Interview for i-485 Experience(stand alone), USC spouse, NY FO.

Arrived 30 minutes Early Interview started 50 minutes later then scheduled time. (Believe that officer was researching about our case and had questions written before the interview)

Sworn and then officer asked us to provide all the original paperwork like DL, citizenship, passport etc: Any new evidence that changed (as we already submitted a lot of everything during i-130 earlier) then explained that officer will ask questions first to wife (USC) and then Beneficiary, Do not interrupt, speak, see or help your spouse.

(The question numbers are not in order and just for the reference of number of questions asked)

1: Name of Husband 2: DOB, Age 3: what do he do for living 4: visa status before marriage (filed for any benefits or visa or any other status, ever been in removal proceedings?) 5: how do we meet, when, where? 6: if she met spouse family? 7: who is in the family ? 8: who does she met them in person or video call? 9: Names of spouse parents? 10: Education of your spouse? 11: Planning to pursue the career in same education? 12: who proposed? 13: when and where? 14: husband Place of birth, city? 15: what religion he follows?

Asked Husband: (Asked some follow up question to wife in the middle of asking husband)

1: Spouse full name 2: Date of Birth, Age 3: Any children 4: Name and age of children 5: If you met family? 6: Spouse siblings? 7: Parents name? 8: where do they live? 9: where do siblings live? 10: where does children study? 11: who take him there? 12: did you discuss your status before marriage with spouse? 13: whats your address? 14: any other address you live? 15: what does your spouse do? 16: what is title of her job? 17: since when she started that job, job history? 18: what is the name of children educational institution? 19: who take the children there? 20: how did your relationship work? I gave Details about how we met, how we started communicating, dating and proposal and marriage) 21: i485 security Questions. 22: Place of Birth of Spouse 23: does she go to your religious place? 24: how religious are you?

That was the interview, lasted less then 30 minutes, Officer was nice and was not mean. Very professional and did not grill, officer wanted to know clear answers for some questions and asked by different ways to get the answers out and once officer got the answers that satisfied the officer, then the next questions being asked.

We were calm and talking about our family, children, future, news and other stuff and were not very nervous. At the end of the interview we asked about the next steps and timeline, which visa officer did not give a clear answer and set the expectation that we will be getting mail within a month and then gave us a paper, being further asked, officer explained that what could be the outcome e.g Approval, Denial, more evidence etc, Also came to know that If medical expires then need to do medical again and resubmit.

we chatted about how some people have online account and receive the emails for action taken. After that we took all original documents back (The officer scanned documents that needed during the interview) and as we left the building and discussed about the interview and realized about our answers and appreciated how we were not very anxious and nervous. Next Day Got an Email of Action taken: Account stated: “i-485 APPROVED”