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Immigration
Adjustment of Status - I-485
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Interview experience - Philadelphia
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Status: F1 overstay by 14 yrs and worked without EAD for 12. (Listed my five year work history on I-485).
AOS: Marriage USC
Nationality: Kenyan
We arrived at 10:30 for 11:35 interview. The IO was a black lady in her mid fifties early sixties so my inner dialogue is like "cool, I got a soul sister, can't resist her, this will be a breeze!" Wrong! This lady was impervious to charm, I tried to make small talk but she just gave me a look that said "child please!" So I shut my mouth and let her do her thing.
She swore us in and immediately started to sift through our file without saying a word or even looking up. I had my lawyer with me (I work in risk management so he was my very expensive insurance policy). Anyway my lawyer didn't pick up on the cue that the IO wanted to look through her file and go through her routine so he kept asking her if she needed more documents but she shut him down quick!
The documents I submitted with my initial application are:
Home insurance policy 2008 - 2016
Vehicle title in both our names purchased in 2005
Vehicle registration of above
Life insurance policy beneficiaries
My 401 k beneficiary listing my wife
Title deed to house with both our names
Prenuptial agreement
Copy of pictures of wife and I (Side note: I've made some very questionable fashion choices over the years lol!!)
W2 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
After 15 minutes she went through yes or no questions and then flatly said "congratulations I will approve your case, expect your green card in 30 to 90 days."
That's it! Not a single question to my wife or to me about my marriage. Not one question about my working without EAD!
On my way out I popped my head into the IO supervisor office and inquired about getting a passport stamp and he said it's only for emergency use and that I would have to prove my emergency.
Advice: save some scratch and do it on your own, you really do not need a lawyer. This forum is an amazing resource.
Fellows, wear a nice fitted suit (tie optional) you will project a look of credibility.
Fire away!
Status: F1 overstay by 14 yrs and worked without EAD for 12. (Listed my five year work history on I-485).
AOS: Marriage USC
Nationality: Kenyan
We arrived at 10:30 for 11:35 interview. The IO was a black lady in her mid fifties early sixties so my inner dialogue is like "cool, I got a soul sister, can't resist her, this will be a breeze!" Wrong! This lady was impervious to charm, I tried to make small talk but she just gave me a look that said "child please!" So I shut my mouth and let her do her thing.
She swore us in and immediately started to sift through our file without saying a word or even looking up. I had my lawyer with me (I work in risk management so he was my very expensive insurance policy). Anyway my lawyer didn't pick up on the cue that the IO wanted to look through her file and go through her routine so he kept asking her if she needed more documents but she shut him down quick!
The documents I submitted with my initial application are:
Home insurance policy 2008 - 2016
Vehicle title in both our names purchased in 2005
Vehicle registration of above
Life insurance policy beneficiaries
My 401 k beneficiary listing my wife
Title deed to house with both our names
Prenuptial agreement
Copy of pictures of wife and I (Side note: I've made some very questionable fashion choices over the years lol!!)
W2 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
After 15 minutes she went through yes or no questions and then flatly said "congratulations I will approve your case, expect your green card in 30 to 90 days."
That's it! Not a single question to my wife or to me about my marriage. Not one question about my working without EAD!
On my way out I popped my head into the IO supervisor office and inquired about getting a passport stamp and he said it's only for emergency use and that I would have to prove my emergency.
Advice: save some scratch and do it on your own, you really do not need a lawyer. This forum is an amazing resource.
Fellows, wear a nice fitted suit (tie optional) you will project a look of credibility.
Fire away!
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