I think initial is normal…my letter did say that as well

S M did you get the approval at your initial interview?

not everyone gets an approval on the spot. I did not unfortunately and still waiting. lots of people did their interview and are still waiting for a decision but it all depends on your field office. some field offices approve right away if they don’t need to do anything else on your case.

do you mind telling me what was field office and when did that interview occurred and what based you are applying for. if you give me a little bit of idea that may somehow help.

I will be honest with you, uscis is stressful enough and I don’t understand how so many people care to know details of someone else’s case because for me it does nothing but increase my stress levels. but if it helps you, my field office was Philly my interview was Feb 17 family base since you are employment base I wouldn’t worry too much. just spend the time to prepare for your interview and don’t try to use other people’s experience and make it your own. every case is very different. just trust everything will go well for you and believe it. good luck

thank you S M . I appreciate your details and advice 🙏🏾

@itssme moy did you file for a dependent?

no

Wow! It seems like they are really giving interview to everyone.

why do you say that?

They stopped giving interview to Employment-based since 2020. However, I have been getting reports of EB3 applicants scheduled for interview in 2022. Initially, I thought there were special cases (maybe had dependents or with complicated immigration histories), but I guess I'm wrong!

yes I also heard some of the fellas got their gc without an interview. so I’m not sure why but they are picking randomly for interviews I guess?

Ok. The thought of that interview scares, you know.

I agree with you but is it always needs be scared and all?

same here, second interview scheduled.

oh really? what happened to the first one? after how long the second interview scheduled ?

the first one was in December 2020, the officer didn't seem to like us. now we don't even know what to expect. EB2

oh really? it is been a long time! can you please give me more details of the reason why the officer didn’t like or what did he/she ask? thank you

my wife paid for a PhD equivalency from a US university, they wrote it as if she was a man, like Mr. but the interviewer wanted to know if we knew the person who wrote and blablabla. she did not understand it was just an equivalency letter. I speak English fluently, but my wife does not and she was having trouble understanding some questions specifically because she was nervous. the interviewer did not let me speak because I am not the main applicant. so it was very awkward.

some people including the lawyer said we would be fine without an interpreter, but we did not count on this interviewer.

how did the interviewer found out about it

about what?

about your wife issue

she just asked why is was mentioning Mr, and we said the truth. it is no illegal to pay for the equivalency letter, the the interviewer did not seem to understand it

I don’t understand how did the interviewer know about she applied for equivalency by university. how did the that topic start even? even she applied for that I don’t see any issue!

because as I said the letter is basically written he instead of she. When the letter addresses her as Mr

ok

Hi. Have you had your interview? I just got my letter. If you had, how did it go? My field office is Lawrence MA

I had a second interview and they actually just asked for any new documents I had.