A P
Jul 8, 2021
Interview scheduled
Hi Everyone,
I have my Interview for my i485 Marriage base next month. can some body please guide me what will happen and what short of questions they will ask. thanks
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Chloe ZhangJul 8, 2021
Hope this can help you
Chloe ZhangJul 8, 2021
Remember, there is no guarantee that the interviewer will ask you all or any of these questions (though many of them are drawn from actual interviews). But these should get you and your fiancé or spouse started on the process of testing each other’s memory. If it's a regular adjustment of status or visa interview, you can expect only a few questions. If the immigration authorities have become suspicious, however, believing that your marriage may be a fraud to get a green card, you can expect a great number of these questions, or questions like them, to be asked of you and your U.S. petitioner -- separately, for comparison purposes.
We've divided the possible questions into thematic groupings. Again, these do NOT come from any official list created by U.S. immigration authorities.
Development of Your Relationship
Where did you meet?
What did the two of you have in common?
Where did you go for dates?
When did your relationship turn romantic?
How long was it before you decided to get married?
Who proposed to whom?
Why did you decide to have a [long, short] engagement? Did your parents approve of the match? Why or why not?
The Wedding
How many people attended your wedding?
Did each of your parents attend?
Where was the wedding held?
Was there music or other entertainment?
What kind of cake (or other food) did you serve? Who were the bridesmaids/groomsmen?
How late did the guests stay?
Did the bride change clothes for the reception?
Did you serve liquor? What kind?
Did anyone get drunk or otherwise embarrass themselves at the reception? Who? Describe. What time did you and the [bride or groom] leave the reception?
Did you go on a honeymoon? When did you leave? How did you get there? What airlines?
Regular Routines
Who gets up first? At what time?
How many alarm clocks do you set in the morning? Who makes breakfast?
What do each of you eat for breakfast?
Does your spouse drink coffee in the morning?
Who is your spouse’s employer? What is the location of your spouse’s workplace? What is the name of your spouse’s boss?
How much does your spouse earn every month or year? How often is your spouse paid?
What time does your spouse arrive home from work?
Who cleans the house?
What day is your garbage picked up?
Who takes care of paying the bills?
Do you have a joint bank account? Where?
Do you have a cat, dog, or other pet? Who feeds it? Who walks it (or cleans its kitty litter box, cage, etc.)? Do you and/or your spouse attend regular religious services? Where?
Where do you keep the spare toilet paper?
The Kids
Who picks up the children at school?
Who packs lunches for the kids?
What are their favorite toys/activities? What are their least favorite foods?
Which children (if any) still use a car seat? What is your usual babysitter’s name?
The Cooking
How many times a week on average do you eat out?
What is your favorite restaurant for special occasions? For weekly outings? Who does most of the cooking?
Who does the grocery shopping? Where?
Is there a particular food that you eat every week?
What is your spouse’s favorite/least favorite food?
What color are the kitchen curtains?
Do you have a barbecue grill? Do you use it?
Is your stove gas or electric?
Other Family Members
Have you met each other’s parents?
How often do you see each other’s parents? Where do they live?
When was the last time you saw them? Where? For how long?
On important holidays, do you buy individual gifts for your parents-in-law? Do they buy individual gifts for you?
How do each of you get along with your parents-in-law?
How many brothers and sisters does your spouse have? What are their names?
Which other members of your spouse’s family do you see frequently? When was the last time you saw them? What did you do together?
Home Technology
How many land-line telephones are in your house? Where are they?
What type of cell phone does your spouse have? What is his or her phone number?
How many televisions are in the house? In which rooms? Do you watch shows together, or separately? Name one show that you always watch together.
Do you record any television shows?
Do you subscribe to a DVD rental or streaming video service?
What company provides your cable TV service? Internet service?
How many computers, laptops, or tablets are in the house? What kind are they?
Does your spouse listen to the radio? What station?
What kind of car does your spouse drive?
In the Bedroom
What size is your bed (Twin, Queen, or King)?
Do you have a regular mattress, futon, or waterbed?
How many windows are there in your bedroom?
What color are your spouse’s pajamas?
Who sleeps on each side of the bed?
What form of contraception (birth control) do you use?
When was your wife’s last menstrual period?
