROC guide here on VJ and start gathering quality evidence  now.  

 

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Lemonslice 4,848]

16 hours ago, MaryLoves said:

Well, the thing is that each couple works differently, but USCIS seems to want to see mainly 2 things: (1) living together, (2) having a joint bank account.

It seems to me that if you lack one of these, you will most likely get called in for an interview, and that is scaring me.

 

Since my wife and I spend money very differently, we always believed we should keep our account separate and we never opened a joint bank account.

I am already expecting an interview and freaking out because of it.

 

You could have a joint account to cover a few joint expenses, and everything else separate.  Joint bank accounts seem to check a big box for them, and that's the only reason we opened a joint bank account.  You could probably manage to share one, if you want to go this way.  Best of luck

[MaryLoves 5]

16 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

You could have a joint account to cover a few joint expenses, and everything else separate.  Joint bank accounts seem to check a big box for them, and that's the only reason we opened a joint bank account.  You could probably manage to share one, if you want to go this way.  Best of luck

 

We actually did. But right after that my wife got fired, and she hasn't worked ever since for more than 2 years.

If I put money in the joint account even for a day or two to pay the bills, she would spend it on her stuff as she likes buying stuff that I wouldn't approve of.

So I paid all the bills from my own account. So our joint bank account doesn't really show anything that USCIS would want to see: financial commingling.

 

 

[Scandi 4,166]

Yes, you can absolutely get an interview for ROC even if you also had one for AOS.

Happens fairly often - most often if there has been a divorce since AOS, or if there isn't enough evidence of a bonafide marriage so USCIS could make a decision without an interview (you have had at least two years to collect evidence so this shouldn't be an issue), or if there are red flags in USCIS system (which you may have since USCIS don't just give people stokes interviews for fun) and so on. 

 

Like Luckycuds said, expect and prepare to be interviewed. Nobody here can tell for sure if you'll have an interview or not.

 

 

[Orangesapples 1,954]

16 hours ago, MaryLoves said:

 

We actually did. But right after that my wife got fired, and she hasn't worked ever since for more than 2 years.

If I put money in the joint account even for a day or two to pay the bills, she would spend it on her stuff as she likes buying stuff that I wouldn't approve of.

So I paid all the bills from my own account. So our joint bank account doesn't really show anything that USCIS would want to see: financial commingling.

 

 

How does your wife get money then? Why don't you use the joint account for things she buys instead of bills? Does she have a credit card?