RoC Interview

[OBX 51]

Great news! Congratulations.

[Brogeo 1]

And finally:

On September 27, 2011, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you.

So take heart, those of you who have interviews scheduled. For us at least, it worked out in the end. It just took a little while.

[minnew 4]

Congratulations! Thank you for posting your interview experience!

[TinTin and Samby 11]

Congratulations. Glad to see good results for such a well prepared couple!

Warm Regards,

Samby

[TBoneTX 43,069]

Yours is a prime example of a report that will be enlightening and valuable for many other VJ members. And congratulations, si man!

[Darnell 8,478]

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[MsFumi06 3]

On 9/15/2011 at 7:10 PM, Brogeo said:

So the interview was scheduled for today at 12:30 at the San Jose office. Here's what happened:

We arrived about 45 minutes early because the letter said to allow that much time for security screening, but that took all of about 3 minutes. We made our way upstairs to the AOS waiting room and dropped our appointment letter in the box. We were in the (large) waiting room for about 55 minutes, and during that time saw no other applicants or customers. It was a little creepy.

At about 12:45, the door opened and the officer called us in to his office. He introduced himself to us and quickly swore us in. He asked us both for identification and asked my wife for her conditional green card. He did not ask either one of us for a passport.

At this point, something unexpected happened. He informed us that he would be keeping the expired conditional green card. He put it in a clear plastic bag and stapled it into the file. He told us that if we wanted to travel before we received the unconditional card, we should make an infopass appointment and get the I-551 stamp, and travel with the NOA1 letter.

Then he started to go through our file. He asked us questions about our living situation, specifically concerning whether we had lived together for our entire marriage so far, and (curiously) if at any point during our marriage anyone else had ever lived with us. For us, easy answers - we've only ever lived in the one house and no one else has ever lived with us.

He asked my wife how she came to be in the United States (she came as an international student) and how her school/career path had eventually led her to meet me. He went through the I-751 we'd submitted and asked my wife, under oath, all of the questions like "Have you ever been in deportation proceedings?" and "Have you ever been arrested for any crime?". He looked through our pictures and inquired about our vacations.

Then, he asked us if we had any new information for the file. After learning during the AOS interview that this stuff is all about the file, we were ready for this. We had copies of the complete histories of everything we'd submitted samples of in the original packet. Bank statements, credit card statements, insurance claims, car lease statements, etc, etc. At one point he actually said "I can't tell you to stop giving me stuff, but I can tell you that there's enough here already to convince me." One thing he did emphasize at this stage though, is that building the file is important if you intend to file for citizenship on the basis of marriage (after 3 years, not 5). The same file will be referenced in that case, so its good to show continuing evidence of a valid marriage.

So we gave him a few more items and then he told us that our file would be submitted to another unit who would keep it for a day or so and then return it to him, at which time our petition would be approved (I get the feeling that this other unit is a bookkeeping unit to make sure that fees have been paid, forms signed, biometrics obtained, deportation proceedings not in effect, etc).

He asked us if we had any questions and we asked again about travel - my wife was a little nervous to leave without her green card. He reassured us that an infopass appointment and I-551 stamp were enough - I hope this is true.

So, all in all, no big deal. A lot of preparation and worrying for not much. Still, we're glad its finally over and looking forward to getting the 10-year card.

Hi there,

Firstly, congratulations! I have my interview coming in 2 weeks and this is a stupid question but they have the file we submitted with all the evidence right? Only reason i'm asking is that I didn't make copies of all the documents I sent over so I won't be able to take me everything I had initially submitted. Also, frankly, it seems like a waste of paper to have to bring the exact same thing I submitted to them in the first place. Appreciate your advise!

[Vale2005 0]

On 4/10/2018 at 11:51 AM, MsFumi06 said:

My RFE said to expect a response within 60 days of sending evidence. I sent mine on Feb 28th, USCIS received in the next day and USCIS updated my case status online as RFE response received on March 19th and on April 9th, the status was updated to say that it was sent to the local office (probably for review and to call me for an interview). So all in all, the USCIS are pretty efficient in handling RFE cases. One of the users commented that he got his RFE approved within 17 days! So..good luck to both of us.

 

[AH&JH 10]

18 hours ago, Vale2005 said:

 

Also waiting for interview to be scheduled. Receive the notice that they will schedule interview on June 26th. Would you please update when they send you the letter with the interview date? 

Trying to figure out how long are they taking from the notice of "interview will be schedule" to notice of "interview is scheduled on x date"

Thank you