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I couldnt find the thread with interview experience so I am starting one. I would like to request admin to make it sticky so everyone can benefit from it.
I would request community to post their experiences, list of document you brought with you to support your case, if you can post your situation like what status you are adjusting-differences between you and your spouse like age culture etc., outcome of your case and any other relevant information you think will help this community.
I am posting some of the interview experiences I found in this forum.

Experience#1
Surprise visit by USCIS officers!!!
I went for the USCIS interview early Sept.2010. My wife is a USC. We married last Feb after dating for almost two years. We were interviewed separately and video taped.

After the interview, I was told that my Green card was approved and to expect it in the mail in 2- 3 wks. Four days after the interview, two immigration officers came to my house and re-interviewed my wife. I was at work. Since then, there has been no further communication from USCIS. Its been almost three months.

At the interview, my wife missed a few questions.
1. My son from a previous marriage is 6. She said he was 7 yrs old.
2. I give my exwife $1000.00 a month in child support. She said I give her $200 a week.
3. I pay child support by paying my exwifes mortgage online. she said I pay her cash.
4. She missed her sons date of birth. 9/18/96. She said 9/18/2010. YES. Her own son.
5. Our marriage date is 2/11/10. She stated 2/10/10.

No criminal history. I have overstayed a student visa.

When immigration officers came to the house, they asked to look at our bedroom. she refused...stated that she was not comfortable having stragers in her bedroom.
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Experience#2
My rough interview experience and RFE
Hello,
Ive been married for 6 months now and we had our AOS interview at the end of July.
We got seperated right away, I got called in first, asked question for 15-20 minutes (everything was recorded on video) and then my wife got called in, took a seat right next to me and was asked the same questions.
The questions were like; what we did yesterday, how we met, who was present when we first met and so on... Of course our answers matched, we were unsure in like one question. After this the Immigration Offcier started to go through our pictures asking us where they were taken. She was flipping through our joint documents, which we unfortunately didnt have too many (because of my lack of SSN, we couldnt have a joint lease, life insurance...). She got "angry" at us and said: "Is that all you have???". I was like, sorry, this is all. She acted like She didnt want to approve my case the whole time. The interview lasted for about 45-50 minutes. I was sweating in the last 10. She started to flip through all the papers again, while She sighed big, like She wants this day to be over already. She printed out a paper and handed it to me, it was a RFE asking for three affidavits that know us as a couple and must be notarizad. We were given 30 days to fulfill the request. Of course I sent in the three letters the next week but I havent heard anything from them since then. The online tracker is still at "Inital Review" both on the I-130 and the I-485 status.
When can I expect something from them? Why were we interrogated like this? Were both white, Im 27, my wife is 25 no cultural or relgion differences or anything like that. Im just really nervous, even though I sent in the RFE papers, Im not so sure now that we are going to get approved. Has anybody experienced anything like this on this forum?
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Another Experience I found
is there any special situation for you case that thye didnt approve on the interview day ?
Can you please post your interview experience here ?
Yes, I can definitely say it was my fault (I filed for my husband with no help from an attorney). There was a line in the application that asked if there was a prior case for I485 filed for the person.

Since my husband had been married before and I was filing for all of the packets, I assumed that he had a prior case for all of them. In actuality, he actually only had a prior I765 and never got the chance to file for I130 or I485. I assumed his exwife did so I stated that the case expired. When the IO saw that, she said that she had to check and see if the case was still in the system.

Its a special case, but I know the case isnt in the system because it was never filed, plus hes been divorced from his ex-wife for 6 years.

Our experience at the Atlanta DO was this:

We came in approximately 30 minutes earlier than our appointment. We went to the window to notify them that we were here for our interview, which, in turn, the receptionist gave us a receipt showing our appointment time. We then went upstairs to the 3rd? floor and waited to be called in. There was only one other couple there waiting to be called in. We were called in about 15 minutes later.

I dont remember the all of the questions asked but she basically went through our package and asked us random questions from the package, confirming everything. She asked why we married so quickly (Married 7/2010, Filed 10/2010 but had been together almost a year before getting married) and said that I just knew he was the one. She also asked what I knew about the immigration process and I said that my family heritage is African so Ive always known about the immigration process. Not sure if that was such a good answer.

