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| Sacramento CA |  Review on June 25, 2019: |
Jin&Jordan
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Our AOS interview went smoothly! The only real hard part was waiting for them to call us in. Our appointment time was at 8AM on a Tuesday. We parked at the nearby parking garage (520 N St) since there is only street parking in the area and we didn’t want to deal with finding a spot and worrying about 2-hour parking limits. The garage is one block from the USCIS office.
We arrived around 7:35 and had to go through security. The security guard greeted us and asked for our IDs and what we were there for. After saying we are here for our AOS interview, he wanted to check the AOS letter and had us take off our shoes to go through the metal detector. Once through we took the elevator to the 2nd floor and followed the signs towards room 2-230 (as stated on our AOS letter). There was a line up to the check-in windows and had about 5 people in front of us. We were in the line at about 7:45 and waited a few minutes to get to the window where the nice lady asked for our AOS letter and IDs. She checked us in and gave us our letter back and told us to go to room 2-220 to wait to be called for our interview.
We went to 2-220 and there were about 5 other couples waiting already. We sat down and waiting as we saw all 5 couples get called in. There were even people that showed up after we did that were called in before us, which kind of bothered us a bit but we maintained our composure and waited a total of 50 minutes before a man called our name finally. He brought us over to his office and had us stand and raise our right hands as he swore us in. He asked us for our AOS letter and if we had any documentation with our names and address listed. I basically handed him everything I had about our financial co-mingling (insurance papers, utility bills, beneficiary for retirement accounts/bank accounts, joint tax return, joint credit cards). I did not have my wife (beneficiary) on my bank account as a joint owner because my current bank does not allow non-legal residents to do so, but I explained that to the IO and gave him a paper with that bank policy to prove it. He accepted all the documents and went over them. He then asked us a few standard questions from the AOS application.
His accent was a little heavy, so my wife had a hard time understanding him, but he was patient and did not get annoyed repeating himself a few times. After that he asked for our photos, which I had some loose photos and some that were printed on regular paper. He wanted to keep the paper photos for our file, but he did thumb through our loose photos very carefully. He did not ask us and questions about the photos, but he did ask why her parents did not come to our wedding. We explained that we it was difficult to have them apply and get approved for visitor visas to the U.S. (they are in China, and the process to get Visas is stricter). We mentioned that we instead had a dinner with all her family when I went to there to bring her to the U.S. I was a little worried that this would sound suspicious to him, but he did not seem to change his tone or ask us more pressing questions.
The other questions I remember him asking were pretty basic, like when and how did we meet (online), when did we meet for the first time in-person, do we live in a house or apartment, how many bedrooms, how many bathrooms, how many cars do we drive, what color is the car, do we have any children, and have we been married before. At the end, he asked if there were any other documents we have that we would like to submit. He explained that if we are approved for the Green Card it will arrive in 2 to 3 weeks, and that we will need to apply for ROC 90 days prior to the 2 year GC ends. He did not tell us if we were approved or not, but we could tell he was satisfied with our documents and that he just needed time to do a final check before he can approve us.
All in all, it was easier than I expected but I am glad we did our due diligence and had all the documentation and photos that established our case for our genuine marriage. While writing this review, I checked our case status and it just changed to “New Card is being Producedâ€, so we have indeed been approved!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #26523