Hi All:
I am happy to give the good news - mine and my husband\'s LA interview was approved today.
I did not post about our interview date since I was not sure whether interview will take place today. There was some confusion since my lawyer thought they have mistaken me for marriage-based base and had lost my husband\'s file : I had recieved the interview notice and my husband who is the principal did not receive it. Lawyer thought we will be sent back as soon as they realize it is employment based case.
Here is our odyssey:
Case details:
PD: February 1996
Labor approved: June 1999
I-140 approved: July 2000
I-485 applied: July 2001.
I-485 receipt dates: September 2001 (lawyer sent the wrong amount, so it took two months to receive the receipts)
Anyway, we went for the interview and it was pretty straightforward:
1) We were asked to take oath.
2) Then the officer asked for the driver\'s license, medical exam reports and passports. My driver\'s license had the old address, so he asked me to show the DMV change of address card.
3)Then he started interviewing my husband. He verified all the biographical information, father\'s name, mother\'s maiden name, city where he was born. He asked for the original birth certificate and compared them to the one he had.
4) He asked to see the original degree certificate.
5) Then he asked whether he was still with the same company and asked for the latest pay stubs. My husband also showed his company photo ID card.
6) Then he asked the standard question, whether any arrests, drug use or a member of any organization in India.
7) Then he said he is going to approve his petition and stamped his passport.
8) Then he asked me the same questions as my husband: mother\'s name, father\'s name and city I was born in. He asked to see the original birth and marriage certificates. He compared them with the copy he had.
9) Then he asked me what proof I have for the validity for our marriage. This is where he lingered on the most. I showed him some of our wedding pictures, bank account, tax return etc. Then he asked whether I have more pictures. Luckily I had taked my entire wedding album. I handed it over to him. He leafed through almost half of it. Then he asked whether we jointly own any property and we said yes. He asked for a copy of the title deed of our home. Then he said he is going to approve it and stamped our passport. He congratulated us and told us we had prepared very well.
Totally it took about 40 minutes.
We had organized all our paperwork into four different folders. If anyone needs any help on this, do let me know.
Ciba, thank you for your help and dedication to his site. Please do let me know if you need any help in organizing the stuff on your website.
I want to everyone who has contributed on this site and who has been with us through this arduous journey of six years - it would have been very difficult without you all.
thanks
malli
I am happy to give the good news - mine and my husband\'s LA interview was approved today.
I did not post about our interview date since I was not sure whether interview will take place today. There was some confusion since my lawyer thought they have mistaken me for marriage-based base and had lost my husband\'s file : I had recieved the interview notice and my husband who is the principal did not receive it. Lawyer thought we will be sent back as soon as they realize it is employment based case.
Here is our odyssey:
Case details:
PD: February 1996
Labor approved: June 1999
I-140 approved: July 2000
I-485 applied: July 2001.
I-485 receipt dates: September 2001 (lawyer sent the wrong amount, so it took two months to receive the receipts)
Anyway, we went for the interview and it was pretty straightforward:
1) We were asked to take oath.
2) Then the officer asked for the driver\'s license, medical exam reports and passports. My driver\'s license had the old address, so he asked me to show the DMV change of address card.
3)Then he started interviewing my husband. He verified all the biographical information, father\'s name, mother\'s maiden name, city where he was born. He asked for the original birth certificate and compared them to the one he had.
4) He asked to see the original degree certificate.
5) Then he asked whether he was still with the same company and asked for the latest pay stubs. My husband also showed his company photo ID card.
6) Then he asked the standard question, whether any arrests, drug use or a member of any organization in India.
7) Then he said he is going to approve his petition and stamped his passport.
8) Then he asked me the same questions as my husband: mother\'s name, father\'s name and city I was born in. He asked to see the original birth and marriage certificates. He compared them with the copy he had.
9) Then he asked me what proof I have for the validity for our marriage. This is where he lingered on the most. I showed him some of our wedding pictures, bank account, tax return etc. Then he asked whether I have more pictures. Luckily I had taked my entire wedding album. I handed it over to him. He leafed through almost half of it. Then he asked whether we jointly own any property and we said yes. He asked for a copy of the title deed of our home. Then he said he is going to approve it and stamped our passport. He congratulated us and told us we had prepared very well.
Totally it took about 40 minutes.
We had organized all our paperwork into four different folders. If anyone needs any help on this, do let me know.
Ciba, thank you for your help and dedication to his site. Please do let me know if you need any help in organizing the stuff on your website.
I want to everyone who has contributed on this site and who has been with us through this arduous journey of six years - it would have been very difficult without you all.
thanks
malli