I-485 interview coming up -- what questions to expect?
Apr 24th 2003, 3:06 am
#1
Guest
Posts: n/a
I-485 interview coming up -- what questions to expect?
Hey guys!
My INS interview is coming up -- the final one that will let me know
if I'm approved for a Greencard. I'm really nervous about it -- what
questions should I expect???
Thanks for your help!
- Moemi
My INS interview is coming up -- the final one that will let me know
if I'm approved for a Greencard. I'm really nervous about it -- what
questions should I expect???
Thanks for your help!
- Moemi
Apr 24th 2003, 3:32 am
#2
Welsh Wife
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: Two countries one heart, soul and life
Posts: 471
Good luck I am looking forward to the responses on this posting myself. My fiance will soon be getting his interview. Hope to hear from all who has gone thru it!
Apr 24th 2003, 4:13 am
#3
Account Closed
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 16,266
Re: I-485 interview coming up -- what questions to expect?
Originally posted by Moemi
Hey guys!
My INS interview is coming up -- the final one that will let me know
if I'm approved for a Greencard. I'm really nervous about it -- what
questions should I expect???
Thanks for your help!
- Moemi
Hey guys!
My INS interview is coming up -- the final one that will let me know
if I'm approved for a Greencard. I'm really nervous about it -- what
questions should I expect???
Thanks for your help!
- Moemi
The are NOT to ask extremely personal questions such as the last time, who was on top and did you use a condom.
They might ask what the other was wearing last night.
Main thing is to follow the following three rules. These will help the examiner AND will keep you out of trouble.
Rule #1 -- Tell the truth. Its easier to remember. Corollary: don't quess. "I don't remember" or "I don't know" are perfectly OK if thats the truth.
Rule #2 -- Understand the question. If you don't, you are then quessing and violating rule #1. It is OK to say "I don't understand" or "What?" -- the question will be repeated.
Rule #3 -- the most important one -- answer ONLY the question ASKED!. If asked "do you know what time it is?" the only two acceptable answers are "yes" or "no". Don't try and get into the examiner's head and figure out what they want -- you will probably be wrong. The examiner may just be curious about something.
You will be nervous. That is normal. There is nothing you can do about that. The ONLY thing you have got to do is follow the above three rules.
Good luck.
Apr 24th 2003, 4:50 am
#4
Howling at the Moon
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: Incline Village, NV
Posts: 3,742
Smile ( but not to the extent of looking like a Cheshire Cat).
Be polite even in the unlikely event that the person interviewing you is not.
Be organised (they usually really appreciate this and it made me feel less nervous knowing I was at least reasonably prepared).
I didn't feel that I had to sit there like a robot, chatted to my husband as well as the interviewer, was spontaneous although didn't actually volunteer any pertinent information.
After the initial review of the form, a couple of pieces of documentation (medical, this year's tax return) and some very brief questions we spent most of our time talking to the officer about travel and peritoneal dialysis (she was travelling to Ireland next year, had previously been to the UK and her mother like my husband has end stage renal failure).
They are actually a person not an ogre, doing their job and usually they prefer it to be a pleasant one as opposed to otherwise
They usually don't ask any "awkward" questions from what I have heard unless they are suspicious. Even such questions should be relatively straightforward for a genuinely involved couple (I have heard of one couple that was asked which sides of the bed they slept on, they were stumped by this question as the marriage in question was fraudulent).
It's not "Mr & Mrs" - I mean how many people forget their wedding anniversary every year ? The officer was shocked that I remembered my SSN straightaway, said that many of the people who work there are still trying to remember theirs. I had to admit that my bank had used it as my ID for on-line banking...
Good Luck !
Be polite even in the unlikely event that the person interviewing you is not.
Be organised (they usually really appreciate this and it made me feel less nervous knowing I was at least reasonably prepared).
I didn't feel that I had to sit there like a robot, chatted to my husband as well as the interviewer, was spontaneous although didn't actually volunteer any pertinent information.
After the initial review of the form, a couple of pieces of documentation (medical, this year's tax return) and some very brief questions we spent most of our time talking to the officer about travel and peritoneal dialysis (she was travelling to Ireland next year, had previously been to the UK and her mother like my husband has end stage renal failure).
They are actually a person not an ogre, doing their job and usually they prefer it to be a pleasant one as opposed to otherwise
They usually don't ask any "awkward" questions from what I have heard unless they are suspicious. Even such questions should be relatively straightforward for a genuinely involved couple (I have heard of one couple that was asked which sides of the bed they slept on, they were stumped by this question as the marriage in question was fraudulent).
It's not "Mr & Mrs" - I mean how many people forget their wedding anniversary every year ? The officer was shocked that I remembered my SSN straightaway, said that many of the people who work there are still trying to remember theirs. I had to admit that my bank had used it as my ID for on-line banking...
Good Luck !
Last edited by lairdside; Apr 24th 2003 at 4:56 am.
Apr 24th 2003, 3:21 pm
#5
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: I-485 interview coming up -- what questions to expect?
Thank you so much! I've been very encouraged by people's comments here
-- I've so far had a very positive experience with the INS (...
shocking, ain't it?
but then I've been in the country for almost 8
years, have my undergrad and graduate degrees from American
universities, etc.
My primary concern was the fact that my spouse and I don't have a lot
in the line of wedding-pics -- we are doing our "big" wedding in
Europe with my family (my parents are both elderly, don't speak
ENglish, and can't really travel). At the same time, we knew we wanted
to get married, and since we're both Christian, we didn't want to live
together/have sex until we were ... sooo, we went to the county clerk
:P (... I realize this was probably WAY more info than anyone wanted.)
