Marriage green card interview at Brooklyn NY field office — approved after the interview (July 2026)
Approved after the interviewFiling → approval: 2.6 months
Field office
Brooklyn NY
Case type
AOS — I-130 + I-485 filed together
Sponsor
U.S. citizen spouse
Prior status
F-1 student visa (Polish citizen, UK resident since age 4)
Attorney
Yes
Interview
Interviewed together
RFE during case
Yes
Timeline
- FiledMay 12, 2026
- BiometricsJun 11, 2026 · day 30
- Interview noticeJun 23, 2026 · day 42
- InterviewJul 28, 2026 · day 77
- I-130 approvedJul 30, 2026 · day 79
- I-485 approvedJul 30, 2026 · day 79
Their story
Filed to approved in about 80 days at the Brooklyn NY field office.
I'm a Polish citizen and have been a UK resident since I was four, adjusting from an F-1 student visa. My husband is a U.S. citizen. We had been dating since 2023, got engaged in March 2026, married on April 10, 2026, and filed the I-130 and I-485 together on May 12, 2026. We used a lawyer for the whole filing.
It was a straightforward case: no overstay, no unauthorized work, no criminal record.
An RFE was issued on the I-485 on May 19, 2026 — for my birth certificate and medical, both of which we had already submitted, so it seems they were simply lost on their end. We responded and the response was received on June 18, 2026. Biometrics were scheduled May 23 and completed June 11. The interview was scheduled on June 23, held on July 28, and both the I-130 and I-485 were approved on July 30, 2026.
Questions the officer asked
- 1.The interview was much easier than expected. It lasted about 15 minutes and the officer was friendly enough. We were interviewed together and were never separated.
- 2.Questions included:
- 3.Name and date of birth of each spouse
- 4.When did we meet, and when did we start dating?
- 5.How and when did my husband propose?
- 6.Do I work?
- 7.Does he work? Where? What hours and what days?
- 8.When did I last enter the country?
- 9.Where do we live?
- 10.How many floors are in our apartment building?
- 11.Stairs or elevator?
- 12.What are the cross streets?
- 13.The general I-485 yes/no questions
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The RFE asked for my birth certificate and medical exam even though both had already been filed with the original package — worth keeping your own copies of everything you send, since documents do get lost.
Their advice
Don't panic at an RFE. Ours was for documents we had already submitted and USCIS had apparently misplaced; we resent them and the case still went from filing to approval in about 80 days.
Also worth knowing: we were not separated at any point during the interview, and the officer's questions were mostly about our day-to-day life — the building we live in, our cross streets, each other's work schedule.
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