Hi All,
My spouse and I finished our interview at SFO local this morning. Getting to SF was a big ordeal for us due to traffic blockage from all sides. We were lucky to reach just 2 minutes before the interview time and my attorney was waiting at the appt. line. We got in and my attorney dropped the interview letter at the window and we were called in 20 minutes later. The officer looked pleasant with a smiling face. He finished the initial formal routines like fingerprinting, oath etc. asked to take seats in his cabin. He asked some regular informal questions like when we last entered US and which visa, which co. we worked for and what duties, if either of us were married before, how many kids, pronounced the name of our kid etc, address etc. Then he asked us the Y/N questions on the I-485 form like if we were arrested/ deal with court/police etc.. I said no to all and he asked me to sign the I-485 form.. Same questions for my spouse.... he said Yes for DUI and then was asked to sign...
He asked me to show the documents... He did not care for the originals.. he wanted the photocopies of all and he filed. He asked me how much I make and I told him...
He did the same to my spouse but did not bother to take all documents requested from him except for court documents regarding DUI.. kind a funny because we spent days arranging everything ...
He came back and asked again which company I work for... I told him and my attorney interjected and said I used portability law and changed co. He asked what was wrong with my previous co. My attorney said better opportunities. He asked what was the difference in the salary and I said abt 5k..
He looked at the tax papers and asked the salary figures... and my attorney explained that I did not make so much last year and the remaining was my spouse's(joint filing)....
then he looked at the system and looking at my attorney he said that he cannot approve today... he has to wait for CIA/FBI clearance. my attorney said she did not think there was a backlog at SF, then the officer said there is.
Finally he gave us a document in which he wrote "pending clearance"
My attorney asked how many days and he said few weeks...
The interview was real casual.. Nothing to panic... Felt as tho' they did not care for all docs. requested on the interview letter.
The whole thing took abt. 20 minutes and was cool...
So the wait is still not over.
My spouse and I finished our interview at SFO local this morning. Getting to SF was a big ordeal for us due to traffic blockage from all sides. We were lucky to reach just 2 minutes before the interview time and my attorney was waiting at the appt. line. We got in and my attorney dropped the interview letter at the window and we were called in 20 minutes later. The officer looked pleasant with a smiling face. He finished the initial formal routines like fingerprinting, oath etc. asked to take seats in his cabin. He asked some regular informal questions like when we last entered US and which visa, which co. we worked for and what duties, if either of us were married before, how many kids, pronounced the name of our kid etc, address etc. Then he asked us the Y/N questions on the I-485 form like if we were arrested/ deal with court/police etc.. I said no to all and he asked me to sign the I-485 form.. Same questions for my spouse.... he said Yes for DUI and then was asked to sign...
He asked me to show the documents... He did not care for the originals.. he wanted the photocopies of all and he filed. He asked me how much I make and I told him...
He did the same to my spouse but did not bother to take all documents requested from him except for court documents regarding DUI.. kind a funny because we spent days arranging everything ...
He came back and asked again which company I work for... I told him and my attorney interjected and said I used portability law and changed co. He asked what was wrong with my previous co. My attorney said better opportunities. He asked what was the difference in the salary and I said abt 5k..
He looked at the tax papers and asked the salary figures... and my attorney explained that I did not make so much last year and the remaining was my spouse's(joint filing)....
then he looked at the system and looking at my attorney he said that he cannot approve today... he has to wait for CIA/FBI clearance. my attorney said she did not think there was a backlog at SF, then the officer said there is.
Finally he gave us a document in which he wrote "pending clearance"
My attorney asked how many days and he said few weeks...
The interview was real casual.. Nothing to panic... Felt as tho' they did not care for all docs. requested on the interview letter.
The whole thing took abt. 20 minutes and was cool...
So the wait is still not over.