HBKHBK-
well, we filed the original i751 in July 2006, then ray went for biometrics in august 2006

then in October 2006 we got the insufficent evidence letter.

then we resubmitted more evidence on Dec 22

the evidence included a NOTORIZED letter from mom saying we live there as man and wife, and that aside from when ray is at work, we are always togher...

the 10 affidavits were all notorized, some even included photos of when we were at the friends house, and none were written stupidly...they were all very well written.

I think it is so unfair that ray and i are getting this just because we cannot afford a home of our own.

as i mentioned before, another friend of ours , they only submitted ONE affidavit, and ONE utility bill, and no one gave them any hassle.


we had a good interview 18 months ago for AOS , and the interviewer was so nice...do you think the possiblity could be that they will give us the same one? I am afraid we will wind up with some horrible nasty person..
this interviw is more than two weeks away, and i am already sick with fear.

Oh, and the affidavits, all were notorized, all had the name, address, phone number date of birth and place of birth on them too..all were well written...

I have in my original post all the evidence i sent and when i sent them...i would repost it but it would take a long time to type out...


now i am so shaken up i feel nauseated. ARe they going to deport my husband? Just becaue we live at momss? I garuntee you were are 100 percent happily married couple. married 3 and a half years and very very much in love.

Oh, i forgot to mention...i remember or original interview...

when i explained to the officer we lived with my mom because we could not afford a house he was like "of course...i understand...lots of people have to do that nowadays..." that was almost 2 years ago...


well. in closing , the officer said to us after we file the i751, they "may or may not want to interview us again"

i wish i knew somoene else who has been through this so they could share their experience...seems like the other people who went thorough this never posted a follow up of their experience (on diffent boards.)

Oh Jyllian,I can tell truly how worried you are from your words and postings...please,take it easy you are too over reacting.I thought your husband was the american,but its you.
Its all cool though.

Look,I know people who got divorced,and even I am divorced.Who filed for the I751 To remove the conditons via waiver,and they were removed,without an interview.So I get it,why u are so upset why this interview hassle,cause its always a hassle going through interviews and INS.We all want to have that peace of mind.

When is by the way your interview?

u need to understand one thing though,regardless if you file for I-751 while being married or as a divorced person.
Either way,the proof is u have to provide and show,number 1 You got married only because of love and not to get to the US and number 2.Your marriage was bonafide,meaning the marriage was indeed real and you guys were indeed living the "husband and wife" life.

I had to sent a waiver with my I-751, i included 6 affadavits,also very very well written,sworn and also with notorized.

I have also sent many many evidence,I also included a cover letter where I list "evidence of marriage" and then list everything I have added...and then I made a section called "evidence we lived together on the same address" and addes everyhting that had to do with our home and proiving we lived there "letters,cards,bills,commercial letters,adds addressed to both of us...tax return reminders addressed to us....

ANY junk is important...and in a waiver case like mine,I had to include anything and everyhting possible as evidence.Cause the minute the INS officer looks at your package,he or she needs to realize "wow,lost of evidence,this was a real marriage or whatever you know....

I also though had a immigration attorney view my package before I sent it and she even made some correction and all and told me I made my applictaion perfectly....
I aslo included a affadavit of myself how we met as well....My whole packake was thick as 5 magazines....
And I also inlcuded pictures...from the day we met till the day we got married,and to the day we divorced....tonz and tonz of pics.

I sent my package in Sept. and 2 weeks after I got my extended letter and a week later had my biometrics appointment and now I am waitng,its been 5 months....so we will see.

My attorney told me,u have enough evidence,if u wouldn't they would sent you a letter asking for more and if u have enough evidence,they will remove the conditons without an interview.If not they will call you for an interview in order to remove the conditons.

And also my affadavits were not only from friends,but also from my ex wifes family,siblings and their friends...because affadavits from ONLY friends,can look like a favor.So having affadvits like from your american spouses siblings,other relatives etc is also very important....
My affadavits were 3 from friends,and the rest from ex's family members...

