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| Newark NJ |  Review on March 31, 2021: |
brownbears13
Rating:  | Review Topic: Adjustment of Status
It took 430 days from our priority date to get the "interview was scheduled" notice via the status checker. Our PD was 12/09/2019, and we got the interview notice on 02/11/2021.
To prepare, we organized a binder with sub-sections for each category of evidence. We also prepared a small photo album.
On the day of the interview, we arrived to the USCIS building 20 minutes before our interview time. The security guards were slightly rude, but the greeter once you get past security was very friendly. We checked in at the Adjustment of Status window by handing the person our interview notice. We waited about 40 minutes in the lobby (where seating was tough to find due to Covid-19 social distancing restrictions) before we were called in by our officer.
Once he called us in, he asked us about our recent trip abroad, which I guess he could see on his computer. We sat down, he asked us for some basic documents (original marriage certificate and beneficiary birth certificate). As we provided those, he also asked us for any evidence we lived together. We handed him our lease, utility and cell phone bills, insurance cards (health and auto), joint financial accounts, and retirement account beneficiary designations. He seemed to be satisfied with these, and asked us for any photos we had for him. We kept a few, maybe 6-7. He then wrapped up by asking us basic questions, such as where we met, when the beneficiary met the petitioner's parents, the proposal, and places we'd lived together. The entire interview took 15 minutes.
Our status updated to "New card is being produced" the following day.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #29425