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| Los Angeles CA |  Review on February 21, 2012: |
* Kristin *
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
My husband and I had his adjustment of status interview scheduled for 7:15 a.m. on February 1, 2012.
We arrived around 7:00 a.m. to find a line of people already outside. Yikes. The building wasn't actually open then, so it was literally a queue of people, not moving. The security guards outside were extremely rude. They were shuffling us + others like cattle.
Eventually, we made it inside through the metal detectors and up to the floor & room for interviews. Make sure you have your appointment letter handy.
When you get into the waiting room, you will drop your appointment letter in a tray by the front, where the clerk will stamp it. And then you wait.
By the time we got to the room, it was probably around 7:45 a.m. We waited just over a half hour before we were called.
As for the interview itself: wow. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but definitely something more than what we had.
The interviewer took our our file and asked us yes & no questions like:
* Is your full name __ __ __?
* Is your birthday ___?
* Is your mother's name ___?
* Did you used to live at ___?
* Did you used to work at ____?
(He asked those to my husband, who is the one receiving the green card)
He then asked us to confirm our address. He had our old address on file, even though we had filed a change of address several months ago, but he simply copied down our new address.
He then asked us for joint documentation. We provided:
* Joint bank statements (checking & savings) from two different banks from August 2011 - present. He only took the first and last months.
* Joint credit card statements from two separate credit cards. Again, only took first and last month.
* Receipt from a financed mattress that we bought together in both our names.
* Joint lease from November 2011 - present.
He then said: "Great. That's all in order. We have something new this year where you need to have your vaccination records put on a U.S. form. If you go onto the USCIS web site, you will see the form that you need. I only want the vaccination records. Just the last page of this document."
We had the option to either bring it back or send it in.
I was a bit frustrated, as I thought we were going to need to come in for ANOTHER interview, since we didn't actually get asked any questions. Alas.. no!! That simple bit was our entire interview!
We went to get the vaccines transcribed that morning (found a doctor who would do it for $25!!!). Husband went back the next day and dropped the form off. There are no interviews on Thursdays, so the interviewer was available. He took the form from my husband and said to wait. He tried to call the doctor to confirm that he did the transcribing but couldn't get through. Interviewer told my husband he could go and they would 'put his case forward' now.
We received his green card in the mail a few days later. The approval notice was dated February 2, 2012!
Tips:
* Local area parking is $8 / day. Some places are cash only.
* Arrive early. People start lining up!
* You have to go through metal detectors. You can bring phones but just bear that in mind!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #9189