I hope everything goes well for you,stay in touch and do not worry please...

in otherwords, why are u though so worried?
there is nothing to be worried about,right?
let me know....god bless

HBKHBK, you do not have to apologize – I know you know all this stuff much better. I mean it, no offence.
I just meant that if I have an interview, I will definitely have to go through this stuff with my husband. Because he is just “an American guy” (teasing) and he is able to forget everything. Like he stunned me a few weeks ago when he asked me what date our son was born (he was present the delivery, of course and this was a very nice day for both of us) … for him it is important we have the baby (well, he is a toddler now) and that’s what matters to him. I am the one of charge of the paperwork, birthday parties, I am sending out all cards (even to my step kids) and until recently (his work injury) he just remembered to bring his paycheck home & help me with some household stuff, of course.
I do not know if we will get to an interview or not; I did not have many affidavits (and as I can see I screwed up because they are not notarized … but one is from a chief of police in a big town nearby – our neighbor – made as on official letter). And also we have a kid together (so I attached a birth certificate). Also I send out a proof (copy of a bank transfer) that I transferred the money from my country (about $200k) where the account was on my name only to our joint account and we put this money down as a down payment to our family house. I have the deed from the house (difference between the transfer and the deed remittance is one month) etc. And the joint bank account statement we are both in possession of this money. Of course, joint tax returns, joint medical coverage, joint account statements, AAA insurance, house refinance papers carrying both names on it, homeowners residence affidavit , home tax bill … so I do not know if this is going to be enough.
Because of my husbands’ injury we could not have afforded a lawyer but on the other hand I think that either we will have to go through an interview or not. I do believe that for USCIS is the biggest proof the kid itself plus maybe a little the money I brought over here. I hope.
If it comes to worst, we will have to go there. If we do not make it, that’s all what we need now (we are having many troubles already) but we all are in Gods’ hands …. We have to put his faith in him. We love each other very much and we want to be together – here, overseas; it does not matter.
So I try to take it easy – there should not be anything to be worried about.

Honey, no worries u should and are safe.Nothing is wrong with you guys's marriage so.And hey, God's always with you,remember that!

I am always giving advice and talking here,but my situation is not even secure or finished u know lol.But like I said,though,divorced or married,either way,you have to establish and proof the same thing...my proof is alot because I am no longer married.Thats why I took my time gatering everything and even getting and letting an attorney see my stuff and get the opinion if I have everyhting right and correctly.
Where are from originally Honey?

Hi, thank you for your reply!
Originally I am from Czech Republic – I assume you know Central Europe; and your home country is …?
I am sorry to hear about when some marriage ended up with divorce – this is just sad. Well, I guess that you have to do what you have to do …
I like this forum; if it was not for people here I would be in a big trouble already. It was in 2004 and I was here on tourist visa but I had my older son overseas. So I took an advice from ‘Old man” and I did the right thing – I went back (my future husband had to divorce first from his alcoholic wife he was married to less than for a year … the divorce took longer than the marriage itself) and than after few months we got married in Prague. Beautiful 4 weeks together, big fun with all my buddies, wedding in Russian style (e.g. a great party) etc. It was coll. And after that DCF took some 4 weeks to proceed so … everything was great. US Embassy did not give us any hard time (maybe because I was already pregnant), I do not know. But I do remember when we went there I was shining; I just was full of love …
So now I did not see any problems at all again; I am not faking any marriage. I just got worried that that evidence might not be enough and that interview might be colliding with the time when he is going to be recuperating from his surgery (spine, fusion). Yes, there are moments when I feel like ‘shooting’ him (what did that guy do this time) … but this is normal for all relationships. He is a great husband and if it was not for him, I would not be here at all (I love my home country deeply).
So … you will be OK too, I hope. If your attorney said … see, I do not know. But for sure I will remember you in my prays.

HBKHBK-

Well, the interview is on Feb 20, at 10:30 am...i am probably going to bring my son with us as well. my son who is handicapped, and my husband are very very close, and Ray loves my son as if he were his own.

I guess the reason i am so terrified is because, as you mentioned, the only reason they give these interviews is if you are under suspicon..with all the evidence we have given them, its almost impossible NOT to belive we are truely married. Yes, we dont have our own house, but i thought that a sworn statement from my mother would prove that.

I have hundreds of photos. Many of these photos I am not in (i am in a lot of them) but some of the photos i have taken , are of Ray and my son together...My son is smaller in many of these photos, and so it proves h e was with him through several years of his life.

