Canadianmade

Hello all, I just got back from our interview and everything went smoothly. The lady was very nice and friendly. We came there 45 minutes prior to our appointment. Our interview was scheduled at 2:00 pm however, we were called at 1:45 pm and the interview took about 20-30 minutes. The lady told us that she can't give an approval this time because my wife's income for 2007 was below the poverty line. We told her that we brought an original tax return for 2008 reasoned for not filing it early because I don't have my SSN yet. She told us that we had two options to choose from: to seek for co-sponsor or file our income tax return together and send it to her and she will approve my green card. She set a deadline for us to reply until May 6, 2009. She also told us about how to remove the condition of my green card once I received it. She didn't even bother to see our photos..just only the documents to show that we live together.

type of questions she asked:

for my wife:

her fullname, date of birth, address, place where she was born, date of our marriage.....and her contact number during day time

for me:

my fullname, date of birth, address, place where I was born, date of our marriage, date I came to USA, and other questions in my I-485 applications ( inspected, yes or no).....and my contact number during day time.

She asked us how we met... and also what we like in common as husband and wife.

I also asked her if I can hand in our tax return in person and she was Ok with it.

So far everything went so smoothly....the lady was very nice!!!!

good luck to everyone!

Hey JhunJhun CONGRADS to you my friend on getting the approval for your interview , at least all you have to do is file your taxes and send it in to her and you get your green card, so go get those taxes filed my friend. Thanks for sharing your interview experience and least it sounds like your interviewer was nice. I still have no word on my interview at all, it sucks my friend, I'll let you know when I do. Go celebrate with your wife and enjoy.

Thank you so much Abranch...anyways, why is it better to go there about 10 am or 2 pm? Goodluck to your husband's job interview!!!

First thing in the morning is always very busy, line out the door and into the parking lot. When we went last week it was 15 mins before they opened, and the line was horrible, over 1 hour wait. And I have gone at 2pm and was in an out in 10 mins

Hey abranch.

I am a Dec filer but I was reading your comment and I thought I would say I totally understand. My husband is also out of status and we are anxious to get word of his EAD We had a RFE which seems likely to have prolonged the process some. Anyone had an RFE and did it add quite a bit to the time?

Good luck with the interview tomorrow. May it go well. Be relaxed.

Last question... for this interview do you have to go with your husband? Is that required for the interview?

Thank you PatNa. Yes, you are required to go with your spouse to the interview if you are filing with a spouse as the petitioner.

Good luck today abranch on your interview today.

Approved!

We had our interview this morning in Mount Laurel, NJ (same as Alxmrt). Our interview was at 8:30 and we were in the car driving home by 9:00 a.m. So, I guess that's to say that it was a pretty easy interview.

We were sworn in, then we showed our passports. The only question he asked hubbie was to confirm what he did for a living. He asked me about my visa and if I'd ever had any other type of visa. I have been travelling back and forth to Toronto on a business contract since I got my AP. That confused him a little, but it wasn't a big deal as I had my AP and stamps in my passport. Because of that he explained a bit about the requirement to be in the U.S. for a certain amount of time to keep the green card.

He said our case was pretty straightforward so when I reached into my briefcase to pull out piles of evidence, he said he didn't really need that much. He said they get a lot of cases that are pretty complicated and essentially with this they are looking for marriage fraud, but it was clear that this didn't apply to us.

He asked what I did for a living, how we met. We bought a house together in September, so he confirmed that but didn't ask for any documents. He asked for bank statements and insurance documents. I didn't need to show any utility bills, I think because of the house purchase (I had included that info in my I485 application).

We jokingly insisted that he at least look at our pictures since we had spent time pulling them together. He did, but it was kind of in a joking way.

All in all, it was a good experience. Our interviewer was very nice and for that I was grateful. He stamped my passport and took my AP and EAD card and said I should get my green card in about a week. He explained we had to apply to removed conditions in 1 yr and 9 mths. And that I could apply for citizenship in 3 years.

This is such a weight off my shoulders. No more USCIS for a couple of years.

Good luck to everyone else as they go through this process!

Hey Gypsyangel CONGRADULATIONS on getting approved today for your green card, and glad it was a smooth interview you guys had. Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us and you guys definately need to celebrate. I am still waiting for an answer on my interview that happened 9 days ago if I got approved or not, it sucks to be one of those people who didnt get an answer after the interview.

Have you guys at least received your AP and EAD?

EAD yes ... never filed for the AP.

Oh ok, are you working right now? I also never filed for an AP because I was out of status and wished I did. I do hope to get my green card soon so I can visit Canda with my wife.

Ok well first thing first interview was today not yesterday as i thought lol was too desperate to get it over and done with.

So, we have just arrived home from our interview arrived around 1.30pm for interview at 2pm was called through around 2.15pm.

Walked through to the office and was sworn in and asked to take a seat, we were then asked to provide our birth certificates and passport/id's and marriage certificate. He asked my wife a few questions when/where we met, when/where did we get married, what her address is etc. After a conversation with both of us taking around 20 minutes, very relaxed style our interviewer proceeded to tell us about how he had met people from South Africa while on a trip (i was born in Durban,SA.) He took some of our documents to photocopy them and then asked for my EAD and AP, stamped my passport informed us about removal of conditions at the end of next year and that was that.

So we are APPROVED!!!!! You guys have all been amazing and i wish all the best to the rest of you who are still waiting for interviews.

