INTERVIEW
Dear all,
First of all, thank you very much for everybody in this Forum for sharing their ideas and experience. I have learned a lot through this forum and that is why my interview went very smooth today. But have to wait for the Green Card as the USCIS office is in the process to request my DV document from the Department of State (DOS). Believe it or not I was looking more confident than the Interview officer, as I went through around 10 interview experience in the forum. I knew before hand that what are the docs and question they are willing to see and ask during interview. Anyway below is the summary of my experience.
I got to the USCIS office at 10:05, an hour early, so that I will have plenty of time to locate the building and parking lot as the USCIS office is near downtown. Around 10:15 I got inside the building and went through security scanning process and asked to be seated until interview officer (IO) calls my name. Around 11:50 a muscular man with tight polo t-shirt called my name and I stood up and followed him to his office. He asked me to be seated and explained me that before we start I have to take an oath. I nodded and stood up as he did and raised my right hand and listened to him saying the standard oath" I will say the truth and ........" and I said Yes sir.
He started with my ID, Passport and asked me when & where I last entered the US. I told him the date and location and he further inquired whether I have been to the US before that date. I said yes in 2003 in student visa to join such and such university. Then he went through my passport to locate the student visa that was granted to me. I told him that the passport that has my student visa is expired and the one which he has is a new passport. Then in asked me if I have brought my old passport........Luckily I did and handed him over....Then he asked me again if I have been denied a US Visa I said No. If I have applied for US Green card or citizenship I said No.....By this time I could notice that the interview officer was going through the list that he has on his table and also noticed sweat on his forehead. Believe it or not he looked more nervous than me later knew the reason when he admitted that it was his first DV application. He was very serious as if he does not want to make any mistakes. Then he verified my name, address, phone number, spouse, parents name and place of birth. And finally have you ever questions in page 3 of I-485. Mean while as I was answering him, he just circled the info in I-485 form with red pen. Finally, he said my document looks perfect and has all the information and he asked me if I have any question. This was the moment I was waiting for to burst myself...... I told him that during filling DV application form I gave my and my wife’s information and now I am adjusting status only for me because my wife already has a green card. The reason I am bringing this matter up because, the DOS is confused with my DV application as I have name of two persons in the DV application form but filed AOS for only one person and DOS has emailed me twice asking for my spouse AOS. I have emailed and called them back thrice that my wife does not need to adjust the status as she already has a green card so it is only me. I told him the reason I am mentioning all this because I do not want them to get in same confusion like DOS. He chuckled and told me that he will give me the visa number if available and started printing something from computer…..Again I told him that I have another question to verify; I told him that I called KCC this morning and verified with them that USCIS has not request my document from DOS and they do not prove document to USCIS until USCIS requests. Then he paused turned around from the computer screen and start flipping some document in his manila folder and told that he has all the documents he needed from DOS, laughed on DOS people. Then I was happy to hear that he has everything and thought probably DOS might have sent my document to USCIS and could have forgotten… Then he repeated again that he will look for my visa number if available….he spent 1 min in his computer and walked out of the room and came back after couple of minutes and then he admitted that he hasn’t processed the DV application before and said yes we have to request the document from DOS. Then he printed something from computer again and told me that my document looks okay unless there is something in the document coming from DOS otherwise once USCIS get my documents from DOS I will get all the information and a GC within 3 to 4 weeks in mail. Then he handed me a piece of paper and explained that your status will be undecided and will let you know though email once we get required doc from DOS. Then, I wished him a thank you and left form the USCIS office. The whole inter lasted for 20-25 minutes. It was 12:15 when I was out of the building.
