Houston Interview Experience

[Houston,Tx]

We had our interview today at 12 at the Houston, TX field office. We arrived there pretty early around 10:45 due to bad weather we didn’t want to be late. We went into the building around 11:25 passed through security, then turned in our interview notice to the people at the front desk, and we waited for our name to be called. They called us to the back around 12:20. They guy who interviewed us was nice he let us know at the beginning of the interview that he would try to be as fast as possible. He asked us standard questions such as date of birth, how my husband and I met, if we’ve ever been arrested, our address, when we got married, why we waited so long to file for adjustment since we married in 2012 and how long we dated before getting married. He asked for the updated medical papers, our joint documents, our ID’s, my husband’s passport and photos of our family. He left the room for about 10 minutes and he spent majority of the time on his computer I’m assuming he was submitting information. At end of our interview he told us that he approved our I-130 and for our I-485 we would have to wait to be approved by his supervisor and the supervisor wouldn’t be back to the office until Wednesday. He said we should have a response from them in 30 days. We got out of our interview at 1.

This has been our timeline so far:
• Priority Date: May 6, 2016 (forms I-485, I-765, & I-130)
• Email Notice Date: May 13, 2016
• Cases transferred to NBC: May 13, 2016
• Received Notification Letters: May 19, 2016
• Received Notice of Biometrics Appointment: May 27, 2016
• Biometrics Appointment: June 6, 2016
• Case (I-485) is ready to be scheduled for an interview: June 27, 2016
• Received EAD: August 11, 2016
• Received email notification and letters in the mail about the interview: April 19,2017
• Interview: May 22, 2017

[Walbrzyszanka21]

We had our interview today at 12 at the Houston, TX field office. We arrived there pretty early around 10:45 due to bad weather we didn’t want to be late. We went into the building around 11:25 passed through security, then turned in our interview notice to the people at the front desk, and we waited for our name to be called. They called us to the back around 12:20. They guy who interviewed us was nice he let us know at the beginning of the interview that he would try to be as fast as possible. He asked us standard questions such as date of birth, how my husband and I met, if we’ve ever been arrested, our address, when we got married, why we waited so long to file for adjustment since we married in 2012 and how long we dated before getting married. He asked for the updated medical papers, our joint documents, our ID’s, my husband’s passport and photos of our family. He left the room for about 10 minutes and he spent majority of the time on his computer I’m assuming he was submitting information. At end of our interview he told us that he approved our I-130 and for our I-485 we would have to wait to be approved by his supervisor and the supervisor wouldn’t be back to the office until Wednesday. He said we should have a response from them in 30 days. We got out of our interview at 1.

This has been our timeline so far:
• Priority Date: May 6, 2016 (forms I-485, I-765, & I-130)
• Email Notice Date: May 13, 2016
• Cases transferred to NBC: May 13, 2016
• Received Notification Letters: May 19, 2016
• Received Notice of Biometrics Appointment: May 27, 2016
• Biometrics Appointment: June 6, 2016
• Case (I-485) is ready to be scheduled for an interview: June 27, 2016
• Received EAD: August 11, 2016
• Received email notification and letters in the mail about the interview: April 19,2017
• Interview: May 22, 2017

Wow, very helpful. Thank you! I hope I can get my EAD before January 2018 since my current one from DACA is expiring then. I am hoping to send everything this week or next week.

My case:

B2 in 2001, never left, went to school, met my now husband in college, married April 2017.

We live together, have a joint account, joint credit cards, cell phone bill, and the rest will come along the way, hopefully before the interview but I am hoping other than these and photos and marriage certificate that it will be enough to be approved and receive no RFEs. We live in IL.

Congratulations on getting this far!

[Dier]

Damn, i have no idea about this, have been waiting for so ***king long then keep on waiting for the result, so ***king ridiculous, im so scared of houston

[Houston,Tx]

Wow, very helpful. Thank you! I hope I can get my EAD before January 2018 since my current one from DACA is expiring then. I am hoping to send everything this week or next week.

My case:

B2 in 2001, never left, went to school, met my now husband in college, married April 2017.

We live together, have a joint account, joint credit cards, cell phone bill, and the rest will come along the way, hopefully before the interview but I am hoping other than these and photos and marriage certificate that it will be enough to be approved and receive no RFEs. We live in IL.

Congratulations on getting this far!

Thank you! My case just updated online today for our I-130 and I-485 stating that the interview was completed and must be reviewed. Hopefully it doesn't take long for them to review the case. Good Luck to you on your case hopefully it's a lot faster for you, I know the wait is too long.

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Damn, i have no idea about this, have been waiting for so ***king long then keep on waiting for the result, so ***king ridiculous, im so scared of houston

Yes the wait has been incredibly long but hopefully it will all be over really soon. Good luck to you on your case.

[pal4life]

Hi,
This is super helpful. We also have our interview at Houston in a couple of days, in my case its my wife who is sponsoring me.

* This review by supervisor thing is interesting, you folks do seem like were very nicely prepared so good work there.
* Did they ask for birth certificate?
* You mentioned he asked for your ID's , which one?
* Also in joint document what did you give him?
* How did you took your docs in, a stack for original and another for copies?
* Did you leave submit anything else except the medical to him?

