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| San Antonio TX |  Review on July 19, 2016: |
julita26
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
We had our interview today in San Antonio. We brought two binders full of evidence, including originals birth and marriage certificates, recent pay stubs and 2015 tax transcript, pictures together, shared bank account and credit card statements, shared lease, shared utilities, shared car title, proof of my wife as beneficiary on my Roth IRA, chat logs, call logs, social media pages, greeting cards, affidavits from friends and family, and all of the previous documents and notices we've gotten from USCIS.
Our Immigration Officer was an older gentleman that initially looked cranky but turned out to be really nice. He asked us, "Are you scared? You should be--just kidding." He spoke fluent Spanish so we were able to do the interview in Spanish, which made my wife feel a lot better, and he was very up front about the fact that he had zero interest in doing any more work or verification than absolutely necessary. I believe his actual words were, "Oh, you came on a K1 visa? That's great--makes my job a lot easier. You're my last case of the day, and it's Monday." He looked at none of our evidence. That's right; absolutely none of it. Didn't even open the folders we brought. He just verified our address and my wife's parents' name with her in her USCIS case file. The only questions he asked were 1) how we met and 2) if she'd ever been a member of the Communist party. However, he did say that the fact that we'd brought so much evidence made him not want to look at any of it--whereas the people that don't bring in much evidence made him want to see more. After telling us he was going to approve us, he proceeded to chat with us for the next 45 minutes about his family, San Antonio, what it's like to work for USCIS, other places he's lived, and give a pretty helpful explanation of the removal of conditions process and the benefits of becoming a naturalized citizen vs. remaining a permanent residence. So all in all, we were there for an hour, but the "interview" was less than 10 minutes of that.
He said the computers were down so he couldn't give us the formal letter of approval today, but it should be mailed tomorrow. The 1 year 9 months for removal of conditions starts from then, and we should receive the card within 30 days of receiving the notice.
Really positive experience at the San Antonio Field Office. All other staff were also really friendly, from the security guards to the people working at the check-in desk. Lots of Spanish-speaking staff as well  .
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #19960