Are the most common questions like this during your AOS(based on marriage) interview?

[Ywong 9]

Hi folks!

 

I got my interview rescheduled on Feb 18(was got cancelled for original one on Jan 20 😀), I am curious for those who have been interviewed, were the questions like this? - 

I collected them from some internet sources...

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

 

How You Met – Questions about how your relationship started and progressed prior to being married. It’s important to display that you and your spouse established a relationship and actually fell in love prior to being engaged then married.

• How, when and where did you meet your spouse?
• What did the two of you have in common?
• Where was your first date?
• When did your relationship turn romantic?
• How long was it before you decided to get married?
• What is the story of your marriage proposal?When did you and your spouse decide to get married? Was there a proposal? Who proposed? When and where did it take place?
• How long did you date before deciding to get married?
• When did you meet each other’s parents?
• Where and with whom did your spouse live when you met your spouse?

 

Wedding – Questions about the day you tied the knot are common. Your wedding day is a special day that most couples cherish. You should be able to account for many details of that day.

• What was your wedding like?
• What food was served?
• How many people attended your wedding?Who attended your wedding?
• Did each of your parents attend?
• Where was the wedding held?
• Who were the bridesmaids/groomsmen?
• Where did you go for the honeymoon?
• Were there any special rituals performed? If so, what kind?
• Did you and your spouse live together prior to your marriage? Where, when, and how long?
• When did you and your spouse move in together?
• When did you get married?
• What did your parents think about this marriage?

 

Relationship & Future Plans – these questions usually deal with the intimate details of your marriage. Most married couples discuss these topics at least at some point in the first year.

• Who takes care of the finances?
• When is your spouse’s birthday?
• Have you ever been on vacation together?
• Do you attend church?
• When is your anniversary?
• Do you plan on having children?
• Do you have any children from previous marriages?
• How do you and your spouse communicate (i.e. telephone, text, email, etc.)?
• How much time have you and your spouse spent together in person?

 

You Daily Routines

• What is daily life like for you and your spouse around the house?
• How do you start your day?
• How often do you text or talk on the phone when you’re apart?
• Which of you likes to cook?
• Which of you likes to clean?

 

Friends and Family

• Have you met each other’s families?Describe the circumstances who you met.
• How often do you see each other’s families?
• When was the last time you saw them?
• How do you typically celebrate holidays? For example, do you spend Thanksgiving with one family and Christmas with another?
• How many brothers and sisters does your spouse have? what are their names and ages?
• Does your spouse have any nieces or nephews?
• Do you have mutual friends?
• What’s your spouse’s best friend’s name?
• Where do your spouse’s closest family members live?

 

Education

• Where did your spouse go to school?
• Did they go to college?
• What did your spouse major in?
• What did your spouse get a degree in?

Employment

• Who is your spouse’s employer?
• What type of work does your spouse do?
• How long has your spouse been working there?
• What is your spouse’s position?
• Where did your spouse work prior?
• What is your spouse’s salary?

 

Big event, Rituals, or Celebrations

• When are your birthdays?
• What did you do to celebrate?
• What did you get each other as gifts?
• What’s the most important holiday of the year in your household, and where do you typically celebrate it?

 

Don’t be surprised, either, if your interview gets personal. You might be asked:

• Whether you use contraception and, if so, what kind?
• Whether your spouse has tattoos or birthmarks and what they look like
• What kinds of marital difficulties you’ve experienced and how you overcame them
• Who sleeps on which side of the bed?
• What pajamas do you wear?
• What medications does your spouse take?

 

 

 

[Mike E 11,723]

I’ve had 2 AOS interviews (1985 and 2020) and none of those questions were asked.  
 

It doesn’t mean you should not prepare for those questions.  

[Ayrton 965]

10 minutes ago, Ywong said:

Hi folks!

 

I got my interview rescheduled on Feb 18(was got cancelled for original one on Jan 20 😀), I am curious for those who have been interviewed, were the questions like this? - 

I collected them from some internet sources...

