speak little-english, what to do in interview?

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class082004

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hi,

my wife is scheduled for an interview for family based gc. i need to be there. she speaks little english (like name, address, birthday, but could not describe how we meet, etc). The letter asks for an non-family member interpreter for non-english speaker.

it is very hard to find a friend on a working day. Also we do not want our friend to know details of our personal life.

do you think she could pass without interpriter?

Thanks in advance.
 
Originally posted by class082004
hi,

my wife is scheduled for an interview for family based gc. i need to be there. she speaks little english (like name, address, birthday, but could not describe how we meet, etc). The letter asks for an non-family member interpreter for non-english speaker.

it is very hard to find a friend on a working day. Also we do not want our friend to know details of our personal life.

do you think she could pass without interpriter?

Thanks in advance.
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I do not think that she could pass the interview without an interpreter based on what you have said. You may need to hire an interpreter but you/she will need one. If she cannot answer basic questions regarding how you met, whether she has met your parents, how many siblings you have, what color your carpeting is, how many keys it takes to open your apartment/house, . . ., USCIS is very unlikely to issue a GC. Once the GC is denied, you will spend many thousands of dollars trying to convince USCIS that they made an error. Hire an interpreter. You probably need an attorney if you do not already have one.
 
Thank you very much Jim.

I originally thought the interview is very straightforward. Now it looks like I was wrong. Could anyone post some interview questions?
 
Iterviews vary greatly and the intensity of the interview will depend almost entirely on how well the case, and the bona fides of the marriage, are documented in the filing.

I handled one case that was handled by a very inexperience officer and all the questions were very soft and easy. It appears that the Service gives cases that are well documented to inexperienced examiners who then conduct a simple interview and approve the case if all the background checks are complete (which actually doesn't happen much anymore).

On the other extreme, I have seen clients separated and questioned separately if the Service thinks that the marriage is a fraud. The Service asks all manner of questions to try to show that the marriage is not legitimate.

Actually, it is the applicant that must prove that the marriage is legitimate and not entered into for the purpose of obtaining immigration benefits.

I even had one client taken into custody. He's still sitting in a detention center waiting for removal from the US.
 
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