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AOS interview Completed. Interview passed but no visa numbers, hence no approval yet.
Friends,
Just came back from the AOS interview that lasted just under 10 minutes. Officer said that he will approve the applications as soon as visa numbers are available come October. As of now there are no visa numbers as far as he knows. Those who want to read just the summary can scroll down and just read the summary.. rest ..Keep on reading.
Here is the complete experience -
We(Me and my wife and kid) reached the Local Office at San Jose half an hour before the scheduled time. We had a suitcase full of docs(size of airline hand luggage) and our marriage photo album with us. Went in 15 minutes prior to the interview with our Attorney. Were surprised to see that office was almost entirely empty. We and another couple just went in. Attorney briefed us again on what to expect and offered advice that be careful and brief to provide only the information that is asked for. Not more and no less and tell the truth. We put in interview letters in the box under the window. Were called in by a smiling officer right at the time.
Officer, who was a very nice and professional gentleman around 45-50yrs of age, greeted us and asked us to sit. Our attorney presented the G-28 forms. After that attorney did not speak a word for the rest of the interview. He didn’t need to.
Officer put us under oath. And interview began.
First officer asked for our DLs/passports. He looked at the DL and asked whether it’s our current address on it. We said No; current address is at the interview letter. He asked when we moved to the new address, I replied and told him the time. He then flipped through our passports. Took our I-94s out and attached it to a forms (one each for me and my spouse- our photos were attached to the form) in front of him. It was a form where he wrote down our addresses from the interview letter. Then he asked us to sign in a box on that form. Took the index FPs on it. Repeated the exercise on the back of the form and for my spouse.
The he asked for Birth Certificates. I gave them all three, for me, my wife and my son who is a US citizen. He asked for a copy of my son's Birth Certificate and I was happy to give it. He kept the copy and put in the file. He returned our originals. He had copies for my spouse and me already. He verified that we have no other children.
Then He asked whether I still work for my company (He took the name). I said yes. He asked for EVL(Employment Verification letter) and salary slips. Given to him. He kept the letter and retuned the salary slips. The he asked for copy of 2006 Tax returns. I gave him our copy of W2s and tax returns. He kept it.
Then he said he is going to ask us some questions.. He asked whether we did support any terrorist orgs or sold drugs, we obviously said NO. Then he asked whether I was arrested/cited.... at any other time other than mentioned on the application(Obviously he was aware), I said No. My wife said no too. That’s it. He didnt ask about any court docs for my DUI.. We anyway submitted everything at the time of filling I-485 so probably he didn’t think it is need. No other word regarding the incident.
Then he said that he will approve our applications but can’t do it now since no visa numbers are available. Gave us a letter indicating the same reason. This letter has our A#s, correct priority dates(unlike the interview letter),and category as E37/39 and our county of chargeability . He said,” I will keep the file and will send you letters of approval in October or as and when visa numbers are available. You don’t have to come again. Your cards will be produced the old fashioned way and it may take another month after that. “
After that, we got up and thanked the officer and came out. All in all, a nice and pleasant experience though a bit sad because we couldn’t sign the deal though.
My bad, I didn’t show him the latest visa bulletin, which made July current again. I didn’t know whether it would help. Something inside didn’t want to bother him. Anyway my PD is in early 2002, hence I believe it wouldn’t retrogress so far back in Oct, but you never know. We got up, said thank you. He gave a candy to my son for being nice to Daddy and Mommy.. Surprisingly my son was busy with his cars and did run around and stormed the rest of the rooms there.
That’s it. Letter we got says that we mail a copy to Local office if visa bulletin declares our dates are current. Inquires can be done either by infopass or letters to local office not before 3 months from the date of interview.
Though this post is long.. The whole experience lasted less than 10 minutes.
SUMMARY -
1) Asked for DLs/Passports/Birth Certificates. Kept a copy of my son's(USC) BC as we didn’t submit it when we filed I-485. Took EVLs, saw salary slips and took a copy of 2006 tax returns and W2.(Actually he didn’t ask for W2s, but I have all of them attached.)
2) Took our I-94s. Took index FPs and signatures for my spouse and me. Didnt ask for EADs/APs/H1s/H4s and didnt take even our latest APs and EADs..
3) Verified that no other incident happened other than the DUI mentioned on I-485 application. Didn’t even ask for any documentation. We supplied everything at the time of filing I-485, hence he had it.
4) Asked a couple of standard Qs from I-485 application whose answers were NO.. Stuff like whether you ever supported terrorist orgs or sold drugs..
5) Could not approve for lack of visa bulletin. He said would keep our file with him and approve it in October when visa numbers are there.
6) Gave us a letter that indicates that he couldn’t approve AOS because visa numbers aren’t there as per state department's visa bulletin. This letter has lot of other reasons like pending background checks/FBI Name check pend/Additional review required.. He didn’t check or mention anything else other than visa number no available related checkbox..
