Review - Adjustment of Status Interview this week

[Redflame2012 32]

Well, we had our interview this week for the Green Card - I am the non-US partner. Our situation was a bit 'complicated' - we waited a little over two years before filing - personal reasons. So,finally, we got a lawyer to file the papers for adjustment. She did this under a 'category' called 'Forgiveness'. She said, the most important thing is that the marriage took place in the allocated timeframe. If it hadn't we would have 'problems'. Anyhow, that followed a lot of crossing of fingers and prayer on our part.

Anyway, I was a bit anxious when the interview date came along. Not surprising as we had to wait hours - apparently the office was 'backed up' with cases. Back to the 'story'...the 'interviewer' was really nice and the interview lasted about 20 minutes. Both of us were sworn in and seen at the same time. The questions he asked are as follows:

1. How did you meet?

2. Who proposed?

3. When/where did the proposal take place?

4. Have you met each other's relatives?

5. Then he asked a few questions taken directly from the filing forms (ie names of parents, birthplace, US address etc)

6. He asked to see passports/ID, birth certificates and supporting evidence (ie IRS returns, correspondence, wedding pictures etc) anything from the list that verified our marriage.

7. Then I was given approval a stamped letter confirmating the decision, no stamp was placed in my passport.

I hope this helps someone. But I will add, don't wait like we did. File your documents in accordance to the rules. Also we used an attorney to file ours and this really helped as those forms are a beast! Haha. We paid nearly $1000 for the services of the attorney (you can pay in instalments, if you must) but didn't ask her to attend the 'hearing'. However I noticed some people had their attorney with them. I can only assume their cases might have been more complicated then ours, if that's possible!

ps: I went armed with all the items requested on the interview notice but the interviewer didn't ask for all of them, only a handful.Still, its best to follow everything to the letter. Oh yes, I forgot to say,...from the date of filing, our experience took 4 months in total.

Edited December 22, 2011 by Redflame2012

[jojolicious 38]

Congrats!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You have been taken for a fool by an attorney who took your $1,000 because she could sell you this BS story of forgiveness.

[Redflame2012 32]

Jojo, thanks for the congrats! It's a major relief. As to Brother H, no comment on that, I'm not a legal expert. However

I am very happy at the results.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Did you also file the I-130? If not you will get a 2 year card (regardless of being married for more than 2 years - it's a K1 rule that they MUST have the 2 year card first but the I-130 would have overridden that).

I have no idea what your lawyer was doing. There is no category of "forgiveness" for AOS. For ROC if you file after the deadline yes, but not AOS. Totally bizarre.

It's also not a "hearing". It's an interview. Hearing sounds bad, like you're in trouble, but it's not like that at all (unless they distrust your relationship).

Either way congrats.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

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Congrats!

[Redflame2012 32]

Recieved Green Card a couple of days ago - 10 year Permanent Residency!