Lonla

Hey,

We are trying to calm our nerves for our upcoming interview.  And we both asked ourselves something we haven’t thought about before.

What happens if they deny your application during the interview? We don’t think ours will, but I guess we’re just planning the best we can.  If it’s denied, we will both be able to walk out together and figure out an appeal or the next steps - or will I for example, be arrested or similar if denied? (These last minutes nerves are obviously taken a toll on us as we haven’t even played thought to this before.

And for anyone who was out of status when they interviewed.  After being asked if you had ever worked out of status or overstayed a visa - and you answered yes - did they ask you many further questions? How deep did they dive on these two questions? Or did they just accept your answer of yes and moved on?

Hey all,

Long time lurker, first time poster.  My wife and I have our big interview this coming Friday (in 2 days), were nervous and excited all at the same time!

Were adjusting from my VWP entry, she is a USC, in Los Angeles, at the main Los Angeles office.  We filed in October of last year, EAD arrived in april, and we received our notice about 6 weeks ago in the mail for our interview. This forum was a huge help in allowing us to self file so thank you to all!

However I have some questions based on the interview notice we were mailed.

a) We’ve heard the normal stories of people being separated.  If this happens, do they do this straight away, or do they call you in together for the basics, then separate you? If so, how long are you usually separated for?

b) The notice says we must bring with us a completed I-864 unless already submitted. Now we submitted this in our initial package - however the interview notice says to also bring tax returns and W2s for the most recent year, letters from current employer with pay and hours etc.  The latter we never have to provide when we originally submitted. Do we still need to bring this, or do we ignore the request for most recent W2 and letter from employer, because we submitted an I-864 before (even though then we didn’t have to submit this letter?

c) My wife received an accepted a new job 2 weeks ago and has begun said new job. Will this cause any problems? (She was my only sponsor for I-864) - should we bring anything extra because of this?

d) It mentions I need to bring my birth certificate.  I submitted a copy when we applied and I have another copy at home; but searching today I’m struggling to find it. My hope is I find it - but if something crazy happens where I don’t - should I be worried?

e) When we submitted our entire package, we also made an exact duplicate of the package we sent the USCIS. Should I bring this with me?

f) It says to bring the original and copy of each supporting document. Is this every single document in the package we sent - or just the supporting documents for proof of bonafide marriage?

And also, is there anything else? Anything we’ve missed, anything else we should be aware of?

Thank you in advance! This should help calm our nerves!