Thanks so much for your help!
- M.
lairdside wrote in message news:...
> Smile ( but not to the extent of looking like a Cheshire Cat).
>
> Be polite even in the unlikely event that the person interviewing
> you is not.
>
> Be organised (they usually really appreciate this and it made me feel
> less nervous knowing I was at least reasonably prepared).
>
> I didn't feel that I had to sit there like a robot, chatted to my
> husband as well as the interviewer, was spontaneous although didn't
> actually volunteer any pertinent information.
>
> After the initial review of the form, a couple of pieces of
> documentation (medical, this year's tax return) and some very brief
> questions we spent most of our time talking to the officer about travel
> and peritoneal dialysis (she was travelling to Ireland next year, had
> previously been to the UK and her mother like my husband has end stage
> renal failure).
>
> They are actually a person not an ogre, doing their job and usually they
> prefer it to be a pleasant one as opposed to otherwise
>
> They usually don't ask any "awkward" questions from what I have heard
> unless they are suspicious. Even such questions should be relatively
> straightforward for a genuinely involved couple (I have heard of one
> couple that was asked which sides of the bed they slept on, they were
> stumped by this question as the marriage in question was fraudulent).
>
> It's not "Mr & Mrs" - I mean how many people forget their wedding
> anniversary every year ? The officer was shocked that I remembered my
> SSN straightaway, said that many of the people who work there are still
> trying to remember theirs. I had to admit that my bank had used it as my
> ID for on-line banking...
>
> Good Luck !
-- I've so far had a very positive experience with the INS (...
shocking, ain't it?
but then I've been in the country for almost 8years, have my undergrad and graduate degrees from American
universities, etc.
My primary concern was the fact that my spouse and I don't have a lot
in the line of wedding-pics -- we are doing our "big" wedding in
Europe with my family (my parents are both elderly, don't speak
ENglish, and can't really travel). At the same time, we knew we wanted
to get married, and since we're both Christian, we didn't want to live
together/have sex until we were ... sooo, we went to the county clerk
:P (... I realize this was probably WAY more info than anyone wanted.)
Thanks so much for your help!
- M.
lairdside wrote in message news:...
> Smile ( but not to the extent of looking like a Cheshire Cat).
>
> Be polite even in the unlikely event that the person interviewing
> you is not.
>
> Be organised (they usually really appreciate this and it made me feel
> less nervous knowing I was at least reasonably prepared).
>
> I didn't feel that I had to sit there like a robot, chatted to my
> husband as well as the interviewer, was spontaneous although didn't
> actually volunteer any pertinent information.
>
> After the initial review of the form, a couple of pieces of
> documentation (medical, this year's tax return) and some very brief
> questions we spent most of our time talking to the officer about travel
> and peritoneal dialysis (she was travelling to Ireland next year, had
> previously been to the UK and her mother like my husband has end stage
> renal failure).
>
> They are actually a person not an ogre, doing their job and usually they
> prefer it to be a pleasant one as opposed to otherwise
>
> They usually don't ask any "awkward" questions from what I have heard
> unless they are suspicious. Even such questions should be relatively
> straightforward for a genuinely involved couple (I have heard of one
> couple that was asked which sides of the bed they slept on, they were
> stumped by this question as the marriage in question was fraudulent).
>
> It's not "Mr & Mrs" - I mean how many people forget their wedding
> anniversary every year ? The officer was shocked that I remembered my
> SSN straightaway, said that many of the people who work there are still
> trying to remember theirs. I had to admit that my bank had used it as my
> ID for on-line banking...
>
> Good Luck !
Apr 24th 2003, 3:23 pm
#6
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: I-485 interview coming up -- what questions to expect?
> The are NOT to ask extremely personal questions such as the last time,
> who was on top and did you use a condom.
*rofl* That was amusing -- not because it's that far-fetched, but
because I just had to picture recounting that stuff to the INS
official
> Rule #1 -- Tell the truth. Its easier to remember. Corollary: don't
> quess. "I don't remember" or "I don't know" are perfectly OK if thats
> the truth.
>
> Rule #2 -- Understand the question. If you don't, you are then quessing
> and violating rule #1. It is OK to say "I don't understand" or "What?"
> -- the question will be repeated.
>
> Rule #3 -- the most important one -- answer ONLY the question ASKED!.
> If asked "do you know what time it is?" the only two acceptable answers
> are "yes" or "no". Don't try and get into the examiner's head and
> figure out what they want -- you will probably be wrong. The examiner
> may just be curious about something.
Thank you! those are extremely good advice. I'm trying to put my
personal law training (I'm an attorney, although not with an
immigration law specialty) into practice and just treat this like a
deposition. :P
- M.
> who was on top and did you use a condom.
*rofl* That was amusing -- not because it's that far-fetched, but
because I just had to picture recounting that stuff to the INS
official
> Rule #1 -- Tell the truth. Its easier to remember. Corollary: don't
> quess. "I don't remember" or "I don't know" are perfectly OK if thats
> the truth.
>
> Rule #2 -- Understand the question. If you don't, you are then quessing
> and violating rule #1. It is OK to say "I don't understand" or "What?"
> -- the question will be repeated.
>
> Rule #3 -- the most important one -- answer ONLY the question ASKED!.
> If asked "do you know what time it is?" the only two acceptable answers
> are "yes" or "no". Don't try and get into the examiner's head and
> figure out what they want -- you will probably be wrong. The examiner
> may just be curious about something.
Thank you! those are extremely good advice. I'm trying to put my
personal law training (I'm an attorney, although not with an
immigration law specialty) into practice and just treat this like a
deposition. :P
- M.
