I received letter for STOKES interview!

shrympie said:
No, she was white, last name Volfson. Just her vibe and I had read a post from another member: fionna49 , Thats exactly how mine ended with that same phrase in my passport. The other members with A O S Pending had I-485 pending for further review, but we just had" I-485 pending" and my husband got one answer wrong which was "what is your wife country of citizenship" and he said my country of birth instead, which she asked him twice after the fact , before he correcred himself. I know it was an honest mistake on his part but he is beating himself up about it.
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I want to express my sympathy to you and give you my best wish. They should understand that it is normal to get nervous. Hell sometimes I need a calculator if you ask me how old my husband is. I suggest you to take it easy, I believe you will work hard on preparing, but take it easy, sounds like you guys were too nervous last time which made it look suspicious.
 
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he got one question wrong..



Is this the only reason you got 2nd interview?



Have u got a lawyer yet?



shrympie said:
Hey, guys and gals, So my husband (USC) and I received a letter for the Stokes today:(. I truly felt like crying but I couldn't, because deep down I felt it was coming. In one section, it says:REASON FOR APPOINTMENT-I-130 APPLICATION FILED BY SPOUSE. And it says: NON-IMMIGRANT/STOKES UNIT, beneath the location address. The interview is in July, my husband keeps apologizing because he got one question wrong and he was nervous like hell, I don't blame him but he blames himself. I think we focused too much on getting the answers right that we probably came off like it was rehearsed. I have bad short term memory, so we had to go over alot of little details. the I O hardly asked me any thing though, I think thats why my husband got so nervous, because she basically questioned him the most. I the letter, They asked us to bring everything from the first interview plus 2 passport photos( 1 of each of us).
The upside of it too me is that, if all goes well I will receive a 10 year green card instead of a 2 year because our second anniversary is in June.
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my stoke interview experience

hi shrympie,

I just happened to visit this forum to search for information and saw your post. I think you are going to have your stoke interview soon and I would like to share my experience with you, i hope my information will be helpful.

Please bear with my grammar because I am not a native speaker.

I had my stoke interview last December. We had a complicated case but we were managed to passed the stoke interview at the end. Just like every other couples, i was very nervous about the interview, but try to stay calm as the immigration officer will pay attention to your facial expression. if you are nervous, at least pretend to stay calm. My husband and I were separated during the interview and each of us was asked for about 30 minutes, so the whole interview last for about 1 hour.

Let me try to tell you the answer that i was asked for on my stoke interview, some of them are quite tricky.

1) When you look from your bedroom window, what did you see?
2) Are there any decoration on the wall of your bedroom?
3) What did you and your husband do on last last Sunday? (i think this is really crazy!)
4) did you have a ceremony on your wedding day? Who are the witness? (my witness is a female friend and the officier asked me the name of her husband
5) What are the names of your husband's siblings?
6) what did you eat last night? (the day before your interview) who cooked? what time the dinner was served?
7) how did you come today? did you come with your husband? what time do you arrive?
8) you need to know your spouse career, his/her boss's name, what time he leave for work? what time he arrives home.
9) remember to brings your keys and your wedding band.
10) joint account, life insurance which states your spouse as the beneficiary, tax form, joint utility bills, letters, family photos.
11) from my experience, the officer wants to know whether or not i know my spouse family well also, so be prepared for that and remember the names of your spouse's siblings, where do they live, how many niece or nephew your spouse has, etc. Also the name of your in law.
12) when is the last time you two travel together? where did you go? how many days did you spend on your vacation? how did you go to your destination. If you take the plane, which airline?
13) Which day the garbage is collected?
14) what are the street name your house is located at?
15) how often do you go for your grocery shopping? Who will do the shopping? Where will he/she goes?
16) how do you pay your rent? do you pay cash to your landlord? or check? hand in the money or you will send money to the rental office? who usually take care of the rent?
17) how do you pay the utility bill? online? write check? and who takes care of it?
18) be prepare that you might asked to draw the outline of your bedroom. So remember how your bedroom is organized
19) which side of bed do you sleep at? (i.e: right hand side of your husband or left hand side?)
20 what size is your mattress? where did you buy it? how much did you pay for it?
21) when you move in to your apartment, do you buy your furniture together? are they all new? or you brought some of your old furniture with you when you moved it?
22) how many steps is your front staircase
23) how many TV does your house has? how many DVD players? what are the brand?
24) is there any air conditioner in your house? any fan? what are the brand?
25) what color is the wall in your bathroom?
26) who are you living with?
27) what kind of house do you live at? apartment? house? how many floors are there? (i.e: single family house? two family?)
28) what color is your curtain?
29) what kind of car do you drive?
30) how many computers in your household? what brand is that? which internet carrier do you use?
31) do you have a land line phone at home?
32) do you have any children? what are their age? name?
33) be well prepare to know your spouse history such as when did he/she came to US, the kind of visa that she/he has
34) when and where did you first meet your spouse, did you exchange phone number on the first day? when is the first time you two start to date? what did you do on that day?
Also, while you were waiting to be called for the interview, try to have some interaction with your spouse. i.e: please try to sit together as you are waiting. From my experience, while me and my husband were waiting to be called, we saw a man come in the office and he looked at us. Luckily we were talking to each other at that time. It turns out that he is our officer. This might not be important but I think it's better to be prepared as anything could help your case.

