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| Raleigh NC |  Review on November 10, 2017: |
CLDubsFL
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
The Raleigh office is in Durham, actually.
I had an appointment at 8:15am and we arrived there around 7:50am but the office was not open yet. My husband and I (and our baby) waited in the car and when it was 8am they opened the doors and we got in. Inside, a lady told us to have our IDs and letters ready to be checked and after we showed it to her we went through some security screening (just like you do in the airport), and I (the immigrant) was sent to a line to get a number and my husband and daughter went to a waiting room to wait for me. While the guy was typing in his computer to give me the ticket with my number I saw that my name was highlighted in his list (I got a bit concerned then). After I got the number they sent us to the second floor where there was another waiting room where we sat down and waited for like 10 minutes and they called our number. We had to bring our 11 month old baby with us, so when we got in the interview room we took some time to settle (we had a baby, a stroller, a diaper bag, a binder full of documents, the photo album, and our jackets) so I apologized to the officer, but he said it was ok (he was really nice). After that he sworn us in and we sat down. He asked our daughter’s age, asked for her birth certificate, our IDs and all my passports. In the mean time my daughter started to get fussy and I asked him if I could nurse her and he was ok with it. While I nursed her he was typing something in his computer and going through the forms and documents we sent in the packet. He had a very strong accent and not even my husband could understand him. He said something about my husband being American and we being a family and that we were approved! (YAYYY!!) He didn’t ask a single question about how we met or about the relationship or anything. He didn’t ask to see any of the documents I brought, nor the pictures. I was a bit disappointed but happy, of course. The only thing I had to do is to get a new medical (ugh), so he gave us a letter (a Notice of Intend to Deny) saying I need to send them a new medical in 30 days (I’m currently working on it).
Everyone was really nice at this office. From the lady who first saw us in the entrance, up to the IO. I was expecting to find only grumpy faces, but nope. Everyone had a smile.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #22812