CONGRADULATIONS my friend for getting approved for your green card . Glad to hear that you had a good experience and thank you for sharing your interview with all of us. Go and celebrate with your wife.

Ok well first thing first interview was today not yesterday as i thought lol was too desperate to get it over and done with.

So, we have just arrived home from our interview arrived around 1.30pm for interview at 2pm was called through around 2.15pm.

Walked through to the office and was sworn in and asked to take a seat, we were then asked to provide our birth certificates and passport/id's and marriage certificate. He asked my wife a few questions when/where we met, when/where did we get married, what her address is etc. After a conversation with both of us taking around 20 minutes, very relaxed style our interviewer proceeded to tell us about how he had met people from South Africa while on a trip (i was born in Durban,SA.) He took some of our documents to photocopy them and then asked for my EAD and AP, stamped my passport informed us about removal of conditions at the end of next year and that was that.

So we are APPROVED!!!!! You guys have all been amazing and i wish all the best to the rest of you who are still waiting for interviews.

Congrats!!!! Me next...

Good luck today Tanyaru on your interview and bring us back an approval.

Hey guys how are you? Sorry to hear that you guys havent heard any word from USCIS about your case. I can imagine you guys will hear something from them soon. My wife and I are in limbo with them right now waiting for the results of our interview we had last week Tuesday. I hope we do get approved and get the green card. I saw in the Canada thread that you guys applied for a NEXUS card, how do you go about that and what kinds of questions do they ask you at the interview? Wish you guys luck and hope you guys get your green card in time of your 2nd reception in April.

I almost wish we had another interview (besides the one we had in MTL) I read a little bit about what happened at yours. I think we'd be further along if our case wasn't transferred to the CSC.

I've had my Nexus card from before. It has saved me so many hours at the border. Especially driving. When I applied for it things were different and took longer. I just had a quick 20 min "interview" at Pearson Airport. Basically they give you the card and send you on your way. We never got one for Mary because of her current grey status. I had a Candian born US citizen friend of mine apply for a card last summer so he could go on the road trips with me - he was approved in a few weeks and we just scheduled the interview for the next time we were there (has to be done in Canada). It's pretty painless and once Mary gets her GC we'll apply for her Nexus card. When I applied I had to mail it in, but now I believe its on online.

Thanks and good luck with your GC!

Hey guys, again that sucks you guys are going through such a limbo with your process, and I do hope you guys will hear something soon. Yeah inregards to my interview, I havent heard word from them ever since my interview 8 days ago, so my wife and I are in limbo and waiting to find out something. We have been checking USCIS site and my email like crazy. Thanks for the info on the Nexus, I will definately go check them out and make arrangements once I get my green card. Thank you for the good luck and hope it all works out in the end. Have you guys at least received your AP and EAD?

Its been a while since i've got on here. I'm glad to see everyone has moved along swiftly. I'm getting ready to go to our rescheduled interview now its at 2.30pm today. I hate interviews at the best of times and this one just makes me so much more nervous. I have also just been accepted for a job working as a Assistant store manager for Officemax finally.

Hey hows it going? Glad to hear from you and congrads on your new job my friend and good luck to you on your interview today and let us know how it goes.

Yeah life is finally coming together now great Wife, good job, and hopefully today goes well and we are all set. Already have a nice cruise to the bahama's booked for may can't wait.

Just have to get past today and we will be very good.

I just generally hate interviews at the best of times never mind ones as important as this....I will report back afterwards i'm leaving now to pick up my wife who is at work so she can come home and get ready and we will leave to get there around 2pm.

Good and glad to hear all is well with you and your wife. I bet that cruise you guys are going on should be nice. Good luck to you my friend today and break a leg at the interview.

well good news to everyone!!...

we were approved!

in tucson..our IO was a very nice lady!...

our interview probly lasted around 10-15 minutes..it was an in and out kind of thing..

these are the questions we were asked:

to my husband:

my name

both my parents name

my birthdate

where i was born

and our current address

to me:

when and where we met..

my full name

my husbands birthdate

the last time i had used my visa

if i ever had problems with the police, immigration, deportation (that checklist in the app)

the documents they asked to see...

were copies of bills

our copies of our credit cards

my social security card

my visa (they kept it)

my EAD

and our arizona id's

and that is about it...

everything went smoothly and she told us that i was going to recieve my conditional residency card in about 2-3 weeks..and to make sure to change the conditions in two years..and she said in three years i could get my citizenship...! so im super excited and relived...

all thanks to all the people who showed support!..may God bless you all..and give you a smooth finish to your immigration process!..lets keep everyone updated!

CONGRADULATIONS tandb4ever on getting approved for you green card. You should go and celebate. Thanks for sharing your experience with us at your interview.

Havn't heard anything since 1/26. If we don't hear anything this week we wont be going at the end of the month. *sigh*. We have our 2nd reception scheduled for April 26th - so at least we seem to be in the clear for that.

Hey guys how are you? Sorry to hear that you guys havent heard any word from USCIS about your case. I can imagine you guys will hear something from them soon. My wife and I are in limbo with them right now waiting for the results of our interview we had last week Tuesday. I hope we do get approved and get the green card. I saw in the Canada thread that you guys applied for a NEXUS card, how do you go about that and what kinds of questions do they ask you at the interview? Wish you guys luck and hope you guys get your green card in time of your 2nd reception in April.

congrats on the good news!!!!!

my husband received his welcome letter on friday so hopefully this means the actual card arrives soon!

