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    Our "Red Flag" AOS interview experience.

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I have decided to share my AOS experience in hope it will help someone to prepare for interview and maybe make


    someones experience smoother.

    Our case could be considered as a Red Flag case, just because it is not a regular, "same as before" case.

    So here is Our story:

    I have arrived using Student visa more than seven years ago and overstayed it. Being doing different jobs, but


    never employed, paid taxes, had SSN and Drivers license (I got them when I still had a VISA).

    Few years ago I have met my wife. She was from same country as I'm , and she got her GC and US citizenship through


    marriage to US Citizen and was going through divorce. Her ex-husband had drinking problem and filed for divorce


    when he got in Prison.

    We ware dating for about 6 month and than I proposed her. We moved in together and got married. I have not filled


    for AOS immediately , since I had to gather all document needed.

    So finally we filled everything , and start preparing for the worth. We did understand it will be not easy,


    considering our story, but we ware confident in our relationship,and we thought, even if they reject us and will


    have our case declined, we will fight until we can or until we run out of money for Attorneys. So we decided not


    to hire a Lawyer until we run into some kind of problem, since most of them just ask for $1000-$3000 just to fill


    your papers, talk to you about what happens next, and than send someone to stand behind you during the interview we


    decided to save this money in case we will need "real" help.

    Since we have not filled immediately after marriage, we had enough evidences to send with our case, not just bills


    and pictures, but bunch of Bank statements, showing transactions during our vacations, we also saved all evidences


    of every place we have visited including things like Zoo tickets or National Park Maps. We also had paperwork for


    our Car loan and joint ownership of Real Estate.


    One month before the interview, we started our preparation, gathered everything, checked multiple times, packed in


    a folders, got photo albums printed for the whole period of our relationship. We did ask each other questions all


    the time. We gather all the questions from this website, print them and then answer in writing, each sitting in


    different room, we made out calendar for last week before interview and wrote everything we did every day . We


    ware prepared for any kind of questions in any circumstances , including separate interview in different rooms,


    under pressure.

    But sometimes we still manage to answer some questions differently, like for example I can say the floor is


    laminate and my wife's answer was hardwood .


    So Interview day:


    We got up in a morning, had a breakfast and head to the Downtown office, park a car , went through security ,


    checked in and begin to wait for our turn. We had 4 couples in front of us .

    Those who ware leaving looked happy, but one couple has being separated, and husband had to wait in a hallway


    burning Nerve Cells.

    We ware called just 5 minutes after our appointment time .

    Officer askes standard Yes\No questions, than how we met and what we do. than She ask me if I still have my I-94


    and I gave it to her. She saw our one foot tall folder and said , she do not need anythig, and if we just can show


    her our wedding photo album. We did give it to her and she made few comments, but did not ask us anything, and then


    she told us : I will approve you case !!! and we ware like....what??? that is it? Wow... But we just smile , and


    thank her.


    So my tip : Be confident, Be prepared, Have all possible evidences, send them as much as you can, bring even more

    to the interview, Don't be scared, Be yourself...



    JULY 2015 Filers...

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Just a quick update on my interview result.

    Will post a detailed interview experience in separate post.

    Our interview lasted about 10 minutes, only standard questions and casual conversation , got approved on a spot , got an update online in two days,

    than in a few days got welcome letter and GC arrived today.

    Thanks to all VJ community for your help.

    If you want to read detailed review , please look my separate post.

    Thanks to everyone

    JULY 2015 Filers...

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by qwertop22

    Am I only one "Lucky" enough to receive RFE ?

    Got that yellow letter regarding my spouse's income and non-eligibility to be my sponsor.

    46K at Last Year tax transcript was not enough for two of us so...

    They asked us to mail the proof of income,tax copies, bank statements, employment verification letters, and assets evaluation...

    4 Lbs package was mailed back, had to use a box, since all papers did not fit inside the envelope.

    Now waiting for RFE status to change.

    Did anyone know how long it might take to see an on-line status change after sending RFE paperwork ?

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