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I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

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****MY MOM'S JOURNEY****

Sponsorship

05/13/2011 Sent I-130 Form for Mother

09/28/2011 NOA2 - I-130approved

10/19/2011 NVC Case Number Assigned

****MY JOURNEY****

Citizenship

06/10/2009 Sent N-400 to TX

07/14/2009 Biometrics Date

09/02/2009 Interview at Mount Laurel Office - verbal approval :)

10/26/2009 Oath Ceremony...Officially a CITIZEN

10/26/2009 Applied for a US Passport

Removing Conditions

06/09/2008 Mailed I-751 Packet, Removal of Conditions on Residence

07/23/2008 Biometrics Done

02/11/2009 Case transferred to CSC

03/23/2009 Case Transferred to Newark, NJ, Awaiting Interview.

06/25/2009 Interview...APPROVED!!!...Never Received 10 year GC

AOS

03/24/2006 Sent AOS Forms (I-130, I-485, I-765)

04/18/2006 Biometrics Processed

05/13/2006 RFE for I-485 processing (need I-864)

06/20/2006 Sent in RFE

07/22/2006 Recieved EAD card

09/06/2006 AOS Interview...APPROVED

09/18/2006 Got my PR Card

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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Thanks for posting this

Why is it that the only one who can stop the crying is the one who started it in the first place?



More Complete Story here
My Saga includes 2 step sons
USC Married 4/2007 Colombian on overstay since 2001 of B1/B2 visa
Applied 5/2007 Approved GC in Hand 10/2007
I-751 mailed 6/30/09 aapproved 11/7/09 The BOYS I-751 Mailed 12/29/09 3/23/10 Email approval for 17 CR 3/27/10
4/14/10 Email approval for 13 yr Old CR 4/23/10

Oldest son now 21 I-130 filed by LPR dad ( as per NVC CSPA is applying here )
I-130 approved 2/24
Priority date 12/6/2007
4/6/2010 letter from NVC arrives to son dated 3/4/2010
5/4/10 received AOS and DS3032 via email
9/22/10 Interview BOG Passed
10/3/10 POE JFK all went well
11/11/10 GC Received smile.png


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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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Congrats!

AOS from F1 visa

05/02/2007 AOS Package delivered to Chicago Lockbox Day 1

05/25/2007 Biometrics appointment Day 24

07/26/2007 Interview Day 86 Approved

08/06/2007 Green card received Day 97

Removal of Conditions

04/28/2009 I-751 delivered to CSC Day 1

06/27/2009 Biometrics appointment (walk-in) Day 60

07/20/2009 Approval notice issued Day 83

07/22/2009 Received card production email Day 85

07/27/2009 Received green card & approval notice Day 90

Beibehaltungsgenehmigung (BBG)

08/03/2009 Submitted application to German consulate in L.A.

11/20/2009 Approval notice issued Day 109

US Citizenship

04/27/2010 Submitted N400

04/28/2010 N400 delivered Day 1

05/10/2010 Check cashed Day 12

05/13/2010 Received NOA (NOA was issued on 05/10) Day 15

05/20/2010 Received Biometrics notice Day 22

06/11/2010 Biometrics appointment (walk-in) Day 44

06/22/2010 Online Status changed to Testing & Interview Day 55

06/23/2010 Received interview notice in the mail Day 56

07/26/2010 Interview Day 89 Approved

08/24/2010 Oath Ceremony Day 118

My card making blog: http://silkeshimazu.wordpress.com/

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Filed: Country: India
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Congrats!!!

Removing Conditions:

03/09/2009 - sent package to Vermont Service Center

03/17/2009 - NOA 1

04/14/2009 - Biometrics Done

08/10/2009 - Approved

08/13/2009 - Approval letter received (Online status still Pending)

08/14/2009 - Card Production Ordered-Email

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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Congrats!

(Puerto Rico) Luis & Laura (Brazil) K1 JOURNEY
04/11/2006 - Filed I-129F.
09/29/2006 - Visa in hand!

10/15/2006 - POE San Juan
11/15/2006 - MARRIAGE

AOS JOURNEY
01/05/2007 - AOS sent to Chicago.
03/26/2007 - Green Card in hand!

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS JOURNEY
01/26/2009 - Filed I-751.
06/22/2009 - Green Card in hand!

NATURALIZATION JOURNEY
06/26/2014 - N-400 sent to Nebraska
07/02/2014 - NOA
07/24/2014 - Biometrics
10/24/2014 - Interview (approved)

01/16/2015 - Oath Ceremony


*View Complete Timeline

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Congratulations! I'm sure the N400 will go well!!

AOS: ND - June 5 2006 | RFE - June 15 2006 | FP Notice - June 30 (Rescheduled to Sept 16) | AP ND - August 14 2006| Walk-in FP - Sept 5 (FP cleared next day!) | Interview - Sept 8 2006 (Approved!) | Welcome Letter - Sept 13 | EAD received - Sept 19 (kinda moot since I'm waiting for GC) | GC received - Sept 23 2006 - Woohoo!!

I-751: 06/10/08 Mailed package to VSC direct (per memo instructions) not TSC. The wait begins... | 06/11/08 Package received at VSC (12.12pm) | 06/19/08 Check cashed | 06/20/08 Received NOA1 in the mail - ND is 06/17/08 | 07/10/08 Received Biometrics Appt Letter - ND is 7/7/08 | 07/22/08 Biometrics (had to do ink & paper also...) | 07/22/08 Touched | 07/23/08 Touched | 02/11/09 Transferred to CSC (got email)... | 02/12/09 Touched | 02/20/09 Touched (but no email) | 03/24/09 Approval letter arrives in the mail! Approval date is 3/18/09 from VSC | 04/03/09 Received card, postmarked 3/31 from CSC

N-400: 06/11/09 Mailed to Lewisville Lockbox | 06/12/09 Package received at Lockbox and signed for at 1.31pm | 06/18/09 Check Cashed | 06/19/09 NOA, PD 06/12/09 | 07/06/09 Biometrics letter received, ND is 07/02/09 | 07/24/09 Biometrics appointment | 08/06/09 IL received, ND 08/03/09 | Interview 09/14/09 at 9.30am (approved!) | Oath 10/21/09 | USC

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I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

Hi Mohsin,

Thanks for sharing this with us. I am sure it will help a lot of folks who will have interview for I-751

Congrats!!! on approval.

