Philadelphia PA USCIS Office Reviews
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| Philadelphia PA |  Review #30349 on November 5, 2021: |
D+A(2nd account)
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This was the best interaction I ever had with an immigration officer in my life. We interviewed with officer S.Christian and was a lady. The nicest lady. She was chill and friendly and we didn't feel nervous at any point. She started by confirming our names, dates of birth my husband's place of work. She asked me when I entered the US on a K1 and then she started asking simple questions like when did you meet and where and how did things go from there to where you are now. She was smiling and said that any of the two can respond to the questions and it's not a problem.
We were all wearing masks due to COVID-19. Then with my husband being a talker we ended up having a conversation about our new dog, a Greyhound and how she is familiar with it all because she went to school in Gettysburg, PA and she started cracking jokes. She then asked me if we have any new documentation to submit since we filed for AOS. We gave her the following:
-Joint bank statements
-3 months of Venmo transactions
-Co-Life Insurance
-Co-Updated Health Insurance
-Husband's W2 + Tax Return 2020 that she didn't even look and then she gave it back to me
-Letter from my husband's employer
-2 months paystubs for my husband
-A letter from American Express saying that I was added to my husband's credit card
-A copy of our dog adoption contract
-I had printed 15 best wedding photographs from our wedding which she looked at instantly and then kept
-Our apartment lease with both names on it
I had a ton more stuff with me like 2 big photo albums and other proof of relationship like old and new emails, tickets to visit each other, love notes, receipts/photos from gifts we gave each other. Some stuff from our wedding and honeymoon including photos, tickets, gifts like I mentioned above and like our wedding food menu and some Greek traditional gifts that Greeks give at weddings but none of that was even looked at or asked for.
She then took some time to explain that I will have the GC on the mail in 2-4 weeks or so and that I have to apply for ROC. Something interesting she said was that I most probably don't have to go through another interview for ROC but to just send the application in and how I will be so close to apply for citizenship that if I end up not hearing in a timely manner from the ROC application I will probably end up going for my naturalization interview and the officer will adjudicate both ROC and naturalization.
I hop this helps.
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| Philadelphia PA | Review #30310 on October 22, 2021: |
Gatekeeper
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Very smooth process and interview. The agent was professional and straight to the point. Told us we were approved after 20-min and that the card would arrive in a week or 2. After that he became a lot more friendly and had a little informal chat with us. The security staff was polite and efficient. There were no delays.
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| Philadelphia PA | Review #29756 on June 22, 2021: |
skatz
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I will never forget that interview. The IO was super nice, the first thing he said to us was that this interview is nothing like you see in the movies, so just relax and answer the questions.
First he went through the papers with us, asking me to answer all the information about wife and her all the information about me.
He looked through our pictures and asked to keep them. Then he asked some questions about our joint lives: how we met, which part of the bed each one sleeps on, what time each one of us gets back home from work and stuff like that, nothing out of the ordinary. He also asked me what's my favorite food that she makes for me, and I had the oddest and funniest answer which actually made is sound very genuine.
He said that the case was approved on the spot and we'll get the approval in the mail on the next weeks.
All and all, couldn't have asked for a nicer and more respectful IO.
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| Philadelphia PA | Review #29628 on May 17, 2021: |
mbssss
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| Philadelphia PA | Review #29540 on April 24, 2021: |
Jules15
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My husband (and I) had our interview yesterday and I felt it went really well! If you can help it, try to arrive early because there is airport style security. I was hearing heels and had to take off my shoes, belts had to come off etc., etc., ... it did move along quickly and efficiently.
Parking. There is either street parking or a parking lot there. We managed to find free street parking nearby. Again, the earlier you get there, the luckier you might be.
Obviously, bring ID there and your notice because they will check it at the door. Then you’ll check in with someone at a desk who’s on an ipad, you’ll check your temperature and then she’ll direct you on your way.
It looked like most interviews were being help on the second floor. There are steps and it looked like there were elevators as well. When we got to the second floor there was a big waiting room (and restrooms!). We waited about 10 minutes before being called back.
Our interview took about 15 minutes if that. Our IO was very nice, very pleasant. She asked us how we met, if we had an engagement, big or small wedding. Again, she asked for ID. Asked us our names, current address and DOB. Then she asked for any paperwork to submit. I have her a huge stack of supporting evidence and she didn’t mind as all! Then she went through some security questions with my husband. For example, asked if he was affiliated with gangs, ever arrested questions like that. And that was pretty much it.
We don’t know if he got approved or not yet. She just said we’ll be getting a notice in the mail in a couple weeks.
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