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

 

How You Met – Questions about how your relationship started and progressed prior to being married. It’s important to display that you and your spouse established a relationship and actually fell in love prior to being engaged then married.

• How, when and where did you meet your spouse?
• What did the two of you have in common?
• Where was your first date?
• When did your relationship turn romantic?
• How long was it before you decided to get married?
• What is the story of your marriage proposal?When did you and your spouse decide to get married? Was there a proposal? Who proposed? When and where did it take place?
• How long did you date before deciding to get married?
• When did you meet each other’s parents?
• Where and with whom did your spouse live when you met your spouse?

 

Wedding – Questions about the day you tied the knot are common. Your wedding day is a special day that most couples cherish. You should be able to account for many details of that day.

• What was your wedding like?
• What food was served?
• How many people attended your wedding?Who attended your wedding?
• Did each of your parents attend?
• Where was the wedding held?
• Who were the bridesmaids/groomsmen?
• Where did you go for the honeymoon?
• Were there any special rituals performed? If so, what kind?
• Did you and your spouse live together prior to your marriage? Where, when, and how long?
• When did you and your spouse move in together?
• When did you get married?
• What did your parents think about this marriage?

 

Relationship & Future Plans – these questions usually deal with the intimate details of your marriage. Most married couples discuss these topics at least at some point in the first year.

• Who takes care of the finances?
• When is your spouse’s birthday?
• Have you ever been on vacation together?
• Do you attend church?
• When is your anniversary?
• Do you plan on having children?
• Do you have any children from previous marriages?
• How do you and your spouse communicate (i.e. telephone, text, email, etc.)?
• How much time have you and your spouse spent together in person?

 

You Daily Routines

• What is daily life like for you and your spouse around the house?
• How do you start your day?
• How often do you text or talk on the phone when you’re apart?
• Which of you likes to cook?
• Which of you likes to clean?

 

Friends and Family

• Have you met each other’s families?Describe the circumstances who you met.
• How often do you see each other’s families?
• When was the last time you saw them?
• How do you typically celebrate holidays? For example, do you spend Thanksgiving with one family and Christmas with another?
• How many brothers and sisters does your spouse have? what are their names and ages?
• Does your spouse have any nieces or nephews?
• Do you have mutual friends?
• What’s your spouse’s best friend’s name?
• Where do your spouse’s closest family members live?

 

Education

• Where did your spouse go to school?
• Did they go to college?
• What did your spouse major in?
• What did your spouse get a degree in?

Employment

• Who is your spouse’s employer?
• What type of work does your spouse do?
• How long has your spouse been working there?
• What is your spouse’s position?
• Where did your spouse work prior?
• What is your spouse’s salary?

 

Big event, Rituals, or Celebrations

• When are your birthdays?
• What did you do to celebrate?
• What did you get each other as gifts?
• What’s the most important holiday of the year in your household, and where do you typically celebrate it?

 

Don’t be surprised, either, if your interview gets personal. You might be asked:

• Whether you use contraception and, if so, what kind?
• Whether your spouse has tattoos or birthmarks and what they look like
• What kinds of marital difficulties you’ve experienced and how you overcame them
• Who sleeps on which side of the bed?
• What pajamas do you wear?
• What medications does your spouse take?

 

 

 

I was also not asked any of these questions. I would say these are only questions they ask if the couple gets separated, which means they already think the marriage isn't real even before the couple shows up.

 

My interview lasted less than 5 minutes.

[Ywong 9]

19 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

I was also not asked any of these questions. I would say these are only questions they ask if the couple gets separated, which means they already think the marriage isn't real even before the couple shows up.

 

My interview lasted less than 5 minutes.

Interesting! I collected from 3 immigration agencies(https://citizenpath.com ect, can’t remember the other two), then I combined together 😅 

So what your questions were if you don’t mind sharing? And when was your interview happened?  😀😄

My K1 interview was pretty simple, 5 minutes also, just asked About what’s my boyfriend’ job (now is husband 😀)  then he saw I was holding our photos and asked if he can see? 

