Green Card Interview Questions

goukoy · May 23, 2007

I just did a search on the forum and try to find if we have a Green Card Interview questions list, but I don't see there is one.

My wife will go to the green card interview based on K3 visa in 2 weeks. I just want to check if someone has gone through that, and could you guys post some questions that they asked during the interview process or let me know where can I find a GC interview questions list. That way we can get an idea how to prepare it.

BIG Thanks in advance!

no name · May 23, 2007

I just did a search on the forum and try to find if we have a Green Card Interview questions list, but I don't see there is one.
My wife will go to the green card interview based on K3 visa in 2 weeks. I just want to check if someone has gone through that, and could you guys post some questions that they asked during the interview process or let me know where can I find a GC interview questions list. That way we can get an idea how to prepare it.

BIG Thanks in advance!

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Kez/JWolf · May 23, 2007

There is no interview question list because everybody can be asked diffrent questions.... so it would be impossible to list every question ever asked at an AOS interview.... you can be asked about anything to do with your marriage and how you met.... questions about your everyday lives, questions about your families and then of course there is all the security questions... (the same ones that are asked on the I-94w)

Hope the interview goes well...

Kez

YuAndDan · May 23, 2007

Q. What will occur at the AOS interview?
A.

First he swore us in. Then he asked me for our passports, about my present job, marriage certificate and 2003 tax return. He also asked me if this was my first marriage and if we had any baby.

Then he asked my wife a few questions:

(Did you ever collect public assistance; Did you ever come to this country illegally; Did you ever get deported; Did you ever commit any crimes).

Afterwards, he photocopied the passports and he told my wife she did really well in the interview. Then he stamped her passport and said this will be her temp green card until her real temp green card arrives in the mail in 6 months. He also said she can work and leave the country now. We thank him and that was it.

A.

The VO will ask the same questions from the I-485 (ex: Did you ever try to come to this country illegally? Did you ever get arrested?). Also, the officer didn't even ask for her medical envelope from the Civil Surgeon. He did ask my wife to recite our home phone number which she always forgot.

A.

I was present during the entire AOS interview. She was asked some questions like....Have you ever been a member of the communist party? Ever done anything against the US government...etc.

The INS representative allowed me to ask the question question in a level of English that she could understand. She answered the questions No or yes,... mostly no.

Other INS offices in other parts of the US may have different procedures, but this is how things went for us during the AOS interview in Oregon. Relative simple and pleasant. The process took about 15-20 minutes total.

A.

Just don't say "yes" to questions like:

Have you ever claimed to be a US citizen;

Have you ever voted in an election?

Have you ever tried to help someone enter the US illegally?

Have you ever been to the US illegally?

Have you ever been arrested?

You get the drift. These are standard questions, all of which are disqualifiers for AOS.

A.

Here's what the IO asked for:

- Birth Certificate of our baby son

Here's the questions:

Is he your son together (we brought our baby to the interview)?

Was he born here?

When is his birthday?

Who do you work for?

What do you do?

That was it!

My advice if you are going for the AOS interview is still to prepare everything! It seems there are so much variation between each offices and even each IO. I think if you are prepared, they know it and will not ask so much.

A.

I (USC) got the brunt of questioning:

1. How old are you and how old is your wife?

2. Have you been married before?

3. When did you get divorced?

4. Where is your ex-wife from?

5. How long were you married to your ex-wife?

6. Why did you two get divorced?

7. How did you come to know your present wife?

8. Are you planning on having any children?

9. Are you and your wife using any birth control measures now?

A.

Interview was scheduled for 10:00 am. We got there at 9:45 am. Waited in the waiting room for 10 minutes or so, then the interview guy called our name and we followed him to his office.

For the first 2 minutes he didn't say anything to us at all. He just was shuffling some paperwork around amidst the mountain of paperwork atop his desk. Then he typed a few things into his computer.

Then he asked me "How did you guys meet"? I told him "We met online on americansingles.com, first exchanging some emails, which eventually got more and more frequent, then we decided to meet each other in person so I flew to Malaysia where she was going to college at the time".

Then he asked for Juxin's passport and he immediately stamped it with the "1-year temporary green card stamp" thing, and told us the real actual conditional green card would arrive in the mail in about a year. Then he said we had to apply for the unconditional green card in just under 2 years.

That's it! The whole thing took less than 10 minutes. I was expecting him to ask us lots of questions about us and ourselves. I was expecting to show lots of additional paperwork and/or photos of us. Nothing. Just a quick glance at her passport, and that's the only physical thing that came out of our envelope.

