Interview
Hi all,
We had our interview today and everything went according to plan. We arrived at the Field Office 15 minutes before our scheduled time, went through security, handed in our interview scheduling letters, and were asked to take a seat in the waiting room, with a bunch of other folks. They had a big screen TV with CNN on, so we got to see all sorts of catastrophes going on around the world while we were waiting. After about 20 minutes past our scheduled time our names were called and we were ushered into an interview room by an immigration officer. He made us swear to tell the truth, and then invited us to have a seat. His demeanor was serious (no smiles, no jokes), but it was not unpleasant at all, just very professional. He asked for our passports, and then went through our forms I-485: asked us names, address, verified when we last entered the country, etc. Then asked some of the yes/no questions: have we ever been arrested, have we ever lied to the government, have we ever been in the military, etc. He also asked us if we were ever out of status. He looked at some of the copies we sent to the Lockbox, but never asked for any originals, or any supplemental documents that were requested of us (we had compiled a big pile of them, including tax returns and other such financial evidence). He then asked us if we had any questions, told us that everything looked good, and that he would review our files again later and we should get approved contingent upon he availability of visa #s. He then said that during the review they will let us know if anything else is needed from us, which was kinda strange because that's why we were there, but I wasn't too worried about that. And rightfully so, because approximately 4 hours later I received an email with the approval notice. We are now in the card production stage, and we should receive them in 30 days. Overall the whole AOS process was pretty smooth, I didn't call FBI, KCC, nor scheduled infopass. Most of my information came from the great pool of knowledge that is this forum, and I am greatful to everyone who contributed to it. It took us almost 4 months (which is longer than at other FOs, but not too bad overall) to get to this point, and now we are waiting for our green cards, and to take the next steps in our lives. I wish good luck to all of you in your future endeavors, and we'll see you around.
