Adjustment of Status - I-485

Hi,

I'd like to share our interview experiences- approved on the spot.

We had our separate interviews 2 weeks ago, in Boston. We were called 15 minutes earlier than our scheduled appointment by our officer. The officer saw us and said he wanted to bring my husband(USC)in first, so I waited in the waiting area and got a little nervous, then about 17 minutes later,I saw my husband coming back with a very happy smile(so I guess it went well and I felt less nervous lol). Then I went in to his office, I swore, took a picture, and fingerprint. He asked me for passport and I-94(he made a copy of my passport and took my I-94) then started with going through the entire application very quickly with me. He asked me random questions based on the application such as my name, my husband’s birthday, my parents’ name, our marriage date, my phone number and our address. Sometimes he’d just say the answer himself and I answered yes. Then we went through all the YES/NO questions and he wanted me to confirm my signature on the application. After that, he started asking me questions about our relationship. Here’s the questions my husband and I remembered being asked at the interview:

1.How did we start our relationship
2.When/where did we meet; what did we do on our first date
3.Tell him about the proposal
4.When and where did we have the wedding
5.Who pays the bill and payment?
6.What did we do yesterday?
7.Which restaurant did we get takeout from yesterday?
8.How did we get here this morning?

After all the questions, he asked me if I had additional documents I wanted to submit. I gave him our bank statement, credit card statement and Fed tax return. When I pulled out more documents that I prepared, like a copy of our health insurance cards, my life insurance policy and our trip together etc, he just stopped me there and said, “Do you have some photos I can see?” So I took out 16 photos I brought to the interview and let him see. He looked at them very quickly(finished in about 30 seconds)and had no questions about our photos and didn’t keep any of the photos either. I asked him, “I still got some other documents, do you want to see it?” He replied, ”No.” He didn’t even want to see all the original documents like my birth certificate, our marriage certificate and my EAD etc. Then he told me he wanted to go ask a question so he left his office for about a minute. After he came back, he said, “I approve both of the application I-130 and I-485 today, and you will receive your card in the mail in 2 weeks.” I was so happy to hear that, then he said, “but there’s a bad luck for you today.” I was so nervous when I heard that lol! He explained that the computer system was down, so he couldn’t update my case that day, it would take a few more days.Then I thanked him and left his office.

The interview lasted about 17 minutes for each of us. My husband and I talked about the interview experience afterwards, and found we got all the answers same! lol!! The officer we met wasn’t smiling the whole time, but was very efficient. He mostly just looked between the application and his computer during the interview, lol!!

Hopefully I'll receive my card soon! And good luck to everyone!