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AOS interview experience in Fairfax,VA (Washington DC field office)
Hello,
I'm not sure this might help others but since I haven't found many reviews about DC field office, I decided to leave my experience here. When we first applied we lived in a different state (hence Detroitfiler as my username) but after we moved and I started researching for reviews in Fairfax, I've found very little, outdated, little detailed experiences.
I just had my AOS interview at the Washington DC field office in Fairfax, VA.
We arrived 15 minutes before our apointment was scheduled and it took about 10 minutes to clear security because there was a family before us and another couple with many bags and items that were not being screened properly so we had to wait.
Once over with that, we went to check in at the reception (ground level) and we were told to check in at the second floor's reception, where interviews take place.
You just have to give your interview notice to the receptionist who stamps it and asks you to take a seat as you'll be called by your name.
About 10 minutes after the interview was scheduled, an officer came in and went through the interview notices sitting on the receptionist's desk and called my name and greeted us with a smile asking how we were doing. He showed us to his office and asked us to sit and make ourselves comfortable and after he confirmed who was the petitioner and who was the applicant [same sex marriage and we look alike] he made us stand again and we took the oath.
He first asked to see our passports and asked us to say our names and DOB. He then asked me my partner's and vice versa. Once we confirmed that information, he explained how he was going to conduct the interview and said that he would multitask during the interview so even though he was not making eye contact, he was 100% attentive to what we said. He asked me the yes/no questions and asked me how and when I entered the US (I'm adjusting from a B2) and double checked my passport and I-485.
He said he wanted to start with me (the aplicant) and moved on to the next question which was "how you two met" but he told me to give him a brief description, what our timeline was like. As I tell him, I noticed he didn't type in the computer but he started writing down and adding notes on my I-485. At first he said we didn't need to have the exact dates but as we proceeded with our timeline he went back and asked me to confirm the dates. Each time, he would ask me looking at my partner waiting for him to respond or validate the answer as well. He asked my partner if he knew my parents and same question was directed to me afterwards.
Next thing he wanted to know was about the proposal and the wedding. He was interested in getting to know if we had rings, who proposed to whom, where exactly it happened and he made my partner confirm twice the date of our wedding (I had to confirm it too).
He asked us a few more questions but they were all related to our case and other specific details about facts and stories we were providing him with.
He saw several copies of documents we submitted but he didn't keep anything except for bank statements, cellphone bills and some tickets of trips we went together. We gave him a new form I-864 and a new I-693 (even though he didn't requested but my physician didn't do the gonorrhoea test at first when I went to see him in September 2016 so I went prepared and took my revised I-693 with the gonorrhea test done). He also said that I'm more organized than most lawyers because we took our file inside an accordion folder with tabs and copies of all original documents we were submitting saving us and himself a lot of time and confusion.
At the end of the interview, he said he believes we're in a bonafide relationship (we've been together for almost 5 years now and we had a lot of pictures from the places we lived/traveled together along with friends and family as well) and he said that he had enough evidence to approve our case and he was satisfied with our responses. He would have to review everything before approving our case at the end of the day today or tomorrow. The welcome letter confirming the case has been appproved should arrive in a couple weeks and the actual Green Card will arrive within a month.
That was it. It took about 25 minutes, he was very corteous and professional. Much better than some officers we saw at first as we waited for about 10 minutes in the waiting room and some of them seemed so serious and not interested that I felt bad for the person coming in with them. Even though it's a very superficial impression, I'm happy we had such a professional officer handling our case.
I hope that helps and I hope it's useful information for you. I wish you all good luck! Just be prepared and organized and the details of your relationship will show up naturally.
All the best!
I'm not sure this might help others but since I haven't found many reviews about DC field office, I decided to leave my experience here. When we first applied we lived in a different state (hence Detroitfiler as my username) but after we moved and I started researching for reviews in Fairfax, I've found very little, outdated, little detailed experiences.
I just had my AOS interview at the Washington DC field office in Fairfax, VA.
We arrived 15 minutes before our apointment was scheduled and it took about 10 minutes to clear security because there was a family before us and another couple with many bags and items that were not being screened properly so we had to wait.
Once over with that, we went to check in at the reception (ground level) and we were told to check in at the second floor's reception, where interviews take place.
You just have to give your interview notice to the receptionist who stamps it and asks you to take a seat as you'll be called by your name.
About 10 minutes after the interview was scheduled, an officer came in and went through the interview notices sitting on the receptionist's desk and called my name and greeted us with a smile asking how we were doing. He showed us to his office and asked us to sit and make ourselves comfortable and after he confirmed who was the petitioner and who was the applicant [same sex marriage and we look alike] he made us stand again and we took the oath.
He first asked to see our passports and asked us to say our names and DOB. He then asked me my partner's and vice versa. Once we confirmed that information, he explained how he was going to conduct the interview and said that he would multitask during the interview so even though he was not making eye contact, he was 100% attentive to what we said. He asked me the yes/no questions and asked me how and when I entered the US (I'm adjusting from a B2) and double checked my passport and I-485.
He said he wanted to start with me (the aplicant) and moved on to the next question which was "how you two met" but he told me to give him a brief description, what our timeline was like. As I tell him, I noticed he didn't type in the computer but he started writing down and adding notes on my I-485. At first he said we didn't need to have the exact dates but as we proceeded with our timeline he went back and asked me to confirm the dates. Each time, he would ask me looking at my partner waiting for him to respond or validate the answer as well. He asked my partner if he knew my parents and same question was directed to me afterwards.
Next thing he wanted to know was about the proposal and the wedding. He was interested in getting to know if we had rings, who proposed to whom, where exactly it happened and he made my partner confirm twice the date of our wedding (I had to confirm it too).
He asked us a few more questions but they were all related to our case and other specific details about facts and stories we were providing him with.
He saw several copies of documents we submitted but he didn't keep anything except for bank statements, cellphone bills and some tickets of trips we went together. We gave him a new form I-864 and a new I-693 (even though he didn't requested but my physician didn't do the gonorrhoea test at first when I went to see him in September 2016 so I went prepared and took my revised I-693 with the gonorrhea test done). He also said that I'm more organized than most lawyers because we took our file inside an accordion folder with tabs and copies of all original documents we were submitting saving us and himself a lot of time and confusion.
At the end of the interview, he said he believes we're in a bonafide relationship (we've been together for almost 5 years now and we had a lot of pictures from the places we lived/traveled together along with friends and family as well) and he said that he had enough evidence to approve our case and he was satisfied with our responses. He would have to review everything before approving our case at the end of the day today or tomorrow. The welcome letter confirming the case has been appproved should arrive in a couple weeks and the actual Green Card will arrive within a month.
That was it. It took about 25 minutes, he was very corteous and professional. Much better than some officers we saw at first as we waited for about 10 minutes in the waiting room and some of them seemed so serious and not interested that I felt bad for the person coming in with them. Even though it's a very superficial impression, I'm happy we had such a professional officer handling our case.
I hope that helps and I hope it's useful information for you. I wish you all good luck! Just be prepared and organized and the details of your relationship will show up naturally.
All the best!
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