Please let me know if you have any other questions, i wish i can remember the questions that i was asked for.

Best of luck to those of you who is going to stoke interview. I know it is tough as I went through that before. Best wishes to all of you!
 
We just had our second interview this morning and it all went real smooth, she approved us :) At the end she said she didn't understand why the first interviewer even send us to a second interview. She gave us a section 216 notice that states that we have been approved and that explains the things to do about filling I-751 to remove conditional status in a couple of years etc. Also we got an email an hour after our interview time, stating that the card production has been ordered.

The questions were asked separately and where about the same as KOOBATWINS just wrote. She asked a lot of questions as well but it lasted about 10 or 15 minutes each I would say.

what's your full name, including middle names, and date of birth?
what's your spouse full name and dob?
what's your work schedule like?
what's your spouse work schedule like?
where does he work?
how did you meet, when and where?
where did your spouse work when you met?
where did your spouse lived when you met?
did your spouse had a car when we met, what car, what color?
do you have a car together now, what car and what color?
do you make payments on the car, how much are they and who does it?
who proposed and how?
who bought the rings?
wedding date, who was present at the ceremony and what did you after?
do you rent or own, how much is the rent, who pays it, how?
do you have our own set of keys?
anyone else living with you?
how did you move? did you bring furnitures etc?
how many rooms in apartment?
what size of bed?
how many pillows?
what type of lighting?
cable provider?
how many tv's?
did you travel together? do you have pictures, copies of plane tickets or hotels receipts?
what did you eat last night? who cooked?

I think that's about it, at least what I can remember right now.
Best of luck for next week, bonafide marriage = nothing to worry about cause all of those questions find their answers very naturally. We were nervous too and she made us really at ease, actually she was very nice.
Let us know how it goes!
 
Thank you guys so much for your experiences. Congratulations to you both. I am nervous but confident. These questions are very helpful, we have been paying very close attention to our lives and recollecting dates. I will let you guys know how it goes for sure
 
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shrympie said:
Thank you guys so much for your experiences. Congratulations to you both. I am nervous but confident. These questions are very helpful, we have been paying very close attention to our lives and recollecting dates. I will let you guys know how it goes for sure
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All the best to you and your spouse.
 
TO nycfeng, The interview went smooth as far as we knew, with the exception of that one question. My husband was nervous but I wasn't. We had lots of proof on paper and pictures,but I guess that wasn't enough. She just wasn't feeling us, I honestly don't know :confused:. Thank you ejmm and ilovethe80s. We are more confident and prepared this time.
 
Hi,

like someone in the forum said you guys need to be calm, have a conversation instead of focusing on an approval, have a converstaion around teh questions you have in this forum and before you go in talk about happy times and try to share some jokes it helps to get you relaxed before any interview. Wish you the best of luck
 
Hey guys, I keep trying to post my interview experience with all the details but by the time Im done typing it keeps logging off, I will try again later or definately tomorrow
 
shrympie said:
Hey guys, I keep trying to post my interview experience with all the details but by the time Im done typing it keeps logging off, I will try again later or definately tomorrow
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Congrats nonetheless (I see your timeline that says Approved today!)
 
Hi everyone
I had my interview today set for 7am. We got there at 6:30, So we waited till 7 for the doors to open.( I paid close attention to the time) the wait was 40 minutes total downstairs, (7:40) then got called to go upstairs. About 20 minutes after (8 am) an AO called my name, she looked young and pleasant, we both walked to her office. Before she swore us in , she asked us if we had anything new to give her, we gave her everything. We brought all the docs they asked for, which was what we brought to the first interview. I asked her if our address change was on file, she said no, and then we both began to give her the new address. She then looked at the pictures and asked us about them, which she looked at each album very carefully. About 20 minutes after, she began to explain the process of the Second Interview to us. She started a tape recorder then we were sworn in, She escorted me to the waiting area at 8:20. Within 15 minutes she escorted my husband out and called me in. She began the recorder and the questions began at 8:36 am. Which of course we were asked the same questions.

