Local US CIS Office Review: New York City NY
Review Topic: cis_topic
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
August 30, 2019 |
| Embassy Review : |
Appointment was 935am, we got there about 9am and got to the waiting area around 915am. We started our interview about 9:50am so not a long wait. Interview was about 45 mins overall.
The interview started off kind of weird and rocky. The IO asked my wife (the USC) the following questions that she had trouble with and made her nervous:
- How did I receive my current naturalized citizenship? (This was 15 years before I met her)
- Which firm petitioned for me for an H-1B? (this was 8 years before I met her)
- When you guys traveled together last year, what visa did your husband use? (My wife doesn't know the formal name of EAD)
- What was the exact day of your husband's last time he re-entered the country? (Hard to remember a specific day 8 months ago)
- Who wrote and filed this application? (she said "he did" to which I corrected her and said "together")
- Does your husband have a previous wife and/or kids? (asked a version of this 3 times)
- How do your parents feel about you marrying someone of a different culture and religion? (normal question but my wife was pretty nervous by this point)
Fortunately the next few questions were some standard job and family questions which we nailed. This is when the bona fides came out. We have been together 4 years and lived together for the past 3 years so we had a lot of evidence. The interviewer looked at and kept the following: a few photos (we brought ~100) including from our wedding with family and friends and on vacation, our joint lease and two annual renewals, some emails between us and our families dating back years, 4 joint electricity bills, joint health insurance, 3 joint international plane tickets, and two years of joint tax returns.
She then asked me the standard security questions and then said she had everything she needed. Did not give any indication one way or the other about how it went. Gave us the normal form that says "held for review" and the public charge document.
Overall, IO was professional, but they are trained to not give any body language that makes them show they understand your answer or indicate it was a good or satisfactory answer, so it felt weird. We got the approval 3 days later which is great. Overall, expect it to be slightly uncomfortable but manageable if you have your stuff together. |
| Harassment Level : |
Good |
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