Hi Guys,
Yes, Yes, Yes its good news! Me and my family (husband & 15 yr old daughter) have received our notice of approval for adjustment of status. Our interview took 40 mins. We should be receiving our GC within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
As promised here is a detailed interview for those interested :
Reached the office at 10am, interview scheduled for 11am. There was a steady flow of people in and out. At sharp 11am our IO called our family name and took us to her office. She asked us for our Drivers License and for my daughter she took her school photo ID. Since we had filed thru a lawyer she wanted to know if we wanted to proceed without the lawyer and made us sign a waiver form each. She started by informing us we need to take the oath and should we not understand her question we can ask again but it is imperative the correct information is given. We proceeded with the oath. She then informed us some of her questions may make us uncomfortable but we need to answer them. We agreed and then she proceeded with the interview. She started with informing us that she has both our adjustment of status files (DV & EB) with her and we can make a decision which one we need to continue with once she finishes with the DV based interview. She asked each one of us to give our full name, date of birth, place of birth, she verified our address, our social security numbers, type of visa used, date and place of entry into the USA. She asked if any of us left the country since we arrived. She then informed me since I was the lucky winner she needed to check if I qualified for the same. She asked to see originals of the following - birth certificate, passport, school certificate, university certificate (but went on to say only the school certificate was the deciding factor) and letter from the employer. She asked me what subject I majored in university and if my work was related to my studies. She told me my papers looked good and now she has to check records for my husband and daughter. She asked to see originals of my daughters birth certificate and my husbands birth and our marriage certificate. She went on to confirm that I had only one child. She told us she would take copies of my daughters birth certificate and our marriage certificate. I apologized for not having a copy on me. She then proceeded to ask the normal background check questions (police, criminal etc.) I guess these were the uncomfortable questions she was refering to.
After all this she said now we need to make a decision which file we want to proceed with as she cannot have both cases open. I asked her which case will be the fastest to this she replied with a smile our DV case will be approved today subject to us withdrawing our EB case. Wow these were the words I was longing to hear. I looked up into the sky thru her high rise window and thanked the Good Lord for his work. We then had to individually sign that we were withdrawing my husbands EB case. And she made the necessary entries into her system. She took all our I-94’s and also asked for our EAD cards as we will no longer be requiring the same. She gave each one of us a notice of approval and informed us within the next 2 to 3 weeks we should receive our GC. She asked if we had any questions for her. She told us within 5 years we can apply for naturalization. She congratulated us and told us to celebrate. The officer was really, really nice. She asked questions about the history of our country and its culture. We thanked her and left. Wow the interview was lengthy I guess because of our EB case but the result was awesome.!!!!!!
Thanks once again for all the support I have received thru this forum and will keep you all posted when my GC arrives.
I wish everyone all the very best. GOD BLESS.