Congrads you guys, you guys should get the green card any day now.

Add us to that Interview list! :dance:

We will have our AOS Interview March 12! Our letter came in the mail Saturday, along with the EAD card! WAHOO!

CONGRADS CourtAndGrey for getting your interview letter and EAD card in the mail. Good luck guys and go and prepare for the interview.

hello everyone, want to share my news with you guys.

I got my EAD card on Jan 12; and I got my interveiw letter in mail today, the interview date is March 10, 11:30AM.

WOW, much sooner than what I expected.

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Eileen Ho

Hey Eileen how are you? Nice to hear from you and congrads on getting approved for your EAD and getting your interview letter as well, fantastic news . I knew you would hear something from USCIS. Now you got to go and get your SSN card and prepare for your interview.

Hi Canadianmade, finally found our topic, thank you very much.

I got my SSN card in July 2008 just right after i entered USA. And my hubby file tax for marrage joint last Sat, also received a email said it is accepted!

Eileen ho

Hey Elieen how are you? Your very welcome and very cool that your taxes has been excepted . Anyways I know you have an interview coming up next month so start to prepare for it.

Its been a while since i've got on here. I'm glad to see everyone has moved along swiftly. I'm getting ready to go to our rescheduled interview now its at 2.30pm today. I hate interviews at the best of times and this one just makes me so much more nervous. I have also just been accepted for a job working as a Assistant store manager for Officemax finally.

Hey hows it going? Glad to hear from you and congrads on your new job my friend and good luck to you on your interview today and let us know how it goes.

Your welcome Jess and I thought I should post to your story because, we had a similar situation at our interview, like you did. Congrads on getting the welcome to the states letter and at least you guys know that you are approved and getting your green card in the mail.

I cant believe also your interviewer gave you guys such a hard time. We certainly cant always predict what is going to happen you know. No I wasnt presented with any type of form at all to sign, did you guys have to sign a form? How did you know you were getting the letter, was your case updated? Thanks for replying back and hope it all does go well.

It's really great when you come on here and find other people going through the same thing as you - thank goodness for VJ!

This whole process can be such a let down sometimes too - you all help make it better.

Before we left the interview, we signed a form stating that we are aware that it is up to us to apply for the 10 yr greencard in 2 years - or something like that. Both my husband and I had to sign it.

As for the greencard - I was visiting Canada this past weekend and my husband called me on Saturday telling me I got a letter in the mail from them saying that I will receive the Greencard in around 3 weeks.

Don't worry Canadianmade - it will all work out in the end.

Yeah I agree with what you said, and my wife and I are in such limbo its crazy to be in so much suspense from USCIS and not knowing the results. I would be fine if we knew our fate that day but the prolonging of it makes it worse. At least you know you were definately getting your green card as you both had to sign a piece of paper, my wife and I didnt sign any type of paper at all. I am glad you got to go visit Canada and I am hoping I get my green card by the end of this month so my wife and I have plans to visit Canada. I hope it all works out in the end and I am just nervous because I was presented with anything to sign. All we were told if we need anything we will notify you by mail and knowing USCIS you never know how long you have to wait.

What the heck is going on here.

Even I got my interview date notice today! March 11th! Something must not be right, cause I am away for two weeks and I asked my wife (I have thus far handled everything pretty much) and she said, no today we got an interview notice! Are there other interviews or is this it...the one!?

I cant believe my ears!!!! Hopefully soon my eyes. I felt so far behind you all, and now it seems we are all getting close to that finish line! Please make sure you all update your status/timelines so we know what or how your interviews went and where you at. There are so many of us now. Hopefully soon there will be none

Congrats and good luck to all! PS. Whats all this about 'preparing'? Just the proper paper work and some photos and bills is all we need no? Is there a good thread rgd this for those who have been? OK off to celebrate!!!!!!

Congrads TonyDanza on getting your interview notice and I am very glad to hear from you, we havent seen you around in a long while. Oh you have to prepare all of your bonafide marriage documents, such as organizing your photos in a photo album, and put all of your co-mingling finances, such as joint bank accounts, bills in both names, in a file organizer thats type of thing. Good luck to you.

Woo Hoo- I got my interview notice today! Our appointment in March 30 at 1 p.m. I'm so excited!

CONGRADULATIONS Kimcorene on getting your interview appointment . Finally USCIS is working.

EAD came in the mail today....

CONGRADULATIONS KHPerfectMatch on getting your EAD card.

Hey guys, I need your opinion on something..I've been on my job for 3 weeks now going on a month...

Should I have my hubby fill out a new Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support) since there was a change in our household income...just in case..

And include my name in

24b. Income you are using from any other person who was counted in your household..name-relationship-current income..

And select 24e.. The person listed above, My name, does not need to complete Form I-864A because he/she is the intending immigrant and has no accompanying dependents (no kids yet) and all other information.

And I have gathered all my information a very long time ago, in a folder labeled and everything..just waiting to be taken out..Here's what I have so far:-

Me and hubby's-

Birth certificates, Marriage license,social security cards ,driver licenses

My passport with stapled I-94 and F-1 Visa, stamps with writing from when I left the country and re-entered tons of times

Both of our letters of employment and hubby's 2007 federal income tax return

Both of our pay stubs

Last and present EAD's

Apartment Lease, Utility bills with both our names

Six months of bank statements from our joint account along with bank cards

Pictures, Trip itineraries and boarding passes

Greeting cards sent by our family and among ourselves

Notice Receipts for I-130, I-485, I-765, Biometrics, Interview notice

As far as insurance, it was very expensive for me to be on his auto and medical insurance...but after 90 days I get medical, dental, vision benefits from my employer and I am getting my own vehicle in 2 months as well..so all of that will be handled..

