Green Card Interview Questions & FYI

[carldecolorado 0]

My wife and I had the Green Card interview on July 2nd and everything went very very smoothly. To say that I was a little nervous the weekend prior to the interview would be an understatement. I was a nervous wreck all weekend.

Well all my worrying was for nothing, the interview itself was very very easy with very little questions. All she asked was our birthdays, home address, & home phone number.

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

On another note, remeber to get the medical stuff taken care of a few weeks before the interview, and if you have a copy of the vaccinations prior to entering the country, take those with you to the doctors office. It will save you quite a bit of money.

[lethimrace 5]

My wife and I had the Green Card interview on July 2nd and everything went very very smoothly. To say that I was a little nervous the weekend prior to the interview would be an understatement. I was a nervous wreck all weekend.

Well all my worrying was for nothing, the interview itself was very very easy with very little questions. All she asked was our birthdays, home address, & home phone number.

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

On another note, remeber to get the medical stuff taken care of a few weeks before the interview, and if you have a copy of the vaccinations prior to entering the country, take those with you to the doctors office. It will save you quite a bit of money.

Congratulations thanks for the tip on taking lots of wedding photos also with family.

[*JG* 2]

Does anyone know the rhyme or reason why some must got to AOS interviews and some aren't required to?

[Dr_LHA 3]

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

During my interview, the interviewer refused to look at any of our photos telling me that "photos are too easily staged, and prove nothing."

Just goes to show, each interviewer has different ways of gauging whether a couple is real.

Also, I think having "fancy wedding photos" is not a good measure of whether a relationship is real at all. My parents were married in a registry office and only have a single photo of the event, and yet they have been married for 38 years.

[lethimrace 5]

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

During my interview, the interviewer refused to look at any of our photos telling me that "photos are too easily staged, and prove nothing."

Just goes to show, each interviewer has different ways of gauging whether a couple is real.

Also, I think having "fancy wedding photos" is not a good measure of whether a relationship is real at all. My parents were married in a registry office and only have a single photo of the event, and yet they have been married for 38 years.

wow

[misa 2]

Yeah for us, we had a wedding done by a justice of the peace in his home. We weren't dressed up and there was no family or friends present. In fact, we don't have photos of us with family at all. Just some photos of us with some of my friends from Canada and some other mutual friends in the U.S. The rest of the photos are just us together in various places.

Some people (like us) just aren't into the whole big fancy traditional wedding. Hope that doesn't have any bearing on my interview... I would hope not!

Edited July 13, 2007 by misa

[lethimrace 5]

Yeah for us, we had a wedding done by a justice of the peace in his home. We weren't dressed up and there was no family or friends present. In fact, we don't have photos of us with family at all. Just some photos of us with some of my friends from Canada and some other mutual friends in the U.S. The rest of the photos are just us together in various places.

Some people (like us) just aren't into the whole big fancy traditional wedding. Hope that doesn't have any bearing on my interview... I would hope not!

Good luck on your interview misa...

[RonMay 1]

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

During my interview, the interviewer refused to look at any of our photos telling me that "photos are too easily staged, and prove nothing."

Just goes to show, each interviewer has different ways of gauging whether a couple is real.

Also, I think having "fancy wedding photos" is not a good measure of whether a relationship is real at all. My parents were married in a registry office and only have a single photo of the event, and yet they have been married for 38 years.

actually we never had a wedding pics at all since here in colorado you're entitled to marry without a witness, priest/rev, judge lol you can marry yourself. and thats what we did since we're in a hurry to pass the aos... we worried about that a lot so i bring a lot of photos during our trips out of state and with his family and friends... the officer didnt actually ask for it ... my husband even beg the officer to look our photo because he said i spent a lot of time preparing it

Edited July 13, 2007 by ronmay

[*JG* 2]

You can marry yourself in Colorado? That is crazy!

