I-130 interview

[brderenne 3]

hello there! I am a US citizen and applied for my husbands green card via the I-13o offshore. since then, we are both going to live in Brazil for a while while we wait for his greencard and interview. I am curious if anybody knows if I, the US citizen and petitioner, needs to be at his interview with him? I may need to go back to the states prior to the date they will give him. I think he can go alone but just trying to gain proper information. thank you.

[Lil bear 3,831]

3 minutes ago, brderenne said:

hello there! I am a US citizen and applied for my husbands green card via the I-13o offshore. since then, we are both going to live in Brazil for a while while we wait for his greencard and interview. I am curious if anybody knows if I, the US citizen and petitioner, needs to be at his interview with him? I may need to go back to the states prior to the date they will give him. I think he can go alone but just trying to gain proper information. thank you.

Beneficiary only...  though some spouses choose to go with , some consulates do not allow spouses in, some do.. but it is the beneficiary interview 

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

In my opinion, it is always better to have the spouse come to the interview, though it's not required. You need to check with the Consulate doing the interview if they allows it.

[Lil bear 3,831]

3 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

In my opinion, it is always better to have the spouse come to the interview, though it's not required. You need to check with the Consulate doing the interview if they allows it.

I have no stats to back this up , but I would think that the vast majority of successful  visas are granted to spouses who interview alone as their spouse is unable to attend for all sorts of reasons such as $$ , lack of vacation, timing of interview etc 

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

Just now, Lil bear said:

I have no stats to back this up , but I would think that the vast majority of successful  visas are granted to spouses who interview alone as their spouse is unable to attend for all sorts of reasons such as $$ , lack of vacation, timing of interview etc 

I don't have any stats to say otherwise, either, but certainly having the spouse there does not hurt. It's a choice. The petitioner spouse can be there if he/she chooses to.

[Lil bear 3,831]

5 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

I don't have any stats to say otherwise, either, but certainly having the spouse there does not hurt. It's a choice. The petitioner spouse can be there if he/she chooses to.

Agreed but not that necessary unless certain things like high fraud country, and other red flags. I think the norm is that the US spouse won’t be there