Let me know what you guys think and if i miss anything else that can be included.

Hey SweetnSexc you look more than good to go for your interview. Good luck to you, and I dont know about the new affidavit situation.

Thanks, guys- I'll be reorganizing all our documents and will post what we have- for my piece of mind,lol.

Hello Guys

We received our Welcome Letters from USCIS today

Go go go October Filers

Congradulations ez2007 for getting your welcome letter from USCIS You should get your green card shortly. Go and celebrate.

A bunch of good news here!!!

I received my GC yesterday!!!

It has been so fast and easy on me.....it is crazy!!!

Well, good luck to all the interviews coming!!! and congrats on the last approvals!

Congradulations Pam&Josh for getting your green card in the mail. Very happy for you guys.

I know I responded to your post, but here is the actual post to my interview experience below:

Hey guys, this is Canadian Made's wife, I'm going to jump in:) Here's how our interview experience went today.

Well, first, the interveiwer was very old and very procedural, so it seemed like she has been doing this for a long time.

She had a very soft voice and was hard to understand her and she also had accent, so it was hard to understand her.

We got asked the usual questions like, our names, our address, how and when we met, when we got married and where, who proposed to who, asked us to see wedding pictures, asked us who were the people in the pictures, asked me questions on the I-485 and G-325A form, stuff like that.

She just didn't seem to like any of our answers. I will give you a couple of examples.

Interviewer: "What assets do you guys have together?"

Me: "We have a joint checking account. We filed taxes jointly. He is my life insurance beneficiary of 120,000.00, and I cover him on my health insurance."

Interviewer: "When did you open this account?"

Me: "A few months ago."

Interviewer: "And how long have you been married?"

Me: "Almost a year."

Interviwer: "Why did you wait so long?"

Me: "I havn't even had a bank account for about ten years. I don't like them or believe in them, but my husband wanted us to have one, so we opened one, and I told him to manage it and he has and we havn't bounced anything."

That is the truth, but it didn't seem to please her.

Interviewer: "Have you taken any vacations together?"

Canadian Made: "No we havn't"

Interviewer: "Why not?"

Me: "We were saving money for the immigration process."

Canadian Made: "We will be going to Canada after I get my green card. That will be our first vacation together."

Again...this didn't seem to please her.

It was like, if we couldn't go to Paris or buy a boat together, it just wasn't a valid marriage. It was rediculous. We are so valid we make people around us sick...lol. Unless I'm at work or school, we go EVERY WHERE together. There is a new song out that's called lucky, and the lyrics say "I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend." A mutual friend of ours said that when she hears that song she thinks of us, and yet here we are trying to prove we are in love. This is so awful.

Another confusing part was that 95% of the questions were directed at canadian made. This was even a problem at first because we did not know that if she was looking at one us when she asked the question, that one could be the only one to answer. We ARE a married couple and like alot of us, one of us is the spokes person and that's me...lol. Well, when she asked my husband a question and I went to answer for him, it was the first and only time I did this, she said "He must answer, and you should move away from him so he feels more independent from you," She actually made me sit a chair away from him during the entire interview:(

It just seemed like we rubbed her wrong from the beginning and we have no idea why, and like we didn't answer any questions the way she wanted us to.

The last thing that happened was she got up, walked to the door, opened it and said, "If we have any other questions, you will be notified by mail." and we walked out:( We have no idea what to think.

Word of advice to those who have upcoming interviews is to prepare and prepare for anything and everything, you just never know, we were well prepared, but the IO asked alot of really irrelevant questions. The whole interview lasted for about 25min, so we are waiting to see what happens. What do you guys think?

Hey Canadianmade/Canadianmade's wife,

Thanks for sharing your story. It's reassuring to know that other people are going through frustrations like I am.

Actually - my annoying story had a happy ending. My husband got a letter in the mail yesterday (I'm visiting home this weekend) - and it was to welcome me to the States! I should get my card in the next few weeks.

I can't believe the interviewer made such a stink about what she did. Saying what she did about moving away from him?! I guess we can't always predict what these people are going to ask us. I really didn't prepare at all for the interview though - because everything they would ask only I or my husband would know the answer to anyways.

Did they make you sign that form at the end at least??

Hope all goes well Canadianmade!!

Jess

Your welcome Jess and I thought I should post to your story because, we had a similar situation at our interview, like you did. Congrads on getting the welcome to the states letter and at least you guys know that you are approved and getting your green card in the mail.

I cant believe also your interviewer gave you guys such a hard time. We certainly cant always predict what is going to happen you know. No I wasnt presented with any type of form at all to sign, did you guys have to sign a form? How did you know you were getting the letter, was your case updated? Thanks for replying back and hope it all does go well.

Hi Wabbit R,

I signed up on USCIS website to get notification for any updates. When I looked my case online, the latest updates was about a week before my AOS interview and that's about it. That's why I'm kind of a little bit worried that I have not received any updates on my AOS case (although it's just been a few days since my interview)

I am in the same boat, I haven't received a case update since a week b4 my aos interview.

bassagitator,

How did you know that you were approved?

