my interview experience
I reached the office at about 6:45 ( interview was at 7:15) i was the 3rd couple called for the interview but what freaked me out a lot was a female officer that came to pick up the 2nd couple , she came in the waiting area and called a number , for a few seconds , nobody answered ( apparently , everyone in the room, including me, was expected to be called by their name not a number.after a few more seconds , a couple came forward and the guy said politely " excuse madam, my name is ....... " and the officer replied " I DON T GIVE A F**K ABOUT YOUR NAME WHEN I CALL YOUR NUMBER , YOU JUST COME FORWARD THAT S ALL". anyway, after maybe 15 minutes i heard someone call my number . i was greeted by young and very polite lady ( Latina style) but also very professional .
first thing she does was to make us swear to tell the truth and the rest and she started asking question like how we met, describe you first meeting, she asked Me for my wife s birthday, then MY wife for my birthday and then , she asked me when was the last time i traveled outside the country after my marriage and my response was " 2 weeks after the marriage " that s when she said" THAT s gonna be a problem" when asked why she said i should not have but after looking at my file , she realized that during the period,i was traveling on my tourist visa and , as i had not applied for any benefit at that time it was perfectly legal to do so( i applied for AOS about 6 months after marriage) then she started asking about my ex wife who came here as asylum next question was if i still keep contact with my Ex witch i answered YES cause we have a kid together she then asked my wife the same question in witch she answered YES for when she comes to drop the kid but she keeps a boundary then she asked about my relations with my in laws, same question to my wife, next was who witness the ceremony , if we had a reception, what things we do together, do we take vacation , who support who and then , came with the yes or no questions then at the end she asked if we had any document together but she precisely asked for pictures( we had pics, power bill, bank account, car title auto insurance) we did not have the house in both our name because my wife had the house long before we got married we also did not file tax together because i did not have my social sec number at the time of filing which she understood pretty well. After that she said she had everything she wanted and we will receive something in the mail in about 2 weeks
MY ADVICE : it s usually NOT a good idea when you say too much during these interview but when my wife THE PETITIONER said things like : My mom is coming next month, or my husband loves steak but never tries to cook, or my husband would kill to watch an episode of csi also be prepared( the petitioner) to give a short explanation like " when he watches CSI , he would not know if the house is in fire or he wont even answer my call" These things are sometimes embarrassing but sometimes they help if you don't say too much cause at the end they show that you know your spouse habit . BUT again from what i understand , each officer is different
I reached the office at about 6:45 ( interview was at 7:15) i was the 3rd couple called for the interview but what freaked me out a lot was a female officer that came to pick up the 2nd couple , she came in the waiting area and called a number , for a few seconds , nobody answered ( apparently , everyone in the room, including me, was expected to be called by their name not a number.after a few more seconds , a couple came forward and the guy said politely " excuse madam, my name is ....... " and the officer replied " I DON T GIVE A F**K ABOUT YOUR NAME WHEN I CALL YOUR NUMBER , YOU JUST COME FORWARD THAT S ALL". anyway, after maybe 15 minutes i heard someone call my number . i was greeted by young and very polite lady ( Latina style) but also very professional .
first thing she does was to make us swear to tell the truth and the rest and she started asking question like how we met, describe you first meeting, she asked Me for my wife s birthday, then MY wife for my birthday and then , she asked me when was the last time i traveled outside the country after my marriage and my response was " 2 weeks after the marriage " that s when she said" THAT s gonna be a problem" when asked why she said i should not have but after looking at my file , she realized that during the period,i was traveling on my tourist visa and , as i had not applied for any benefit at that time it was perfectly legal to do so( i applied for AOS about 6 months after marriage) then she started asking about my ex wife who came here as asylum next question was if i still keep contact with my Ex witch i answered YES cause we have a kid together she then asked my wife the same question in witch she answered YES for when she comes to drop the kid but she keeps a boundary then she asked about my relations with my in laws, same question to my wife, next was who witness the ceremony , if we had a reception, what things we do together, do we take vacation , who support who and then , came with the yes or no questions then at the end she asked if we had any document together but she precisely asked for pictures( we had pics, power bill, bank account, car title auto insurance) we did not have the house in both our name because my wife had the house long before we got married we also did not file tax together because i did not have my social sec number at the time of filing which she understood pretty well. After that she said she had everything she wanted and we will receive something in the mail in about 2 weeks
MY ADVICE : it s usually NOT a good idea when you say too much during these interview but when my wife THE PETITIONER said things like : My mom is coming next month, or my husband loves steak but never tries to cook, or my husband would kill to watch an episode of csi also be prepared( the petitioner) to give a short explanation like " when he watches CSI , he would not know if the house is in fire or he wont even answer my call" These things are sometimes embarrassing but sometimes they help if you don't say too much cause at the end they show that you know your spouse habit . BUT again from what i understand , each officer is different
