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We had our interview yesterday and we were approved!!!! We did take someone to the interview to be an interpreter just in case I wasn't allowed to translate the question to my wife. But in the end I ended up translating most of the question for her so I'm really not sure if a translator was necessary. Well here is a summary of our interview:

San Francisco, Ca

We live about 40 minutes from San Francisco and our appointment was schedule for 10:00am. Of course we caught heavy traffic....two separate accident really slowed down traffic on our way there. We arrived outside the Immigration office around 9:45 and found a line of about 15-20 waiting to get inside. They have airport type security to get into the building so thats the reason the line was moving so slow. it tooks us about 15 minute to make it through the security checkpoint (oh by the way cell phones with cameras are not allowed inside the building.....we had to check ours in at a printing shop across the street from the Immigration office). We went to the 2nd floor and hand the receptionist our appointment letter, she then told us that we were late for the interview (it was 10:05... we were 5 minutes late...it was not a big deal but I guess she wanted us to know that we had arrived late) and then told us to take a seat. About 15 minutes later are names were called and we headed inside for our interview.

The interview was a piece of cake the officer that was interviewing us ( a female) was really easy going. She ask us for our I.D. She asked how we met, how many time did I go to Nicaragua to visit her (along with the dates), she also asked me to name my wifes parents and siblings. For some reason the officer asked to see proof of my employment status.....I told that I had mailed that informatiotion along with AOS package that I submitted, but since I had brought copies of everything I ended up giving her some recent paycheck stubs and copy of the letter from my employer.

The officer then asked if I had any other documents that I wanted to submit and gave her a copy of my life insurance policy that had my wife as the beneficiary and I also gave our medical insurance paper work. After that she said our case was approved.

Hello,

We have our interview set for tomorrow and my question is if I (the petitioner) speaks english fluently do I we still need a third person to be the translator for my wife. I would think not, but we had some people tell us that they interview each of us seperately and that she does need a third person to translate for her. Is this right?

I would appreciate your interview experince, my wife is stressing a little about the interview tomorrow.

Thanks!!!

Kanata,

When we submitted our AOS package we took our vaccination report to a Civil Surgeon (here in the U.S.) and he filled out the I-693A form. When I did submit my AOS I made a mistake and actually opened the envelope that the Civil surgeon had given us (My AOS package was all whole punched and neatly put together and I wanted the I-693 form to also be neatly included in the package). I later found out that the envelope that the Civil Surgeon gives is not to be opened.

Kezzie,

I just wanted to thank you for all your feedback and advice.

Kanata,

One more thing I forgot to mention was that my wife had taken her medical this past February so I don't think it was a time issue. Not knowing what you did wrong or why is the reason they are asking us for another Full Medical is what makes this really frustrating.

Thanks

I spoke to my wife and we decided the best thing to do is to go ahead and take another medical exam. She is not looking forward to it at all, but it is better to be safe then sorry.

My biggest gripe is the lack of communication that exist with the USCIS. When I tried to contact them regarding the situation they give the same company line.........It would be much simple if I could talk to the person that is reviewing my case and simply ask them why they would need a second Medical. That way I can get a clear answer and know if it was an error on there part or an error with the medical report that we had taken earlier, instead we are all kept in the dark to just ponder on what went wrong with the application.

I'll will keep everyone updated on how my case turns out. This is great place for information and it has helped me alot, so I try to give back and post my experiences on here as well and share with everyone else.

Thank you everybody,

Rick

What do you think about sending them a written letter explaining to them that a K-1 visa applicant for AOS are not required to take another medical and that our entire medical package was submitted to Immigration officials at our Port of Entry (POE). I read in a different thread where someone did this and he said that he did not receive an RFE notice.

Note: I have our I-169A supplemental finished and ready to mail out.

I submitted my wife's Adustment of Status (AOS - Form I-485) and received a letter back from INS for "Additional Evidence"; they are requesting

1) to Submit a completed & signed Form I-163 (full medical examination) &

2) Form I-169A supplemental.

My wife came in on a K-1 visa and she already had her full medical completed before coming to the U.S. (as required for the K-1 visa).

