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We've been in almost te same situation like you. We went to our first interview (Garden City,NY) with lots of documents to prove

our marriage is bonafide and we've been denied because simply the officer did not like us. She did not want to look at any of our

documents and sent us for a second interview (stokes) to New York City. Both of us were devasted,knowing that we love each other very

much and yhe immigration might tea us apart.

Luckily,our second interview was extremely easy. We had an extremely pleasent officer who studied our file before calling us in

and who figured out that our marriage is a legit one after seeing how much proof of a bonafide marriage we had. He called us in together

and he even didn't want us to take the oath. He asked us a few questions and then he told my husband, the USC, that his petion was

approved. He then apologized for the bad experience with the Immigration in Garden City, saying that they are well known for

sending legit couples to stokes in NYC.

1 week after the interview, our case was updated with card production ordered.

If you have lots of documents to show you are a legit couple ,don't be afraid, you will be fine.

But a would hire a good attorney as well, just in case.

We would like to thank everyone for your support and answers, you all are great people.

I have to mention a few things :

- we hired a lawyer to make sure the papers are filled out correctly and his fees included

interview representation. The lawyers at the firm are 2 brothers and the daughter of one of them.

We have talked to one of the brothers first and he took care of the papers, but when it came to the interview he told us

he cannot come because the interview was too early (7 AM) and too far from where he lives , which left us in shock.

He said that his brother would be with us for the interview. Garden City is New York area, Long Island.

Ok, the brother came with us, but he knew NOTHING about the case and therefore he did not say anything to the IO.

So, this was our fault or bad luck for choosing that attorney firm.

-we went to another lawyer who heard our story and she said that there are cases where mixed couples are

denied because of IO not liking mixed couples, but this is an assumption, we do not know the reason we have been denied.

The new lawyer has talked to the supervisor in Garden City and he said there is nothing wrong with our file, but the attorney we had at the interview

had to talk with the IO at that time...there is nothing it can be done now.

As per this new lawyer, the stokes interview has been scheduled because

we just have been suspected for marriage fraud. If there is any another immigration issue , that is a separate problem.

My wife did not come with a K visa. TN visa is a visa work for Canadians and Mexicans.

She did not divorce to get married for green card, she has been separated for 4 years from her husband and divorced 1 year before

our marriage. Also, why would she need a TN visa to come here and get married as some people are judging us

when Canadians don't need visa to enter US ?

It just happened that she fell in love with an USC, that is all. She is the best thing has ever happened in my life

and nothing will tear us apart. People don't have to be judged by the number of marriages, that is my opinion.

But, yes the immigration has the right to double check and we hope everything will go good, as there is nothing to be afraid of.

The IO made her decision way too soon during our interview. As I mentioned before, she wrote that pending in her passport 2-3 min after we entered her office, then she

started with the questions.

Now, our life is in the hands of an immigration officer and I don't think this is fair.

Again, we thank all of you for your great support and we will keep you posted.

** moved from "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from Family Based Visas" to "AOS (other) progress & updates" as your post indicates you are attempting to adjust from a visa other than a K1, K2, K3 & K4 which the prior forum is for)**

It was an adjustment of status from TN visa and not from K visa. What is wrong of us living together before the marriage ?

There are lots of reasons people don't get married right away after they meet.

I am an american citizen (black) and my wife is a Canadian citizen born in romania. We went to our interview on the 4th of aug at garden city. All

racially mixed couples you should be advised that there is an officer who is very prejudiced against mixed

couples. This officer only asked 6 to 7 questions and came to the conclusion that our marriage is a fraud. We are very much in

love to each other and we were shocked to hear that we have been sent for a stokes interview. She could not tell our so called lawyer

(stay away from Oltarsh and associates) what is the reason she has sent us to the stokes interview. Her decision has been made 1-2 min after she started to interview us

when she started to write in my wife's passport "Pending". We have answered all her questions and she did not even want to take a look at our evidence

.She just threw everything in the file .We had lots of proof of a bonafide marriage (which our marriage is) :

-deed of the time share condo we bought together

-joint bank statements from 2009

-joint credit card statements

-joint annuity ownership

-joint T-mobile cell family plan

-my life insurance with wife beneficiary

-letter from my mother that we have lived with her since Feb 2009 (we got married in Jan 2010)

-endless number of pictures with us in various location(we had 3 trips to Las Vegas,one trip to Atlantic City,one to my daughter i New Hampshire)

with both of us, as well as alll my family and friends.

The only thing we think has triggered questions is that I have been married 3 times before (but all my former wives are USC) and my wife has 2 divorces

from another country and has never been petioned by an USC before.

We have hired another attorney, a real fire brand lady who will help us with the stokes interview and we hope that with our love to each other and our faith in God will be

ok at the Stokes interview which will be on Aug 24th.