Sorry guys caught up in the work and hence not able to post my interview.
Document Checklist
1 The AOS interview notice letters
2 Passport, I-94s
3 EADs (latest and expired)
4 The fingerprint interview notice letters
5 Letter from old-employer-name(will show if the ask)
6 new-employer-name Employee varification letter (will show if the ask)
7 new-employer-name pay-stubs for current and past year
8 new-employer-name Consultant varification letter
9 Marriage Certificate
10 Birth Certificates
11 Couple of Marriage Photographs
12 Degree certificates/transcripts
13 The receipts of last fingerprint (done in June 2002)
14 Copy of I-485 transfer notice to local office(least Important)
15 Copy of I-485 receipt notice
16 Copy of documents when we applied for I-485
17 Copy of Letter from old-employer-name to INS written on 2/12/2002 with I-485 app.
18 Copy of I-140 approval notice
19 Copy of Labor Approval
20 My W2 and Tax Returns
21 Employee/W2 wages List
22 Latest bank statements and utility bills
Question 1: Give your passports?
Answer: Give the passports.
Question 2 : Where are you working right now?
Answer : I am currently working as Technical Manager at Company Name.
Question 3 : Do you have the employment letter of the current job?
Answer : Yes, I do have. Please take it.(Give letter)
Question 4 : Do you have future employment letter from the company sponsoring Green Card?
Answer : Yes, I do have and here are Employment Verification Letter, Offer Letter and Continuing Offer Letter.
Question 5 : Do you have W2's for all the years?
Answer : Yes, Here are the copies and the originals.
Qustion 6 : What do you do in “current-employer-name”(job responsibility)?
Answer : I am Technical Consultant.
Question 7 : What is your job responsibility?
Answer : I design and architect the solutions for various clients of
Question 8 : What is your income?
Answer : $xxx,xxx per annum.
Question 9 : How long you have been with current employer?
Answer : I have been with current employer for year and half.
Question 10: Why did you join new-employer-name?
Answer: In the beginning of 2005 Company Name is going through the tough times and it is letting go consultants. I was
working on important and critical project. So, they requested me to join as full time since they had to let go consultants.
Hence I joined as an employee to maintain client business relationship.
Question 11: What is your qualification? Show me your degrees and transcripts.
Answer : Show the Master's Degree, I-20's and Bachelors Degree
Question 12 : Where did you do your Bachelors? Which state in Origin-Country-name?
Answer : I did my Bachelors at Indian Madras
Question 13 : Who is your petitioner?
Answer : My petitioner is Company Name.
Question 14 : Did you have any problems with Police or INS? Have you ever been arrested?
Answer : Yes, I was arrested in March 2003 for but the case is disposed and here are the documents and Court Certified Case
Disposition.
Actually those are the questions that I prepared and the amount of time I spent on the interview preparation and if I have
spent this time I would have definitely bagged in top 100 of JEE
Well going into details for the interview today at a remote place in USA.
My interview is scheduled at 1.30 PM October 19th, 2005 and 2.00 PM for my wife. We reached the Portland(Maine) District
Office at 1.15 PM.
This is the same guy who was there when we gave finger prints 2 months back(July 7th 2005). We gave the interview letters and
then we are called at 1.45 PM and then asked to sign a form full signature and finger print right index finger both front and
back.
The he asked for the photos. Please take atleast 4 photos no matter they are mentioned or not because when they transfer they
ask for recent photos. We took photos before itself.
He said he will call for interview. After 15 minutes he called us for interview. Then he started asking for documents and it
is pretty straight forward. He asked for Case Disposition [ Certified Case Disposition] is what they look for. If one is not
sure what it is call the court and then send request by fax or mail and request them. This is a must when a person is
arrested and it does not matter if they are convicted or not.
I checked the BOX 1 : 3b in the 485 Application that I got arrested and furnished all the documents related to the case.
Do you work for petitioner or not? I said no and then he asked if I do the same work to which I said yes.
He asked my current employer letter and then I gave my letter and visiting card. He saw that I work in Maine and he was
talking about New Jersey and Maine. He worked in Newark office before. We are then talking about how peaceful Maine is.
I used my Advance Parole Petition to come back to US to attend this interview and then asked If I am going back to Europe
again and then he asked my wife if I am also going? She said she cannot go because she had lots of work and more over I will
be travelling within europe hence she does not want to go. He then laughed.