Pardon the zillion questions, just this whole process makes you so much nervous.

Also if you have any suggestions on this question do provide,
Thanks so much.

We had our interview today at 12 at the Houston, TX field office. We arrived there pretty early around 10:45 due to bad weather we didn’t want to be late. We went into the building around 11:25 passed through security, then turned in our interview notice to the people at the front desk, and we waited for our name to be called. They called us to the back around 12:20. They guy who interviewed us was nice he let us know at the beginning of the interview that he would try to be as fast as possible. He asked us standard questions such as date of birth, how my husband and I met, if we’ve ever been arrested, our address, when we got married, why we waited so long to file for adjustment since we married in 2012 and how long we dated before getting married. He asked for the updated medical papers, our joint documents, our ID’s, my husband’s passport and photos of our family. He left the room for about 10 minutes and he spent majority of the time on his computer I’m assuming he was submitting information. At end of our interview he told us that he approved our I-130 and for our I-485 we would have to wait to be approved by his supervisor and the supervisor wouldn’t be back to the office until Wednesday. He said we should have a response from them in 30 days. We got out of our interview at 1.

This has been our timeline so far:
• Priority Date: May 6, 2016 (forms I-485, I-765, & I-130)
• Email Notice Date: May 13, 2016
• Cases transferred to NBC: May 13, 2016
• Received Notification Letters: May 19, 2016
• Received Notice of Biometrics Appointment: May 27, 2016
• Biometrics Appointment: June 6, 2016
• Case (I-485) is ready to be scheduled for an interview: June 27, 2016
• Received EAD: August 11, 2016
• Received email notification and letters in the mail about the interview: April 19,2017
• Interview: May 22, 2017

[Houston,Tx]

Hi,
This is super helpful. We also have our interview at Houston in a couple of days, in my case its my wife who is sponsoring me.

* This review by supervisor thing is interesting, you folks do seem like were very nicely prepared so good work there.
* Did they ask for birth certificate?
* You mentioned he asked for your ID's , which one?
* Also in joint document what did you give him?
* How did you took your docs in, a stack for original and another for copies?
* Did you leave submit anything else except the medical to him?

Pardon the zillion questions, just this whole process makes you so much nervous.

Also if you have any suggestions on this question do provide,
Thanks so much.

No they didn't ask for a birth certificate
Our Texas issued ID's
We gave him our joint tax returns, joint bank account, and our apartment rent receipts/contract.
We took everything in a binder and had it organized in clear pockets so he could see everything, we had copies of literally everything and we took originals as well. We also took a small photo album for him to look through.
He took our medical, he took copies our rent receipts, copies of our joint bank accounts, a copy of our joint tax returns, and he took copies of our family photos.

No problem I was really nervous prior to our interview because I was afraid we weren't going to prepared enough. Also he asked for copies of any utility bills with both of our names on it, but I didn't have any with me. but he said that it was okay though. So if you have any utility bills with both of your names on it take a copy of that.

Good Luck to you with your interview.

[Dier]

I wish you will be the approved soon, i f**king hate waiting like this, i have seen alot of filers got case reviewed like this, it takes month to finish this sh!t, im so scared that my case will be reviewed like this, im just way too f***king tired of waiting cause i have plans to do

[pal4life]

I wish you will be the approved soon, i f**king hate waiting like this, i have seen alot of filers got case reviewed like this, it takes month to finish this sh!t, im so scared that my case will be reviewed like this, im just way too f***king tired of waiting cause i have plans to do

Came Down Dier, I totally understand how you feel but abusing on the forum will lead to nowhere. Lets keep it respectful here and I wish you the best. As she indicated just do your best.

[pal4life]

Thanks again for all the guidance. Just wanted to include the list of Documents we are taking along incase you see anything that is missing.
Also we were thinking of updating our forms since its been more than a year, I believe there is new format on some of the forms - should we fill up the new format or the old should be fine?

Thanks.


Wife sponsoring for Husband

1. Interview Notice
2. Wife Passport
3. Husband Passport
4. Marriage Certificate

Wife
5. Wife DL
6. Wife Updated I-864 [Old format]
7. Wife Naturalization Certificate
8. Wife Birth Certificate

Husband
9. Husband DL
10. Updated Medical
11. Husband Updated I-864A [Old Format]
12. Husband Social Security Card
13. Husband GC EAD, STEM Extension EAD, Student EAD.
14. Husband - Student I- 20 (9 in total)
15. Husband Copy of I-94
16. Husband Copy of Last Travel
17. Husband Birth Certificate (Marathi) + English Translation
18. Husband - Affidavit from Father on Why his name is not on the birth certificate
19. Husband Proof of Lawful Presence in the country [Copy of verification done by DMV for drivers license]

