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Interview Experience - Harlingen TX
Interview Experience
Our interview appointment was Monday, 5/20/19 at 12pm. We arrived around 11:30am. We presented our invitation to a friendly officer outside the door who then allowed us to proceed to security. There was no line. After being screened through security, we proceeded to the waiting room for interviews. The room was approximately 50% full. We presented our interview letter at the check-in window and were asked to take a seat. About 10 till 12 our attorney showed up. Then we waited. Our attorney spoke to other attorneys in the waiting room and leaving the interview office area. She was told by another attorney that we were on the list for a particular IO who was running about one hour behind schedule. At about 1:15, the IO appeared at the door and called my husband's name. She was friendly and all smiles. She and our attorney chatted as we walked to her office. She swore us in and asked us to take a seat. She asked my husband for his visa and my DL. We had our passports, birth certificate, my SSC, etc but she didn’t ask for those. She put my husband's visa in her top desk drawer. She asked if we had any bonafides. I had a binder I had prepared, but my attorney had some of the evidence from my binder, and handed a prepared packet with cover letter and TOC to the IO. The IO placed it in her folder without looking at anything. She then explained that she would quickly work through the applications. She had all of them, I130, I130a, I485, I864, I693. As she worked through them, she would punch them and place them in her folder. She asked my husband where we met. That led to a discussion among her and our attorney about Tindr, and how some IO’s didn’t understand the current culture of meeting online with very little in person interaction, but that she (the IO) didn’t think anyone should be judged for how they met their loved on our their relationship. The IO returned to the question of where we met, and clarified that what she meant was where we first met in person. We named the restaurant. The IO stamped APPROVED on one application while checking off things with red pen, followed by more stamping and writing. She didn’t really ask any investigative questions whatsoever. She and our attorney did most of the talking to each other. We were over-prepared, as we were not asked any of the questions we were expecting, nor were we asked for originals of any documents or for additional evidence from our binder. IO said we should get the green card in a week or so. That was it. Super easy, very friendly people. Our attorney did ask the IO if my husband could get the I551 stamp so that we could travel north from the border zone to San Antonio for Memorial Day, but the IO said they were no longer allowed to give the stamp. We returned home, anxiously waiting for a text or email update. None ever came, but this morning I logged into the old status update egov, and both the I-130 and I-485 said case approved! New website still says case received. Side note, While we waited for our interview, everyone who came out had big smiles, some were greeted by smiling loved ones, and even a few claps and cheers. Overall it was a pleasant experience.
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