He asked me if I was ever arrested to which I said YES and then told the date and mentioned that I furnished the details in
the application. I gave the certified Case disposition and then told the date. He took the original to his files and told me
that is the honest answer.
He asked the tax returns and I gave all the years and he kept in his file.
Couple of questions he asked:
(1) When did you enter in USA?
(2) Did you legally enter USA or not?
(3) Asked my wife what she does?
He knows about India and Indian people and Indian restraunts in the region.
He asked my wife the standard questions like arrested, drugs etc.
He then asked about Marriage Certificate original and also a copy and then wrote down the marriage date on the copy and kept
it in his files.
Tips: Please note
(1) Always wear professional clothing(do not wear jeans) etc.
(2) Always take 4 extra photos with you.
(3) Make copies of all the documents everything and place them in order. Order the Original documents so that you can give
the Officer the moment they ask instead of searching. Searching irritates the officer sometimes.
(4) Never Ever joke when he talks about terrorism, etc.
(5) NEVER EVER Open your mouth and say something the officer never asked. Always answer to the questions they asked and give
the documents they asked. Not a word more or less and not a document more or less. The more enthu we go for the more we dig
ourselves in quicksand. I consulted a attorney and that moron wants to disclose a small typo in the documents filed. He is
not the attorney who filed but the attornet who is local. He is such a idiot and he charged me 700 dollars and wants to
accompany me. I said to myself enough is enough and then asked to return money and he returned 3/4 of it. Thumb Rule: If you
have all the documentation you can go yourself. Moreover the attorney does not have a role to play and they sit like statue
there and the questions are directed to us.
Future Employement Tips:
(1) Always take the employment letters: (a) The offer letter dated when the Labor Certification is filed. (b) Offer letter
that states continuing offer letter(dated the day before the interview or during the week). (c) A letter addressing to the
immigration officer stating your job, salary, responsibilities.
(2) Take the current job employment with your Status eg. EAD or H1, your salary, role and responsiblities etc.
(3) If you have your business card give it along with the letter it always carries some value. Atleast in my case it did.
I hope this helps.
Thanks
Rayudu
Document Checklist
1 The AOS interview notice letters
2 Passport, I-94s
3 EADs (latest and expired)
4 The fingerprint interview notice letters
5 Letter from old-employer-name(will show if the ask)
6 new-employer-name Employee varification letter (will show if the ask)
7 new-employer-name pay-stubs for current and past year
8 new-employer-name Consultant varification letter
9 Marriage Certificate
10 Birth Certificates
11 Couple of Marriage Photographs
12 Degree certificates/transcripts
13 The receipts of last fingerprint (done in June 2002)
14 Copy of I-485 transfer notice to local office(least Important)
15 Copy of I-485 receipt notice
16 Copy of documents when we applied for I-485
17 Copy of Letter from old-employer-name to INS written on 2/12/2002 with I-485 app.
18 Copy of I-140 approval notice
19 Copy of Labor Approval
20 My W2 and Tax Returns
21 Employee/W2 wages List
22 Latest bank statements and utility bills
Question 1: Give your passports?
Answer: Give the passports.
Question 2 : Where are you working right now?
Answer : I am currently working as Technical Manager at Company Name.
Question 3 : Do you have the employment letter of the current job?
Answer : Yes, I do have. Please take it.(Give letter)
Question 4 : Do you have future employment letter from the company sponsoring Green Card?
Answer : Yes, I do have and here are Employment Verification Letter, Offer Letter and Continuing Offer Letter.
Question 5 : Do you have W2's for all the years?
Answer : Yes, Here are the copies and the originals.
Qustion 6 : What do you do in “current-employer-name”(job responsibility)?
Answer : I am Technical Consultant.
Question 7 : What is your job responsibility?
Answer : I design and architect the solutions for various clients of
Question 8 : What is your income?
Answer : $xxx,xxx per annum.
Question 9 : How long you have been with current employer?
Answer : I have been with current employer for year and half.
Question 10: Why did you join new-employer-name?
Answer: In the beginning of 2005 Company Name is going through the tough times and it is letting go consultants. I was
working on important and critical project. So, they requested me to join as full time since they had to let go consultants.
Hence I joined as an employee to maintain client business relationship.
