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| New York City NY |  Review on October 10, 2014: |
Melibelle
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
We arrived at Federal Plaza around 12:30 for our 1pm appointment. The place was dead. No line at security and maybe 8 people in the enormous waiting room. We were called in ahead of most of them around 1:15 by Officer Williams who did not crack a single smile until the very end. She also sat at a desk 3 feet away from us while asking us questions.
She asked for the marriage certificate and my (USC) citizenship proof first. Then she asked for all our marriage proof. I had separated my documents into financial, non-financial and travel docs so I handed over the financial stuff in a pile. I never got to give her the other docs. She asked for pictures and I gave her our album from which she took 3-4 photos. She also asked for my husband's birth certificate, EAD card and social security card. She questioned us for a while back and forth as she did this (and while she flipped through our file and checked things on her computer). The questions I remembered:
To me:
- when's his bday?
- how did you meet?
- where did you meet the first time?
- where did he work when you met him?
- what does he do?
- where did he live when you met him?
- when did your relationship start getting serious?
- what do you two have in common?
- what are his parents names?
- where is he from?
- when did you meet?
- when did you first travel together? Where did you go?
- where else have you traveled?
- do you have any kids? does he have any kids?
To him:
- when is her bday?
- what was the date of your marriage?
- who attended your wedding?
- what are her parents names?
- where do they live?
- what is her brother's name?
- where does he live?
- how many brothers does she have?
- what do you do for work?
- what does your wife do?
- where does she work?
- do you have any kids? does she have any kids?
I recently quit my job, so we handed her a new i-864 and about 30 pages of supporting docs showing my assets, which she flipped through briefly. Then after about 30 minutes she said "Congratulations, you're approved". We mentioned to her that we were leaving the country that day so she stamped my husband's passport. That was the only point she started smiling because the stamp was kept in a cute little makeup bag that I commented on. After that, she was a bit warmer.
She took ALL the financial docs, but I had to ask for the original copies of our lease and a few other documents back, so she made copies - something one might want to be prepared for.
In the end, it was definitely stressful and not as relaxed as other interviews I've read about, mostly because the officer was so stern and serious, but I can't complain since we got approved on the spot! We were having lunch across the street when we got the email that his card was in production.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #15385