[Ywong 9]

29 minutes ago, Mike E said:

I’ve had 2 AOS interviews (1985 and 2020) and none of those questions were asked.  
 

It doesn’t mean you should not prepare for those questions.  

Thank you for sharing! What did they ask if you don’t mind sharing? 😁 

These questions were collected from 3 immigration agencies website and I made it into one list:) 

[Joyoussinger 1,410]

In addition to the standard yes/no questions, which I think they have to ask, the IO only asked us to tell her our story. It was super friendly and conversational, and that was it!  Instant approval! I'm sure it helped that, when she came out to get us, we were talking and laughing together so her first impression was a good one. 

[Ywong 9]

26 minutes ago, Joyoussinger said:

In addition to the standard yes/no questions, which I think they have to ask, the IO only asked us to tell her our story. It was super friendly and conversational, and that was it!  Instant approval! I'm sure it helped that, when she came out to get us, we were talking and laughing together so her first impression was a good one. 

That’s good point! Thank you 😀 

P.S.: can we bring our phone to interview? We just found out we actually did not have a gathering photo together when his second visited my family in China, but we had video 😅😂

[qrk 104]

1 hour ago, Ywong said:

Hi folks!

 

I got my interview rescheduled on Feb 18(was got cancelled for original one on Jan 20 😀), I am curious for those who have been interviewed, were the questions like this? - 

I collected them from some internet sources...

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

 

How You Met – Questions about how your relationship started and progressed prior to being married. It’s important to display that you and your spouse established a relationship and actually fell in love prior to being engaged then married.

• How, when and where did you meet your spouse?
• What did the two of you have in common?
• Where was your first date?
• When did your relationship turn romantic?
• How long was it before you decided to get married?
• What is the story of your marriage proposal?When did you and your spouse decide to get married? Was there a proposal? Who proposed? When and where did it take place?
• How long did you date before deciding to get married?
• When did you meet each other’s parents?
• Where and with whom did your spouse live when you met your spouse?

 

Wedding – Questions about the day you tied the knot are common. Your wedding day is a special day that most couples cherish. You should be able to account for many details of that day.

• What was your wedding like?
• What food was served?
• How many people attended your wedding?Who attended your wedding?
• Did each of your parents attend?
• Where was the wedding held?
• Who were the bridesmaids/groomsmen?
• Where did you go for the honeymoon?
• Were there any special rituals performed? If so, what kind?
• Did you and your spouse live together prior to your marriage? Where, when, and how long?
• When did you and your spouse move in together?
• When did you get married?
• What did your parents think about this marriage?

 

Relationship & Future Plans – these questions usually deal with the intimate details of your marriage. Most married couples discuss these topics at least at some point in the first year.

• Who takes care of the finances?
• When is your spouse’s birthday?
• Have you ever been on vacation together?
• Do you attend church?
• When is your anniversary?
• Do you plan on having children?
• Do you have any children from previous marriages?
• How do you and your spouse communicate (i.e. telephone, text, email, etc.)?
• How much time have you and your spouse spent together in person?

 

You Daily Routines

• What is daily life like for you and your spouse around the house?
• How do you start your day?
• How often do you text or talk on the phone when you’re apart?
• Which of you likes to cook?
• Which of you likes to clean?

 

Friends and Family

• Have you met each other’s families?Describe the circumstances who you met.
• How often do you see each other’s families?
• When was the last time you saw them?
• How do you typically celebrate holidays? For example, do you spend Thanksgiving with one family and Christmas with another?
• How many brothers and sisters does your spouse have? what are their names and ages?
• Does your spouse have any nieces or nephews?
• Do you have mutual friends?
• What’s your spouse’s best friend’s name?
• Where do your spouse’s closest family members live?

