Hey guys...
Thanks a whole bunch yet again for all the wonderful & encouraging notes
It was a super long & very exhausting trip so I am sorry about not sharing my experience sooner...
Well our appointment was at 10:40am. We left the hotel at 9:00am however the magic of Dallas - we reached the USCIS offices at 10:35!!!!
My heart was pounding coz I thought that if they called our name earlier we would have missed the appointment!!!!
Anyhow, we just about got through the security check and sat down and we were called in, talk about a close call lol!
Our IO was a very quiet and strict looking lady, I wondered if something was wrong because it did not feel right with her attitude...
We walked into her room & she did the oath ceremony.
We then sat down and she went about cleaning her desk (from the last interview I guess) and opened our file.
She went through papers and for teh first 10 minutes we sat still without a word being spoken.
Then she asked my husband what my parents names were, his ssn, my DOB (and he got it right
) she then proceeded to ask me his name, where we got married and our address.
She then took a pause as she got a call on her phone, as I mentioned earlier, she said she was tired and said she would talk to the individual later again.
She asked us both individually if we lived together, on more than one occassion.
She showed us documents that we had signed to confirm they were our signatures and then asked my hubby how we met, my hubby explained how we met online and in person. Once he was done he stopped talking, I had adviced him not to blabber more than asked as IO's dont really like that. I gauged her dislike for too much banter right from the get go as we were walking towards the interview room as my hubby explained to her how we got lost & made it just in time and she was like "aha".
Anyhow once my hubby explained how we met she goes "that it?" so then my hubby shared pretty much all he could abt our 1 plus year of marriage and our impending trip to India. She saw some of the pics, I had to remind her I had an album!
Once this talk was done, she went on to explain that she would review our file and make a decision. She said we would hear of the decision in a few days and if she approved the application we would get the GC in the mail in 3 weeks and if she does not approve it then we have to follow the instructions on the NOA we get.
She then asked me if I had any documents I wanted her to have, so I gave her copies of bank documents, lease agreement and tax return. She said she would not accept any documents that did not have both our names on the document
I was surprised that she never asked for our passports or Govt issued ID's or anything that showed me living at the same address like phone bills or cable bill.
Anyway we left after that, she really was quiet and cold so I did not say anything although I did try and confirm with her that I could make this trip to India based on the AP and not have any issues and she said that what I need to do. I also asked her in case the GC came in the mail, would I need to ask fmaily here to fax me a copy so I can show that at the port of entry when we return and she said I would need to hav ethe GC in hand otherwise the AP would do.
So that was all, mixed feelings but I know we did our best, the rest is her call I guess!
Any questions are welcome
