Could you tell me more about the interview? What exactly happened and what kind of difficulties did you face?

congratulations 🎉🍾🎈🎊

congratulations 🎊🎈

congrats!! did you take your medical to interview? How long it took from interview to approval?

Congrats buddy. How was your interview? is it because you were married?

Did you ever did FOIA. And if you did was there interview waived or something. And how long interview was?

which FO?

@Haney han Hi Haney. The officer’s questioning style during the interview was quite aggressive. Because I had not yet started working for my sponsor (although I will begin soon), he asked many detailed questions regarding my bona fide intent and requested supporting evidence.

@yellow banana 🍌 Thank you. Wish you good luck!

@sam young Thank you. All the best 🤞

@Brl li Yes, Because my first I-693 medical exam had expired, I needed to bring a new one to the interview. Fortunately, it only took about 14 days from the interview to receive the approval notice. However, my priority date had already been current for about a year, so the long period of waiting without any updates was very painful.

@Amin Goretz Thank you buddy. I am married, so that may also have been a factor. In addition, my sponsor company is located in a different state from where I currently live, which may have raised further questions. I will be starting work with my sponsor next month. During the interview, most of the questions were related to my bona fide intent, including my plans to relocate, my contact history with the sponsor, and the letter from the company confirming that the job offer is still valid and that they still need me.

@Danish Joseph No, I did not file a FOIA request. I did submit service requests and also contacted my congressman, but unfortunately neither seemed to have any effect on my case. My interview started about one hour after the scheduled time and lasted roughly 40 minutes. At the end of the interview, I was asked to sign my Record of Sworn Statement. One tip I would like to share: the officer will ask you to read the statement before signing and give you a chance to add or fix anything if necessary. That is essentially your last opportunity to clarify or add information, because you cannot change it afterward. While reviewing it, I noticed that some of my answers were written in a way that could be interpreted unfavorably, so I proactively added clarifications. Although the officer’s original notes cannot be changed, you can at least add additional explanations before signing. Interview was not waived.

@find eb Northern California, near San Francisco