Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / December 2005

My marriage based AOS interview was at Charlotte,NC on Dec 21st 2005.Our
appointment was at 1.15pm and we were seated at 12.35pm.

My name was called after about an hour and we followed the lady officer
to her office.She asked us to remain standing raise our right hands and
swear to tell the truth,we did.She offered us seats and got down to
business.She was very nice,straight forward,serious and really
officious.

She asked first for our drivers licences,matched our addresses and gave
it back to us.She then went on straight to ask me if i have left the
country since i came in?If my birthdate was correct?the questions on the
485 form all to which i answered NO.

She asked me for my SS card wrote something down and handed it back to
me.Next she asked if we worked I answered yes and handed over my
employer's letter and paystubs,she looked at them and asked for my
hubby's,we told her he was self employed and worked for himself,she said
I need proof so we gave her the 2004 tax returns.She did not like that
we checked 'married filing separately,she kept asking why why why...we
told her I had not got a job then so there was no way I could file any
taxes at all.She said 'ok,i am going to ask you(that is myself)to fill
out I-864A,cos I want to consider your income as well'(my salary is
quite good,so I am guessing that may have been why,dunno for sure).I
filled it out and handed it over to her.

She said 'ok,do u have any other documents to show me today?'I gave her
my originals and she asked if i had copies,i said yes and handed them
over to her.She took them and started to look one after the other,as she
was looking she asked how we met,we told her and said she said 'i assume
that is when u began dating',my hubby and I looked at each other n began
laughing kind of trying to picture again our courtship she caught that
and smiled too.

She began to punch the copies and put them in my file i didnt realise
until then I had so much docummens with me and it seemed not to end as
she kept filing them and i thought my file would not be able to close,as
she did this,she talked to us about her home state and other stuff,she
was a real nice lady,i must say.Then she said 'okay..I need the
telephone number of your landlady'(it was not on the lease,we subletted
our apartment from an individual not a company)she said they just gave
them a notice indicating they shd make sure there is telephone number on
the lease,that other couples compalined too that no one told them and
she said well it is brand new notice to the officers and she apologises
but she has to follow procedure.

She said everything else was okay and she only needed that but we
couldn't remember the number so she gave me an envelope and said 'write
in there your landlady's name,address n telephone number and send it
back to me.The sooner i get it the sooner you will get your receipt but
le tme go ahead and print it so you can see what it will look like(she
went and printed me my receipt) and said"this is what you will get in
the mail when i receive the envelope back.I will explain to you what is
written here.And once you get this from me,your green card will come
three weeks after that.This will be the date on your green card which is
today's date regardless of when i receive the envelope i sent to
you,this will be the date on your card.You are to file form I-751
between September 22 2007 and December 22 2007,failure to do this will
result in deportation proceedings.'

Then she went on to say,"Now let me tell you more about your card,have
you heard anything about conditional green card before?' i said,yeah i
read about it on the internet,she said 'ok,let me explain'.and she went
on to explain what we already know about less than 2 yr marriage etc
etc.She gave me a lot of tips what documents to send in during that
period and how the process is done and why some couples are called for
interview and others are not at that time.She asked me if i had any
relatives in the US.Then she said that will be all.we thanked and her
and she wished us happy holidays.

I came out with mixed feelings.Please guys let me know what you really
think.Cos i am kinda wondering.I do not know what to think.

Why didn't she ask for my passport and EAD,even just to look at them?

If I wasn't approved,would she have told me on the spot or how does it
go when people are not approved?

Two things she said keep ringing in my head'I cannot make a decision
today' 'Your green card will have today's date on it regardless of when
i receive the envelope i gave to you'One statement sounds like no
approval and the other sounds like approval.

I'll appreciate all your input.thanks.