Question 11: What is your qualification? Show me your degrees and transcripts.
Answer : Show the Master's Degree, I-20's and Bachelors Degree
Question 12 : Where did you do your Bachelors? Which state in Origin-Country-name?
Answer : I did my Bachelors at Indian Madras
Question 13 : Who is your petitioner?
Answer : My petitioner is Company Name.
Question 14 : Did you have any problems with Police or INS? Have you ever been arrested?
Answer : Yes, I was arrested in March 2003 for but the case is disposed and here are the documents and Court Certified Case
Disposition.
Actually those are the questions that I prepared and the amount of time I spent on the interview preparation and if I have
spent this time I would have definitely bagged in top 100 of JEE
Well going into details for the interview today at a remote place in USA.
My interview is scheduled at 1.30 PM October 19th, 2005 and 2.00 PM for my wife. We reached the Portland(Maine) District
Office at 1.15 PM.
This is the same guy who was there when we gave finger prints 2 months back(July 7th 2005). We gave the interview letters and
then we are called at 1.45 PM and then asked to sign a form full signature and finger print right index finger both front and
back.
The he asked for the photos. Please take atleast 4 photos no matter they are mentioned or not because when they transfer they
ask for recent photos. We took photos before itself.
He said he will call for interview. After 15 minutes he called us for interview. Then he started asking for documents and it
is pretty straight forward. He asked for Case Disposition [ Certified Case Disposition] is what they look for. If one is not
sure what it is call the court and then send request by fax or mail and request them. This is a must when a person is
arrested and it does not matter if they are convicted or not.
I checked the BOX 1 : 3b in the 485 Application that I got arrested and furnished all the documents related to the case.
Do you work for petitioner or not? I said no and then he asked if I do the same work to which I said yes.
He asked my current employer letter and then I gave my letter and visiting card. He saw that I work in Maine and he was
talking about New Jersey and Maine. He worked in Newark office before. We are then talking about how peaceful Maine is.
I used my Advance Parole Petition to come back to US to attend this interview and then asked If I am going back to Europe
again and then he asked my wife if I am also going? She said she cannot go because she had lots of work and more over I will
be travelling within europe hence she does not want to go. He then laughed.
He asked me if I was ever arrested to which I said YES and then told the date and mentioned that I furnished the details in
the application. I gave the certified Case disposition and then told the date. He took the original to his files and told me
that is the honest answer.
He asked the tax returns and I gave all the years and he kept in his file.
Couple of questions he asked:
(1) When did you enter in USA?
(2) Did you legally enter USA or not?
(3) Asked my wife what she does?
He knows about India and Indian people and Indian restraunts in the region.
He asked my wife the standard questions like arrested, drugs etc.
He then asked about Marriage Certificate original and also a copy and then wrote down the marriage date on the copy and kept
it in his files.
Tips: Please note
(1) Always wear professional clothing(do not wear jeans) etc.
(2) Always take 4 extra photos with you.
(3) Make copies of all the documents everything and place them in order. Order the Original documents so that you can give
the Officer the moment they ask instead of searching. Searching irritates the officer sometimes.
(4) Never Ever joke when he talks about terrorism, etc.
(5) NEVER EVER Open your mouth and say something the officer never asked. Always answer to the questions they asked and give
the documents they asked. Not a word more or less and not a document more or less. The more enthu we go for the more we dig
ourselves in quicksand. I consulted a attorney and that moron wants to disclose a small typo in the documents filed. He is
not the attorney who filed but the attornet who is local. He is such a idiot and he charged me 700 dollars and wants to
accompany me. I said to myself enough is enough and then asked to return money and he returned 3/4 of it. Thumb Rule: If you
have all the documentation you can go yourself. Moreover the attorney does not have a role to play and they sit like statue
there and the questions are directed to us.
Future Employement Tips:
(1) Always take the employment letters: (a) The offer letter dated when the Labor Certification is filed. (b) Offer letter
that states continuing offer letter(dated the day before the interview or during the week). (c) A letter addressing to the
immigration officer stating your job, salary, responsibilities.
(2) Take the current job employment with your Status eg. EAD or H1, your salary, role and responsiblities etc.
(3) If you have your business card give it along with the letter it always carries some value. Atleast in my case it did.
I hope this helps.
Thanks
Rayudu