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hogwart4

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Hi everybody,

My interview is coming soon and I am kind of worried because we dont have very much "evidences" :rolleyes: ..., and my wife and I have married considerably young age. I am a full time student with an incampus job, and my wife works fulltime...Our marriage is based on true love and we are sucessfully achieveing it. We kinda have the following list..
Joint Taxs
Bank Statements
Car Insuarance
AAA memberships
Joint TV/Internet Cable bill
Lots of Joint Bills (Electronics, Jewellery, Dining in Restaurents.....)
Photos of Family, Friends, trips...
Correspondence from Family, Friends
Affidavits from my parents as we live with them currently.
*Our wedding has been planned to take place in June and we have Venue, Catering reservations, Video/ Pics appointments, Wedding Invitations all pretty (of course :) )
I mean, we are kind of freaked out when we saw the Interview Letter's all the bullets of things we have to bring with us to the interview :confused: .
Ari4U, Cherr1980,...anybody any Ideas? I have read the postings of Ari4U's Interview collection, that was helpful. We only want to have our interview sucessful. Any Ideas/ comments Folks?
 
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You seem to have all the basic stuff..I assume joint car insurance and health or life insurance.
 
ari4u said:
Its all in here..
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=188386

Good luck!
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I actually have been a devoted (must say VERY) silent reader of this Forum for a longtime, and have seen and observed many people's experiences. In my case, I wanted to clarify few things such that, my wife and I are relatively young, and we might not see/track anything missing if we are missing, Because we are worried, may be its just us...
 
How young are you guys? I got married when I was 22, wife was 18 when I first applied for AOS. I don't think it matters about age unless theres a considerable age gap between spouses. I think aslong as you can prove the sponser makes 125% of the poverty guildlines in your state, you are ok. I would think you'd go through the normal questions everyone else would go through, no matter what age.

I may be wrong though, but I would assume that the USCIS would consider that because you are younger you wouldn't have the typical assets and wealth associated with people that were older.
 
Hi UnionJax,

Actually we are both 21, well..you were right about the assets, we barely have any, and still pass the 125% U.S. Minimum income level.
 
hogwart4 said:
Hi UnionJax,

Actually we are both 21, well..you were right about the assets, we barely have any, and still pass the 125% U.S. Minimum income level.
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Yeah same with me and my wife, Im 26 now and shes 23 and we barely have anything in the line of assets. But she's been able to take care of us for a while as she earns over the 125% mark. I think thats what the USCIS will target in on, not the age thing.

Unless anyone here has a harrowing tale of getting harassed due to age alone.
 
token_ranger said:
i dunno i might have a story after may 11th
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Token, arent you like 26?, I am also worried overall about this whole process. :(
 
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Yes, he is 26 but he is worry because his spouse is 49...but I don't think that is a big deal...is not like is the case of the millionaire guy that had like 90 yrs old and Anna Nicole Smith that by that time was like 25? though.
 
cherr1980 said:
Yes, he is 26 but he is worry because his spouse is 49...but I don't think that is a big deal...is not like is the case of the millionaire guy that had like 90 yrs old and Anna Nicole Smith that by that time was like 25? though.
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I mean that whole marriage was one of the most controversial ones in our time. Thus, she went to court for his estate, and eyebrows were raisen in court too a porn star marrying almost dead guy with millions behind him...So age differences, cultural differences, etc....I think something to consider in US immigration Law, may be its just my conception..
 
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hogwart4 said:
I mean that whole marriage was one of the most controversial ones in our time. Thus, she went to court for his estate, and eyebrows were raisen in court too a porn star marrying almost dead guy with millions behind him...So age differences, cultural differences, etc....I think something to consider, may be its just my conception..
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Correction: She was a playboy supermodel... not a porn star. And in her case, the least of her worries was immigration and USCIS as that did not apply to her. The government has no business telling US citizens what to do, who to marry and how long to live outside the US, but there are so many restrictions as to what a non-immigrant or a permanent resident can do. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
cherr1980 said:
Dr. Ari admit it, you were one of her fans...:)
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Yuck No. :eek:

hogwart4 said:
Because we are worried, may be its just us..
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Yes, its you. You seem to have everything that is needed for the interview. As long as you can prove you meet or exceed the minimum income requirements, your interview should be good provided all your docs are in place.

