Hi Guys,
Just got back from the Interview. It went very smoothly. The IO did not ask too many questions, except for some evidence to put in the file.
I took the following stack of evidence. It might help somebody who is preparing for the interview.
1. Interview Letter, Passports, SSN cards, EAD, AP and Wife's Naturalization Cert.
2. Marriage Cert.
3. Birth Certificates and Affidavits ( My birth was registered recently, so I sent 3 affidavits from my family along with the application)
4. All my H1B related I-797 and I-20's from my masters
5. W2 (mine and wife), Tax Transcripts
6. I also took 1040 from the time I filed (I took these just in case, since the transcripts I got from IRS through the fax weren't legible)
7. Employment Verification Letter (Mine and Wife's) and 6 months of the Paystubs for both of us
8. Lease
9. Utility Bills and Verizon Cell phone bills
10. Joint Bank Statements (6 months)
11. Joint Car title that we bought after the marriage, Life Insurance letter from Employer, Health Insurance, Dental and Vision Insurance cards and Letters from the Providers
12. My 401K statement showing wife as beneficiary and Wife's 403B statement showing me as Beneficiary
13. 50 pics randomly picked from Before marriage, During marriage and Reception and our recent honeymoon trips
14. Joint Credit card statements and Actual credit cards
15. Bank Checkbooks
16. Randomly picked emails showing communication between and me and wife's since 2004
17. Boarding Passes of trips we took (Marriage trip to India and Recent honeymoon to Hawaii)
18.Birth day Greeting cards my wife sent me over the years
19. Wedding cards ( From my family and Wife's family)
20. Receipt of Diamond I bought for wife
21. Complete Wedding and Reception albums (These are huge albums and heavy)
Also the important thing is take the copies of every original document you wish to bring back
I know the above documentation is overkill, but I want to err on the side of caution, rather than be surprised by the IO.
Our interview was at 9.30, we got there around 8.45AM. We checked inside and sent to 2nd floor. We got called in around 9.40AM. The IO is Asian descent in the middle age. He was cordial and didn't look too stern. He asked for our Identification, so we gave him Passports and Drivers licenses. He just confirmed the address and asked me If I was living in Virginia before and if I had changed the job. I said No and explained to him that I telework from here for 2 weeks in a month and go to Washington DC every other Monday morning and come back on Friday. He was like, why is that, then we mentioned to him that Wife is a resident doctor in Duke univ and she got the job in July and since then I was doing. He was satisfied with that and didnt grill on us anymore.
Then he asked me for if we have any evidence showing joint life, so I started giving him above evidence one by one. After I gave him few documents, he was like its enough and complimented me saying, I am very well prepared
. Then he explained about applying to remove conditions after 2 years.
Then he asked, if I brought the EAD and I gave it to him. He was like since you are H1B you dont need this at all. Then I asked him, if I can give me the Stamp on the passport, he said I dont think you would need and you will get the physical card in several weeks. Then I asked him again, saying that since you are also taking EAD and I have no proof if I get a job offer before I get the physical card. He said, if you get into that situation come here to the office and make an Infopass and they will give the stamp on the passport. I said thank you and kept quiet.
Then before leaving, he mentioned, since you are asking for this, I will give you a letter of approval, so you can show it to someone incase you need it. Well, he did give me a print out from the computer, welcoming me to United states and saying I will receive my card in 90 days. I am guessing its the same one as the Welcome letter we get from USCIS
I just got an update on my 485, saying card production ordered
Well guys, that's my story and good luck on yours