Hope this post helps you guys and I wish you all the best.
Friends,
Just came back from the AOS interview that lasted just under 10 minutes. Officer said that he will approve the applications as soon as visa numbers are available come October. As of now there are no visa numbers as far as he knows. Those who want to read just the summary can scroll down and just read the summary.. rest ..Keep on reading.
Here is the complete experience -
We(Me and my wife and kid) reached the Local Office at San Jose half an hour before the scheduled time. We had a suitcase full of docs(size of airline hand luggage) and our marriage photo album with us. Went in 15 minutes prior to the interview with our Attorney. Were surprised to see that office was almost entirely empty. We and another couple just went in. Attorney briefed us again on what to expect and offered advice that be careful and brief to provide only the information that is asked for. Not more and no less and tell the truth. We put in interview letters in the box under the window. Were called in by a smiling officer right at the time.
Officer, who was a very nice and professional gentleman around 45-50yrs of age, greeted us and asked us to sit. Our attorney presented the G-28 forms. After that attorney did not speak a word for the rest of the interview. He didn’t need to.
Officer put us under oath. And interview began.
First officer asked for our DLs/passports. He looked at the DL and asked whether it’s our current address on it. We said No; current address is at the interview letter. He asked when we moved to the new address, I replied and told him the time. He then flipped through our passports. Took our I-94s out and attached it to a forms (one each for me and my spouse- our photos were attached to the form) in front of him. It was a form where he wrote down our addresses from the interview letter. Then he asked us to sign in a box on that form. Took the index FPs on it. Repeated the exercise on the back of the form and for my spouse.
The he asked for Birth Certificates. I gave them all three, for me, my wife and my son who is a US citizen. He asked for a copy of my son's Birth Certificate and I was happy to give it. He kept the copy and put in the file. He returned our originals. He had copies for my spouse and me already. He verified that we have no other children.
Then He asked whether I still work for my company (He took the name). I said yes. He asked for EVL(Employment Verification letter) and salary slips. Given to him. He kept the letter and retuned the salary slips. The he asked for copy of 2006 Tax returns. I gave him our copy of W2s and tax returns. He kept it.
Then he said he is going to ask us some questions.. He asked whether we did support any terrorist orgs or sold drugs, we obviously said NO. Then he asked whether I was arrested/cited.... at any other time other than mentioned on the application(Obviously he was aware), I said No. My wife said no too. That’s it. He didnt ask about any court docs for my DUI.. We anyway submitted everything at the time of filling I-485 so probably he didn’t think it is need. No other word regarding the incident.
Then he said that he will approve our applications but can’t do it now since no visa numbers are available. Gave us a letter indicating the same reason. This letter has our A#s, correct priority dates(unlike the interview letter),and category as E37/39 and our county of chargeability . He said,” I will keep the file and will send you letters of approval in October or as and when visa numbers are available. You don’t have to come again. Your cards will be produced the old fashioned way and it may take another month after that. “
After that, we got up and thanked the officer and came out. All in all, a nice and pleasant experience though a bit sad because we couldn’t sign the deal though.
My bad, I didn’t show him the latest visa bulletin, which made July current again. I didn’t know whether it would help. Something inside didn’t want to bother him. Anyway my PD is in early 2002, hence I believe it wouldn’t retrogress so far back in Oct, but you never know. We got up, said thank you. He gave a candy to my son for being nice to Daddy and Mommy.. Surprisingly my son was busy with his cars and did run around and stormed the rest of the rooms there.
That’s it. Letter we got says that we mail a copy to Local office if visa bulletin declares our dates are current. Inquires can be done either by infopass or letters to local office not before 3 months from the date of interview.
Though this post is long.. The whole experience lasted less than 10 minutes.
SUMMARY -
1) Asked for DLs/Passports/Birth Certificates. Kept a copy of my son's(USC) BC as we didn’t submit it when we filed I-485. Took EVLs, saw salary slips and took a copy of 2006 tax returns and W2.(Actually he didn’t ask for W2s, but I have all of them attached.)
2) Took our I-94s. Took index FPs and signatures for my spouse and me. Didnt ask for EADs/APs/H1s/H4s and didnt take even our latest APs and EADs..
3) Verified that no other incident happened other than the DUI mentioned on I-485 application. Didn’t even ask for any documentation. We supplied everything at the time of filing I-485, hence he had it.
4) Asked a couple of standard Qs from I-485 application whose answers were NO.. Stuff like whether you ever supported terrorist orgs or sold drugs..
5) Could not approve for lack of visa bulletin. He said would keep our file with him and approve it in October when visa numbers are there.
6) Gave us a letter that indicates that he couldn’t approve AOS because visa numbers aren’t there as per state department's visa bulletin. This letter has lot of other reasons like pending background checks/FBI Name check pend/Additional review required.. He didn’t check or mention anything else other than visa number no available related checkbox..
Hope this post helps you guys and I wish you all the best.