 

Education

• Where did your spouse go to school?
• Did they go to college?
• What did your spouse major in?
• What did your spouse get a degree in?

Employment

• Who is your spouse’s employer?
• What type of work does your spouse do?
• How long has your spouse been working there?
• What is your spouse’s position?
• Where did your spouse work prior?
• What is your spouse’s salary?

 

Big event, Rituals, or Celebrations

• When are your birthdays?
• What did you do to celebrate?
• What did you get each other as gifts?
• What’s the most important holiday of the year in your household, and where do you typically celebrate it?

 

Don’t be surprised, either, if your interview gets personal. You might be asked:

• Whether you use contraception and, if so, what kind?
• Whether your spouse has tattoos or birthmarks and what they look like
• What kinds of marital difficulties you’ve experienced and how you overcame them
• Who sleeps on which side of the bed?
• What pajamas do you wear?
• What medications does your spouse take?

 

 

 

Almost all the questions asked were repeat of the questions on the I485 form.

[Mike E 11,723]

52 minutes ago, Ywong said:

Thank you for sharing! What did they ask if you don’t mind sharing? 😁 

These questions were collected from 3 immigration agencies website and I made it into one list:) 

In the first one we walked in, IO asked for my passport, asked us to sign some docs (I-485 I guess) and then while she had my passport open, said “I am approving your application” while she stamped an I-551 in it.  
 

The second one asked my wife if she was a Nazi, or criminal.  Then he asked us what we thought of Vietnam (IO was apparently born there, and we had traveled there).  Then he asked my wife if I was a kind husband. Then he asked us how long it has been since our first meeting.  
 

We weren’t approved that day, but within a couple weeks we were approved.  

[Joyoussinger 1,410]

1 hour ago, Ywong said:

That’s good point! Thank you 😀 

P.S.: can we bring our phone to interview? We just found out we actually did not have a gathering photo together when his second visited my family in China, but we had video 😅😂

They require you to turn your phone off.

[Ywong 9]

1 hour ago, Joyoussinger said:

They require you to turn your phone off.

Good to know! Thank you so much 😊 

[Ywong 9]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

In the first one we walked in, IO asked for my passport, asked us to sign some docs (I-485 I guess) and then while she had my passport open, said “I am approving your application” while she stamped an I-551 in it.  
 

The second one asked my wife if she was a Nazi, or criminal.  Then he asked us what we thought of Vietnam (IO was apparently born there, and we had traveled there).  Then he asked my wife if I was a kind husband. Then he asked us how long it has been since our first meeting.  
 

We weren’t approved that day, but within a couple weeks we were approved.  

Thank you to share that!!! Lol I less nervous now:) 

[Sarah&Facundo 576]

We weren't asked any of those questions. My husband was asked for our address and then he was asked the required yes/no questions about being a criminal from the I-485 form and that was it.  We barely spoke to the officer and it last a few minutes at most.

[itscarly 114]

In my interview the questions were:

to me:

my name

my date of birth

my address

my previous address

my current employment status

my parents names

how many times I’ve been married

what’s my marriage date 

to my husband:

his name

his current employment status

how many times he’s been married

to both:

if we live with anybody else

if we have any other type of document to add to the application with both of our names and the address in them
 

Then he went through the yes/no questions, probably asked me 10 of those. And that’s all! 
 

One of my friends got asked how they met and where was the wedding, also some questions about her joint sponsor, but nothing else

[Marieke H 2,310]

Yeah, I wasn't asked any of those questions either. We just went over the information in the I-485 to make sure everything was still correct. 

 

Those kind of agencies want to make you believe that the interview is a huge deal, so you will pay for their services to better prepare you. If you are a normal married couple you have nothing to worry about.

 

Please don't learn the answers to these kind of questions by heart; if your answers seem rehearsed it will only look suspicious. Let it be natural. My husband and I were asked what our wedding date was, my husband gave the wrong date, I corrected him. The officer just laughed about it and told my husband that he was in trouble now. 🤣