Interview Experience at Newark, NJ

[Mohsin 0]

I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25^th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

Edited June 25, 2009 by Mohsin

[NArocks 13]

Thanks for posting this

[Silke 1]

Congrats!

[sojen 0]

congratsss!!

[tapskap 0]

Congrats!!!

[Ladylethal 12]

Congrats!

[MoroccanInTexas 24]

Congrats Good luck in your citizenship journey

[wannabe_texan 0]

Congratulations! I'm sure the N400 will go well!!

[Immigrant2009 0]

I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25^th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

Hi Mohsin,

Thanks for sharing this with us. I am sure it will help a lot of folks who will have interview for I-751

Congrats!!! on approval.

[PrinceandPrincess 0]

Congratulations!

[Lancelotte25 1]

Thank you for this post, at least I got the ideas on how the officer will ask questions.

I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25^th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

[jasminelily 1]

Congratulations! Wish you have a smoother N400 journey!

[birdlover2008 2]

Congratulations!!!

Thanks a million for sharing your experience thoroughly. I have a pending interview schedule myself.

Good luck with the rest!

[keepfaith 0]

congrats!

[Immigrant2009 0]

I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25^th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

Wish you have a smoother N400 journey