From everything that I been told and from what I read on the instruction when filing the I-485 (AOS) form, if your wife came in on a K-1 visa the only thing that was needed to fulfil your medical requirement was form I-169A supplemental (because the medical would have been already completed as part of the K-1 visa).

I called the INS 1-800 number and they were NO HELP AT ALL (That place sucks). After explaining that I did not think it was neccessary to submit a full medical because of our K-1 visa status, they told me if the letter is requesting a full medical then I should send what the letter is requesting.....that was all he had to say (real knowledgable indeed).

For those of you who have been through this process........ do we have to go through all the trouble of taking another full medical examination? Has anyone who came in on a K-1 visa had to take another medical examination in the United States? If you don't think that we need a another medical is there something I can do about it?

Thank you very much for any input you may have on this,

Rick

Hello,

I received an RFE for the I-693A Supplement paperwork on my wife's AOS file. I'm really confused on why I would get an RFE for the I-693A form, I thought we followed all the steps. I'm going to write down the steps that we took and hopefully someone can tell me where I went wrong.

(First our AOS case is based on a K-1 visa)

- According to the instruction if you came in on a K-1 visa you only need to submit an I-693A supplemental form.

- We located a Civil Surgeon from the USCIS website and he filled out & signed our I-693A supplemental. They gave it to us in a sealed envelope, but when I submitted our AOS package I opened up the envelope to include the I-693A form in our package (Were we not suppose to open the envelope? was it suppose to be sent in the sealed envelope?)

- We only submitted the I-693A form, we did not submit a copy of her immunization shots that she received when she received her physical for her K-1 visa (The I-693A form clearly shows all her immunization shot).

The only other thing I'm confuse about is that the RFE letter is for both the regular I-693 form and the I-693A form. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought you only needed to submit the I-693A form if you entered as a K-1 visa holder.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, those RFE letters are really vague and do not tell you specifically what they are looking for......not very helpful at all.

Thank you,

Ricardo

I'm filing out the I-864 form for the Adjustment Of Status (AOS). I wanted to see if anyone else on here has ever submitted there W-2 for this application. Basically I do not have a complete record of my tax return because several time I did my tax return via the internet and do not have the backup.

I actually filed the I-134 form for my fiancee interview for her K-1 visa and I did include my W-2 forms.

Also, for my piece of mine......can someone please tell me what are the required immunization shot that you need to have when filing your Adjustment of Status paper. My wife received her immunization shot at the time of the Medical Exam but I just want to make sure she received all the shots that she needs.

THanks Again everyone!!!!

Is it ok to submitt your W-2 instead of your Tax Returns when you are filing your I-864 form?

Has anyone on here submitted just there W-2 and did you have any problems?

Thanks,

Ricardo

We are in the middle of filling out the AOS for our K-1 visa and need help on form I-131 question #3. Question #3 states "Class of Admision"....... I'm not sure what this question is asking (class of admission???) and therefore I"m not sure what to write down. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ricardo

Hello,

I just wanted to let everyone know that the k-1 for my fiancee was approved yesterday!!!!

The interview was really simple the only hard part was the long wait (4 hours). When we enter the us embassy they made us wait in a room full of people and you have to wait for your name to be called. They have four windows that attend this type of visa request (immigrant visas). When are names were called you go to the window and they ask you for your papers....we presented all of our papers 156, 156k, I-134 (with attached requirement....letter from employer, letter from bank, 2 years of my w-2), medical exam result, police certificate, birth certificate ( this birth certificate has to be directly from Managua and not from each your city hall). They also ask for evidence of our relationship and we presented pictures, record of e-mails, phone records..........Im forgetting that before we went to the embassy you have to go to bancentro and pay the equivalent of $100.00 at this bank...theyll give you a receipt that youll have to show to get into the embassy........once we presented all of our paper the lady didnt ask anymore question and she told us to sit down and wait for our names to be called again.

We waited for about 1 1/2 hours before our names were called again.....this time it was in a different window a gentlemen who only duty was to approve or dissaprove the visa...when he called our names he simply ask me if either of us had ever been married before and I replied no....he also ask if either of us had any children and when did we meet.... thats all the question he ask and then he said that are case was approve.

They told us that the visa would be sent to us by mail and will be ready to pick up this tuesday at the local post office...