pandabear80

17 minutes ago, QueensNY said:

Congratulations. Could you please share your interview experience. What type of questions did they ask? How long was it? 

Certainly. Here's my interview post from the ***removed*** forum. Hope it helps.

We just got home from our interview at the Brooklyn field office. Here's what happened. My husband is a USC and I'm from the U.K.

We arrived at 12:30pm for a 1pm appointment in the Brooklyn field office, so the 8th floor of the big NYC federal building. We arrived with our attorney and gave our interview notice in at the desk. We sat in the waiting room, which had about 30 people in it.

Our number was called at around 2:30 p.m., so we had an hour and a half wait. Not so bad. Our officer was very nice and the opposite of aggressive. He seemed young and quite new, and was extremely thorough. He explained the interview process, then my husband and I raised our right hands and swore to tell the truth. Our lawyer then handed over our updated evidence. Our previous lawyer (long story) filed a pretty thin packet, so this new evidence was really to make up for that. It included three signed affidavits from friends and family, photos, leases, bank statements, married jointly filed taxes, life/health/rental insurance, evidence of joint travel, Costco and Amazon memberships. We have been dating since 2012 and have photos from that far back, so the officer commented on how we've known each other for a long time. I also gave him original copies of our birth certificates, passports, marriage certificate, drivers licenses, and my new medical exam. The officer went through all of this evidence at his desk, in front of us.

Then came the questions. I'd say my husband and I were asked an equal number of questions.

I was asked:

• How and when we met
• If my husband is currently working and, if so, where
• His previous employers
• To describe our neighborhood (what kind of businesses are our the streets nearby)
• Where we live now and where we previously lived together
• How many people attended our second wedding reception in my hometown in the U.K.

My husband was asked:

• Where I work
• What subway lines are near our apartment
• When we were married and what the wedding was like (he spoke about our wedding, plus both receptions. Our first was in the U.S.)

We were both asked:

• Each others' full names and birthdays
• Each others' parent's names
• The names of our sisters

I felt pretty calm during all of this because they are simple questions. There were just a lot of them.

He then asked a TON of security questions, which is no surprise. Am I a prostitute/communist/planning to overthrow the U.S. government? Are my parents drug traffickers? He asked maybe 20-30 of these questions. After this, he made copies of a couple of documents and it was all over.

TIPS: My birth certificate was different than the one I initially filed, so make sure those line up. Today I brought the longer one from the U.K., but I'd filed with a shorter version. The officer also needed copies of the parole stamps in my passport (using Advanced Parole), so that's something to include if you have them.

The entire interview took about 40 minutes. The number of questions and meticulousness of the officer was likely because he was young, according to our lawyer. Fair play, he just wants to make sure everything is done by the book. I am relieved and tired, but will be truly happy once the green card is in my hands. Fingers crossed the wait isn't too long!

Please ask questions if you have them. Wishing everyone the best of luck!

P.S.

I filed a renewal for my EAD/AP combo card on July 30, 2018. We haven't heard anything about that for 8 months now. I filed a service request in February 2019, but still nothing. So, maybe that will come, but who knows! If nothing happens in the next two months with either the green card or the combo card, I will have to stop working.

On 4/8/2019 at 4:01 PM, pandabear80 said:

A 2-year conditional one.

Green card in hand today. 19 months and 14 days. Very relieved. Good luck to everyone, and please let me know if you have any questions (NYC field office)!

3 minutes ago, YAN Yan said:

Congratulation . I still didn’t hear from back it. Are you getting a ten year card or two year card 

A 2-year conditional one.

Ok, got an update on My.USCIS on Friday, April 5 that a new card is being produced. Green card is not in hand yet, but hopefully we're nearly there.

Hi everyone! 

I had my interview last Thursday, March 28. Brooklyn Field Office (so the 8th floor of Federal Plaza). My PD is August 30, 2017. We were given the lovely piece of paper at the end stating the IO has 120 days to make a decision, although he said it probably won't take that long. I haven't had any updates online yet, and I'm trying to remain calm and remind myself that it's only been 1.5 business days. Really tapping into my last reserves of patience now. 

Good luck to everyone, and let me know if you have questions about the NYC experience!