After the problem with "previous case" was seen, she left the room as if she were going to go check something and then came back and said she needs to check if the previous case was still in the system. She said if we dont hear anything, that well receive the card in the mail in 3 - 4 weeks. I asked her how long it would be if were going to hear something. She said that she had a large case load so just to wait. We were basically out of there in 30 minutes, but I was disappointed that we didnt get our approval that day.

Experience #2
I have different case from everyone here. But since you want to know, here we are. I started in 2009 cause i was in removal. I had a very long I-130 interview about 2 hours. The officier seperated my wife and I.He got me first for about an hour.Then my wife for the same questions.All ours answers were the same 100%.It was about how we met? and what we did last week end. After we finish he said very good, everything is parfect. And he approved right away.Then the judge terminated my removal 4 months later i had my interview notice. But we moved to another state before the interview. So at the interview the officier find out, and why we didnt transfer the case. We told him we want to finish here. And he if he send the GC to my atlanta address can i still get it we said yes. we got all our mail in atlanta, then he said fine.The interview was only the yes and no questions.And asked me my full name date of birth, my mother and father names. But didnt ask my wife anything.But he didnt have my file on his sytem, and said he cant approve me today. He did A file request, and told us it will take about to 2 weeks. And if dont get anything in to 2 weeks to call him back. He didnt take my EAD or anything.He asked if i was arrested i said yes for traffic ticket, he said that is not a crime dont worry about it.The only thing he asked was the latter from the judge state my removal was terminated. And my wife gave him that. My wife asked him if he want more prouves, and he said no cause we have everything fine. But he took them anyway and made a copy of them.he was very nice. since then it been 2 months i havent receive anything yet. And anytime i call the 1800 they told to wait for 90 days. Did infos pass they told the file arrived in. and it is with the officier for decision to wait 2 weeks again. The problem at the infos pass was i couldnt remember the interview officier name. and now the 2 weeks has past nothing.

Experience #3
Today we have our interview scheduled at 8:45 AM , reached there around 8:15 AM . We went with our Son ( 2 yrs old) no problem even they allowed his water bottle, went to first floor check-in/Reception ( it was different in last Nov for my citizensive interview I went straight to 2nd floor check-in counter) , gave us a ticket and told us to wait in 3rd floor.
Around 8:30 AM , one very serious looking officer came and took three of us to his room. After swearing , he just went through all info in I-130 and I - 485 . Took the I-94 card and AP paper and cancel my wifes current F1 visa in her passport . Then he asked about our son ( bdate , bcertificate ) also asked if we want to add any documents in our file , so we gave him some utility bills , 2010 tax return , he said he didnt need any more .. We had some typo in I-485 and we corrected when he was going through all the questions.
Most of the time he was constantly working on the comp and updating stuffs there .. no more questions on anything .. then he printed a letter which says that your I-551 is approved and we should get the card in 30 -60 days .. and if we need to travel before getting the card , we should get info pass and take a temporay stamp for the approval. He then congratulates us ..
Thats it .. it took 10 -15 mins ..
While commning back to home we got the CPO SMS and email.

One more thing .. we were very confused whether to take our son to the interview or not , so my wife went to USCIS ATL office with an infopass last week and they told us we should bring our child .. there shouldnt be any problem.

Experience#4
my interview experience
I reached the office at about 6:45 ( interview was at 7:15) i was the 3rd couple called for the interview but what freaked me out a lot was a female officer that came to pick up the 2nd couple , she came in the waiting area and called a number , for a few seconds , nobody answered ( apparently , everyone in the room, including me, was expected to be called by their name not a number.after a few more seconds , a couple came forward and the guy said politely " excuse madam, my name is ....... " and the officer replied " I DON T GIVE A F**K ABOUT YOUR NAME WHEN I CALL YOUR NUMBER , YOU JUST COME FORWARD THAT S ALL". anyway, after maybe 15 minutes i heard someone call my number . i was greeted by young and very polite lady ( Latina style) but also very professional .
first thing she does was to make us swear to tell the truth and the rest and she started asking question like how we met, describe you first meeting, she asked Me for my wife s birthday, then MY wife for my birthday and then , she asked me when was the last time i traveled outside the country after my marriage and my response was " 2 weeks after the marriage " that s when she said" THAT s gonna be a problem" when asked why she said i should not have but after looking at my file , she realized that during the period,i was traveling on my tourist visa and , as i had not applied for any benefit at that time it was perfectly legal to do so( i applied for AOS about 6 months after marriage) then she started asking about my ex wife who came here as asylum next question was if i still keep contact with my Ex witch i answered YES cause we have a kid together she then asked my wife the same question in witch she answered YES for when she comes to drop the kid but she keeps a boundary then she asked about my relations with my in laws, same question to my wife, next was who witness the ceremony , if we had a reception, what things we do together, do we take vacation , who support who and then , came with the yes or no questions then at the end she asked if we had any document together but she precisely asked for pictures( we had pics, power bill, bank account, car title auto insurance) we did not have the house in both our name because my wife had the house long before we got married we also did not file tax together because i did not have my social sec number at the time of filing which she understood pretty well. After that she said she had everything she wanted and we will receive something in the mail in about 2 weeks

