AOS Interview Was today

[raphael7546 0]

Well, we had our interview today.

The interview was for 7:40 AM in SLC .

Woke up at 4:30 am. looked out the window to see the mother of all snow storms. UGH! Didn't have breakfast cuz my stomach was in knots.

After shovelling out the SUV we were on the road by 6am. Traffic was a nightmare with cars all over the place. It was pretty much at a stand still as we got closer to SLC. We ended up being about 10 minutes late.

We came into the office and gave the Security guard the Interview letter. He didn't ask us for ID at all. Just told us to put our possions on the xray table thingy. Hubby beeped when he went thru. He forgot to take his watch off.

The Security guard handed our letter to a young man and he told us to follow him. He said his name was Officer Rice and that he will be doing our interview. He was super nice.

We followed him into his little office and he said"Before you sit down, I have to swear you in. please raise your right hand and swear that what your about to say is the truth."

Then he asked me for my Passport, my EAD Card, AP papers, my SSN. He asked Jim for his ID as well. Then he did something really strange or so I thought. He asked my hubby to please show him his tattoos on both arms & shoulders. He said he wanted to make sure he had the right guy. I laughed and commented that when I went thru Customs with my K-1 the last thing the guy said to me was to make sure I married the right guy.

Then Officer Rice said he needed to ask me a few questions that are asked of everyone at this time. The usual " are you a Terrorist?, have you ever been charge with a crime?, have you ever had any other Visa besides this K-1 that you came with?" Have you ever helped someone get into the states illegally?, Have you ever been on any American Income assistance, food stamps etc... "

Then he asked where & when we met. Asked when we married. Asked me my parents names. Asked if I have any children and their birthdates.. I told him I haveone, but she lives in Canada, that she was supposed to move here but my ex refused to let her at the last minute.I told him we will be appyling for her Visa in 2 yrs once she is legally allowed without his consent. He said thats great!

As he spoke he checked things off on the huge stack of an application in front of him. He was smiling the whole time.

I handed him a duo-tang with copies of everything in it. And said I was told to bring these in case you need them. He mentioned how organized I was. Looked thru it and only took my daughter's Birth cert. He said he I was so thourough with my Initial Application he didn't need anything else.

He asked if the house was in my name and my husband replied that we are in the process of re-finiancing and my name will be added then. He asked if I was on his Medical and Jim told him yes and gave him a letter stating this. He asked if he could keep it and Jim said sure as it was a statement that was already paid.

He looked over Jim's 2005 W2 & Taxes and noted that we hadn't done them yet. Offier Rice said that was fine, that he , himself owes money this year and will be delaying it till the last minute . lol He also said that the old affidavit was fine even tho I made Jim make up a new one cuz he had to add on his new job. The officer said everything was fine that he made well above the poverty line with just his Military Pension.

He asked if we had anything with both our names like a contract or something. I gave him the only thing we had in both our names which is a contract for a $3000.00 Vaccum we bought. He looked over the contract and said Wow ! this must be some kinda vaccum! and laughed. Then Jim told him how good it is and they talked for about 10 minutes about it.

Then he asked if we had anything else that would help our case. We brought a Garbage bag with us full of stuff. 1375 wedding pictures, other pictures, cards, letters, email, junk mail you name it.

So I handed over my Scrapbook of our wedding pictures. Its a HUGE book that I've painstakingly made. He looked thru all the pictures and commented how nice it was and how much care must have gone into making it. I told him I have no life so I have tons of time to scrapbook ! LOL He laughed. Then I also pulled out a huge envelope of more pictures, all the wedding cards, Christmas cards addressed to us both , mail in my name, mail in both our names, our guest book, emails, letters from his parents . I put all this on his desk and he laughed, looked thru a few more things and said, "Ok, you can clean off my desk for me now. I'm approving this case. You'll get your Green card in a few weeks." He made us sign a little piece of paper stating we have to come back to get the conditions removedin almost 2yrs. Then he said, " Unfortunetly, I'll have to keep your EAD card and AP papers. So you'll just have to hang around home for a few weeks till your greencard arrives. "

So I cleaned off his desk, We stood up, shook hands and he said "Congratulations! have a great day!"

What a relief !! No more Immigration for almost 2 yrs. Yippee !!!

[Peggy 1]

Congrats Lily

[sukie175 0]

Great news and sounds like you were very well prepared!!

Sarah

[MaryandMian 1]

Congratulations Lily I knew you would fly thru your interview.

Mary

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Conratulations. For $3000 you could have bought several Roombas from iRobot and had change left over.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Congratulation........ but wow $3000 for a vaccum, hope you have lots to clean.....

Kezzie

[sptruck 0]

Way to go! So encouraging to read another success story! Thanks for all the details...

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Congrats, Lily!!!

[eau_xplain 2]

Congratulations!!

[pax 0]

Congrats! About time!

[allynella 0]

Congrats

[pri 0]

congrats on success

[jaaaaamas 0]

So glad to hear it went well in the end! I think you charmed the officer with all your wonderful pictures I was amazed when our officer actually took the time to LOOK at them. I was almost sure they wouldn't even bother.

Congrats to you and yours!!

[Jasman0717 9]

Congratulations

[SanDan 0]

Wohoooooo Lily Congratulations I'm hoping to get "officer Rice" to interview us next week. He sounds nice Thanks for sharing the experience and telling us about all the details It's still snowing here in SLC btw...