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| Denver CO |  Review on November 20, 2009: |
Hugglebuggles
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Our appointment was at 10:45, but we arrived 20 or so minutes early. Security was very easy and painless and both the guards working at the time were very kind and helpful. Unlike our Consulate experience, we were allowed to take in our cell phones or any other electronic items we had on us. After security we got into the elevator and went to the 2nd floor where they conduct all the immigrant interviews. The building was very nice and new, and the waiting room has a TV to watch with CNN playing to make the wait a little less painful. Although there were dozens of people waiting to be called, our name was called less than 10 minutes later, skipping us ahead of all the people waiting. I'm not to sure how they order their interviews.
The IO took us to a back room where his office was located, passing a dozen or so other offices on the way. He began by asking us to raise our right hand and asked us if we swear to tell the truth, to which we agreed. After we were seated he asked for my passport and I-94 immediately. He then asked my husband a couple easy questions like: what my full name is, what my birthday is, and my parents names. He then asked me my husbands name, birthday, and what he did for a living. Aside from that he asked is how we met, when we met, how often we visited each other before I moved, how often I traveled to the US in the past, and what my longest duration of stay was. He also went over part 3 of the I-485 and asked me to answer the questions out loud with a simple yes or no answer.
He also asked me if I had redone my immigration medical since being in the US. I said no and explained that I had my foreign medical within the last year and that it should still be valid. He just nodded, looked at the medical section of my packet in front of him (he had the I-129F, all my paperwork from Montreal, the medical, and all the I-485 paperwork in a booklet) and then moved on. I did not submit the I-693a with my original application, but did have one prepared by a civil surgeon and brought it to the interview in case I was asked, but he never asked for it. He then looked over the other documents like my birth certificate and the copy of our marriage certificate. I asked him if he wanted the certified copy I brought to the interview and he said he didn't need it.
After he asked if we had established a bank account or anything relationship evidence to show. I handed him a little stack of papers with all the relationship evidence I compiled: bank statements from our joint savings and checking accounts, a letter from State Farm declaring me the beneficiary on his life insurance, documents showing joint car insurance and health insurance, and a phone bill showing a shared cell phone plan. He glanced over it fairly quickly and added it to our folder.
At the end of the interview the IO asked my husband if he trusts me. He said of course. Then he looked at me and said, good, I don't want to grant you this green card and then hear you ran off to Florida or something in a year or so. I then said that if it wasn't for my husband I wouldn't be here, I love Canada. He then explained why he is usually hesitant in granting green cards because of the marriage fraud problems, but that he could tell our marriage is "valid." He then asked Bill if he wanted to continue supporting my application and he said yes. Then he explained the conditions of the 2 year green card, what I had to do for ROC, and said he would put the approval in the system that day and I should get my card anywhere from 10 days til 3 weeks. He crossed out the K-1 visa from my passport and wrote AOS in it but he didn't take my EAD or AP.
Overall a very positive experience.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5275