I am also in the same situation as well, my wife and I had our interview 3 days ago, and we were not told if we were approved or not, but we were told that if we need anything from you, we will notify you by mail. I also want to know as well bassagitator how did you know you were approved.

PS...(I believe I remembered this right) Jhunjhun, Happy Birthday!

B) Oh Cool, Happy Birthday Jhunjhun!!!

Congrads phoenixwine22 for getting approved for your green card and glad to hear you had a good experience.

BTW Happy birthday JhunJhun

Hello everybody,

Just wanted to share my interview experience in NYC.

We were scheduled for 8.15 AM but were called at around 9 AM.

The officer was relaxed, joked around and acted pretty goofy, but oh well, we all know by now it doesnt mean anything )

First he asked my husband some questions, our address, where he lived before, where he works and how we met etc. Them it was my turn, he also asked me if i worked, if i was in the States before....

As for the evidence, he asked if we had pictures, barely looked at them and took the copies of joint bank account.

That was all. He didn't say if I was approved or not just said to expect the letter from USCIS.

good luck to all (and to me of course))

Sasha

Hi Sasha CONGRADULATIONS on getting approved for your green card and getting that email from USCIS. What time did you receive the email from CRIS? My wife and I had our interview 3 days ago, and I was given the same results at the end of the interview that you got, I wasnt told, if I was a approved or not, and the interviewer told us if we need anything from you to expect a letter from USCIS.

Okay guys - I need some clarity or help here.

I had my interview in Detroit yesterday and it was confusing - I didn't know whether to be mad or glad.

So I get there, drop my letter in the pile and wait to be called. This lady with ashy blonde hair calls my name and me and my husband follow her to her cubicle. She sits us down, then tells us to stand to give an oath that we're telling the truth. She then rifles through my paperwork and asks me questions that I already said "no" to (all that jazz about how I'm not going to be a threat to the country) and makes me say NO to all of them aloud. (nodding wasn't considered "NO"). She then asks me when and where we got married, to present her with whatever evidence we had (not much - marriage license, shared credit card, insurance papers) and when I asked if she wanted to see pictures (I brought an album and a wedding scrapbook) - she said no. Then she rifles again thru the paperwork and asks about my medical - which she couldn't find. Well, I sure as heck didn't have it - seeing as how it was sent away the second it was completed. She ends up finding it and then gets down to business.

The woman asks about my sponsor Support person, who is my father in law. He owns his own business, so our CPA compiled all the necessary paperwork the USCIS needed. The lady says "I'm not sure why you would send me the company's tax forms, since you're not applying for an H-1 Visa" - which doesn't make sense b/c the company's tax information has to do with my father in law. Anyways, she get to the point that in '06, the company suffered a loss, and her concern was "How did your father in law get paid if the company suffered a loss". Don't people pay themselves even if the company suffers a loss?! And you find that out AFTER you've already paid yourself?!?!

I just didn't get why the interviewer was focusing SO MUCH on this. She actually wouldn't drop it either. After asking whatever other mundane questions she had about my father in law's taxes, she tells us to wait outside while she makes copies of stuff and gives me back the 06 tax papers for the company. We wait like, 10 mins for her to come back out to get us to sign some form saying how I'm responsible for applying again after our 2-yr anniversary (I wasn't paying much attention b/c I was wondering what the outcome was going to be). So then she's basically sending us off - but I stop her and ask what's going on - Did I get it or not?!! She replies by telling me that they're going to review my paperwork and see if they need further evidence (My father in law's paystubs - since I guess she can comprehend how he got paid in 2006!!). I mean, why didn't they hammer all these things out BEFORE sending me the letter?! So anyways, she says either they'll mail me the greencard or they'll mail me a letter saying they need more paperwork.

I left the stupid office flabbergasted. I couldn't believe how annoying this woman was (ashy blonde hair, glasses, a wooden pencil holder from Lebanon on her desk). I know I'll get the Greencard eventually (well, let's hope so - with my luck), but I just couldn't get over how the interview went in a direction TOTALLY different than what I was expecting. What does it matter about my father in law's financial business (he always got paid) NOW, when I can work now anyways?!

I keep on reading how ppl are getting approved left, right and center - so I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced the ####### I have.

I'm so damn frustrated right now!!

I know I responded to your post, but here is the actual post to my interview experience below:

Hey guys, this is Canadian Made's wife, I'm going to jump in:) Here's how our interview experience went today.

Well, first, the interveiwer was very old and very procedural, so it seemed like she has been doing this for a long time.

She had a very soft voice and was hard to understand her and she also had accent, so it was hard to understand her.

We got asked the usual questions like, our names, our address, how and when we met, when we got married and where, who proposed to who, asked us to see wedding pictures, asked us who were the people in the pictures, asked me questions on the I-485 and G-325A form, stuff like that.

She just didn't seem to like any of our answers. I will give you a couple of examples.

Interviewer: "What assets do you guys have together?"

Me: "We have a joint checking account. We filed taxes jointly. He is my life insurance beneficiary of 120,000.00, and I cover him on my health insurance."

Interviewer: "When did you open this account?"

Me: "A few months ago."

Interviewer: "And how long have you been married?"

Me: "Almost a year."

Interviwer: "Why did you wait so long?"

Me: "I havn't even had a bank account for about ten years. I don't like them or believe in them, but my husband wanted us to have one, so we opened one, and I told him to manage it and he has and we havn't bounced anything."

That is the truth, but it didn't seem to please her.

Interviewer: "Have you taken any vacations together?"

