Concerned about the high count of pages we're bringing to AOS interview

[stegsaurus 3]

Hi all,

 

My wife and I got married in January, filed our AOS packet at the end of March, and have our AOS interview scheduled for Nov 12. Our final AOS packet, as prepared by our lawyer, was nearly 300 pages (including all forms and evidence we submitted). We've had an interview prep session with our lawyer, as well as with another lawyer at the immigration law firm where my wife now works, and they've both stated that we should have an easy interview because we submitted so much proof with our initial case. Despite this, I still want to be very prepared, of course.

 

While I took all the steps I could think of to have proof with our initial filing (adding her as an authorized user to all my credit cards, screenshots of all accounts where she's a family member, lots of photos, etc.) we have plenty of additional proof from the last ~7 months. This includes new photos, WhatsApp communication, remittances to her family, utility bills, and pay stubs from both of us.

 

My current concern is the number of pages we'd be bringing to the interview with the recommended 6 months of financial statements for all institutions. I have five different credit cards (I use them for rewards and never carry a balance) and two bank accounts. Even with cutting out the extraneous informational pages from the statements, the last 6 months' of our primary bank statements alone are about 20 pages. If I print those statements for all credit cards and accounts, we're going to have over 100 pages just of statements. This seems excessive when our lawyer recommended 30-60 pages of new evidence.

 

I'm worried about not having something we need, but I also don't want to be overkill. I also don't want to struggle to quickly find a particular document or set of documents the officer may ask for during the interview. Would you recommend I print it all and do my best to keep it split up, or focus only on the accounts we use the most?

 

Also, does the 6 month recommended period also apply to utility bills? The only ones of those I can add a spouse to are our internet and electricity bills, and I was going to do two statements for each of them to cut down on paper. 

[Cw1977 246]

13 minutes ago, stegsaurus said:

Hi all,

 

My wife and I got married in January, filed our AOS packet at the end of March, and have our AOS interview scheduled for Nov 12. Our final AOS packet, as prepared by our lawyer, was nearly 300 pages (including all forms and evidence we submitted). We've had an interview prep session with our lawyer, as well as with another lawyer at the immigration law firm where my wife now works, and they've both stated that we should have an easy interview because we submitted so much proof with our initial case. Despite this, I still want to be very prepared, of course.

 

While I took all the steps I could think of to have proof with our initial filing (adding her as an authorized user to all my credit cards, screenshots of all accounts where she's a family member, lots of photos, etc.) we have plenty of additional proof from the last ~7 months. This includes new photos, WhatsApp communication, remittances to her family, utility bills, and pay stubs from both of us.

 

My current concern is the number of pages we'd be bringing to the interview with the recommended 6 months of financial statements for all institutions. I have five different credit cards (I use them for rewards and never carry a balance) and two bank accounts. Even with cutting out the extraneous informational pages from the statements, the last 6 months' of our primary bank statements alone are about 20 pages. If I print those statements for all credit cards and accounts, we're going to have over 100 pages just of statements. This seems excessive when our lawyer recommended 30-60 pages of new evidence.

 

I'm worried about not having something we need, but I also don't want to be overkill. I also don't want to struggle to quickly find a particular document or set of documents the officer may ask for during the interview. Would you recommend I print it all and do my best to keep it split up, or focus only on the accounts we use the most?

 

Also, does the 6 month recommended period also apply to utility bills? The only ones of those I can add a spouse to are our internet and electricity bills, and I was going to do two statements for each of them to cut down on paper. 

there’s a general rule with this kind of thing…you can’t have too much evidence! Provided it’s all valid and relevant, take it all. Shows you’re prepared and have plenty to show

 

Dont worry about that. You never know what may be asked so you at least go in this way feeling more confident and prepared. No one will ever be rejected for having too much good evidence

 

it’s not quite the same, but when I applied for my 10 year green card, the pack that I submitted was over 400 pages long and got approved very quickly (maybe didn’t want to have to read them all!!)

Edited Saturday at 07:55 PM by Cw1977

[Boiler 48,161]

I took everything I had to the interview, heavy on the shoulder but why not.

[JaredShadkin 79]

No such thing as “too much.” 
 

[OldUser 10,845]

No such thing as too much evidence.

 

Most likely, you won't need all of it, but you'd have options. Most of the times, when officer sees a lot of evidence brought to the interview, they won't ask for it at all, as there is no point to waste time.

 

6 months of statements is nothing. I brought 5+ years of statements, utility bills etc to my N-400 interview. It just needs to be organized well.

 

Tip for the future: most banks and utilities send paper statements if you prefer, for no additional charge. I just collected these statements in a box until I became a citizen. It's easier than printing hundreds of pages. 

 

Good luck!

 

 

[Cw1977 246]

42 minutes ago, OldUser said:

No such thing as too much evidence.

 

Most likely, you won't need all of it, but you'd have options. Most of the times, when officer sees a lot of evidence brought to the interview, they won't ask for it at all, as there is no point to waste time.

 

6 months of statements is nothing. I brought 5+ years of statements, utility bills etc to my N-400 interview. It just needs to be organized well.

 

Tip for the future: most banks and utilities send paper statements if you prefer, for no additional charge. I just collected these statements in a box until I became a citizen. It's easier than printing hundreds of pages. 

 

Good luck!

 

 

haha! Very good tip!