Green Card Experience
My Husband is a US Citizen and he applied for a Family Based Green card for me. Sharing my experience on Family Based Green Card Processing.
Following are the dates
Jan 5 2009 Application sent (I-130, I-485/I-864EZ/I-693, I-765 and I-131)
Jan 6 2009 (Day 1) App received (I-130, I-485/I-864EZ/I-693, I-765 and I-131)
Jan 9 2009 (Day 4) NOA for all applications
Jan 19 2009 (Day 14) Biometrics notification received
Jan 29 2009 (Day 24) RFE Raised
Jan 31 2009 (Day 26) Biometrics completed
Feb 3 2009 (Day 29) received RFE notice
Feb 20 2009 (Day 46) RFE response sent
Mar 14 2009 (Day 68) GC Interview notice
Apr 10 2009 (Day 95) AP received
Apr 13 2009 (Day 98) EAD received
Apr 24 2009 (Day 109) GC interview Approved
May 09 2009 (Day 124) Got GC
Some of the questions asked in the GC Interview
1) Address in which we live
2) Some information which we have already mentioned in the applications
3) How did we meet
4) Details on marriage
5) Asked to show the marriage photos which has me and my husband along with both our family members and friends. (PS : Photos which have only both of us are not important) (Copies were retained by the officer as evidence)
6) My birth certificate and supporting documents ( as I had RFE on Birth certificate ) (Copies were retained by the officer as evidence)
7) Proof of Joint bank account, insurance, house lease document, credit card bills. (Copies were retained by the officer as evidence)
Details of RFE
I got RFE on Birth certificate.
Problem :
In my Place where I was born, we do not name the child when we do the birth certificate. So my birth certificate has the name column empty.
So I submitted a notarised Affidavit from my father, saying that I was born to him and my mother and that we do not name the child at the time of issuing birth certificate. This affidavit was submitted along with the application. But I did not submit my Birth certificate copy. So I got RFE.
Documents submitted once I got RFE.
1) Letter for 2 of my relatives, who are elder to me and we 18 years or more at the time of my birth. The letter says that they are related to my father & mother, their relation ship and that they know that I was born to my parents
2) Document issued from my country's embassy in USA, that my birth date is XXXX and my father & mother are XXX & XXXX as per my Passport
3) Joint bank account details of me and my father
4) My High school transcripts having my date of birth
5) My college / university Transfer certificate having my Date of birth and father's name
6) Other documents having my parents names and my names.
Thanks
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