Where do you keep your toothbrushes? What kind of toothpaste, soap, and shampoo does each of you use? Do either of you read or watch television before going to sleep? Do you have lamps next to your bed?
Have you ever had an argument that resulted in one of you sleeping in another room? Who, and which room?
The Rest of the House
Do you live in a home or apartment? Who pays the mortgage or rent? How much is it?
Do you have a garage? Who parks in it? Do you use a garage door opener?
Is there a carpet in your front hallway? What color?Is your sofa a regular one or does it have a pull-out bed? Have you ever had house guests sleep there?
What type of curtains or window coverings are in your living room? What color?
How many staircases are in your house?
How many sinks, toilets, and showers are there in your house or apartment in total?
Do you leave any lights on when you go to sleep at night?
Celebrations
When is your spouse’s birthday?
What did you do for your spouse’s last birthday?
What did your spouse give you as a present for your last birthday?
How did you celebrate your most recent wedding anniversary?
What religious holidays do you celebrate together?
What’s the most important holiday of the year in your household? Where do you typically celebrate it?
Have you and your spouse gone to see a movie or other form of entertainment lately? When, and what did you see? What did the two of you do last New Year’s Eve? Fourth of July?
Who takes pictures at important family occasions?
If you were an immigration officer, what would you ask? Try to imagine possible questions, and ask them of each other as you prepare for your visa or green card interview.
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Here’s what will probably happen at your adjustment of status interview, step by step.
1. You will need to pass through a security gate and metal detector. The guards will ask to see your appointment notice. You will not be allowed to bring any weapons, food or drink, cameras (including camera phones) into the building.
2. After sitting in the waiting room with dozens of other couples for so long that you’re sure you have been long forgotten, you will be summoned to the inner rooms of the USCIS adjustments unit.
3. The USCIS officer will lead you to his or her desk and check your identification. Just when you are seated comfortably, you, your spouse, and your foreign language interpreter (if you have brought one) will have to stand up again, raise your right hands, and take oaths to tell the truth.
The officer will ask to see all of the immigrating family's passports and travel documents, work permits (if any), Social Security cards (if any), and driver’s licenses (if any). The officer will also want to see documents from the petitioning spouse, such as a driver’s license, Social Security card (if available), and proof of legal U.S. immigration status (such as a green card or U.S. passport).
4. The officer will start by going through your written application for adjustment of status, asking about the facts and examining the medical and fingerprint reports for factors that might make you ineligible for a green card. This is one of the most important parts of the interview. You will sign the application to confirm its correctness.
5. The officer will ask you and your spouse about your married life, such as where you met, when and why you decided to get married, how many people attended your wedding, or what you did on your most recent holiday celebration. You will back up your answers with documents showing the genuine nature of your marriage, such as mortgage or rental agreements, joint credit cards, and joint utility bills.
6. If the officer spots a problem in your application that you can correct by submitting additional materials, he or she will likely put your case on hold and send you home with a list of documents to send in by mail within a specified time. For example, if your spouse’s earnings are insufficient to get past the U.S. Poverty Guidelines, the officer may suggest you find another family member to sign an Affidavit of Support. It's rare for USCIS to deny an application on the spot.
7. If the officer suspects that your marriage is fraudulent, however just a sham to get you a green card he or she will add a whole new step to the process. You will have to meet the Fraud Unit.
There, officers will interview you and your spouse separately and intensively, asking mostly the same questions of each of you. The officer will compare the results of your two interviews.
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Here is some guidance on what to bring to that interview. You will also receive a list from USCIS, so read it carefully and include anything on that list that you don't see mentioned below.
a. Photo Identification and Passport
You and your spouse will each need to present photo identification. Your passport is best. If you don’t have a passport, use a separate form of photo identification for the interview. The U.S. citizen or permanent resident spouse usually presents a driver’s license.
b. Original Documents and All INS or USCIS Permits
Assemble the originals of the documents you used to enter the United States, and any other documents you’ve received from U.S. consulates or INS or USCIS offices (for example, an
Advance Parole travel permit). Also, if you’ve mailed copies of documents to USCIS, such as your marriage and birth certificates, bring the originals.
Your spouse will need to bring the original proof of his or her U.S. citizenship status (a birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or passport) or permanent resident status (a green card or stamp in his or her passport).
