# Marriage green card interview at Tampa FL field office — approved after the interview (July 2026)

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AOS (concurrent), came from K-1 fiance(e) visa (Canadian citizen), filing to approval in 32 months.

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## Profile

- Field office: Tampa FL
- Case type: AOS — I-130 + I-485 filed together
- Sponsor: U.S. citizen spouse
- Prior status: K-1 fiance(e) visa (Canadian citizen)
- Attorney used: No
- Interview: Interviewed together
- Outcome: Approved after the interview
- RFE received: No
- Card received: 10-year card
- Filing to approval: 32 months

## Timeline

| Milestone | Date |
| --- | --- |
| Filed | Dec 1, 2023 |
| Interview notice | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Interview | Jul 16, 2026 |
| I-485 approved | Jul 31, 2026 |

## Their story

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K-1 route, so no I-130 was needed. Applied for the K-1 in July 2021 as a Canadian citizen and it was approved in April 2023. Moved to Arizona in August 2023, married a U.S. citizen in October 2023, and filed I-485, I-131 and I-765 in December 2023 based on the K-1.

Biometrics were in January 2024 and the EAD was approved the very next day. Advance Parole came through in July 2024 and was used six times with no issues at the border.

Then came a long silence. A move from Arizona to Florida in October 2024 may have delayed the case. During the wait the polio vaccine requirements changed, which was a worry, but the medical had been done within a year of filing and was still valid.

A congressional inquiry was submitted on March 15, 2026, and the case status updated to "Still being processed by USCIS" two days later. An interview was first scheduled in Fort Myers FL on May 11, 2026, then cancelled on May 30 — which was crushing — before being rescheduled in Tampa FL on June 11, 2026.

The interview was on July 16, 2026 and the case was approved on July 31, 2026. There were two silent API updates on July 30 with no event codes, and the status never changed from "Interview Scheduled" to anything else before it went straight to "Case Approved". No RFE was ever issued in the whole case.

## Questions the officer asked

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1. No checklist-style questions — the officer kept it conversational. We were in his office for about 50 minutes and it felt like a regular conversation rather than an interrogation.
2. He made a point of explaining that because the medical exam was done before May 2024, only the vaccine requirements in effect at the time of the medical applied, not the ones added afterwards.
3. At the end he said he would approve a 10-year green card, since the application had been filed more than two years after the marriage, and that he would process it as fast as he could given their current workload.

## Their advice

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If the vaccine requirements change while your case is pending, check the date of your medical exam — you are judged by the rules in effect when the medical was done, not the newer ones.

A congressional inquiry is worth trying after a long silence; the case status moved two days after ours was submitted.

An interview being cancelled is not the end — ours was cancelled in one office and rescheduled in another within two weeks. And don't read too much into the online status: it never moved past "Interview Scheduled" before jumping straight to approved, with only silent updates in between.

This is a user-submitted experience reviewed for spam and personal information before publishing. It is an individual anecdote, not legal advice. Every case is different — timelines and interview style vary by office and officer.

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