AOS Interview today in St. Louis

[lirachadsbaby 0]

tha is great! congrats

[bobby_DE 0]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to write a short review on my AOS interview. It went extremely well. The AO was very nice. We showed up about 15 min. early, but had to wait until our appointment time at 2:00 p.m. We swore an oath, then sat down. Questions were directed at both myself and Gene, with some specific questions all pertaining to what sounded like a list of questions like... have you ever trafficked in a controlled substance, have you ever used false documents to gain entry into the US...they were rapid fire questions, so that's why I think there was a list of them. She looked like she was checking them off as I responded.

She then asked for any documents I brought. I had a very nicely stacked pile that included our marriage license, bills, bank account information, credit card information, health benefit information, etc. She flipped through these briefly. She advised she didn't need any of the copies. I offered wedding pictures, about 6 or 7 of them. She looked through them, and then made photocopies of a few.

She then asked us some very general questions about how we met, when I resigned from my work in Canada, when we got married. She asked me about my children, how old they were and confirmed they still resided in Canada.

That was about it. She then had us sign a photocopied statement saying I was granted conditional resident permit, and that I understood that 90 days preceeding the expiry date of my 2 year green card, I had to apply to lift those conditions, otherwise my conditional residency would expire and I would be deported. We said we understood and she had us both sign.

She then presented me with a short letter, two paragraphs, basically saying I was a now a conditional resident, and with dates of when it expired, when I had to apply for lifting of those conditions.

She advised that I would get a "Welcome to America" letter and my Green Card in the mail anywhere from 2 weeks to 1 month from today and that the card was coming from Missouri. She asked me if I'd been back home since I moved here and I told her no, and that I had not applied for AP. She then took out my I-94 receipt, a stamp, and pad, and gave me a I-551 stamp on my passport! It's good for one year. As she was stamping it she said, this would allow me to go back to Canada if I wished before I got my greencard in the mail. I thanked her.

That was about it! We were out of the office at 2:15 pm. I'd say with how things went, and her familiarity with our file, that she had reviewed all the information beforehand, and was just looking for supporting documentation.

Carla

Congratulations! One quick question, did she ask for the USC's passport?

[Carlawarla 1]

No she didn't. Right after we sat down after swearing our oath, she did ask for my ID. She mentioned State, or Passport... She didn't ask Gene for any ID. Part of the documents I brought was his birth certificate. I had the original and supplied a copy. She just briefly flipped through this documentation, and said she didn't need any copies of this. By the looks of our file, I would suggest it had our I-129F in there, which would have had a copy of his passport in it but I'm not sure.

Carla

Edited August 23, 2007 by cartoboy123