AOS Interview Review. AOS APPROVED!!

[jessekins09 3]

I just wanted to write a quick review on here about my wife's AOS interview. My wife came to the U.S. with a K1 fiancé visa. We filed her AOS on July 28, 2014. Her interview was on December 10, 2014 in Southern California.

We were both required to be present at the interview because her AOS is marriage based. We only say in the waiting room about 20 minutes. A lady called us at the door, presented herself to us and took us into her office. She was very nice and quite funny. We had to swear to tell the truth and we sat down. She said that she reviewed the case file and requested copies of all the original documents that we had made copies of for the AOS. She verified each document and stamped the copy. She asked us who filled out the paperwork and we told her that I did. She said "well you did an EXCELLENT job but let me tell you something...I know you won't be doing this again BUT your wife was never out of status. When someone comes to the US with a K1 visa as along as they get married within the 90 days they can stay here forever and they're legal."

I wasn't sure what to put under current status because it had been almost a year since she came to the US and I found here on Visa journey that people said to put out of status so I did. Well, this came directly from the immigration worker and that is incorrect! So anyone who has the same question, all you put is k1 in the current status box. That's it. Easy as pie.

So after she verified all of the information we expected her to ask us questions about each other and for evidence of our marriage. But no. All she said was "thank you for making this interview so fast and easy, I am approving your case." Yup, seriously, it was super fast and easy. She then explained how we will have to file to remove the conditions 90 days before her temporary green card expires She said that we would need to mail evidence such as bank accounts and stuff like that so that they see that we are still married and living as a married couple does. But then she added "with your sons birth certificate you're set, no need to worry!" So the moral of the story is having a baby makes things really fast and easy hahaha We didn't have our son until after and he was not mentioned on any paperwork but in reviewing the paperwork she asked "do you have any children" and we said "now we do!" And have her our sons birth certificate.

To all of you out there who are still going through all of this process, hang in there! It will all work out and everything will be great. Be patient, keep your head held high and you'll reap the rewards. We waited 9 months for my wife's visa and we had no idea how long it was going to take for her green card. They sent us a notice for more evidence and along with the evidence we mailed a letter that I had written to them and it was very soon after that my wife received her Combo Card and the letter stating that her interview would be Dec 10 and all of this happen at the beginning of November. I firmly believe that my letter is what helped move things along as fast as they did. If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask us.

[Pitaya 2,576]

~Moved from K1 Process to Fam-based AOS Progress Forum~

~Commentary about AOS progress, past K1~

[clairegie 265]

I'm glad to know that your interview experience was a good one. Thanks for the heads up about the out-of-status thing for us who came in on a K1 visa. Happy holidays!

[Ronny_Cari 8]

Congratz! :-) and thank you for sharing this. We will have our interview next month and we are so excited. Hope ours will be quick and easy too since we also have a child. :-)

[Calikitkat 16]

Congratulations! I'm also ln SoCal and filed 2 months after you. I was already expecting to have the interview beginning of February as I've seen it takes 4 months to process AOS in socal atm. Thanks for confirming the timeline!