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| Fresno CA |  Review on April 15, 2010: |
Miranda&John
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
Just got back from my interview. It was... interesting.
We showed up about 30 minutes early to the building in Fresno. My husband, daughter, and I went through the medical detectors and then were escorted up to the 3rd floor. We put our appointment letters in a box and then waited in an empty waiting room until 10:30. At 10:30 my name was called, and we all went up to the door. The IO took everyone's ID and then told my husband and daughter to continue waiting in the waiting room, while I followed him to his office.
He swore me in, and then asked me some questions:
What is your name?
What is your address?
What is your birthday?
What is your phone number?
Why did you come to the U.S.?
Did your J-1 visa have a 2 year residency requirement?
How long have you lived with your husband?
Who else lives with you?
Then he asked me all the questions on the I-485. He asked if I had anything I wanted to show him that proved my husband and I lived together. I said "do you want copies or originals?" because I had organized a stack of copies for him to have before hand. He said he would look at the originals then keep the copies. He also asked if I had any photos and I indicated that they were on the bottom of the pile of copies. He had me sign off on the back of our I-485 forms that I opted to have the interview without my lawyer.
After that, he went on to my daughter's application. He asked me her name, birthdate, asked to see the original of her birth certificate and compared it to the one he had in our file. When he asked her name, I included her middle name. He was a little bit worried that (and I didn't realize this) her passport doesn't have her middle name on it. BUT, I have her expired passport that did and I showed that to him and he seemed satisfied. I asked him if he wanted a copy of our 2009 taxes and he said "no, you've given me quite enough". He also asked if my daughter was on any medication (which she is). I don't know why he asked this...?
When he was done looking through my daughter's portion of the file he said "well, everything looks good but I can't approve you today because I have to verify that your J-1 visa does not have the 2 year home residency rule (which it doesn't). I explained to him that I would have liked him to stamp my passport, but he said they don't do that anymore. I told him my work authorization and AP hadn't been approved yet and he seemed shocked and said it was really strange that my daughter had received her AP and not me (although clearly not very sympathetic to the whole situation). He explained the removal of conditions and gave me another piece of paper that just had today's date on it and said "You will receive notice by mail."
I called my lawyer, who was equally as frustrated. What have they been doing with my file for 4 1/2 months, if not figuring out of the 2 year rule applies? My husband thinks he had to have his supervisor look it over to approve it. My lawyer says I should receive approval soon.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5925