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| Fresno CA |  Review on March 22, 2013: |
TandC
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
I was positivly surprised to find out that our Adjustment of Status Interview was 2 and a half months after filing! We arrived about half an hour before the interview and were finally called in about 45 minutes after our appointment time.
The lady was very unfriendly, almost rude. She hardly greated us.
At first, she explained that I will not get a notice before my conditional greencard is about to expire. I have to keep track of it myself and apply for the removal of the conditions within the correct time frame.
Next, she told my husband off since he has not changed his address on his driver's license.
I could not believe what I heard when she told us that all my medical information was missing from the file?! She asked me if I have copies. Unfortunately, the Panel Physcican in my home country never handed me copies, she even told me that the US Embassy in my home country prohibits her to hand out copies! For not having copies the immigration officer told me off (hard to believe, but she really told us off. Her voice had a totally rude intonation!)
After all that, she finally started with the regular procedure. She fired questions at me. I seemed as if she wanted to provoke me making mistakes.The questions were about my parents (name, adress...), my husband's birthday, my name and his name. Then she asked me what my last address in my home country was. I gave her an answer that was not identical with the form, which set her off once more. She would not even let me explain that the form asks for addresses where you have lived for more than 6 months and I lived with my parents only for the last 4 months before coming to the US. Obviously, I did not write this address on the form, since the form tells you not to.
The rest of the interview was pretty much standard. Questions about:
- employers
- my profession
- where we live here
asked me all the questions that are on the form I-485 again.
Then she asked for proof of relationship.
I handed her a car title with both our names, shared bankaccounts, 401k beneficiary declaration, shared car insurance, shared credit card. She seemed to be pleased about all that. She did not want to see any pictures or letters that I brought with me.
She asked to see my social security card, my passport and my husband's driver's license. She insisted on his driver's license and not his passport. She wanted copies of all the three documents. Once again she got kind of upset because I only had a copy of his passport since nobody told me that they are going to ask for the driver's license. I would certainly bring the passport and copies anyways. Just be prepared about the driver's license.
In the end, she did not approve my case because of the missing medical information. In the second half of the interview, she was friendlier and even wrote our RFE right away, so that we could take it home with us.
I am disappointed. I just do not get how USCIS can loose part of my file and than blame me for everything!
In the meantime, my case has been approved. I organized Medical copies from the US Embassy in my home country and contacted the congressman. His office helped me tremendously.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #11679