Just wanna say thankyou with all the helps I got on my AOS journey!!

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CIS Office Date Filed NOA Date Bio. Appt. Interview Date Decision Date Last Updated

Portland OR 2006-9-22 2006-9-27 2006-10-13 2007-6-18 2007-6-18 2007-8-6

Dear all in visajourney,

I got my I-551 stamp on my interview date at Portland immigration office on Jun, 18th. And then couple days later I got the welcome letter as well as the green card. Sorry for coming back late to express my thank you and share my case with all of bros/sisters here!

As you can see from my timeline above, I actually filed my case on Sep, 1st for the first time, and then it was returned for no reason, so I filed my application again on Sep, 22nd. and then had my bio taken on Ocr, 13th. I waited for 9months to get an appointment letter for July Interview, but I went to portland office and pulled in the interview to Jun, 18th. Here is my interview experience sharing:

The appointment time is 10am on Jun, 18th, but we waited until 11:30 , then interview started. THe officer was a mid-age madam who is obviously a very kind & friendly lady. The questions started with my husband with simple questions like:

1. Where were he born? DOB?

2. What's his parents' name?

3. Where does he work? Annual income, asked for last two year tax return/W-2 forms

4. How we met?

And then she started asking me questions:

1. What's my name? DOB?

2. What's myparents' name?

3. Is this first time I entered US, (i said no, and then she asked when was the last time i entered US)

4. And then she ask what are the proves you prepared for today's interview, and then i gave her jointbank accout statement, our last year tax return we filed together, without giving her anything else, she said enough already. : )

5. One very smart question she asked is how come the marriage certificate has my signature in July while I hasn't entered US yet. WHile i was thinking of the anwer, my husband helped to answer, because he brought those papers to China for me to sign ahead of time and then for him to bring back and handed over to court to reserve time for our marriage registration. Of course the officer was totally released/happy with his answer. I bet that was the only concern she has over our case.

6. Finally, i presented some pictures out of 4 picture albumns i brought with us. SHe said you really don't have to show me that much picture, i just need to see some will be more than enough.

And after that, she said your name check is clear and i will give you stamp today and you will receive your green card in 4-6 days. The total process cost around 20-30mins, nothing hard/difficult, everything went smoothly more like a chat. But one thing I do want to call out is officer like organized people, every time she asked for something i was able to present them within 2seconds which certainly made her feel happy and easy.

THis is a brief sharing of my 10months of AOS experience, and along the process i had been gettings so much help and so much question answered in this forum. I really appreciate people deligating their time and knowledge to help other people out in things like this. ANd I will continue contribute my time/energy to help others out as well in this website.