AOS Interview Review

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How funny! We were there too yesterday for a 10.30 appointment! I wonder if that person I saw with the tiny baby was you?!!! We too were there with our (wild) 21 month old and had a good, easy interview! Congratulations!

I think so I am sure it was us. Black guy with Filipina wife and small 2 month old. Congratulations! to you also.

Here is my post with our Boston experience - I am from October filers so some people may have read it already...

So as you know, I was concerned because of the huge snowstorm we were having overnight. I was scared that the offices would close and we'd arrive to a canceled interview. We left on time and made our way to the office. When we got there, security was very tight. Jackets, belts etc had to come off, then walk through the metal detector or be wanded down. My daughter at 21 months had to get out of the stroller and walk through the detector by herself, which raised a smile.

We all used the restrooms and it was only then that I actually realized "Oh shoot! This is really going ahead! NOW!" It was 10.15 and we had a 10.30 appointment. We found the waiting room, checked in and then were sent to check in somewhere else too. The guy at the second place told me he'd pull my file and to go back to the first waiting room. As soon as we got back and sat down a door swung open and our last name was called at 10.30 on the nose!

Our interviewer was an older, heavy-set straight faced man and I almost ran over his feet with the stroller, which was quite comical. Okay, so on to the room. We get there and he swears us in. Then don't you know it, our daughter starts acting up! She is fussing and half-way crying and squirming to get down and I'm thinking "Is my nightmare really coming true?!!!" Once I settled her down, (very quickly!) the AO suddenly became so sweet and started talking to my daughter, and telling her "I know all about you!" Then he went on to tell us about his 10 Grandchildren...He shuffled papers and then asked for my passport, EAD and I-94 card. Checked off a few things on his paperwork, then asked my husband for his original birth certificate. His question to me was "Do you know his date of birth?" to which I replied "Yes." He waited for a half second and said "Do you want to tell me?!" It made us chuckle a little bit and he then asked my husband for my date of birth also. He then asked what my father's name was. Hmm, I thought that was kind of odd - wouldn't you ask what the spouse's parents name was?!!! So then he wanted to see our original marriage certificate and my husband's divorce certificate - and asked if my husband was only divorced once, then joked "What, was one time enough?!" to which my husband replied "Yes, one divorce is enough!" and it made the AO smile. He then started telling us how hard it was to go through a divorce and that he went through one himself, etc. etc. etc. Then went on to tell us what seemed like his whole life story, he's 66 and on his third career, how he came out of retirement because after his divorce he just laid around watching tv, eat and sleep. How he started his own business, how he is going to retire in Texas because his wife is Mexican and they will be able to take day trips to see her family! All this while he is going over my paperwork! And let me tell you this - I saw him very early on in the chit-chat/interview(!) stamp a big red "APPROVED" on the top of one of the papers! So for all intents and purposes, we were approved without all the fluff that we brought with us. I get the impression that he was really just verifying information infront of him. There was no inquisition, no blindfold or shooting squad - just a chat with Grandpa really! All said, he talked more about himself than we ever did. Almost at the end of the interview he said "Do you have anything with joint names on, like a bank statement?" So I was very deliberate in what I gave him, Health insurance, Dental insurance and a bank statement - that was it. Seems like he would have been okay with just the bank statement though. He glanced at it and turned to the photocopier beside him and before he could even lift the top I said "Oh those are copies - you can keep any of those..." He puffed up and said "Oh then that makes my job even easier!" He put them in my file and said to my husband "Well the good thing is, your wife is VERY organized!" and we all laughed. At this point my daughter was playing with the photo book we'd brought and she was trying to open it - the AO asked her "Oh do you have something you want me to look at?!" Clearly he wasn't bothered with photos though, so I didn't even offer them up any further.

So the last part, he asked me about three of the standard "Are you a terrorist" questions and then said "And just to make your husband happy - do you plan to practice Polygomy here in the United States?!" He did more paper shuffling, typed information into his computer and then said, "So it's a Conditional Residency card...blah, blah, blah" I don't even remember that part because I was so happy I tuned out, doing little dances in my head! kicking.gif When I tuned back in, he was telling me how important it is to lift the conditions or I could get deported and no they don't remind you to do it, etc. Then he told me "Your card should be in the mail in 2-3 weeks." When my husband asked him about us travelling, the AO told us that they used to stamp passports right away but since things are done so quickly now, they don't have to. AO told me that if I really want to travel and don't have the card, then to make an Infopass and they will give a temporary stamp.

That was it!!! He told us he'd walk us out, which he did and then we waited for about fifteen minutes in the waiting room for a letter which says I've been approved and became a Conditional Resident on that day (words to that effect...) Then off we went, back into the snow! Yesterday was a very good day... good.gif

any new interview?

How did it go Beantoenbabe?