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Immigration
Adjustment of Status - I-485
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NYC - finally had interview
Wanted to share my experience thus far.
NYC Field Office - 26 Federal Plaza
May 19, 2016 Priority Date
One RFE + Fingerprints + Multiple frustrated phone calls to check status through to Christmas 2016
January 19, 2017 Received Letter for Interview
March 2, 2017 Interview
Interview was surprisingly smooth/easy. After clearing security, you are directed to the 8th floor. Here they take a look at your interview notice, then give you a routing slip which tells you to go to the 4th floor / and which room to look for. Once you are on the 4th floor/in the room, you line up again and are given a ticket number (something like K23, K 24 etc - they call these numbers out). Approx 4-5 other applicants/parties present when I arrived. Took around 45 mins before my number was called.
When my number was called, the lady took us back into her office cubicle, asked us to take out our IDs, remain standing and swear to tell the truth etc. Once we were seated, she proceeded to ask my wife (the petitioner) the majority of the questions. She did not ask for ID. Questions included how we met, where we lived when we met, my wife's job at the time (we met through work), my wife's current job, where we lived now, how much we made last year, whether my wife had met my parents/family, did we have a formal wedding (where was it) and any children. When we indicated that we had our first child less than two weeks prior, it really changed the mood and tone of the interview. She then proceeded to ask an unusual question about our current apartment and whether we moved to there to have a kid (it's NYC...nothing is big), and then asked about the square footage of the apartment. As she was finalizing our paperwork/her notes she asked for a picture of us together (Just one, from the wedding) and a birth certificate for our child which we didn't have (since it was so recent) so we gave her a copy of the insurance bill.
All said and done, she indicated that our application would be approved, subject to background checks by FBI and Interpol. Interpol? Ok, then. She then proceeded to print out a "receipt" indicating as such, which was a poorly formatted Word document where she typed our names into a box. The document/receipt was not signed or on any official letterheads.
We had prepared a 2inch file of backup documentation (in addition to our already 2-inch thick application) but apart from the photo/documentation of our child we did not need anything else. The interview took 30 mins in total. Not that we had 30 mins worth of questions/content to discuss, it just proceeded at a glacial gov't-standard pace.
NYC Field Office - 26 Federal Plaza
May 19, 2016 Priority Date
One RFE + Fingerprints + Multiple frustrated phone calls to check status through to Christmas 2016
January 19, 2017 Received Letter for Interview
March 2, 2017 Interview
Interview was surprisingly smooth/easy. After clearing security, you are directed to the 8th floor. Here they take a look at your interview notice, then give you a routing slip which tells you to go to the 4th floor / and which room to look for. Once you are on the 4th floor/in the room, you line up again and are given a ticket number (something like K23, K 24 etc - they call these numbers out). Approx 4-5 other applicants/parties present when I arrived. Took around 45 mins before my number was called.
When my number was called, the lady took us back into her office cubicle, asked us to take out our IDs, remain standing and swear to tell the truth etc. Once we were seated, she proceeded to ask my wife (the petitioner) the majority of the questions. She did not ask for ID. Questions included how we met, where we lived when we met, my wife's job at the time (we met through work), my wife's current job, where we lived now, how much we made last year, whether my wife had met my parents/family, did we have a formal wedding (where was it) and any children. When we indicated that we had our first child less than two weeks prior, it really changed the mood and tone of the interview. She then proceeded to ask an unusual question about our current apartment and whether we moved to there to have a kid (it's NYC...nothing is big), and then asked about the square footage of the apartment. As she was finalizing our paperwork/her notes she asked for a picture of us together (Just one, from the wedding) and a birth certificate for our child which we didn't have (since it was so recent) so we gave her a copy of the insurance bill.
All said and done, she indicated that our application would be approved, subject to background checks by FBI and Interpol. Interpol? Ok, then. She then proceeded to print out a "receipt" indicating as such, which was a poorly formatted Word document where she typed our names into a box. The document/receipt was not signed or on any official letterheads.
We had prepared a 2inch file of backup documentation (in addition to our already 2-inch thick application) but apart from the photo/documentation of our child we did not need anything else. The interview took 30 mins in total. Not that we had 30 mins worth of questions/content to discuss, it just proceeded at a glacial gov't-standard pace.
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