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    CoTL got a reaction from icv21 in September 2014 Filers   
    I successfully completed my interview this morning! We waited for about 30 minutes, before a lady called us back. We were asked to raise our right hands and swear to tell the truth etc. She asked to see my husbands birth certificate and drivers license, my birth certificate. Went through the regular "are you a terrorist" list. Asked how many kids we were up to and I answered three. She said "thank you so much for making my job easier, we don't need to ask any of the standard questions", lol! I think my husband looked kind of surprised, so she said "I guess I can ask a question" and she asked how we had met, which we answered. She then said since we had brought a photo album she would have a look through and she asked us a couple of questions about where some pictures were taken, then said thank you, that's all I need. We were in there for 5 minutes tops!
    I think me and my husband were kind of shocked. I asked if she needed anything from my passport, she said no. I asked is everything good? She said yep, you should expect your Green Card in the mail soon. She didn't say anything about removal of conditions (we've been together 8 years, but only married for 6 months). She was very professional, but very comfortable to be around.
    Glad to have had a good experience, and only 69 days since sending my AoS in!
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    CoTL reacted to abilaw in September 2014 Filers   
    got approved for my 2 year green card!
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    CoTL reacted to goodpoint in Wife and I had GC Interview this morning - just sharing our experience   
    **I do not have any questions -- just sharing my experience in the hope that someone will find it useful.**
    I (USC) and my wife (Romanian) met about 2 years ago, married in Romania about 1.5 years ago, traveled to the USA and decided to stay permanently about 7 months ago.
    We filed for AOS based on marriage in April 2014; forms 130 and 485.
    We received our interview appointment in mid October (for today -- mid November).
    We arrived in the San Bernardino USCIS office 1 hour early. I wore a suit and my wife wore a nice dress. We were called into an office together after about an hour and a half (30min after apt time).
    We were asked to raise our right hand and were sworn to tell the truth.
    The officer asked my wife to verify all of her contact information and checked her original birth certificate and marriage certificate. Then she asked my wife all of the Yes/No questions on the I-485 like "have you ever been a gang member" and so forth (all "no" answers) even though she already had those answers in writing.
    I was asked my name and DOB.
    Then the officer said "tell me how you two came to be together" which wasn't directed toward a particular one of us. I jumped in to answer because I knew my wife was so stressed she was about to have a heart attack. I made an effort to speak confidently and in a concise manner. I stated the following: The date and cicumstances of how we met, the date we had our first date, date of our engagement, date of our wedding, date we last entered the USA.
    I had prepared a detailed file showing how I was earning money and supporting my wife (I was her sponsor) but I was never asked to prove anything like that. The officer simply asked "so, you have been the one supporting your wife this whole time, right?" I answered "yes" and that was all that was discussed about finances.
    The officer then asked me to provide her with any documentation I had showing we had a "real" marriage. I had originals and copies but she just wanted the copies and didn't much look at the originals. I spoke somewhat quickly in an effort to explain each item before being cut off (I wasn't). I provided her with all of the following items:
    - Joint tax return
    - joint credit card
    - joint bank account
    - tags from flowers I had sent to her when we first started courting.
    - B-day and anniversary cards to us from family (2)
    - joint lease
    - jointly owned car registration
    - joint car insurance
    - disneyland annual passes
    - cell phone bill with both names on it
    - reservations for birthday activity (email)
    - Used concert tickets with names on them
    - Pictures: I cherry-picked about 30 of our best pictures that showed us doing various things over a long time (family dinners, birthdays, disneyland, etc.); I had nice color sheets made at WalMart with 8 pictures printed per 8x10" page and provided those instead of black and white copies. The officer asked me to explain what was going on in some of the pictures (I had written captions in magic marker).
    Having reviewed everything above, the officer said she would be right back and walked out of the room. She returned with a "Congratulations you are a permanent resident" letter and told us we were approved and to expect the card in the mail within 90 days. We couldn't have been happier and were very surprised at how easy it was.
    Basically, I would say that if you prepare well and arrive organized (and really are married) the interview is very low stress and very easy. We were done in about 20 minutes. We had stressed about the interview but there really was no reason for it.
    Hope this helps someone -- I read a ton of descriptions like this on VisaJourney that helped me a lot. Thanks to everyone else who shared and gave me advice along the way!
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    CoTL got a reaction from las1023 in September 2014 Filers   
    Got a text at 6am saying my case had updated. Eeeek!
    Testing and InterviewOn November 2, 2014, we mailed you an appointment notice for an interview for December 4, 2014.
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    CoTL reacted to JamaicanBarbie in September 2014 Filers   
    I think we are all just on edge and need to relax a little. We said September was a good month and it still is, just have a few bumps in the road. We will all get what we need in time. I think we just need things to occupy our time so we can stop focusing on this process so much.
    We have to remember there are THOUSANDS of people doing the same thing we are and there are a couple IO's processing the cases so we just have to be patient guys.
    Best of luck and remember prayer works BEST!
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    CoTL reacted to Trumplestiltskin in What's Up With U.S. Maternity Leave?   
    I swear some people think that employees having any sort of statutory rights is equivalent to forming a union, which is equivalent to communism, which is a stone's throw away from totalitarian takeover of the USA.
    The nefarious end-game being to:
    take people's guns away bulldoze every church and replace it with an abortion clinic impose mandatory sex-education lessons for kids involving gay sex.
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