What is your full name, spell it
what is your husband full name, spell it
what is your maiden name, spell it
what is your birth date
what is your husband birth date
when did you enter the country
when did your husband enter the country
whats my country of birth
whats my husband country of birth
how did he obtain his green card
how, when and where did you meet
did we start dating after we met, how long after
how long after did he propose
when, where and how did he propose
did he give an engagement ring
was I present when he purchased the ring
when and where did we get married
who attended the wedding and how many
what did we do after, did we go on a honeymoon
the amount of our old and current rent
What is the landlord name
how many bedrooms
how long were we at our current address
does anyone live with us
where does our parents live
Do we have children
do we plan to have any together
what is my son name, spell it
what is my son birthday and age
what school does he attend and what grade is he going to
what is my son’s father name and did my husband ever meet him
do I have full custody
did my son always live with us
do I work and or go to school
where does my husband work
what is his schedule like
how do I contact him when he’s at work
do we have cellphones
what’s the number (both)
Do I have anything to add
She then stopped the recording and said I will now go get your husband. This was about 8:50,(I checked). They came in and then she said we will receive a decision in the mail and went through all the formal stuff like we can appeal the decision in 30 days etc... I then asked her if my background check was cleared, she said yes, I asked her did we answer everything the same, she said yes. She then said wait, since your under oath I will ask you these other questions. She asked me all the yes and no questions on the I-485. She then said ok I have all I need to approve you today:D, Congratulations. My husband thanked her like a million times while I just sat there. She asked us if we wanted to wait to have the passport stamped today and I said yes without a second thought, she laughed. I then asked her if it will be a 10 yr GC and she said yes, I was elated. She told us where to wait , my husband hugged or more like smothered me and she started laughing. She escorted us down the hall and we shook her hand and thanked her. We waited donstairs for 30 minutes and then I got called for my passport with the stamp in it. We left there at 9:25am.I never expected it to go that smooth. I will like to thank all of you guys for your help and continuous support. I love this forum and don’t know what I would of done without it. Thank you so much. God is good.
 
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shrympie said:
Hi everyone
I had my interview today set for 7am. We got there at 6:30, So we waited till 7 for the doors to open.( I paid close attention to the time) the wait was 40 minutes total downstairs, (7:40) then got called to go upstairs. About 20 minutes after (8 am) an AO called my name, she looked young and pleasant, we both walked to her office. Before she swore us in , she asked us if we had anything new to give her, we gave her everything. We brought all the docs they asked for, which was what we brought to the first interview. I asked her if our address change was on file, she said no, and then we both began to give her the new address. She then looked at the pictures and asked us about them, which she looked at each album very carefully. About 20 minutes after, she began to explain the process of the Second Interview to us. She started a tape recorder then we were sworn in, She escorted me to the waiting area at 8:20. Within 15 minutes she escorted my husband out and called me in. She began the recorder and the questions began at 8:36 am. Which of course we were asked the same questions.

What is your full name, spell it
what is your husband full name, spell it
what is your maiden name, spell it
what is your birth date
what is your husband birth date
when did you enter the country
when did your husband enter the country
whats my country of birth
whats my husband country of birth
how did he obtain his green card
how, when and where did you meet
did we start dating after we met, how long after
how long after did he propose
when, where and how did he propose
did he give an engagement ring
was I present when he purchased the ring
when and where did we get married
who attended the wedding and how many
what did we do after, did we go on a honeymoon
the amount of our old and current rent
What is the landlord name
how many bedrooms
how long were we at our current address
does anyone live with us
where does our parents live
Do we have children
do we plan to have any together
what is my son name, spell it
what is my son birthday and age
what school does he attend and what grade is he going to
what is my son’s father name and did my husband ever meet him
do I have full custody
did my son always live with us
do I work and or go to school
where does my husband work
what is his schedule like
how do I contact him when he’s at work
do we have cellphones
what’s the number (both)
Do I have anything to add
She then stopped the recording and said I will now go get your husband. This was about 8:50,(I checked). They came in and then she said we will receive a decision in the mail and went through all the formal stuff like we can appeal the decision in 30 days etc... I then asked her if my background check was cleared, she said yes, I asked her did we answer everything the same, she said yes. She then said wait, since your under oath I will ask you these other questions. She asked me all the yes and no questions on the I-485. She then said ok I have all I need to approve you today:D, Congratulations. My husband thanked her like a million times while I just sat there. She asked us if we wanted to wait to have the passport stamped today and I said yes without a second thought, she laughed. I then asked her if it will be a 10 yr GC and she said yes, I was elated. She told us where to wait , my husband hugged or more like smothered me and she started laughing. She escorted us down the hall and we shook her hand and thanked her. We waited donstairs for 30 minutes and then I got called for my passport with the stamp in it. We left there at 9:25am.I never expected it to go that smooth. I will like to thank all of you guys for your help and continuous support. I love this forum and don’t know what I will do without it. Thank you so much.
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Congrats. It's unfortunate that your life had to be put on hold because of this but give thanks you pulled through.
 
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