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My I-485 interview experience
Category: EB2/NIW
I-485 PD: October 17, 2018
Fingerprint: Nov 29, 2018
Interview notice: Apr 4, 2019
We had our interview on May 21, 2019 at the Indianapolis field office. Waited for about 45 minutes, then IO called us. He was a very friendly and nice guy. Took oath, then IO asked for our IDs and took fingerprints and photo of mine then my wife. We were together but the interview was started with me. At first, he asked us if we want to give him any documents. We didn’t submit I-693 before, so we submitted them and he opened the envelopes, checked them and added to our files. Then verified almost all the information provided in the I-485 form. He went page by page and asked for the information – starting from the name to all the way till the end. Few things I would like to mention – he asked me to verify two of my recent addresses and my period of stay in those addresses, with what organizations I was involved in, details about our marriage, and how many people are living in our current address. He made 3 notes on the I-485 form – (i) I was not involved in any organization other than listed in the form, (ii) where our marriage ceremony was held and how many attendees were there, (iii) No one else is living in my apt. He asked me almost all the yes/no questions from the I-485 forms. In the meantime, he asked for my employment verification letter, original birth certificate and affidavits, marriage certificates, and I-94. And finally asked me to sign the I-485 form. Then he asked me - do you want to provide me any other documents? I gave him my google scholar profile and recent publications and reviews. After me, he started my wife’s interview after taking her photo and fingerprint. Her interview was also very similar, verified almost all the information from the I-485 form and verified two latest addresses of her, also made two notes – (i) she was not involved in any organizations other than listed ones, and (ii) Since she was in F2, she never worked in this country. The IO asked for her original birth certificate only. He also wanted to see our photo album, and carefully looked at many photos. Finally, he told us – Congratulations!, I am going to recommend for the approval of your case, and you should expect to receive the card within 2-3 weeks. However, after two days I got a text message saying ‘my card was mailed to me’. One suggestion – take all the original documents that you submitted with your I-485 form and copy of each of them.
I-485 PD: October 17, 2018
Fingerprint: Nov 29, 2018
Interview notice: Apr 4, 2019
We had our interview on May 21, 2019 at the Indianapolis field office. Waited for about 45 minutes, then IO called us. He was a very friendly and nice guy. Took oath, then IO asked for our IDs and took fingerprints and photo of mine then my wife. We were together but the interview was started with me. At first, he asked us if we want to give him any documents. We didn’t submit I-693 before, so we submitted them and he opened the envelopes, checked them and added to our files. Then verified almost all the information provided in the I-485 form. He went page by page and asked for the information – starting from the name to all the way till the end. Few things I would like to mention – he asked me to verify two of my recent addresses and my period of stay in those addresses, with what organizations I was involved in, details about our marriage, and how many people are living in our current address. He made 3 notes on the I-485 form – (i) I was not involved in any organization other than listed in the form, (ii) where our marriage ceremony was held and how many attendees were there, (iii) No one else is living in my apt. He asked me almost all the yes/no questions from the I-485 forms. In the meantime, he asked for my employment verification letter, original birth certificate and affidavits, marriage certificates, and I-94. And finally asked me to sign the I-485 form. Then he asked me - do you want to provide me any other documents? I gave him my google scholar profile and recent publications and reviews. After me, he started my wife’s interview after taking her photo and fingerprint. Her interview was also very similar, verified almost all the information from the I-485 form and verified two latest addresses of her, also made two notes – (i) she was not involved in any organizations other than listed ones, and (ii) Since she was in F2, she never worked in this country. The IO asked for her original birth certificate only. He also wanted to see our photo album, and carefully looked at many photos. Finally, he told us – Congratulations!, I am going to recommend for the approval of your case, and you should expect to receive the card within 2-3 weeks. However, after two days I got a text message saying ‘my card was mailed to me’. One suggestion – take all the original documents that you submitted with your I-485 form and copy of each of them.
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