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| New York City NY |  Review on April 20, 2015: |
nycaribb
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Hey guys, my husband and I had our interview today at Holtsville, NY (Long Island Field Office).
Our interview was scheduled at 9:40am and we arrived at about 9:33am. We went through security within a few minutes then were directed to an area (sign in/ reception area,i guess) where our interview letter would be requested before we proceeded to sit and wait for our name to be called by the Immigration Officer. No IDs were checked at either the security area or the reception area. There were two doors where officers were coming out to call their next interviewees (labeled ‘A’ and ‘B’). We waited maybe 50 minutes before we could be called in by the Immigration Officer (through door ‘A’). She was a lady maybe early to mid 30s in age. She seemed really pleasant as she expressed her delight in meeting us. She proceeded to leading us all the way to the back of the hallway area where her office was located.
She started by swearing us in then requesting my husband’s ID and my passport used to enter the US. She then asked my husband for his proof of citizenship (i handed her both his original Birth Certificate and U.S. Passport).
She went on to request additional proof of our bonafide marriage (specifies examples such as leases, joint accounts and insurances). While I was gathering those documents [we had a thick binder full of evidence even after submitting some with the original application], she began to question my spouse, although she stated that either one of us could respond to the questions.
IO: How did you two meet?
Sp: Dating App
IO: How long after meeting did you get married?
Sp: 1 yr 2 months
IO: Who was present at the wedding?
Me: Do you want me to tell you their names?
IO: No. Friends? Family?
Me: Friends
IO: Did you guys go out afterwards? … to a restaurant?
Me: Yes. [named the restaurant]
IO [specifically to me]: Do you have family here?
Me: yes, aunt
IO:What type of visa did you use to enter the US?
Me: student
IO: Where are your parents?
Me: back in my home country
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IO [directed to me]: I’m going to ask you a few questions. She asks me to verify my address, age, work place. Honestly, i first thought she was asking these questions to my spouse about me (thinking she wanted to see if my spouse knew these facts about me), but it was only a matter of verification for her. While I was responding to the question on the address, i guess I was responding little too slowly so she completed my address by saying the city and zip code while i nodded in agreement. Afterwards, she went through the yes/no questions on the form I-485.
IO asks to see the photo album and quickly flips through it once i handed it to her.
IO asks us to select two pics from our photo album which shows both of our faces while she does stuff on her iPhone.
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IO asks for recently filed taxes. She asks if we had any copies of it. We didn’t so she said that she won’t keep it but make a note that she saw it. She then went on to say that she had to wait for my background check to be updated on the system. We were told that although the background check was done before, it needs to be updated and that we were approved and our case status should be updated either this afternoon or the next morning once she gets the updated background check. We were told that we would receive the welcome letter within a week and the green card in two weeks. At this point we smiled and she asked if we had any questions. We didn’t so she was up and ready to usher us back out.
Observations:
-We were not asked any questions about one another.
-She didn’t look at the evidence that we gave her but quickly punched holes in there and placed them in our file.
-She gave us back the joint phone bill we gave her as evidence since she didn’t want anymore evidence at that point.
-Our interview lasted less than ten mins.
-There were more than a few questions asked but everything was speedily done. I think, as many have stated, the IOs make up their mind about the approval of a case even before the actual interview. We got the card production text message about two hours after the interview was completed.
P.S. sorry for the long post.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #16640