[RonMay 1]

You can marry yourself in Colorado? That is crazy!

not you alone. lol... but yes just you and the girl you're inlove with... you can even marry your first cousin here

[Jup1ter 2]

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

I'm curious about wedding pictures. It makes sense for K-1s to show lots of wedding pictures to prove a marriage is real. But is it bad for people who suddenly decided to get married (i.e. entered the US without the intention of immigrating) to show wedding pictures? My husband and I decided to get married and threw everything together in like two months... but we did have a dress and tuxedo, and even had a small tented reception in a friend's backyard after a 'ceremony' in a public park, thanks to generous donations from both our families. I'm hesitant to take those to an interview for fear that it would look suspicious to an interview officer. I mean, it would look like we had enough time to plan so I'm worried they would ask how did we NOT plan it before my husband came into the country, you know what I mean? But we do have the contracts that show everything being reserved like one or two weeks before the wedding haha. I mean we really busted our butts to put together a semi-normal wedding in a couple months, both for our and our families' memories. But I don't want it held against our case.

[Tom_Jim 40]

You can marry yourself in Colorado? That is crazy!

I now pronounce us, man and wife... I will now ravishly kiss the bride.

We were married in a civil ceremony in New York City. We are still planning our bigger more formal wedding in the near future. We're thinking April/May 2008.

EDIT: I just read that you can't actually ceremonize your own wedding. But I still think it's funny if one could. I would probably say the foregoing.

Edited July 13, 2007 by latoslatos

[judester 0]

Check this out...

My sister and her husband told everyone not to bother taking pictures as they would take care of it with their "$900" digital camera (she had to let us know how much they paid). We told her we needed them for immigration. So a week after the wedding we give her our email address to send the photos. No problem, she would "get right on it". A month or two pass and I ask again. Yeah, we were kind of busy... "I'll get right on it"! Fast forward to a week prior to the initial (cancelled) interview. "Uh sorry, we must have deleted them"! #######! We couldn't believe it! She had photos from HER trip to Mexico, HER trip to Colorado, HER trip to Canada! "Oh well, it was just an accident!" This woman would never talk to us again if we did that to her! Even if it was an accident! Not one single wedding photo! Now I may have to explain all of this to an immigration officer! UGH!!!

...Deep breath...

Ok... I'm done now...

I feel much better...

See ya!

Judester

ps. my husband was even more ticked off than me!

[John & Annie 1]

I will say that according to our interviewer the most important thing for her was seeing pictures of the wedding with family involved. In her own words, "People will not have a fancy wedding with family and guests if the whole thing is fake." So be sure to include lots of wedding photos as well as photos with family.

I'm curious about wedding pictures. It makes sense for K-1s to show lots of wedding pictures to prove a marriage is real. But is it bad for people who suddenly decided to get married (i.e. entered the US without the intention of immigrating) to show wedding pictures? My husband and I decided to get married and threw everything together in like two months... but we did have a dress and tuxedo, and even had a small tented reception in a friend's backyard after a 'ceremony' in a public park, thanks to generous donations from both our families. I'm hesitant to take those to an interview for fear that it would look suspicious to an interview officer. I mean, it would look like we had enough time to plan so I'm worried they would ask how did we NOT plan it before my husband came into the country, you know what I mean? But we do have the contracts that show everything being reserved like one or two weeks before the wedding haha. I mean we really busted our butts to put together a semi-normal wedding in a couple months, both for our and our families' memories. But I don't want it held against our case.

Just bring the receipts to show that is was all planned after you got here.

[RonMay 1]

You can marry yourself in Colorado? That is crazy!

I now pronounce us, man and wife... I will now ravishly kiss the bride.

We were married in a civil ceremony in New York City. We are still planning our bigger more formal wedding in the near future. We're thinking April/May 2008.

EDIT: I just read that you can't actually ceremonize your own wedding. But I still think it's funny if one could. I would probably say the foregoing.

lol i know. my husband and i was so shocked that we could marry ouselves... oh well they gave us an option and we're in a hurry to pass the AOS lol, so there we just signed the papers around midnight with my pajama and our 2 dogs as our witness lol... anyways we're planning to have a catholic wedding in Phil. so we knew this is just for the AOS thing and we'll gona have a real ceremony/blessing soon...