Canadian Made: "No we havn't"

Interviewer: "Why not?"

Me: "We were saving money for the immigration process."

Canadian Made: "We will be going to Canada after I get my green card. That will be our first vacation together."

Again...this didn't seem to please her.

It was like, if we couldn't go to Paris or buy a boat together, it just wasn't a valid marriage. It was rediculous. We are so valid we make people around us sick...lol. Unless I'm at work or school, we go EVERY WHERE together. There is a new song out that's called lucky, and the lyrics say "I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend." A mutual friend of ours said that when she hears that song she thinks of us, and yet here we are trying to prove we are in love. This is so awful.

Another confusing part was that 95% of the questions were directed at canadian made. This was even a problem at first because we did not know that if she was looking at one us when she asked the question, that one could be the only one to answer. We ARE a married couple and like alot of us, one of us is the spokes person and that's me...lol. Well, when she asked my husband a question and I went to answer for him, it was the first and only time I did this, she said "He must answer, and you should move away from him so he feels more independent from you," She actually made me sit a chair away from him during the entire interview:(

It just seemed like we rubbed her wrong from the beginning and we have no idea why, and like we didn't answer any questions the way she wanted us to.

The last thing that happened was she got up, walked to the door, opened it and said, "If we have any other questions, you will be notified by mail." and we walked out:( We have no idea what to think.

Word of advice to those who have upcoming interviews is to prepare and prepare for anything and everything, you just never know, we were well prepared, but the IO asked alot of really irrelevant questions. The whole interview lasted for about 25min, so we are waiting to see what happens. What do you guys think?

How did you find out about the green card lottery and what did you do when you came here on it?

I was working as a green keeper on a golf course on Long Island on minimum wage. Anyway, I left the US and went back to Ireland and got my FREE degree and masters. I actually found out about the Green Card lottery results the day my Mum died - the postman brought the yellow envelope that day.

If you mean how did I find out they had my previous application, they had it in my file when I was at the window for my Fiance visa interview. The lady who took all my forms etc of me that day asked me about it and was kinda rude too about my reasons for not staying in the USA.

F8ck it, we'll both be fine my man.

Oh ok very cool and interesting story Eli, I mean you mentioned your mom passed away and very sorry for your lost by the way, and plus you had youngs kids, so I think that is more than a legitimate excuse to go back to Ireland, in my humble opinion, and that is so crappy the lady you had for your K-1 interview was giving you flack about you leaving the US for good reasonable reasons, anyone in that situation would.

Thanks alot my wife, I do hope I do get that green card and I know you will be get approved.

Okay guys - I need some clarity or help here.

I had my interview in Detroit yesterday and it was confusing - I didn't know whether to be mad or glad.

So I get there, drop my letter in the pile and wait to be called. This lady with ashy blonde hair calls my name and me and my husband follow her to her cubicle. She sits us down, then tells us to stand to give an oath that we're telling the truth. She then rifles through my paperwork and asks me questions that I already said "no" to (all that jazz about how I'm not going to be a threat to the country) and makes me say NO to all of them aloud. (nodding wasn't considered "NO"). She then asks me when and where we got married, to present her with whatever evidence we had (not much - marriage license, shared credit card, insurance papers) and when I asked if she wanted to see pictures (I brought an album and a wedding scrapbook) - she said no. Then she rifles again thru the paperwork and asks about my medical - which she couldn't find. Well, I sure as heck didn't have it - seeing as how it was sent away the second it was completed. She ends up finding it and then gets down to business.

The woman asks about my sponsor Support person, who is my father in law. He owns his own business, so our CPA compiled all the necessary paperwork the USCIS needed. The lady says "I'm not sure why you would send me the company's tax forms, since you're not applying for an H-1 Visa" - which doesn't make sense b/c the company's tax information has to do with my father in law. Anyways, she get to the point that in '06, the company suffered a loss, and her concern was "How did your father in law get paid if the company suffered a loss". Don't people pay themselves even if the company suffers a loss?! And you find that out AFTER you've already paid yourself?!?!

I just didn't get why the interviewer was focusing SO MUCH on this. She actually wouldn't drop it either. After asking whatever other mundane questions she had about my father in law's taxes, she tells us to wait outside while she makes copies of stuff and gives me back the 06 tax papers for the company. We wait like, 10 mins for her to come back out to get us to sign some form saying how I'm responsible for applying again after our 2-yr anniversary (I wasn't paying much attention b/c I was wondering what the outcome was going to be). So then she's basically sending us off - but I stop her and ask what's going on - Did I get it or not?!! She replies by telling me that they're going to review my paperwork and see if they need further evidence (My father in law's paystubs - since I guess she can comprehend how he got paid in 2006!!). I mean, why didn't they hammer all these things out BEFORE sending me the letter?! So anyways, she says either they'll mail me the greencard or they'll mail me a letter saying they need more paperwork.

I left the stupid office flabbergasted. I couldn't believe how annoying this woman was (ashy blonde hair, glasses, a wooden pencil holder from Lebanon on her desk). I know I'll get the Greencard eventually (well, let's hope so - with my luck), but I just couldn't get over how the interview went in a direction TOTALLY different than what I was expecting. What does it matter about my father in law's financial business (he always got paid) NOW, when I can work now anyways?!

I keep on reading how ppl are getting approved left, right and center - so I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced the ####### I have.

I'm so damn frustrated right now!!

