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[sung2408 2]

I thought I would provide information on my AOS journey. It would be very helpful for some of you. I was on F1 visa status and met my boyfriend in college. After graduation we got married and the rest is history. I would provide a timeline with detailed explanation of each step where possible

Met hubby and started dating freshman year 2011

Proposed in late 2014

Married = Early 2015 (we were both 20/21 in age at the time)

We did not file concurrently, we filed seperately

Filed I-130 = May 2015

We got RFE for I-130 for g325a in July 2015. We filled it out and sent it to California.

I-130 got approved = August 2015

Filed i-485 and 765 = June 27 2015

Application got rejected = July 2 2015. Apparently, we filled out section 2h as opposed to ticking 2a. We ticked 2a, attached a copy of the I-130NOA1 and resent it

Resent 485 and 765 = July 09 2015

Recieved NOA1 = Around July 16

Got a job offer that I had always dreamed of and I needed to accept the offer by August 30. I sent a letter to the congressman in my district asking for expedite, filled out the required forms and sent my offer letter once i received my NOA1 because they needed the receipt numbers to consider any request. Sent this July 20

Biometric notice = July 22

Biometrics done = July 24

EAD Approved = Early August

EAD Card in hand = Around Aug 19

Accepted my job offer

AOS interview letter came in Aug 13 and noted my interview date was September 26

Unfortunately due to a family emergency, i had to reschedule the interview. I also forgot to note that this family emergency required me to travel out of the country so I scheduled info pass appointment to request for emergency AP with all the relevant documentations. This got approved. I travelled for 7 days and was successfully paroled back into the country

Before I left, I called the customer service number requesting for reschedule of interview and i wrote to my local office with all documentations. I did not hear back until a month later (my interview had passed at this point). When we heard back, we were asked to submit additional information which we did. Later we recieved a 2nd letter from the field office stating the i-130 was sent to NVC but they have requested it and until they recieve it, they do not require anything from me.

I had my EAD and was working so i did not mind the wait. Finally the interview letter came 4 months later in Jan 30th 2016 asking my husband and i to report for the interview Feb 16th 2016. We interviewed on this day Feb 16th and got approved the same day, we got our GC 10 days in hand. In total it took 13+ month to get the GC. Took about 30 days to get EAD

Now the INTERVIEW WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME

Our interview was close to 45 minutes LONG. My husband who is a USC was questioned alone for close to 35 minutes and I for 10 minutes. We were both sworn in at the same time but the moment my hubby showed his licence (different state) they told me to go outside. in regards to my hubbys licence he wasnt willing to change it because it had not expired and he frankly did not want to retake the exam. At the time, we didnt think it was a big deal but boy... MAKE SURE YOU BOTH HAVE THE SAME STATE LICENSE. Now the below are the questions we can remember them asking.

QUESTIONS FOR HUBBY(what we can remember, we may miss some)

- When did you get married

- how did you meet

- what did you do last weekend

-what was the last amount you deposited in your bank account

-what is your insurance provider

-BRING OUT YOUR PHONE

- Do you have facebook

- open your facebook and scroll through the pictures (ofcourse my picture was on there)

- What do you do

-Has she been to your job

-How much do you make /week

- where do you live

-parents name

-siblings name

- bills paid

-average amount

-describe the home

-met the landlord?

-Who pays rent

-How much?

- Why did you reschedule?

-Where did you live before moving here?

- Have you been arrested?

-Who cooks?

- what he cooked on saturday?

-Favorite meal?

-How many kids we want to have?

-Own a gun? (this question came about cos my husband said he loves playing video games)

- What type of video games?

- What type of shows you both watch?

-name of my employer

-name of my school and my major

-if he met my family

-people who attended our wedding

- How i met 1 of my friends that was at the wedding?

-What i dod at night?

- etc ..there was a lot more but i am drawing a blank now

Questions for me

After he was done for soo long, i was called in while he stepped out. Apparently, he got irritated with the lady asking him too many questions when he said he loved playing Call of Duty and she replied is that a shooting game? And his response was DUHHH lol..( yes he really said that). Well back to my questions

- Basically they asked me similar questions to see if our answers matched

- What did you do last weekend

- What type of video games?

- The type of shows

- How much our insurance was

- Last time we deposited and how much?

- If our place was a house/apartment (weird)

-why i rescheduled?

- when last i left the country?

- Port of Entry?

Date of entry?

- How many kids we want to have?

- if i had met his parents

- why our engagement was short? Well we dated for 3 years, he proposed and we married within 3 months..

-name of his employer

-how much he made?

- where i had lived within the past 5 years?

-When we both moved in together?

-if i met his family

-who our mutual friends were

- How i met my friends?

- what i do at night?

- what his favorite meal was

-what he cooked on sat and sunday

-Turn on your phone, show me your screen saver, go to your picture folder and start scrolling (we had lots of pictures on it)

e.t.c

Mine took about 10 minutes, he was in there for longer.. They took out random pictures and asked questions about the event too. The only documents they took from us where copies of our joint assets and pictures.

After the interview, we were given approval and we got the GC a few days later.. I must say it was a very mentally tiring day and we were just glad it was over. The questions werent difficult especially since we have known each other for so long. Why they fished so hard, we still wonder. Another thing that we noticed was that EVERYONE else in the interview waiting room had an attorney except us.. I dont know what that means about our field office but as long as your marriage is real, you will do just fine regardless of what they throw at you.

I thought i would share the experience and good luck to everyone else.

Edited March 14, 2016 by sung2408

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Congrats

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[chimichanga 3]

Congratulation! Where was your local Office?

[sung2408 2]

Indianapolis