Employment Based Greencard

Case: EB1 C, India, PD – 12/2017 & I140 approved 10/2018
I had my interview in Chicago yesterday. Generally, the experience was good and here are the details:
- Checking in, registration …etc. was comparable to my experience at consulate back home when I went for visa stamping
- Officer picked us up from the waiting area and took us to the room which was 8 x 8 Feet with 4 chairs and lots of documents. Closed door.
- We had a 9-month-old and she was super polite and considerate throughout the process even with baby screaming, making noises …etc.
- She explained to me up front that she has not finished reviewing my case yet and will not be making final decision by the end of the interview. When I asked her what that means, she explained that she is required to review full case file which is few hundreds of pages of documents and she hasn’t been able to complete it. In fact, she showed me the pile of papers related to my case. It was easily close to 3000 pages and out of curiosity I asked why my file is so big and she asked how long I have been in the US, type of visas …etc. and then she said, I am not surprised given your duration of stay, multiple types of visas and that it is common for employment based petitions to have large piles of documents
- She then asked me if it is okay to proceed without my attorney (it was never a plan to go with attorney) and when I said yes, she asked if I still have retained the attorney and if she should send any future communications to the attorney if needed … I said yes. She wrote down a disclaimer outlining it and made me initial it
- She then explained the interview process i.e. I will go first followed by my wife and asked us not to interrupt each other while she is interviewing and that we will have an opportunity to clarify anything we need to in the end
- My interview started with finger printing, taking photos and then going through I485 page by page (ditto for my wife)
- Then we got into Q&A; she asked if anything needs to be clarified and we just clarified few entry/exit dates as me and my wife had travelled separately, nothing major. She didn’t ask for any originals, so I offered it to her and she said “I didn’t see a need – your docs are clear so I am good with that”. I asked if she would like to see any of the docs my attorney asked to bring to the interview – i.e. pay stubs, W2 …etc. It was all in a folder and she said “I will take that folder and refer if I need to as I go through your case file”. That ended the Q&A session
- She then explained what happens next i.e. she will make a final decision or ask for more info if needed, as she reviews the remaining case paperwork and once the final decision is made, if the dates are current green card will be mailed if not it will go back to my original processing center – in my case Nebraska. She also explained that the online status may not reflect rightly and not to be concerned
- She walked us out and was very kind, considerate throughout.