AOS interview if I130 is already approved

[Immigration Blues 0]

If the I-130 was already approved at the time of AOS filing, will an interview still be required? I am asking this question based on the following assumption:

- AOS interview is to validate the marriage. When the marriage is validated, the I130 and AOS are approved together

- by approving the I130, USCIS recognizes that the authenticity of the marriage. Hence if the I130 was already approved at the time of AOS filing, then why would an interview still be required?

Any thoughts on this?

[LvivLovers 39]

In our case, our I-130 was approved along with I-129F. We got our K3 visa and filed AOS. We have an interview scheduled for tomorrow.

I don't know for sure, but it looked like to me that many that were approved without an AOS interview were K1 visa. My thoughts are maybe they figured these people are so newly married there's not a lot of evidence so no need to look at all their evidence (I'm thinking they assume CR-1/IR-1/K3 visa folks have been married longer and would have evidence). Then this is just a guess but those that didn't have the original AOS interview (since they were K1 newlyweds) might have an interview when removing conditions whereas those that already had the AOS interview don't need to be intervied again. Just my thoughts.

[payxibka 10,044]

Approval of the I-130 does not demonstrate the authenticity of the marriage... It simply means that the petitioner has effectively demonstrated the proper evidence for approval. Relationship bonafides are determined/reviewed at interview.

[payxibka 10,044]

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Edited April 21, 2008 by fwaguy