I just want to post my interview experience; it may encourage someone out there who maybe has similar application experience to mine (See
http://forums.immigration.com/showth...32#post2133832 for background info)
My husband and I were 10 minutes late to our interview (on Dec 8th; was hard to find parking - argh!). We took my Interview Notice Letter to the window and were told to sit down and wait to be called. We were called 10 minutes later, by a seemingly pleasant man.
He walked us back to his office, asked us to raise our right hands and swear to tell the truth (which we did). He then opened my file. Immediately I saw a Post-it note on the front which said "Bonafides". Immediately I grew nervous (again, see the link above for reasons why). I dont think my husband noticed my hands were trembling. I kept them in my lap, to hide them
The man asked to see my husband's DL and my passport. He then asked my husband the following questions, in this order:
(1) What is your wife's full name?
(2) What is your wife's birthday?
(3) Where was your wife born?
(4) When did you marry your wife?
(5) Where did you marry your wife?
(6) How did you meet your wife?
(7) Who moved in with who after the wedding? (My husband said I moved in with him. The man asked who's name the apt was in. My husband replied it was his name only. The man said, "Do you have the lease here?" My husband said no)
My husband answered all questions satisfactorily. The man then asked to see proofs that our marriage was bonafide. I handed him the following, in this order:
(1) Original Marriage licence (he already had a copy in my file, so he just looked at this)
(2) Copy of Joint Health Insurance (and our actual insurance ID cards)
(3) Copy of Joint Car insurance
(4) Copies of recent Joint Bank statements
(5) Phone records (we submitted three months of phone records from the time period when we first started dating; we highlighted corresponding 'Incoming' and 'Outgoing' calls, to make it easier for the interviewer to understand)
(6) Pictures. We had about 20 pictures in all. He took his time with these - commenting that we look good together, and asking us who the people with us in the photos were. He seemed very satisfied with the photos)
The man then asked me these questions, in this order:
(1) What is your full name?
(2) What is your date of birth?
(3) Where were you born?
(4) "You indicate on your application that you are a student. Are you still in school?" I answered "No I am not"
(5) All the "NO" questions. I answered "no" to all
The man then leaned back and explained to us about getting the conditional GC and needing to apply in 2yrs-minus-90days to get the conditions lifted. He took one last look through my file and our proofs, and then said:
"Congratulations! Your Green Card has been approved. You will get an approval letter in the mail. Your actual green card will follow shortly"
We said "Thank you" and got the heck out of there! The entire interview lasted about 10 minutes. The man never asked for my AP docs, EAD card or Biometrics Notice, and I did not volunteer them.
Glad its over! Thank you all for your support! Good luck to you!