Hey Jess&Andrew, I am so sorry to hear that your interview wasnt the greatest experience, and my wife and I had our interview 3 days ago in Cleveland, OH and we experienced the same thing that you guys did with your interviewer. We are both up in the air and dont know what is going on right now. I did post my interview experience, if you click on my name and click on posts, you will be able to find our experience. I tell you it was quite awful. It does sound like you guys did get approved, and it comes off as if, the woman who interviewed you guys was having a bad day which gives her no excuse to take it out on you guys. Just keep checking your USCIS account and email, you'll get approved. Think about it, other than for love only, why would anyone from Canada, UK,Ireleand and any other developed nation would come to the US just for a green card, standard of life is the same there than it is here.

Hey guys, this is Canadian Made's wife, I'm going to jump in:) Here's how our interview experience went today.

Well, first, the interveiwer was very old and very procedural, so it seemed like she has been doing this for a long time.

She had a very soft voice and was hard to understand her and she also had accent, so it was hard to understand her.

We got asked the usual questions like, our names, our address, how and when we met, when we got married and where, who proposed to who, asked us to see wedding pictures, asked us who were the people in the pictures, asked me questions on the I-485 and G-325A form, stuff like that.

She just didn't seem to like any of our answers. I will give you a couple of examples.

Interviewer: "What assets do you guys have together?"

Me: "We have a joint checking account. We filed taxes jointly. He is my life insurance beneficiary of 120,000.00, and I cover him on my health insurance."

Interviewer: "When did you open this account?"

Me: "A few months ago."

Interviewer: "And how long have you been married?"

Me: "Almost a year."

Interviwer: "Why did you wait so long?"

Me: "I havn't even had a bank account for about ten years. I don't like them or believe in them, but my husband wanted us to have one, so we opened one, and I told him to manage it and he has and we havn't bounced anything."

That is the truth, but it didn't seem to please her.

Interviewer: "Have you taken any vacations together?"

Canadian Made: "No we havn't"

Interviewer: "Why not?"

Me: "We were saving money for the immigration process."

Canadian Made: "We will be going to Canada after I get my green card. That will be our first vacation together."

Again...this didn't seem to please her.

It was like, if we couldn't go to Paris or buy a boat together, it just wasn't a valid marriage. It was rediculous. We are so valid we make people around us sick...lol. Unless I'm at work or school, we go EVERY WHERE together. There is a new song out that's called lucky, and the lyrics say "I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend." A mutual friend of ours said that when she hears that song she thinks of us, and yet here we are trying to prove we are in love. This is so awful.

Another confusing part was that 95% of the questions were directed at canadian made. This was even a problem at first because we did not know that if she was looking at one us when she asked the question, that one could be the only one to answer. We ARE a married couple and like alot of us, one of us is the spokes person and that's me...lol. Well, when she asked my husband a question and I went to answer for him, it was the first and only time I did this, she said "He must answer, and you should move away from him so he feels more independent from you," She actually made me sit a chair away from him during the entire interview:(

It just seemed like we rubbed her wrong from the beginning and we have no idea why, and like we didn't answer any questions the way she wanted us to.

The last thing that happened was she got up, walked to the door, opened it and said, "If we have any other questions, you will be notified by mail." and we walked out:( We have no idea what to think.

Word of advice to those who have upcoming interviews is to prepare and prepare for anything and everything, you just never know, we were well prepared, but the IO asked alot of really irrelevant questions. The whole interview lasted for about 25min, so we are waiting to see what happens. What do you guys think?

Sorry yall didnt have the nicest person but hey atleast yall were seen. A few have barely even gotten their biometrics appt done and I think some havent even done that. Maybe she was having a bad day or jealous? Or prehaps didnt like that you didnt say anything negative like she was looking for a mess up and since yall nailed it she was grumpy? Hell if I know some people are just "meanies". (without saying a "bad" word haha) Everything will be fine though dont worry. I think your answers that you posted were fine and on point. Very well explained and a hell of a lot better than I would have done for sure. I know I will screw it all up cuz I get nervous easily.

Hey **Love** thanks for replying and thats ok, I guess it was the luck of the draw. I dont know what was up with this woman, but holy she was an ####. I think you are right what you said, I dont know all I know is, it was messed up and I do hope everything works out for us both in the end. Thank you and glad the experience was clear and helpful to you. Let let you know what happens when I hear any updates.

Hey Canadianmade,

That stinks dude. I'm sure it's just a grumpy old f8ck like I got at my Embassy interview - the woman who collected all the papers was nasty. But we got through and so will you.

Back in 1995 I won a greencard in the lottery and came to the US for a few months - but my heart wasn't in it as my kids were so small and my Mum had just died so i returned to Ireland only to meet Mercedes 10 years later. I'm sure that that will be brought up in the interview - they had the original greencard stuff in my folder during my London Embassy interview. And did you all know, they used to call Portland, DePortland? Airlines stopped flying to Portland from Asia as business people were being sent back on the next plane, famously known as the worst immigration officials in the US. Anyway, as the city was loosing money as a result they launched an inquiry into it and sacked a bunch of people. All the guys they sacked for being too strict are now working in USCIS I'll bet.

I was thinking when I was reading about denials - which you won't get - they are always based on immigration fraud, right? Seriously though, why would anyone from a developed country such as Canada or Ireland or the UK want to come to the US (the legal way anyway) when they could stay home and work and contribute for the 3-6 months that we have all waited for our EADs. Our life got immeasurably harder as a result of moving to the US and we are down to one (lower) wage as Mercedes is at Law School. Plus, the price of living is much higher here. I ####### you not, if it wasn't for love I wouldn't have done it in a million years.

