Question:
It also says that the interview will be video taped.
Could anyone tell me what questions will be possibly
asked at the interview?
Is it necessary to bring an attorney with me to the
interview?
Could anyone share your green card interview experience
Answer:
I just received my green card interview notice from INS.
I am H4. My husband (H1-B) is the primary petitioner.
The notice tells me to bring the following to the interview:
passport, official ID, medical exam results,
originals of all documents submitted with my application,
current letter of employment, W-2 and income tax forms
for the last three years,
marriage certificate, insurance policies,
rental agreements, deeds, bank/credit statements,
utility bills, wedding photos
and any other evidence to show marriage is bona fide.
just keep it cool....they will ask you the obvious questions such as...why
do you need to become a green card holder?...whether you intend to go back
to your country? that's a very tricky question....if you answer "yes"...it
means" that you do not need a green card then...because you will be going
back anytime....if you answer "no" it measn that you intend to apply for a
citizenship in the future...and that you have made up your mind about
staying forever in the country!....the choice is yours...I would answer "No"
to that question...as a matter of fact...that the intend of an immigrant
anyway...
I tell my story, interview included, at www.wop98.com
Tehy did not try any trick question with us at all. Make sure that all your
documents are there and in order, no excuses. My suggestion is to make a
packet for each applicant (so don't put all the passports together, for
example. Rather, assemble all your stuff, your husband's: the winner being
the most important).
Ours was not videotaped at all, if you give some info after I'd be grateful,
so I can update the information in the site.
Not really. They will ask questions about the validity of the
marriage, and several tests including relatives names etc. They will
also ask the standard form questions (are you a terrorist, have you
been arrested etc) Once you are in a bona fide marriage you have
nothing to worry about.
Questions of a general nature may be asked. They asked me and my wife how we
liked being married, what she thought of where we live now and they asked my
step kids how they were doing in school. They looked at our papers and then
asked me if my family was on my employers medical plan and asked if we had the
card with us and we showed it to them. We were interviewd by one agent while a
second agent checked over the papers.
If your marriage is on the up and up, no it is not. But the INS is pretty good
at ferreting out phoney marriages at the interviews. If they are suspicious,
they may separate you and your husband and subject you to more personal
questions and compare answers (sort of like the old Newlywed Game from TV).
