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| Boston MA |  Review on October 17, 2011: |
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Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
We filed for a marriage-based greencard. We went together to the interview today, and arrived about 15 minutes early. We got called almost on time, but it was only me (the U.S. citizen, not the petitioner) who got called in - the woman asked my husband to wait outside. I figured that wasn't a good sign - that they would interview us separately, but it turned out to be fine. She just asked me to describe in detail how/ where we met and became a couple. Then she asked about a previous incident he had had at the border where he was questioned. (He had trouble coming in on a tourist visa to visit shortly after we got engaged. He mentioned to them he was visiting his fiance and they thought he was likely to stay...) So I had to explain that, even though we hadn't broken any rules, they just decided he was suspicious. After asking me a lot about that, she called him in.
The only things she was interested in seeing was:
1) My driver's license (I got a loooong lecture because it's an out of state license, because I am a grad student in MA...so it doesn't have our current address on it)
2)Our lease. This was a problem because the management company refused to put my husband on because he doesn't have a job (because he doesn't yet have the work authorization). So we just explained that.
3) My husband's second passport.
She didn't want to see any pictures or bills or financial info or anything we had prepared. She asked for awhile about my husband's studies, and his mandatory army service, and she went through the AOS form, question by question, to make sure he answered no. Then she said she was approving the case, to make sure that the post office had his correct address (whatever this means) and we didn't have to wait for anything else. One hour total.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #8519