March 2025 AOS Filers

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11 hours ago, TheBabyDerp said:

Long post, but it is our interview experience at Montgomery.

TDLR: Verbal approval right away. Nothing requested. Very nice officer.

 

We had our interview yesterday afternoon. I am glad our interview was in the afternoon, because we are 3 hours away from the Montgomery office. 

 

We registered at the intake window. About 15 minutes later, around the scheduled interview time, we were called back to the intake window. Apparently, her registration failed in the system. The worker registered us a second time, and we went back to our seats. We were called back within 2 minutes because it had failed to register us again. We waited this time at the window, but also failed to register. The worker went ahead and notified the officer that we were present. We were told the system was having issues, but my wife has finger print issues. She cannot use biometric identification on phones for example, so I believe this was likely the cause.  Regardless, the worker was nice about the situation. 

 

Immediately after the worker notified the officer that we were waiting, the officer came and got us from the waiting room. He was extremely nice. Honestly, one of the nicest people I have ever dealt with. He really put us at ease.  We had prepared a significant amount of documents and evidence. We weren't asked for a single piece of documentation except for identification to make sure he had the right people. We presented our Alabama ID's, and that was sufficient. He told us our file was complete and we would be approved. He confirmed our address and asked a few questions. None of these questions were about our relationship. It was questions from the I-485 about drugs trafficking, human trafficking, murder, torture, etc. The questions were only about 2 minutes. I understand why they ask these questions in person from a legal perspective. And then he had my wife sign something for the I-485. He gave us a timeline as well, and informed us about an 1800 number if for some reason the card doesn't get delivered after being approved. 

 

He also made us aware about the I-751 process in 2 years, as well as the N-400 process. We were already aware, but I appreciate that he went into more detail about this.  He said that they typically approve I-751 the same day as N-400 just due to the timing of everything.  He was prepared to answer any questions we may have had.

 

Overall, a very good experience. I will update when it is approved in the system.

 

Thanks for the info. Hoping we get a scheduled interview soon.