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Hi Everyone. Before my interview I read every single post in this section of the board and I'm going to give a detailed account because I know I appreciated the details myself. I'm in Australian Citizen and who married a US Citizen while on a working Visa. First my timeline:

Jan 19th - Package sent by Fed Ex
Jan 23rd - Received by USCIS
Jan 26th - Receipts mailed by USCIS
Jan 27th- Checks cashed
Jan 31st - Received all four receipts
Feb 5th - Received Biometrics appointment for Feb 17th
Feb 17th -Biometrics appointment rescheduled due to bad snow/ice. Nashville office closed.
Feb 23rd - Biometrics as a walk-in
March 20th - Online update. EAD new card production. Advanced parole approved
March 26th - EAD card mailed out, was notified post office in Knoxville received same day.
March 28th - Received EAD card with advanced parole.
April 22nd - Online update scheduled interview for May 28th in Memphis. Notice mailed out.
April 25th - Received interview notice for 5/28 10am in Memphis.
May 28th - Interview. Approved on spot (handed notice of approval).
Same day as interview, text message/email approval of case. Also got separate notice saying Green Card has been ordered.
May 29th - Text Message "Registered your permanent resident status and mailed you a Welcome Notice".
June 3rd - Green Card mailed out, was notified post office in KY picked up same day.
June 4th - Received Green Card.

Interview was a breeze. I know this depends on the person who is conducting the interview BUT I walked out of the room laughing at myself and all the stress and preparation time I put in.

I brought the following "proof" to the interview:

1. Photos (in album. Had over 55, he didn't take any, just looked through)
2. Lease
3. Water Bill
4. Car Insurance
5. Renters Insurance
6. Joint bank statements (3 months worth)
7. The fact that husband's name was taken (my name changed on social and license)
8. Pick up Truck papers and registration, we bought a vehicle together.
9. AT&T bill - internet and cable
10. Cards - Addressed to us from family/friends (he didn't even look at)
11. 5 Postcards from family and friends (he didn't even look at)

He asked us:

1. How we met (we met in a bar so we talked a lot about that. He even said to my husband that he "did well" and he "picked the right one" lol).
2. When we met - what month.

That is it. I was prepared to answer my husband's date of birth, employment, age, parents names etc etc but he didn't even ask. He asked us if we both lived at our address (he read it from the form) and he asked my husband "is this your name?" and read it from the form, "is this your birthday?", "Did you get married November 24th 2014?" in "Williamson County TN?"
It was like he was just reading it from the form and we were saying yes Sir.

The piece of advice I will give is what he said regarding bank statements, he said that anyone can just open an account, so even though I had 3 months worth of joint statements with over $5000 in it the one thing he wanted to see was the fact that we BOTH had bank cards. Luckily we did.

I listed what bills etc I took (above) and I couldn't even believe he didn't even look at them! I had them all labelled with sticky notes and I had one main sticky note with the entire list (so I could list all I had if need be). He asked for the sticky note and just copied it down! My note said all that was listed above (lease, car insurance, renters insurance etc) he copied word for word listing everything but he didn't even look at them!
My husband thinks that it may have been due to the fact that we submitted so much with our initial application so I would recommend that.

One thing that was out of the blue, as I said I had read every single experience story here and no other post mentioned this: he asked if we had consummated our marriage. We answered and he said that believe it or not it is not considered a legal binding marriage until that is done. Even with marriage certificate! he said obviously the certificate is written proof of a wedding but there you go, he asked us that question! He detailed that some couples have been married for 7 months or so and answer "no" - that raises flags he said.

Everyone mentions how they had to answer a lot of "no questions" - are you in a terrorist group? have you helped someone into the country illegally? etc etc. I repeatedly said no and he furthered that most of the time everyone's answers are no, and he said that if they caught you in or doing one then that's an automatic lie and you will be deported. - Just FYI.

Overall it was the best day of my life! Such a good interview experience. I did see 2 separate couples be separated though. Just include a lot of things in your initial application, be truthful and you'll be fine! Thank you everyone on this forum for your help!
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