L Swillz
May 21, 2025
#i130 #i485 interview experience
My wife (Natural born USC) and I went to our interview in Philadelphia on Monday 05/19. They recommended that we show up 30 mins before interview, we actually went in 45 mins early and we’re glad we did. Theres a security check point at the door and if it’s busy (almost always) there will be a line just to get into the building so definitely go in before the 30 min mark. After security, youll check in at a desk or window and then youll be sent to the waiting room for your interview. When our name was called my wife and I went down the hall to an office room and our interview began. He asked us for our IDs, passports, and my wife’s proof of citizenship, she used her passport. They ask you very basic questions about eachother like birthdates, where you live, etc. I warned my wife about talking too much, but she has the gift of gab so she made small talk and we learned very quickly why you dont. She mentioned our dog and he immediately asked me questions about her name, her breed, how old, etc. So if you are going to make small talk make sure you are prepared for extra questions pertaining to extra things you bring up. We brought extra copies of every additional evidence we brought with us and we were glad we did because the scanner wasnt working and we had to leave copies of evidence with him to scan later in the day. Additional evidence we brought with us were: joint car insurance, joint bank account statements for the past 3 months, my wife’s 2024 tax returns, joint credit card statements, joint phone bill, vacations plans and activities planned together in the near future (screenshots), and photos we took together since our application was sent in. He then asked those yes or no questions on the i-485. He told us we were approved before we left. Our lawfully app approved Tuesday 5/20. We got approved for the 2 yr greencard, because we are only married for a year. He explained the process of reapplying for the 10 yr greencard for us and how they send you a letter between the 120-90 days prior to expiration but NOT to wait for them to start that reapplication process. My wife also asked for an explanation on the public charge, it means if your spouse passes away or you get divorced and you rely on the American government to support you financially (SNAP, EBT, SS) you can be deported. You are supposed to check “yes” on that box. Hope this helps some people get a more detailed picture of the interview process. I’ll try to answer as many questions as i can in the comments!
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Anna BMay 21, 2025
wow congratulations
DDomar DMay 21, 2025
Congratulations👏🏽 Could you tell me how long the process took and if you submitted the i130 and i485 together? I've been submitting my i485 for 14 months and I'm waiting, and about 40 days ago they approved my i130.
D DAYMay 21, 2025
@L Swillz ,
Thank for getting back to the community about your interview. So the public charge rule is confusing. My lawyer put in Yes., which is thesame as in your case. Then you are asked in the follow-up about whole house income. Is that the portion you are referring to?
L SwillzMay 21, 2025
@D DAY yes correct ✅..@DDomar D yes i did submit them together. i actually submitted my i765,i485 and i130 all together along with my medical. the wating took like 20 minutes but that is because we went in early the actual interview too like 15 minutes but we sat there in silence another ten minutes because our ducuments wasn’t scaning. so plz anyone who is reading this please take those copies with u. i left everything there and told him he could have it. they shred it afterwards
L SwillzMay 21, 2025
and i myself had a big debate on if we need to take the forms with us.. in my experience no i did not take them, i took my medical exam thou but they didn’t even spoke about them once. they did ask the yes and no questions from the i485 and i130 thou so please go over those if u decide not to take them
Ms chichieMay 23, 2025
thank you