Co-mingling
20. Joint Bank Account - Letter of Verification from the Bank - Husband
21. Joint Bank Account - Letter of Verification from the Bank - Wife
22. Bank Account Statement for last 6 months Husband n Wife
23. Rental Lease - Current Apt- (June 2016 to May 2017)
24. Renters Insurance - June 2016 to June 2017
25. Rental Lease - Previous Apt (June 2015 - May 2016)
26. Renters Insurance - June 2015 - May 2016
27. Previous Apartment Proof of Residence - Final statement
28. Electricity Signup Proof Gexa Energy - Previous Apt - Dec 2019.5
29. Auto Insurance: Geico Auto insurance - Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
30. Auto Insurance ID Cards: Geico - Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
31. Auto Insurance: Previous Auto Insurance - June 2016 - June 2017
32. Auto Insurance: Previous Auto Insurance Cards
33. Health Insurance ID Cards: Health ID Cards - Copy
34. Health Insurance Proof of Coverage: Proof of Coverage - Copy
35. Wife - Wedding Ring Receipt bought by Husband + Best Buy Sony Tv Receipt
36. Album - Wedding, Trips
37. Camcorder receipt
38. Gift receipt:- Husband chain and locket from Wife
39. Gift receipt: :Jewellers Wife chain from Husband
40. Furniture Receipt for Mattress bought
41. Correspondence Documents:
42. Trips copy of flight itinerary, Telephone statements of calls and text?

Financial
43. Joint Tax Papers - 2016 + Husband W2 + Wife W2 + IRS Copy
44. IRS Certified Copy for Joint Tax Return - 2015 + Husband W2 + Wife W2
45. Wife IRS Certified Tax Return - 2014
46. Husband IRS Certified Copy of Tax Return - 2014 + Husband W2 - Print 1st Page
47. Wife Job Offer Letter Copy
48. Wife Last 6 months Pay Stubs
49. Husband Employment Verification Letter
50. Husband Last 6 months Pay stub

[Houston,Tx]

Update

We had our interview today at 12 at the Houston, TX field office. We arrived there pretty early around 10:45 due to bad weather we didn’t want to be late. We went into the building around 11:25 passed through security, then turned in our interview notice to the people at the front desk, and we waited for our name to be called. They called us to the back around 12:20. They guy who interviewed us was nice he let us know at the beginning of the interview that he would try to be as fast as possible. He asked us standard questions such as date of birth, how my husband and I met, if we’ve ever been arrested, our address, when we got married, why we waited so long to file for adjustment since we married in 2012 and how long we dated before getting married. He asked for the updated medical papers, our joint documents, our ID’s, my husband’s passport and photos of our family. He left the room for about 10 minutes and he spent majority of the time on his computer I’m assuming he was submitting information. At end of our interview he told us that he approved our I-130 and for our I-485 we would have to wait to be approved by his supervisor and the supervisor wouldn’t be back to the office until Wednesday. He said we should have a response from them in 30 days. We got out of our interview at 1.

This has been our timeline so far:
• Priority Date: May 6, 2016 (forms I-485, I-765, & I-130)
• Email Notice Date: May 13, 2016
• Cases transferred to NBC: May 13, 2016
• Received Notification Letters: May 19, 2016
• Received Notice of Biometrics Appointment: May 27, 2016
• Biometrics Appointment: June 6, 2016
• Case (I-485) is ready to be scheduled for an interview: June 27, 2016
• Received EAD: August 11, 2016
• Received email notification and letters in the mail about the interview: April 19,2017
• Interview: May 22, 2017

----------**Update**-----------

Just received the email stating our I-485 was approved and the card is being produced! Finally its almost over just have to wait for the card to come in!! I wish everyone the best of luck on their case!!

[azblk]

----------**Update**-----------

Just received the email stating our I-485 was approved and the card is being produced! Finally its almost over just have to wait for the card to come in!! I wish everyone the best of luck on their case!!

nice Congratulations

[techniec1]

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Just received the email stating our I-485 was approved and the card is being produced! Finally its almost over just have to wait for the card to come in!! I wish everyone the best of luck on their case!!

Congrats!! Did you receive the 2year or 10 years GC?

[BIVANIARO]

Me too!

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Just received the email stating our I-485 was approved and the card is being produced! Finally its almost over just have to wait for the card to come in!! I wish everyone the best of luck on their case!!

That's amazing congrats!!! I had my interview in Houston on May 16, 2017. The officer didn't approve me then, he said he needed to review my file more. But today I checked and as of today's date it said that My Card is being produced!!! Yay!!!! Congrats to us!

Hope we get out cards in the mail soon.


Best wishes to you.

B.Ro.

[Houston,Tx]

Congrats!! Did you receive the 2year or 10 years GC?

The 10yr

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That's amazing congrats!!! I had my interview in Houston on May 16, 2017. The officer didn't approve me then, he said he needed to review my file more. But today I checked and as of today's date it said that My Card is being produced!!! Yay!!!! Congrats to us!

Hope we get out cards in the mail soon.


Best wishes to you.

B.Ro.

Congrats to you as well!! It's been a long process I'm glad it almost over! Our Interview was on 22nd, so it was only 9 days of waiting for the approval. I'm so glad it wasn't that long of a wait!

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nice Congratulations

Thank you!

[pal4life]

Congrats and thanks for sharing all the feedback.