Anyway, I'm getting wound up about getting an interview already when 99% of K1's get no interview. By St Paddy's Day I'll be a walking car wreck.

R

PS We lived with each other for 3 years in Ireland before coming here so that's why I refer to us moving here.

Hey Eli thanks alot for your responses and yeah you are absouetly right, I am from a developed country as you stated, where I used to live in Canada, Toronto to be exact is only 4.5 to 5hrs away by car, and plus the only reason I came to the US is for love and to be with my wife that I love so very much. Wow thats an interesting story you shared Eli, how did you find out about the green card lottery and what did you do when you came here on it? That is so crazy what you said about Portland wow very interesting story. I bet those people now work in USCIS. The way the interviewer was acting was, just because I didnt have stamps in my passport, I could of possibly sneak over the border and I wasnt inspected, that is totally impposible to do and also I have a valid passport so why would I try to sneak over the border. It was just totally messed up the whole situation, it felt like a stokes interview without being asked personal stuff and it might as well been a one on one interview. Thanks for sharing your story my friend and as I said I wish you good luck on your interview and hope you dont get a ####### as an interviewer. I will let you know what happens.

Hey Canadianmade, sorry I was a little busy with work and stuff, so I didn't get a chance to post sooner.

I know you'll be approved. Just watch out for that CRIS email that will tell you "Card Production Ordered". Yes, you had a grumpy officer, but nothing in what you said is a reason to deny your application, so hang in there my friend until the good news find their way to you.

You will get your Green Card, be sure of that

Hey Rosie thank you so much for posting and I understand you are very busy with work and stuff, I appreciate the comments and I hope all turns out well. My wife and I are stressing and panicking but I think at the end it will be good.

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience, I think it serves to remind everyone we all might get the grumpy unpleasant officer at our interviews, and should prepare for that (or as we say back home a 'jobsworth').

Fingers crossed for a speedy approval

Hey Fuzzymiss thanks for your post and yeah it was a total bad experience. You are right, stuff like this does really happen to people and be well prepared, because you dont know what kind of mood these IO are going to be in that day of your interview. Thanks for the good luck and hopefully I get the approval.

hiya canadianmade...

i'm so sorry that it wasn't a pleasant experience, but as the others have said i'm sure you'll be approved as well or the grumpy adjudicator would have clued you in. i have my fingers crossed an our thoughts are with you.

Hey Kang Lang how are you guys? Yeah the experience was terrible I tell you. and I do hope, I did get approved and thank you for your support and keeping me in your prayers guys. Everyone in here has been totally awesome and thank you to everyone for their positive words.

Hey CanadianMade,

I am sorry to hear about your experience..like Beantownbabe said, maybe that is how the lady's demeanor is...maybe she had kore interview that day...you know, I am not nervous at all for my upcoming interview..I am really concerned with getting someone like that..HONESTLY..cuz that will just piss me the &@#$ OFF...Don't try to make my day a bad one because of what you are experiencing in your day.....and trust, I know how you feel..you worked to hard to prove your relationship and for someone to look at you and say, I need more..is ridiculous..and they can't sniff the ones that only do it for a green card..and still give the ones a hard time when there relationship is genuine...

But have no fear..I believe when someone else reviews..they would see that your paperwork is on order and everything will be fine..I know it can be frustrating waiting on these people for a decision..but have faith and I'm sure it will work out. Keep your head up and your wife is your support system so all is well.

Last week we got an email saying his EAD had been approved on January 26th and he would get his card in 30 days... We got an email from Cris again today saying his EAD was approved on 2/2 and he would get it in 30 days... What's up with THAT??? Is he going to get 2 cards??? So weird... hope the FIRST one is the right one...

Anyone else have this happen to them?

Hey SweetnSexc thank you so much for your reply back and for your words of encouragement, I totally appreciate it, Beantownbabe, KimCorne, CrystalBlue and you are very wise, and right, if it was something more serious like, we will need to do a 2nd interview, then I would know about it right there and then. As you pointed out, I do think it is unfortunate to have my relationship questioned by this IO, and it is totally genuine. I really hope you dont get assigned an IO that we had yesterday, and we felt very confident as well, but sometimes a wrench gets thrown in. Thank you for the support and I will definately stay positive and hope for the best. Thank you.

Hey Canadianmade,

I am sure it will all work out. You have nothing to worry about. All your documents were in order and your marriage is legitimate- based on my readings on VJ, some people leave the interview place uncertain only to be notified that the card has been ordered. I am sure you are one of those people. Be sure to check your USCIS account.

Hey CrystalBlue thank you very much for replying back and for saying the kind words you have said and I do hope the outcome of things will be positive. I am checking USCIS like a madman LOL.

Hey Canadianmade, don't worry- I'm sure if you hadn't been approved you would have walked out of that office certain of it. Based on what I've read, I find that when people are unsure of the outcome of the interview, they've always been approved, not denied. We would all love to be one of those people who get a definite "Yes, you're approved", but not every IO will use those words. So cheer up!

Hey Kim, thank you so much for the words of encouragement, and I hope that we got approved for the green card. I wouldnt wish this experience on anyone nor even my worse enemy. I thought we would be one of those people that would know the outcome of our interview with an APPROVED, but I guess not everyone gets that outcome. Thanks again and will keep you guys posted.