AOS Interview Completed, But additional review is needed?

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Hello,

My wife and I was just interviewed for AOS on April 27th, 2005 in San Jose, California. She is a canadian citizen and I'm a U.S. Citizen. After the interview, we were given a letter stating "an additional review of your case is required before a determination can be made as to your eligibility".

I asked the officer if we had submitted everything he needed, he answered yes, and if more information is needed or a second interview is required, he would contact us through mail. Otherwise, if we were approved, we will receive a letter within 30 days with the green card following shortly.

The interview went smoothly, we didn't feel any pressure, and we had all the information the officer needed. Only thing I'm worried about is our wedding is rather simple, just my wife, me and our witness (my cousin) at the beach, in casual clothes. We didn't have a big dinner party or anything. But my wife and I had met for 5+ years, and married for almost 2 years. We had a few photos of our two families together, just not at dinner. Most of the other photos are of my Wife and I at different times in our relationship.

The officer asked why our witness is my cousin and not of our parents, we replied that we wanted it to be a suprise to our families, and they were told as soon as we received our marriage certificate.

So what does "additional review" mean? What is our chances of getting approved? Because I really see no reason why we would be denied? Are there people that gets denied on the spot, during/after the aos interview?

I don't know how I should feel after this interview. I feel a little bit worried, but don't see a reason why? Unless the Officer looks down on the size of our wedding, not being a traditional marriage with many people and dinner parties. But both my wife and I are in our 20's, its not that we don't want a big wedding, but we just wanted something simple now and save up so we can have a more sounding wedding in the future.

Please reply to my post, as I feel down at the moment because we didn't get approved on the spot, and not knowing what to expect in the weeks to come. Any help/answers would be appreciated.

Thank you.
 
Dont worry, you will be ok... size of the wedding is not a good reason for denial especially considering that you guys have a marriage certificate and have been married for 2yrs already.
At most what would happen is that your wife might get a conditional green card...that states that she should stay married to you for atleast 2yrs after the approval. She would have to prove 2yrs from the date of approval that she is still married to you and then she would get an unconditional green card.
I know atleast 3 ppl who have similar conditional green cards.
 
Makes me feel a bit better hearing this. It just worried me why we weren't approved on the spot. I'm really kind of disappointed because we were so sure of getting it. One other thing I wasn't fully sured of was our insurance policy. Since we just recently applied for insurance, the policy hasn't been sent to me. But I did provide the officer with an email from the insurance company stating my spouse and I have been approved for insurance coverage. He kept a copy of that email, just not sure if that is sufficient.
 
Since only one guy was present at the wedding... it is questionable whether the wedding is a sham marriage. Marriage certificates can be forged.
Therefore the adj officer might have considered that further investigation in the authenticity of the marriage certificate and other details would shed some light on the issue.
As long as you can prove that yours is not a sham marriage you are ok.
 
We were Approved...

Hi Donkey, we received a letter today, the 29th, we are approved....YEH!!!. NO MORE BEING DEPRESSED.....
 
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