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Employment-based Green Card Interview (Newark)
I didn't find a lot of sharing about the employment-based GC interviews, so I wanted to share mine today (6/11/2019).
My interview was held in Newark, NJ. It is a federal building, so the line of security check entering the building is so... long. I arrived 45 mins before the schedule and I thought i was too early as the interview letter says pls don't come earlier than 30 mins of scheduled time, but I ended up 2 minutes late. But don't worry, they didn't really check the time when I checked in.
There were around 50 persons in the waiting area when I arrived and I waited 1.5 hours for the interview and basically all the people arrived before me also got called before me. I guess it is kind of first come first serve rather than according to the scheduled time. There were plenty of seats in the waiting area and there were also bathrooms right outside. You are allowed to use cell phone, provided that you set it to vibration mode. fyi, you can observe that employment-based candidates are all in suits/dresses while family-based, asylum candidates are mostly in jeans.
The interview took about 15 mins, the immigration officer was really nice and the interview went smooth. Below are what he did in the interview:
1. oath and fingerprint
2. checked the official copy of my birth certificate and passport
3. asked for the latest paystub, medical exam I-693, job offer letter I-485J, 2 new passport photos, I-94 for my last entry to US
4. asked me what I did in my job
5. asked me once again all the Y/N questions in the form
6. confirm my mailing address
Pls notice that the passport photos are not listed in the interview letter but I received the pink courtesy letter requesting photos, so I took a new set just in case and they really asked for it.
Although not required, make a photocopy of your passport and EAD. They asked me if I had one for my passport and I did. That saves their time to make photocopy and you also want the interview to finish as quick as possible.
At the end, he stamped on my file and said my case was approved. He gave me an official notice with a tick box saying the interview was completed but held for review. He asked me not to worry, my case was approved as there was simply no "approved" tick box in the standard notice. I checked online few hours later and it was already saying "card in production".
My interview was held in Newark, NJ. It is a federal building, so the line of security check entering the building is so... long. I arrived 45 mins before the schedule and I thought i was too early as the interview letter says pls don't come earlier than 30 mins of scheduled time, but I ended up 2 minutes late. But don't worry, they didn't really check the time when I checked in.
There were around 50 persons in the waiting area when I arrived and I waited 1.5 hours for the interview and basically all the people arrived before me also got called before me. I guess it is kind of first come first serve rather than according to the scheduled time. There were plenty of seats in the waiting area and there were also bathrooms right outside. You are allowed to use cell phone, provided that you set it to vibration mode. fyi, you can observe that employment-based candidates are all in suits/dresses while family-based, asylum candidates are mostly in jeans.
The interview took about 15 mins, the immigration officer was really nice and the interview went smooth. Below are what he did in the interview:
1. oath and fingerprint
2. checked the official copy of my birth certificate and passport
3. asked for the latest paystub, medical exam I-693, job offer letter I-485J, 2 new passport photos, I-94 for my last entry to US
4. asked me what I did in my job
5. asked me once again all the Y/N questions in the form
6. confirm my mailing address
Pls notice that the passport photos are not listed in the interview letter but I received the pink courtesy letter requesting photos, so I took a new set just in case and they really asked for it.
Although not required, make a photocopy of your passport and EAD. They asked me if I had one for my passport and I did. That saves their time to make photocopy and you also want the interview to finish as quick as possible.
At the end, he stamped on my file and said my case was approved. He gave me an official notice with a tick box saying the interview was completed but held for review. He asked me not to worry, my case was approved as there was simply no "approved" tick box in the standard notice. I checked online few hours later and it was already saying "card in production".
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