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Adjustment of Status - I-485
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Today we had our interview for marriage based adjustment of status in West Palm, FL.
First a little background:
I came to the states as F-1 student 18 years ago. Went to school, graduated and worked my OPT for one year. I married my current spouse who was also an F-1 student 12 years ago. She got job after graduating and we move together and started a family. By this time, I was out of status. She finally got green card via employment and eventually became a citizen last year. Finally, after 11 years of being out of status I applied for adjustment of status in March 2017.
What we took to interview:
1. Original & Copy of Marriage Certificate (2006)
2. Original & Copy of Child Birth Certificate (2011)
3. Original & Copy of Spouse Citizenship Certificate
4. Original & Copy of Spouse Name Change
5. Original & Copy of I-94
6. Original & Copy of entry Visa
7. Original & Copy of entry Passport
8. Original renewed Passport
9. Original & Copy of both parties Birth Certificates
10. Original & Copy of Spouse US Passport
11. Original & Copy of Child US Passport
12. Original & Copy of all EAD cards
13. Original & Copy of all I-20s
14. Copy of Bachelors and Master Degrees for both of us
15. Copy & Original approved I-130 filling
16. Copy of I-485, I-864, I-693, I-765 fillings
17. Sealed I-693 Envelope
18. Joint Taxes 1040 (2007-2017) 11 years
19. Spouse’s past 6 months of pas stubs
20. Copy of letters to us by friends (2007-2017) 11 years
21. Copy of emails to us by friends (2007-2017) 11 years
22. Copy of letters written to us by us (2002-2017) 16 years
23. Joint Stock Brokerage Account (2013-2018) 5 years
24. Joint Car Insurance (2007-2018) 12 years
25. Joint Saving/Checking Account (2009-2018) 10 years
26. Joint Credit Account (2007-2017) 11 years
27. Joint previous Title to a Vehicles
28. Joint Health Insurance (2007-2017) 11 years
29. Joint Dental Insurance (2007-2014) 8 years
30. 115 Photos (2002-2018) 16 years
31. Apartment Leases (2004-2018) 15 years
32. Spouse 401k stating I am 100% beneficiary
Interview Experience:
Our interview was scheduled at 7:15 in the morning. We arrived around 6:40 behind West Palm, FL USCIS building. Doors were opened around 7:00am. We passed the inspection, got ticket at reception and were the first ones to be issued a number for interview.
Minutes after we arrived, we were called in by a gentleman in his 50’s. He took us to his room and closed the door. My daughter was also in the room on an iPad to keep her busy. At first, he was very quiet. He was going through my thick file and marking vigorously with a red pen and intermittently entering information on this computer.
He neither made us swear to tell the truth, nor asked us yes/no questions from I-485. He asked for my original passports, our driver licenses, my EADs, marriage certificate, our daughter’s birth certificate and my spouse’s citizenship certificate. He also asked that I have been here for so long how could I possibly support myself? Which I answered that I have had a supporting spouse with good income. Then discussion when to a lot of unrelated stuffs. From life in Florida, to his grandparents being immigrants and him being familiar with other cultures. At some point he was waiting for systems to respond due to servers being down. I offered to show him our 16 years album of over 100 photos. He commented that it spans such long time. I offered the album to him in its entirety and he accepted to include it into our folder.
At the end he said everything is good and I should get the card by Valentine’s day, which is in 3 weeks. I tried to get his confirmation regarding approval of my case and he said “Yes”. I also asked him why he did not ask anything of my US citizen spouse or asked me more questions? Or if this in fact was the result of a very long-term relationship that needs no further proof? Her replied “that and other evidences and that every case is different”. He also mentioned that he can tell if something is wrong and the fact that they receive a lot of fraudulent marriage applications, which he suspects next case is from that category.
At the end he took the print of both index fingers and a photo using a desk cam. At this point he said he has submitted my card to be produced and I should get a notice of action soon. We shook hands, thanked him and said goodbye.
The whole process took around 50-60 minutes and it was very pleasant. Now we are crossing our fingers that nothing goes wrong during this process and can get that elusive card in our hands soon.
God bless you all.