MY ADVICE : it s usually NOT a good idea when you say too much during these interview but when my wife THE PETITIONER said things like : My mom is coming next month, or my husband loves steak but never tries to cook, or my husband would kill to watch an episode of csi also be prepared( the petitioner) to give a short explanation like " when he watches CSI , he would not know if the house is in fire or he wont even answer my call" These things are sometimes embarrassing but sometimes they help if you dont say too much cause at the end they show that you know your spouse habit . BUT again from what i understand , each officer is different
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I couldnt find the thread with interview experience so I am starting one. I would like to request admin to make it sticky so everyone can benefit from it.
I would request community to post their experiences, list of document you brought with you to support your case, if you can post your situation like what status you are adjusting-differences between you and your spouse like age culture etc., outcome of your case and any other relevant information you think will help this community.
I am posting some of the interview experiences I found in this forum.

Experience#1
Surprise visit by USCIS officers!!!
I went for the USCIS interview early Sept.2010. My wife is a USC. We married last Feb after dating for almost two years. We were interviewed separately and video taped.

After the interview, I was told that my Green card was approved and to expect it in the mail in 2- 3 wks. Four days after the interview, two immigration officers came to my house and re-interviewed my wife. I was at work. Since then, there has been no further communication from USCIS. Its been almost three months.

At the interview, my wife missed a few questions.
1. My son from a previous marriage is 6. She said he was 7 yrs old.
2. I give my exwife $1000.00 a month in child support. She said I give her $200 a week.
3. I pay child support by paying my exwifes mortgage online. she said I pay her cash.
4. She missed her sons date of birth. 9/18/96. She said 9/18/2010. YES. Her own son.
5. Our marriage date is 2/11/10. She stated 2/10/10.

No criminal history. I have overstayed a student visa.

When immigration officers came to the house, they asked to look at our bedroom. she refused...stated that she was not comfortable having stragers in her bedroom.
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Experience#2
My rough interview experience and RFE
Hello,
Ive been married for 6 months now and we had our AOS interview at the end of July.
We got seperated right away, I got called in first, asked question for 15-20 minutes (everything was recorded on video) and then my wife got called in, took a seat right next to me and was asked the same questions.
The questions were like; what we did yesterday, how we met, who was present when we first met and so on... Of course our answers matched, we were unsure in like one question. After this the Immigration Offcier started to go through our pictures asking us where they were taken. She was flipping through our joint documents, which we unfortunately didnt have too many (because of my lack of SSN, we couldnt have a joint lease, life insurance...). She got "angry" at us and said: "Is that all you have???". I was like, sorry, this is all. She acted like She didnt want to approve my case the whole time. The interview lasted for about 45-50 minutes. I was sweating in the last 10. She started to flip through all the papers again, while She sighed big, like She wants this day to be over already. She printed out a paper and handed it to me, it was a RFE asking for three affidavits that know us as a couple and must be notarizad. We were given 30 days to fulfill the request. Of course I sent in the three letters the next week but I havent heard anything from them since then. The online tracker is still at "Inital Review" both on the I-130 and the I-485 status.
When can I expect something from them? Why were we interrogated like this? Were both white, Im 27, my wife is 25 no cultural or relgion differences or anything like that. Im just really nervous, even though I sent in the RFE papers, Im not so sure now that we are going to get approved. Has anybody experienced anything like this on this forum?
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Ok now we need some easy interview experiences. LMAO true, give us some of the easy ones.