Permanet Status Interview - Spouse attend?

[kf6wlb 0]

I have been helping some friends get thru all of these documents, both on their K-3 and now on their I-751. Knock on wood we have had very easy sailing thru the entire process. Heidi is from Guatemala and beginning to end it was 3.5 months from the start of paperwork for her K-3 till the time she arrived here in the states, No interview needed. No hitches, nothing off the wall. Time passed and they sent their paperwork in for the Change in Permanent Status on 4-19-08. They cashed the check 3 days later, sent her a letter saying all was fine and that she needed to get biometrics and then will have an interview within one year (assuming because she didn't have one initially). On May 15th they recieved a letter that the interview has been scheduled for May 27th - essentially 5 weeks from the time paperwork is submitted to interview date. From what we read in the forums this seems highly unusual. Her husband has a meeting that day that would be difficult to resechedule and so her father in law was planning on driving her to the appointment. Does anyone know if this will be a problem with her husband not attending?

Thanks for light someone can shed on this.

For background and tracking purposes - They mailed stuff to the California center and her interview is in Santa Barbara.

Edited May 19, 2008 by kf6wlb

[imailin 0]

I have been helping some friends get thru all of these documents, both on their K-3 and now on their I-751. Knock on wood we have had very easy sailing thru the entire process. Heidi is from Guatemala and beginning to end it was 3.5 months from the start of paperwork for her K-3 till the time she arrived here in the states, No interview needed. No hitches, nothing off the wall. Time passed and they sent their paperwork in for the Change in Permanent Status on 4-19-08. They cashed the check 3 days later, sent her a letter saying all was fine and that she needed to get biometrics and then will have an interview within one year (assuming because she didn't have one initially). On May 15th they recieved a letter that the interview has been scheduled for May 27th - essentially 5 weeks from the time paperwork is submitted to interview date. From what we read in the forums this seems highly unusual. Her husband has a meeting that day that would be difficult to resechedule and so her father in law was planning on driving her to the appointment. Does anyone know if this will be a problem with her husband not attending?

Thanks for light someone can shed on this.

For background and tracking purposes - They mailed stuff to the California center and her interview is in Santa Barbara.

Tell them to reschedule!!!!!! I would not go to an interview without husband...... Do not recommend that!!!!!!!!!

[eau_xplain 2]

I'm a bit confused. Did they go straight from a K3 to filing the I-751? Or did they first file for AOS and currently have the green card?

Regardless, whichever application the interview is for, she and her husband have to be both there. If her husband does not appear, she runs the risk of being disapproved.

[kf6wlb 0]

I'm a bit confused. Did they go straight from a K3 to filing the I-751? Or did they first file for AOS and currently have the green card?

Regardless, whichever application the interview is for, she and her husband have to be both there. If her husband does not appear, she runs the risk of being disapproved.

I apologize, no she applied for the AOS and currently has her green card. She had no interview for the AOS petition.

[eau_xplain 2]

I'm a bit confused. Did they go straight from a K3 to filing the I-751? Or did they first file for AOS and currently have the green card?

Regardless, whichever application the interview is for, she and her husband have to be both there. If her husband does not appear, she runs the risk of being disapproved.

I apologize, no she applied for the AOS and currently has her green card. She had no interview for the AOS petition.

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.

And yes, her husband really needs to be at the interview too.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Absolutely her husband has to be there. It is a joint application - if he does not attend then there is a good chance that they will deny the petition because they will view it as him failing to support the application and think that there is a problem with the legitimacy of their marriage. I would seriously have him reschedule his work appointment - it will be a lot easier to reschedule - and probably not nearly as crucial to their future happiness and life together in the US as the I-751 interview.

Yes, 5 weeks is an incredibly quick time, but California is processing these application light years faster than any other service center.