classyivy1
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Sorry this is a few days late.....
Our interview was scheduled for 2pm on 10/25 at Garden City. We arrived at the office at 1:30pm and immediately went through security. We entered a large waiting room where we told to sit with a group of about 10-12 people waiting to be called. My husband and I were in good spirits as he has waited for this day for almost 10 years. At about 2:10 an officer began calling people to form a line to go upstairs to another waiting area. When we got upstairs we noticed that there was already a room full of people waiting. One by one people were called in and after about 45 minutes we were called (we were the 2nd to last couple called
). By this time I felt extremely light headed and the immigration officer had to give me some candy to get my blood sugar level up. She told me I should have eaten because we would be there for a while (was this a sign of things to come???). We were sworned in and then told that we could not answer a question for the other person if they did not know the answer. She started off by asking us for originals of our passports, birth certificates, marriage license, etc. While my husband was laying these documents out, she asked my where did we meet. I responded immediately. She kept staring directly at me as though to intimidate me, but I was cool. She asked the question two more times as though she would get a different answer. She then looked at the documents and pointed out that my husband's birth certificate was not an original. We were given this document by his grandmother who came to visit over the summer time as well as a copy. I assumed this was the original. Then she pointed to the notice saying that if we did not bring in an original it must be stamped as a certified copy. I was floored and my husband was hurt. She went on about this for a few minutes making this a big deal. Then she said that you could be denied for not having the original. I said to her that we could go to the consulate here and have the document certified. She mentioned that she would have to email back and forth to our country to verify the document, blah, blah, blah. From that point my husband was extremely flustered and nervous.
She continued to ask about:
1-His mother and her occupation and where does she live?
2-My daughter from a previous relationship (asked my husband her birthday and age, asked me what did my husband buy her for her birthday)
3-Where I work and what did I do for a living?
4-How has my husband supported himself since being in this country?
5-Asked my husband how far along is my pregnancy and the hospital where we will have the baby?
Then she preceded to ask the "Yes", "No" questions, where my husband answered "No" to all except the one about someone filing for him previously. His stepdad filed a I-130 petition back in 2003 but an I-485 was never filed afterwards. We discussed this case and the fact that his stepfather is not in the country right now and therefore that case would go nowhere. I was concerned that this first case would affect our petition but was told that it would not. Then I asked about his namecheck and was told that she could not give out that info. Also asked about the I-130 and was not given any info. I was told we would get a letter in the mail with the decision.
She took a couple of pictures from our stack for the files and wrote in his passport that his I-485 is pending.
We are worried. My husband and I have a legitimate relationship and everything was in order. This officer gave us no indication of where we stand. Does anyone think we should be worried? I am about to get my pastor (a former US Congressman) involved.
Our interview was scheduled for 2pm on 10/25 at Garden City. We arrived at the office at 1:30pm and immediately went through security. We entered a large waiting room where we told to sit with a group of about 10-12 people waiting to be called. My husband and I were in good spirits as he has waited for this day for almost 10 years. At about 2:10 an officer began calling people to form a line to go upstairs to another waiting area. When we got upstairs we noticed that there was already a room full of people waiting. One by one people were called in and after about 45 minutes we were called (we were the 2nd to last couple called
). By this time I felt extremely light headed and the immigration officer had to give me some candy to get my blood sugar level up. She told me I should have eaten because we would be there for a while (was this a sign of things to come???). We were sworned in and then told that we could not answer a question for the other person if they did not know the answer. She started off by asking us for originals of our passports, birth certificates, marriage license, etc. While my husband was laying these documents out, she asked my where did we meet. I responded immediately. She kept staring directly at me as though to intimidate me, but I was cool. She asked the question two more times as though she would get a different answer. She then looked at the documents and pointed out that my husband's birth certificate was not an original. We were given this document by his grandmother who came to visit over the summer time as well as a copy. I assumed this was the original. Then she pointed to the notice saying that if we did not bring in an original it must be stamped as a certified copy. I was floored and my husband was hurt. She went on about this for a few minutes making this a big deal. Then she said that you could be denied for not having the original. I said to her that we could go to the consulate here and have the document certified. She mentioned that she would have to email back and forth to our country to verify the document, blah, blah, blah. From that point my husband was extremely flustered and nervous. She continued to ask about:
1-His mother and her occupation and where does she live?
2-My daughter from a previous relationship (asked my husband her birthday and age, asked me what did my husband buy her for her birthday)
3-Where I work and what did I do for a living?
4-How has my husband supported himself since being in this country?
5-Asked my husband how far along is my pregnancy and the hospital where we will have the baby?
Then she preceded to ask the "Yes", "No" questions, where my husband answered "No" to all except the one about someone filing for him previously. His stepdad filed a I-130 petition back in 2003 but an I-485 was never filed afterwards. We discussed this case and the fact that his stepfather is not in the country right now and therefore that case would go nowhere. I was concerned that this first case would affect our petition but was told that it would not. Then I asked about his namecheck and was told that she could not give out that info
. Also asked about the I-130 and was not given any info. I was told we would get a letter in the mail with the decision.She took a couple of pictures from our stack for the files and wrote in his passport that his I-485 is pending.
We are worried. My husband and I have a legitimate relationship and everything was in order. This officer gave us no indication of where we stand. Does anyone think we should be worried? I am about to get my pastor (a former US Congressman) involved.
