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My AOS interview experience for an employment-based green card:
I had my green card interview today in the Los Angeles USCIS field office. My lawyer and I checked in and only had to wait 10-15 minutes before being called into the officer's office.
Two other people were sitting behind her, not sure what they were doing. It was pretty intimidating to have 3 people there. We believe they were there to evaluate the officer who was interviewing me. Neither of them looked at me or asked any questions.
The interview itself was straight forward, she asked to see my passports and identification, asked me a couple basic questions like my name, other names I held, what my address is when I entered the country last time, who my parents are.
She then proceeded to ask the common YES/NO questions like "will you overthrow the government?" etc. After those, she asked "what do you do?" as the only question related to my work or employer.
The interview overall went smooth and zero red flags or anything, basic questions.
I'm transgender and I have an amended birth certificate for my name change and my ID documents have a combination of my old and new name. (legal name change in Belgium, still the old name in the US). She asked to see documentation about the name change, we provided surgeon letter for my surgeries, my therapists etc etc. We have pretty solid documentation why I did the name change.
She even joked a bit about how slow her computer is. The general vibe seemed pleasant at the interview.
She also asked for the job offer letter and my tax returns (my petition only had the tax returns of 2016). Even though I had a supplement J, they still asked for these things. In the end, she said she needs to take some copies of my EAD/AP and driving license.
After she came back, she gave back my IDs and passports and gave me a paper saying "Your case is being held for review. At this time, USCIS does not require any further information or documents from you. Should further information or documents be required, you will receive a notice in the mail. We may also schedule you for another interview, you will receive a notice in the mail. Otherwise, a final decision will be mailed once your case is complete".
I was hoping for an approved on-the-spot since my case is super straight forward employment-based green card. No kids, no spouse, never overstayed and never was out of status (I've been employed by the sponsor through an H1-B visa).
Is there any reason to be concerned about the lack of instant-approval?
I had my green card interview today in the Los Angeles USCIS field office. My lawyer and I checked in and only had to wait 10-15 minutes before being called into the officer's office.
Two other people were sitting behind her, not sure what they were doing. It was pretty intimidating to have 3 people there. We believe they were there to evaluate the officer who was interviewing me. Neither of them looked at me or asked any questions.
The interview itself was straight forward, she asked to see my passports and identification, asked me a couple basic questions like my name, other names I held, what my address is when I entered the country last time, who my parents are.
She then proceeded to ask the common YES/NO questions like "will you overthrow the government?" etc. After those, she asked "what do you do?" as the only question related to my work or employer.
The interview overall went smooth and zero red flags or anything, basic questions.
I'm transgender and I have an amended birth certificate for my name change and my ID documents have a combination of my old and new name. (legal name change in Belgium, still the old name in the US). She asked to see documentation about the name change, we provided surgeon letter for my surgeries, my therapists etc etc. We have pretty solid documentation why I did the name change.
She even joked a bit about how slow her computer is. The general vibe seemed pleasant at the interview.
She also asked for the job offer letter and my tax returns (my petition only had the tax returns of 2016). Even though I had a supplement J, they still asked for these things. In the end, she said she needs to take some copies of my EAD/AP and driving license.
After she came back, she gave back my IDs and passports and gave me a paper saying "Your case is being held for review. At this time, USCIS does not require any further information or documents from you. Should further information or documents be required, you will receive a notice in the mail. We may also schedule you for another interview, you will receive a notice in the mail. Otherwise, a final decision will be mailed once your case is complete".
I was hoping for an approved on-the-spot since my case is super straight forward employment-based green card. No kids, no spouse, never overstayed and never was out of status (I've been employed by the sponsor through an H1-B visa).
Is there any reason to be concerned about the lack of instant-approval?
Most of posters here are filing for marriage-based i-485 application, so their experiences might not be the same as yours (employment-based).
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