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| Cleveland OH |  Review on November 10, 2020: |
A - J
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Just back home from the AOS interview, which took around 15-20 minutes.
Parking:
There is a parking garage just around the corner. Turn right on East Lakeside and an immediate right just past East 10th. It’s like almost immediately after turning right on East Lakeside. So watch for it. $8 to park. The walk to the Federal building from there is quick.
Entry:
Construction around the building makes getting in a little tricky. We had to walk through a makeshift path in a flower bed. Not many in there. Security asked what we were there for. After we told them, they said to have a seat, that it would be ten minutes before we could go up.
Fifth floor (501):
There are signs pointing to room 501. It’s kind of hard to miss it. We presented our appointment paperwork and the nice lady at the desk told us to have a seat and someone would be right out.
Interview:
We were not separated. The lady who did our interview was professional, sweet, and very personable. She exchanged small talk with us about the Covid procedures around the state as well as some personal chit chat about us and herself. She really made it seem less like a formal interview and more like a conversation.
She began with looking at our ID’s and we took the oath affirming that we would tell the truth. Then she immediately went into the list of I-485 questions, she asked about 15 of those.
Then the following:
- my full name (petitioner)
- current address
- my parents names
- when we married
- had I ever been married before
- do I have kids
Then she asked my husband the same questions.
Then she asked questions from the I-944:
- if I had been on public assistance
- how many people live in the house
- have I been working
Then she asked how we met, whether my husband traveled to my country or not. We explained and she took copious notes.
She asked what was next for us. We talked about getting a job now and being part of a community.
She mentioned that Cleveland is the fastest office in the nation for turning around green cards.
She asked if we had other materials we would like to present but said that she has more than enough. So we gave her nothing. Honestly, we prepared so much stuff and used absolutely none of it. Not complaining.
Final thoughts:
All in all it was a very pleasant experience. Just one minute or so after walking out of the building, my case updated to say “New card is being producedâ€.
I think we passed!
**EDIT: we did**
Good luck everyone!
(updated on November 11, 2020)
(updated on November 11, 2020)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #28771