Interview for Adjustment of Status (Wife US Citizen)

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ImmigrantBoy

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Hello Friends,
I have applied for my EAD/GC thru my US Citizen wife.
I have received EAD.
Last week i have also received a notice for interview.
It says....
Form -485, Application to register premanent residence or adjustment of status.

Is this the time when they stamp my Passport for GC? Or this is something else?

What type of questions do they ask?

Please help

Thanks
ImmigrantBoy
 
ImmigrantBoy said:
Hello Friends,
Is this the time when they stamp my Passport for GC? Or this is something else?
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Yes, that's it! If all goes well, they will stamp your passport. You're almost there.
 
hi Immigrantboy,could you please give us your details...ie when u filed and dates u got notices or approvals...ur entire journey so far...thanks
 
If you read here about 'passport stamping appointments', this is mainly in regards to employment based green-cards. In the EB categories uncomplicated I485's get approved without an interview, the PP stamping only serves to document the approval and to order a plastic card. (In this regard it is 'something else')

Most people here in this forum are employment based immigrants. If you look around on the web you might find some lists of the questions folks are beeing asked.

In family based cases you pretty much always have a formal interview (not only PP stamping). If they approve you during the interview (common), they will allow you to get your passport stamped on the same day. If they have some background checks pending or if one of their decrepit computer systems happens to be down, you will have to come back later.

They will ask some questions to get an idea whether you have a genuine marriage (common address, common property, common accounts, common kids, fights). They also want to get an idea whether your wife bought you as a mail-order husband (i.e. whether you knew each other before the day of the marriage).
If your wifes income is only marginally above the required 125% of the federal poverty level, there might be some questions regarding her affidavit of support.
If you do have a genuine marriage, you don't have too much to worry about.
 
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hadron said:
If you do have a genuine marriage, you don't have too much to worry about.
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I don't want to nitpick but I disagree. A valid marriage is a requirement but the validity of the marriage must be proved to USCIS. A very well documented application (that includes copies of joint bank, insurance, credit card and utility statements, the lease/mortgage showing both names, life insurance policies showing eachother named as beneficiaries, work documents showing emergency contact information, pictures and cards from the wedding, pictures of the couple together and other supporting information) makes the interview not much more than a formality. Conversely, a weak application that is not well documented can lead to the couple being questioned separately at the interview. The Service is very suspicious of poorly documented cases and the interview is a much less pleasant experience.
 
So I guess the correct statement would be:

'If you have a genuine marriage and submitted a consistent petition you don't have too much to worry about.'

(Worry about in the sense of it beeing denied. They might give you a hard time anyway. One of my relatives went to the interview with husband and kids, they still gave her the third degree including the separate interview. Other, more remote relatives who had lets say 'interesting' marriage arrangements breezed through it without any questions asked.)
 
hadron said:
So I guess the correct statement would be:

'If you have a genuine marriage and submitted a consistent petition you don't have too much to worry about.'

(Worry about in the sense of it beeing denied. They might give you a hard time anyway. One of my relatives went to the interview with husband and kids, they still gave her the third degree including the separate interview. Other, more remote relatives who had lets say 'interesting' marriage arrangements breezed through it without any questions asked.)
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What a family :D
 
It's actually my wife's family. They are a good demonstration of things not to do and what lawyers to avoid.

I get fits of rage if I think about some of the highly paid but patently false and dangerous legal advice they were given.
 
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Hadron,

I will have to agree with you. My husband and I were treated harshly during our interview last June. We have been a couple for 10 years, married for 3 1/2, and our baby daughter was waiting in the reception area with her grandmother. We had more than enough documentation. I shudder to think how we would have been treated if I DID bring our daughter to the interview. We were barked at the moment we went to the officer's cubicle. I am utterly amazed when I read these stories on this forum about how nice the interview officer was and what good humor they were in. Our guy was former border control and he meant business.

Kiska
RD 8/26/2001
Fingerprint 5/11/2004
Interview 6/28/2004
Name Check clearance??
Approval notice???
Charleston, SC
 
kiska what did the officer tell once your interview was over.
Did you not take your attorney with you.
I know for a fact that if you have an attorney they behave themselves ( alil bit)
Have you tried to check on your name check ???
 
Al Aos,

No, we didn't have an attorney. We never really needed one as we've always played by the rules. Our officer was a man with a badge. He probably didn't like having a foreigner come into his who is office much younger than him and make three times his salary. Or, he just could have been having a "case of the Mondays".

After the interview was over, our officer said very publicly in the reception area that the background check had to be completed and we'd hear back from INS within 7-10 business days. Here we are nearly 4 months later and we are still waiting for that name check. Our wait has been a total of 38 months, and INS has gotten plenty of money from us for EAD renewals, medical renewal, Advance Paroles, travel, and time off of work. A lawyer would have just taken more.

Kiska
Charleston, SC office
 
Looks like what happened to us: The interview was a piece of cake (we were way over-prepared), but now, 6 months later, we're still waiting for that FBI security check to go through.
 
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