be prepare for the big dance
bmorechick said:
We brought proof: Joint bank accts (savings and checking), joint gas and electric, joint phone bills, car insurance with both names, and lease with both our names. We got married in Feb, but we only opened joint accts in August because we moved and we didn't want to have to go through the hassel of changing everything again. The 1st interviewer kept asking why we only had joing accts starting in August and we told him it was because my spouse was living out of state and we weren't sure where we planned on settling. We have nothing to hide and we plan on giving them every evidence they need.
Has anyone gone through a 2nd interview? My DO is Baltimore
Bmore,
This is a not a good sign at all. You are going to be attend a stoke interview, which is an equivalent of an attorney asking a judge to treat someone as a hostile witness
What will most likely happen is that you are going to be seperated and questioned individually. You attorney can't be in two places at the same time, and can't tell USCIS not to seperate you guys, this is an internal USCIS matter which he has no jurisdiction over.
I differ with the coment that you shouldn't reschedule your interview, you have every right to reschedule your interview if you won't have the evidence on time and date of the interview. You don't want to be have to send them another material because it wasn't available on your interview date. Your attorney can reschedule it by writing a letter to request a new date. However, in the meantime, you better be collecting any small shred of evidence that this marriage is bona fide based on ...lian standards of marriage.
Things to consider and prepare in a nice folder: All joint-smorgash-
Insurace---Life, health, house or apt, and car. car title, apartment lease, utility bills (cellphone, home phone, electric, gas, water, whatever u pay), credit cards and dept store cards (macys, nordstroms, fileness, ann taylor, Talbots, victoria secrets, bath and body works, furniture stores too). You see I get magazine from Fredericks of Hollywood and Victoria Secrets, because I want my wife to wear sexy lingerie, and I am not ashamed of that. So, if you receive such magazines under your name, bring it to the interview, because at times, people underestimate the power of people's relationships. So, you want to have a high ground on many issues. Photos and photos, before getting married, if you were ever on vacation together, bring any communication which was part of your planning to go on this vacation, hotel receipts that you stayed in. Pictures taken on your vacation(s). Email communications while you were dating, anything that shows extended communications of your relationship will certainly help you. Moreover, if you have receipts of flowers or gifts that you sent to her during your relationship (prior to marriage and post marriage), then it bodes well for you two. For example, I used to buy flowers from 1800 flowers, but now I buy from another vendor, but I still have all receipts from 3-5 yrs ago in my email. So, any bum that question the legitimacy of my relationship better have some solid evidence that I am faking my married life or he's toast in court.
You can have friends who have known you guys write letters about your relationship. Again, if you were married in a church or synagogue or mosque, the person who married you can write a powerful letter attesting to your relationship. Any person who is familiar with your marriage, will be helpful. Also, photos of you guys with your friends out partying, dining and doing some leisurely activities will be great. Your landlord, if he knows you guys personally, can write a letter about you guys. However, be prepared for a difficult and often aggressive interview from the dogs of USCIS.
Things to practice and be on the same page with your wife:
Your name, date of birth, where you meet, year you met, how and who propose, where was the proposal made, where did you buy the ring and for how much
Moreover, where was the wedding held, who was the officiant, how many people where in attendace, if you brought the album, and name some of the people at the wedding. Moreover, did you consumate the marriage, how did you arrive or leave the wedding?
Basically, questions that tend to test and probe the genuiness of your relationship. Also, bring any mail send to where both of you live, under your name and hers. Joint crap which will take a moral high ground from a madly empowered USCIS officer seeking to destroy your marriage.
