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First and foremost I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to everyone in this forum helping out and giving advice.
To UCFFS, 4EVER, roxilili and everyone who answered my previous thread about my concerns, thank you so much.
PD: 12/18/2017
EAD received: 7/27/2018
The interview was last week in Newark, NJ at 9am.
We were only allowed to come in the waiting area 30 mins before our schedule. We were called by an IO, 5 minutes after 9. He looked serious but seemed nice.He asked where's our child, because he already reviewed our case before hand and knew our circumstances.
When we came to the office, we had to swear to say the whole truth,took my photo and fingerprints.We took out all our ID's, passports,SSNs and my EAD.
He went through form I-130 with me and asked a couple of questions on that form. I made ammendments with the I-485 when he asked the yes and no questions.(I already printed a revised one with the explanation and he appreciated that)
He asked my spouse basic questions, how we met, when we started dating, do we travel,he told him we used but recently we've been doing local trips. We offered pictures,he asked if they were new ones and I said yes (we printed more photos of events from after we submitted our application). He did a quick look and he was happy about everything. I asked if he wanted more evidence because I had copies with me of our joint accounts that are just recent. He did'nt want anymore. He proceeded to say about the conditional green card then asked how long we were married, i answere a year and a half, he asked my husband the specific date. He asked if we knew about the conditional green card and we politely said our lawyer explained it to us. He took all our IDs and passport and made copies. He said to wait for 2 weeks then we will hear from them.Our interview was roughly 12 minutes. Our IO clearly reviewed our application and evidences before hand, he knew our trips and read some of our correspondence. He had a stern look when we were answering his questions but we maintained eye contact.
We shook his hand and he led us out. When we got to the car at the nearby parking lot, I checked my status and it said "new card is being produced" an hour after that both my I485 and I130 case status changed to "case approved" I was so happy I cried and my spouse was laughing at me but he was crying too.
I recommend to front-load your evidence when you submit your application. Our lawyer was thorough and asked all the joint things we can give him. We worked on what we have back then like our joint lease, utility, phone, correspondence,letters sent to us and we sent to each other, travel tickets,plane tickets and boarding passes. For our photos(about 100) everything since we met years ago and it was arranged from the oldest to the newest, we made sure it included photos with family and friends, we dated each one,captioned the event and the place,named every person in the photo.All these helped build a strong evidenced-based relationship and proof of bonafide marriage.
We already received the approval letters in the mail. Patiently waiting for the green card to come.
Tips
*We test drove the day before, checked the nearest paid parking space which was a block away.
*There is a cafeteria on the second floor where you can buy drinks and wait until you can go in the waiting area for the interview. (Seating is for paying customers)
*I've read in here to dress appropriately and comfortably. I definitely suggest to anyone that you do, because this is an official matter and you would want to be taken seriously.
*This is a your life's story so add every photo or paper evidence you have about your life together. photograph it and caption it or post it on ******** and screenshot it with you spouse tagged.
*Be prepared. Thank you to everyone who shared their TOC (esp 4EVER and emerald2020). I worked on ours, printed a draft then I was able to systematically arrange our evidences and add more to what we had. We bought 2-inch ring binders and used clear file pouches. The original is at the front and copy is at the back. We put punch holes on the copies to know it's the copy. Put tabs on every pouch that corresponds to the item number on our TOC. I honestly felt a little bit more confident knowing I had everything arranged and organized.
This is the link that helped me from UCFFS.
Good luck to everyone.
To UCFFS, 4EVER, roxilili and everyone who answered my previous thread about my concerns, thank you so much.
PD: 12/18/2017
EAD received: 7/27/2018
The interview was last week in Newark, NJ at 9am.
We were only allowed to come in the waiting area 30 mins before our schedule. We were called by an IO, 5 minutes after 9. He looked serious but seemed nice.He asked where's our child, because he already reviewed our case before hand and knew our circumstances.
When we came to the office, we had to swear to say the whole truth,took my photo and fingerprints.We took out all our ID's, passports,SSNs and my EAD.
He went through form I-130 with me and asked a couple of questions on that form. I made ammendments with the I-485 when he asked the yes and no questions.(I already printed a revised one with the explanation and he appreciated that)
He asked my spouse basic questions, how we met, when we started dating, do we travel,he told him we used but recently we've been doing local trips. We offered pictures,he asked if they were new ones and I said yes (we printed more photos of events from after we submitted our application). He did a quick look and he was happy about everything. I asked if he wanted more evidence because I had copies with me of our joint accounts that are just recent. He did'nt want anymore. He proceeded to say about the conditional green card then asked how long we were married, i answere a year and a half, he asked my husband the specific date. He asked if we knew about the conditional green card and we politely said our lawyer explained it to us. He took all our IDs and passport and made copies. He said to wait for 2 weeks then we will hear from them.Our interview was roughly 12 minutes. Our IO clearly reviewed our application and evidences before hand, he knew our trips and read some of our correspondence. He had a stern look when we were answering his questions but we maintained eye contact.
We shook his hand and he led us out. When we got to the car at the nearby parking lot, I checked my status and it said "new card is being produced" an hour after that both my I485 and I130 case status changed to "case approved" I was so happy I cried and my spouse was laughing at me but he was crying too.
I recommend to front-load your evidence when you submit your application. Our lawyer was thorough and asked all the joint things we can give him. We worked on what we have back then like our joint lease, utility, phone, correspondence,letters sent to us and we sent to each other, travel tickets,plane tickets and boarding passes. For our photos(about 100) everything since we met years ago and it was arranged from the oldest to the newest, we made sure it included photos with family and friends, we dated each one,captioned the event and the place,named every person in the photo.All these helped build a strong evidenced-based relationship and proof of bonafide marriage.
We already received the approval letters in the mail. Patiently waiting for the green card to come.
Tips
*We test drove the day before, checked the nearest paid parking space which was a block away.
*There is a cafeteria on the second floor where you can buy drinks and wait until you can go in the waiting area for the interview. (Seating is for paying customers)
*I've read in here to dress appropriately and comfortably. I definitely suggest to anyone that you do, because this is an official matter and you would want to be taken seriously.
*This is a your life's story so add every photo or paper evidence you have about your life together. photograph it and caption it or post it on ******** and screenshot it with you spouse tagged.
*Be prepared. Thank you to everyone who shared their TOC (esp 4EVER and emerald2020). I worked on ours, printed a draft then I was able to systematically arrange our evidences and add more to what we had. We bought 2-inch ring binders and used clear file pouches. The original is at the front and copy is at the back. We put punch holes on the copies to know it's the copy. Put tabs on every pouch that corresponds to the item number on our TOC. I honestly felt a little bit more confident knowing I had everything arranged and organized.
This is the link that helped me from UCFFS.
Good luck to everyone.
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