Finally have our interview day scheduled!

[aapl 1]

We finally got the card in the mail that our interview will be next month. We originally sent in our packet to the USCIS the first week of May 2020. 

 

This case is for an AOS via tourist visa. Now that our interview is coming up, what do you recommend to prepare for this-- what should we take besides photos of us together? We've been together for 8 years so we have tons of pictures but not sure what other things we should take. What types of questions are typically asked? I'd consider our case very straight-forward but, who knows-- I want to prepare for the worst. 

 

Thanks a lot. 

[617Haligonian 34]

On 4/27/2021 at 1:47 PM, aapl said:

We finally got the card in the mail that our interview will be next month. We originally sent in our packet to the USCIS the first week of May 2020. 

 

This case is for an AOS via tourist visa. Now that our interview is coming up, what do you recommend to prepare for this-- what should we take besides photos of us together? We've been together for 8 years so we have tons of pictures but not sure what other things we should take. What types of questions are typically asked? I'd consider our case very straight-forward but, who knows-- I want to prepare for the worst. 

 

Thanks a lot. 

I made a spare copy of my husband's AOS packet and brought it with me to the interview. I didn't need anything out of it but was glad I had it for peace of mind. 

 

If you haven't had a medical exam done, you'll want to have that done and bring it to your interview. You can also bring additional evidence that you may have not submitted originally. 

 

My husband and I were asked a variety of questions to verify that we did actually know each other/live together. Stuff like what color the washing machine is, what we had for dinner the night prior, who does what chores, health problems and medicine each of us are on, what's our favorite restaurant and what does the other person usually order. They also asked questions to verify the info in the application itself. Like our parents names and dates of birth, what date he entered the US, etc etc. It honestly isn't bad assuming you do actually know each other, it's just intimidating.

 

Best of luck!

[aapl 1]

43 minutes ago, 617Haligonian said:

I made a spare copy of my husband's AOS packet and brought it with me to the interview. I didn't need anything out of it but was glad I had it for peace of mind. 

 

If you haven't had a medical exam done, you'll want to have that done and bring it to your interview. You can also bring additional evidence that you may have not submitted originally. 

 

My husband and I were asked a variety of questions to verify that we did actually know each other/live together. Stuff like what color the washing machine is, what we had for dinner the night prior, who does what chores, health problems and medicine each of us are on, what's our favorite restaurant and what does the other person usually order. They also asked questions to verify the info in the application itself. Like our parents names and dates of birth, what date he entered the US, etc etc. It honestly isn't bad assuming you do actually know each other, it's just intimidating.

 

Best of luck!

Thanks a lot. i'm assuming it's normal for them to know we're going to be nervous? was it in light spirit or intense? and did they let you know you were accepted the day of or later on? 

[617Haligonian 34]

39 minutes ago, aapl said:

Thanks a lot. i'm assuming it's normal for them to know we're going to be nervous? was it in light spirit or intense? and did they let you know you were accepted the day of or later on? 

Yeah I think some degree of nervousness is normal/expected but being excessively nervous may be a red flag. I know when I walked into the interview room my voice was a bit shaky but you take the oath to tell the truth and tell them your name and such so it gave me time to calm down. It wasn't like the funnest part of my day but it gave me similar vibes to like a serious job interview with basically no laughing/jokes if that makes sense. 

 

We wound up having a laugh with our officer because they asked where we grocery shopped. We said Wegmans and the officer was like "ugh I'm jealous, I love Wegmans but we don't have Wegmans near my house" so we talked about that for a minute and it felt a lot lighter after that. I'm sure it varies officer to officer though. 

 

Our officer said they were recommending it be approved but it still had to go through their superior so wasn't guaranteed. They said we'd either get an RFE or an approval in a week or so. I checked our case status that night and it showed approved. 

 

I wrote a long post about our interview here if that helps: