Our AOS Interview Experience at USCIS Detroit

[SallyHon]

After a quite long delay because of the constant mistakes by USCIS and US Post Office (please see my timeline below), we had our AOS interview on 06/14/07.

 

Our interview schedule was 1:15 Pm. My wife and I arrived at USCIS Detroit about half hour early (without the interpreter although my wife spoken English is quite limited). After passing through the security check, we put our interview notice in a tray, waiting in the lobby.

 

At about 2:20Pm, a nice black lady called us and she apologized for letting us wait so long...We were sworn in. She asked us that why we filed a motion to re-open the case. I explained to her about the mistake caused by the US Post Office and showed her the apology letter from the Post office manager.

 

She started asking us for our I-130 approval notoice. I told her that it should be in our case file, and she found it. Then, she started asking my wife the following questions:

 

1. Have you ever been a member of any organization? No.

2. Have you ever been arrested or imprisoned? No.

3. Have you ever used drugs? No.

4. Have you ever been a prostitute? No.

5. Have you ever practiced polygamy? No.

6. Are you still living in the same address? Stated our current address.

 

My wife could understand the above questions...

 

Then she told us that her questions are done...I insticntly reponsed to her: It's done and so short?...She smiled and said 'Yes'...I said we would like to show her our photos. She said 'OK' and flipped through our photo albums. Because my wife's wedding photos are quite beautiful, she showed them to one of her co-workers, saying that these photos are like post cards. Then, she chatted with me about my work and asked me for the updated employment letter, I told her that I am a scientist with quite many inventions. She asked me where I got my Ph.D., I told her that I got my degree in the States and my Ph.D. advisor is an internationally renown professor. She seemed interested in my inventions (technical documents and patents). She mentioned to me that one of her friends working at GM is doing similar research work, and I explained to her that new technology...she kept smiling. Finally she asked whether my wife has a SSN, we gave her a copy of SSN. Then she said we will recieve our new card with 30 days...I forgot to give her the employment letter and she seemed forgetting that too. Totally the interview lasted about 25 minutes.

 

BTW, before concluding the interview, she took my wife I-94 form. I asked her about stamping my wife's passport, she said we will have the card soon. She did not ask for my wife's EAD card (I don't know why?).

 

I appreciate CLF so much for all your help during our process from K3 to PR.

 

Good luck to everyone!

[Randy W]

The policy these days seems to be to not give the stamp. The ED card will provide identification as a legal alien until the green card arrives.

 

Congratulations!

[amerchin]

Congrats!

[Robertw711]

Congratulation!

[SallyHon]

Thanks, guys!

 

Something I learned from our experience during our AOS process:

 

. If you find anything wrong with your process, such as typo, additional evidence request and check return by USCIS, call USCIS right away to correct and follow it through.

. If your case has been transferred to the local USCIS office and you find something wrong, go to the local office immedidately to clarify it. You can do it by the online Infopass appointment.

. Dress a little bit formally during your interview.

[warpedbored]

Thanks for the report. Interesting they let you keep the EAD card. My wife had to turn her's in at the interview.

[LeeFisher3]

Congratulations.

 

My wife was leaving for China one week after her AOS interview to get everything ready for our son's visa interview and we had to enter the US on her AP since the green card arrived after I left to join her.

 

If they had insisted on collecting either I would have required a stamp in the passport, which I would recommend to anyone faced with a demand for either without stamping the passport.