Posted by: SuperDad August 31, 2018
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Since I see numerous post related to this, I am sharing my very recent, personal interview experience, if this helps some one in their case or even for their "Peace of Mind" (I posted mainly for the latter reason).
Case Deskription:
Graduated from a University in US.
Case category: EB2 NIW
I140 filed: April 2017
I140 approved: Feb 2018.
I-485 filed: April, 2018; Derivative's application filed on May 2018 (almost a month after).
Interview notice: Mid August; Wife's interview was scheduled on 29th August and mine for September. But as a primary applicant, I went along with my wife for her interview with all my copied and original documents along with me
FYI- Documents submitted for "Proof of Birth"- (1) Late registered Birth Certificate, (2) Sworn affidavit from parents, (3) School Certificate with DOB and (4) English Translation of Nagarikata
During the interview:
The field officer welcomed and made us comfortable for interview by asking usual "Hello/How are you doing today?" question. After being seated, officer started the interview, stating that he had not received the complete file for my wife. He only had a thin looking temporary file pertaining to my wife, in front of him. But since I was there along with my wife, he pulled my file from the repository and started our interview. He admitted that he had not got any chance to look at our file. And may be it was a good thing for us as he had not prepared any specific questions specific to our case.
The officer then tabled multiple informal questions like- what do I do, where do I work/live, where was I born, where and when did we get married, how much do i earn etc. And he made sure that copy of all the required documents had been submitted. He made sure of the correct "Date of Birth" after looking at our original "Birth Certificate" (LATE REGISTERED IN MUNICIPALITY; ENGLISH). He also made sure, if our wedding was legal/genuine by verifying our original marriage certificate (ENGLISH; REGISTERED IN MUNICIPALITY IMMEDIATELY AFTER MARRIAGE). Until now, the only things that is to be noted are: he went over the i-485 form for both of us, cross checked the filled informations quickly, checked original birth certificates, marriage certificate and looked family pictures along with wedding pictures. He also made copy of some of our wedding pictures for the record.
In our case, the officer did not ask or looked for anything specific from us that would contradict with our document or that would jeopardize our case. So after ~30-35 minutes of file retrieval time, questioning, photocopying, scanning wedding pictures, the officer approved our case and congratulated us for the green card.
With that said, interview was over without any major hiccups. Although the overall length of interview went longer than I thought. I guess the length and the outcome of any interview depends upon various factors like: case, supporting documents and the personality of the interviewing officer. I will rate the field officer interviewing our case as: very calm and friendly.
Hope everyone gets field officer like the one I got. Good Luck to anyone preparing to file their case or preparing for an interview. Cheers !!!
Since I see numerous post related to this, I am sharing my very recent, personal interview experience, if this helps some one in their case or even for their "Peace of Mind" (I posted mainly for the latter reason).
Case Deskription:
Graduated from a University in US.
Case category: EB2 NIW
I140 filed: April 2017
I140 approved: Feb 2018.
I-485 filed: April, 2018; Derivative's application filed on May 2018 (almost a month after).
Interview notice: Mid August; Wife's interview was scheduled on 29th August and mine for September. But as a primary applicant, I went along with my wife for her interview with all my copied and original documents along with me
FYI- Documents submitted for "Proof of Birth"- (1) Late registered Birth Certificate, (2) Sworn affidavit from parents, (3) School Certificate with DOB and (4) English Translation of Nagarikata
During the interview:
The field officer welcomed and made us comfortable for interview by asking usual "Hello/How are you doing today?" question. After being seated, officer started the interview, stating that he had not received the complete file for my wife. He only had a thin looking temporary file pertaining to my wife, in front of him. But since I was there along with my wife, he pulled my file from the repository and started our interview. He admitted that he had not got any chance to look at our file. And may be it was a good thing for us as he had not prepared any specific questions specific to our case.
The officer then tabled multiple informal questions like- what do I do, where do I work/live, where was I born, where and when did we get married, how much do i earn etc. And he made sure that copy of all the required documents had been submitted. He made sure of the correct "Date of Birth" after looking at our original "Birth Certificate" (LATE REGISTERED IN MUNICIPALITY; ENGLISH). He also made sure, if our wedding was legal/genuine by verifying our original marriage certificate (ENGLISH; REGISTERED IN MUNICIPALITY IMMEDIATELY AFTER MARRIAGE). Until now, the only things that is to be noted are: he went over the i-485 form for both of us, cross checked the filled informations quickly, checked original birth certificates, marriage certificate and looked family pictures along with wedding pictures. He also made copy of some of our wedding pictures for the record.
In our case, the officer did not ask or looked for anything specific from us that would contradict with our document or that would jeopardize our case. So after ~30-35 minutes of file retrieval time, questioning, photocopying, scanning wedding pictures, the officer approved our case and congratulated us for the green card.
With that said, interview was over without any major hiccups. Although the overall length of interview went longer than I thought. I guess the length and the outcome of any interview depends upon various factors like: case, supporting documents and the personality of the interviewing officer. I will rate the field officer interviewing our case as: very calm and friendly.
Hope everyone gets field officer like the one I got. Good Luck to anyone preparing to file their case or preparing for an interview. Cheers !!!