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Thank you for this post, at least I got the ideas on how the officer will ask questions.

I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

Dec 15,2009 - Assigned interview date on January 24,2010!!

Jan. 24, 2010 - Interview!! Approved

Jan. 28, 2010 - VISA received

Mar. 03,2010 - POE, New York (JFK)

Apr. 12,2010- CA ID

May 20,2010- CA Driving License

May, 25,2010-Wife told me that she is pregnant ^_^

Jan.25,2011- Our daughter was born

Lee and Jen + Karenza

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Congratulations! Wish you have a smoother N400 journey! :star:

N-400

5/29/2010 - USPS Express Mail Out N-400

6/2/2010 - Priority date

6/9/2010 - Check cashed

6/11/2010 - NOA in my mail box

6/17/2010 - Able to see case status "Initial Review"

6/18/2010 - LUD

7/2/2010 - Called mis-information line to put in a service request for STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED "FP NOTICE"

7/8/2010 - LUD, at 2:32am, received text msg and e-mail for req. for add'l evidence being mailed out on July 6th, believe it's for the FP

7/12/2010 - Received FP notice in mail, scheduled for 8/2/2010

7/15/2010 - Walk in FP

7/22/2010 - Online status changed to "Case sent to local office for interview schedule"

7/27/2010 - Received interview letter for 8/23/2010

8/23/2010 - Passed interview, was informed that next oath date is 9/22/2010 and oath letter will come in the mail

9/3/2010 - Received oath letter in the mail for 9/22/2010

Disclaimer: All comments, advice and information are given out by my kind intention, please use them at your own risk and do not hold me liable or responsible for any inaccuracy.

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congrats!

N-400

09/14/2009 - N-400 Sent to Texas Lock Box

09/16/2009 - Delivered by USPS Priority Mail

09/18/2009 - Single Check Cashed 675 $

09/18/2009 - NOA Showing 595 $ ?

10/07/2009 - Biometrics - Done @ Jackson, MS

10/21/2009 - Interview Letter

12/08/2009 - Interview @ New Orleans, LA

I-751

09/14/2008 I-751 Sent to VSC

09/19/2008 NOA

03/05/2009 VSC to CSC Transfer

05/28/2009 Approval of I-751

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I wanted to share my interview experience since not a lot of people have the honor of going to an interview for removing conditions.

I was scheduled to go to the Newark, NJ office of USCIS on Broad Street June 25th at 10:30pm. My wife was with me and as always in my case I was a little late but luckily by only 5 minutes. The lady just took our interview notice and asked us to sit down. The area where the removing conditions interviews take place is different than the one that I went to before for an Info Pass appointment. It is much smaller and a little depressing.

Luckily we only waited for around 20 minutes before my name was called by a USCIS Officer and we were escorted through Door 1 towards his cubicle. I have to say the views of Manhattan from his desk were stunning and a little distracting during the interview.

In any case before we sat down he asked us to raise our right hand and to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, which obviously we did. He then asked us to sit down and wanted to see both our passports and drivers license and my green card. I informed him my green card was taken by this very same office the day I went for an I-551 stamp.

He then started asking a bunch of questions:

How long have you been in the USA? (Almost 8 years)

When did you come to the USA? (August 2001)

Have you ever been in trouble with immigration? (No, ***It's bad enough not being in trouble***)

Have you ever been arrested? (No)

When did you guys meet? (Mothers Day 2005)

Have you ever traveled anywhere together? (Yes)

Where? (Multiple trips to Chicago, Multiple trips to Canada, Pakistan, UK, France)

To me – Have you ever traveled alone (Yes for work)

Where do you work? (Gave my company name)

What do you do? (In IT)

Describe your work? (Gave him all the technical details which I'm sure he didn't understand)

Have you ever been married before? (No for me, Yes for my wife)

To my wife – When did your previous marriage end? (April 2003)

To my wife – How did it end? (Husband Passed Away)

To my wife – How did he die? (Reason Given)

How many children do you have together? (One)

How many children do you have in total? (Two)

Do you have the birth certificate of the child you have together? (Yes – submitted birth certificate original)

Do you have a copy of this? (Yes – submitted copy)

Where do you live? (Gave address)

Do you have any other documents to give me for this petition? (I was a little confused….Basically wanted to ask like what? But I gave him a thick pile of statements from our joint accounts, IRS transcripts and account history of last 3 years of my tax returns. Lease papers, Auto Insurance Copies. He kept everything but the bank statements, saying he already has them. I informed him I also have photographs. He wanted to see them, took a look and returned them.)

He then told us that everything is good and that my application is approved and that I should be receiving my green card in 3 to 6 months but probably earlier (HA!). He escorted us back to the exit and that was that. Whole thing took probably 30 minutes.

I should be saying I'm really overjoyed, but honestly I've moved on after one year lurching in the dark with this petition. I have already filed for Citizenship and that's what interests me now.

However, thank you everyone for the invaluable advice you guys give. This forum is the best. To all those still waiting, good luck and there's no need to worry.

Wish you have a smoother N400 journey

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