both me and my wife approved and stamped after interview
Hi All,
I am happy to say that both of our cases ( me and wife) have been approved and stamped after the local office interview at Charlotte yesterday.
The Interview was at 7.45 am ( for me) and 8.15 am for my wife and we arrived at the office at 7.30 with a local lawyer , showed the interview letter and were allowed inside to a hall to wait for our names to be called. A few minutes later a nice lady officer called our names ( both of us together , and the lawyer followed us) and asked to sign seperate I-551 data collection forms with a finger print on that form . After she took us to her cabin where she first asked us to take the oath to tell only truth , asked us to show proof of identification ( driver's licence and Social Security Card , and Passport) , any one of us were ever married before , when did we last arrive to US.
Later she asked the standard I-485 form questions like u have any criminal record etc? and took our all EAD and APs and latest
I-94 but did not ask for any other documents like employment letter , bank statement , paystubs, lease etc we our lawyer asked us to give a copy of each one of them and the original employment letter , she didn't look at any of those but just attached them to the file.
My lawyer was so good and helpful and kind a knows the people over there and was asking about each one of them like a casual talk , and when he asked why her room is filled with so many boxes of files , she said they are not allowed to work overtime and trying their best to finish it within the stipulated time.
Finally she said she has approved our cases , stamping for 1 year and the actual cards will arrive in 4-6 weeks.
The entire process took less than 10 minutes and we were out of the office at 8 am .
Though I felt mine was a simple and straight case , working for the same employer and the same place ever since I came to US,
I was little tensed but now I feel the patience has paid off .
I think it is better to go with all the documention filed neatly , so that the officer gets a good impression and won't ask too many questions.
I thank all of you for all the help , support and information provided all these years and also to Rajiv khanna for maintaining this wonderful site .
I wish and pray that all of you will get the approvals at the earliest.
PD: Aug 2000,
RD: 10/02/2001,
ND: 11/03/2001,
FP: 04/30/2002,
RFE: 04/12/2003 ( Employment letter)
TD: 05/09/2003,
Interview letter received 07/03/2003
Interview date : 07/22/2003
Approved and stamped on 07/22/2003
