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maden

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yesterday i had my citizenship interview in LA local office , i applied based on marriage, the officer first test me on the civic questions and i passed it and then she went over my application and asked me about my visits to my country which was 4 times after i got my greencard. None of these trips was with my wife and i explained that she couldn't go with me because of her work and she had workshops but i told the officer that she went one time by herself and visit my family overseas. the officer didn't ask me to show her any document that i brought with me and at the end she printed out a form asking for more documents to be mailed to her and then she will make a decision. the officer wants to see bank account information in my name only and bank information in my wife's name only which is not a joint account and she wants to see travel Itineraries of my trips outside the US. she didn't ask to see my passport which has all the dates stamped on it.

is that normal? what shall i suppose to send her more... your help is really appreciated
 
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At this point you should do what you have been told. I was in your situation as well but I attached many documents showing that we are married, live together and our finances are very tightly linked. Since we are originally from two different countries/cultures, she casually asked how close she and I were to each others families and asked if we had traveled to each others countries.

Maybe something triggered her curiosity about the validity of the marriage but if your marriage is genuine there is nothing to worry.

What I have learned in this process is that when you send your application the first time if you read it carefully and send everything asked for everything will go so much smoother, as it did in my case. I had a pile of documents that I brought with me to the interview, but since my application was so complete, the officer only asked for my passport and GC.
 
did you not tell her that you had the passport, and ask her to take a look at it?
If you did, what was her reaction to that?
 
del0175 said:
What I have learned in this process is that when you send your application the first time if you read it carefully and send everything asked for everything will go so much smoother, as it did in my case. I had a pile of documents that I brought with me to the interview, but since my application was so complete, the officer only asked for my passport and GC.
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same here; I had done my initial application really well, and sent everything like joint tax returns etc;

during the N400 interview, the IO didn't look at ANY of the 300 documents/photocopies my wife and I had prepared; he only looked at my GC (not even passport, but in our case, my US wife and I taken 3 trips to Visit my parents in my country, so even if they asked for it, we had it all ready and prepared)... and the IO did see my wife and I together just before the interview, and even chatted with her, and I passed the interview in about 10 min's.

I don't know what triggered her doubt in your case...
me and my wife have everything "joint"; travel history, bank accounts, insurance, etc...

If your marriage is genuine, you have nothing to worry; Just supply what she needs and see what happens.
 
maden,

No need to worry. Just send the officer everything she needs and make sure to send it via certified mail. Wait for her response in the next 7-10 after USCIS receives your paperwork. If you don't get a response lets say by Nov 15th, follow up with her with an infopass apptt. The key is, make an infopass apptt right now for Monday 17th just to be on the safe side coz sometimes it's hard to get an apptt at the last minute. This way you will secure a date to visit your local DO. If things workout before your appointment date, you can always cancel your appointment, no biggy.
You are almost done. Don't stress yourself out. Good luck.
 
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