Adjustment of Status - I-485

Hi everyone

Just wanted to share my experience now that it’s come to an end.

SFO field office
PD March 6 2018
Case was ready for interview from April 2018
EAD received August 2018
File for EAD extension April 2019 ( no update on this other than finger print review was complete)
Interview notice was sent June 27 2019
Interview date August 6 at 10:50 am
New card being produced August 7 2019

Our lawyer advised us not to arrive too early as they wouldn’t let us in likely so we arrived at 10. Long line at security but took about 20 mins. We were checked in at reception at 10:20. We sat in section D. Random thing I noticed was sections A, B, C and E were packed. But there were only three couples in D including my husband and I. Made me a bit paranoid to be honest.

We waited until about 11:20 and at that point we were the only couple in section D. The couple that was interview before us by the same officer was in there for almost an hour so I was getting pretty nervous. The officer called us in and her name was officer Knaggs and she was a really lovely person. Very friendly and immediately made me relax a bit ( I was extremely nervous!). From that point she said she was going to start going through the I-130 form then the I-485 so she started with my husband, the US citizen. Basically it was a conversation not an interview. As she was going through the form she would nonchalantly ask a question like “so how did you guys meet in Toronto (Canada)” and we both would answer. At one point I found myself answering for my husband and I said oops sorry he’s suppose to be answering you right now and she laughed and said it was fine. It’s hard to think of the exact questions she asked as it really was more of a conversation but I believe they were:

How did we meet
How did our relationship progress from work relationship to dating ( we worked together)
Did our families attend the wedding. Why not.
Did we have a party with them at least ( we didn’t because I was pregnant when we got married and I’m pregnant again now so timing just isn’t on our side for a party lol)
Have we met each other’s family (said yes and she didn’t ask anything further on this)

I think that was it for questions. She would ask like some yes or no questions that weren’t on the form ( example, is your son both your biological child, does your husband support you etc). She didn’t really even ask us much about each other like each other’s phone numbers or parents names etc.

After that she said that she had to review the material we gave her that day and gave us the paper saying our case was under review. She walked us out and that was it. My status changed to new card being produced tonight.

One thing she was really happy with was how organized we were. I brought a lot of material and she said people either are really organized or they bring nothing.

Evidence we brought and that she kept:
My new medical since I didn’t submit with app
2018 taxes
Lease for last year plus new lease we just signed as we are moving
Our sons birth certificate
New babies ultrasound photos and some test results
Travel itineraries since we submitted original app
Joint savings for last six months
Joint credit card for last six months
Our updated will

I also brought 401 k beneficiary info, joint health insurance info, cards with both our names and address on them, and a photo album of pictures that she didn’t even look at. We had also submitted ALOT of evidence with the original application ( leases from Canada, joint bank account statements from Canada, Baby info for our first pregnancy, affidavits from family, phone records, pictures, notes we gave each other etc).

I should point out our case wasn’t as cut and dry as it may seem. We have a 20 year age gap, my husband was going through a divorce when we met etc. But if your relationship is real and you are organized and they will be able to see that!

What a stressful process. I was a ball of anxiety the weeks leading us to the interview (my poor husband). I wish you all the luck!