I-751 interview not waived after submitting strong evidence - need to worry?

[Rocio0010 5,579]

29 minutes ago, elmers said:

My grandma could relate. She calls any shade of blue as green 🤣

I kid you not, for some reason I was so interested in your case that last night, after your approval, I dreamed about my ROC interview! I am just curious as to what interviews are like, as I have never had one myself. 

My hubby started a new job yesterday and he was filling all the paperwork for retirement and health insurance. He texted me "can you please tell me your birthdate? I just don't want to make any mistakes" and I thought to myself "boy, if we ever get an interview, we're going to fail!"

[elmers 293]

1 minute ago, Rocio0010 said:

I kid you not, for some reason I was so interested in your case that last night, after your approval, I dreamed about my ROC interview! I am just curious as to what interviews are like, as I have never had one myself. 

My hubby started a new job yesterday and he was filling all the paperwork for retirement and health insurance. He texted me "can you please tell me your birthdate? I just don't want to make any mistakes" and I thought to myself "boy, if we ever get an interview, we're going to fail!"

Lol yeah stress can do that. I interviewed for my I-485 in 2019 summer and this is how it went:

- The IO seemed recluse and stern (his facial expression) though we'd later find out that he was just bored, frustrated, and needed to vent -- more on this later.

- He asked me how we met (my wife is USC) and where we got married and why that location (family lives there).

- That was it for personal questions! We took a big binder of documents (most of which we sent with the forms so he had them too) labeled with tabs in front of him. I think he thought 'these guys are over-prepared' and didn't ask anything else. Plus, our evidence was strong with relationship going back to early 2010s.

- A few yes no standard questions from I-485 and he said we were approved.

- Later as he walked us out of the floor, he was complaining how there aren't enough officers to adjudicate the cases and computer hardware and software are slow and the # of cases are increasing every month. He actually stopped us before he opened the exit door and moaned and groaned for a couple of minutes about how much it sucks to work there because there is no strong support in terms of human resources, IT, pay, etc. We felt for him but thought it was weird too.

 

Anyway, my point is that a vast majority of cases, interview or not, are going to be approved because the IOs know strong vs. weak cases and they genuinely want to work/help people. I am sure there are exceptions. You will be absolutely fine!

[aznhouston 132]

10 hours ago, African Zealot said:

What do you stand to gain by worrying? Absolutely nothing at all. There is no strict formula to how USCIS decides who to interview. Just prepare prepare prepare.

because you don't know what they are going to ask, and all it takes is one slip. People forget things, like myself. I have very bad memory and for my line of work (programming), I have to constantly look up things on the internet as I can't remember everything.

 

There are thousands of things related to a couple for example simple things like parents' names, DOB, anniversaries... Not everyone can remember every single details like those. I remember in the ROC interview, the CO looked at the bank statement, pointed at one transaction that show Austin on it (we live in Houston) and asked what did you guys do in Austin. Totally forgot what that was, it took me a while to remember. I renewed my wife ID and Austin is where the payment was originated. So there's that. He also ask my spouse about my parents' names and she couldn't answer as she totally forgot about it. She actually never saw them in person as my parents still live in Vietnam, she doesn't interact much with them, how can she even remember their names? Things worked out ok, I got the conditional PR card, but what if the CO is ugly and tries to press it further?

[Rocio0010 5,579]

10 minutes ago, aznhouston said:

all it takes is one slip

I doubt whether a ROC will be denied for "one slip". Even you said that you had some "fails" during your interview and all was fine.

[Crazy Cat 41,887]

I would like to add that I feel the I-751 should be totally eliminated......that is all.

[annab864 55]

7 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

I doubt whether a ROC will be denied for "one slip". Even you said that you had some "fails" during your interview and all was fine.

I agree, my ex husband literally forgot my birthdate at our AOS interview, and the officer laughed! They know people get nervous lol, all of us are human at the end of the day! 

[Marieke H 2,512]

17 minutes ago, annab864 said:

I agree, my ex husband literally forgot my birthdate at our AOS interview, and the officer laughed! They know people get nervous lol, all of us are human at the end of the day! 

During my AOS interview, my husband got our wedding date wrong. I corrected him, and the officer couldn't stop laughing. She said my husband was in so much trouble now!

[HarryWL 262]

If I was in your shoes, I'd just be happy that the interview was scheduled so quickly. Some people have been waiting years. If your evidence is strong and your marriage is genuine, you have nothing to worry about. 

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

one tos violation removed and admin action taken.

[beloved_dingo 1,979]

On 5/11/2022 at 9:49 AM, Crazy Cat said:

I would like to add that I feel the I-751 should be totally eliminated......that is all.

Couldn't agree more with this!

 

Just watch, they will get rid of it right after you finally get approved 😅

[Chocobo 196]

On 5/11/2022 at 10:14 AM, Marieke H said:

During my AOS interview, my husband got our wedding date wrong. I corrected him, and the officer couldn't stop laughing. She said my husband was in so much trouble now!

I always forget my anniversary date.  It's St. Patrick's Day...but I never remember the actual calendar date!  🤣

[jakelake 222]

On 5/11/2022 at 8:13 AM, Crazy Cat said:

Yes.  My wife is now eligible to apply under the 5 year rule.  Her 5th anniversary as an LPR is in June.  She also turns 65 in 3 months, so we are going to get her Social Security/Medicare set up first.

I thought someone had to work  at least 10 years inorder to qualify for Social Security?

[jakelake 222]

On 5/11/2022 at 10:56 AM, annab864 said:

I agree, my ex husband literally forgot my birthdate at our AOS interview, and the officer laughed! They know people get nervous lol, all of us are human at the end of the day! 

Ex-husband? 

So this removal of condition is through divorce or with a new husband?

[jakelake 222]

On 5/11/2022 at 10:49 AM, Crazy Cat said:

I would like to add that I feel the I-751 should be totally eliminated......that is all.

If it is eliminated, then how do we determine who should legitimately get a green card?

I do not think that it should be eliminated.

The processing times needs to be improved. I think that implementing new technology would help greatly.

[Crazy Cat 41,887]

3 hours ago, jakelake said:

If it is eliminated, then how do we determine who should legitimately get a green card?

I do not think that it should be eliminated.

The processing times needs to be improved. I think that implementing new technology would help greatly.

1.  By my calculations, only about 1%-3% of all I-751s are actually denied.  I would say that either the vetting of all marriages on the front end is very good or the vetting of I-751s is not effective.

2.  The bona fide marriage evidence submitted to USCIS By IR-1 couples is no different from evidence supplied by CR-1 couples. 

3.  Spousal visa holder (A) who enters the US after 23 months of marriage receives a 2 year card......spousal visa holder (B) who enters the US at 24 months of marriage receives a 10 year card.  Do you think spousal visa holder B's marriage is more legitimate than spousal visa holder A's marriage? 

I-751s are a burden to USCIS as well as many new immigrants.  The time USCIS spends processing I-751s could be used much more wisely by eliminating the form and shifting the personnel to other important tasks. 

 

New technology?  Such as?  There is no way to eliminate the need for a set of human eyes to adjudicate an I-751.