Green Card Interview: How to Prepare for the Big Day

Green Card Interview: How to Prepare for the Big Day

The adjustment of status (AOS) interview can be intimidating, and the pressure that builds leading up to the appointment can create anxiety. However, the stress of the process can be lessened with preparation and organization, and there are simple steps you can take before the appointment, which will increase your confidence.

Study your spouse's completed G-325A and or the first page of Form I-130. These forms, as you'll recall from your initial filing, contain all your essential biographic information, including your employment and residence history, birthdays, and parents' names. Make sure that you and your spouse are able to recall information on each other's forms. Make it fun; quiz one another.

Pay extra attention to details about your residence and your spouse that you may normally overlook. Besides biographic information, Officers often ask questions about your shared residence (particularly colors of items), and major events wedding, honeymoon, holidays, vacations, etc. For the weeks or months leading up to the interview, try to be more mindful than usual of the details relating to these matters. Confirm that you and your spouse agree about when your first date was, or when you first talked of marriage, etc.

Organize all your documents neatly. Immigration Officers are often rushed, and they may become agitated if you repeatedly fumble around for forms when he or she requests to see them. This can make you both nervous and add tension to the air. Avoid this by arranging your documents for easy access so you can swiftly present any document requested. Organize similar documents in stacks. For example, if asked for your tax returns for the three most recent years, hand them to the Officer as a unit.

Know that you are encouraged to admit when you do not know something. Not knowing is sometimes the correct response. For example, if the Officer asks you to recite your mother in law's Social Security Number and you proudly spout it off, this could raise more suspicious than if you did not know.

Remind yourself that since your marriage is legitimate and in "good faith," it is tremendously difficult to fail the interview. The interview is not a PhD aural examination. If you marriage is true, it does not matter if you cannot answer a particular question.

A little preparation will go a long way to alleviate any anxiety you may be feeling.

Wishing you the best of luck on your interview,

Marcus J. Campana

http://www.MarriageGreenCardKit.com

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