The officer may not ask for all of these, but you’ll be glad you brought them if he or she does ask. c. Updates to Materials in the Application
Has anything important in your life changed since filing the adjustment of status paperwork? If, for example, you or your spouse have a new or different job, bring a letter from the new employer and copies of recent pay stubs. (Of course, your spouse’s income still needs to be high enough to deal with the Affidavit of Support requirements. If it has gone down, you, the immigrant, may be able to help by bringing proof that you are now working in the United States.) If you and your spouse have reached the two year anniversary of your marriage since filing the application, be ready to remind the officer of this, so you’ll be approved for permanent, not conditional, residency. If a tax year has passed, bring a copy of your latest tax returns (or better yet, an IRS transcript of these returns).
And even if nothing has changed, prove that fact with a recent pay stub showing that the financial sponsor is still bringing in the income.
d. Proof That Your Marriage Is Real
The interview is often the first opportunity that the USCIS officer has to decide whether your marriage is “for real.” The documents that you show are important factors in the decision. They should show that you and your spouse’s lives are intertwined and that you trust each other with your financial and personal matters.
Below is a list of documents most immigrants present. However, this list isn’t engraved in stone.
Use your imagination and be ready to do some organized “show and tell.” No need to flood the officer with paper—copies of six items from this list would be a reasonable amount.
• rental agreements, leases, or mortgages showing that you live together and/or have leased or bought property in both spouses’ names
• your mutual child’s birth certificate or a doctor’s report saying that one of you is pregnant • utility bills in both your names
• joint bank statements
• joint credit card statements
• evidence that one spouse has made the other a beneficiary on his/her life or health insurance or retirement account
• auto registrations showing joint ownership and/or addresses
• joint club memberships
• receipts from gifts that you purchased for one another (these should be typical gift purchases, such as jewelry, flowers, or candy)
• letters from friends and family to each or both of you mailed to your joint address
• photos of you and your spouse taken before and during your marriage, including photos from your wedding. (USCIS knows wedding pictures can be faked, but many officers enjoy seeing them anyway.) The photos should, if possible, include parents and other relatives from both families.
Write the date taken and a brief description of what the photo shows on the back (or underneath, if you’re photocopying them). Don’t bother with videos of the wedding or other events—there won’t be time or a space to view them.
destina PJul 8, 2021
@RP can you inform us your timeline? did you ever expedite any case?
S BJul 8, 2021
congratulations 👏👏 @chloe, thanks for the suggestions. could you please send me the document via email at saikatban91@gmail.com. it is very very helpful. thanks 👍
Chloe ZhangJul 8, 2021
@S B sent
Alex philizJul 8, 2021
@R P : what is the interview date?
S BJul 8, 2021
Thanks 😊
A PJul 8, 2021
@Chloe do you know me and my wife will be interviewing together or separately?
Alex philizJul 8, 2021
@R P : it is together. what is your interview date?
A PJul 8, 2021
@josh Aug 9th
A PJul 8, 2021
@simge
July 07, 2020 Interview was scheduled.
July 3, 2021 Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS
June 12, 2021 We scheduled you for a biometrics appointment
November 5, 2020 We received your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and sent you a receipt notice.
no expedite request. just waited.
Chloe ZhangJul 8, 2021
@R P it depends on the officer. we were interviewed together and it only took 5 minutes from the start to the end and approved on site.
A PJul 8, 2021
thank you Chloe. what documents did you had, what questions did they ask you and where was your interview like what service center?
sorry for asking too many questions but I am curious and little tensed.
Chloe ZhangJul 8, 2021
I have all the documents that I posted on the previous thread. They didn’t ask for any additional documents for our case. We were well prepared and they only asked to see our driver license to verify our identity.
questions were all for the I-130/131 and I-485 form
such as what is your name/birthday parent name and birthday
marriage date
and how we met
A PJul 8, 2021
@chloe thank you
Eddy PlatinumJul 8, 2021
@ RP what field office pls
Alex philizJul 9, 2021
@R P @chole : are they give the certification on same oath day?
A PJul 9, 2021
@Eddy Mt Laurel, nj
Chloe ZhangJul 10, 2021
@joshwa philip I was approved on the spot and not documents were handed to me directly but the same hour my case online said the green card was being produced and will mail to me shortly
Solomon TeklehaimanotOct 23, 2021
thank you