As for your question regarding age, the officer at the interview knows your young age and would find how mature you are just by the way you conduct yourself, the way you dress, the way you talk during the interview. If you are approved, you are given two years to prove your bonafide marriage and to remove your conditions. Read the InterviewFAQ. Read other experiences. Get nervous and paranoid as it would drive you to be prepared for anything. Good luck :)
 
ari4u said:
Yuck No. :eek:


Yes, its you. You seem to have everything that is needed for the interview. As long as you can prove you meet or exceed the minimum income requirements, your interview should be good provided all your docs are in place.

As for your question regarding age, the officer at the interview knows your young age and would find how mature you are just by the way you conduct yourself, the way you dress, the way you talk during the interview. If you are approved, you are given two years to prove your bonafide marriage and to remove your conditions. Read the InterviewFAQ. Read other experiences. Get nervous and paranoid as it would drive you to be prepared for anything. Good luck :)
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Yeah, we are working on a new affidavit of support (just in case) eventhough the first one we submitted is less than 6 months old, and since we are using her most recent years tax return for income lever qualification I assume we dont have to submit the whole 3 yrs of income... Anyway as of the interview, we are nervous/ paranoid and praying every day and night for good news regarding my AOS.
 
joint documents?

Hello,

I have a very sincere question., asking for your opinion.

I married my husband (a USC) last October, after living together 2 years. But the house mortgage taken in my name, since i have better credit, more income and honestly, until you are married, nothing's for sure right? before the wedding we opened a joint account for all the joint expenses (mortgage, utility, grocery, etc), but maintain our individual accounts.

We now have a joint auto insurance, no kid, 2 dogs, lots of family photos & stories to tell, and he's included in my employer-sponsored medical insurance and life policy. We haven't added both names to the rest (mainly because we believe since we are married, the laws will take care of it anyway), home owner insurance, utlity bills etc. Do we need to get both names onto the accounts mentioned above for the interview??

Thanks very much.
cwtt
 
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Don't worry, that seems plenty for me. When we went for our interview- we had the following joint stuff to show- and this is after 8 yrs of living together!!

-i'm on his company's health and life insurance
-joint bank a/c
-joint home renter's insurance
-joint phone/cable bill

The rent, for the last 8 yrs and 3 apts, have always been in my name and all I could get out of the management company was a letter that stated " to the best of our knowledge, Mr so and so also resides there."

Ah yes, we have a dog too, and pictures of her were the only thing that made our interviewer crack a half smile! Yeah, she was one sour faced officer who even snapped at me at one point.

If it makes any of you feel better, she (officer) really grilled my husband on some questions at the interview (he's the USC here) and he didn't even know some of the answers, and gave such funny replies, I had to try really hard to surpress my giggle.

Despite all that, we just got approved, 5 weeks after interview.
 
Interview questions

thanks Justifiled.

REgarding reasonableness of interview questions, I have something more light-hearted to share.

Last Valentine's day, the local radio DJ's had a thread going on for the whole day (it's like they asked a question, and had listeners call in, first one got it right received a gift). It was: Studies show that 2/3 of men couldn't remember this piece of info when surveyed, and what was it?

Many tried, with answers ranging from the spouse/better half's fav color, candy, birthday, SSN to eye color etc. The anwer was:

what he gave her the previous valentine's day.

I was reading all the possible interview questions on this forum, and could really imagine my husband giving some wisecrack answers to some of them, for instance: Q: what are your parents-in-law full name? A: I can't even pronounce them. or, Q: what are your parents-in-law birthdays? A: I have no idea. I barely remember my own mother's birthday. only keep track of the minimum to stay out of trouble. (quite honestly, I think most american men don't. I know an american colleague, he doesn't even know the amount of his utility bills since the wife writes the checks)

We figure that as long as we are honest, it should be fine.

With that said, I agree with Ari4u that it's not unreasonable for the immigration officer to quiz us on information in the application forms.

Have a nice day all! :)
 
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