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Attended my Marriage-based AoS interview this week but feel it went very poorly. I sat in the wrong chair (petitioner vs spouse) and I think that set it off. IO asked why we didn't have an I-130 right away, and it was the only question she asked during the entire process except for, "Did you bring a letter from your house mates?" (they own the house; rent is paid to them directly, no lease agreement).
We did submit I-130 (but digitally) and provided the reciept number. She looked it up, stated there was no decision yet so she can't make a decision today. She then said, "Give me your IDs, taxes, pay stubs, and evidence of a bonafide relationship" to which we provided the asked tax docs, some photos of us (not many due to my printer dying, though more were submitted with the I-130 digitally), 1-year worth of both our bank statements with gifts and date expenses highlighted (no shared assets yet). Not great evidence but legitimately all we have.
She didn't say anything else to us throughout the interview, but took photocopies of our docs and didn't look at us at all until the very end, going through the legal shpiel "have you ever plotted against the US" etc. At the end she told us we'd get an update in the mail, and that checking online wouldn't work after getting the form (???).
Based on hours sleuthing it strikes me as a very unusual interview and I'm very scared of being denied because of it. It seems like that's what's going to happen though. Thoughts?
We did submit I-130 (but digitally) and provided the reciept number. She looked it up, stated there was no decision yet so she can't make a decision today. She then said, "Give me your IDs, taxes, pay stubs, and evidence of a bonafide relationship" to which we provided the asked tax docs, some photos of us (not many due to my printer dying, though more were submitted with the I-130 digitally), 1-year worth of both our bank statements with gifts and date expenses highlighted (no shared assets yet). Not great evidence but legitimately all we have.
She didn't say anything else to us throughout the interview, but took photocopies of our docs and didn't look at us at all until the very end, going through the legal shpiel "have you ever plotted against the US" etc. At the end she told us we'd get an update in the mail, and that checking online wouldn't work after getting the form (???).
Based on hours sleuthing it strikes me as a very unusual interview and I'm very scared of being denied because of it. It seems like that's what's going to happen though. Thoughts?
It's good to know I'm not alone in the chair thing LOL. Mine still says "interview scheduled" and hasn't updated yet, but fingers crossed. Thank you for the kind words.
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