I am also taking our video camera that has lots of home movies of us..although we are not togher in the videos, one of us is videotaping the other, but you can hear the who ever is doing the videotaping narrating, so you know we were together...
like i might be videotaping ray playing soccer and you can here me saying "There is ray, playing soccer,,,," or "ray is swimming in the ocean.." etc..

they told Ray he has to have new passport photos taken and take them with him...I dont know why because he had already sent two with the original i751 form.

I have been getting sick about this all weekend and not have slept in days, and right now i feel i am having chest pains...I know i sound over dramatic, but i am absolutly terrified because from what i read, if you are called for an interview its because you are in some kind of trouble...
thanks for your help and i will surely let you know what happens...
Jyll

Jyllian, please, calm down. I know this is the most inconvenient thing, the USCIS officers can be annoying, but your conscience is clear. There might be a stupid thing like they misunderstood some of the evidence; and that may be it.
BUT AGAIN: the more nervous you are the worse. Have a shot of something before you go in or spent a nice night outside or … do ANTHING what you like. But have all evidence ready at least a day beforehand and after that do not touch it at all. Because if you are nervous now, few hours before it might … sorry, I think you might freak out even more.
The reason I think this might be the best is that all interviews are like taking some sort of exam. Few hours before you cannot learn anything more – it is your mental balance what matters.
Good luck again!

Oh and just one more thing: maybe this will help you (or at least make you laugh). Try to imagine that the only thing to worry would be if – in case you fail the interview – them putting handcuffs on your hands and beheading you on the spot.
“It you life is not at the stake, there is sh*t at it” (Czech proverb).
.Please let us know, OK. You will make it!!!!!

Before we drown u in our advice, another port of information might be to log onto the forum "chat with Lawyers" which is held tomorrow afternoon at 5pm till 6pm, Get into the chat room a little earlier and submit ur question when the chat room opens.. You have to be focussed on the chat to make sure u dont miss when told to send the questions, and the lawyer present answers each in order of receiving them. You can submit normally 15 mins before 5 and the lawyer starts answering at 5pm until 6. Dont submit ur Question before the host opens the room for submits tho because it will be lost. I typed mine out and had it prepared in the box to hit send when it was opened. Tues 5 till 6pm. Link on the left of this page

Jyllian is a total nervous wreck right now and I understand. I'm not scheduled for any interviews and so I can't completely put myself into her shoes. The poster before me made a good point about chatting with the atty. I think it's an excellent question. Many have experienced this and many will in the future.

Those guys know you're going to be nervous when you go in. They've seen many nervous people and probably some on the verge of a nervous breakdown! They figure you will be nervous because they know you have no clue as to why you're being called in! After all, you're a human being! It's normal to be nervous about this and they know it!

If it was me, this is exactly what I'd do. I'd walk right in and say, "Since I have no clue as to why I'm being interviewed again, it has made me a nervous wreck and I'm still nervous now!" You're covered!

Right up front you truthfully state why your nervous and that's an acceptable and valid statement to make at the beginning of the discussion. At least it's stated right up front as to why your nervous and nobody has to watch you during the process wondering why.

A few years ago a judge asked me in front of a lot of people how I preferred my last name to be pronounced because it can be pronounced two ways. I was such a nervous wreck with my heart pounding that I couldn't think straight. I quickly responded, "Either way, sir, is fine with me." He chuckled because he knew I gave him that answer because I was nervous. Normal human feeling.

Good luck.

thanks again everyone
ntfd3...this chat with the lawyers..do you know the wevsite and is it 5pm eastern? or PST? and i ahve a slow , dial up modem and its still windows 98..do you think the chat will be compatible with my pc?

anyhow, i know they said do not call the congress or senator, although i had over the weekend ( before HBKHBK told me it would be useless) on saturday as soon as i got the letter i forgotten that i had faxed a letter explaining the situation to the senators office asking for advice..
well having forgotten about it, they phoned me today, said i751 interviews are NOT that uncomman ( i think he is wrong though, according to what i have read on the net, and here) and that i should just go to the interview and if there are any more problems i should send them another letter...i dont know...
maybe chat with lawyers tomorrow night can help..

