How to Pass your Green Card Interview

This article will provide steps to pass your green card or adjustment of status interview

Instructions

1. When you receive the letter in the mail telling you to come to the interview make sure you have copies of all
   the documents they ask for. Especially a recent sponsors tax return and affidavit of support and photocopies of birth certificates and passport pages.

   If you have a joint sponsor, make sure they provide a new affidavit of support with a copy of their Citizenship or Green Card.

2. Have Photographs and Joint Bank Accounts ready and prepared. Bring in clear photographs of your wedding, honeymoon, vacations, birthday parties and if you do not have pictures of you kissing and hugging Get them done.

   Bank Accounts are important, the officers want to see you and the sponsor share assets, make sure the bank accounts have income of both parties coming in, and joint expenses going out. For example, make sure the lease or mortgage payments are paid by the account.

3. Bills in both names going to the home. Small issues such as the drivers license being the same as the tax return address is important, also have cell phone bills, electric bills, going into each persons name.

4. Interview questions can range from the usual, "how you met her" to very detailed and explicit questions. Be prepared, please get together few days before the interview and prepare.

   Sample questions asked:

   HOW YOU MET?
   WHERE DID YOU GO ON YOUR FIRST DATE?
   WHAT IS THE OTHERS FAIMLY MEMBERS NAME?
   WHERE DOES YOU SPOUSE WORK? WHAT DOES SHE DO?
   WHERE DID YOU GO ON YOUR LAST VACATION?
   WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT?
   WHO COOKED LAST NIGHT?
   DOES YOUR SPOUSE HAVE ANY SCARS?

5. At the first interview, the documents you provide are highly weighed especially the financial statements, consider having a WILL drafted showing the other spouse is the beneficiary of your Estate, also consider having your apartment lease or mortgage deed list the name of the other spouse. With these steps you can pass the first test. If you fail another interview will be made called the Stokes interview and at that time you will be separated and the above questions and more will be asked.

6. Know Family member names, the interview will ask you who the spouses family member are, where they live, when was the last time you saw them so make sure you know names and dates.

7. Hug and kiss if possible during the interview, officers look at body language of the couple to see if they act as if they are married, even holding hands is an important thing.

8. Your first date or first meeting, very important to make sure you have the dates, and places you went to correctly. They will ask how you met her? Who introduced you? Where did you go on your first date? Have answers to these questions.

9. Pictures of vacation, family members, hugs together, are best, make sure you have many pictures, even an album.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the one week before the interview you and your spouse detail each others daily life, like time each other goes to work, came home, what they watched on TV.

• Act comfortable, hug and kiss at the interview, be calm.

• Their are numerous questions that can be asked at the interview, however the basic ones are listed and the documents are the best.

Resources

• Kumar Paturi ESQ. website