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| Denver CO |  Review on October 21, 2010: |
John and Sarah
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
We arrived 45 minutes early and got into the nearly empty, but huge, waiting room easily enough. We watched the news on TV while we waited, which ended up taking the full 45 minutes we got there early (appointment time was 12:30pm, so maybe they were having lunch?). Anyway, our IO gave us his name, swore us in, and then began asking for our paperwork. Initially he asked for our identification and immigration paperwork, though he didn't look at anything other than our passports. Never even looked at our birth certificates we brought (though he had them in his packet already) or our marriage license! Then he asked for any additional supporting information we wanted to show him to prove our relationship was legit. This is where things got a bit scary for us.
We had printed out our joint bank account statements, health insurance coverage, auto insurance joint coverage, and even a joint credit card statement. However, we had blacked out our bank account numbers and balances for privacy and protection (we had recently been victims of credit card fraud so we were being extra cautious), but it was clear the accounts were in both names still. Anyway, those were the first documents he saw and he did not like them having some details like that blacked out. Thus, DO NOT black things out even for protection or privacy I guess! He asked us to log into our bank accounts online using his computer to help him see the balances and so forth. He told us for all he knew we could just have opened a joint account with $5 in it to act as a joint account. He wanted to see joint banking activity not just know the account existed. Anyway, I think our joint credit card statement was more helpful to him, along with our insurance proof. But it made us sweat a bit as he critiqued us for having done that. 
He then asked to see our photos, and wanted to know if we had any wedding photos, and asked about our wedding. He also asked about why we only have one car, and what we each do for a living. He asked me the I-485 standard questions, and then verified my parents names and my DOB, which was backwards on his form (it had been entered dd/mm/yy, and he interpreted it as mm/dd/yy), so he told me I need to get used to the way we do dates here! He also asked me when we got married and about my trips to the US that I've taken before.
The questions were overall quite fair. When he was done asking us questions, he told us we could put all of our id back, but he kept the new documentation we had brought and added it into our packet. After entering some info in his computer and scanning and stamping our packet, he told us we were approved, and about the details of it being a conditional green card (need to file paperwork to lift conditions 90 days before the 2 year mark). He also said the green card would be in the mail in 2-4 weeks. All in all, we were out of there in about 45 minutes after our interview started. And although we don't think it went as smoothly as it could have..in the end it's done, and was approved! javascript:emoticon(' ')
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #6751