Jyllian,
In the blue column on the left side of discussion board screen click on "Chat with Lawyers." It's Tuesday, February 6th, 5pm EST.

hahahaha.. if u were in front of me I think i would throttle U !!!!!!!!! they said on the phone its not uncommon...instead of being relieved u say, I THINK HE IS WRONG THOUGH!!! U have the intv. in 15 days, u carry on like ur doing were going to be hearing they are burying u!!! CALM THE HELL DOWN!! go into "chat with lawyer" tomorrow night. Even ur old computer wont have a problem. Do note however because of ur dial up.. u might lose the connection if u do reconnect and u will have to resubmit the question if it hasnt at that point been answered. And get in early enough! And dont leave there saying i think he is wrong tho!!!! take the advice and work with it..Chin up.

Jyllian,
ntfde is right, you're stressing!

Your putting your health at state here. You could get high blood pressure, anxiety, etc. This isn't good for your body. You have 15 more days left. I'd hate to see your condition by that time if it continues like this.

Please do not think I'm sarcastic, I'm not. You might consider going to an inexpensive walk-in clinic and explaining to the doctor that you're experiencing normal anxiety over this situation and that you still have more days left before you go and that you need something not real strong to calm your system down.

Who knows what this fear, worry and anxiety is doing to the inside of your system. Your thoughts are probably running ninety to nothing and thinking about things that are in reality unecessary. This is going to drive you crazy!

Your body can only tolerate being in an excited state for so long. You could end up just dropping from this stress.

Keep your health up so you can at least make it to the interview. If you don't, you might have to postpone your interview because of illness.

If nothing else, inhale deep and exhale deeply to try to relax yourself or take some walks. You can't let this affect your internal system.

Only trying to help. No pun intented.

Jyllian, if it helps: the law requires that all I-751 petitioners be interviewed. USCIS may waive it (which they do in most cases). For one reason or other, they want to see you guys. From what you wrote here, you have nothing to worry about.

Sec. 216.4 Joint petition to remove conditional basis of lawful permanent resident status for alien spouse.

(b) Interview -- (1) Authority to waive interview. The director of the regional service center shall review the Form I - 751 filed by the alien and the alien's spouse to determine whether to waive the interview required by the Act.

And I still stand by the information that some are randomly choosen. It is done as a sample check of the those petitions whose interviews were waived.

ntfd3 and explora...your right i should probably go see someone about my nerves before go insane if im not already there now ....i dont knwo why i just have a bad, bad feeling about this

aneri thanks for that bit of info...i actually did call an attorney today and asked if he thinks i need his services...he also told me that i751 interviews are pretty much the norm (although i beg to differ only because i have never seen ONE person get called for one) but anyhow he thinks it will be okay, and if its not, i am to call him back and he said he'd help...

thanks everyone for the input...Jyll

Okay I am back.
Honey, I know my way around well in europe.I am originally from Germany by the way.

Again, no Interview is randomly chosen,this would be the biggest waste of time,of homeland security part,just think of the logic of it,how many application they receive just in one day.
And after 9-11,they last thing they would do,choose randomly someone for an interview.Again its a fact,nothing is random,espeically not interviews.
Jyllian,relax,chill, calm down sweetheart...
its all gonna be good,they will just ask stuff to you and you husband,just to make sure its all alright.This can happen,interview does not mean something is wrong,but it might,therefore to see you guys and ask few qustions.Its normal,no worries.

But for the records,do not bring your son.No one but you and your husband are allowed in the interiew,you can not bring anyone else with you.Unless its an attorney,that was asigned for you.But do not bring your son,because u will have problems,who will watch him.Its not allowed and if it was,it would not make a difference.So do not do that.

U say how much your husband loves your son etc etc....INS does not care for this.As far pictures goes,they wanna see pictures mainly of you and him together from the time you dated till the day u filed the paper...anf pictures of him and all with othger family members is important as well,showing "they all know him" normal family gatherings u know...

As far you guys live togethr on your mom's roof and your moms affadavit for that,is not gonna be enough,Because its an affadavits saying "you 2 really live with her etc"....they will see this as a favor,in case of a scam,u know? see it from the INS eyes...therfore they wanna double check this.
Or even ask you guys "why do you guys not move to your own place" etc etc...u might hgave a reason why not,the thing is,will the reason be good enough for the officer.Remember,most people who scame marriage do not live together under one roof,that i