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| Detroit MI |  Review on June 20, 2013: |
Terosset
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Our appointment was at 8:45 AM. We arrived around 8:00 AM and there was plenty of parking. We didn't bring our phones in because I wasn't allowed to bring mine in for my K-1 interview in Vancouver, but people seemed to have their phones inside despite the signs saying not to use them.
Once inside, we went through security then went to the front desk and handed them our AOS appointment letter. We were directed to the waiting area. After a few minutes, we were called up to a window where our letter and passports were checked. Then we waited maybe half an hour to be called in for our interview. The wait was MUCH better than my K-1 interview, which I waited two hours for.
A lady met us at the door and had us follow her down a very long hallway to her office where she had us do the oath and then take a seat. She was friendly and relaxed. She went through the long list of questions to which the answer is always "no", asked me my husband's name and birthday, the city I was born in as well as a few other basic questions just to confirm it matched the information on our application.
Finally, she asked me what my husband does for fun so I named a sport he plays. She asked him the same of me and he named a sport I play. And then we were approved. 
It was almost disappointing that she didn't ask to see any of the evidence we brought: birth certificates, photos from over the years including our wedding, envelopes addressed to both of us, our joint bank account statement, the title of our car... Not to mention the photocopies we made of all the original documents! It could be that she didn't ask to see anything because she saw we had our stack of evidence in the folder I opened to give her our passports, and was convinced enough by the fact that we'd come prepared.
At the end, I asked if I could still use my EAD/AP card to get back into the country since we had plans to travel the following day (ie, before I received my green card in the mail). She gave me the I-551 stamp in my passport, good for a month, to use on our travels for the time being. I'm glad I asked about that, but seeing as we only received the EAD/AP card a couple weeks ago, I never even got to use it!
All in all, we were in and out in an hour (this may be due to our early appointment as well as arriving early), and it was very easy and stress-free.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #12175