AOS Interview Questions! (Marriage Based)

[Jun2580 27]

57 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

I have to ask whether you front-loaded your evidence of bona fide marriage with your AOS filing. This happens often when people do not send anything but the marriage certificate. (Not k-1 cases)

No. My lawyer insisted that we should send only marriage certificate as proof of our relationship. So we brought the rest of proofs like insurance, photos, bills together etc at the interview. 

I don't understand why my lawyer did that, because this seems way harder.  and I have lost faith in my lawyer and I am feeling stupid for spending money on him.

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

1 hour ago, Jun2580 said:

No. My lawyer insisted that we should send only marriage certificate as proof of our relationship. So we brought the rest of proofs like insurance, photos, bills together etc at the interview. 

I don't understand why my lawyer did that, because this seems way harder.  and I have lost faith in my lawyer and I am feeling stupid for spending money on him.

It's hard to say why your lawyer and a lot of lawyers do that. It sets you up for a rough interview. Think about it. Officers go through your file. If they only see a marriage certificate and no evidence of bona fide marriage AND you are not adjusting from k-1, they will likely suspect fraud. They may feel they can't trust the evidence that you are bringing to the interview.

 

I speculate that lawyers do that to be able to say "See...? It turned out to be a hard interview. I am glad you decided to hire me". 

 

There is no need to feel stupid. There is a lot of misinformation out there. Some say you just bring the evidence to the interview if filing concurrently. That is not accurate. The I-130 instructions state on page 3/12 that ALL evidence and supporting documentation is required at the time of filing OR USCIS may issue a NOID (Notice of Intent To Deny). Yet, no one reads those directions. 

 

You got through it. Just be patient. If your marriage is real, you should have nothing to worry about. 

 

 

[Jun2580 27]

7 hours ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

It's hard to say why your lawyer and a lot of lawyers do that. It sets you up for a rough interview. Think about it. Officers go through your file. If they only see a marriage certificate and no evidence of bona fide marriage AND you are not adjusting from k-1, they will likely suspect fraud. They may feel they can't trust the evidence that you are bringing to the interview.

 

I speculate that lawyers do that to be able to say "See...? It turned out to be a hard interview. I am glad you decided to hire me". 

Yeah, I really believe that's exactly what my lawyer did to us. Sure it was nice that I didn't have to do much because my lawyer did most of the paperwork, but still, they really put us through a harder interview that we didn't deserve. I am planning to meet my lawyer in a few days, and thinking about asking why he did this to us.

 

7 hours ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

There is no need to feel stupid. There is a lot of misinformation out there. Some say you just bring the evidence to the interview if filing concurrently. That is not accurate. The I-130 instructions state on page 3/12 that ALL evidence and supporting documentation is required at the time of filing OR USCIS may issue a NOID (Notice of Intent To Deny). Yet, no one reads those directions. 

 

You got through it. Just be patient. If your marriage is real, you should have nothing to worry about. 

 

 

Yeah at least we didn't get any NOID nor RFE. We only got courteous letter saying we haven't submitted our I-693, which my lawyer also told me to bring to the interview, instead of submitting with the application form. 

And today my status got updated from "We approved your case" to "Card was mailed to me"! I survived this!

[Orangesapples 1,954]

14 hours ago, Jun2580 said:

No. My lawyer insisted that we should send only marriage certificate as proof of our relationship. So we brought the rest of proofs like insurance, photos, bills together etc at the interview. 

I don't understand why my lawyer did that, because this seems way harder.  and I have lost faith in my lawyer and I am feeling stupid for spending money on him.

Leave a review for that lawyer, Yelp Google, anywhere else people look for reviews. 

[BenjaminUKtoUSA 7]

That seems highly suspect of your case.  From what I recall, our experience was completely different. We were in the room together, verified information on the application and then answered some basic questions.  

 

She then went over some pictures, just admiring our timeline.

 

Good luck to you! 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

6 hours ago, Jun2580 said:

Yeah, I really believe that's exactly what my lawyer did to us. Sure it was nice that I didn't have to do much because my lawyer did most of the paperwork, but still, they really put us through a harder interview that we didn't deserve. I am planning to meet my lawyer in a few days, and thinking about asking why he did this to us.

 

Yeah at least we didn't get any NOID nor RFE. We only got courteous letter saying we haven't submitted our I-693, which my lawyer also told me to bring to the interview, instead of submitting with the application form. 

And today my status got updated from "We approved your case" to "Card was mailed to me"! I survived this!

See...? Congratulations! Now remember that you will have to file for removal of conditions 90 days before your green card expires. The table of contents on this thread is your guide. 

 

When you ask your lawyer why he/she did that, do mention what the instructions state on page 3/12. And say that it's on page 3/12. Lawyers really need to stop doing this to justify their fees. 

 

I would also submit reviews anywhere you can submit one. 

 

All the best,

 

USC4SPOUSE

[Jun2580 27]

4 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

See...? Congratulations! Now remember that you will have to file for removal of conditions 90 days before your green card expires. The table of contents on this thread is your guide. 

 

When you ask your lawyer why he/she did that, do mention what the instructions state on page 3/12. And say that it's on page 3/12. Lawyers really need to stop doing this to justify their fees. 

 

I would also submit reviews anywhere you can submit one. 

 

All the best,

 

USC4SPOUSE

Thank you!! You guys really helped me a lot and helped me go through this stress! 

 

Surprisingly, he had soooo many good reviews on multiple websites, and that is why I decided to go with them. However, the service I got wasn't really ideal, judging from everyone's comments on here.

I will do mention what the I-130 says under the required documents, and ask why he recommended I bring them to the interview. 

 

And Thank you for the I-751 guide!

[BenjaminUKtoUSA 7]

Congrats!

[Lupigirl 67]

Congrats on your approval!  I wish I had seen this sooner, since I have a coworker who helped her husband adjust status in Louisville Kentucky and they were interviewed in the same manner as you.  They also got a few questions wrong but were still approved.  They did not use a lawyer.  This was a few years ago now.

[demissefasil@gmai 0]

On 10/26/2018 at 11:17 PM, TNJ17 said:

This is not standard at all. They definitely suspected fraud. Most interviews are just a couple of questions for formality. I don’t mean to offend by what I’m about to say but please don’t say this is normal on a forum like this. You’re scaring people saying this is normal. This is not normal procedure. For whatever reason, and that is no one’s business, they suspected you weren’t a real couple. This is the procedure when they think the relationship isn’t genuine. A standard aos interview is nothing but a couple of questions and basically just looking over paperwork with the couple together. 

 

[Yogalife 3]

On 10/28/2018 at 8:59 AM, Jun2580 said:

Apparently it seems to be a big mistake that we didn't send the bona fide proofs with the application.. 

 

My interview was 2 days ago and my online status still hasn't been updated...

What ended up happening?

[ecy_go 0]

Hi, May i know what bonafide evidence we shouldve sent with the AOS package? 

Our lawyer also didnt advice us to give other evidence other than marriage certificate. 

If only i knew, i couldve send pictures maybe.