Oh ... and he asked us what name Juxin wanted to use going forward, and we said "HerGiven HerFamily MyLast" and he said fine. Then she had to provide her new signature a couple of times and provide her fingerprint a couple of times, and then away we went!

A.

the interviewer got more hung up on my other paperwork not being enough. I guess shes expected to see all bills & checking & savings (and anything else with both our names on it) from before our marriage (with only my name) and EVERY month thereafter with both our names (guess they expect a continuation of this...2 years worth...at the removal of conditions too). But, despite complaining about this severla times (and repeating the same questions a few different ways)...we got approved. Put the stamp in Yaya's passport good for one year and said we will get the temp green card in the mail in 90 days (or less).

BTW...if they look at your wife and ask a question (make sure your wife is looking at the person so she will know she is being talked to)...DO NOT try to help your wife unless the interviewer asks you. This one got kinda perturbed every time I tried to help explain sumthin my wife did not understand and told me the interview would just take LONGER if I kept doing that.

A.

He asked:

Where did you meet.

Do you have the I-864, copies of his tax returns and pay stubs.

He asked for copies of our passports, birth certificates and ID.

He asked for evidence establishing our relationship. Amy showed him a picture of us in traditional Chinese wedding garb. He looked at the picture and asked if we got married in China. She told him, No, in Las Vegas, and showed him a Las Vegas wedding picture. Those were the only pictures he wanted to see.

Then he asked to see the marriage certificate and to give him a copy. He asked for insurance papers so Amy showed him my car insurance which shows that she is an excluded driver from my policy. She showed him our names on the utility bill, our joint checking account and a credit card bill in both of our names and he took copies of these documents.

Then he proceeded to pull out a paper and ask Amy questions off of it. Amy did not fully understand the questions as he read them off in English but she recognized the paper as the I-485, the part with the checklist that asks stupid questions like are you are a prostitute or do you plan to overthrow the govt. Amy smartly replied no to all of them

Amy wanted to show him other some other pictures and some other things we prepared that were on the "required" list, but he was not interested.

He kept the passports and ID's and sent her out and called me in.

He asked me how we met and I said on the internet.

He then informed me that there doesn't seem to be any problems with her getting the green card and gave me a receipt of sorts that has her A number and a check next to a box stating additional security checks were necessary and said that if there were no security issues, we should get the green card within a month.

He gave me our passports and ID's and there was no I-551 stamp in her passport.

Communist party answers of Yes:

A.

My wife was a commie and a lot of time was spent on this issue in the AOS interview. The interviewer asked if my wife was a commie and she said "yes." Then he asked her a bunch of questions like why she was a member, what office she held, what benefits did she derive from being a member, etc. My wife was not an officer and she basically got nothing out of being a member except it was necessary for her job. He used her responses to fill out a waiver for her, printed a copy, and asked my wife to sign it. We read it and asked him to change the wording of one sentence that we didn't think was accurate. He made the change, my wife signed the corrected statement, and that was it. After that he moved on to my financial statements and other more routine stuff. We got our approval (and her green card) a couple of weeks later and haven't looked back.

I don't think anyone is going to have any problem with this issue unless your SO has participated in something overtly "totalitarian" - like being involved in a police action that disregarded human rights. If your SO was just a government clerk, I would guess that your experience will be very similar to ours

A.

The interview was easy and the only hestitation was when she asked my wife the dreaded COMMUNIST PARTY question and my wife answered YES.... Then she had to print out a sworn statement and sign it and then the nice lady had to check to see if we needed the 601 waiver form as well...Thank god, we didnt need this form!! Thats another 265 bucks......

A.

On the I-485 we checked that my wife had been a member of the Communist Party. This required the interviewer to ask a number of questions regarding her affiliation. She needed to do this in order to complete an affidavit that my wife had to sign. Much of the time we just sat there while the interviewer completed the form on the computer. During the silence I talked to my wife about our July 4th plans. Eventually I asked the interviewer if she needed more information. She had everything she required, she just told me that completing the form was a pain?

I told her that many people probably check no? whether or not they were members, but I felt it was better to be honest. She concurred and told me that many people donâ€™t answer that question truthfully and she knows that many Chinese join the Communist Party as a job requirement. The key to the affidavit is that membership was involuntary? The interviewer told me that, despite the time she required to complete the affidavit, she appreciated our honesty.