Ywong

Hi folks,

Just an update from me, had my interview yesterday and it approved! Yay! 😆

The questions I were asked are most from the I-485 application. The other thing he asked was about my job status, updated my address as we moved, and asked about how we met how we decided get married, he also more interested to know the timeline my husband and I visited/travelled with each other until we get married! That’s it! 
 

Another thing I want to share - if you have been granted more than one EAD and passport, bring all of them with you! I didn’t bring the old ones and it took some time on the conversation about my old EAD

Good luck to those who will have interview soon! 

On 2/7/2021 at 10:42 AM, Buster & Hitch said:

My interview got rescheduled for Feb 24 so I'll let you know! 🤞

I had my interview today and I wasn’t asked for the medical exam and vaccines things at all! It’s approved and card is processed 😆😀 Good luck for you too! 

On 1/8/2021 at 12:13 PM, Buster & Hitch said:

Uuugggh this is such a pain. I have my interview in two weeks. Called around today to see if I could get a civil surgeon to sign off on my updated vaccine record with the flu shot but no one would do it without performing a medical. I think I'm just going to bring my prescription sheet from CVS showing that I received it and hope for the best. My previous medical is still valid and that's a lot of money to get a new one just for a flu shot. 

Did you finished the interview? Was the flu record from CVS works? I had my flu shot at Safeway and I don’t want to spend $300 redo a medical exam 😅

On 2/2/2021 at 9:59 PM, Ed&Midori1031 said:

Sorry for all the type-o's haha.  Best of luck! 

Lol no worries! And Thank You! 😀

On 2/1/2021 at 8:21 AM, Ed&Midori1031 said:

For my wife and I, it felt like it was merely 3 or 4 questions, just like the K1 interview.  Basically aske show we meet, what we do for fun where we lived a the time a d asked about the wedding.   

 

Always be prepared for everything though, and confidence is key!

Thank you for sharing! Yay Confident!!! 😀😃

On 1/27/2021 at 10:28 AM, Cornflake said:

My friend and her husband had their interview a year ago, and they were asked what did they do the day before the interview. Also if they drink coffee before the interview, and where did they get if from. So, I guess they can ask any questions. 

Yeah be prepared for nothing could be prepared Lol 😂 

2 hours ago, Buster & Hitch said:

FYI for anyone else who had their interview cancelled - ours is showing as scheduled again online! Just waiting on the notice now for the date.

I got mine rescheduled on Feb 18

5 hours ago, davidvs said:

The questions listed look like they would be for a Stokes interview which most people do not go through. That is typically where they suspect visa fraud.

Interesting! They list about the same from these 3 immigration agencies. Glad that we are poor now, otherwise we may pay them 🤣😂

10 hours ago, itscarly said:

In my interview the questions were:

to me:

my name

my date of birth

my address

my previous address

my current employment status

my parents names

how many times I’ve been married

what’s my marriage date 

to my husband:

his name

his current employment status

how many times he’s been married

to both:

if we live with anybody else

if we have any other type of document to add to the application with both of our names and the address in them
 

Then he went through the yes/no questions, probably asked me 10 of those. And that’s all! 
 

One of my friends got asked how they met and where was the wedding, also some questions about her joint sponsor, but nothing else

Thank you for sharing!!! You have good memories! 😀

9 hours ago, Marieke H said:

Yeah, I wasn't asked any of those questions either. We just went over the information in the I-485 to make sure everything was still correct. 

 

Those kind of agencies want to make you believe that the interview is a huge deal, so you will pay for their services to better prepare you. If you are a normal married couple you have nothing to worry about.

 

Please don't learn the answers to these kind of questions by heart; if your answers seem rehearsed it will only look suspicious. Let it be natural. My husband and I were asked what our wedding date was, my husband gave the wrong date, I corrected him. The officer just laughed about it and told my husband that he was in trouble now. 🤣

I love you guys, I appreciate your sharing!
We can’t afford to pay the agent! I am lucky to find the VJ family! 
 

Haha it’s funny that your husband gave the wrong wedding date Lol 😂 my husband can’t remember my parents names(I know it’s difficult for him) 😅

One thing I worry is we move to a new apartment and the new lease only has my name(he is overspending and has bad credit score so we decided only use my name to make sure our application is passed!), other than that we have old lease, renter insurance, life insurance, medical insurance, auto insurance, joint bank account, credit card have both name, I am not sure if it’s enough? - my husband said I am over worry 😜

13 hours ago, Sarah&Facundo said:

We weren't asked any of those questions. My husband was asked for our address and then he was asked the required yes/no questions about being a criminal from the I-485 form and that was it.  We barely spoke to the officer and it last a few minutes at most.

That sounds pretty simple! 😀

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

In the first one we walked in, IO asked for my passport, asked us to sign some docs (I-485 I guess) and then while she had my passport open, said “I am approving your application” while she stamped an I-551 in it.  
 

The second one asked my wife if she was a Nazi, or criminal.  Then he asked us what we thought of Vietnam (IO was apparently born there, and we had traveled there).  Then he asked my wife if I was a kind husband. Then he asked us how long it has been since our first meeting.  
 

We weren’t approved that day, but within a couple weeks we were approved.  

