Interview checklist

[jaaaaamas 0]

Hello everyone. Our interview is approaching and I feel....oddly calm and confident.

We've pretty much gathered our last little bits of evidence. I wanted to know if we're forgetting anything crucial, or if anything should be changed.

The list:

- Dean's passport with I-94 in it.

- My passport

- Both our birth certificates

- Marriage certificate

- EAD card

- NOA's for AOS and EAD

- Photocopy of the I-864 and necessary documents we sent in along with our sponsor's passport

- Statements from our joint checking and savings account

- I-693 supplement from the civil surgeon (sealed in an envelope)

- The old DS-3025 Vaccination Supplement from the UK (in case they want it.)

- Letter from my aunt stating we live in her house and give her monthly rent.

- Letter from Dean's employer

- Pay stubs for both his old and new job

- Joint taxes filed for this year (this is the first year either of us has filed for taxes, so we don't have any others)

- Optimum online bill in both our names (covers phone, internet, and cable)

- A letter from our credit card company stating Dean is an authorized user on my card

- A magazine in both our names

- TV Guide in Dean's name (at our address)

- Various receipts from places like Amazon.com and Paypal that shows things being sent to our house for both of us.

- An album of 200 photos (wedding and various vacations together)

- Wedding and Christmas cards addressed to both of us.

- Plane tickets showing we travelled together.

- Bits of junk mail addressed to both from Bank of America

- REJECTION letters to Dean from credit card companies, saying that he doesn't have any credit for them to approve him. (But hey, it shows he tried AND it shows he lives at this address!)

- And MAYBE a living will, if we can get our act together and sort one out.

I feel like I am forgetting things, but this is what I remember. How do you think we've done?

What things are necessary to have photocopies of, or should I just photocopy the whole lot?

Edited February 3, 2006 by jaaaaamas

[skoopie 0]

- And MAYBE a living will, if we can get our act together and sort one out.

Completely unrelated to your interview post, but rather than getting a living will, consider fulfilling your estate planning needs by creating trusts. Living wills have SEVERAL loop holes that make them inefficient.

I havent done too much research on it, but if you stick "estate planning" in google, you'll find more than you'll ever want to know about living wills vs. trusts.

Oh yea, back to the immigration interview - dont forget to wear your wedding rings!! Good luck!

Edited February 3, 2006 by skoopie

[jaaaaamas 0]

Completely unrelated to your interview post, but rather than getting a living will, consider fulfilling your estate planning needs by creating trusts. Living wills have SEVERAL loop holes that make them inefficient.

I havent done too much research on it, but if you stick "estate planning" in google, you'll find more than you'll ever want to know about living wills vs. trusts.

Oh yea, back to the immigration interview - dont forget to wear your wedding rings!! Good luck!

Thanks for the advice! I will look into what you said.

Anyone else with any input on my checklist?

[den_y2005 0]

you already have lots of proofs

good luck

[de_sjiem 0]

In answer to your photocopy question, I'd photocopy just abuot everything (except maybe your 200 pics! that would take a lot!!).. that way if they want to keep soemthing for your file, they wont have to photocopy it there.. and that would take extra time which i'm sure they dont really want to take too much (not that you'd be denied or anything for not taking photocopies, its just easier that way ) Good luck on your interview i'm sure you'll be fine! :-)

[allynella 0]

Good luck .

[kc456 0]

I don't think you need a will.

Also, do you have health insurance that covers both of you? Then I'd take it.

Looks comprehensive.

[GaryZ 0]

I second the insurance thought: auto/life/health.

Wouldn't show the rejection letter: why parade around negative news?

Should take your drivers license(s), and maybe make copies.

Do you own anything joinly?... proof of this.

Otherwise, your list looks good!

[neolla 1]

i filed my application for AOS and EAD last month and am scheduled for biometrics 2 weeks from now. im dreading for my intrview too.

do update us of your interview experience.

good luck

[jaaaaamas 0]

I second the insurance thought: auto/life/health.

Wouldn't show the rejection letter: why parade around negative news?

Should take your drivers license(s), and maybe make copies.

Do you own anything joinly?... proof of this.

Otherwise, your list looks good!

No we don't have health or life insurance. We don't have car insurance because neither of us has a license.

We don't own anything jointly like a house or a car. We're pretty simple people and don't really clutter ourselves with outrageous possessions. We've got feet to walk with and family gracious enough to help us out and that's all we really need

The rejection letters aren't bad though. The letters state they only rejected him on the basis he's not a permanent resident yet. So that's not negative news, it's obvious news. And it's something to show that he lives at this address and is attempting to get cards with me and share our expenses in the future.

I think we'll be okay!

[kc456 0]

Glad that you feel good about the interview. Good luck!

[Yoji 0]

Hello,

I had my interview yesterday in L.A.! The person took from me…

The original of the affidavit of support.

All the joint bank account’s printouts.

Copy of the lease.

Copy of the marriage certificate.

He asked about health insurance. I told him I’m covered thru my wife’s work.

In the “confusion” I totally forgot to show him my “Kaiser” card.

At this point he said that he has enough documents and everything looks OK but he has to run a

BACKGROUND CHECK. He explained that I’ll have my GC mailed to me if everything is OK or an invitation for a second interview.

After that…

My wife gave him a letter from her employer and 3 pay stubs.

I gave him a letter from friends stating that they know us.

He didn’t want anything else.

Now…… Can somebody tell me please, if this BACKGROUND CHECK and the “mailing me the GC” thing is a regular part of the procedure or I’m facing troubles???

[ladybutterfly 0]

Well, your list is far more comprehensive than ours, you are more than good to go I would think!