Marriage green card interview at Cranbury NJ field office — approved after the interview (July 2026)

Concurrent filing at the Cranbury NJ field office, no lawyer — we filed everything ourselves. I got here in 2021, my second time in the U.S., and that's when I met my husband, who is a U.S. citizen. We married in 2025. I had overstay, unauthorized work, and a pending asylum petition — no interview and no movement on that case at all. Our case looked straightforward but had a couple of weak points. My husband was studying abroad for several years and visited me in the U.S. twice a year, so we submitted the plane tickets proving that. We had also recently moved, and my husband refused to get a driver's license with the new address. We knew that would be seen as a red flag, so we submitted extra paperwork showing he had changed his address at the DMV, and I provided my old driver's license with the matching address. On top of that we brought bills, bank statements and insurance in our names to prove we live together. Other than that we had plenty of evidence. The package was received on April 10, 2026, biometrics were May 15, the interview was scheduled June 3 and held July 8. The I-130 was approved the next day and the I-485 on July 16, 2026.

- Plane tickets covering the years my husband was studying abroad and visiting twice a year - DMV paperwork showing my husband had changed his address, plus my old driver's license with the matching address (his license still had the old address, which we knew was a red flag) - Bills, bank statements and insurance in both our names to prove we live together

Fix your paper trail before the interview, or bring the proof with you. My husband's driver's license still showed our old address and it was the very first thing the officer questioned — the DMV change-of-address paperwork and my old license with the matching address settled it on the spot. If your relationship has a long-distance stretch, document it. Plane tickets covered the years my husband was studying abroad and visiting twice a year. Be honest about violations. I had overstay, unauthorized work and a pending asylum petition, and a traffic ticket from three years ago — I explained all of it plainly and it caused no problems. Expect to be separated at Cranbury: every couple there that day was.