Thank you to share that!!! Lol I less nervous now:) 

1 hour ago, Joyoussinger said:

They require you to turn your phone off.

Good to know! Thank you so much 😊 

26 minutes ago, Joyoussinger said:

In addition to the standard yes/no questions, which I think they have to ask, the IO only asked us to tell her our story. It was super friendly and conversational, and that was it!  Instant approval! I'm sure it helped that, when she came out to get us, we were talking and laughing together so her first impression was a good one. 

That’s good point! Thank you 😀 

P.S.: can we bring our phone to interview? We just found out we actually did not have a gathering photo together when his second visited my family in China, but we had video 😅😂

29 minutes ago, Mike E said:

I’ve had 2 AOS interviews (1985 and 2020) and none of those questions were asked.  
 

It doesn’t mean you should not prepare for those questions.  

Thank you for sharing! What did they ask if you don’t mind sharing? 😁 

These questions were collected from 3 immigration agencies website and I made it into one list:) 

19 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

I was also not asked any of these questions. I would say these are only questions they ask if the couple gets separated, which means they already think the marriage isn't real even before the couple shows up.

 

My interview lasted less than 5 minutes.

Interesting! I collected from 3 immigration agencies(https://citizenpath.com ect, can’t remember the other two), then I combined together 😅 

So what your questions were if you don’t mind sharing? And when was your interview happened?  😀😄

My K1 interview was pretty simple, 5 minutes also, just asked About what’s my boyfriend’ job (now is husband 😀)  then he saw I was holding our photos and asked if he can see? 

Hi folks!

I got my interview rescheduled on Feb 18(was got cancelled for original one on Jan 20 😀), I am curious for those who have been interviewed, were the questions like this? - 

I collected them from some internet sources...

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

Or an official link that it does?

Sorry I shall have not quoted in my own comment..😀 An official link shows that unemployment income does not count the sponsor’s income? 

Just now, Ywong said:

Thank you! So in the new I-864 form, my husband’s income should fill “0” then I will add my income at Part 6 item 8 and only provide my employment letter, pay stubs etc? 

P.S. do you have an official link stating that the unemployment doesn’t count? 😀😃

25 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

Unemployment does not count.  It stops after a certain number of weeks.  It's not ongoing.  

Thank you! So in the new I-864 form, my husband’s income should fill “0” then I will add my income at Part 6 item 8 and only provide my employment letter, pay stubs etc? 

On 1/10/2021 at 9:12 AM, carmel34 said:

This is not correct.  Yes, the primary financial sponsor on the I-864 is always the US citizen spouse, but a foreign spouse who has already entered the US on a K-1 and is adjusting status could be working in the US with an approved EAD--this income can be included on the primary sponsor's I-864 as the income is US-based.  From the I-864 instructions:

 

If you included the income of the intending immigrant who is your spouse (he or she would be counted in Part
5., Item Number 1.), you must provide evidence that his/her income will continue from the current source after
obtaining lawful permanent resident status. He or she does not need to complete Form I-864A unless he or she has
accompanying children.

 

Also, a new i-864 showing the current combined household income situation should be taken to the AOS interview, along with supporting documentation (most recent tax transcript, pay stubs for six months, employer letter, etc.).

Sorry to come back this issue again 😅 - the wonder if my husband’s unemployment can count as income or not? If it does and also the income is greater 125% of the poverty line, do we still need to provide a new I-864 form including my income? 
Thanks for the insight! 😀😃

6 hours ago, ra0010 said:

Yes, we are family! I love visajourney for that and also because of the guides it has. At the beginning hubby and I thought about hiring an attorney, but instead we came here for advice and we were peachy. Granted, our case was straightforward, but still, it is a great place to come for advice

VisaJourney is a great community and I love your spirit! ❤️

11 hours ago, ra0010 said:

Thanks! We don’t pay utilities (landlord pays for them) so we asked him to write a letter explaining it. Neither the letter nor the affidavits were notarized, but they were sworn under penalty of perjury.

It’s very kind of you sharing all these! I like this forum, people are friendly and ready to help! We like a big family;)

4 hours ago, Sweetdreaming said:

I doubt those suspended will get a waiver, especially as the offices are planning to be closed just 2 days and not potentially for months. I think its more likely they will be rescheduled for about a month - 6 weeks from now. Good luck.

Yup I got an update today that they scheduled my interview, so I am waiting for the mail to see the date! 😆😀

4 hours ago, ra0010 said:

Basically we sent the documents that we were going to present at the interview, namely/

- Rental lease

- Health/ car insurance 

-Joint tax return

-Joint bank statements

-Me as an authorized user in his account

- three affidavits from friends and family

- Wedding album

- Every day pictures.

- Guest cards for our wedding

- Random Mail coming to both of us at our address 

- Vet bills under both of us

-Shared Amazon Prime Membership

Thanks for sharing! You did awesome!

The affidavits from friends and family is a great idea, we didn’t think about it! Did you also get it notarized? 

6 hours ago, ra0010 said:

No, you can’t request your interview waived!😂😂😂😂

They sent me a letter from the field office requesting evidence of a bona fide relationship 

Wow! What documents you submitted? 😀😆