P.S. He did not give us any paper confirming our approval. I was all verbal. Anyone would like to comment on this?
First a little background:
I came to the states as F-1 student 18 years ago. Went to school, graduated and worked my OPT for one year. I married my current spouse who was also an F-1 student 12 years ago. She got job after graduating and we move together and started a family. By this time, I was out of status. She finally got green card via employment and eventually became a citizen last year. Finally, after 11 years of being out of status I applied for adjustment of status in March 2017.
What we took to interview:
1. Original & Copy of Marriage Certificate (2006)
2. Original & Copy of Child Birth Certificate (2011)
3. Original & Copy of Spouse Citizenship Certificate
4. Original & Copy of Spouse Name Change
5. Original & Copy of I-94
6. Original & Copy of entry Visa
7. Original & Copy of entry Passport
8. Original renewed Passport
9. Original & Copy of both parties Birth Certificates
10. Original & Copy of Spouse US Passport
11. Original & Copy of Child US Passport
12. Original & Copy of all EAD cards
13. Original & Copy of all I-20s
14. Copy of Bachelors and Master Degrees for both of us
15. Copy & Original approved I-130 filling
16. Copy of I-485, I-864, I-693, I-765 fillings
17. Sealed I-693 Envelope
18. Joint Taxes 1040 (2007-2017) 11 years
19. Spouse’s past 6 months of pas stubs
20. Copy of letters to us by friends (2007-2017) 11 years
21. Copy of emails to us by friends (2007-2017) 11 years
22. Copy of letters written to us by us (2002-2017) 16 years
23. Joint Stock Brokerage Account (2013-2018) 5 years
24. Joint Car Insurance (2007-2018) 12 years
25. Joint Saving/Checking Account (2009-2018) 10 years
26. Joint Credit Account (2007-2017) 11 years
27. Joint previous Title to a Vehicles
28. Joint Health Insurance (2007-2017) 11 years
29. Joint Dental Insurance (2007-2014) 8 years
30. 115 Photos (2002-2018) 16 years
31. Apartment Leases (2004-2018) 15 years
32. Spouse 401k stating I am 100% beneficiary
Interview Experience:
Our interview was scheduled at 7:15 in the morning. We arrived around 6:40 behind West Palm, FL USCIS building. Doors were opened around 7:00am. We passed the inspection, got ticket at reception and were the first ones to be issued a number for interview.
Minutes after we arrived, we were called in by a gentleman in his 50’s. He took us to his room and closed the door. My daughter was also in the room on an iPad to keep her busy. At first, he was very quiet. He was going through my thick file and marking vigorously with a red pen and intermittently entering information on this computer.
He neither made us swear to tell the truth, nor asked us yes/no questions from I-485. He asked for my original passports, our driver licenses, my EADs, marriage certificate, our daughter’s birth certificate and my spouse’s citizenship certificate. He also asked that I have been here for so long how could I possibly support myself? Which I answered that I have had a supporting spouse with good income. Then discussion when to a lot of unrelated stuffs. From life in Florida, to his grandparents being immigrants and him being familiar with other cultures. At some point he was waiting for systems to respond due to servers being down. I offered to show him our 16 years album of over 100 photos. He commented that it spans such long time. I offered the album to him in its entirety and he accepted to include it into our folder.
At the end he said everything is good and I should get the card by Valentine’s day, which is in 3 weeks. I tried to get his confirmation regarding approval of my case and he said “Yes”. I also asked him why he did not ask anything of my US citizen spouse or asked me more questions? Or if this in fact was the result of a very long-term relationship that needs no further proof? Her replied “that and other evidences and that every case is different”. He also mentioned that he can tell if something is wrong and the fact that they receive a lot of fraudulent marriage applications, which he suspects next case is from that category.
At the end he took the print of both index fingers and a photo using a desk cam. At this point he said he has submitted my card to be produced and I should get a notice of action soon. We shook hands, thanked him and said goodbye.
The whole process took around 50-60 minutes and it was very pleasant. Now we are crossing our fingers that nothing goes wrong during this process and can get that elusive card in our hands soon.
God bless you all.
P.S. He did not give us any paper confirming our approval. I was all verbal. Anyone would like to comment on this?
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